> Den 9. sep. 2024 kl. 18.09 skrev Jon Tucker via Origami > <origami@lists.digitalorigami.com>: > > > Yes, Froebel folds of beauty start with the windmill base with each flap > squash-folded into a square.
> https://www.instagram.com/p/Cee3kP8L8EH/ Thank you for the reference to your foldings. The Folds of Beauty *may* be made from windmill bases, but as David Mitchell noted, this seems a later addition. See his historical references at http://www.origamiheaven.com/historyfroebelianformsofbeauty.htm. They are likely more loved today as they have more flaps and thus degrees of freedom on the front side for making patterns. But it is doubtful that they occurred in Fröbel's lifetime. He died in 1852 and the first book with windmill based Folds of Beauty seems to appear in 1869. To be truthful, the earlier books from 1859, 1861 and 1862 reference on Mitchell's page are also all from after Fröbel's death. Still the order indicates that the blintz based ones are more original. Some concrete reference form the Fröbelian tradition from a couple of my books: In "Die Fröbelschen Beschäftigungen. 2. Heft: Das Falten" by Marie Müller-Wunderlich, ca. 1910 (has an owner name dated 1911), there are Schönheitsformen A-D. A: From double blintz, like the fortune teller (first in front, then behind). The pattern may be made both in the front and in the back. Note how the blintz forms are the *first* and most basic folds of beauty. B: From the windmill base with squashed corners. Only patterns on the front (no flaps in the back). C: From a hybrid of A and B. Two opposite corners are made like the squashed windmill base, the two others like the fortune teller, but starting at the back side. Some of the patterns use curving the flaps. D: Similar principle, but made from a triangle. In "Lærebog i dansk Skolesløjd: Småsløjdsystemet", 1934, by G. F. Krog Clausen, The. Rasmussen, and R. C. Rasmussen, they have "bookmarks" that are clearly from the Fröbelian tradition, but from a single blintz. "Clearly", because of the form language and because they have a section on Fröbel and his forms, including those in folding. In "De Kleine Papierwerkers: Wat man van een stukje papier al maken kan", 1864, by Elise van Calcar, there is no Folds of Beauty. Have fun, Hans
