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Selected Works A Second Selection Max Hulme BOS 73 1 Models © Max Hulme Diagrams © Max Hulme BOS booklet #73 First published by British Origami Society, March 2008 Printed in the United Kingdom. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical photocopying, recording or otherwise without the express written permission of the author and of the British Origami Society. The British Origami Society is a registered charity 293039 www.britishorigami.info 2 Selected Works A Second Selection Max Hulme compiled and illustrated by Max Hulme 3 Contents Preface 5 Gorilla 6 Skunk 8 Scorpion 10 Staunton Chess Set 12 Chess Box 20 Polar Bear 22 Angel 24 Grand Slam 26 Glass 30 Hexagonal Box 32 Owl & Pussycat 35 Phoenix 40 Piggy Banknote 42 Potted Plant 44 Rat 47 Rocket Carriage 50 Bugatti Driver 53 BOS publications 55 Chess with a twist back cover 4 Preface It has been many years since the first selection was made from my early works, those designs were greatly influenced and inspired by the creators of that time. Just seeing what was possible after meeting Akira Yoshizawa made a lasting impression upon my approach to Origami as did the works of creators such as Rohm and Elias. As new techniques and approaches have appeared each has had an influence upon my designs. The first designs in this booklet are for models seen as photographs in the previous selection. Others start from a selection of shapes and materials, this I hope will provide all with a challenge to test and improve your origami skills. The last two models are additions to Stephenson’s Rocket and the Bugatti designs previously published. Finally, as a challenge, for those who thrive on crease patterns, there should be just enough to produce a chess set from the designs on the back cover. Have fun! Max Hulme February 2008 Foreword Max Hulme is probably the most prolific creator to ever come out of the UK, yet relatively little of his work has been published outside of BOS publications. His early work was inspired by Akira Yoshizawa at a BOS convention in 1972. By the next convention Max occupied a large section of the exhibition table with two dozen or so jaw-dropping folds. They were animals, all from traditional bases (and half bases), all displaying characteristics that would become recognisable over the years as the ‘Max Hulme style’. It was at this meeting that I met a young Max and we have been close friends over the 36 years since and frequently seen at origami gatherings like a pair of bookends! I would like to think that in some small way I helped the creative process from time to time with ideas and suggestions and have been on many occasions the inaugural guinea pig in field testing new folds prior to diagramming or teaching others. There are few creators with such a broad range of subject material. Max’s early animals led to insects and he explored Neal Elias style ‘box pleating’. This led to boxes, cars, trains, buses, aircraft and the famous Jack-in-the box. Words do not give justice to Max’s ability to develop and evolve a subject. For instance his trains encompass a whole range of engines, Stephenson’s Rocket, steam train, shunting engine, tank engine, electric train with pantograph, diesel train, The Mallard, and The Flying Scotsman. Then there is the rolling stock, long base wagon, short base, coal tender, arrogate wagons, box trailer, passenger carriages, guards wagon, tank wagons, not forgetting his rails, signals, platform, and pedestrian railway bridge. Max revisited the subject of trains 20 years later, producing a multi piece modular set so we have Stevenson’s Rocket II, steam train II and so on! After his initial ‘transport’ period, Max experimented with the human figure, back to animals, puzzles, mathematical structures, themed groups based on nursery rhymes, poems, chess sets (10 sets to date), masks, back to animals and insects. Over the last few years he has developed a passionate obsession with the pixel project challenge, an origami version of a piece of art entitled Picasso’s eye. The project was assembled using Max’s module at the BOS 40th Anniversary convention in Cambridge 2007 creating a massive 3 x 1.5 metre mural. The module however has provided Max with endless hours of ‘fun’. Tens of thousands of modules later he has dozens of modular models including human figures, hats, clothing, dinosaurs, a superb elephant, turtle, crocodile and tortoise, and a lunar landing craft, to name but a few. In the mid 80’s home computing became the focus of his attention. It became possible to combine both interests and Max has been diagramming his recent work and re-drawing some of the older models. I was pleased to illustrate the first Hulme booklet thirty years ago. The illustrations here are by Max himself using Corel Draw. All the models are from 5-8 years ago. In 2007 Max was awarded the Sidney French Medal for his contribution to British Origami. I am especially pleased that his tremendous contribution is finally recognised. All that remains is for a large format colour hardback book entirely dedicated to Max’s work across the years. Dave Venables February 2008 5 Gorilla 6 7 Skunk 8 9 Scorpion 10
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