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The Master's TOUCH pyc ent Te tasters en ‘A study of some of the techniques used by Akira Yoshizawa Irvoaucvon ‘Aken Wouizava as lay oon hel in the phe regard noi cea, and ‘ind ysl hoe tence ys werk ndced thee must be few eee fiers ‘nthe wold who ve not bern fected by is aevemets In 98D [deeded to ake {to fap where wat Yoshi partlr hgh of jure Dog ny at his st whore twa prged ob stn bo afer bx fs werk. ach twat labed for example bores” oe "ebickens” oma)", an win were Score fee vrtosf the eget aia, ler! ose obec, evealing in many eases a ene of ter ‘mood of psichology of the sje. ‘This nt tp orevel the fing Z tect of Aka Yoshizawa ned cn ‘dangerous ok ates oft ease i lation: rather ne sold red ay Perle wor aa hole To conc foo much om apy isolated technique fmployed is Utely to detat from the ey ofthe design, and ht ink soe posse fat ofthe approach of sae ‘ian engineer” type sets of ey as eb sen fioa ty On Sa a9 ‘al ptr ve stays eon enceragod fo look at he complete tet, raking ‘Sarton wit th wl of paling oo which am working aed nve to fos ‘dents Ihave Ben seed aay fom ow wo doi boks om painting, whch re ‘rol fl with he aur’ on devises fr dpc, or example, he it he tye he ster or the fet of the nm on 8 ake. These aks re alvays far ess iporat than he compete mage whic is being pty, ve that hi iloupy rales sly inom ters, an in partial te ‘wo of Aka Yoskiziwa whose cram work general dps an let nd yt empl ply, is never slams’ olton of scutererodusons of he pe ‘The aor of vera intl rig oaks, Yosizawa has shown ws ity wide rang ots designs, tary hemos fined erin mpi In pating gether ‘hvac hve resi my Souees toto of he boks whch el cm beconsseted thomost aot, aswell as fw other sources ised below (Oriani Dekh 1 (Gren sonr with vo mauve pesos) Pid ty Katara Sob Co Lid 157, eised 1969 ‘vga Doluon 2 (Be coer with white esis stars) Pad by Karaka Sha Co id 1985, ISBN 4308-00804 ‘Oru mazarine No 5 (Se 1958) Pike by jain Ie (nium: by Alea Yoshizawa: Vso poducol by Kinoknya 1997 -ISBNE906309, we For captigh reason it net Ben posible 1 reece al att woud ike fom {hese pcan, so thr you son Weszawa, her osammend ht out to al hem oyu clletin oft atral A, fascination isthe y uv ee eee a nt nc fl 212 re ne ee nerd areas Sr Sete cee pee Seca emia eaten eee ane we lee ee ates NWS 7 Z2ANVAN Source sa tte treating folders, = atone WNIZ NZ AVZ'NY Scores te Oworbe tes om nd et he ier ween aby oe oo Soret Tous niee nuncio oteaterpthel wou tres ase and Flowers by Ara Yoshizawa In Organi Doktion 1 (page 2426) and Origami Dokabos 2 gage 38) Yoshizawa shows chnrtsofbases wich huss quel ths ae the bse and the fog bse pled ot ay tosquares bios 5/120 degre amis ight ned angle and seq! bale In Dok 1 h ads ts of varios models which can be fled fom cach tase at well a fire evelopment of the approaches n erease-patem frm. Poop ‘ths ses ander variations ae shown in Dao (page 8) Sot seems to meth, cress such t Nes El, Fred Roe, Jobm Montl Robert tang and Dokott Nakano, Aza Yoshzava is not a pet inovatr of) this Forms o aia Siam geonts. His Bases stem fom mlpcaos ot Cision ofthe dona shapes nate proves quite conning fate dost teed compos cw semis, nd achive acount whut the we know ‘rina ses ‘Las yen Trcxve vide rade by Yoshizawa which ia fin ecrd this week, td sows sequnce of i folding a an, tasted in Organ Dako | (pas (35, Fore da fst prtclryeeting reminder of my wat o is stad in 1980, tecaesYociana folded thissame design forme hen Taser aes mae the tn" He begins o eat ner gle em wnt paper, a Tees ter the anand preset ome? He ys tries, and folds quickly” and Aes Uses 2 walt fr bea ‘eves id, ig and amps {he paper dae ding process ‘Tweets at aso wed forthe stoping othe san He gt 0 Ferloce te fol nth respi Giawers ftom time to” time, Te Masters Touen inerping the soueace. He gives cave to the pape on ihr side fr the gente revere fold oth eck and by. “We watch ia revere ence nde i's ot possible odo ces. Hee i ‘nastr at work and Tm pvlepes to wise it Heats ea flee by, wins ‘ut, wis, Agni the amer i usd fo ate th ead “Alla ited. He seems stsiod fens the design now, butts abel suggestion ang Subse Yoshizawa ie very skill at pormying ie and movereat Iris onigan venation of Tong teats and equ the Work is perl bens fine deta soe. Th the Feit by sgestion fudsubty ands cmt flan soit erenes, rater han by photographie dpion. ‘A fine example of thi is sbown in Oru magazine no 5 (Summer 194) in which feared detailed 16 page acl with beni photographs of Aka Yoshicnwas ‘werk In paula aecour photograph at he fot of page? sows hse wi gs ierelysigustd by gee plese and moulding The horse nevriles conveys 9 tremendous ese of ote, appeing 1 be cng fl seed Yoshizawa orga can seem tothe cal views ta be careless presentations ofthe subj, wih marks and sdeton in he poper, ot common ssid with he Preision nd geometry of rgamt However ese “sce are part of hs sila te ‘afl considered to ad othe sme of Me and ner poycogy ofthe subject “Acoparisn of Yoshizawa original wha photograph fhe act wl eval may ‘eal discrepancies an ove bers ake wl propertos yet h over inpeson ‘ofthe gam version wal safes completely may even sn moe “rea” ton the sbject inet Problem soving Tanalisine photographs appear in the Books of Akin Yoshizawa showing examples of

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