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John Montroll
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Easy Origami, African animals in origami, Origami sculptures, Animal origami for the enthu, Prehistoric origami
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John Montroll is an Americanorigami artist, author, teacher, and mathematician. He has written many books on origami. Montroll has taught at St. Anselm's Abbey School in Washington, D.C. since 1990.
Montroll mastered his first origami book, Isao Honda's How to make Origami, at the age of six, the same age he began creating his own origami animals. He became a member of the Origami Center of America at age twelve. He attended his first origami convention at age 14. Montroll now teaches mathematics at St. Anselm's Abbey School in Washington, D.C, teaching small groups of advanced math students, AP Calculus AB and BC Calculus, Geometry, and an origami class. One of John Montroll's hobbies is whistling He can whistle in 5 octaves, and has shown this talent at two whistling conventions in Louisburg, North Carolina.
John Montroll pioneered modern origami with the publication of his first book, Origami for the Enthusiast; Dover Publications, 1979, which was the first origami book where each model is folded from single square sheet and no cuts. In the same book he also introduced the origami term "double rabbit ear fold."
Publications
Origami for the Enthusiast; Dover Publications, 1979 ISBN 0486237990
Animal Origami for the Enthusiast; Dover Publications, 1985 ISBN 0486247929
Origami American Style; Zenagraf, 1990 ISBN 0962725404
Origami Sculptures (with Andrew Montroll); Antroll Pub. Co., 1990 ISBN 187765602X
Origami Sea Life (with Robert J. Lang); Dover Publications, 1990 ISBN 0486267652
Prehistoric Origami; Dover Publications, 1990 ISBN 0486265889
African Animals in Origami; Dover Publications, 1991 ISBN 0486269779
Easy Origami; Dover Publications, 1992 ISBN 0486272982
Origami Inside-Out; Dover Publications, 1993 ISBN 0486276740
Birds in Origami; Dover Publications, 1995 ISBN 0486283410
North American Animals in Origami; Dover Publications, 1995 ISBN 0486286673
Favorite Animals in Origami; Dover Publications, 1996 ISBN 0486291367
Mythological Creatures and the Chinese Zodiac in Origami; Dover Publications, 1996 ISBN 0486289710
Teach Yourself Origami; Dover Publications, 1998 ISBN 0486401413
Bringing Origami to Life; Dover Publications, 1999 ISBN 0486407144
Dollar Bill Animals in Origami; Dover Publications, 2000 ISBN 0486411575
Bugs and Birds in Origami; Dover Publications, 2001 ISBN 0486417735
A Plethora of Origami Polyhedra; Dover Publications, 2002 ISBN 0486422712
Dollar Bill Origami; Dover Publications, 2003 ISBN 0486429822
A Constellation of Origami Polyhedra; Dover Publications, 2004 ISBN 0486439585
Origami: Birds And Insects; Dover Publications, 2004 ISBN 0486439720
Origami: Wild Animals; Dover Publications, 2004 ISBN 0486439704
Easy Christmas Origami; Dover Publications, 2006 ISBN 0486450244
Christmas Origami; Dover Publications, 2006 ISBN 0486450252
Storytime Origami; Dover Publications, 2009 ISBN 0486467864
Origami Polyhedra Design; AK Peters, 2009 ISBN 1568814585
eZ Origami; Kindle Edition by Antroll Publishing Company (April 17, 2010)
eZ Origami;Smashwords Edition by eOrigami Publishing (May 8, 2010)
Easy Dollar Bill Origami; Dover Publications (May 20, 2010), ISBN 0486470091
Dinosaur Origami; Dover Publications (June 9, 2010), ISBN 0486477800