Trash Origami: 25 Paper Folding Projects Reusing Everyday Materials: Origami Book with 25 Fun Projects and Instructional DVD - Hardcover

LaFosse, Michael G.; Alexander, Richard L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0804841357 ISBN 13: 9780804841351

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Make fun and functional origami out of your spare paper with this easy origami book.

Don't dump your wastepaper into the garbage—it's time to fold! World-renowned origami artists and award-winning authors Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander show you the way with Trash Origami. This origami book presents unique and fun projects from their Origamido Studio and from some of the world's best paper designers, including Nick Robinson, Herman Van Goubergen, and Rona Gurkewitz.

The origami models are presented for the reader who may have little or no previous folding experience, making it a great origami-for-kids book and an effective way to learn origami. However, experienced paper folders will also be intrigued by the novel nature of the folds and the unusual materials involved. The origami designs are made from old calendar pages, candy wrappers, envelopes, newspaper, postcards, paper grocery bags and more. The accompanying DVD video tutorial will make the folding process clearer and aid folders of all skill levels. Also provided is a guide to everyday materials that have the most folding potential leaving readers inspired to design and display their very own "trash" origami.

This origami book features:

• Full-color, 95-page instructional book
• 25 unique origami projects
• Projects from top paper folding designers
• Clear, step-by-step directions
• Paper folding techniques and tips
• Accompanying instructional DVD
• All videos are also streamable or downloadable online

Get ready to look at the contents of your wastebaskets and recycling bins with a different sensibility. You'll never need to buy expensive origami paper again!

Origami projects include:

• Photo Cubes
• Candy Wrapper Butterflies
• Interlocking Flower Petals
• Custom-Bound Books
• And many more…

About this title

About the Author

Michael G. LaFosse has been an origami artist for decades and is internationally regarded as a leading authority and master of the art. The author of many books, kits and videos, including Money Origami, Michael's work has been shown in museums and galleries around the world.

Richard L. Alexander, co-founder of Origamido Studio, has produced much of the handmade Origamido paper featured in the works of dozens of origami masters and has designed several origami commercial and fine art exhibitions.

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Reviews

In a fun twist on an ancient art, the authors present a selection of paper-folding projects that use old envelopes, potato chip bags, and even magazine subscription cards instead of the usual origami paper. Each project is presented with full-color photos followed by a clear chart using standardized origami symbols that show exactly how to fold the piece. An accompanying DVD provides even more instruction, especially helpful for readers who learn best by watching. Projects include a candy wrapper butterfly, a crown towers and jumping frog game, photo cubes, snack bag wallets, and elegant boxes and envelopes. The "curler unit ball" project is a standout; it is a truly gorgeous, complex creation. While all of the projects are ingenious, some are more attractive than others; trash is trash, after all. But the low price point, accompanying DVD, and green tilt should help it sell well with crafters. Photos.
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In this world of the three Rs�re-use, recycle, repurpose�confirmed origamists LaFosse and Alexander turn their attention to folded projects fashioned from throwaways. Such materials, the authors note in their introduction, range from glossy brochures and dog food bags to gum wrappers and those annoying reader response cards that fall out off every magazine at all-too-regular intervals. With little preparation and the assumption that readers understand the basics of this Japanese art, LaFosse, Alexander, and the contributing designers plunge into the two-dozen-plus projects with a lot of heart and many instructions and illustrations as well as a DVD. About half the items, such as crumpled mushrooms, curler-unit balls, and paper hearts, are purely aesthetic, whereas the rest�different varieties of envelopes, a snack-bag wallet to hold coupons, reworked old games (checkers, anyone?)�serve practical functions. Although readers will need some experience, color photos and pictorial directions fill in some gaps. Level of difficulty is not indicated, however, nor are here lists of materials. For advanced folders only. --Barbara Jacobs

Edition details

• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804841357
• ISBN 13: 9780804841351
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96