Origami for Everyone: Beginner - Intermediate - Advanced - Softcover

Boursin, Didier

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554077923 ISBN 13: 9781554077922

Publisher: Firefly Books, 2011

Synopsis

A complete step-by-step guide to making wonderful paper creations featuring hundreds of detailed illustrations for 68 models.

Origami aficionados are continually modernizing this ancient art. Interesting new folds and surprisingly innovative projects attract newcomers and keep enthusiasts interested.

Origami for Everyone features the best projects from three successful titles: Easy Origami, Origami Paper Airplanes and Origami Paper Animals. This new volume is filled with outstanding folds for airplanes, animals and a range of other designs. Models are rated according to skill level. Though appropriate for those new to origami, experienced folders will also find much to entice them.

The book provides instructions on basic folding techniques and a discussion of the various papers available. It provides a solid base on which readers of all ages can build. Extremely detailed technical drawings, in color, accompany the reader every step of the way, from the very first crease to the stunning finished project. Projects include:

• Elephant
• Owl
• Flower
• Chopper
• Frisbee
• Pyramid
• Heron
• Propeller.

Thoroughly tested and carefully designed instructions make it possible for anyone to achieve results on the first try.

About this title

About the Author

Didier Boursin is a world-renowned origami expert and author who lives in Paris. Among his books are Origami Paper Animals and Advanced Origami.

Review

An attractive, accessible, well-designed book that includes paper-folding techniques and many different models to encourage a variety of readers. (Kristine Moruci Resource Links, Vol. 17 No. 5 2012-10-01)

The level of attention to detail attests to the author's personal dedication to this art. Aware of the popularity of airplanes, he has included reproducible "Designs for Airplanes" to dress up the completed models....Both children and adults will enjoy the delights of creating intricate designs from a square of plain paper. Go ahead and fold that basic 'Dart,' and then have fun challenging your skills and imagination... Highly Recommended. (Gillian Richardson Canadian Materials 2012-03-02)

All of the entries feature pictures of finished models in arty tableaux, and particularly clear two-color diagrams that use standard origami notation.... A collection in which even a string of cutout paper dolls is rated Intermediate will have plenty to offer novice folders and the author's lighthearted fanciful outlook gives this extensive sampler a bright and inviting tone. (John Peters School Library Journal 2011-12-01)

Edition details

• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1554077923
• ISBN 13: 9781554077922
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 160