Step-by-step instructions, with over 300 diagrams, show you how to create more than 12 familiar animals: cat, deer, elephant, seal, walrus, mink, bear and five more. Clear, easy-to-follow explanations of symbols and basic folds help insure the success of each project. Projects graded according to difficulty.
Adding dimension and movement to card designs is a great way to improve the overall look of handmade cards. Find design inspiration in these 40+ projects showing a wide variety of popular paper folding techniques used by some of today's best card designers. Techniques include accordian folds, gate folds, tea bag folds and cut and fold template designs. 48 pages, softcover.
This first edition of this book is a treasure. It was reprinted later, but roughly the second half of the book is missing in that edition, so get one of these older copies if you can. The book offers a variety of interesting folds, ranging from simple to complex. It also has very nice full-color photos of the models.
For Halloween, choose from 10 projects, including a Gremlin’s Mask. Decorate your Christmas tree with Reindeer and Santa’s Hat, Sleigh, and Pack. Start the New Year with Father Time, and greet the spring with Easter Bunnies and Baskets. Each project uses easy basic folds, and has a simplified illustration and a description of what to do, how to alter the size, and how to use color.
Practical and Decorative Origami (Creative Origami)
Shows how to produce a range of decorative and functional items in origami - the ancient Japanese art of paper-folding. This practical book includes advice on choice of paper, a reference section of basic folds, as well as explicit instructions and colour-coded folding diagrams for each design.
