Year: 2011 Author(s): Robert J. Lang (2011) This new edition of Origami Design Secrets adds several diagrams for new models, 10 crease patterns for new designs, and new chapters on advanced box-pleating techniques, hex pleating, and polygon packing methods of origami design. Read, view online or download free pdf popular digital magazines.
Everyone Can Learn Origami is the ultimate book for beginners who want to learn how to make origami. In this book you’ll learn all the major folds and techniques and then practice them by folding 77 different traditional models. As you fold your way through the models in this book your skills will improve and you’ll be able to fold more and more complex designs.The diagrams in this book are incredibly detailed and very easy to follow. If you start at the beginning and work your way through the entire book you’ll be an origami master in no time! This is one of my all time favourite origami books.
There are diagrams for a wide variety of models ranging from pretty easy to intermediate difficulty. The diagrams are easy to read and throughout the book the author has quick little sections explaining some of the theory and math behind origami and origami design. Nothing too complicated.This book has one of my favourite models to fold, a Chinese dragon that looks really great but isn’t too difficult. There are also a ton of models in this book.
Every time you pick it up you’re probably going to find something new to fold. I highly recommend this book. This book starts off with a large section of text about the Origamido Studio and the recent history of origami in the United States. This is followed by another large section about all the various different kinds of origami paper and how to select the best paper for your project. After this is an excellent section on some of the fancier origami techniques such as back coating, colouring paper with acrylic paint and wet folding.About 60 pages in the book gets to the diagrams which are great. There are 15 excellent models, mostly animals, that are an intermediate difficulty level. The final model in the book however, the American Crocodile, is incredibly difficult so you probably won’t be attempting that one for a while.
This is another excellent paper folding book with a ton of excellent models, especially if you’re looking for mythological creatures. The first half of this book has diagrams for all the different animals of the Chinese Zodiac. These are mostly regular animals like a rabbit, tiger, monkey etc. The second half of the book has diagrams for several different mythological creatures such as dragons, a unicorn, a griffin and much more. There’s even an awesome 3-headed dragon.The diagrams are all very clear with two coloured paper and text instructions to go with most steps. The models in this book are all at an intermediate level and they’re quite awesome. This book is highly recommended. This is another one of my favourite books.
The book starts off with a large section about the history and theory of origami which may or may not be interesting to you. About a third of the way through the book though it gets into the models and there are a bunch of really awesome models in this book. Almost all of the models in this book are animals and they all look really great. The diagrams are detailed with two coloured paper and text instructions for each step and the difficulty level is intermediate to upper intermediate.
This isn’t a beginner book but it’s great if you’re looking to improve your skills while folding some really awesome models. This book is essentially a textbook on origami design. Robert Lang takes each chapter to describe a different technique used for designing models and ends each chapter with diagrams for a few models that illustrate the technique discussed. This is a fantastic book for anyone really into paper folding who wants to learn more about how to create their own models. This book also helped me understand how crease patterns work a lot more too.There are a bunch of diagrams for some excellent models ranging from not too hard to very advanced. There are also several crease patterns as well. This is a sequel to the first Works of Satoshi Kamiya book and has diagrams for a bunch of awesome models by Satoshi Kamiya that are hard to find or not available.
These are some of his newer designs. The diagrams are excellent, very detailed and have instructions in both English and Japanese. There are also some beautiful photos of the models at the start of the book along with crease patterns for all the models.This is definitely an advanced book and the models are quite difficult to fold but the models are awesome, especially the Phoenix, Cerberus, Sleipnir and Tree Frog models. Roman Diaz is a master at designing paper animals, probably because he works as a veterinarian and this book is a collection of 25 of his excellent animal designs. The book opens up with a text section where Roman Diaz discusses how an origami designer is like a composer and folders are like interpreters and he encourages folders to put their own spin and touches on the models they fold. He has lots of tips and techniques to help folders with this.After this section the book gets into the diagrams which are clear, detailed and have text instructions in both Spanish and English. The diagrams start off quite easy and get harder throughout the book.
The last few models in the book are quite complex. If you like folding paper animals then you should definitely pick up this book. This book is a fantastic collection of models from 19 different designers.
You’ll find animals, insects, a ship, cartoons, people and more. The first couple of models start out pretty easy but they get harder throughout the book. The last few models are very difficult. The diagrams are all very clear with 2 coloured paper and English text instructions to go along with the steps. There are also some interviews with the designers at the back of the book where they talk about designing origami and other interesting things. Quentin Trollip is another fantastic origami artist who has also designed a ton of awesome and realistic looking paper animals. This book is mostly a collection if his animal designs but also has some other models like a clown and a skull. The models in this book are all an intermediate difficulty level and there’s nothing too complex here. The diagrams are clear with English instructions and two coloured paper. This is another fantastic book to get if you’re interested in origami animals. It’s also great if you’ve been folding for a while now and you’re looking for a bit more of a challenge. This is an amazing book that features exclusively designers from Vietnam.
Vietnamese origami has a bit of a different visual style. I think the models look like they have more curved than straight lines. This book has a collection of diagrams from 14 different Vietnamese origami artists and pretty much all the models are awesome. They start off pretty easy and get more difficult throughout the book.
The last several models get quite complex and then there are a couple of crease patterns for some very complex models. Most of the models are intermediate to advanced level though. Pretty much everything in this book is awesome so you should definitely check it out. Bernie Peyton is an expert at designing life-like paper models. This book features 35 of his designs divided into four categories: the Arctic, the Pacific Coast, the Desert and a Tropical Forest. Each category has several plants or animals that would be found in those locations. The diagrams are all either an intermediate or advanced difficultly level and they’re all explained very well with text in English to go along with the steps. There’s also advice on what kind of paper to use for each model as well.This is another excellent book especially if you’re interested in folding origami animals and other things found in nature.
This book also comes with a CD that has some bonus content and diagrams on it. Every year the Origami Tanteidan Convention is held in Japan and along with each convention they release an awesome book with diagrams for tons of exclusive models. Many of the really awesome looking models you see in our blog are diagrammed in the Tanteidan Convention books.The Japan Origami Academic Society also publishes a bi-monthly magazine called the Origami Tanteidan Magazine. Each issue is full of paper folding articles (mostly in Japanese although some are translated), a few diagrams usually of an intermediate and advanced level difficulty as well as a crease pattern challenge.These books and magazines are not for beginners. There are some intermediate level models but most are quite advanced.
These are for people or are looking for a challenge or who want to fold something awesome. The instructions for a lot of amazing models are exclusive to these books and magazines and you won’t find them anywhere else. Unfortunately these books and magazines are very difficult to find and a lot of them aren’t available to purchase anymore.
The easiest way to get the Tanteidan Convention books is through. They tend to stock lots of copies of the current year’s book right after the convention. Sometimes they have a few older books but when they sell out they don’t usually get more.The only other place I know of where you can get these books is from. This website is in Japanese though so it’s a bit tricky to navigate. If you can figure out how their site works it’s possible order the convention books and pay with PayPal.
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