- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (May 15 1991)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312057164
- ISBN-13: 978-0312057169
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 20.1 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 617 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #854,686 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In Essential Origami, paper-folding experts Steve and Megumi Biddle reveal a remarkably comprehensive and easy-to-use technique to create dozens of dazzling models. The key to this unique approach is mastering just 10 easy base folds: the Bird Base, the Blintz Base, the Fish Base, the Frog Base, the Kite/Diamond Base, the Nappy Fold, the Pig Base, the Preliminary Fold, the Waterbomb Base, and the Windmill Base. Building on these base folds allows for countless creative inventions-from koala bears, Scottish terriers, antelopes, dragons, pandas, and planes with propellers, to multi-unit spheres, octagonal boxes, and other exquisite geometrical designs.
In addition to more than 1,000 step-by-step illustrations, Essential Origami contains helpful paper-folding tips, note-worthy trivia, and fascinating explanations that illuminate the worlds of both ancient and contemporary origami. A compendium to delight the novice and the expert alike, Essential Origami puts centuries of noteworthy techniques at everyone's fingertips.
In addition to more than 1,000 step-by-step illustrations, Essential Origami contains helpful paper-folding tips, note-worthy trivia, and fascinating explanations that illuminate the worlds of both ancient and contemporary origami. A compendium to delight the novice and the expert alike, Essential Origami puts centuries of noteworthy techniques at everyone's fingertips.
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This book contains more than 1,000 step-by-step diagrams for origami projects ranging from traditional Japanese designs to contemporary American innovations. Emphasizing ten basic folds, each of which can be expanded to create dozens of more complex designs, this compendium also includes tips on paperfolding, trivia, and insights into the symbolism of origami.
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Before you try any of the procedures or projects in this book, here are some very helpful tips that will make origami easier: Fold on a smooth flat surface, such as a table or a book. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Before you try any of the procedures or projects in this book, here are some very helpful tips that will make origami easier: Fold on a smooth flat surface, such as a table or a book. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect for beginers,
By A Customer
This review is from: Essential Origami: How To Build Dozens of Models from Just 10 Easy Bases (Paperback)
This is the perfect starting origami book it has wonderful digrams and most the models are pretty simple even the dragon shown on the cover is pretty simple, although there are a few harder models. The one downside to this book is there aren't very many origanal models although the ones that do exist are very cool. people just starting origami haven't seen that many models so what i just said isn't a problem for them. I highly recommend this book to anyone who would like to learn the art of origami
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Very Good Book If You Like Origami.,
By Jose Luis Herrera (Nowhere) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Essential Origami: How To Build Dozens of Models from Just 10 Easy Bases (Paperback)
The rating is really supposed to be 4 1/2 on top.This is a good book to start with for all sorts of people, beginers to experts. It offers a wide variety of models including unit/modular origami, some of my favorite areas in origami. It is also in good order : from easy models to hard models. It is rated 4 and a half because there are only about six models or so on each base that it offers. Good if you are a beginner to high itermediate. All in all, a good book.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great place to start and mature,
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This review is from: Essential Origami: How To Build Dozens of Models from Just 10 Easy Bases (Paperback)
I bought this book to broaden the range of things that I could fold (knowing just 2 or 3 origami before reading this). It has exceeded my expectations. Not only did I quickly learn new things that I could fold, I also learned a broad range of fundamental patterns for origami, plus I found detailed instructions on complex models.There are a variety of simple hat, box, flower, and animal models that you learn from the very start, but the patterns range up to much more complex models, like a wonderful Santa Claus origami that I've folded several times to add to Christmas presents. That one still takes me about half an hour to fold, but I'm working on it. This book covers many origami that can be made from a fairly broad set of basic folds, so you can go a long way with just this book. The instructions are generally very clear with words and pictures for everything you need to do. The models do build on one another, however, and later in the book there are often back-references to previous pieces (which may themselves refer to earlier pieces). You should not expect to jump immediately to the most complex origami (unless you have significant prior experience, I guess). I was prepared to buy a couple of books, if necessary, to learn a variety of interesting things to fold, but having purchased this one, I have not felt the need to buy another so far. I highly recommend this book.
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