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Origami Insects

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I aspire to be able to fold these models well. They are so cool, the ant has a segmented body, 6 legs, mandlibles and not a single cut in the single sheet of paper.

Get large sheets of good quality paper to start with. (The origami USA carries it) And take your time, breath deeply and try again. After all it's only paper. The results will amaze and astound your friends.

(Rating scale is 4 for difficulty but it really should be 5 or 6, on the "Montrol" model scale)

This is one of my favorite origami books ever. I love the models in this book such as the Samurai Helmet Beetle, Satg Beetle, and Scorpion. If you aren't an experienced folder than don't even think about buying it. But if you are than buy it, though don't forget that it is a very challenging book. I have had this book for one year and have never gotten bored. And yes I am 11 and yet I can fold some of the most complex models published.

An awesome book! Contains some of the most beautiful folds I know, as well as some of the hardest. Here's what you get:

1. Treehopper: A rather simple bug, good introduction to the book.

2. Spotted Ladybug: An AWESOME exploration of color-contrast! Looks great when folded from the right paper even though it is not 3D.

3. Orb Weaver: What should I say, well it's a spider...

4. Tarantula: Another spider but with ten legs. If you do it right it looks much like the real thing.

5. Tick: This comes as a hungry and a sated tick. Easy to fold and looks good.

6. Ant: This is absolutely my favourite origami model! The ant is so awesome, I can't find words for it. You just have to fold it to believe it plus it's pretty easy to fold too.

7. Butterfly: Well folks that's a real butterfly with legs and it's really hard to fold.

8. Scarab Beetle: Egyptian bug.

9. Cicada: Looks GREAT when folded well but is probably the hardest model in the book.

10. Grasshopper: Green, long legs.

11. Black Pine Sawyer: Has really long antennae and looks really cool.

12. Dragonfly: Not very realistic, has a "cartoon" style look.

13. Hercules Beetle: A fat bug that looks good when folded well.

14. Long-Necked Seed Bug: I had never heard of this bug before. Doesn't look bad though.

15. Pill Bug: Not easy to fold but a great-looking and unique model.

16. Praying Mantis: Very hard.

17. Stag Beetle: Good looking and fairy easy.

18. Paper Wasp: Requires you to do something I would have thought impossible before reading this book. Extremely hard.

19. Samurai Helmet Beetle: Beautiful model but hard to fold.

20. Scorpion: Comes out pretty thick but can look nice too.

After all, a great book, if you are an advanced folder buy it!

great book! I would recommend this book for anyone who loves to fold. Though some of the steps in this book require some time to figure out, the time spent does not come unrewarded. One thing i like about this book is on every new creature there is a photo of how it actually looks like when it is completed. Basically this book is for anyone who is into origami. The only caution i would say about this book is it is not for beginners, there are a lot of complicated and tedious steps. If you don't play on spending a lot of time i would not recommend you get it.

This is my favorite book ever. some of the most complicated models I have ever seen. took a few years to master. It was used so musch the thing fell apart, so I had to punch holes and put it in a binder. One of my favorites is the Scarab Beetle. The best thing about this book is that the models are not flat they are totally 3D. Your own unique touches can be added to the finished product. again great book I recommend this to the advanced origami folder. Or someone who wants a challenge

This book is very cool, very hard, but very cool. I have managed a few of the models and look forward to accomplishing more of them through the years. Probably a book for more advanced folders, but interesting to the obssesive folder of any level.

Origami Insects and Their Kin is absolutely my favorite origami book. All but the first model are extremely challenging, and the first one would be given a "complex" rating in any book. I can't stress this enough: if you are bored with the origami books you have because they are too easy, THIS is the book you are looking for. The only downside is that everything else pales in comparison afterwards! The insect models in this book are what one expects of Robert Lang, and then some. They are all beautifully rendered, and amazingly, they're simple enough in design that it's hard to imagine taking any of the details away. The models are so difficult because Lang chooses great subjects, from the exotic-looking Black Pine Sawyer, Samurai Helmet Beetle, and Long-Necked Seed Bug, to the common (but still beautiful) Pill Bug, Dragonfly, and Ant. It's difficult to continue elaborating on Origami Insects and Their Kin, because after several years it still makes my jaw drop, leaving me speechless. This book stands head and shoulders above any other origami book I have seen, for complexity and model quality. If you can't stand insects, perhaps this isn't the book for you. If that's not a problem, then why haven't you already put a good fifty hours into this book?

This book is awesome! The insects in here are very advanced and if you dont have patience or experience then the only things you'll be showing off will be the pictures in the book. I for one have made many complex models such as Engel's Butterfly, Goubergen's Gecko and Fly on a Wall, Kirshenbaum's Biplane, Kawasaki's Rose, and I'm working on Kamiya's Bahamut, and I have to say that many of the models in there are very stressful and you get angry when you spend 3 hours and then you rip something. I've made about half of the insects in there including the Scorpion and they are extremely percise and look so real that a person would reach for the can of RAID when he saw one like the Orb Weaver. Over all yu must have experience if you want to put this fantastic book to use otherwise you'll be trying to amaze people with models that are equivalent to a balled-up sheet of paper.

A one-word review like "wow" is not very helpful, but it's hard to find better words.

This is an advanced origami book. Don't even think about trying this book until you can fold, for example, John Montrol's stegasaurus or some equivalent. Even then, each model will stretch you, presenting some new technique you'll have to learn before you can complete it.

But the difficulty is not for its own sake. Each model is perfectly proportioned, anatomically exact, and aesthetically pleasing -- and could not have been created any more simply without compromising the quality.

In other words, Wow.

This is like the pinnacle for all origami folders. If you can master all these origami figures in this book, then you are one high-powered origami folder! This book really gives you a challenge and hours of fun, or shall I say frustration! :) An absolute must, for any hardcore origamist! If you want a challenge, this is definitely the book for you. I've looked at Origami Fantasy by Kawahata, and ISSEI SUPER COMPLEX ORIGAMI, by Yoshino, and this insect book by Lang is in the same level as these books. I can't stress how good this book is! :)