Customer Reviews

3-D Geometric Origami: Modular Polyhedra

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It's about the size of a grade-school workbook. The pictures are confusing and need a bit of interpretation to clarify what the author is getting at.

As an experienced paper folder, I found the designs and the instructions lacking.

As to the beginners perspective, for entertainment on a long train ride with my younger brother, I brought this book and another geometric origami book "Unit Origami" by Tomoko Fuse.

My brother was a complete novice. He first attempted a few projects from "3-D Geometric Origami : Modular Polyhedra." He seemed a bit discouraged through the whole process, however, we were pretty bored so he attempted to complete few anyway. The finished products didn't hold up very well and they didn't look very pretty either.

He was about to give up on origami altogether. I handed him the Unit Origami book, and he took off. He was an origami folding fanatic for the whole week we were staying with our relatives.

I really enjoy this book. It combines the beauty of origami with the principles of geometry. It gives instructions for simple modular origami, telling you how to make the finished shapes as large and complex or small and simple as you like. It gives room for countless variations on the techniques taught here. My friends are amazed when I show them my latest creations and tell them that in one shape there are 72 pieces of paper!

A good "how-to" book. Diagrams for folding individual modules are clear. Instruction for piecing the modules together to form the models should be more detailed as this can be a frustrating process. Overall, I would recommend the book, but think it's best for those with some experience in piecing these types of models together.

This is an extraordinary origami book. Unlike others, it lacks details of "how to put the pieces together".However, it provides a good survey of polyhedra theorems and offers dozens of unfamiliar modular pieces. For beginners, this is an excellent textbook; for veterans, this is a must-have!

Nicely illustrated, pretty easy to follow. Tried a few of the models finding them fun to do. Wouldn't recommend for someone just starting.

I ordered this book for some fun math activities at the end of the year. I'll need time to learn how to make the projects; some of them are quite complex. From a geometry standpoint, the book will be a useful extension at school.

The diagrams were not very clear and the steps were too convoluted and not well explained.

I consider myself a good folder. I have successfully made many geometric projects from other books. However, this book was a complete frustration. I killed a lot of origami trees before finally tossing the book.

Do yourself a favor, go to the public library and order loads of origami books. Try them out and THEN buy the books that work for you.

(sigh) live and learn

This book really has a fair amount of really cool models to make. If found the directions relatively easy to follow. The directions are actually drawn on computer or something which has its advantages and disadvantages. Pictures can have hands that get in the way and inadequate directions on how to fold it even though it shows segments of steps through the pictures.
Overall, I'm satisfied with the book since this was -$10.

This slim volume has some nice features that make up for a lack of illustrations and model photos, including a clever pentagon template, tips for cutting equilateral triangles & hexagons, and suggestions for cutting multiple pieces for the projects. I especially enjoyed working with the triangle, simple square, and the spike ball modules, which I used to make solid, satisfying models. The "triangle edge module" can be used to make a nice tetrahedron or an icosahedron (which helped me see the relationship between that shape and a dodecahedron). I skipped a couple of spiky models that required glue, but I was generally very pleased with the book.