Customer Reviews

Mythological Creatures and the Chinese Zodiac in Origami

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I am a beginning origami enthusiast and have only five origami books to my name. However, four of them are by John Montroll and this book, Mythological Creatures, is one of the best!! The drawings are easy to follow, the designs are very different and challenging and when completed, the three-headed dragon is just awesome!! It took me four hours to fold it, but it was worth the time. Get this book! The folds are great and the results are worth every penny!

This book has my favorite Montrol Model, Cerberus the three headed dog who guards the gates of hell, and my second favorite Pegasus. I had an old Sakoda model of a the flying horse but this one far exceeds it.

Montrol models tend to be complex, with many many folds. The detail of the three headed dragon is amazing. But the final model is less than pleasing. Sometimes less is more. On the other hand, there are no cuts in any of these models and if you use good large paper you will be amazed at what is possible.

(These models are easier than the Lang bugs)

This is a decent origami book overall. There are some very impressive models, such as the three headed dragon, but most of the book is pretty watered-down compared to some of Montroll's other books due to lack of detail.

This is one of my favorite origami books. It contains diagrams for a rat, ox, tiger, bloar, rabbit, dog, chinese dragon, rooster, snake, monkey, ram, horse, sea serpent, unicorn, centaur, wyvern, griffin, three headed dragon, western dragon, pegasus, chimera, and cerberus.

In this book, Montroll falls into routines. The chinese zodiac models are ugly enough (just compared to his beautiful models in "Origami sculptures"),and the process of folding lacks scintillation. The second part of the book is fair, some mythological creatures are faithfully constructed.

This is my favorite origami book by Montroll, and my favorite origami book ever. Unlike some of his books, all models are readily foldable, as he finally got the hang of designing things so you aren't folding 16 layers in half. Not only are there a good dozen of really good models, the proportion of models that are, shall we say, not worth bothering with is much lower than most books. And the three-headed dragon is as astonishing as, for example, his famed stegosaurus.

As usual for Montrol, the models range from beginner to advanced. Diagrams are clear and concise, and where needed the explanations usually pretty good. A worthy book for anyone's origmai library.

Fantastic book for beginners and advanced folders. I love it for the Chinese Zodiac animals ;)

I just found the directions in this book to be confusing, and some intermediate steps would probably have resolved this. There were several points that I found difficult to follow, a problem I have not had in any other origami books I have used.

I gave this two stars because I think most of the models designs are nice. But considering the large majority of this book is supposed to be step-by-step to the final design, and those were not very clear to me, I have to give it the thumbs down

I was very disappointed in Montroll's origami books. the directions/diagrams were not clear or complete. i was also disappointed in the end results of the pieces. they lacked the detail despite the complicated folds that were used to achieve the finished pieces.