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Origami Paper Animal Prints 8 1/4" 49 Sheets

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This paper is pretty good. Better than most types available online on Amazon. I have purchased other kinds of origami paper (solid colored, patterened, different sizes, etc) and have found that this paper can be used to fold models from tricky modular kind to simple animals and butterflies. Models with intricate folds also come out well with this paper. I have folded John Montroll's T-rex and other dinosaurs using this paper, too. It is good for both beginners as well as intermediate to complex level origami.

This origami paper booklet contains an instruction booklet on folding a Zebra, Tiger Mask, Cat head, Cobra, Panther cub and a Crocodile. It contains 49 square sheets (including a sheet of gold foil) of 8 1/4" size. The sheets are double sided in color / print and comes in an array of different animal prints such as Zebra stripes, tiger stripes, giraffe spots, leapard spots, crocodile-skin print as well as a snake-skin print.

Its a pretty decent Origami paper. With animal prints you can have more vivid crafts. The only thing is those prints may prevent u from clearly seeing the crease you made as marks.

I bought 3 packages of this paper from Tuttle via Amazon. I wanted the larger 9 inch size to learn more complicated folding. The paper is kind of glossy - so the true form of the model is kind of lost. Plus the ink they used in the papers comes off in my hands. However I could have lived with all of that ....

Except for one thing. I believe the manufacturer should not have listed these as origami papers. The paper is thick. So thick it is impossible to fold any model more complicated than folding a letter for an envelope. Because of the thickness, the paper is useless for me. It was only when I received the package that I noticed it said for the beginner folder. That should have been noted in big letters by the manufacturer. All they stressed in the product image was that the patterns were traditional. Meaning the manufacturer already knew it was thick and not usable for the vast majority of origami models.

I would have liked to send it back, but unfortunately I used some of the papers.
Next time I will look only for those papers that have some kind of product description - an indication whether the manufacturer stands by their product. I used to buy wonderful Japanese and Chinese children's books from Tuttle. Beautifully printed and presented. That is why I trusted buying these papers. Too bad, how far their standards have descended.