Instructions and diagrams for fashioning such simple objects as a flower, Japanese box, and church as well as more challenging projects such as a squirrel on a log, birds in a nest, a unicorn, and a full-rigged sailing ship. Over 30 entertaining projects for origami fans of all ages and abilities.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
for VERY exiprienced folder, ready to fight for each step,
By Rozental Gennadiy (Princeton, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Origami: Step by Step (Dover Origami Papercraft) (Paperback)
Well, the book is ..., contains interesting models that you will not find anywhere else, BUT: Title absolutly misleading. Even thought it contains several easy models, majority of interesting models are very complex. Even if you could handle it, be aware that: Diagrams are awful and I would like to emphasize it: every model contains a steps that are difficult to follow , from misleading to sometimes erroneous, imcomplete - some very complex steps are just sketched and you will not even see a result picture on next one, text description of steps is very pure. May be that is what autor wanted to say in the title: you will fight for every step to find out what is drawn here. I would recomend it to buy only for VERY expirienced folder who loves to solve puzzles.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Exquisite,
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This review is from: Origami: Step by Step (Dover Origami Papercraft) (Paperback)
Origami enthusiasts! This book has history. It is written by a great pioneer, Robert Harbin. It consists of models by Patricia Crawford. I love it very much when it was published over 20 years ago and the charm of it has not diminished over the years even after learning so many new models. Strongly recommended.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Great models despite the misleading title.,
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This review is from: Origami: Step by Step (Dover Origami Papercraft) (Paperback)
Good things with Origami Step-By-Step: 1) it's very inexpensive, and 2) it has a good number of fantastic models the likes of which would be very difficult to find in another anthology. Patricia Crawford's designs are innovative and original not only in form but also in content. A few of the more original models include a birdbath (with birds), a squirrel on a log, a mermaid swimming along seaweed, and Christ praying on the Mount of Olives(!). Her other models are perhaps slightly more characteristic of origami -- cat, kangaroo, unicorn, scorpion, three-masted sailing ship -- but are also very well-conceived.A few caveats of Origami Step-By-Step: 1) the overutilization of foil-backed paper. The intro states that the tensile strength of foil is actually a necessity for many of the models. I have not tried folding all of these models yet, but I suspect you may be able to get similar results using wet-folding techniques. Still, I would have liked to have seen less models that depended on the malleability of the paper for its effects. Also 2) the instructions are anything but "step-by-step." In most of these models, many steps are combined into single steps, making a first-time fold very difficult if you don't already understand the mechanics of the folding. These models rely heavily on pre-creasing, and you can expect to see the first step of a given model to be a square with numerous dotted lines criss-crossing everywhere indicating the creases, but not the folds that lead to said creases. Needless to say, this book is not one for beginners, and even intermediate to advanced folders may be stymied by the lack of instruction. Still, this book has some models you won't find anywhere else, so it's definitely worth a look. Just don't expect to go through it in a day.
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