Product Details

• Actors: Karen Thomas
• Directors: Suzanne Lamar
• Format: AC-3, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: PageSage
• DVD Release Date: November 3, 2004
• Run Time: 143 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006HDC4I
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #81,410 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Carol Duvall HGTV
For anyone who loves working with paper this is one terrific DVD!

Product Description
Karen Thomas
You've seen Karen's beautiful artwork in several books. You've seen her many guest appearances on television. Now you can learn how Karen makes her folded treasures and more on DVD

Fold It
This DVD is jam-packed with almost two and a half hours of projects, tips, and ideas. Finally you don't have to try and learn origami from a book. Now you can see the action, fold by fold and create your own folded treasures for scrapbook pages, greeting cards, and even jewelry. Using just paper, a bone folder, and an occasional dab of glue, Karen shows you how to make wonderful and whimsical artwork.

Projects
Enjoy a front row seat while Karen demonstrates: Folding 101, Paper Finishes, Envelopes, Pop Up Box, Sliding Box, Folded Box, Gift Bag, Little Kimono, Folded Shoes, Folded Earrings, Crane Card, Accordion Book, Signature Book and House Box.

Interactive Gallery
The gallery is overflowing with more than 90 photographs of sample artwork. When you see something that inspires you jump directly to the technique used to create it.

This is a NTSC format DVD. It has been enabled for regions 1, 2, and 4.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Afraid of "Origami"? Don't be! Karen makes it EASY!!, November 18, 2004

By	Janice Bryant "rubberrabbit" (Moore, Oklahoma USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Omigosh--no more standing on my head to try to figure out how someone folds those cool cranes. Boxes? Simple! Tiny kimonos? Piece of cake! And earrings that are to die for! Envelopes! Paper finishes! Books!
Some of these projects were on Carol Duvall's show, but now you get to see what you never saw on that show--step by step closeups and simple ways to finish things. No diagrams needed!
What I loved about this DVD is that every little part of it is worth watching. Never before have the 'credits' been almost as interesting as the main portion of the program: Karen shows her private journal as the background to the credits lists! And the bloopers show the Karen we all know and love from Carol Duvall: elegant, modest, but warm and funny. The gallery was great, and even the ads for upcoming DVDs from PageSage gave glimpses of the other DVDs.
PageSage really has this instructional filming down pat--no unnecessary head shots and always close images of what is being done. Better than the front row in a class, since you can watch it at 2am in your pyjamas!
Get this DVD if you have even the smallest interest in folding paper but have been afraid to try it. You'll be as hooked as I now am!

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flying off shelves......for a reason, November 21, 2004

By	C. Sullivan "aka C Lion" (Lake Stevens, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This DVD has been out less than a month and already they are flying off the shelves. There is a reason. Everyone, who is in the slightest bit interested, falls in love with it. This is more than just origami, though that is where it begins, with a bang. These are techniques that have cried out for good video representation.

I took up origami when I quit smoking, it kept my hands busy. Doing a lot more than the basics was very difficult because the type written instructions, even with stripes, shaded areas and arrows on the diagrams, were inadequate to make the things I wanted. It almost frustrated me back to smoking!

This is what I needed. My very own teacher available any and every time I need her. The filming of this DVD focuses on Karen's hands not her hair-do. The lighting is great and her voice does not bounce all over the place like she is standing in an empty house. You see each movement of the paper and Karen explains what she is doing very well as she goes.

There is a terrific gallery and if you are browsing through it and want more information on a piece click on it and you are whisked away to the segment showing the technique used to make it.

If this is not enough be sure to watch the bloopers, coming and already released titles and more. Grab some materials and get started folding.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a MUST HAVE DVD, November 18, 2004

By	Kathleen "Kattisch" (Helena, Montana) - See all my reviews

Oh my gosh! You would not believe how wonderful this DVD is! The projects are absolutely georgous. Every single project is not only beautiful but they are all easy to follow along and recreate yourself. Karen also throws in tips and tricks when she is doing her projects which is so valuable. Also, there is a project gallery that is interactive so that when you see a project or technique you would like to create, you can select that project and it will take you to the demonstration on the DVD. The camera captures what every fold and movement of Karen's hands as she is creating her projects so you aren't left guessing as to how she may have done a particular fold. If you love paper arts and crafts this is definitely a MUST HAVE DVD!!