Discover how to turn a simple square of paper into something ACTION-PACKED! From flapping birds to floating boats, spinning tops to magic wands, and barking dogs to jumping horses, this book is filled with amazing paper models for you to create. The great photography and clear, step-by-step instructions make each project really easy to master and lots of fun to fold.
In this practical guide, Beech combines a fascinating history of the art, an inspirational gallery featuring the work of the world's top origamists, detailed descriptions of the paper to use and 25 projects. Over 700 photos.
Step-by-step instructions for making more than thirty interactive origami toys that flap, jump, fly, spin, bang, tumble, turn inside out, peck, snap, rock, and talk. Each design presents an exciting combination of interesting design and innocent delight. Paul Jackson is a professional paper artist and instructor living in Tel Aviv. His work has been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. His previous books include The Encyclopedia of Origami and Papercraft; Championship Paper Planes; The Pop-up Book; Origami: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide; and Tricks and Games with Paper. Interactive origami toys from world-renowned master.
Origami doesnt need to be a stationary piece of art. From a hen that can lay an egg to a beating heart, the projects in this book make origami interactive even after its been created! Step-by-step instructions take readers through a series of projects, each labeled easy, medium, or hard to guide origamists to the crafts appropriate for their folding skill. Full-color photographs introduce the basic origami techniques as well as add a visual reference for each step in the projects.
The detailed instructions of Illustrattiva show you clear, step by step, how to create small active games with the origami art. Easy to make and functional, you'll have fun in building small paper toys and playing with them. Don't worry if they are not right the first time! We have to train! The instructions that are in this book can be implemented without using scissors, they are suitable for children and beginners and above all... they are active! * The Puppet for fingers * Stand for theater or drawings * The Biting Dinosaur * The Jumping Frog Don't worry if they are not right the first time! We have to train! =============================================== Illustrattiva, Active Short Boooks are low cost ebooks with small games, stories and creative hobbies for children and fans. Follow me on www.illustraTTiva.it for other games and stories!
This book takes you onto an amazing journey into the world of geometric origami, a world full of shapes and colors. The author presents detailed step-by-step instructions for more than 35 original origami designs: stars, flowers, decorations and boxes. The models vary in difficulty from simple to complex. The book is divided into three chapters. The first chapter showcases modular models - models constructed from several identical units connected only by folding. The second chapter explores how to fold beautiful practical three dimensional models such as boxes, all from a single sheet. The third chapter focusses on decorative models such as stars and flowers, each to be folded from a single square or from other regular polygons. The Appendix will teach you how to obtain these regular polygons from usual square origami sheets or rectangles by folding and cutting them along the creases.This book is suitable for beginners and advanced origamists alike, offering challenging and appealing projects to everyone. With their unique style of diagramming, the instructions are precise, clear and easy to understand. If you like the beauty of geometry and enjoy being creative with your hands, this book is for you. Whether you are familiar with origami or not, it offers many hours of enjoyment.
Perfect for papercrafters of all skill levels and ages, these 12 unique models can actually move — just add a clothespin! Cut out the full-color parts and follow the simple assembly directions to build a bird that pecks, a flying pig that flaps its wings, a dog that nods its head, and a T. rex that opens its jaws. Create a bear, if you dare, and produce a moose or goose! Step-by-step instructions for putting the pieces together are accompanied by color photos. Each project features printed parts to cut and assemble as well as a list of materials such as clothespins and paper clips.
Oriland Magic Star will show you how to create mesmerizing action origami - fabulous variations of the one and only Magic Star of Oriland! The Magic Star is a star-like shaped polyhedral torus that can be rotated, so its surface constantly transforms with sections squeezing in the center and straightening at the 'equator', while you see the changing pattern of folds and colors that has a mesmerizing effect! Watch Oriland Magic Star in action in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjfYLS1lc5U Do-It-Yourself - fold these fantastic action models, originally designed by Yuri and Katrin Shumakov, and experience the mystery of The Oriland Magic Star firsthand! On 90 pages of this book there are 360 detailed step-by-step colorful vector- and photo-diagrams with thorough written instructions and photos of examples of completed projects that will guide you through folding the 6 original origami designs including the one-piece Magic Star and modular Magic Stars. In each article, there are recommendations on paper type and size with indication of the size of the completed model, as well as suggestions on color schemes to get rainbow, hypnotic rings, chess, yin-yang effects on your Magic Stars. The designs are intermediate and complex level of folding and are a good challenge for the experienced folder and the expert alike. Folding the modules is easy, though the assembly of the star might be challenging, but the result is oh! how satisfying! Have a creative and fun time with this book making mesmerizing Oriland Magic Stars! Happy folding!For more details on this book and the model menu, please visit our website at http://www.oriland.com/store/books/oriland_magic_star/main.php Action Origami Series: Volume 1 (this book): http://www.amazon.com/dp/1497383994/ Volume 2: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1500603619/
Origami Magic Mandalas continues the Action Origami Series by the Oriland authors and shows you how to fold amazing torus-shaped mandala designs out of simple modules that you can rotate and meditate! For more info, video and images on this book, visit http: //www.oriland.com/store/books/origami_magic_mandalas/main.php The book features three modular action designs - two Magic Mandala Toruses, one with simple locks (160 modules) and the other with advanced locks (128 modules), and the incredibly intricate Celestial Mandala Torus (96 modules) crowning the collection On 72 full color pages, there are about 300 detailed step-by-step colorful vector- and photo-diagrams with written instructions along with 60 photos of examples of completed models that will guide you through folding the 3 original action origami designs. Each chapter presenting a particular design offers recommendations on paper type, colors and size including indication of the sizes of the completed models. Modules of each design are surprisingly easy to fold, while assembling the whole torus can take time and require patience, so, overall, the designs of this book can be assigned to intermediate level of folding. No any glue, just clever paper locks! The fascinating mandala toruses will impress with their simplicity of folding, visual complexity and flexibility of rotation! They produce a mesmerizing effect when revolved, showing balanced visual elements of changing patterns of folds and colors in a harmonious way. We hope you will enjoy this book, creating the amazing Origami Magic Mandalas you can rotate!
