Overview

Each of these 85 models features detailed, easy-to-follow diagrams, offering paperfolders of all ages a simple guide to making swans, houses, vases, boats, hats, and other charming figures. From the popular author of Dover's Origami for Beginners and Origami from Around the World comes this new introduction to paperfolding. Brimming with eighty-five clearly illustrated, step-by-step diagrams, this simple guide will have origami novices on their way to mastering a fun and fascinating art that's as old as the invention of paper itself! Hobbyists of every age will find it a snap to create such charming models as a rabbit, a boat, a coin purse, a house, a flower, Santa Claus, a penguin, a bird in flight, and a Chinese pagoda. Designed especially for beginners, the array of projects featured here will make intriguing party and holiday decorations - and are guaranteed conversation pieces. AGES: 12 plus

Full Product Details

Author:   Vicente Palacios
Publisher:   Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint:   Dover Publications Inc.
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.177kg
ISBN:  

9780486461939

ISBN 10:   0486461939
Pages:   96
Publication Date:   11 January 2008
Recommended Age:   From 12 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Publisher's Note from the Spanish Edition Origami How to Cut the Sheets of Paper How to Fold a Square Sheet in Half How to Fold a Square Sheet Diagonally Folding Exercises Some Basic Folds and Common Terms Symbols Competition Sailboat Bird with Pockets Cap Boat 1 House Cup Box 1 Arrow Grasshopper Hen Claws Fancy Boat Folded Letter Self-righting Punching Bag Coin Purse Catamaran Soccer Goal Box 2 Dove 1 Pointed Hat 1 Pointed Hat 2 Harlequin Dove 2 Church Santa Claus Pinwheel 1 Little Bird 1 Fish 1 Boat 2 Spaceship Pinwheel 2 Flower Boat 3 (Traditional) Swan Captain's Shirt Nun Babbling Mouth Hanging Crystal Tumbler Tank Small Phone Fly Ladies Purse Flying Saucer Mexican Canal Boat Sofa Wallet Book Celtic Helmet Fish 2 Fox Face Little Clown Folded Napkin Pressman's Cap Miter 1 (Medieval) Flying Bird Little Bird 2 Oil Lamp Salt Shaker Fortune Teller Game Ornamental Game Rabbit 1 Boat with Covers Modular Crown Seven-league Boots Tilted Pyramid Penguin On a Boat Lama's Headdress Letter Holder Fir Tree Small Japanese Box Miter 2 Flying Gurnard Bird Chinese Pagoda (traditional) Dove with Flapping Wings Pencil with Eraser Bluebell (Flower) Colocasia Leaf Penguin Flower Basket Bellows Traditional Rabbit 2 Perplexing Folded Letter Ornamental Box Alphabetical List of Models

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