DOVER ORIGAMI PAPERCRAFT – serie

Here is a collection of 32 simple projects for novice origami hobbyists – clearly illustrated and with easy-to-follow instructions that even beginning papercrafters can follow with success. Subjects range from an ultra-simple hat, cup, and pinwheel to the more challenging (but still unintimidating) penguin, pelican, and piano.Also included are the figures of a swan, lantern, cicada, pigeon, fox, rabbit, and other popular origami subjects. With the successful completion of these projects, origami hobbyists will be well on their way to mastering a fascinating art that's as old as the invention of paper itself.

Paperfolders can get prehistoric with this new collection by an international origami master. Ranging from the very easy to the low-intermediate level, 20 models include a tyrannosaurus, apatosaurus, pterodactylus, dimetrodon, quetzalcoatlus, protoceratops, and other famous and lesser-known dinosaurs – all based on Montroll’s single square, no-cuts, no-glue approach.

Create nearly 40 striking paper figures with clear, step-by-step instructions and helpful diagrams. Features simple to advanced objects: cube, parrot, rabbit, seagull, cuckoo clock, rocket, mouse, elephant, violinist, Viking ship, and many more.

Create a swarm of cleverly designed paper insects. Noted origamist presents step-by-step instructions and diagrams for 20 challenging projects: treehopper, spotted ladybug, orb weaver, tarantula, tick, butterfly, grasshopper, dragonfly, praying mantis, scorpion, and more. Helpful sections on symbols and terms and general folding directions. Intermediate to advanced level.

Now readers can discover how to make their own cards, toys, and gifts that slide, spring, and revolve! From greeting cards with moving parts, to a pop-up menagerie, this book offers dozens of wonderful ideas for three-dimensional paper fun. Includes easy-to-follow, illustrated instructions for more than 30 projects. 299 black-and-white illustrations.

This book by an expert presents a clear, concise introduction to the special techniques for creating complex polyhedra models. Based on the classic Platonic solids, these 17 projects are appropriate for folders at all levels. Step-by-step diagrams offer detailed views of the models' assembly, and photos depict completed models.

Suitable for all skill levels — especially intermediate folders — this collection of 25 models features such familiar species as triceratops, stegosaurus, tyrannosaurus, and pteranodon. Less well-known dinosaurs are also included, from the dimetrodon and protoceratops to the elasmosaurus and tanystropheus. A master origami designer explains each model with clear instructions and numerous illustrations.

Fifteen colorful origami fortune tellers offer kids loads of fun as they predict their futures at playdates, sleepovers, birthday parties, camp, or even by themselves. Pre-printed, perforated, and easy to fold, the paper toys feature themes ranging from Birthday Bash to Vacation Destination, plus 3 fill-in-the-blanks fortune tellers for personalized predictions.

This exciting collection of unusual origami projects includes a griffin, sea serpent, wyvern, and a dozen animals from the Chinese zodiac: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, snake, monkey, and six others — each created from a single sheet of paper. The models range in difficulty from simple to complex. Includes two-color diagrams.

This full-color book for beginners presents 32 new designs by Dover's most popular origami author. From a cruise ship and a canoe to chess pieces, a swan, snake, frog, and more, the all-original models range from very easy to more sophisticated projects. Includes complete instructions and easy-to-follow diagrams.

Simple directions and complete materials make it a cinch for crafters ages 12 and up to construct these rocking paper automata — all you need is a penny to make them move! Six models include a nodding donkey, a gift box decked with a fluttering heart, a rocking robin, rolling bones that will tumble down an incline, a pair of tapping feet, and a tail-wagging dog.

Explanatory symbols and detailed illustrations for 57 projects enable even beginning paperfolders to produce such easy-to-make models as caps, cubes, airplanes, a vase, 4-pointed star, and progress to more challenging figures that will appeal to experienced origamists: baskets, Cinderella's slipper, gyroscopes, a 10-sided box, 5-pointed star, vampire bat, and more.

Unique and wildly creative, this mathematical and geometricapproach to origami contains 40 models of cubes, towers, andgeometric shapes as well as puzzles and models of everyday items— all folded from rectangular paper. This is the first publicationoutside Japan of these original figures, offering intermediate leveland serious origamists an intriguingblend of art and science.Dover (2012) English translation andnew selection of models from GenuineOrigami Ã2, Japan Publications TradingCo. Ltd., Japan, 2009.