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Shows how to fold paper into ducks, fish, swan, sharks, kangaroos, gerbils, dragonflies, deer, dinosaurs, elephants, biplanes, and Viking ships.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is ideal for lapsed folders - I used to do a lot of origami some years ago and needed a refresher. It contains a few simple models and a number of complex and very complex ones. Some of the intermediate ones are very satisfying indeed while the most complex ones are occasionally slightly disappointing and can feel a little forced.
Mr Lang very definitely has his own style of model and presentation; I liked the use of more text than is normal in origami books. However, many models have taken me numerous attempts & I've ended up annotating the book myself as I've worked out the keys to certain folds
Mr Lang very definitely has his own style of model and presentation; I liked the use of more text than is normal in origami books. However, many models have taken me numerous attempts & I've ended up annotating the book myself as I've worked out the keys to certain folds
37 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book because I had NO origami experience. I am not particularly good with my hands, but until I tried this book, I didn't think I was particularly bad either. The book starts okay, with a couple of simple models, but very quickly moves onto far more complex models that a beginner like me could never hope to tackle. Only about four or five models are suitable for the beginner. I would suggest this book is for advanced origami-ists who will probably love the incredibly complex and impressive models, the beginner should steer clear.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an early book of Mr Lang's, and it is so good to see it available. As he is a mathematician as well as an entertaining lecturer this collection of progressively more complex models was a foretaste of the later far more complex books. Mr Lang is world renowned and respected in the origami community and I would recommend this as a second book for those who have folded a little and a first book for those who have folded by instruction before - but a lively mind and adept fingers will soon benefit from the carefully progressed selection.
I would not advise this as a first book but certainly buy while available to be there when ready for steadily more complexity. Some reviewers miss out the vital component of the way a paperfolder works; patience!
I buy this not only for me but as a second or third acquisition for those I introduce to origami as either just fun or therapy for arthritic fingers! No one will regret the purchase of this well diagrammed book. Excellent value for money.
I would not advise this as a first book but certainly buy while available to be there when ready for steadily more complexity. Some reviewers miss out the vital component of the way a paperfolder works; patience!
I buy this not only for me but as a second or third acquisition for those I introduce to origami as either just fun or therapy for arthritic fingers! No one will regret the purchase of this well diagrammed book. Excellent value for money.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Wide range of models, excellent book
The book starts off with the basics, and explains how to read origami diagrams. Lang sticks to what is more or less the standard symbols used in lots of origami books, so this... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Yngve Ellingsen
Interesting, but ultimately a little disappointing.
Though this book does have some pretty awesome models in it (one of these days I will attempt the cuckoo clock, honest), it seems a very odd mix of the very simple, and insanely... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Hamamelis
Great for beginners.
I bought this for a friend who had an interest in origami. My friend has not stopped, making all the patterns with different coloured paper. Read more
Published on 8 April 2010 by David J. Parrish
Interesting but flawed
This is a book where the vast majority of designs would be ranked 'intermediate' or above. Although there are some simple designs, the difficulty climbs very quickly, so it could... Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2010 by Young Crow
Not too Bad
A little difficult to understand in places but overall ok.
Published on 11 Nov 2003 by "deeuk"
An all round classic book
I think this book is very good,because the models start off very simple and then seem to get harder and harder. Read more
Published on 22 Mar 1999
this is a great book
this is a great book
Published on 6 Mar 1999
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