Origami Sourcebook: Beautiful Projects and Mythical Characters, Step-By-Step

by Jay Ansill

Origami isn't just a paper craft, it is a way to decorate the home. This book brings to life the popular Japanese art of origami as home decor. Readers will learn how to create an extraordinary range... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592530656
• ISBN13: 9781592530656
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Quarry Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Great book for intermediate to advanced folder

There are a lot of models in this book that I have not found in other books. Reading other reviews, it seems that the author has other books that contain them though. However, if you are like me, and have a collection of origami books, I'd recommend adding this one to the collection as it does not contain your run of the mill "learner" models that a lot of books seem to contain. Although the diagrams are not perfect, I don't think they are as bad as some other reviewers make them out to be. I'm not convinced that absolute beginners could cope with the majority of this book, but I think it contains a lot of models to aspire to if you can't fold them first try!

Designed to appeal to both beginner and advanced alike

Take lovely photos of finished origami products, apply the projects to practical results such as greeting cards or table decorations, and add step-by-step fold instruction diagrams and you have a lovely set of practical projects in Origami Sourcebook: Beautiful Projects And Mythical Characters, Step By Step, which are specifically designed to appeal to both beginner and advanced origami folder alike. Origami Sourcebook doesn't just focus on animals and flowers: it provides a range of projects from dragons to napkin rings, making for a diverse, appealing set of projects.

2 Books in One!!! A Bargain!!!

Its great to see a reprint of Origami Mythical Creatures, i have been looking for this book for ages, and was really happy to find it lurking in the local bookshop. The diagrams may not be the best but there are really superior models included in the collection. My favourite models include the Woodland Elf and the Shiva Idol. Brilliant!!! This book would be suitable more for experienced people in origami with the quality of the diagrmming, you may need to chypher the meaning of the drawings as they lack in accuracy in regards to the proportions and landmarks in the folding sequence.