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Start Origami
by Mark Bolitho

Publisher: Search Press
Edition: Paperback

ISBN 13: 9781844487387

This book is available for pre-order. It is expected in stock on 23 January 2012.

This book is an entry-level introduction to the ancient art of paper folding. This book demonstrates the enormous number of ways to use paper folding in order to get beginners started on these beautiful projects, keep them interested and set their creativity alight. Start Origami begins with a brief history of origami followed by a guide through useful tools and equipment. The reader is given understanding of what it is possible to create using various origami papers. Shown in simple stages of how to fold and create paper models the projects include; cat, dog, flower, the classic crane with its flapping wings, a frog, a lantern and a star. Increasing in complexity these projects are chosen to build confidence and skill. Each project is shown step by step with clear diagrams and reference to all the basic techniques and instructions. The finished pieces are beautifully photographed.

Price: £6.99

Origami Flowers
by Soonboke Smith

Publisher Sterling
Edition Hardback

Use simple techniques to create lavish bouquets of paper flowers. With detailed photographic instructions for more than 30 projects, the possibilities for origami floral arrangements are endless.

Price: £14.99

Origami for the First Time
by Soonboke Smith

Publisher Sterling
Edition Paperback

From making the basic folds and forms to crafting exquisite little flowerpots, frames and pinwheels, this guide explains everything you need to know about origami. Full colour throughout.

Price: £12.99

High-Flying Paper Airplanes
by Jack Botermans

Publisher Sterling
Edition Paperback

From the Concorde to the Stealth Bomber, these more than 35 great-looking, superbly aerodynamic paper craft look amazingly like the actual planes they’re modelled on.

Price: £4.99

Classic Origami
by P D Tuyen

Publisher Sterling
Edition Paperback

Through a sequence of folds, without cutting or gluing, make a selection of more than two-dozen animals including a squirrel, peacock, spider and elephant. Detailed photographs and sequential illustrations walk beginners through the art of origami.

Price: £6.99

The Art of Napkin Folding
by Gay Merill Gross

Publisher Collins & Brown
Edition Paperback Book, Hardback Box, Cotton Napkin

The Art of Napkin Folding presents a collection of 30 easy-to-fold napkin designs. Following the carefully crafted step-by-step instructions, each with its own clear diagram, readers will discover how easily and effortlessly they can add colour, style and fun to their table settings.

Price: £9.99

Origami: The Art of Paper Folding
by Gay Merill Gross

Publisher Collins & Brown
Edition Paperback Book, Hardback Box, 25 sheets of art paper

Creating boxes, wallets and ornaments from paper is inexpensive, easy and fun—and they can also be made quickly to suit specific occasions. Gift boxes with a personal touch are always worth the effort, and make even a little present seem that much more special, while novelty items, like the jumping frog, will entertain and amuse.

Price: £9.99

Minigami
by Gay Merill Gross

Publisher Collins & Brown
Edition Paperback

Minigami is packed with great new paperfolding designs using all the popular new forms of miniature origami, such as tea-bag folding and Iris folding. The unique modular forms can be used as home accents or decorative display pieces and the book also includes projects such as greetings cards, gift tags and decorations that can be made with finished origami pieces.

Price: £12.99

The Origami Bible
by Nick Robinson

Publisher Collins & Brown
Edition Paperback

Fully illustrated in colour, 'The Origami Bible' will enable readers, whatever their level of skill, to fold almost any design, traditional or contemporary. The emphasis is on creativity, encouraging the reader to combine and extend existing techniques to produce new origami works. Author Nick Robinson focuses on mastery of technique and creativity—showing how designs are forged, what creative processes are involved, and how existing works can be adapted.

Price: £14.99

Dinogami
by Fernando Gilgado Gomez

Publisher Collins & Brown
Edition Paperback

The most phenomenal discovery of our time becomes the greatest adventure of all time. Now you can create your very own Jurassic Park in the comforts of your home!Dinogami is a delightful and amusing collection of origami dinosarus that will appeal to children and adults alike. Prehistoric favourites include a brooding Brontosaurus, a feisty Triceratops and a ravaging Pterosauria. A menacing T-Rex would impress the most discerning pint-sized Paleontologist. A brief profile accompanies each project to make the learning process fun and easy whilst thorough step-by-step instructions guide through the fold process from start to finish.

Price: £8.99

Origami Jewellery
by Ayako Brodek

Publisher Search Press
Edition Paperback

Don't just fold and look at your origami - wear it! Create elegant and exquisite pendants, pins, earrings and more using traditional folding skills and simple jewellery-making techniques. Create brooches and pendants from traditional origami designs such as cranes, frogs and kimonos; stunning starburst pins using modular techniques; beautiful origami beads for necklaces and bracelets; delightful lantern and flower earrings.All folding and finishing techniques are clearly demonstrated from basic folds to adding embellishments and coating for durability. Projects are graded from easy to challenging, so that even beginners can start making beautiful jewellery straight away.

Price: £12.99

Origami for Children
by Mari Ono

Publisher Cico Books
Edition Hardback

Origami for Children is the perfect introduction to origami, the fun Japanese papercraft for parents and children of all ages. You'll be amazed at how much you can create using sheets of paper and a few simple folds. Every stage is described in a series of clear step-by-step photographs, showing all the techniques you will need to complete each of these great designs.

Price: £14.99

Complete Origami
by David Mitchell

Publisher Collins & Brown
Edition Hardback

The adept origamist can produce anything from a simple dog or chicken to amazing geometric models and this book shows exactly how. Featuring hundreds of specially drawn, step-by-step diagrams, clear instructions from master origamist and author David Mitchell, and beautiful photographs of the finished pieces, it contains projects ranging from very simple pieces that can be achieved with a few basic folds, to complex birds with flapping wings.

As well as origami that is purely ornamental, such as the Japanese crane, Verdi’s vase and the octahedral pyramid, the book shows how to make games and toys, such as basketball hoops and classic paper planes that can be used to while away an idle hour. It also showcases projects that can be made using non-traditional papers, such as sticky notes, that can be found anywhere.

With over 25 projects to choose from, all presented in full colour, Complete Origami will enable anyone to enjoy, if not master, this amazing and popular craft. (30,000 words).

Price: £16.99

Origami Deluxe
by Duy Nguyen & Robert Fathauer

Publisher GMC Publications
Edition Kit

The art of origami comes alive with this special gift set, which provides everything a crafter needs to create fantastic folded figures. It’s the same successful format that helped Sushi Deluxe become so popular, with all the elements elegantly packaged in an attractive gift box: an exquisite miniature chest of drawers with all the items beautifully organised inside. Open it up to find a fully-illustrated book with both basic and advanced geo-gami projects; a toolset with folding and scoring utensils; a gridded work area mat; and best of all, 80 sheets of origami paper which, if purchased separately, would cost more than the entire set on its own. There are 60 sheets in an 8" x 8" size, featuring 5 patterns; 35 in 6" x 6", with five patterns; 25 that have precise folding lines to guide novices through the challenging tessellation creations; and 12 in two colours of solid foil. Beginners can start with a Killer Whale, Flying Dragon, and Unicorn, while the geo-gami includes tessellations to make a Triple-Tiered Hexagon, Triangle Squash, and Dancing Squares.

Price: £11.98

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