1 comments about Techniques for Marbleizing Paper (Other Paper Crafts).

1. If you're starting your experiments in paper marbling, this classic of the genre is a must-have. And at this price?! Wow!
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No comments about Blooming Origami.

4 comments about Minigami: Mini Origami Projects for Cards, Gifts and Decorations.

1. The step by step instructions for the tiny projects are very easy to follow.



2. There are a lot of projects in this book with a variety of skill levels. There are ideas for using them as well. I find myself using it again and again.



3. The illustrations are easy to follow and there are lots of creative ideas in this book. Love the variety of technics used in the book.



4. Lots of little things to make! The instructions are very well done, the various items are easy to do. I probably wouldn't make this my first origami book, but I found things in there I hadn't found in other books.

5 comments about Polyhedron Origami for Beginners (Origami Classroom).

1. This is hands down the best book about making modular origami polyhedron I have ever encountered (I own about 6 or so books on the topic). The text does an excellent job of presenting three different ways (solid, skeletal, and outline) to make each of the five platonic solids. Towards the end there are also sections about how to make some stellated polyhedron and polygon tiles. Two things make this text wonderful for the beginning folder. Each fold is lucidly diagrammed and includes a well written explanation. The full color text is an added bonus. If you're interested in getting started as a polyhedron folder, this is the best place to begin. Happy folding. :)



2. I'm not really an origami fundamentalist, but I prefer modulars that hold together without glue. Miyuki's models are wonderful, but many of them do require glue. I've overcome my aversion and enjoyed them greatly, but you should be aware of the fact that it takes a little more than simple folding for these!



3. I was a bit disappointed with this book. I feel that many of the models are "simple looking" and therefore, couldn't figure out what to do with them once I'd folded them. They seemed too simple to put on display anywhere I do, however, really like the star section of the book.
   
   As normal with modular origami, be prepared to fold many units!
   
   If you are not a beginner folder, I recommend Tomoko Fuse's Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformations over this book.



4. We have used many origami books but this is the first that has consistently stayed on the kitchen counter for weeks at a time. We have origami tetrahedrons, dodecahedrons, and tetrahedral skeletons all over the house! My 8 year old son has gone origami crazy, all because of this book. The photos are gorgeous - colorful and full of inspiration. The illustrations are excellent - easy to understand, although some of the more complicated figures did take more than one try. Now we need a good source for bulk origami paper.
   
   My son has tried using different size papers, experimented with variations on the instructions, and deconstructed the tetrahedron to see what folds it creates on the paper. He has discovered that the dodecahedron has 20 sides - it can be made with 10 tetrahedrons, each showing 2 sides out (I think - I haven't spent nearly as much time as he has on this stuff). He is still an early reader and has been able to do many of the designs just by following the illustrations and ignoring the written instructions.
   
   Hands down, a wonderful book. Highly recommended!



5. The directions in this book are very clear! It is an exceptional origami pattern book/instruction manual.

5 comments about Origami Omnibus: Paper Folding for Everybody.

1. Near perfect. Nuff said. All idiots, please avoid. This is for high level folders only.



2. Some of the folds are very difficult to understand, yes. However, with a little perseverence, many can be figured out. There's nothing quite like finishing an origami when you had to struggle through some difficult folds to do it. The few times a fold has me completely stymied, this book has such a wealth of material to choose from, it is always easy to set the paper aside and find another project, just as fascinating, hopefully more tractable. This book's greatest strength is its variety. In terms of subject matter, difficulty levels, and sheer number of fascinating forms, I have not yet seen a superior volume.



3. Origami Omnibus has a wide spectrum of models, so everyone can enjoy this book. I like it because it has easy models, but also hard ones that I am still working on. It has a lot of modular origami, which is one category I enjoy. This book explains how geometry and origami are alike. I would recommend this book for anyone who enjoys origami.



4. This is a huge volume with a large variety of subjects presented. Going from memory, there are masks, dinosaurs, animals, boxes, modular polyhedrons, and more. It would be hard for one to leaf through this book and not find at least a few models that are "must-folds".

   This may not be the best book for beginners. I played around with origami a bit as a child and this is the first book I've ever bought. I've had a few problems following the more complex diagrams, but usually after a test fold (where I end up completely mangling the paper) I can re-do the project with little difficulty. There is little-to-no indication of the difficulty of models, e.g. they certainly aren't arranged by difficulty, but its simple enough to determine that a project with 30 steps will be much more difficult than a project with 8 steps.

   What I find especially inspiring in this volume is the author's scant text. He communicates the history and beauty of origami in a simple manner. His passion definitely shows through. I wouldn't have expected to develop such an appreciation from one volume. Folding has become a relaxing, meditative hobby for me, and I'd recommend this volume for anyone seeking the same.




5. This is essentially a reprint of the 1988 book with a new cover. That said, I have to admit that anyone who didn't purchase a copy of that volume at the time is indeed lucky to have the opportunity presented to them again in this book.
   
   Kasahara jumps the student right into some very elaborate models. Most are purely delightful. I am particularly impressed with the masks and plan on making some of them in large paper for wall decore for friends this Christmas. Many of the designs are presented in other books on the subject, but Kasahara frequently goes one better or beyond. The Persian cat is probably one of the nicest models of a cat I've found.
   
   One of the interesting things about this book is the author's marriage of origami to geometry and mathematics. The book has some of the most comprehensive discussions on the relationships of three dimensional geometric objects to one another that I've ever seen in an origami book. While I was more interested in the artist's rendering of new models and didn't get as deeply into the geometrics of the art, I have to admit, the discussions were very cogent and would be an asset to a math teacher.
   
   Probably the most magnificent of the book's presentations is one based precisely on the above topic. The author presents an ingenious box which opens out successively into smaller boxes that create a huge tableux of fall, winter, summer and spring, complete with animals, trees, boats, mountains and houses. How better to reveal the true volume of a cube than by this means!

1 comments about Origami Note Cards (Book & Paper Kit).

1. The projects are very simple and most of them are recycled. Although the papers included are very nice, they are not the right size for most of the projects included in the book. This is a book that I would consider to be more appropriate for children.

2 comments about Interlocking and 3D Paper Airplanes.

1. I've actually become a collector of books on paper airplanes, and at this stage I must have 20 or 30 of them. So I thought I must have seen pretty much everything that was possible in the way of paper airplane design. I was wrong, though - I hadn't seen anything resembling the designs in Teong Hin Tan's book. He's hit on a couple of new, creative ways of using basic folds, to produce models that are beautiful as paper sculpture but that still fly. These designs tend to be a little more complicated than the 'dart' designs you may be used to, but, if you like paper planes, you'll be repaid by the practice you put in with the models in this book. Recommended!



2. ...with special features, such as an interlock that makes the plane hold together and 3-D fuselages too! The aesthetic beauty of these models are unprecedented in paper airplane design. Being an origami author myself, I truly appreciate the use of Squash Folds and Inside Reverse Folds to achieve their special nature.

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No comments about Origami Art: 15 Exquisite Folded Paper Designs from the Origamido Studio.

5 comments about Origami Insects.

1. My 11 year old grandson is an origami 'master'! he has been doing ORIGAMI for 5 or 6 years. He says this is the best ORIGAMI book he has - he has a library full of them! He just ordered another Robert Lang ORIGAMI book.



2. I was able to fold one of the models in this book (the ant.) I aspire to fold the others someday, after much, much more practice with easier books. They look really cool, so they give me a goal to aim for, but I am not certain if I will ever get there.
   Five stars because they are great designs.



3. This book is the best one for the paperfoldinging advanced beginners, this have many advanced origami and the results are very great.



4. Long live Robert Lang! I attended Lang's origami demontration at Mingei International Museum in Escondido, CA just over a year ago when the museum had its origami exhibition: Lang folded his famous KNL dragon using a square paper 9X9 feet. The finished dragon was 5 feet long!
   
   Lang's Origami Insects is close to a masterpiece because it offers many detailed models; I said, "close to," because nothing is perfect. Ha!Ha! Lang spent countless hours figuring out these diagrams to share with the world, and for around $11.00, this book is a steal. Make sure to get large square papers above 12X12 inches and a couple tweezers, LOL! By the way, Lang wrote a similar book called, Origami Insects 2, but this book is extremely pricy and is not well known: I remember it was selling for around $40.00 through Origami USA.



5. I see I'm in the minority on this book, and I'm sure I'll get a bunch of "unhelpful" votes from people disagreeing with my opinion, but I found this book really frustrating for the amount of steps that are just so difficult to get through. To be honest, until I got this book, I'd never really had major difficulties with any origami I've done, I've been folding for over 30 years, I had even folded Lang's previous monster the Cuckoo Clock from The Complete Book of Origami, Montroll's Stego and other such complex models. I've done plenty of insects before (I loved the mantis in his Origami Zoo book) but the majority of the ones in this book just drove me nuts. He clearly loves sinks and those in particular often just really tripped me up for the complexity of the layers you were having to sink. There were a few that I simply could not figure out, they just seemed totally inexplicable how you were supposed to get those layers properly reversed. I'd try such models again and fail again, and I personally just do not find that enjoyable to put so much time into something only to get totally stuck and unable to continue. Sure, it happens once in awhile regardless...but with this book it became commonplace. For me, what makes an origami book great is the ability to take extremely complex, interesting models and diagram them in such a way that a reasonably competent folder can accomplish them with a concerted effort. And this book definitely missed that mark.
   
   I'd certainly recommend you avoid this book until you have quite a few years of experience folding and can easily handle any type of model, and advanced steps like reverse folded sinks, etc. But I'd also suggest you consider whether you are the type of folder that doesn't mind spending an hour or two on something and have nothing to show for it, but is able to move on and try again (and again and again...) I am used to messing up a model on the first try once in awhile but there are models in this book I tried several times and honestly felt like I just could do over and over and still not figure out. I personally just don't have quite that level of perseverance, so this book tends to sit on my shelf while I do other, not necessarily easier models, but ones that at least have more reasonable steps to get from point A to point B.