Geometric Origami: The Art of Modular Paper Sculpture: This Kit Contains an Origami Book with Downloadable Instructions: Great for Kids and Adults
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Geometric Origami: The Art of Modular Paper Sculpture: This Kit Contains an Origami Book with Downloadable Instructions: Great for Kids and Adults Details
This impressive origami ebook contains everything you need to create beautiful, geometric origami sculptures.Art and math intertwine in exciting and complex new ways in Geometric Origami Kit. World renowned origami artists Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander bring you this paper craft ebook where folding a piece of paper creates a new and wondrous origami object. In Geometric Origami, the initial folds are easily created, but once the basic building blocks are ready, the intricate combining of these pieces form new geometric origami sculptures that interlock into interchangeable origami puzzles. Ideal for demonstrating the sophistication and wonder of geometry, they can also be great conversation starting decorations for the home or office. This ebook and downloadable material provide the beginning folder with a series of fun, modular origami projects that represent a wide variety of subjects and techniques.This origami ebook includes:Full-color 64-page book Step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow diagrams Downloadable materialAt a glance, Geometric Origami may seem too difficult to attempt, but once the methods are broken down and explained they are quite simple and can be completed by children and or beginning origami students. The intricate, multi-paper origami sculptures will put your paper folding skills on a whole new level and are excellent for use in the classroom, for art, math or geometry investigations.Origami projects include:Compass Star AsterLightning Bolt OctahedronButterfly BallPicture CubeModular CraneSonobe Module and CubeMagic Rose Cube
Reviews
I backed off from modular origami for a long time, it seemed difficult and scary. But, I had a good experience with Mr. LaFosse’s butterfly book with DVD, so decided it was time to take the plunge. Now I see what fun I’ve missed all this time. The book, recently received, inspired me to try some of the creations to be found on the internet – even more fun!This small and mighty booklet has instructions for 14 modular creations, which someone else has already described beautifully. Mr. LaFosse does most of the instructions on the DVD, and they are very clear. Mr. Alexander does some of them (I confess I haven’t viewed the entire DVD yet), but his descriptions are not quite as clear for me. I probably need to go back to them with more care and attention. I made the compass star, aster, Mette ring, I-ching wheel, lightning bolt octahedron and Sonobe cube without much trouble, just lots of enjoyment, and I’m rather proud of them. Had some trouble with the Alexander modular dish but it became clear by and by. Thought the picture cube would be a cinch as it’s pretty straight-forward, but having only 2 hands, I could not get the modules to stay in place during construction – finally used double-sided tape to help, but even then my cube is very unstable and not particularly attractive (to say the least). Maybe did something wrong..... I think the crane will be not too difficult, haven’t done it yet. So, that leaves the ones that will really challenge me – butterfly ball, Borloz balls, WXYZ, radiolaria and the famous magic rose cube. Will attack them when feeling particularly smart!I think someone said her order arrived in bad shape with papers crushed in places etc. My order arrived in perfect shape, though I had some concern after reading that comment. The origami paper included is really nice; so far I’ve just used practice paper to get the hang of things, but you can tell just by the feel of the paper in the kit that it is good stuff! Ah, the moment of truth – that comes when you finally decide to put the first fold in THE paper! I assume that LaFosse and Alexander market the paper they make, but I haven’t seen it on Amazon. I get all my paper from Amazon as I can’t find any in my area.I give this 5 stars for clarity of instruction, for the lovely paper, the DVD, and especially for giving me the confidence to try and succeed at modular origami. And for the calm, meditative state that I attain with origami that is challenging and still do-able. I’m looking forward to their flower book coming out this spring, and wondering what their next book-with-DVD will be. At any rate, you probably will not be disappointed if you purchase this one.