Origami: A Complete Step By Step Guide To Making Animals, Angels, Planes, Boats And More

Description

From animals to flowers and paper airplanes, this origami guide has projects that will delight both children and adults. Through words, illustrations and pictures, even the most complicated of folds and manipulations are made simple by this book's easy-to-follow instructions. Master Norio Torimoto prepares his readers by teaching the proper mindset behind the art and the basic formations that are the foundation to all his projects. With over 300 color photos Torimoto takes the mystery out of paper folding by revealing its origins and some basic techniques that help to ensure each masterpiece is crisply folded.

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Master the ancient art of paper folding with this illustrated step-by-step guide.

Author description

Norio Torimoto is one of the nine origami masters in the world, as appointed by the Nippon Origami Association. Torimoto's work has been represented in museums, exhibitions, and Japanese cultural events all over the world. In 1987, Torimoto was commissioned to create an origami panda for the World Wildlife Foundation. He had the honor of presenting the panda to Sweden's King, Carl XVI Gustaf. Torimoto now uses origami to teach mathematics to children and adults. He's lectured at The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and Universities around the world, exploring such subjects as "Origami-Geometric solution as visual tactile perception." Torimoto now lives in Sweden. Yukiko Duke is a journalist, broadcaster, translator, and expert on Japanese history and culture. Duke resides in Sweden.