Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Origami Made Easy Ebook: Step-by-Step Lessons for the Beginning Folder: Origami Book with 14 Projects & Online Video Tutorial: Great for Kids and Adults!
Origami Made Easy Ebook: Step-by-Step Lessons for the Beginning Folder: Origami Book with 14 Projects & Online Video Tutorial: Great for Kids and Adults!
Origami Made Easy Ebook: Step-by-Step Lessons for the Beginning Folder: Origami Book with 14 Projects & Online Video Tutorial: Great for Kids and Adults!
Ebook509 pages1 hour

Origami Made Easy Ebook: Step-by-Step Lessons for the Beginning Folder: Origami Book with 14 Projects & Online Video Tutorial: Great for Kids and Adults!

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

4/5

()

Read preview

About this ebook

The best origami kit for beginners--make simple and fun paper craft projects--everything you need is included in the box!

This essential origami guide clearly explains the folding directions and shows you how to read the diagrams and perform the folding actions in a series of simple and easy step-by-step lessons.

You'll also learn about different types of origami paper, how to make a perfect square from any sheet of paper (for example a letter-sized or A4 sheet) and how to fold origami "bases" which can be made into any number of other origami shapes--many of which are demonstrated in this book! By following the simple instructions in this book (and the accompanying YouTube videos) you'll quickly learn the basic techniques and notation of origami.

This origami-for-beginners kit includes:
  • A full-color, 96-page origami book
  • Simple step-by-step folding instructions
  • 14 fun and easy projects
  • 60 sheets of double-sided, high-quality origami paper
  • 15 different patterns and colors
  • Step-by-step video tutorials
Origami Made Easy Kit opens up a whole world of interesting possibilities in paper folding! Pretty soon you will be amazing your friends and creating interesting new objects just starting with a plain piece of paper and folding it up in a minute or two. Voila!
LanguageEnglish
Release dateFeb 14, 2017
ISBN9781462919116
Origami Made Easy Ebook: Step-by-Step Lessons for the Beginning Folder: Origami Book with 14 Projects & Online Video Tutorial: Great for Kids and Adults!

Related to Origami Made Easy Ebook

Related ebooks

Games & Activities For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Origami Made Easy Ebook

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5

1 rating0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Origami Made Easy Ebook - Vanda Battaglia

    Contents

    Introduction

    How to Fold Paper

    Chapter 1 The Valley Fold

    Practice Model: Place Card Holder

    Chapter 2 The Mountain Fold

    Practice Model: Rectangular Box

    Chapter 3 Combination Folds

    Practice Model: Little Dove

    Chapter 4 Introduction to Bases

    The Fish Base

    Practice Model: Fish

    Chapter 5 The Crimp Fold

    The Kite Base

    Practice Model: Connecting Boxes

    Chapter 6 The Preliminary Base

    The Bird Base

    The Flower Base

    Practice Models: Star-Shaped Box

    Practice Models: Bird with Flapping Wings

    Practice Models: Iris

    Chapter 7 The Waterbomb Base

    Practice Model: Waterbomb

    Chapter 8 The Sink Fold

    Practice Models: Stem with Leaves

    Practice Models: Tulip Blossom

    Chapter 9 Origami for Fun

    Modular Chessboard

    Paper Holder

    Instant Table

    Types of Paper for Origami

    Making a Square from an Irregular Sheet

    Making a Square from a Rectangular Sheet

    Dividing a Sheet into Thirds and Fifths

    Find the folding demonstration videos on

    www.tuttlepublishing.com/origami-made-easy-kit-demos

    INTRODUCTION

    The Japanese word origami means to fold paper. It derives from the words ori (to fold) and kami (paper). Even though the word originally referred to the action of folding a piece of paper to create a model, origami has come to refer to the models themselves. An enormous variety of figures can be made using a combination of a small number of basic origami folds.

    The practice of origami is over a thousand years old and is closely bound to the invention of paper. Traditionally, paper making has been traced to China at the beginning of the second century CE. In 105 CE, Cai Lun, an official attached to the Chinese imperial court during the Han Dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE), presented a sheet of paper made from mulberry and other fibers to the emperor. In the seventh century, paper making moved east, first to Korea and then Japan, in about 610 CE, where it was perfected and reached a high level of refinement. Japanese hand-made paper, known as washi (from wa, Japanese and shi, paper), made from various natural materials, became intertwined with Japanese religion, culture and life. It was used to make various everyday objects, such as clothes, household goods and toys, as well as ritual objects. Even today, paper is used on every important occasion in the Land of the Rising Sun, and is held in the highest esteem. In Japan, origami is an art that is as highly regarded as painting and sculpture.

    Origami came to the West fairly late, probably in the eighteenth or nineteenth century, where it quickly became popular but in a completely different way from in Japan. In the West, the art has also followed a long and interesting course. While it has been stripped of any religious significance, it has, nonetheless, demonstrated its extreme versatility in numerous fields and on every level, from the world of teaching, via geometry, to space technology. Today, we are familiar with a good many classical figures passed down by the Japanese. But the tendency in the West has been towards experimentation and forging new directions. Geometric and modular origami, in particular, the latter combining a number of identical pieces to form a complete model, have received strong support, and have been considerably enhanced by modern as well as traditional means of communication.

    New techniques have been invented to solve old problems. These have been combined to form a modern theory of origami. Thanks to this, it is possible to devise highly complex models encapsulating a number of subjects of mathematical and technical interest. Nonetheless, origami continues to offer the majority of people the simple pleasure of a creative manual activity.

    Folding is highly enjoyable. It is fun to fold boxes of various degrees of complexity for any number of occasions, to fold stars and decorations while playing with colors, to fold animals in both stylized and astonishingly realistic forms. In short, origami is play, for hands and for the mind. After learning the techniques of folding the bases—indispensable to creating your own models—you will be able to give free rein to your imagination and create new ones.

    We often hear people say, I bought a book on origami but I can’t figure out how to do it. Often the difficulty lies in the language of origami. It is a highly symbolic language because it uses symbols to indicate the folds to be made. Knowledge of these symbols is fundamental to mastering this ancient paper art.

    For a long time we had been aware that there was a need for a guide that would introduce the world of origami to beginners. Thus, we were delighted when a publisher suggested we write a short book that would explain and make the language of origami more easily understood.

    This book starts at square one, as a beginners’ guide should, and is aimed at people who know nothing at all about origami. We lead you gradually through the sequence of learning and mastering the symbols as well the strategies and tricks necessary to read and understand origami diagrams. Above all, we want you to enjoy folding paper. We have done our best to provide you with a complete, clear and coherent overview.

    Before you start on your origami journey, you need to find a solid surface on which to work and a large amount of paper to practice the instructions and, later, to fold the models. In this book, we first introduce the main folds, one by one, without asking you to create anything with them. The more you practice forming the individual folds, the quicker you will memorize the various moves and their associated symbols. By repeating the individual folds, over and over again, they will soon become second nature. This will give you the confidence to combine a series of folds later on.

    You may become frustrated at the beginning. The steps may seem impossible to follow and exe-cute. But if you look carefully at the next step in the sequence, things will usually become clearer. If this strategy doesn’t help, put the work aside, sleep on it, and begin again from scratch the next day.

    Folding paper is a highly relaxing, enjoyable and educational mental exercise. As the famous origami artist Akira Yoshizawa used to say, When the hands are busy, the heart is at peace.

    Wishing you many peaceful folds.

    Francesco and Vanda

    HOW TO FOLD PAPER

    One aspect of origami that is often taken for granted is how to fold paper. Paper is much more sensitive than, say, a voice recording. Any trace of sound can be erased from recorded material, but this is impossible with paper. A fold once executed can never be undone. It is indelible. This characteristic of paper is sometimes cherished and deliberately exploited in order to create a certain type of origami.

    It is necessary to treat each fold as important even before executing it. Generally, the layer to be folded is lifted with one hand,

    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1