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Summary: The best detailed Origami book.
Review: This book is very simple to understand and that is the reason why I recommend it. I am not good at Origami but with this book I was able to create several designs due to the clear explanations. I think you will enjoy it too!
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Summary: What else do you need?
Review: This book show us all faces of origami.Origami, it's to fold a sheet of paper, but it's also to fold a napkin,an handkerchief.... The projects are very good explained and not too difficult. I regretted just that the diagrams are yellow light-yellow dark! Mr Kenneway intoduce me to kusudama, pictorial origami, playground folds, pure origami,trouble witt, umbrellas... The book is full of stories , anecdotes followed by examples. We'll loved more examples! In short, an unique book . The autor wrote about bangers, bases, boats, box pleating, butterflies, catalogue folding, chaperaugraphy, chinese tradition, corner fasteners, cross pleating, enveloppe folding, fans, flexagons, flowers, foil, frogs, handkerchiefs folding (banana, bow and mouse), hats, headscarf folding, itajime-shibori (tie-dyeing), kasene-origami (layered paperfolding), kirikomi (incised origami), kites, knots, koi-nobori, laminating paper, lampshades, laundry folding, leaf folding, map folding, modular origami, money folding, multi-piece models, napkin folding (mitre, fan, buffet server), nappy folding, newspaper folding, no-sew cushion covers, noshi, picture frame, puzzles, sembazuru (thousand cranes), small-scale models, sound-producing origami, stars, stretching, ticket folding, tissue folding, triangles, twist folding...
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Summary: Definitely not for those who are just starting out
Review: This is definitely not a book for those just starting out with Origami. While the steps are very easy to follow, at the most crucial parts (which would be the complicated parts), the author fails to describe exactly what to do and just assumes that the reader would know how to do it.
Also, i found problems and inconsistencies with the directions for the most basic bases like the frog base, where the explanation was severely lacking making it seems almost inaccurate. I had to check other origami books as well as look for directions online for the missing steps... and there was at least 2-3 steps that was not explained in the book, which other books and online sites had. In short, the directions in the book aren't suitable for beginers at all. You definitely MUST have some prior exposure and experience with origami to actually be able to fully follow through with the directions to complete the project.However this book is throughly enjoyable and very informative on cultural notes of the origins of various origami projects. Also, this book offers other project involving cloth and other materials which i found to be very unique!
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