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Summary: more animals please!!
Review: besides knowing Lang's work as totally impressive and decently disturbing for a folder like me. The end remark would be buy the book and suffer the consequences. Two weeks ago I bought this book and had this hard time with almost all the folds especially when I tried the crab. The end product looks like a martian crab lol!!
Beautiful models which incl.. horsefly, praying mantis, scottie and swan. All 3d and beautifully written. The requisites would be an ideal origami background, creativity, patience, patience, patience!!
I started folding (as a hobby) 4 months ago and when they(other reviewers)said that the book was for total enthusiast they're wrong. With imagination, passion and patiece anyone can fold the diagrams. But I had a share of Kasahara, Sakato and others.
The book is neatly done. intermediate to complex to more complex!!!Kudos Mr.Lang!!
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Summary: more animals please!!
Review: besides knowing Lang's work as totally impressive and decently disturbing for a folder like me. The end remark would be buy the book and suffer the consequences. Two weeks ago I bought this book and had this hard time with almost all the folds especially when I tried the crab. The end product looks like a martian crab lol!!
Beautiful models which incl.. horsefly, praying mantis, scottie and swan. All 3d and beautifully written. The requisites would be an ideal origami background, creativity, patience, patience, patience!!
I started folding (as a hobby) 4 months ago and when they(other reviewers)said that the book was for total enthusiast they're wrong. With imagination, passion and patiece anyone can fold the diagrams. But I had a share of Kasahara, Sakato and others.
The book is neatly done. intermediate to complex to more complex!!! Kudos Mr.Lang!!
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Summary: Absolute excellence... Don't Miss!
Review: Even though the final models are *extremely* complex, the book begins with very interesting texts about origami origins, evolution and approaches to creation; and the models go in progression from the very simplest ones. So actually this is an excellent "transition" book - if you have some experience with origami and have the ambition to try more complex stuff, there cannot be a better book than this one to guide you. The diagrams are crystal clear, and so are the indications. I got this book when I was 11 (I'm 24 now), and it is still every bit as amazing an enjoyable as back then!!
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Summary: ABSOLUTELY Awesome...but CHALLENGING!!!!
Review: Origami Zoo is yet another book my boys and I got from our local library. This book is by two of the BEST Origamists around, in our humble opinion.
We will be watching for it on ebay. While we are all beginner/intermediate folders, we are AMAZED by this book. There is nothing in it we don't like, but only a couple so far we've been able to figure out. It is WELL written. All the basic folds one needs, are clearly shown and explained at the front. While it has black and white illustrations, they are fairly easy to follow, and the written instructions are very good, IF you already know something about Origami. There are very nice & clear pictures at the beginning of each model, to show you how it looks, finished. I like that.
If you are intermediate to advanced, I would say this book will keep you busy for MONTHS, maybe years.
FUN, EXCITING, "CHALLENGING" ! I can't wait to get past the cool Dolphin, which I got pretty quick. If you are just starting out, don't be like us, find an easier book to begin with. Highly recommended!!
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Summary: Fun but HARD
Review: There are a handful of models in this book that, if they were the only folds the book contained, would justify buying this book at twice the purchase price. They are: the Camel (by Weiss and Lang); the Bear (by Weiss); the Golden Eagle (Lang); the Praying Mantis (Lang); and the Crab (Lang). Lang is a genius. Having suitably raved over these folds, let me say that there are many other excellent models in the book. There are few origami compillations as good as this one. See also Brilliant Origami (by David Brill); Origami Sculptures (by John Montroll); and anything by Robert Lang.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: This book contains dozens of charming animals, from high-immediate to complex models. Instrucions of diagrams in this book are neat, a novice folder may feel a little hard to follow. But for experienced folders, this is a wonderful book.
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Summary: Splendid, Scintillating, A must for origami fan.
Review: This book contains dozens of origami animals, ranging from med to highly-complex. At first we may doubt this is just another routine four-leg animals. However, two authors give us models unexpectedly various, and most of the figurations are wonderful. We have some of the most beauitful modeling here: A crab, a eagle in full-spread wing(with the feathers!), A dog in the doghouse(single paper), A very vivid rabbit. And the folding steps are full of wonder. The only disadvantage in this book is that for a new folder the diagrams are very neat and succinct, usually Several steps combined in one diagram. But this deserves since this book contains so many models and they are arranged by level of difficulty. This is a must for any origami fan.
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Summary: Some of the best animal models around!
Review: This book deserves 5 stars just for the praying mantis...probably my favorite model I ever folded. So completely true to life, it's scary. My dad was never very impressed with my origami, but when I left that one out on the counter, I later found it gone. Turned out, he had swiped it to take into work to show off. So I folded another one just for him. ;-) My only gripe is that this model does not use square paper, but a little measuring and cutting is well worth it for the finished result. There are plenty of other good models in here, the crab, the eagle, etc. Well diagramed, and easy enough for the experienced folder to follow along with. Not a beginner's book!
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Summary: A Review for "Origami Zoo"
Review: This book is great! It has good way of explaining complex origami models.
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Summary: Advanced Folders, get your Special Paper out!
Review: This Book is Very Neat Because Of The Cool Diagrams. This Book Is For Extremley Advanced Folders. I Have Made Only 7 Models. I Was Very Surprised On How Many Steps The Scorpion Was, But I Have Only Made 1 Scorpion. Making One Takes 2-4 Days For Me To Do! I Really Recomend This Book To People That Are Very Good At Folding, Not For People Who Just Like The Looks, Who Aren't Very Good.
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