Joyful Origami Boxes

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Summary: Another Super Fun Box Book
Review: Another one of Fuse's excellent books about folding origami boxes. The illustrations and directions are great (though for the more complex boxes, I suggest using xtra large paper), and the models you create look wonderful. People are always impressed by them. I reccomend it higly.

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Summary: These boxes are fun to fold and there are many models!
Review: Do you love paper? Do you love to give handmade gifts but don't have a lot of time? Or, do you need a special touch to present a special gift? These origami boxes are beautiful. I was not an experienced origami crafter, but was able to teach myself using this book, even though the designs look advanced. Great fun!

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Summary: Fuse is a genius.
Review: I love boxes and have collected examples from all over the world in a variety of materials. When I found Fuse's Origami Boxes, I fell in love. They were challenging without being frustrating, effective without being extravagantly expensive to make. This year before Christmas I found Fabulous Origami Boxes and bought it to add to my collection. I had hoped the lady would have added additional shapes and ideas and was definitely not disappointed. When I found Joyful Origami, I wasn't quite sure if I should spend the money on yet another box book by the same author, a book that might just be a re-hash of what I already knew. It seemed inconceivable that Fuse could have come up with anything beyond her impressive collection to date. Still I couldn't resist; I purchased the book. Well I was wrong; the lady is a genius at the paper folding art! Not only are there newer embellishments of her square, triangular, octagonal, and hexagonal boxes, but she has added an heptagonal shape of all things. I had thought it was a misprint at first, but counting the sides did indeed prove that there were seven. If one wonders what conceivable difference one more or one less side could possibly make, one has only to look at the color photo illustrating finished items. Gorgeous, especially in the paper she has chosen for them. The lady has also added steeple shaped and pyramidal lids, and several new patterns for "plates"--actually more bowl shaped than flat--in folded petals. Lovely. She has also added somthing she calls "docking boxes," some of the simplist patterns I've ever seen for a box, yet some of the most useful and effective. They require only two pieces of paper, have simple folds and can be made of either square or rectangular starting sheets. Another interesting design, also very simple and made in much the same manner as the docking boxes are her "trays with stand." These are also made of two pieces of paper, again either square or rectangular, that make a one piece shallow tray with "legs" beneath. I could see these as very effective containers for jewelry, coins or other small items normally kept on bureau draws, or as candy or nut dishes for parties, or in sturdy enough paper as trays from which to serve slices of cake, cookies or dessert bars. Personally, I can hardly wait for the lady's "next act!"

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Summary: My favorite book from Tomoko!
Review: I'm a huge fan of Tomoko and not only have all her English box books, but most of her ones in Japanese as well! This book actually contains a lot of my long-time favorite models from some of her Japanese books, but it's really nice to have them in English now, for those little points I missed before. Most of the models are not too hard to fold, but are really beautiful looking. Unlike some other boxes, most of these are also not too bad to fit the pieces together on. I like folding ones like the octagonal boxes from decorative chiyogami paper...people can't believe that they are actually hand-folded, they look so beautiful! A great book for anyone interested in origami boxes.

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Summary: Not For Beginners
Review: Most of these boxes are very difficult to make. I became frustrated quite often with the instructions. I thought that it was just my inexperience and lack of artisitc background, so I asked my husband to help me. He has a Master's degree in drafting, and yet had just as much trouble as I did.

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Summary: Joyful experience
Review: This is a great book!! I've been doing origami since i was a kid. i can't say that i'm a pro at it but i try my best to accomplish the folds. I bought this book a while ago. I looked through it and thought these were too complicated so i put it away. It wasn't until recently that i looked thru the book again and tried a box. Then next thing i knew i was making one box a day. It was a lot of fun!! It may look difficult but it really isn't. I wouldn't recommend this book to beginners.

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Summary: Joyful experience
Review: This is a great book!! I've been doing origami since i was a kid. i can't say that i'm a pro at it but i try my best to accomplish the folds. I bought this book a while ago. I looked through it and thought these were too complicated so i put it away. It wasn't until recently that i looked thru the book again and tried a box. Then next thing i knew i was making one box a day. It was a lot of fun!! It may look difficult but it really isn't. I wouldn't recommend this book to beginners.