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Summary: Wonderful! Uniquely beautiful ways to make & display cranes
Review: I ordered this book after seeing it mentioned on an origami mailing list. I like it very much. It includes 24x35-inches beautifully patterned washi paper, directions for both traditionally-folded cranes and for a quick-and-easy crane ideal for making connected cranes, tips for rokoan style folding, models for 26 styles of connected cranes (including a mini room divider), and four ideas for presentation/display.Although my primary interest is in making thousand crane plaques (which are not included), the models are nonetheless beautiful. Someday, I hope to be able to make their spectacular Seikaiha (Blue Ocean Wave). Fortunately, however, the book says that the Tsuri Fune (FIshing Boat) is fairly easy to make -- and it, too, is very beautiful. In short, I love this book, and highly recommend it to anyone interested in this form of origami. It offers a wide variety of beautiful cranes, and uniquely beautiful ways to make and display them.
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Summary: Excellent for intermediate to advance folders
Review: This is wonderful book on the art of folding two or more paper cranes from a single sheet of paper. The results are true works of art. The book is in full-color & shows the completed projects in variety of beautiful papers. Before buying this book you should know how to fold a paper crane. Although the book refreshes the basics, it is really for the intermediate to advanced paper folder. Over 25 projects are included, each becoming progressively more complex. These include circles & strings of connected cranes made by partially cutting a large sheet of paper. Paper types & presentation are also discussed briefly. A large sheet of beautiful patterned washi paper is included. Information is also included on ordering additional sheets from an array of different patterns.
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Summary: Excellent for intermediate to advance folders
Review: This is wonderful book on the art of folding two or more paper cranes from a single sheet of paper. The results are true works of art. The book is in full-color & shows the completed projects in variety of beautiful papers. Before buying this book you should know how to fold a paper crane. Although the book refreshes the basics, it is really for the intermediate to advanced paper folder. Over 25 projects are included, each becoming progressively more complex. These include circles & strings of connected cranes made by partially cutting a large sheet of paper. Paper types & presentation are also discussed briefly. A large sheet of beautiful patterned washi paper is included. Information is also included on ordering additional sheets from an array of different patterns.
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