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Turn paper into popular breeds of dogs with easy-to-follow instructions from the internationally renowned origami artist.
Origami is a peaceful, harmonious art form that sharpens your problem-solving skills and allows time to relax. You can have a ball of tail-wagging fun, too, when you fold up these ten popular types of dogs, including a Shih Tzu, Bulldog, Shetland Sheepdog, Schnauzer, Beagle, Great Dane, Siberian Husky, Chihuahua, Greyhound, and...
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Paper airplanes never looked so good! A professional pilot and origami expert shows how to fold realistic replicas of nineteen different planes-ten of them airworthy, and nine for display. A private pilot and an ultra-light test pilot, author Elmer A. Norvell is a professional engineer who has served in the U.S. military for more than twenty-four years. His extensive experience informs the design of these realistic models, which range from sleek modern...
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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Provides detailed directions for folding several holiday decorations.
Provides instructions on creating holiday-inspired origami art, including a Halloween skull, Christmas stocking, and Valentine's Day heart.
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Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can really predict the future. Includes instructions for making Origami Yoda.
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Origami Sculptures brings stunning detail and realism to paper folding. John Montroll, a world-renowned master of origami, teaches you how to fold beautiful masterpieces, each from a single square sheet of paper. Birds, dogs, mammals, and insects are shown, and a number of the models include the Dog Base and Insect Base, from which a variety of creatures can be folded. Several of the models are folded using innovative techniques to bring out the subject's...
12) Origami Animals
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Origami enthusiasts at all levels of experience will delight in these imaginative animals. Created by expert paperfolder Vicente Palacios, the simple but detailed folding instructions include helpful two-color illustrations of each step. Twenty charming creatures range from simple versions of a swan, rabbit, and dog to more complex models of a fox, elephant, and frog. Other whimsical figures include a goose, hippo, bear, camel, and dragon - a splendid...
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With its host of haunting creatures, this festive compilation of original models will add spice to any paperfolder's holiday. More than twenty projects, illustrated with photos and two-color diagrams, range from easy to fiendishly challenging. Fold a couple of black cats for your Halloween decorations, and make company for them in the forms of a bat, ghost, and vampire. You'll find witches galore among these figures, as well as a cauldron and a tombstone,...
14) Origami Flowers
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This captivating guidebook combines two enchanting traditions - the Japanese art of ikebana, or flower arrangement, and origami, the ancient Japanese practice of paperfolding. Easy-to-follow instructions and an abundance of illustrations enable beginning and expert paperfolders to create even the stems, leaves, and vases for an enchanting array of blossoms.
15) Modern Origami
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Clear instructions, diagrams, drawings, and photographs help you complete over 60 fascinating projects - from the relatively simple four-point star, water lily, and sitting crane to the more complex ballet dancer, Egyptian cat, and dachshund. Challenging subjects for intermediate and advanced paperfolders. Over 500 black-and-white illustrations. New Preface by author.
16) Cats in origami
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This book for origamists of all skill levels offers 20 original designs that range from a grinning Cheshire cat and a snoozing feline to a walking cat, a seated cat, a Halloween cat, and the smug cat that got the cream, as well as cats on an envelope, a bookmark, a greeting card, and other figures.
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512 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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"132 great projects include: butterfly, elephant, vulture, cockatoo, seahorse, blue shark, octopus, giraffe, orangutan, rattlesnake, hippopotamus, stegosauraus [sic], cyclops, mermaid, unicorn, vampire bat, rodeo cowboy, Abraham Lincoln, Apache helicopter, aircraft carrier, carrier jet, Christmas candle, alien, spaceship, halloween skull, and many more!"--P. [4] of cover.
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Make simple and fun paper craft models with this easy origami eBook. The ancient art of origami originated in Japan, where it is steeped in traditional values. The 20 models presented include many with strong symbolic meanings, such as the carp, the frog and the crane, which symbolize longevity, good luck and perseverance. Also included are paper models which have practical uses, such as a bag in which to store spices or powdered medications, the...
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