Origamidō: The Art of Paper Folding
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Origamidō: The Art of Paper Folding Details
From Booklist Don't dismiss the Japanese art of paper folding as a "kids only" craft. Artist LaFosse reveals through his own works and those of 39 other artists throughout the world that the way of origami (hence, "origamido") is a fully formed art for adults, too. More than 60 designs are showcased in full color and accompanied by particulars about size, techniques, and description. Four themes predominate: animal, vegetable, or mineral (a stegosaurus); play (a Slinkylike spring into action); form and function (tetrahedron); and masks and figures (St. George and the dragon). An attitude-changing introduction to the world of paper. Barbara JacobsCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Read more About the Author Michael LaFosse is recognized as one of today's leading origami artists and teachers. An internationally known origami master, his work has been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world. LaFosse has authored several books and produced several videotapes devoted to paper folding, paper making, and paper sculpturing techniques. He uses the term Origamido to embody the process, or way, of achieving the essence of artistic expression found in enduring works of folded paper. Read more
Reviews
This is not a book for learing how to fold an animal or something (in fact it contains only very few pages of diagrams). This book is a gallery of the most striking original origami models of recent years. If you were not familiar with today's origami development, you must be shocked when looking at pictures here. And you will never believe that almost every model here are folded by a single paper. For connoiseurs,this book is a must. My only complaint is that, this book should have more pages! Although some well-known masterpieces justicially appear here (Lang's cuckoo clock, Montroll's chessboard, Issei's Horse,etc); in my opinion, many masterpieces still cannot share even a page (Maekawa's Devil, Kirschenbaum's Fluffy, Engel's Octopus, etc.) I hope the author will publish vol 2!