Start Origami

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Start Origami This book demonstrates the enormous number of ways to use paper folding in order to get beginners started on these beautiful projects, keep them interested & set their creativity alight. Start Origami begins with a brief history of origami followed by a guide through useful tools & equipment. The reader is given understanding of what it is possible to create using various origami papers. Shown in simple stages of how to fold & create paper models the projects include; cat, dog, flower, the classic crane with its flapping wings, a frog, a lantern & a star. Increasing in complexity these projects are chosen to build confidence & skill. Each project is shown step by step with clear diagrams & reference to all the basic techniques & instructions. The finished pieces are beautifully photographed. About the Author Mark Bolitho is a world-renowned origami artist. Since 2004 he has worked full time as an origami designer. He has written several origami books & produced many origami models for advertising & design projects. His work has taken him around the world. In 2009 he was honoured to be a special guest at the annual Nippon Origami Association (NOA) Symposium in Japan. He is presently General Secretary of the British Origami Society.