Origami & other paper creations

Origami & other paper creations

Ghylenn Descamps, 1968-

Book - 2013

"Helping both novices and experts master the popular Japanese paper craft of origami, this guide boasts 900 diagrams and 50 color photos to give detailed step-by-step instructions for 40 origami projects. It combines the traditional aspects of the art form with contemporary, practical uses such as stationery, jewelry, and modern decoration. Projects range from bookmarks and table decorations to holiday activities, and easy-to-follow instructions, detailed diagrams, templates, and color photographs are included. Each activity is carefully selected to appeal to the amateur paper crafter, while offering inspiration for those more adept to the craft. This fresh, new look at this traditional form of paper crafting remains true to the authen...tic and modest elements of the Japanese style"--Amazon.com, viewed November 27, 2013.

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Subjects
Origami.
Published
Tunbridge Wells, Kent : Search Press 2013.
Language
English
French
Main Author
Ghylenn Descamps, 1968- (-)
Item Description
Translation of: Origami & créations en papier.
Physical Description
159 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN
9781844489930
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

Descamps, a designer for the French crafts magazine Marie Claire Idees, focuses on decorative and useful objects made using origami and paper craft. Crafters whose minds first go to paper cranes when they think of origami may be surprised by some of the household objects Descamps features here, such as the wall tidy stationery organizer or the small gift boxes, but there are also plenty of traditional origami pieces incorporated into larger projects, such as the mobile featuring origami birds. What's missing is an explanation of origami basics-types of folds, how to read a folding diagram-making this book more appropriate for dabblers than for crafters who are serious about origami. VERDICT Descamps's creations are pretty, and the directions for the simpler projects are easy to follow, but novices may find themselves lost without an overview of the essentials. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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