Perfectly Mindful Origami – The Origami Garden by Mark Bolitho (Author) and Brent Darby (Photographer) is a 128 page Paperback released – April 20, 2017 by Publisher: Jacqui Small. Inside you will find 30 sheets of 7" x 7" square origami paper and over 25 garden themed paper folding projects. Each project has a difficulty rating of easy, intermediate or more challenging, though most are intermediate. The paper comes in a colorful and attractive variety of solids and patterns. The larger 7" size paper is a treat! I warmed up by folding the Easy Rose design. Then I moved on to the Bird (pictured below), Pear and Nut folds. There is a lot of folding, but it's satisfying folding. I found the diagram and text instructions very clear. The Perfectly Mindful Origami series also includes Origami Paper Boxes, Origami Zodiac and Geometric Origami. There are many benefits to doing origami – including boosting mindfulness. Get your copy below!
CONTENTS
Mindful Origami
Getting Started
Easy Rose
SEEDS AND PLANTS
Seeds
Nuts in a Bowl
Seedlings in a Pot
Plants in Pots
Flowers
Hydrangea
Four-petal Blossom
Four-petal Balloon Flower
Pentangle Variation
Five-petal Blossom
Five-petal Balloon Flower
Palm Leaf
Cactus in a Pot
Pine Tree
FLOWERS
Classic Lily & Iris
Calla Lily
Rose
Tulip
Water Lily
Fuchsia
Bunch of Flowers
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Strawberry
Mushroom
Pear
Tomato
Chili Pepper
GARDEN LIFE
Butterfly
Frog
Bird
Snail
Resources & Acknowledgements
The Origami Garden book and paper pack. The bird design is from the Garden Life chapter. It has a difficulty rating of intermediate. You may notice that I unfolded a couple of creases – personal preference. I used pink paper from the pack that comes with the book. The folded bird measures about 5" beak to tail.
A look inside.
Perfectly Mindful Origami – The Origami Garden is available worldwide at Jacqui Small, an imprint of The Quarto Group. Check out their unique catalog at Jacqui Small. Quarto has generously offered to giveaway a copy! One winner will be selected at random. Open until July 28, 2017. Prize includes cost of shipping. Canadian and USA addresses only. Good luck!
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POpped over from your giveaway to say hi and have also followed your blog. Lovely giveaway and I have not as yet tackled Origami but on my wish list. Love the braceltes, well cute.
ReplyDeleteLove origami. Would love to learn how to do it. I love all the flowers and the butterflies. Great lessons to teach my granddaughter.
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its nice to see that this is still existing art arround this theme. It gives me nice remembers on my childhood as well, thank you :)
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This is certainly a nice book with many fun projects,my granddaughter loves looks at origami pieces,maybe if i win the book for her she may start making her own !
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ReplyDeleteI have 1 origami book and i love it! I can't wait to start creating some more challenging pieces. This book looks awesome, i love the vegetables too.
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