Origami 101 Review & GIVEAWAY

This origami book is for beginners! Origami 101: Master Basic Skills and Techniques Easily Through Step-by-Step Instruction by Benjamin Coleman. It's an updated version of the same title that was first published in 2011. The author uses the innovative Glow-Fold method of paper folding. It's a diagramming technique he developed to simplify origami instructions. As you can see from the table of contents below, all of the origami designs stem from one of four basic shapes - the kite, square, basic and triangle. There are over 40 designs. I explored the folds under "The Kite Shape" heading because they appealed to me the most - the Loon, Roosting Robin, Tropical Fish and Peacock. I like their simplicity and clean lines. I found the instructions very clear. They include large diagrams, symbols, text and photos. If you get hopelessly stuck there is a DVD. This 224 page paperback was released August 21, 2018 from Publisher: Quarry Books. A Kindle version is also available. Get your copy below!

CONTENTS

The Kite Shape

Folding the Kite Shape

Folding the Penguin

Folding the Broad Leaf

Folding the Loon

Folding the Roosting Robin

Folding the Tropical Fish

Folding the Parakeet

Folding the Peacock

Folding the Baby Seal

Folding the Chick

Folding the Simple Swan

Folding the Sitting Dragon

Folding the Snail

Folding the Graceful Swan

The Collapsed Square

Folding the Collapsed Square

Folding the Crocus

Folding the Rambunctious Dog

Folding the Eight-Pointed Star

Folding the Ornamental Box

Folding the Tree Ornament

Folding the Flowering Branch

Folding the Fractal Geometric 1

Folding the Pigeon

Folding the Scary Bat

Folding the Lilly

The Basic Form

Folding the Basic Form

Folding the Flying Crane

Folding the Sitting Crane

Folding the Old Crow

Folding the Sea Lion

Folding the Silly Goose

Folding the Rooster

Folding the Flying Dragon

Folding the Tyrannosaurus Rex

The Collapsed Triangle

Folding the Collapsed Triangle

Folding the Frog

Folding the Rock Lobster

Folding the Hermit Crab

Folding the Three-legged Gecko

Folding the Sea Turtle

Folding the Brown Bear

Folding the Hungry Fawn

Folding the Fractional Geometric 2

Folding the Human Being

Symbol Index Bookmark

The Tropical Fish. Made from the Kite Shape. Page 39.

The Peacock. Made from the Kite Shape. Page 47.

Origami 101 is available worldwide at Quarry Books, a division of the Quarto Publishing Group USA. Check out their unique catalog at Quarry Books. Quarto has generously offered to giveaway a copy! One winner will be selected at random. Open until December 21, 2018. Canadian & US addresses only. Good luck!

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