PDF Origami from Angelfish to Zen Dover Origami Papercraft Peter Engel 9780486281384 Books
PDF Origami from Angelfish to Zen Dover Origami Papercraft Peter Engel 9780486281384 Books
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"This splendidly written, richly illustrated book is unlike any ever written about origami" — Martin Gardner
"Filled with provocative ideas and unexpected connections . . . truly inspirational." — Milton Glaser
In this extraordinary book, Peter Engel, one of the America's most celebrated origami artists, explores the secrets of Japanese paperfolding and explains how to create complex animals and objects from simple squares of paper.
The book begins with a clear and concise introduction to the terminology and basic techniques of paperfolding. Then, in a fact-filled exposition of origami's history and theory — including an extraordinary interview with Japan's legendary master, Akira Yoshizawa — the author, a writer and architect, explores origami's links with mathematics, art, philosophy, and nature.
Challenging paperfolders to turn a "mute, geometric shape into a recognizable figure," the author provides clear, step-by-step instructions for 24 delightful projects of his own creations. His designs of simple fish and birds are easy to make. Others, including mammals and insects, use original techniques and pose a greater challenge. Among the models you'll learn to construct are an angelfish, hummingbird, penguin, giraffe, kangaroo, centipede, alligator, reindeer, elephant, butterfly, and knight on horseback. A photograph depicts each completed item.
This absorbing book, with its contemporary approach to an ancient art form, will captivate paperfolders with hours of creative entertainment and provocative reading.
PDF Origami from Angelfish to Zen Dover Origami Papercraft Peter Engel 9780486281384 Books
"The first half of this book is completly narrative. It explains origami in a way no other book I've read has. By showing the traditional bases as variations on a theme and then extending that theme Engel shows origami creators (not just folders) how to overcome the limitations in a piece of paper. The ties to music, fractals, geometry, the act of creation, the boundry of science and art, and computers really gets you thinking. The narrative is nice for the beginner and the advanced folder.
After the narrative is the more traditional diagrams for folding models. Except for a few these models are ONLY for the advanced folder. Some models include (all folded from one sheet of square or dollar bill paper without cutting) a 10 legged crab with antenna and larger forclaws, a horse and rider, a kangaroo with a smaller kangaroo in its pouch, Octopus with 8 tenticles. There are also some only moderatly advanced such as fish, reindeer, elephant, yacht, penguin, hummingbird, etc.
Among Origami books I have read the only one to hold a candle to this is Origami Omnibus. Both are stellar works, but this is my favorite of the two."
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Origami from Angelfish to Zen Dover Origami Papercraft Peter Engel 9780486281384 Books Reviews
- I bought this book for a friend who is in the county jail. he loves it. some diagrams were harder than others but he had fun with it. he recently wrote and thanked me for the book. I highly recommend this book.
- too much history and too few designs
the designs are very few for the size of the book, I find them hard to follow - The origami works shown in this book look amazing, but what makes this book special are the over 80 pages that precede the diagrams. Highly recommend!
- One of the most amazing books you can get on origami and the history of origami. In the first 81 pages, Mr Engel goes everywhere in a fascinating ramble about origami which covers history, mathematics, Escher and so much more. I defy anyone who is interested in origami to read this without learning anything new. I've used this book as research for more than one assignment about origami and paper folding.
One thing I learned from this book that I hadn't seen anywhere else was the beauty of underlying folding patterns. If you fold an origami model out of one sheet of paper and then unfold it again you have a folding pattern that is unique to every model. It's fascinating to see how each one turns out and Peter Engel has included some thoughts about folding patterns in the beginning section and also includes the folding pattern of each model at the beginning of the instructions for that model. I haven't ever tried to fold a model from its folding pattern but that would be a unique challenge you could attempt from this book.
The words in this book are poetry in essay form and the images of folding patterns and other snippets of origami history are poetry in visual form.
Highly recommended. - I think Peter Engel only made one origami book (Folding the Universe from A-Z is the first edition of this book) but it is my absolute favorite. It is NOT for beginners. It is harder than Montroll but easier for me to follow than Lang. The book starts off with the mathematics and theory you need to design your own Origami from scratch. The second half has some amazing origami models that are quite exquisite. The month spent folding the butterfly was well worth the effort, and I needed an unfolded paper clip to help in some cases. Still others are awed that I could fold something like that from a single sheet of paper.
If you are a true beginner, I would suggest Essential Origami How To Build Dozens of Models from Just 10 Easy Bases by Steve & Megumi Biddle. This will make you familiar with all the Origami design directions and you can pick up Japanese or Spanish Origami books and just fold from the diagrams. Then you should switch to John Montroll (or just use his Origami for the Enthusiast (Origami) to take you from beginner to advanced by folding them all in this book in order) {most of his other books will work as well to get you from beginner to advanced} and be able to do his advanced models before proceeding to this book. This book will not teach you folding techniques so you need to be at least an intermediate folder. If you want a challenge after this book, you can try The Complete Book of Origami Step-by Step Instructions in Over 1000 Diagrams (Origami) by Robert Lang. Or you could re-read the beginning of this book and try to come up with your own models. I just wish Engel would make another origami book. - Many years ago, I got into Origami, and I started with John Montroll's Oragami for the Enthusiast (Also a great book, and you can find it on , too), and then bought several books over the years. I bought this book and was just amazed--absolutely amazed. So much so, that this book became one of my most prized possessions. After four kids and six moves, I lost my copy. I wasn't the only one very sad by the loss my four kids also missed it. This book is the kind of book you can leave on your coffee table and it *will* amaze anyone who opens it, even if he isn't into origami.
Mr. Engel's models are awesome, and some are very complex, even though the instructions are pretty clear. This is not a book you want to borrow; it's a book you will want to own, and show. It's just incredible what you can learn to do with a simple square of paper. I would make the models and give them away, and many people couldn't resist opening them up to verify that the paper was square, and had no rips or tears. This is a great hobby for anyone, because paper is everywhere (in meetings, lectures, bus stations, trains, planes... everywhere).
I wish there were more than five stars in the rating system... - The first half of this book is completly narrative. It explains origami in a way no other book I've read has. By showing the traditional bases as variations on a theme and then extending that theme Engel shows origami creators (not just folders) how to overcome the limitations in a piece of paper. The ties to music, fractals, geometry, the act of creation, the boundry of science and art, and computers really gets you thinking. The narrative is nice for the beginner and the advanced folder.
After the narrative is the more traditional diagrams for folding models. Except for a few these models are ONLY for the advanced folder. Some models include (all folded from one sheet of square or dollar bill paper without cutting) a 10 legged crab with antenna and larger forclaws, a horse and rider, a kangaroo with a smaller kangaroo in its pouch, Octopus with 8 tenticles. There are also some only moderatly advanced such as fish, reindeer, elephant, yacht, penguin, hummingbird, etc.
Among Origami books I have read the only one to hold a candle to this is Origami Omnibus. Both are stellar works, but this is my favorite of the two.
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