Minigami: Great Projects Using Tea-bag, Iris Folding and Modular Origami

by Gay Merrill Gross

Miniature Origami is packed with great new paperfolding designs using all the popular new forms of miniature origami, such as Tea-bag folding and Iris folding. The unique modular forms can be used as home accents or decorative display pieces, and the book also includes projects such greetings cards, gift tags and decorations that can be made with finished origami pieces. It has a useful practical section on choosing the right paper, and also explains all the standard symbols. Paper crafters everywhere will want to try these exciting new origami techniques and this book will make an invaluable reference work for all folders, whether complete beginners, or intermediate and advanced artists. Fully illustrated in colour, Miniature Origami will enable readers, whatever their level of skill, to fold almost any miniature design, traditional or contemporary. The emphasis is on creativity, encouraging the reader to combine and extend existing techniques to produce new origami works.

Genres: Origami, Nonfiction, Reference

Paperback

First published October 12, 2005

Reviews

[Blue · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found most designs simple and the images using additional decorations /colouring to get the effect but there are still some more I will try. The diagrams appear to be good enough to follow, but after looking at the "Origami around the World" book I would not take that for granted until I actually try them out.

[Marsha · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of my favorite books on origami, the one I come back to again and again. I write a great many personal letters. Making them fun, exciting, eye catching and beautiful is a challenge I relish and origami makes my letters something special.

The challenge of any origami book is providing instructions that are clearly detailed, diagrams that are easy to follow and techniques that are detailed in concise terms. This book easily meets those criteria. It features simple and not-so-simple origami tasks, paper folds that can be managed by any beginner, and fun projects that even children would like.

[Pam Fullem · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun way to start doing origami. I did not master all the projects but can at least do the butterfly and fish on demand! Recommended for those beginning origami, although a few directions were a little confusing. Fun projects, fun book.

[Samantha · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is an absolute blast. There are SO many patterns I've played with already in here, and so many more I want an excuse to use. Great stuff.

[Janet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great book from Gay Merrill Gross. Recommended for children as well as adults.

[Eastofoz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to follow and fun for beginners or children.