Complete Origami: An A-Z of Facts and Folds, with Step-by-Step Instructions for Over 100 Projects

by Eric Kenneway

Complete Origami is a unique collection of do-it-yourself arts and crafts projects supplemented with origami facts, anecdotes, and techniques.

Featuring more than 300 step-by-step diagrams and easy-to-follow instructions on both simple and easy origami to more complex projects, children and adults will learn to create a variety of things--from decorative flowers and cocktail umbrellas to castles, jack-in-the-box toys, and hats and other costume accessories.

Join the fold of papercraft enthusiasts with this essential how to do origami source book.

Genres: Origami, Crafts, Nonfiction, Reference, Art

192 pages, Paperback

First published October 5, 1987

Reviews

[PF]

When people ask me about origami, this is the book I reach for first. Beyond being a pattern book, it includes patterns (some very elegant, amusing, or simply lovely), but more intriguing is the way the patterns fit into the larger context of history & culture, studded with quirky stories, personalities, and trivia.

[hhhhhhhhh]

Kenneway has a good way of explaining which way to fold. There's nothing more disappointing than getting stuck on a design because there's a crucial step missing. This book contains way more than origami, covering all kinds of historical folded paper techniques.

[Olivia]

My elementary school had this book in the library and I checked it out probably 50 times. I love origami, and it is still my go to for any instructions I want. But it's more than just an instruction book, it also has pages of information about the histories if origami and various techniques that can be used when folding paper. If you're looking for a book that has interesting facts about origami as well as instructions for models varying from the simple to the very complex, this is the book for you.

[Tsa]

Interesante información para iniciarse en el arte del Origami

[Melinda]

I really like the bits of information about the history and uses of folding. It includes how to fold a loincloth, and some of the odd uses of origami items. It has clear directions, diagrams, and pictures, with many many items to fold. I like it a lot.

[Midsummer ❁◕‿◕❁]

This is the very first origami book I own.

Not only it provides details on how to fold, it also provides information on the culture of origami.

I strongly recommends this book to origami beginners.

[Emily]

A solid reference book for the hard core enthusiast, but not really for somebody just looking to dabble. A good amount of history, lots of different uses and types of folding, but few full project instructions that can simply be followed from beginning to end. A fine book but just not for me.

[Huỳnh Hoàng hải]

great

[Hitesh]

Very Nice Book On the Subject !!!