This exquisite new publication celebrates how Japanese contemporary artists push traditional washi paper beyond its historic uses to create innovative, highly textured two-dimensional works, expressive sculptures, and dramatic installations.
Providing complete shop drawings for 61 classic Stickley furniture pieces, master cabinetmaker Robert W. Lang measured original Craftsman antiques to create these detailed plans.
The stunning photos and brilliant essays in this book demonstrate why origami is now an international art movement--largely through the efforts and artistic genius of a few contemporary masters. The trailblazing efforts of Japanese artist Akira Yoshizawa elevated paper folding by showing how subtle shapes and figures could be created from a single sheet of paper through a variety of non-traditional folding techniques.Artists in other parts of the world--including the United States, France, England, China and Scandinavia--took Yoshizawa's cue and pushed these techniques further and further. The result has been the emergence of many new and surprising sculptural forms created through techniques such as wet folding, curved creasing, tessellating and the application of alternative materials besides paper.This book features the work of 25 contemporary master folders who are among the most innovative origami artists working today. They are pushing the boundaries of origami style, scale, materials, subject and scope in new directions.This elite group includes: Joel CooperErik Demaine and Martin DemainePaul JacksonBeth JohnsonMichael G. LaFosse and Richard L. AlexanderRobert J. LangLinda MiharaBernie PeytonRichard SweeneyAnd many more!
Bugs are a favorite subject for origami artists, and this book includes 12 original origami bugs designed famous origami artists from around the world--with detailed step-by-step instructions to make them.
This book by renowned origamist Robert J. Lang explores the mathematical and design principles behind his original origami creations. It includes detailed folding instructions, progressing to advanced models, and features new chapters on box pleating and polygon packing, along with enhanced illustrations.
A brand-new biography of the seminal figure of Chinese culture.
Paper Toys That Fly, Flag, Gobble and Inflate!
Every project in the book can really move! Origami in Action presents 39 actions origami models that are as animated as they are exquisite. Each project is complete with clear step-by-step diagrams, instructions, and a photograph of the finished model. Included are such traditional favorites as the cootie catcher and the waterbomb, as well as some modern novelties--a strumming guitar player and a toothy Tyrannosaurus Rex. Other projects include: --Flapping Butterfly --Blow-up Bunny --Barking Wolf --Talking Dragon --Wagging-Tail Doggie --Boardsailor --Swimming Manatee --Indian Paddling a Canoe
In Origami Zoo , two of the world's finest paper folders invite you to create your own menagerie with this exciting how to make origami animals book. Robert J. Lang and Stephen Weiss's collection of original papercraft creatures, ranging from the exotic to the familiar, the elegant to the whimsical, will both inspire the beginner and challenge the most accomplished folder.Across the animal kingdom, from land, sea, and air, you can choose to make a dolphin, penguin, swan, owl, goose, kangaroo, praying mantis, or even the mythical Pegasus or extinct wooly mammoth. Each of these thirty-seven projects is true origami--folded from a single piece of paper with no cutting or gluing--and is complete with clear step-by-step diagrams, instructions, and a photograph of the finished model.As children's toys or decorations, the fun and artistic projects in Origami Zoo is a perfect gift--a do-it-yourself paper folding crafts book for aspiring artists.
Create nearly 40 striking paper figures with clear, step-by-step instructions and helpful diagrams. Features simple to advanced objects: cube, parrot, rabbit, seagull, cuckoo clock, rocket, mouse, elephant, violinist, Viking ship, and many more.
