Michael LaFosse's Origami Airplanes

Author: Michael G. LaFosse
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 9784805313602
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
**2017 Creative Child Magazine Book of the Year Award Winner** Make the best paper airplanes around with this easy-to-follow origami book. Enthralled with origami from a young age, world-renowned origami and paper crafter Michael LaFosse has used those skills to design and perfect paper airplanes for decades. In Michael Lafosse's Origami Airplanes, LaFosse presents 28 original paper origami models that incorporate innovative functional and aesthetic details like faceted flaps, ailerons, canards and spoilers that really work. The sense of proportion and balance, and an ingenious nose and fuselage locking system, define these signature models, which are instant classics. Readers accustomed to folding simple darts and wings will be thrilled and challenged by the folding maneuvers in these pages. Michael Lafosse's Origami Airplanes comes with great value—included are: 28 fun-to-do projects Step-by-step instructions Expert tips on techniques and folds Easy-to-follow DVD video tutorials Videos are also streamable or downloadable online Great for paper airplane enthusiasts as well as fans of unique origami works and parents with kids. Scissors, tape, glue are not required! In addition to teaching the skills to create the planes, this unique paper craft book provides expert advice on: How to select and prepare the best folding paper for each plane. How to balance aesthetics, performance and fun when designing your own planes. Helpful tips on control surfaces, and how to manipulate them for the best flights. Tips on launching different types of planes to get the best possible glide. A discussion of aerodynamics and how it relates to paper airplane performance. Paper airplane models include: Lock Nose Dart Flying Fox Shuttle Dart F-102 Delta Jet Nifty Fifty And many more…

Origami Art

Author: Michael G. Lafosse
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462904947
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
Fold advanced origami projects with this beautiful origami book. From the Origamido Studio, world-renowned origami artists Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander introduce a unique collection of origami paper craft projects. Origami Art features folding instructions for complex 3D origami models. These featured origami projects will amaze and astound paper folders with their intricate and lifelike qualities. Also featured in this origami book are articles on paper selection and preparation for each project, advanced techniques, such as "wetfolding" and compound origami plant design and construction. LaFosse and Alexander embrace every aspect of this fascinating art form and present it brilliantly for advanced paper folders and the artist in us all. While knowledge of some basic folds is needed, the clear, expert instructions allow readers to learn origami at a very high level, without requiring a great deal of previous origami knowledge or experience. This origami book contains: 144 pages of full-color Advanced origami folding techniques and tips Clear, step-by-step instructions 15 signature origami projects If you're eager to dive into a premium collection of challenging origami designs, then this exciting paper folding guide is for you! LaFosse's expert instructions will step you through the creation of origami masterpieces that are beautiful to behold and make wonderful gifts. Origami art projects include: American Alligator Pond Turtles Monk Seal Malaysian Birdwing Butterfly Munich Orchid And much more…

How to Make Origami Airplanes That Fly

Author: Gery Hsu
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486129969
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 98

Book Description
Create 12 different models that actually fly: space shuttle, futuristic shuttle, flying wing, delta-wing jet, fighter plane, interceptor, double tail fighter, dart plane, fighter plane with engines, futuristic fighter, and two jets.

Origami Paper Airplanes

Author: Didier Boursin
Publisher: Firefly Publishing
ISBN: 9781552096260
Category : Handicraft
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Origami projects creating paper airplanes.

Trash Origami

Author: Michael G. LaFosse
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462904971
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 101

Book Description
Make fun and functional origami out of your spare paper with this easy origami book. Don't dump your wastepaper into the garbage--it's time to fold! World-renowned origami artists and award-winning authors Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander show you the way with Trash Origami. This origami book presents unique and fun projects from their Origamido Studio and from some of the world's best paper designers, including Nick Robinson, Herman Van Goubergen, and Rona Gurkewitz. The origami models are presented for the reader who may have little or no previous folding experience, making it a great origami-for-kids book and an effective way to learn origami. However, experienced paper folders will also be intrigued by the novel nature of the folds and the unusual materials involved. The origami designs are made from old calendar pages, candy wrappers, envelopes, newspaper, postcards, paper grocery bags and more. The downloadable video tutorial will make the folding process clearer and aid folders of all skill levels. Also provided is a guide to everyday materials that have the most folding potential leaving readers inspired to design and display their very own "trash" origami. This origami book features: Full-color, 95-page instructional book 25 unique origami projects Projects from top paper folding designers Clear, step-by-step directions Paper folding techniques and tips Accompanying downloadable or streamable instructional video Get ready to look at the contents of your wastebaskets and recycling bins with a different sensibility. You'll never need to buy expensive origami paper again! Origami projects include: Photo Cubes Candy Wrapper Butterflies Interlocking Flower Petals Custom-Bound Books And many more…

Origamido

Author: Michael G. LaFosse
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Origami
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
This book showcases the finest examples of origami art from around the world. Several diagrams are included that reveal the secrets behind some of the masters' most famous pieces.

Modern Paper Airplanes

Author: Tri Dang
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102

Book Description
This book has a collection of the 10 best paper planes originally designed by Tri Dang, a person who is running a famous paper airplane YouTube channel TriKdanG. Each plane has been carefully selected by his fans, true paper plane lovers. There are 10 practice sheets with free logo designs.This book will show you how to make paper airplanes that can loop and turn, fly straight and fast, return nicely on your hands, float in the air, and flap its wings like an eagle. Each paper plane in this book is folded using a clean sheet of 8.5 in. x 11 in. (letter size) paper with no cuts, tears, or tape.If you want to make perfect paper airplanes, have a ruler and pencil handy.

Michael LaFosse's Origami Butterflies

Author: Michael G. LaFosse
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 9784805312261
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Fold beautiful papercraft butterflies with this easy origami book. Whimsical, exquisite and fragile, butterflies and moths have enchanted and inspired people for centuries. Origami artist Michael G. LaFosse is no exception. His original butterfly paper-folding techniques are a dramatic new development in origami—which some have hailed as the most important advance in origami since the first paper cranes appeared centuries ago. Hundreds of LaFosse butterflies have been featured in exhibitions around the world and his iconic designs are now eagerly sought and widely imitated by folding enthusiasts everywhere. Michael LaFosse's Origami Butterflies presents original paper folding projects from LaFosse's extensive butterfly and moth repertoire, including all his personal favorites. This collection has many rarely-seen origami designs, and several of the models illustrate new technical and design achievements made possible by the ingenious "LaFosse Origami Butterfly Folding System." This exciting new book with accompanying DVD represents the culmination of a lifetime of designing and perfecting the art of origami butterflies. It contains everything you need to create your own unique collection. This origami book contains 112 page, full-color book 26 original designs Step-by-step instructions Colorful diagrams and pictures Advanced paper folding techniques and tips Accompanying DVD video tutorials Videos are also streamable or downloadable online These elegant forms—each created from a single square sheet of paper without cutting or glue—showcase the versatility of the origami folding system. All are deceptively simple, yet provide a solid foundation for creative flights of fancy in the hands of an experienced folder. Clear step-by-step instructions show you how to make hundreds of different variations by making small adjustments to a few key paper folds! Whether dry-folded from recycled candy wrappers or wet-folded from expensive handmade papers, these designs exemplify the best aspects of the paper folder's art today. Origami butterflies include: A Butterfly for Vanessa Gould The Butterfly for Robert Lang A Butterfly for Eric Joisel A Swallowtail for Guy Kawasaki The Boston Butterfly The Mudarri Luna Moth

Michael LaFosse's Origami Airplanes

Author: Michael G. LaFosse
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : CRAFTS & HOBBIES
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Origami Airplanes

Author: Florence Temko
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 146290565X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
Make fun and easy paper airplanes with this great origami for kids book. Origami Airplanes is a paper craft book that presents a collection of unique origami airplane models from well-known origami author and expert Florence Temko. These 3D paper designed airplanes are great for paper folders of any skill level and is a favorite craft book among children and adults alike. each paper airplane is explained with easy-to-follow diagrams and illustrated with a photograph of the finished origami project. An introduction to paper folding techniques makes it a great book to learn origami and a section on how to design your own paper airplanes opens up endless possibilities for your own creativity. This origami book is sure to provide hours of entertainment for both children and adults. This origami book contains: Full-color 64 page book 20 original origami airplane projects easy-to-follow diagrams Folding tips and background Fun and accessible for both the paper crafts novice and the more season paper folder, this wonderfully giftable origami book gets you started right away and is a great value. Origami airplanes include: Blunt Nose Plane Global Flyer Wind Darter Concorde Helicopter and many more…