Better Living Through Origami

Author: Nellianna van den Baard
Publisher: David & Charles
ISBN: 1446376680
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 497

Book Description
“Beautifully fresh and contemporary . . . demonstrate[s] the many ways in which origami can be put to practical and decorative use in your home.” —91 Magazine Take papercraft to a new creative level and turn your home into a designer haven with this DIY interiors book by Dutch design duo Studio Snowpuppe. Learn how to create twenty items of sustainable home decor using simple, mindful paper folding and manipulation techniques, and show off your DIY creations at the heart of your home. Step-by-step illustrations will guide you through the projects, which include beautiful lampshades, creative wall art ideas, an ingenious clock, pretty garlands and decorations, unique vases, candle holders, plant holders, decorative bowls, and more—all with a stylish modern aesthetic. Using readily available paper and cardstock, you can create some stunning designer accents for your home for a fraction of the cost of store-bought versions. “These projects are absolutely beautiful, lovingly photographed, and explained in minute detail to give readers the best possible chance at success. With tool listings, measurements, templates, and more at your disposal, you’ll be adding decorative paper touches to your home in no time.” —San Francisco Book Review “Never, ever underestimate the magic that innovative designers can bring to a centuries-old craft. Kudos go to van den Baard and Veenenbos, the Dutch husband-and-wife behind Studio Snowpuppe, who have transformed plain paper and origami techniques into elegant, pleated objets de la maison.” —Booklist (Starred Review) “I never knew origami could look so pretty for the everyday home . . . A must-read to fuel your creativity and home décor.” —LittleBigBell

Better Living Through Origami

Author: Nellianna van den Baard
Publisher: SewandSo
ISBN: 9781446307120
Category : Handicraft
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
"Take the mindful craft of origami to a new practical level and make your own designer lighting and home accessories. In this innovative DIY interiors book, Dutch design duo Studio Snowpuppe show you how to use origami and other papercraft techniques to make unique sustainable accents for your home. Features 20 stylish paper projects of varying complexity, all made using craft store materials and basic folding techniques. A fun and inexpensive way to create contemporary lampshades, ingenious clocks, extraordinary wall art and much more. Everyone can make the projects in this book, following the step-by-step diagrams and comprehensive instructions."--Page [4] of cover.

Better Living Through Plastic Explosives

Author: Zsuzsi Gartner
Publisher: Penguin Canada
ISBN: 0143180487
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 205

Book Description
From an emerging master of short fiction and one of Canada's most distinctive voices, a collection of stories as heartbreaking as those of Lorrie Moore and as hilariously off-kilter as something out of McSweeney's. In Better Living through Plastic Explosives, Zsuzsi Gartner delivers a powerful second dose of the lacerating satire that marked her acclaimed debut, All the Anxious Girls on Earth, but with even greater depth and darker humour. Whether she casts her eye on evolution and modern manhood when an upscale cul-de-sac is thrown into chaos after a redneck moves into the neighbourhood, international adoption, war photography, real estate, the movie industry, motivational speakers, or terrorism, Gartner filets the righteous and the ridiculous with dexterity in equal, glorious measure. These stories ruthlessly expose our most secret desires, and allow us to snort with laughter at the grotesque world we'd live in if we all got what we wanted.

Origami for Busy People

Author: Marcia Joy Miller
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462914489
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 197

Book Description
Make quick and easy origami projects with this origami book with tear-out folding paper. Origami for Busy People is the first origami book for people who love to fold paper for fun and relaxation but have trouble finding the time in their busy day for it. The bright, high-quality folding paper in the book makes it like an origami kit--You won't have to buy new folding paper anytime soon! This origami book contains: 96 page, full-color booklet Introduction and guide to paper folding techniques Step-by-step instructions and diagrams 27 fun-to-do projects 48, two-sided perforated folding sheets Dozens of different colors and patterns These fun folds are a great way to learn origami and can be used to decorate your cubicle, to create something to give to friends and family at the end of the day, to show to colleagues at the water cooler or just to use as conversational ice-breakers or as a form of mental relaxation. The ease of the folds makes it a great origami-for-kids book but the projects are interesting enough for adult beginner origami enthusiasts. Origami projects include Jack-O'Lantern Seahorse Noisemaker Topsy-Turvy And many more…

Origami City

Author: Taro Yaguchi
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
ISBN: 0761189270
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265

Book Description
Fold it. Design it. Play with it. This amazing origami city, with 75 fold-by-number origami models, is yours! Do you want an ice-cream shop right next to school? Or a limo waiting outside your driveway, ready to take you anywhere? Go for it! Created by certified origami genius, Taro Yaguchi––who has not only mastered the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, but now introduces his own innovation called Fold-by-Number––Origami City will have you building every part of a paper-folded city: an eleven-story apartment building, a town airport complete with a plane, cars, a train, an ice cream truck, trees, cats, dogs, a rabbit, and even little chipmunks that play in the park. And you’re in charge. It’s like being an architect, an engineer, a builder, an urban planner, and a mayor all in one. The kit includes 75 models to fold (with step-by-step instructions), 104 sheets of specially printed origami paper with numbers and lines for folding, and a full-color foldout play mat with roads and more.

Origami Inspirations

Author: Meenakshi Mukerji
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1040187013
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 367

Book Description
This handsome book is aimed towards those with an intermediate skill level, but the origami basics included at the start of the book make it accessible to beginners. A number of beautiful models are offered, ranging from cubes to prisms to dodecahedra. As with the author's two previous books, Origami Inspirations provides step-by-step instructions

The Ultimate Origami Book

Author: Larousse
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781497101258
Category : Handicraft
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Twenty projects with complete step-by-step illustrations and instructions are presented, along with 184 sheets of craft paper in a range of colors and patterns"--

Paper Sloyd

Author: Ednah Anne Rich
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paper work
Languages : en
Pages : 88

Book Description

Britannica Book of the Year 2012

Author: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
ISBN: 1615356185
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 882

Book Description
The Britannica Book of the Year 2012 provides a valuable viewpoint of the people and events that shaped the year and serves as a great reference source for the latest news on the ever changing populations, governments, and economies throughout the world. It is an accurate and comprehensive reference that you will reach for again and again.

Origami Fold-by-Fold

Author: John Montroll
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486842428
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 131

Book Description
Bestselling origami artist John Montroll offers a new collection of 35 original origami models, presented in order of complexity. They start with simple one-star models (ladybug, butterfly, sailboat) and progress to very complex four-star models (giraffe, wooly mammoth) with cranes, lions, peacocks, and geometric shapes in between. This comprehensive volume includes step-by-step instructions and full-color illustrations to allow folders at all levels to develop their skills -- one fold at a time.