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…

Michael LaFosse's Origami Airplanes

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

Book Description

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…

Origami Paper Airplanes

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

Book Description
Origami projects creating paper airplanes.

Planes for Brains

Author: Michael G. LaFosse
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462915590
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 483

Book Description
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 Planes for Brains, 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 bet thrilled and challenged by the folding maneuvers in these pages. Planes for Brians comes with great value—included are: 28 fun-to-do projects Step-by-step instructions Expert tips on techniques and folds Downloadable video tutorial Great for paper airplane enthusiasts as well as fans of unique origami works and parents with kids. Scissors, tape, glue are not required! Paper airplane models include: Lock Nose Dart Flying Fox Shuttle Dart F-102 Delta Jet Nifty Fifty And many more…

Making Paper Airplanes

Author: David Woodroffe
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510728651
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
Choose from ninety-one different models and build and fly your very own paper airplane. Now, any kid can turn a stack of paper into his or her own private air force! Making Paper Airplanes is your complete reference packed with colorful diagrams, graphics, and instructions, featuring ninety-one gravity-defying paper aircraft that really fly. From origami fighter jets to tin foil helicopters and paper Spitfires, you and your child will learn hundreds of different ways to build successful flying devices from paper. Each model includes customized graphics so your aircraft will look the part as it sails through the air. Tear out, fold, and fly models such as: Stealth Bomber Kestrel Fighter Dragon Desk Kite Firefly Space Shuttle Swallow Glider Flashdance Stunt Flyer Golden Flame Racing Plane Supersonic Transport And More! All of these fantastic flying machines have been built and tested by the author to ensure that, with little more than a few folds and a couple of snips, your new creation can be airborne. Whether you are spending a summer's day outdoors or a winter's day indoors, Making Paper Airplanes will deliver hours of crafts, flights, and fun.

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.

Michael LaFosse's Origami Airplanes

Author: Michael G. LaFosse
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 9784805313602
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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.