Benjamin Coleman

Origami 101

This book is big. And Full. It is intended for novices wanting to learn the Japanese art of paper folding. Very little would be helpful to those already versed in the art. This book takes a different direction when teaching origami. First off the book does not start with a glossary of various folding symbols and what they mean. They instead put these in special boxes or pages and teach that fold when it is needed in a specific design. It also uses color to help a novice differentiate various instructions and paper direction. The book says there is an accompanying DVD which should even more useful. Having read (but never conquered) many origami book, I can say that this one is different. Is that a good thing, I don’t know. It depends on the learner. But I do think this is an excellent book to try.… (mais)