Origami to Astonish and Amuse
by Jeremy Shafer
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Imagine folding a piece of paper into nail clippers that really work, or a Swiss Army knife that actually opens, or a surfer on a wave that crashes when the surfer is slid forward...There's no need to imagine-this is for real!
In Origami to Astonish and Amuse Jeremy Shafer has taken the art of paper folding in an entirely new direction. Filled with hundreds of entertaining models and folding ideas, ranging from amazingly simple to ridiculously complex, this is origami at its most fun and creative
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Origami, Paper folding, Action origami, collection:origami| Edition | Availability |
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Origami to Astonish and Amuse
2001, St. Martin's Griffin
Paperback
in English
- 1st edition
0312254040 9780312254049
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"If you were an original model which would you rather be, a sad stationary model that has to sit idle on a display shelf getting dusty and neglected,or a happy action model that frequently gets to frolic in the hands of a folder and give moving performances that astonish and amuse."
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Includes illustrations (some color).
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Step-by-step instructions show how to make models from simple to amazing, including moving figures and clever joke pieces.
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