Get Started With Origami

Robert Harbin's pioneering book provides a comprehensive introduction to this simple and inexpensive, yet creative and absorbing art form. It includes a complete history of origami (or the art of paperfolding), from its origins in the twelfth century. It provides information on the essentials of origami, followed by over 400 diagrams with clear and easy-to-follow instructions that show how to create a range of models.nnThe book's aim is to provide a new dimension in enjoyment, infinite and unrivalled in its capacity to make you relax and forget everything else.nnGet Started with Origami includes:nnA short history of origaminPostscriptsnnThe essentials of origami nA note on symbolsnSymbolsnReverse foldsnFeetnBird's headnHousenG.I. capnBoatnSalt cellarnColour changersnSpanish boxnBox and lidnTurbannSamurai hatnSampannWater hatnCubenSanbow 1nSanbow 2nDishnBasketnMultiformnGondolanBird basenFlapping birdnPigeonnPraying moornFrog nBat masknPenguin 1nPenguin 2nRabbitnTropical bird 1nTropical bird 2nMother hubbard's dognMother hubbardnFriar TucknSquirrelnPrinter's hatnDecoration 1nDecoration 2nFrisbee and starnJapanese gentlemannJapanese ladynFishnOrnithonimusnAladdin's lampnOstrichnPink elephantnSwansnStunt planennTaking it furthernnLearn effortlessly with an easy-to-read page design and new added features:nn- Brand new edition, with personal insights, tips, and summaries throughout the bookn- Extension articles onlinen- Every book gives you one, five and ten-minute bites of learning to get you started