With this origami folding book, learn how to create original gift boxes that are as beautiful as the treasures they hold! Considered the most famous living origami master, Tomoko Fuse is known for her expertise in modular origami and box-folding. The more than 30 origami projects in this book range from beginner to more advanced, and ensure you'll always have a special way to give a gift. The simple flat box, or tato, is an excellent introduction to the art of origami for beginners and allows readers to "start small," then build to more intricate pieces like the Hexagonal Box and Octagonal Flower Box (Mukuge). Handmade paper boxes are an expression of origami crafts at their very best. Experiment with different thicknesses, textures, and origami paper designs for a true one-of-a-kind presentation. The projects are divided into 3 sections: Simple Boxes from Square Sheets, Modular Boxes from Multiple Square Sheets and Modular Boxes from Rectangular Sheets. Step-by-step instructions and diagrams guide you from start to finish as you create: Simple flat boxes--rectangular, triangular, hexagonal and more Pyramid-shaped boxes and different ways of finishing them off Modular box tops that look amazing Window-topped boxes for nesting a special gift Box tops with flourishes from flat to spiraled Easy liners for boxes of all shapes and sizes And a lot more Origami box folding is a relaxing and satisfying craft for all levels of expertise and--with a little practice and this easy origami book--gift-giving will never be the same.

This beautifully presented practical book is a complete guide to the art of scrapbooking. Find out how to create inspired album pages with real personal style. All the materials and equipment you need to get started are clearly detailed. There are hints and tips on taking good photographs, and plenty of ideas for using the pictures creatively. Learn how to use patterns effectively, make collages, work with paint, stamps, stencils, embossing powders, chalk, fabric and stitch. Crammed with fantastic ideas for a myriad of designs, styles of working, album pages, quilts, memory boxes, 3D displays and book covers, this is the ultimate source book for all scrapbookers.

Following up on the successful Everything Is Wild and Free puzzle and stationery set comes a new group of paper products from Flow and the artist Valesca van Waveren. Taking as its inspiration a quote from Francis Hodgson Burnett, and translating it into stunning images that capture the magic we find in nature, particularly on a starlit night, Everything Is Made Out of Magic is a suite of pure delight. Lost in the digital rush is the old-fashioned, truly mindful pleasure of writing a real letter--on real stationery. The Everything Is Made Out of Magic Stationery Set features a pad of 48 lined sheets, 32 cut-and-fold envelopes, and 53 adhesive seals and labels. Just add a fountain pen.

Here s an amazing baby book like no other. For one, because The Baby Keepsake Book and Planner is in a binder, it s completely guilt-free and customizable. Forgot to record baby s first steps? No matter, just tear out that page. Is your baby adopted? No need to avoid the pages about your birthing experience; instead, add pages about your journey to adoption. Second, it combines the precious and the practical. The binder includes six tabbed dividers with pockets, covering pregnancy through age four. Then inside are 100 full-color pages, including everything from checklists, doctor s notes, menu planning charts, vaccine and immunization schedule to All About Us, First Feelings, Your Favorite Things, Birthday Party Memories. In addition, there is a plastic pouch for odd-sized memorabilia like a hospital bracelet; ten pages of heavyweight stock to mount photographs and other visual memorabilia; a foldout growth chart (on the underside of the belly band); and a keepsake envelope for a lock of hair. And third, the binder includes three portable booklets Prenatal Doctor s Visits, Nursing Tracker, and Pediatrician Visits. This perfect baby shower gift is as stylish as it is useful. In the same format as the author s category-killing Wedding Planner & Organizer, it is inspiring, easy to use, and fun and will be a memento to hand down from one generation to the next."

Livia is best known for creating high style, gorgeous and unbelievably realistic paper flowers and in The Paper Flower Book, she will share her until-now secret techniques for 27 of her most popular flowers, including peonies, poppies, roses, hibiscus and camellias, all made with tissue and crepe paper. She will then show readers how to combine the flowers to make 21 projects, such as garlands, tabletop arrangements, cake toppers, bouquets, wreaths, boutonnieres and hair clips. The projects are perfect for home decor, gifts, accessorising and entertaining. It's surprisingly easy and fast to create flowers by hand and the only supplies needed are tissue or crepe paper, scissors, glue, floral tape, wire and sometimes basic household bleach. The step-by-step photos incorporated throughout ensure that crafters of all levels can succeed in making any of these realistic blooms.

These fun papercraft projects range from simple yet effective bunting to intricate tree decorations, bell jar Christmas trees, and an advent calendar village. Give your holiday season the homemade touch, from wrapping paper to tree decorations, using very few materials and innovative techniques, such as printing with shaving foam and creating stunning greeting cards using gold embossing ink. Includes 64 traceable templates. Emily's absolute favourite time of the year is Christmas: "nothing comes close to the enchanting and magical feel you experience at Christmas, where you can go to town with trimmings and decorations, garlands and sparkle. I love the variety of crafts you can produce at this time of year too; from the delicate details on the table to giant stars and festive banners, you really can go all out if you want! Papercraft is my passion, so it made complete sense to combine this with my love of the festive season, to create an inspiring book of Christmas craft and wonder!"

This step-by-step origami book features models that range from simple to complex--all with a touch of creativity and whimsy. Outside the Box Origami features a mix of single-sheet and modular origami models accompanied by beautiful photos and easy-to-follow diagrams. The offerings range from geometric models like the "Starburst" and "Wreath" to more adventurous and organic models such as "When Pigs Fly!" The book culminates with "Folding Outside the Box"--a challenging single-sheet model that depicts two hands reaching out of a box folding a piece of origami paper. Since the origami projects start out simple and progress towards more difficulty, this makes a great origami for beginners guide and is a great way to learn origami! Origami projects include: Skull Elephant Flapping Bird Sitting Dog When Pigs Fly And many more!

This compact origami kit contains everything you need to create beautiful, geometric origami sculptures. Art and math intertwine in exciting and complex new ways in Geometric Origami Kit. World-renowned origami artists Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander bring you this paper craft kit where folding a piece of paper can create a new and wondrous origami object. In Geometric Origami, the first folds are easily created, but once the basic building blocks are ready, the intricate combining of these pieces form new geometric origami sculptures that interlock into interchangeable origami puzzles. Ideal for demonstrating the sophistication and wonder of geometry, they can also be great conversation starting decorations for the home or office. This kit and DVD provide the beginning folder with a series of fun, modular origami projects that represent a wide variety of subjects and techniques. This origami kit includes: Full-color 32-page book Step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow diagrams DVD with video tutorials Videos are also streamable or downloadable online 48 sheets of durable, authentic origami paper Small size, 3 3/8" x 3 3/8" paper in a variety of different colors At a glance, Geometric Origami may seem too difficult to attempt, but once the methods are broken down and explained they are quite simple and can be completed by children and or beginning origami students. The intricate, multi-paper origami sculptures will put your paper folding skills on a whole new level and are excellent for use in the classroom, for art, math or geometry investigations. Origami projects include: Harlequin Cube Chevron Pinwheel Dazzle Star Hedgehog Dado Stellated Octahedron All disc content is alternatively accessible on tuttlepublishing.com/downloadable-content.

These unexpected arrangements showcase beloved blooms with a refreshingly modern aesthetic. Each image is a unique and equally elegant choice for any card-sending sentiment.

Enter the enchanting world of pop-ups and handmade paper crafts. Join author Helen Hiebert as she guides you through materials, tools and pop-up basics including parallel folds, angle folds, combinations and variations, and layered pop-ups. Enjoy creating 20 projects to play with ranging from cards and books to buildings, graphic design pieces, and more. Featuring a high-end gallery of artists, whose beautiful work will inspire you to make your own amazing paper art, Playing with Pop-Ups will teach you to create interactive pieces that everyone will enjoy.

Originally published in Japan, "Karakuri "is an introduction to the simple mechanisms, such as gears, cranks, cams, and levers, used to bring to life these amazing moving paper models or automata. Included are pull-out pages for you to use to construct your own moving models of the different types of gears. These models serve as the basis for designing your own karakuri or may just be admired on their own.
Detailed explanations, accompanied by diagrams, explain the physics behind how karakuri move and operate, so you really learn about the properties of the different types of gears and cams. And to inspire you, also included are four fun, full-color karakuri models designed by the author, a well-known paper engineer. Printed on pull-out pages and easily assembled, the projects include a whimisical tea-serving robot, an amusing penguin perched on an iceberg and trying to fly, a delightful peek-a-boo-playing teddy bear, and a mesmerizing train that goes around on a track and through a tnunel
With complete directions, fourteen full-size models, and the science behind the craft revealed, this book is a unique introduction to an ancient art.

Fill the skies with your very own collection of colorful 3D dragons! This paper airplane book features a fabulous variety of dragon-themed paper planes--each with a unique form and flight characteristics. The full-color instructions provide step-by-step folding instructions for each model and "dragon mastery tips" to help you coax the best performance from each airplane. Folding these fun and challenging planes is a great activity for brain gymnastics! This book includes 12 exciting dragons, including: The Chinese Dragon, a front-weighted dart that covers distance at an alarming rate! The Fighter Dragon, a fanciful dinosaur-cyborg warplane! The Swoop Dragon, an aerobatic performer that can turn on you if you're not careful! The Flying Shark, a menacing glider that patrols the skies in search of its prey! And many other impressive flying dragons! This paper airplane kit includes: 48 printable paper airplane folding sheets A 64 page full-color instruction book 12 original dragon-themed paper airplane designs **Winner of Creative Child Magazine 2018 Book of the Year Award**

Papercutting is a perfect craft for beginners, as you can achieve amazing results with the most basic of materials - a pencil, eraser, craft knife or scalpel, a piece of paper and a cutting surface. Sarah King's art encapsulates the beauty of the English countryside, particularly the towns and villages around the Kent coast where she lives. Her use of fresh, vibrant colours and delightful compositions evoke memories of happy times, and expert papercrafters as well as those new to papercutting will find the charming, naive style of Sarah's work irresistible. Sarah's down-to-earth approach to her art makes it enjoyable and accessible to all. In the book she includes sections on choosing your materials and colours, and there is step-by-step guidance through all the basic techniques you need before embarking on the twelve gorgeous projects on the seaside, town life, the wilderness, and more.

In 14 original essays, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book reveals the history of books in all their various forms, from the ancient world to the digital present. Leading international scholars offer an original and richly illustrated narrative that is global in scope. The history of the book is the history of millions of written, printed, and illustrated texts, their manufacture, distribution, and reception. Here are different types of production, from clay tablets to scrolls, from inscribed codices to printed books, pamphlets, magazines, and newspapers, from written parchment to digital texts. The history of the book is a history of different methods of circulation and dissemination, all dependent on innovations in transport, from coastal and transoceanic shipping to roads, trains, planes and the internet. It is a history of different modes of reading and reception, from learned debate and individual study to public instruction and entertainment. It is a history of manufacture, craftsmanship, dissemination, reading and debate. Yet the history of books is not simply a question of material form, nor indeed of the history of reading and reception. The larger question is of the effect of textual production, distribution and reception - of how books themselves made history. To this end, each chapter of this volume, succinctly bounded by period and geography, offers incisive and stimulating insights into the relationship between books and the story of their times.

This collection of projects by the "father of modern origami" contains detailed instructions for 60 of the master's original works. Master origami artist Akira Yoshizawa was a true innovator who played a seminal role in the rebirth of origami in the modern world. He served as a bridge between past and present--between the ancient traditional craft and the development of origami as a contemporary practice--inventing new techniques and in preserving the traditional Japanese forms. In fact, the notational system of diagrams widely used today to indicate how models are folded was developed mainly by him. Above all, Yoshizawa was responsible for elevating origami to the status of an art form. This beautiful origami book is the first comprehensive survey of the extraordinary work of Akira Yoshizawa. In addition to 60 models from his private collection, it features over 1,000 original drawings by the artist, and English translations of his writings in Japanese on origami, all of which are published here for the very first time. Origami projects include: The Koinobori and the Helmet Butterflies of Every Kind Fairy Tale Crowns and Caps The Lion Mask The Tengu Masks and much more! Akira Yoshizawa also contains an explanation of the Master's personal philosophy of origami by Yoshizawa's widow, Kiyo Yoshizawa and an insightful introduction from Robert Lang, a leading artist and exponent of origami art in the West.

Throughout marbling's long history, people have been captivated by both its apparent simplicity and its extraordinary complexity. Get to know and enjoy marbling's beauty in this guide from paper artist Freya Scott, whose enthusiasm for the craft is highly contagious. As Freya explains the wide range of the art's possibilities and how to make them come to life in your work, beginners will learn the craft from square one, while advanced marblers will find many new ideas and directions for expanding their skills. Learn how to size and prepare various papers, choose color palettes, and make patterns, while being inspired by photos of dozens of beautiful marbled artworks. Throughout, try step-by-step projects. Learn how to marble with gouache and with acrylic; a special section covers marbling on fabric. Freya shares the personal experiences that have shaped her marbling career (for example, she learned marbling thanks to a debilitating illness) and the ways marbling can become a source of your best creativity. As she explains, although marbling is a simple concept, there are so many variables that the adventure never ends. This absorbing guide offers you the art and science you need to take marbling as far as you want to go.

Floral Wonderland explores the endless beauty of flowers and the myriad possible arrangements. The designs include seasonal bouquets, arrangements from around the world, bouquets with additions (fruit, butterflies, crystals, other bespoke items), wide variety of blooms (classic cultivated flowers, wildflowers, woodland blooms, dried flowers, bridal bouquets and arrangements), different style vases, hanging baskets, wreaths, arches, some with arms holding arrangements.

Each book contains everything you need to make your own 3D mask for some of the most famous creatures or sigils from the Game of Thrones TV series, viz. Lannister Lion (Hear Me Roar), Stark Direwolf (Winter is Coming), Targaryen Dragon (Fire and Blood) and White Walker (From Beyond the Wall). The masks have been designed to replicate the features of these creatures of this hugely popular show and, once assembled, they fully cover the face and head. These impressive masks can be worn, used as an addition for a costume party, or simply hung on the wall with a dedicated paper-engineered trophy hanger that is part of the package. Each book contains details of the House, including motto, sigil and/or other key information. Full instructions are included on how to assemble the relevant mask.

You'll be delighted at how quick, fun, and inexpensive it is to make beautiful folded paper jewelry! Who knew that papercraft could be used to create such gorgeous, wearable jewelry pieces? Learn to make lovely pendants, medallions, charms, bracelets, necklaces, and earrings in minutes by following the detailed instructions in this easy origami book from renowned origami artists Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander -- authors of the bestselling Money Origami Kit and LaFosse & Alexander's Origami Butterflies Kit. The instructions and diagrams in this beginner origami book are easy to follow, and also include 2 hours of step-by-step video instructions on the free DVD to show you how to quickly fold and assemble the paper pieces into exquisite jewelry. The papers and other materials needed are inexpensive and available in every craft store. Mix and match the modular paper components into sophisticated ensembles, to create designs to match your hair, skin tone and wardrobe. You can coat all the pieces in this origami book with a simple starch-based paste, which provides remarkable strength and allows you to wear the jewelry for many years. LaFosse & Alexander's Origami Jewelry shows you how to make origami fashion jewelry that your friends will admire for its elegance, simplicity, and ingenuity. All disc content is alternatively accessible on tuttlepublishing.com/downloadable-content.

Be inspired to create gorgeous handmade papercrafts for the festive season. The simple idea of a snowflake has been harnessed to create 15 original designs that incorporate the myriad patterns of the snowflake's hexagonal structure. Starting with single snowflakes to create cutouts and embellishments for cards, tags, and giftwrap, the projects build in difficulty to more delicate and complex artworks and sculptures. Each project has easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and line illustrations to guide you, together with inspirational photography of the finished projects. All the templates that you will need are grouped together at the back of the book, including an extra template directory with additional patterns for you to mix and match into your designs.

Take a transcendent journey through a prismatic paradise.

Traverse the magnificent unknown where kaleidoscopic color reigns. Mythographic Color and Discover: Rainbow Realms is a gorgeous collection of masterfully detailed, entrancing illustrations that explore enchanting worlds beyond imagination. Enhance glorious rainbows stretching between dimensions, adorn gemlike waterfalls with radiant splashes, and awaken magical creatures with creative flourishes. Immerse yourself in more than 45 fantastic scenes that capture your attention and never let go with Mythographic Color and Discover: Rainbow Realms.

• Elevate your artistic heights with wonderfully detailed illustrations
• Color the rainbow across the crystal cosmos, through floating forests, and among otherworldly fauna
• Expand this universe of brilliance with colored pencils, gel pens, or even glitter