Michael LaFosse's Origami Butterflies - Elegant Designs from a Master Folder: Full-Color Origami Book with 26 Projects and 2 Instructional DVDs: Great for Kids and Adults! (Paperback, Original)

Fold beautiful papercraft butterflies with this easy origami book. Whimsical, exquisite and fragile, butterflies and moths have enchanted and inspired people for centuries. Origami artist Michael G. LaFosse is no exception. His original butterfly paper-folding techniques are a dramatic new development in origami--which some have hailed as the most important advance in origami since the first paper cranes appeared centuries ago. Hundreds of LaFosse butterflies have been featured in exhibitions around the world and his iconic designs are now eagerly sought and widely imitated by folding enthusiasts everywhere. Michael LaFosse's Origami Butterflies presents original paper folding projects from LaFosse's extensive butterfly and moth repertoire, including all his personal favorites. This collection has many rarely-seen origami designs, and several of the models illustrate new technical and design achievements made possible by the ingenious "LaFosse Origami Butterfly Folding System." This exciting new book with accompanying DVD represents the culmination of a lifetime of designing and perfecting the art of origami butterflies. It contains everything you need to create your own unique collection. This origami book contains 112 page, full-color book 26 original designs Step-by-step instructions Colorful diagrams and pictures Advanced paper folding techniques and tips Accompanying DVD video tutorials Videos are also streamable or downloadable online These elegant forms--each created from a single square sheet of paper without cutting or glue--showcase the versatility of the origami folding system. All are deceptively simple, yet provide a solid foundation for creative flights of fancy in the hands of an experienced folder. Clear step-by-step instructions show you how to make hundreds of different variations by making small adjustments to a few key paper folds! Whether dry-folded from recycled candy wrappers or wet-folded from expensive handmade papers, these designs exemplify the best aspects of the paper folder's art today. Origami butterflies include: A Butterfly for Vanessa Gould The Butterfly for Robert Lang A Butterfly for Eric Joisel A Swallowtail for Guy Kawasaki The Boston Butterfly The Mudarri Luna Moth All disc content is alternatively accessible on tuttlepublishing.com/downloadable-content.

General

Imprint:	Tuttle Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2013
First published:	April 2013
Authors:	Michael G. LaFosse • Richard L. Alexander
Dimensions:	280 x 216 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Cloth over boards
Pages:	112
Running time:	180 minutes
Edition:	Original
ISBN-13:	978-4-8053-1226-1
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Handicrafts > Paper crafts > Paper folding, origami
LSN:	4-8053-1226-2
Barcode:	9784805312261

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