Origami for Beginners
By: Vicente Palacios.
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Mineola, New York
Language: eng
Translated from: spa
Translation of: Papiroflexia fácil
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780486402840
Subjects: Origami.
First sentence: Origami is the creation of figures with a recognizable meaning, by means of the geometric folding of a sheet of paper, which preferably is square.
Description: Anyone can become an origami artist with the help of this easy-to-follow guide book. Specially written for beginning paperfolders, it starts you off with the very easiest models and progresses to more complex ones. (A key, using asterisks, indicates at a glance the degree of each project's difficulty.)

Fifty-seven models inlcude such simple figures as two kinds of caps (one with a visor and one without), cubes, airplanes, a vase, a 4-pointed star, a stool, and a square box. While the book is geared toward novices, more experienced origamists will also find unusual projects to challenge their skills, among them a Cinderella's slipper, a pair of gyroscopes, a 10-sided box, a 5-pointed star, a basket, and a vampire bat. A helpful list of symbols at hte beginning of the book defines the various folding instructions. in addition, each model is illustrated by step-by-step diagrams with captiones that take you throuagh each step of the paperfolding process.

Offering hours of personal enjoyment and satisfaction, *Origmai for Beginners* will delight and inspire both newcomers to the art and intermediate-level paperfolders.
Notes: Chiefly illustrations,
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: 4; title: Symbols
pagenum: 6; title: Cap
pagenum: 7; title: Inclined Pyramid
pagenum: 8; title: Cube 1
pagenum: 9; title: Cube 2
pagenum: 10; title: Cube 3
pagenum: 11; title: Triangular Box
pagenum: 12; title: Cap with Visor
pagenum: 13; title: Cube 4
pagenum: 14; title: Airplane
pagenum: 15; title: Vase
pagenum: 16; title: Four-Pointed Star
pagenum: 17; title: Checked Box 1
pagenum: 18; title: Checked Box 2
pagenum: 19; title: Checked Box 3
pagenum: 20; title: Imprisoned Cube 1
pagenum: 21; title: Imprisoned Cube 2
pagenum: 22; title: Imprisoned Cube 3
pagenum: 23; title: Checked Box 4
pagenum: 24; title: Eight-Pointed Star 1
pagenum: 25; title: Little-Birds Cube
pagenum: 26; title: Squares withn Octagon
pagenum: 27; title: Little Mama Bird
pagenum: 28; title: Stool
pagenum: 29; title: Five-Sided Coaster 1
pagenum: 30; title: Eight-Segment Rosette
pagenum: 31; title: Rotated Coaster
pagenum: 32; title: Six-Sided Coaster
pagenum: 33; title: Centerpiece Holder
pagenum: 34; title: Pinwheel
pagenum: 36; title: Checked Box 5
pagenum: 38; title: Triangular Box with Cover
pagenum: 38; title: Checked Box 6
pagenum: 40; title: Box-Table
pagenum: 41; title: Tall Box with Cover
pagenum: 42; title: Basket
pagenum: 44; title: Rotated Box 1
pagenum: 46; title: Five-Pointed Star
pagenum: 48; title: Eight-Pointed Star 2
pagenum: 50; title: Star with Wings
pagenum: 51; title: Rotor
pagenum: 52; title: Modular Wheel
pagenum: 53; title: Easter Dish
pagenum: 54; title: The Little Bird
pagenum: 55; title: Display Case
pagenum: 56; title: Eight-Sided Box
pagenum: 58; title: Six-Sided Box with Cover
pagenum: 60; title: Ten-Sided Box
pagenum: 62; title: Whistle That Whistles
pagenum: 63; title: Cinderella's Shoe
pagenum: 64; title: Gyroscope 1
pagenum: 66; title: Gyroscope 2
pagenum: 68; title: Multicolor Star
pagenum: 70; title: Rotated Box 2 and Three Variants
pagenum: 71; title: Double Measure
pagenum: 74; title: Three-Dimensional Star
pagenum: 76; title: Vampire Bat
pagenum: 77; title: Flowerpot
pagenum: 80