Children's Fun Origami (Part 1)

Author: Zhang Qifan / Zhang Yan
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: This book introduces over a hundred origami designs, all of which are the author's own creations after years of dedicated research. Unlike other origami books that teach only one technique at a time, this one enables you to learn one and master many. As it guides you through various folding methods, it helps you grasp the fundamental techniques. For example, once you learn how to fold the various characters in the book, you can create dozens or even hundreds of different poses—such as standing, sitting, walking, playing soccer, shooting baskets, dancing, and more. The book includes illustrations of characters in various poses. In the "Mice Wedding" section, you can easily and skillfully fold all the different poses of the mice.
For instance: After learning the various objects in the second part of the book, "Origami Collage," you can fully unleash your imagination and aesthetic sense to arrange trees, flowers, birds, people, boats, and buildings in various forms and positions, creating vibrant and poetic origami collages. As you continue to create collages, you will be pleasantly surprised to find that your drawing skills and aesthetic abilities are gradually improving. You can also use origami to make beautiful commemorative cards (as shown in the illustrations) for your friends, family, and teachers. They will surely treasure them as art pieces because they are not only novel, unique, and exquisite but also filled with your sincere thoughts.
The third part of the book, "Pattern Origami," is both simple to learn and endlessly varied. Some patterns give the impression of being more like paper-cutting than origami, and they may even offer some reference value for advertising design, trademark design, and other craft projects. Moreover, you can refer to this book to design your own patterns using small pieces of paper. These borders and patterns can also be used to beautify your origami collages and commemorative cards.
In short, this book teaches origami like an art teacher teaches painting—not just by teaching you what to do but ultimately by encouraging you to create your own artistic world. I believe that after learning from this book, you will use small pieces of paper to create a big world. May you fully unleash your imagination and creativity during the process of origami creation, allowing your intelligence, aesthetic abilities, and craft skills to continuously improve! An endless variety of possibilities lie in a single sheet of paper. With a sheet of paper in hand, you will reap great benefits. Wishing you success!
Author: Zhang Qifan
June 2000