Amazing Origami; Author: Kasahara, Kunihiko; Hardback; Book

Author: Kasahara, Kunihiko
Hardback; Book; 56 Colour Photographs, 349 B&w Line Drawings
64 pages
Published: August 2001
Sterling Juvenile Books
ISBN: 0806958219

This intriguing mixture of art and geometry will satisfy both your creativity and your curiosity. These mathematically clever instructions show the principles behind origami and make it brilliantly simple to divide segments, angles, and areas into equal parts. Out from under your fingers will come strikingly exquisite forms, from triangles and pentagons all the way up to a 17-sided heptadecagon. Turn some of these shapes into boxes, vases, and other decorative items. Wish on your own handmade shooting star, all silvery, golden, or fiery red; grow pretty pink paper cherry blossoms (symbol of Japan, home of origami); and build pyramids, cubic modules, and other dimensional figures. A unique combination of beauty and brainy ideas!A complete introduction to the mathematical theory of Origami based on the teachings of Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) and a step-by-step guide to 33 colourful and fun paper folding projects which are in themselves 3-dimensional proofs.