Thursday, September 23, 2010

Book review: Origami card technology by Karen Elaine Thomas.

DateTuesday 31 August 2010, 2: 44 pm

 Get some new papercrafts impulse frequently and meandering up the local bookstore, I stumbled upon this interesting project 128 page book is Karen Elaine Thomas. I immediately I brought home dedicated to some cards to the basket. 30 Projects, 25 5 as classified as "card" and "envelope".  

Shooting in the book is beyond appeal.  Example of each shot, beautiful setting you can tell from the cover, and is almost always a decorative paper, greeting card stock, origami paper, ?????_??? paper's best work. It is easier to get your hands other than some of these papers is gorgeous. Helps to provide beginners to understand the very basic origami symbols and code suggests, materials in the introduction.  

 Because different dimensions of each project, but could not be completed theoretically white printer paper for most projects, larger than picking expected should book most paper size. Gold holders cut 12 inches x 5 inches in one black Japan momigami paper 1 1 / 4 "x 9 requires sheet 2 of hand-woven belt card is required".   Diversity of beautiful, size in the pre-planning of some of these stages is a difficult project. Do large roll craft paper and wrapping paper printer paper trick if you wanted to advance these projects mock-up because it will need to experiment.

 However, if you can get any past projects to find an actual thesis dilemma, the book is really very nice.  Per-project setting example photos, recommended materials list, finished size estimation, origami figure [is a numbered list explains how to assemble the card and decorate it. By fed sometimes tip used strategic alternative materials and techniques.  

 Difficult as folding side in the middle of some simple diagrams to evaluate.  You can hide the cranes, I think, more difficult to must be in this book of the model is too. However, figure sometimes too soon from one step to another newcomer origami (especially each project at the end of) to the leap to understand.  

Introduction Thomas writes, "all diagram is created equal.  Do not follow some other than can be difficult, but discouraged. The only newspapers usually inexpensive ". Origami, natural, all diagram do not agree, and created equal, takes a time trial. However, do not appreciate really cost decisions. Momigami indeed, use the white printer paper is) If you use several projects by using good paper paper costs $ 6-3 can seat from $ is cheap is!

Karen Elaine Thomas her blog with a sample project! had a good time I really enjoyed this book very much, make the several projects I. I this book really older audiences targeted as a kind of origami is advanced and papercrafters towards not origamists saying ???????. All kind of paper collected paper appraisal if this book is really use your stock some of how nicely presented may. To complete the project may take all the costs of various materials for most people, however, you will need to purchase.

Do all the work you and, it is theoretically up to 10 minutes they should be easy to cook "reminded me a huge amount of strange ingredients book one almost each one expensive and, conversely for the recipe of each need. Sitting around the kitchen of your spices you are [the cookbook is definitely worth your time! this book was the same. If you are already a papercrafter this book would be great to embrace your arsenal! prior might be useful in some way papercrafts to many special shopping to do if you have not, however, should expect.

ISBN: 978-0307408402
Cover price: $ 9. 95
Amazon price: $ 14. 93


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