Fold beautiful origami flowers then arrange them into stunning bonsai sculptures with this wonderful origami book.
Origami Bonsai makes it possible for paper folders at every level to create unique botanical sculptures at home by folding delicate paper flowers and leaves and attaching them to natural branches.
This easy origami book contains:
- Multi-color photos and drawings
- Step-by-step instructions
- Explanations of dozens of folding techniques
- A 3 hour DVD video tutorial
- All videos are also streamable or downloadable online
It also shows you how to select natural twigs, branches, and stones—and how to assemble them into a lifelike finished origami sculpture. To help in the creation process the book contains detailed instructions and numerous photographs of both works in process and completed origami bonsai pieces that are sure to have you crating your own decorative origami art in no time.
Origami flower projects include:
- The Ficus Leaf
- The Berlin Poplar Leaf
- The Black Eyed Susan
- The Foxglove
- The Buttercup
- And many more…
Product Features
- Tuttle Publishing
Andrew Davidson says
Fantastic application of Origami This is a great origami book. It goes through a lot of things in detail. He gives a lot of reasons why to do things, how to do it and desired results. I have not had origami training. I’ve been trying to teach myself from books. This book starts off saying that you don’t need a lot of the supplies and equipment. Mr Coleman says things can be bought at discount stores. I know some things can be gotten from dollar or dollar only stores. (I have a lot of hobbies and limited funds). He goes into…
Anonymous says
Anonymous says
I wasn’t sure what to expect from this book but it is surprisingly thorough and greatly illustrated with step by step directions for not only building your own origami bonsai sculptures but also how to care for and ship them as gifts or to customers as you choose. It’s one of the coolest books I’ve read on origami that provides a PRACTICAL application that melds two crafts together. There are advanced topics on scaling, selecting props and accessories and more. I love this book and highly…