Origami to Astonish and Amuse: Over 400 Original Models, Including Such "Classics" as the Chocolate-Covered Ant, the Transvestite Puppet, the Invisible Duck, and Many More!

Jeremy Shafer

Macmillan, Jul 6, 2001 - Crafts & Hobbies - 256 pages

An original origami book featuring delightfully detailed designs from the incredibly simple exploding envelope, to the highly complex and hilarious "Man Swatter"

Imagine folding a piece of paper into nail clippers that really work, or a Swiss Army knife that actually opens, or a surfer on a wave that crashes when the surfer is slid forward. These are just a few of the amazing, interactive paper folding projects to be found in Jeremy Shafer's Origami to Astonish and Amuse.

Featuring hundreds of entertaining models and folding ideas, ranging from amazingly simple to ridiculously complex, this inspiring how to do origami book is a perfect fun arts and crafts book for creating toys and decorations the whole family can enjoy--a perfect gift book to jump start creativity!

Contents

• Baby Bird: 32
• Exploding Envelope: 34
• Blinking Eyes: 35
• Magic Flap: 36
• Magic Cube: 38
• Clapping Hands: 39
• Waxing Waning Moon: 41
• Two Interlocking Rings: 46
• Two Permanently Interlocking Rings: 48
• ChocolateCovered Ant: 49
• Gremlin: 51
• CrazyMouthed Gremlin: 54
• Surfer on a Wave: 55
• Glancer: 60
• Mr Smiley: 65
• Squishy Blob: 75
• Piano Playing Popup Card: 78
• Yapping Clapping Tapping Flapping Trex: 83
• Venus Flytrap: 87
• Frog Tongue: 91
• Heart Attack: 93
• Nail Clippers: 96
• Swiss Army Knife: 103
• Flasher: 110
• Flasher Supreme: 112
• Flasher Big Bang: 113
• Flasher Hat: 114
• Flasher Marble Maze: 115
• Flasher Labyrinth: 116
• Labyrinth Walker: 117
• Dromenon Labyrinth Walker: 118
• Slithering Snake Skin: 119
• Symbols Signs and Stunning Designs: 120
• Smiling Frowning George: 121
• Kite Letterhead: 122
• Mens Suit: 123
• IsoArea Swan: 125
• Wine Glass: 126
• Peace Sign: 127
• Multiple Rippling Deltoid: 129
• Musical Notes: 131
• Dancers: 135
• Dragon: 137
• Rocking Horse: 141
• Menorah: 145
• Crab: 151
• Double Yin Yang: 155
• Star of David: 159
• Spider Web: 162
• Pyramid: 164
• Balancing Eagle: 166
• Dollar Bill Cuboid: 170
• Eight Interlocking Rings: 176
• Models from the Heart: 179
• Butterfly Heart Card: 180
• Cubist Heart Card: 181
• Window Heart Card: 182
• Blintz Envelope: 183
• Envelope: 184
• Off the Wallet: 186
• Bird of Peace Popup Card: 188
• Diamond Heart Ring: 190
• Peace Ring: 192
• Crane Envelope: 195
• Crane in Love Envelope: 198
• Beating Heart Card: 199
• Star of Peace: 202
• Interlocking Diamond Heart Rings: 204
• Present Box: 209
• Origami for the Almost Deranged: 214
• Origami Square: 215
• Transvestite Puppet: 216
• Barf Bag: 217
• Unfortunate Bungee Jumper: 218
• Folder: 219
• Invisible Duck: 220
• JackOLantern: 221
• UpsideDown Heart: 222
• Whos Staring at my Rump?: 223
• Walking Boat: 224
• Clogged Artery: 225
• Unopenable Envelope: 227
• Folding the Blintz Base: 228
• Folding the Square Base: 232
• Folding the Flapping Bird: 233
• Man Swatter: 234
• Unfortunate Suitor: 240
• Carbon Atom: 244
• Monolithic Rubblestone Boulder: 245
• Running Car: 246

Popular passages

Page 17 - As origami designers' abilities improved, there arose an unofficial set of rules governing what was allowed and what wasn't, particularly in the West. In general, an origami figure from an uncut sheet was better than one from a cut sheet; a single sheet was more desirable than two; and a fold from a square was preferred over any other starting shape.‎

Page 21 - ... infringement are not black and white; there is a lot of gray inbetween.‎

About the author

Jeremy Shafer has been folding for fifteen years and has created hundreds of original models, each folded from one piece of paper, without cutting. He has been published in major origami journals in the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom, and has exhibited his work at seven OrigamiUSA conventions. He is a member of the Friends of Origami Center of America and is the editor of the BARF (Bay Area Rapid Folders) newsletter. He lives in Berkeley, California.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Origami to Astonish and Amuse: Over 400 Original Models, Including Such "Classics" as the Chocolate-Covered Ant, the Transvestite Puppet, the Invisible Duck, and Many More!
• Author: Jeremy Shafer
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Macmillan, 2001
• ISBN: 0312254040, 9780312254049
• Length: 256 pages
• Subjects: Crafts & Hobbies / Origami; Crafts & Hobbies / Papercrafts