Michael LaFosse's Origami Butterflies: Elegant Designs from a Master Folder: Full-Color Origami Book with 25 Fun Projects and Downloadable Instructional VideoFold beautiful papercraft butterflies with this easy origami book. Whimsical, exquisite and fragile, butterflies and moths have enchanted and inspired people for centuries. Origami artist Michael G. LaFosse is no exception. His original butterfly paper-folding techniques are a dramatic new development in origami--which some have hailed as the most important advance in origami since the first paper cranes appeared centuries ago. Hundreds of LaFosse butterflies have been featured in exhibitions around the world and his iconic designs are now eagerly sought and widely imitated by folding enthusiasts everywhere. Michael LaFosse's Origami Butterflies presents original paper folding projects from LaFosse's extensive butterfly and moth repertoire, including all his personal favorites. This collection has many rarely-seen origami designs, and several of the models illustrate new technical and design achievements made possible by the ingenious "LaFosse Origami Butterfly Folding System." This exciting new book represents the culmination of a lifetime of designing and perfecting the art of origami butterflies. It contains everything you need to create your own unique collection. This origami book contains
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Contents
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Using Fine Quality Art Materials | 16 |
Getting Started | 18 |
Origami Symbols Key | 20 |
The Base Architecture | 22 |
For Eric Joisel | 68 |
For Sok Song | 72 |
For Lillian Oppenheimer | 76 |
For Guy Kawasaki | 78 |
The Origamido Butterfly | 82 |
The Boston Butterfly | 86 |
The Question Mark | 87 |
For Doris Asano | 88 |
The Turning Poi | 27 |
Wing Styles and Variations | 30 |
For Alice Gray | 34 |
For Tony Cheng | 38 |
For Jane Winchell | 40 |
For Jan Polish | 44 |
For Makoto Yamaguchi | 48 |
For Vanessa Gould | 52 |
For Robert Lang | 54 |
For Emiko Kruckner | 58 |
For Kyoko Kondo | 62 |
For Killian Mansfield | 66 |
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abdomen edges inside abdomen overthe right Akira Yoshizawa Alice Gray bottom corner bottom edge Butterfly for Alice center crease cornerto the top crease to valley-fold design is named design will introduce edge to top Emiko Kruckner folded edge forewing form the wings Guy Kawasaki hindwings indicated corners Inside-reverse Inside-reverse-fold the indicated left halves left to right Look ahead lower pinch mark Luna Moth Makoto Yamaguchi match the right Michael LaFosse Mountain-fold the abdomen Mountain-fold the corner Move the bottom Open the wings Origa origami artist Origamido Studio overthe right wing paper should look paperforthe head Peabody Essex Museum right half Robert Lang Rotate the paper short pinch mark Squash-fold the paperforthe Squash-fold the right Swallowtail top edge top layer triangle flap Turn the model Unfold Valley-fold in half valley-fold the abdomen Valley-fold the bottom Valley-fold the left Valley-fold the top Valley-fold the triangle Valley-fold the wings wet-folding wing to match Yoshizawa