Bøger af John Montroll

Decorate the Christmas season with origami. You can fold scenes from the Twelve Days of Christmas and make models for the Christmas tree. There are 36 simple and intermediate models. Most are original and a few are traditional favorites. With the Partridge, you can also fold a tree with pears to create a complete scene. The two Turtle Doves are shown with a heart. The Ladies and Lords bring more spirit as intermediate level models. Along with Santa Claus, there are toys, boxes, and tree ornaments. The ambitious folder can make Christmas cards by pasting the models on the cards to make familiar scenes. This work is ideal for children and anyone interested in origami.

Dollar Origami Treasures shows how to fold a large collection of dollar bill models. Most are created by John Montroll and a few are traditional favorites. Clear step-by-step instructions show how to fold over 50 models in categories of objects, boats, hats, bugs, birds, sea creatures, mammals, and dinosaurs. Models range in skill level from simple to complex, but not too complex. Models include a Kimono, Ocean Liner, Party Hat, Piggy Bank, Crab, Tyrannosaurus, and many other favorites. There is information on the proportions of a dollar bill and methods to cut these from squares and rectangles. Difficulty levels are shown for each model so the beginner can concentrate on simple models and can also learn to improve their folding skills. This collection is perfect for children, art teachers, and anyone who wishes to expand their repertoire of origami and dollar bill folds.

Add new animals to your origami menagerie with this collection of North American birds and mammals, plus a smattering of associated plants. John Montroll's step-by-step illustrations teach you how to fold 27 original projects. Included are four projects by noted Japanese artist and engineer Fumiaki Kawahata. Each model is folded from a single uncut square using innovative techniques. With this third edition in full color, you can make scenes of animals on the coast, deep in the desert, high in the mountains, lost in the woodlands, and in the Northlands. Models include the great horned owl, bighorn sheep, raccoon, prickly-pear cactus, musk ox, deer, and moose. Projects range from simple to very complex.

Polyhedra are incredibly beautiful shapes. You can now fold, display, and exhibit these models. This collection teaches you how to fold around 30 models, created and diagrammed by origami master John Montroll. This edition in full color gives step-by-step instructions on how to make detailed models including the Tetrahedron, Sunken Tetrahedron, Cube, Dodecahedron, Hexagonal Trapezohedron, and more. Information about these polyhedra is included. The folding techniques combine origami with geometry. The models include all five Platonic Solids, sunken versions of each, and models with color effects. By folding from origami paper (white on one side, colored on the other) many stunning colorful patterns can be achieved. There is a section on variations of Archimedean Solids. There are two sections on Octahedra and Dodecahedra, polyhedra with eight and twelve sides. This adds variety to families of shapes including a prism, antiprism, dipyramid, and trapezohedron. The folding methods for each of these imaginative models are quite different. All are original designs, using the latest in folding techniques. Each model is folded from a single square, which makes them more amazing and satisfying. They range from simple to complex. These unique designs are masterworks.

Transform ordinary dollar bills into a unicorn, dinosaur, dog, elephant, and other creatures. More than 30 original models by a renowned origamist will appeal to paperfolders from beginners to experts.

This easy-to-follow guide consists of 32 models of favorite figures. Numerous diagrams in dark and light green illustrate the two sides of a bill, and finished models are shown in full color.

This 48-page, full-color book for beginners presents 32 new designs by an origami expert. Models range from easy to advanced and include a tent, chess pieces, cruise ship, swan, many others.

From the simple Triangular Diamond and the Tower to the more advanced Cuboctahedron and the magnificent Stella Octangular, 30 multifaceted marvels will not only challenge devotees of the ancient Japanese art of paperfolding but will also appeal to students and others interested in math and geometry.

Ranging from simple to moderately difficult, these 33 origami models were created by designers from more than 15 countries. Figures include a frog, ocean liner, penguin, hot air balloon, dragon, many others.

Step-by-step instructions and two-color diagrams show beginning and experienced paperfolders how to create 33 variations on the geometric forms known as polyhedra. It also contains sections on pyramids, prisms, antiprisms, and dodecahedra.

Twenty-five models, ranging from simple to complex, include triceratops, stegosaurus, and tyrannosaurus as well as dimetrodon, protoceratops, elasmosaurus, and others. A master origami designer explains each model with clear instructions and numerous illustrations.

Unravels the mystery of Geometry in Origami with a fresh approach: 64 Polyhedra designs, each made from a single square sheet of paper, no cuts, no glue; each polyhedron the largest possible from the starting size of square and each having an ingenious locking mechanism to hold its shape. This book also covers the five Platonic solids.

Graded according to difficulty, the projects in this book include charming versions of a cat, deer, elephant, seal, walrus, mink, bear, and five other creatures. Clear, easy-to-follow explanations of symbols and basic folds help paperfolding enthusiasts successfully complete each project. 300+ diagrams.

Inside this handy folder is everything a beginner needs to practice the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, including a clearly illustrated instructional booklet and a packet of authentic origami paper in 12 different colors. John Montroll's how-to book EASY ORIGAMI enables novices to grasp the fundamentals quickly to complete 32 simple projects--fish, hat, boat--and even more challenging forms.