Hi all,
I'm new to this world and I'm looking for an idea for a birthday gift.
I would like to gift a book About origami technics, diagram, schema etc...
Do you know which book I can buy for this gift ? Better if it's in Italian but is not a problem also to have it in English.
Thanks a lot to everyone!
Book for a gift
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Re: Book for a gift
Robert J. Lang - Origami Design Secrets 2 (undoubtedly the best book on the subject)
John Montroll - Origami Polyhedra Design
Eric Gjerde - Origami Tessellations
John Montroll - Origami Polyhedra Design
Eric Gjerde - Origami Tessellations
Re: Book for a gift
Difficult to advise without more specifics as to recipient's level of folding, favorite type of origami models/favorite category of origami, ie- representational , tessellations, modular etc.
Anna's suggestion of R. Lang's Origami Design Secrets 2 is excellent, but, practically speaking, may be intimidating to a beginner .
I would lean toward the " must-have " books .
Brilliant Origami - David Brill
Genuine Origami - Jun Maekawa
Works of Hideo Komatsu
Works of Seiji Nishikawa
Creative origami - Seo Won Seon & Lee In Kyung ( Red and White Paper )
Finally, a yearly subscription to Italy's origami magazine would surely be appreciated throughout the year .
http://www.origami-cdo.it/
Anna's suggestion of R. Lang's Origami Design Secrets 2 is excellent, but, practically speaking, may be intimidating to a beginner .
I would lean toward the " must-have " books .
Brilliant Origami - David Brill
Genuine Origami - Jun Maekawa
Works of Hideo Komatsu
Works of Seiji Nishikawa
Creative origami - Seo Won Seon & Lee In Kyung ( Red and White Paper )
Finally, a yearly subscription to Italy's origami magazine would surely be appreciated throughout the year .
http://www.origami-cdo.it/
May I wish success to all who cope with the mountains & valleys of Life,
with all its peaks & depths, as well as Origami .
with all its peaks & depths, as well as Origami .
Re: Book for a gift
"Works of Hideo Komatsu" is the best origami book I've ever seen. And that's with a library of 400+ books to compare with.
I'd cordially disagree with the previous posters-- IMHO it should go something like this:
1) Works of Hideo Komtasu
2) Origami Insects II (Lang and Kawahata)
3) Origami for the Connoisseur (Takahama and Kasahara)
4) Works of Satoshi Kamiya 2
5) Genuine Origami (Jun Maekawa, english version)
6) Origami Polyhedra Design (Montroll)
I'd also include something by Tomoko Fuse, though I don't have enough of her books to know which one is the best (she's written a lot!). Nonetheless I've enjoyed "Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformations" quite a lot.
I'm tempted to include Origami Master Class: Bugs in this list, but I drew one of the diagrams in that book, so maybe I should be more humble and keep my mouth shut...
I'd cordially disagree with the previous posters-- IMHO it should go something like this:
1) Works of Hideo Komtasu
2) Origami Insects II (Lang and Kawahata)
3) Origami for the Connoisseur (Takahama and Kasahara)
4) Works of Satoshi Kamiya 2
5) Genuine Origami (Jun Maekawa, english version)
6) Origami Polyhedra Design (Montroll)
I'd also include something by Tomoko Fuse, though I don't have enough of her books to know which one is the best (she's written a lot!). Nonetheless I've enjoyed "Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformations" quite a lot.
I'm tempted to include Origami Master Class: Bugs in this list, but I drew one of the diagrams in that book, so maybe I should be more humble and keep my mouth shut...