What are the best professional books?

amirsource · Post by **amirsource** » October 9th, 2009, 7:38 pm

hello all [=
i dont know which book to buy, What are the best professional books for origami?, Recommend me some books [=
thank you all

Post by **origami_8** » October 9th, 2009, 7:48 pm

How do you define "professional"?
What skill level are you?
What are you interested in? (Insects, Boxes, Modulars, Animals, Flowers, Tessellations, ...)

We need more Informations to answer this question. It would also be helpful to know which books you own.

A good site for bookreviews is Gilad's Origamipage. You may find what you search for there: http://giladorigami.com/

amirsource · Post by **amirsource** » October 9th, 2009, 7:53 pm

My intention more complex folds, I want to try the difficult things [=
all the amazing things.
thank you [=

Wizmatt · Post by **Wizmatt** » October 9th, 2009, 7:59 pm

The designers don't necesarily have to be proffessional. For example Quentin Trollip and Roman Diaz both design fantastic models and have a full time job, and Roman's book published by Nicolas Terry is very high quality.

Roman Diaz's book is called origami for interpreters and can be found at: http://www.origami-shop.com/

insaneorigami · Post by **insaneorigami** » October 9th, 2009, 7:59 pm

Well, How about the Works of Satoshi Kamiya? the difficulty level is very simple through pretty complex.

Origami Design Secrets, by Robert Lang,
Origami Insects II, by Robert Lang
And a subriscption to JOAS, for the great CP's

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Also, I would recommend some of the Origami Tandeidan (proper spelling? correct me if it isn't

) volumes.

Post by **TheRealChris** » October 9th, 2009, 9:24 pm

you shouldn't mistake difficulty for complexity. there are surely a lot of complex modular designs out there, and even some boxes are much more than simple foldings. I would also call a lot of the tessallation stuff very complex.
anna asked the right questions. maybe you should tell us what exactly you like to fold before we can give you usefull advices.

FrumiousBandersnatch · October 10th, 2009, 3:55 pm

I love how half the questions on the forums degrade into arguments over semantics.

If you are looking for books with models with higher complexity, try:

Origami Insects and Their Kin - Robert Lang
Works of Satoshi Kamiya - Satoshi Kamiya
Origami Insects 1 - Fumiaki Kawahata & Seiji Nishikawa
Origami Insects 2 - Robert Lang
Several Origami Tanteidan Convention books contain supercomplex models

If you are looking for higher difficulty...well...that is a bit subjective. Personally, I'm playing with tessellations right now, and am having quite a good time deciphering Eric Gjerde's instructions; If you want to check out his book, it is "Origami Tessellations.""

OrigamiKnowHow · Post by **OrigamiKnowHow** » October 10th, 2009, 4:53 pm

Haha, I am benefiting too from the recommendations!

akugami · Post by **akugami** » October 10th, 2009, 7:08 pm

though i still don't have even one of it i would recommend both of nicolas terrys' books - passion origami and licence to fold.
soon there'll be the second book of roman diaz available and another publication i do really long for would be from hideo komatsu ...

HankSimon · Post by **HankSimon** » October 10th, 2009, 7:50 pm

What books do you already own ?

- Hank Simon

bethnor · Post by **bethnor** » October 11th, 2009, 4:54 am

interesting that everyone recommends the most expensive books first.

montroll's first two books, "animal origami for the enthusiast" and "origami for the enthusiast" both can be gotten for ~$10. even less if you're willing to buy used. both are full of fine models and are excellent starting points, complex or beginner. other books of montroll's worth owning include "origami sculptures" and "origami sea life," the latter of which have many magnificent contributions from lang. speaking of which, "origami insects and their kin" have probably the most difficult collection of models, and the folding sequences are fare more varied and interesting than those in "origami insects II."

you can actually get all these books for the cost of the "works of satoshi kamiya" and have spare for more, depending on your willingness to buy used.

FrumiousBandersnatch · October 11th, 2009, 3:54 pm

I've just never found Montroll's stuff to be particularly complex. And lacking that, I have also never found it particularly graceful. It's all about preference Bethnor, not so much about price...

soneblees · Post by **soneblees** » October 13th, 2009, 3:05 am

try origami to astonish and amuze. its quite different and features models of varying complexity

Kijjakarn · Post by **Kijjakarn** » October 13th, 2009, 3:35 pm

Due to my sense in defining ''professional'', I would say ''Origami Design Secrets...'' by Robert Lang.

FrumiousBandersnatch · October 13th, 2009, 4:31 pm

That's the one I was forgetting!