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Minigami : mini origami projects for cards, gifts and decorations / Gay Merrill Gross.
 
Author: Gross, Gay Merrill
Publisher: London : Collins & Brown, 2005.
ISBN: 1843402815 (pbk.)
Format: Book
Physical Description: 144 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Subjects: Origami
 

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Minigami is packed with great new paperfolding designs using all the popular new forms of miniature origami, such as tea-bag folding and Iris folding. The unique modular forms can be used as home accents or decorative display pieces and the book also includes projects such as greetings cards, gift tags and decorations that can be made with finished origami pieces. It has a useful practical section on choosing the right paper and also explains all the standard folding symbols. Paper crafters everywhere will want to try these exciting new origami techniques and this book will make an invaluable reference work for all folders, whether complete beginners or intermediate and advanced artists. Fully illustrated in colour, Minigami enables readers, whatever their level of skill, to fold almost any miniature design, traditional or contemporary. The emphasis is on creativity, encouraging the reader to combine and extend established techniques to produce new origami works. The complete book of miniature origami techniques, with step-by-step instructions Includes both traditional folds and innovative new designs Covers tea-bag, iris folding and much more 50 great projects to make, using miniature origami techniques