Essential Book Scan

My Review of LaFosse & Alexander’s Essential Book of Origami

Review copy provided by Tuttle Publishing LaFosse & Alexander’s Essential Book of Origami is kind of a hard book to review. It’s definitely an interesting book but what you get out of it will depend on what you’re looking for. This book is written by Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander. These two are…

Mind Blowing Modular Origami

You Too Can Fold Some of Byriah Loper’s Mind-Blowing Modular Origami

Disclaimer: Tuttle Publishing provided a free copy of this book for this review. I’ve always been a huge fan of Byriah Loper’s “mind-blowing” interlocking modular origami models. I always had no idea how someone could design or fold amazing models like these. I’m still not sure how he could have possibly designed his models but…

Drawing Origami Tome 2

Drawing Origami Tome 2 is Out and it’s Full of Awesome Things to Fold

After 3 years of work Nicolas Terry has finally released his new book Drawing Origami Tome 2. The book features an impressive collection of 33 models to fold ranging from fairly easy to pretty complex. I’d say most of the models in the book are around an intermediate skill level though. The book is only…

Detective

What’s the Deal with “Origami Tanteidan” Books and Magazines?

When you start getting deeper into origami one phrase that you’ll see come up a lot is “Origami Tanteidan”. Specifically you’ll see Origami Tanteidan Convention books and Origami Tanteidan magazines mentioned. Usually these books and magazines will be the only place where you can get instructions for certain awesome looking models. This can all be…