Origami - the japanese art of paper folding - isao honda

From Introduction: Origami calls for precision and imagination.

If you flip through the pages of this book, you will find a great variety of familiar things conceived with imagination, style, and often a good deal of humor.

Anyone can do this-it has been the special province of Oriental children for centuries-by closely following the step-by-step directions.

The result is the gradual yet magical materialization of a solid object which delights a child.

It is not surprising that Origami is taught in many South American schools.

Patience, control, and perseverance in following all directions closely-which are the requisites of Origami-are part of the mental discipline necessary for a childs growth into maturity.

But adults enjoy Origami just as much.

It satisfies the same impulse which, for instance, prompts Winston Churchill to paint; it is an absorbing, creative, and entertaining hobby.

Such different men as Shelley and Houdini were ardent paper-folders.

Anyone who has completed this book can then go on to invent his own designs.