小林 一夫

This captivating guidebook combines two enchanting traditions — the Japanese art of ikebana, or flower arrangement, and origami, the ancient Japanese practice of paperfolding. Easy-to-follow instructions and an abundance of illustrations enable beginning and expert paperfolders to create even the stems, leaves, and vases for an enchanting array of blossoms.

This work offers simple, easy to make origami games, place settings, puppets and planes and push and pull animals. From birds that flap their wings, frogs that jump, planes that fly to others that tumble, pop, or change shape.

The 60 projects range from a flight of classic cranes to folded napkins, and from delicate containers for a few almonds to a folded picnic box large enough to feed a town. Full-page photographs showcase the projects and clear diagrams explain every fold.

Bilingual in Japanese and English. A short introduction in Japanese and English, then the bulk of the book is tear out paper for the projects and finally, there are thirty pages of models with instructions on how to fold them. The tear out paper is lovely and a bit more special than you usually find in these sorts of books.