Beginner's Book of Modular Origami Polyhedra: The Platonic Solids (Dover Origami Papercraft)

Great book, easy to follow if you take your time. Bought for my 11 year old son. We spent a lovely hour together making one of the hardest ones (see pic). We chatted and laughed as we made it together and it was so nice to do something crafty together. He absolutely loves his creations! Amazing what you can do with some paper!

As an almost total beginner of origami (cranes, basic animals etc) I picked up this book to take the next steps of origami and move into more 3D models. This book covers a little about the history of platonic solids, explains basic bases, demonstrates how to shape paper into triangles and hexagons, and provides patterns for: Cubes (4 types) Tetrahedra (3 types) Octahedra (4 types) Dodecahedra (3 types) Icosahedra (2 types). All of the diagrams are in black and white but I've found them clear and easy to understand. I'm delighted that I've been able to make what look like very impressive models on the first attempt. Overall I'd highly recommend this book to all beginners. Make sure you stock up on paper though as some models require lots of pieces - the dimpled dodecahedra used 90 sheets!

The book gets you started by explaining how the diagrams work, and uses the same range of symbols that you'll find in countless other origami books. It's divided into chapters based on what kind of polyhedron you want to make. The modules used are varied, You'll find the simple rectangular modules of the Jackson cube, the classical Sonobe parallelogram module and even the classic water bomb base is used as a module for forming an elegant octahedral skeleton. A good book to start with if you want to learn modular origami.

You'd never believe it, but these are so simple to make, they just take time. It is the perfect book for beginners in modular origami and encourages one to ask for more. The instructions are clear, simple and large. Initially I would recommend using slightly larger paper because once you get to the smaller paper you need quite a bit of dexterity and a lot of patience to fit everything together. Some modules require triangular paper which they tell you how to make from square paper, but although this takes time, they are really impressive.

I'm not a great fan of books as I think there a bit dull, when I opened this book, the black and white pictures validated this. To be fair it's excellent for showing you the principles of modular origami but the way it's written and looks seem more like a study book with no fun to be found (which i thought origami was all about)

This is a great book with clear directions on how to make modular origami. Some of it looks a bit tricky but I'm looking forward to the challenge!

I like this book it has given me hours of joy to make some of the projects in this book well set out plenty of pictures to help I think this book is wonderful as to how they go together I recommend this book to any one who wants something different if your a paper folder arrived on time the price was good

The diagrams and explanations are easy to follow, but the lack of colour in the illustrations make it a bit depressing. My son has made some pretty impressive models from it though!

Preciosos diseños modulares. Alguno no estaba suficientemente explicado.

Super ! Je n'avais jamais réussi à faire aussi facilement des origamis modulaires ! Tout est est expliqué étape par étape en reprenant bien les bases dès le début. Seul petit bémol dû au Kindle : les dessins en noir et blanc qui sont parfois un tout petit peu difficile à décoder mais absolument rien d'insurmontable. A recommander !

Unbedingt nötig für Anfänger und Fortgeschritten, die sehr gern Modular-Origami mögen! Wunderbar! Bitte erfahren Sie dieses schöne gut strukturierte Buch!

Our 9 year old has been very interested in origami so we purchased this for her. We've done three projects and they've gone well. Good instructions and illustrations.

This book is great, simply great. I'm a newbie to Origami, I've started with a beginner's book and after I had finished it I bought this one and thought a modular origami would be nice. Well, its awsome! Most of the projects are perfectly clear, and the results are stable and good looking. My desk is now covered with my modules. There are few projects that are'nt clear enough (beware of the equilateral triangle from hexagon - I've spent hours and a lot of paper on it and still have'nt got a clue of how it should be assembled....), but most of them are great. I've enjoyed working on them for hours, and wanted more. Great purchace! Shay