3D Origami
15 cute creatures to
make using modular paper triangles
By Maria Angela Carlessi
Search Press 2016
Paperback £13.95
ISBN 978-1-78221-409-0
Star rating: ****
At last! A book on Golden Venture Origami – a big
thank you, to author Maria Angela
Carlessi. I’ve been meaning to spotlight
this nifty 3-D paper folding technique, which uses interlocking triangles to
build up a project. It requires time and
patience – which I guess fits in with the mindful crafting vibe. The author is the proprietor of a craft shop
in Italy. She was looking for a technique to attract her customers – and she
got hooked on this intriguing origami variation.
The projects are all twee creatures – so this book would be
an ace pre-half-term purchase. (Cutesy animals do seem to be a primary end
product of Golden Venture.) Even if cute animals are not your thing, the basic
how-tos at the front-of-the book are a goldmine of well-presented technique
info. So... you can learn the basics and
take the craft wherever you want to go. There are clear photo step-by-steps
accompanied by text.
The author does a really good job of incorporating pattern
and colour into her projects. (I can see how the run-up to a colour change
would engender crafty anticipation, as in knitting or crochet!) The Swan with
the diamond motifs is a prime example of this. ( BTW, Golden Venture swans are
a thing – and Maria Angela Carlessi’s one is just right – colourful and not too
intricate.)
My favourite projects are the previously-mentioned Swan, the
Tortoise, the Owl, and the Squirrel. These are charming without being too twee.
It is fascinating how curvilinear shapes can be built up
from interlinking triangular pockets.
For a clear introduction to a papercraft
variation that is growing in popularity, 3D Origami fills the bill.
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