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Hello,

Can anyone recommend any books of similar complexity/difficulty as Robert Lang's work? I already have:

Origami Zoo
The Complete Book of Origami
Origami Insects and their Kin

I'm interested in folding animals and insects. I'm less interested in mythical beings and inanimate objects. I also need step by step instructions. I'm not yet able to fold something from just a crease diagram.

Any recommendations would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

Paul.

Lang's Origami Design Secrets is a really good book, the models difficulty range from intermediate to super-complex. Overall, ODS is probably the best origami book I have.

I agree with Origami Design Secrets, any of John Montroll's books, Origami Sea Life, Works of Satoshi Kamiya, there is a plethora of books out there! http://origamiusa.org/catalog/books-downloads/level

what about the passion origami series by nicolas terry (author of part one and editor). the last book - eco origami by bernie peyton - is introduced with a foreword by master lang itself.
although i've lost the motivation to fold from diagrams (not at all, but to design my own models is more challenging) i keep on buying fine origami books - and eco origami is indeed a treasure and it is always fun just to leaf through.

akugami wrote:what about the passion origami series by nicolas terry (author of part one and editor). the last book - eco origami by bernie peyton - is introduced with a foreword by master lang itself.
although i've lost the motivation to fold from diagrams (not at all, but to design my own models is more challenging) i keep on buying fine origami books - and eco origami is indeed a treasure and it is always fun just to leaf through.

I didn't know Bernie Peyton has a book now!!!

Thanks for the advice. ODS looks good, as do the passion origami series. The cheapest I can find them is for about €33. Does anyone know where I can buy used copies of these?

Paul.

i got my used ods-issue (from the first edition) at ebay. each book of the passion origami series were published around november/december so it's always a perfect gift for christmas. i use to surprize me by myself with it but sometimes there's some kind sponsoring by my family. if you know, you need to have this or that book at the end of a year, you'll probably be able to save the money for ...

50 Hours of Origami
Origami Essence
Licence to Fold
Brilliant Origami
Oigami: Angelfish to Zen

ODS is probably the best origami book out there, one of my goals for this year is to finish it. Works of Satoshi Kamiya is awesome also, but Ive only done a couple of models so far. They are very challenging.

If you're lucky enough to find a copy, there's Origami Insects I by Kawahata and Nishikawa. The models are t the greatest quality; then again, they're older.

Won Park extreme origami: best complex money folding book on the market. has some very complex and interesting models and is very reasonably priced on amazon. Many of the models have been freely published and are available for free without infringing on Won's copyrights but the quality of this book is quite excellent and worth a purchase

Jun Maekawa Genuine Origami: nice mathematically derived models very similar in style to dr lang, also very reasonably priced on amazon

Jun Maekawa Genuine Japanese Origami - A bargain on amazon, but all of the models are based on rectangular A4 paper

If you're looking for animals I would say: Safari Origami by Lionel Abertino, I think it's great. He uses a alot of reativily simple bases to create a lot of different animals. Or any book by John Montroll.

For insects:
Also Lionel albertino has made a book with only insect models and Manuel Sirgo did 2 book about insects.
(PS the 'l' button on my keyboard got stuck so in this post the names are spelled correctly)

maddoghoek100 wrote:Many of the models have been freely published and are available for free without infringing on Won's copyrights...

so, do you know, where to find the diagram for the two-dollar-spider?

have not seen a freely published set of diagrams for it, was not one of the ones i was thinking of.

akugami wrote:

maddoghoek100 wrote:Many of the models have been freely published and are available for free without infringing on Won's copyrights...

so, do you know, where to find the diagram for the two-dollar-spider?

I also highly recommend the Won Park book. I got it last weekend and it is awesome.
The spider is probably the easiest model in the book, j just judging by a look through the diagrams, and the only one i have done thus far.