origami book

[tikitiki]

I'm looking to buy an origami book, prefferably on the more advanced side.
any suggestions?

[chesslo]

i think the origami design secrets would be a good book for you!!!

[tikitiki]

is that langs book?

[Max]

Yes, it is. It gives you a nice overview plus explaining how to design your own models.

What exactly do you mean when saying "more advanced"?

You may also try the search function...

bye,
max

[tikitiki]

just something with more complex diagrams, nothing super hard though

[ftangdude55]

Try "Origami Insects And Their Kin." (Also by Lang)
Its a good book for advanced folders.

[Max]

A good book with challenging models is "Origami for Interpreters" from Román Díaz.

It has a relatively big part on explaining how to make animal models look more natural/wet folding/choice of paper and so on.

But ODS by Lang is a very good choice, too

Insects and their Kin is quite advanced concernig the folding sequences in my opinion and does not support you with a theoretical part.

[tikitiki]

thanks guys im gonna look into those

[bethnor]

if i had to choose between kamiya's book and kawahata's origami fantasy...

i would choose origami fantasy. every model in the book (save perhaps the stegosaurus, for shaping reasons) can be done with any piece of paper that is easily obtainable. with some of the kamiya models, the results will not be satisfactory unless you can get very large, thin paper (mainly, bahamut and the ancient dragon). and origami fantasy has already gone out of print once. it may do so again.

i am surprised that people are recommending origami insects and their kin when the OP specified nothing "super hard"--arguably, that book is still the hardest book there is. neither kawahata nor kamiya is that difficult--the sequences are just long-winded. but insects and their kin involves tricky procedures, including annoying unsinks. even experts regularly tear the praying mantis from that book while folding it. his second book, from gallery origami house, is much easier, provided you can get lots of strong, thin, paper, which is easier now with nicolas terry providing a quick source of 35 cm foil (note that 35 cm will probably not be big enough for your first attempt at a kamiya ancient dragon, by comparison, though you could tape four pieces together).

[Oruhito]

Google, Yahoo, or even our own search engine here will help you. I fell like this question has been asked too many times.

But in response, Advanced Origami by Michael Lafosse is a great book for complex models. Good luck with your folding journey!

-Oruhito

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[pereze]

I'm not sure if you've already considered this, but Origami Zoo by Robert Lang and Stephen Weiss has some very nice, complex models. However, the majority of the book may fall in the simple to intermediate range, depending on your experience. Gilad's site gives a nice overview of the book here: http://www.giladorigami.com/BO_Zoo.html

[tikitiki]

Thanks again guys, I just bought origami design secrets on amazon, I'm going to check out those other ones for a later time though.

[dragon man]

its a good choice plus you'll get a head start on designing

[origami_8]

If I had to choose a single Origami book from my personal library, I'd take Jeremy Shafer's "Origami to Astonish and Amuse". This book brings hours of joy, not only by the provided models (most of them are action models) but also by the charming way the book is written in. Every model is accompanied by a "thoughts behind the folds" text that gives you some insight into the designing process and encourages you to try some things on your own (for example give your running cars hands to walk on...).
The models range from simple to complex.
Here you can find a table of contents as well as some diagrams by Jeremy Shafer, the book is available over Amazon.