Origami Stationery Kit: [Origami Kit with Book, 80 Papers, 15 Projects]
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Review "Origami Stationery offers fun folds for dressing up your correspondence. There's a variety here, in terms of what functions the folds will serve. There's a trapezoid note fold, for instance, that will go in the corresponding trapezoid envelope. I'm pretty sure the trapezoid note would be mailable as-is, though, as long as you seal it shut first. Others would need to be tucked inside a regular envelope. This is one of my favorites." —Titus 2 Homemaker blog Read more From the Inside Flap Read more About the Author Origami Master Michael G. LaFosse has been an origami artist for over 40 years and is considered a leading authority and master of the art. An avid teacher, LaFosse co-founded the Origamido Studio, a learning center and design studio dedicated to the art of origami, and the only place in the world specializing in hand papermaking for the origami artist. Author of many books and videotapes relating to paper folding and hand papermaking, LaFosse produces fine paper art and commercial designs for a variety of international clients. He was prominently featured in the recent Peabody Award-winning documentary, Between the Folds.Richard L. Alexander co-founded the Origamido Studio, where he is the chief papermaker. As a designer, his specialties have included biology (systems ecology) and landscape architecture. Together, Alexander and LaFosse have created dozens of origami exhibitions, and more than seventy books, kits, and videos about paper and paper arts. Read more
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Cute projects. Pretty paper. Seven of the papers are double sided (back is a solid color, but not white). The rest are white on the back. All of the backs are pale enough that you could include a note on them. The paper is a little thicker than regular origami paper, probably because the kit is for making note cards, not origami. It's still easily workable. About 1/3 of the sheets are ~7 inches (assuming the "7-inch paper folder" is a reliable measuring device). The rest are ~6".The directions are clear. I particularly like that when precision is not imperative, the instructions will tell you (because, really, who can reliably make a fold 1/5 or 1/8 of the way across the paper, and why go nuts trying to if it's not necessary?!).Most of the projects are relatively simple, but the final product looks difficult enough that your recipient will be impressed. I tried the projects that caught my eye on first glance (about 1/3 of them) and only had trouble on the "flapping bird envelope" because I wasn't sure what an "inside-reverse fold" was and where to put it. Google fixed the first problem, and the second was user error. Had I looked closely enough at the diagram, I think it would have been apparent what I needed to do...even without Google. Oh, and that's the only origami term in the book that isn't described somewhere.The letter folder is plastic and had some rough edges on it that caught on the paper. Nothing an emery board couldn't fix. I'll probably just use another bone folder I already have or my thumbnail.The box is a bit large for what comes in it. (Sorry...I'm an overpackaging fiend!) There's a cardboard "riser" inside to make it look like there's more inside than there really is. That's okay. I'll remove the riser and use the box to store the other origami paper I bought!For what it's worth, my book was only 48 pages, not the 64 listed in the Product Details (and on the back of the box mine came in). Nothing seems to be missing, so I'm not sure what's up with that. And while the cover of the book that came with the kit was a little thicker than a paperback, it wasn't what I would consider hard cover. Maybe that refers to the box?Overall a good value for the money, and it'll allow me to feed my folding fetish for a while longer.
