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Origami Endangered Animals Kit contains 48 8″ x 8″ sheets of high-quality double-sided, printed folding paper and a full-color 64-page instruction booklet with Michael’s clear diagrams and photos. Access is included to the authors’ online video demonstrations of each project. Projects range from simple to challenging. [Details…]

One of the casualties of the digital age is the elegance of a handwritten note. Origami Gift Cards provides step-by-step instructions to create more than just a note, but a work of art that will accent your personal message. These folded pieces of origami art make an ideal accompaniment to a gift, or to commemorate a holiday or birthday, or just for sending a heartfelt message to a loved one. [Details…]

Origami Art is a unique collection of origami projects featuring folding instructions for 15 complex origami models. Intricate, compelling and often lifelike, LaFosse’s origami projects amaze and astound. Included here are such wonders as the American Alligator, Pond Turtles, Monk Seal, Malaysian Birdwing Butterfly and the Munich Orchid, among others. [Details…]

Advanced Origami provides unparalleled instruction in how to create master-class level paper folding projects. The origami designs are challenging-they require considerable folding experience – but the results are more art than craft – you’ll create projects that you can display or give as gifts. [Details…]

World-renowned origami artists Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander share their wisdom and expertise in this complete introduction to the world of origami paper folding. Beginning origami folders can progress through 16 step-by-step lessons, each with an accompanying video lesson on the free DVD included with this book. [Details…]

Across the country interest in paper crafts is booming. People from all walks of life are creating scrapbooks, making gift cards and learning origami. Washi, a traditional handmade paper originating in Japan, is a perfect accompaniment to these crafts. Japanese Paper Crafting teaches the essentials of making beautiful and unusual washi paper at home. [Details…]

Enthralled with origami from a young age, master designer Michael LaFosse has used those skills to design and perfect paper airplanes for decades. In this book, LaFosse presents 28 original models that incorporate innovative functional and aesthetic details—like faceted flaps, ailerons, canards and spoilers that really work. The sense of proportion and balance, and an ingenious nose and fuselage locking system, define these signature models, which are sure to become instant classics. [Details…]

LaFosse & Alexander’s Origami Jewelry will show you how to create 3D designs to go with your hair, skin, and wardrobe by customizing the components to your own personal fashion. A full-color easy-to-follow book, clear diagrams and the included DVD provides you step-by-step instructions to create lovely pendants, medallions, charms, bracelets, necklaces and earrings in minutes. [Details…]

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Don’t dump your wastepaper into the garbage—it’s time to fold! World-renowned origami artists and award-winning authors Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander show you the way with Trash Origami. This origami book presents unique and fun projects from their Origamido Studio and from some of the world’s best paper designers, including Nick Robinson, Herman Van Goubergen, and Rona Gurkewitz. [Details…]

Ultimate Origami for Beginners Kit is the perfect paper craft kit for origami beginners and children. World-renowned origami designers and artists Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander have selected paper folding projects from several popular origami categories that include: traditional origami, modern origami, origami flowers, paper airplanes, cute cuddly animals and much more! Use Ultimate Origami for Beginners to craft eye-catching origami for your friends, to beautify your home-or as a wonderful gift for paper craft lovers. All of the folds are simple enough to be origami-for-kids projects and are a great way to learn origami. [Details…]

In Geometric Origami, the first folds are easily created, but once the basic building blocks are ready, the intricate combining of these pieces form new geometric origami sculptures that interlock into interchangeable origami puzzles. Ideal for demonstrating the sophistication and wonder of geometry, they can also be great conversation starting decorations for the home or office. This kit and DVD provide the beginning folder with a series of fun, modular origami projects that represent a wide variety of subjects and techniques. [Details…]

LaFosse & Alexander’s Origami Flowers Kit contains 180 sheets of origami paper in brilliant colors and a full-color 96-page instruction book with clear diagrams and photos. The 2-1/2 hour instructional video DVD is an added bonus, where the authors demonstrate how to fold each project in the kit. The flower projects range from simple to challenging. A variety of techniques are presented which origami makers can modify to create their own combinations. With these designs you can make greeting cards, gift boxes, bouquets, and stunning jewelry. [Details…]

In LaFosse and Alexander’s Dollar Origami, learn twenty incredible creations specifically designed to be made out of dollar bills. Folded money models are wonderful gifts and conversation pieces, and this book makes it easy for you to get started with projects ranging from “very simple” to “challenging”. [Details…]

Hundreds of LaFosse’s winged creations are featured in exhibitions around the world, and his iconic butterfly designs are admired by origami enthusiasts everywhere. In this collection, LaFosse presents six exclusive, all-new butterfly designs specifically created with the paper crafts novice in mind. [Details…]

Michael LaFosse’s Origami Butterflies presents 26 original projects from LaFosse’s extensive butterfly and moth repertoire, including all his personal favorites. This collection has many rarely-seen designs, and several of the models illustrate new technical and design achievements made possible by the ingenious “LaFosse Origami Butterfly Folding System.” [Details…]

The art of origami can be intimidating, especially without help from someone proficient and skilled. But finding a teacher can be difficult, and learning from diagrams simply doesn’t suit everyone. With Origami Studio, world-renowned origami artist Michael G. LaFosse takes you by the hand and, using a DVD along with “lesson plans”, will get you from basic knowledge and skills to the intermediate level. [Details…]http://www.origamido.com/portfolio/origami-studio-kit/

Art and math intertwine in exciting and complex new ways in Geometric Origami. Origami is a centuries old art form, where folding a piece of paper creates a new and wondrous object. But when the art of origami and the science of math combine, they connect together in such a way that something entirely different and magical is created. [Details…]

This whimsical collection of five origami projects designed for dollar bills allows origami beginners to practice the increasingly popular art of folding dollars. [Details…]

Story-gami is an innovative book from renowned origami teachers, Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander. Combining a book and DVD instructions, LaFosse and Alexander have created entire storylines around Righty and Lefty and their adventures climbing mountains, going on boat rides, and having a picnic on Mars! Each story’s end results in a finished piece of origami, like an elegant butterfly, a jumping frog or a flapping bird. [Details…]

This origami kit includes a collection of projects designed for paper folders of any level of skill to practice the increasingly popular art of folding origami dollars. The origami practice dollar bills mean that you won’t have to fold with real money and can save it up to buy some more origami kits! [Details…]

Origami Butterflies is a unique collection of twelve origami projects from world-renowned origami artist Michael G. LaFosse. Along with folding paper and directions, this kit also includes a description of LaFosse’s origami butterfly design system. As you gain understanding of the system’s variables, you will be able to create your own fanciful origami butterflies! [Details…]