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ORIGAMI FOR BEGINNERS
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beginners archive page
This model is very beautiful ofcourse:
Origami
Unicorn by Roman Diaz
But if you've never folded before, it's not a very good model
to
start with.
Advanced models aren't necessary
more beautiful
You might think that advanced Origami models are automatically more
beautiful
than simple models, but that's not always the case:
Many of my Origami flowers look pretty difficult / advanced, but most
of them are not very hard
to fold yourself, because they're made of seperate parts (flowers,
leafs and stems).
There are many videos and sites with origami instructions on the
internet nowadays.
These instructions vary from very easy to almost impossible to fold,
This is a good site for beginners:
www.origami-club.com
It contains instructions for these kind of origami models:
Dices
Watch
Dress Panda
You Tube or Facebook are
also a great sites to find easy models.
Just search for 'easy origami' or
'easy origami bird'
and you'll get a long list of videos with nice
instructions.
I placed some of my easiest Origami models on Twitter
If you don't even know the difference between a valley-fold and a
mountain-fold,
click here for a short
explanation about basic folds (at my own site)
Next to basic folds you have basic shapes. These are shapes which you
fold before the
details of the model are folded.
A good example is the bird base:
Many different types of models can be folded out of this bird base, a
bird for example.......
EASY and CHEAP
You could buy special expensive origami paper for folding your models,
but
packs of coloured a4 papers or wrapping papers are also fine for
folding nice models.
I folded these bags and table skirt from gift wrapping papers, for
example:
Shopping
bag
Flower bag
Paper
table skirt
And these are some models which I folded from colored a4
papers:
Crown
Daisy with cutting, so
3D Card with Tulip
even
more easier
Newspapers
are also great for making easy Origami models,
this vase and newspaper doll dress are two good eamples:
Newspaper
vase
Dress folded out of a
newspaper
If you do have beautiful and/or expensive papers, it's smart to
practice a model
with cheap white papers first. I design most of my models using white
papers,
before making it with special textured papers.
You also don't need to buy expensive books to get instructions for good
models,
almost all of these instructions are on the internet too nowadays.
Books are
still great to give as a present ofcourse, or just to have something
special for yourself.
More and more newer books go with a pack of origami papers which are
special
designed for the models of that book. These books can be even cheaper
than
buying a pack of 'real' origami paper.
PATIENCE
Learning Origami is the same as any other craft, just by practicing and
experimenting
a lot. Spending a few hours each week for about one year is enough for
most people
to become an experienced folder.
Folding models as fast as you can is pretty much useless, because the
folding lines
have to be well set and placed very precise for most models.
Origami is not a craft for people who like to have things done
yesterday.
I strongly recommand these kind of people to find another hobby.
These are some more fun beginner-models of myself:
Origami bug
Helicopter
Origami
bangle
Origami sugar
Origami Goldfish
French Fries
Candy
Hearts
And these
are some videos with nice beginner-models:
Origami Tree - Easy to
fold tree out of two paper squares
Origami Feather -
Easy to fold and decorative Origami feathers
Origami Umbrella - Just a
little difficult, but a real nice umbrella to fold
Origami Worm - Easy to
fold and funny worm
Origami Fried Egg -
Fold a realistic and tasty looking paper fried egg
Are these models still to difficult for you?
Patience, if you can't fold a model after a few tries, just lay it
aside and try again later or
wait until the next day. If you still don't succeed folding it, forget
the model, and try to
find another one you like (this is how I did it when I couldn't design
my
own models yet)
Sometimes
when I'm designing a real difficult model,
I
still feel a complete beginner too.
click
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