Origami Starry Revolution: Astonishing Designs out of Simple Modules - Paperback

by Katrin Shumakov (Author), Yuri Shumakov (Author)

Origami Starry Revolution continues the Action Origami Series by the Oriland authors and shows you how to fold astonishing origami designs out of simple modules!
Swirl Star Designs, Lotus Star Designs and Ray Star Designs are chains of related models, evolving from stars made out of a few modules through more complex forms to exciting toruses that can be revolved with a mesmerizing effect! Watch these models in action in action in this video http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=aob4wnZDYl0
The stunning starry toruses will impress with their simplicity of folding, complexity of their look and flexibility of revolutions! Do-It-Yourself - fold these wonderful and fun original designs by Yuri Shumakov.
On 82 full color pages, there are 300 detailed step-by-step vector- and photo-diagrams with written instructions along with 100 photos of examples of completed models that will guide you through folding the 10 original origami designs and their variations. Each chapter presenting a particular group of designs offers recommendations on paper type and size including indication of the sizes of the completed models. The designs in this book are simple/intermediate level of folding.
Easy to make and totally fun to play with, these designs will wow you and your friends!
We hope you will enjoy this book, having a great experience with all the starry designs presented here. Take your part in Origami Starry Revolution! Happy folding!
For more details on this book and the model menu, please visit our website at http: //www.oriland.com/store/books/origami_starry_revolution/main.php
Action Origami Series:
Volume 1: http: //www.amazon.com/dp/1497383994/
Volume 2 (this book): http: //www.amazon.com/dp/150060

Author Biography

Yuri and Katrin Shumakov - a stellar artist-duo, professional origami creators, who started their origami journey in France in 1989 and since then they unfold this art in a heretofore unseen way! They have created amazing paper world ORILAND with incredible fantasy Kingdoms that impress with rich detail of majestic castles, abundance of paper flora and busy life of little paper dwellers. Their newest kingdoms Toy-ronto and Albuquerque combine fantasy and reality together, presenting a whimsical artistic rendition of iconic sights of these cities. Another beautiful and elegant aspect of origami they brought to life is ORIBANA - a marriage of two Japanese arts: Origami and Ikebana. By combining these remarkable art-forms, in early 1990s Katrin and Yuri began to create paper flower arrangements in paper vases and thought up a distinctive name for it - Oribana. Since then they designed more than 50 charming oribana-compositions with a broad variety of origami flowers and vases. Being prolific origami authors they created more than a thousand of origami designs from simple forms and cute characters to complex dinosaurs' skeletons and architecture that all have a distinctive Oriland style. Psychologists by education, Katrin and Yuri have studied how origami helps children learn. Their Ph.D scientific work shows that by doing origami, children develop better use of both hands and that origami can improve creativity and intelligence in children ages 7 to 11. They believe that origami is "entertainment for the soul, gymnastics for the mind, and training for the hands." In 1999, Yuri and Katrin received the Silver Award in the ThinkQuest International Competition for their 'Travel to Oriland' website and it brought them and their team to Universal Studios Hollywood for the Award Ceremony! Their Oriland.com website became a winner of the Childnet Award that was given them in Paris, France. Both these projects were acknowledged as high quality creative, educational and fun websites for children and adults. Yuri and Katrin have written more than 30 origami books and instructional CDs, and their works have been exhibited in many countries including several venues in the United States, France, Spain and Canada. The Shumakovs also extend their artistic talents to the realm of photography and music. Katrin is a winner of the Toronto Photo Contest 2010. Yuri is enjoying music composing and sound design. They live in Toronto, Canada, love yoga and a healthy style of life.