Any tips on learning origami?

Answer 1

I'd recommend purchasing a book or even the pattern a day origami has lots of instruction and paper included you can pick up one cheep on Ebay.com & amazon.com or more pricey at any major local bookstore they include enough direction and patterns for an entire year making ` a day or so

it's called
easy Origami Fold -A-Day calender

here's a link for a previous years
http://www.amazon.com/2004-Easy-Origami-Fold-Calendar/dp/1579391567

they come out yearly and I believe that 2008 is now available or pre-ordering is
http://www.calendars.com/product.ASP?kbid=22391&PID=1&MGID=-1&IID=39002&CE=1

Answer 2

Hi:

Here are some websites as well as books on the subject

http://home.comcast.net/~meenaks/diagrams/diagrams.html

http://www.bloom4ever.com/HowToFold.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origami

http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Design_Arts/Paper/Origami/

http://www.dr-dan.com/orgami.htm

http://www.froggyville.com/origami.htm

http://www.folds.net/

http://www.paperfolding.com/diagrams/......

http://www.folds.net/tutorial/index.html... -

http://www.britishorigami.info/index.php... - for list of books good place to find out books on origami

http://dev.origami.com/diagram.cfm.........

http://www.origami-club.com/en/......

http://members.cox.net/crandall11/money/index.html

http://www.wejuggle2.com/moneyfoldheart.html - money heart

http://www.tutorials.com/08/0855/0855.asp

http://www.tammyyee.com/origami.html

http://www.wannalearn.com/Crafts_and_Hobbies/Origami/

http://dmoz.org/arts/crafts/origami/mone...

http://www.barf.cc/flowrhrt.pdf..

http://www.serve.com/hecht/origami/diags...

http://www.serve.com/hecht/origami/diags...

http://members.aol.com/davidpetty/heartb...

http://members.cox.net/michelesfolds/thu...

http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-rose.html

Here are some book that can help you find out :


Dollar Bill Origami
by John Montroll

Origami with Dollar Bills: Another Way to Impress People with Your Money!
by Duy Nguyen

Money Folding 2
by Florence Temko

Money Folding
by Florence Temko, V'Ann Cornelius

Dollar Bill Animals in Origami
by John Montroll, Montroll

Animal Origami for the Enthusiast: Step-by-Step Instructions in over 900 Diagrams, 25 Original Models
by John Montroll, Montroll

Fantastic Folds - Origami Projects by Andrew Stroker ,Sasha Willaimson -this book as intructions on how to fold a tree frog

Origami Flowers
by Hiromi Hayashi

The Joy of Origami
by Margaret Van Sicklen

Origami for the Enthusiast: Step-by-Step Instructions in over 700 Diagrams
by John. Montroll, Lillian Oppenheimer, Montroll

Complete Book of Origami: Step-by-Step Instructions in over 1,000 Diagrams/48 Original Models
by Robert J.MacEy Lang, Lang, Robin Macey (Photographer)

Origami
by Anne Akers Johnson

Origami Flowers
by James Minoru Sakoda, Sakoda

Fun with Origami: 17 Easy-to-Do Projects and 24 Sheets of Origami Paper
by Harry C. Helfman, Dover Publications Inc

Easy Origami
by John Montroll, Montroll

Origami for the Enthusiast: Step-by-Step Instructions in over 700 Diagrams
by John. Montroll, Lillian Oppenheimer, Montroll

THE ULTIMATE PAPERCRAFT & ORIGAMI BOOK BY PAUL JACKSON & ANGELA A’COURT

Fun with Easy Origami: Thirty-Two Projects and Twenty-Four Sheets of Origami Paper
by Dover Publications, Dover

The Great Origami Book
by Zulal Ayture-Scheele, Z. Ayture-Scheele

THE AMAZING BOOK OF ORIGAMI

A STEP-BY-STEP ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO MAKING MODELS BY USING THE CREATIVE ART OF PAPER FOLDING

By Jon Tremaine

Origami Design Secrets: Mathematical Methods for an Ancient Art
by Robert J. Lang

Favorite Animals in Origami
by John Montroll, Montroll

Fabulous Origami Boxes
by Tomoko Fuse, Tomako Fuse

The Origami Bible Book | Nick Robinson

Advanced Origami: An Artist's Guide to Performances in Paper
by Michael G. LaFosse

Advanced Origami: More than 60 Fascinating and Challenging Projects for the Serious Folder
by Didier Boursin

This should point you in the right direction

P.S. Check Dover Publications Inc by typing Dover Publications Inc in one of the search engines they have the best books on origami

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Origami is a really fun hobby. This site is aimed at beginners and has full videos that show you each fold (they don't assume that you know different bases like many books do)
The address is http://www.Origami-Videos.com

Best of luck to you!

Answer 4

The first thing you need to teach yourself is the different folds. Once you master them, there are all kinds of free web sites with directions. This web will teach you the basics. After you learn the basics, the second site is a really good one with directions.
http://www.folds.net/tutorial/index.htm
http://dev.origami.com/diagram.cfm