The Paper Architect: Fold-it-yourself Buildings and Structures with 20 Ready-to-Use Templates

Maria Victoria Garrido Bianchini, Engrid Siliakus, Joyce Aysta

ISBN 10: 030745147X / ISBN 13: 9780307451477

Published by Potter Craft, New York, N.Y., USA, 2009

About this Item

This book is straight and tight, spiral binding inside pictorial hardcover, minimal edgewear, however two of the buildings are out of the binding and started but not completed. They are, however, included with the book and are The Seagram Building and Eiffel Tower. The pages are clean and no notes were found. There are 20 ready to use templates including the ones just mentioned. Each project includes history of the buildings, and technical drawings along with step-by-step illustrations. Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit environmental restoration and education.

Seller Inventory # 006206

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Paper Architect: Fold-it-yourself Buildings and Structures with 20 Ready-to-Use Templates
• Publisher: Potter Craft, New York, N.Y., USA
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 030745147X
• ISBN 13: 9780307451477
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First American Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

About this title

Synopsis

Furnishes detailed instructions, removable templates with color-coded fold lines, patterns, and step-by-step photographs to help readers create twenty origami replicas of world-famous buildings, including the Taj Mahal, Eiffel Tower, and the Coliseum, along with colorful trivia, architectural details, and original floor plans for each building. 12,500 first printing.

About the Author

MARÍA VICTORIA GARRIDO BLANCHINI’s origami designs have been exhibited at the American Craft Museum in New York.

INGRID SILIAKUS’s origami work has been displayed at the American Craft Museum, in soho’s Gallery 91, and across europe, including the Holland Paper exhibition.

JOYCE AYSTA is the owner of Live Your Dream Designs (www.liveyourdreamdesigns.com). Her origami and kirigami cards are sold throughout the United states at famous buildings and museums including the Library of Congress, the National Building Museum, and some of Frank Lloyd Wright’s houses. She lives and works in Los Angeles, California.