About this item
No need for green fingers here! Create your dream backyard with fascinating flowers, amazing animals, and inquisitive insects to fold in pretty patterned paper. This collection of 40 charming origami designs includes delightful flowers and foliage, cute animals, and other backyard critters that are sure to inspire you to get folding.Ideal for beginners as well as more experienced practitioners, origami is an activity that can be passed from one generation to another. Each cleverly designed origami pattern is complete with detailed step-by-step artwork and flagged according to skill level. Learn how to fold traditional forms such as birds or butterflies, or try out some cute, contemporary designs such as a rabbit or a ladybug. Included are 20 sheets of origami paper so you can get started right away. Origami is fun, inexpensive, and great for sharing with others.
About the Author
Ioana Stoian is a Britsh-born paper artist currently residing in Minnesota with her husband and two year old son. She is the author of Origami For All: Elegant Designs from Simple Folds, The Origami Garden and Always be You, her upcoming debut children's book.After a five year decorative painting apprenticeship in France during which she attended the prestigious Ecole Van der Kelen, Ioana's attraction to hands-on learning led her to travel to Japan. There she discovered the art of paper folding, which inspired her to create her own designs and publish her first book Origami for All: Elegant Designs from Simple Folds. Manipulating sheets of paper, Ioana became interested in the medium itself and now creates her own paper for her artistic endeavours.Since becoming a mother in 2017, Ioana has developed a deep interest in respectful parenting philosophies, in particular the work of child specialist Magda Gerber. She dreams of a future where each and everyone of us can be our true selves. When Ioana is not dreaming about changing the world, she can be found baking fresh bread, sewing colourful clothes or digging outside in the garden. And wherever she goes, a half empty cup of tea follows.You can find out more about Ioana on her website: ioanastoian.com
