Exquisite Modular Origami II Paperback – October 15, 2015

I am 50 years old. My mother spent many of her formative years living in Japan. I cannot remember a time when I did not use Origami the way kids now use "fidget spinners." Origami helped to keep me sane.With the advent of the internet, we all progressed a bit from basic cranes (I will never understate their importance, but they *are* basic) to what the masters are doing, and this progressed to a more thorough understanding for us all.The art moved from simple (or complex) animals and such, towards modular designs.I really embrace the process, but more importantly, so does NASA and Ikea.If you are playing with basic cranes, then you need to buy the first volume. The folds are easier, and the assembly is easier.This book moves a bit beyond.I would suggest a basic understanding of tesselations.I definitely like the links to websites and videos that will help you to learn the basics behind each model, but I fear they may become outdated over time. I can only hope that the editors help maintain/update the links as necessary.

Meenashi Mukerji is a wonderful resource for beautiful and satisfying Origami. She makes things simple with her diagrams and instructions. She has the color photos on the cover keyed to diagrams. She lets you know the size f the model when made with a certain size paper. She is the kindest of Origami authors!

Wow very exciting Modular Origami Volume 2 has so many terrific variants some of which have moving parts or changing parts. This is a terrific book with a large variety of shapes & designs. Lots of pictures and step by step instructions.

Even better than the first volume and many variations! I've been able to complete about 8 of the designs in here and hope to challenge myself even more with me re complex options in this book!

I love everyone of Meenakshi's books and this one is no exception. The directions/diagrams are clear. There is a variety of skill levels in this book. A solid addition for any modular origami enthusiast.

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Used often in school craft projects.

This book is the second part of the author's bestselling 'Exquisite modular origami' book. It has instructions for 25 new beautiful models of Meenakshi Mukerji and 3 models of the guest authors: Unia Filonova, Narong Krimed and Natalia Romanenko.The book begins with the picture index, seasoned with difficulty levels, paper shape and the number of units needed for the particular model. The difficulty level varies from simple to advanced. There are eight six-unit cubes and octahedrons, one twelve-unit dodecahedron, seventeen thirty-unit balls and one gorgeous 60-unit model. So the reader has a great choice from the different difficulty options and time needed to finish the complete model.Among the most tasty models in the book I'd name the heart cube (it's always good to have one for the Valentine's day), 'Compound of 5 tetrahedrons' - the modular with an amazing and fascinating shape and Frangipani model (Natalia Romanenko) with very nice and natural colour change.

Livro interessante, bem explicativo. Muitos modelos (todos os que estão na capa e contracapa). Esperava páginas impressas a cores (algumas, pelo menos). Para os amantes de kusudama, é um bom investimento.

hard to use

Il libro è arrivato puntualmente ben imballato. Peccato che le pagine interne si presentino in bianco e nero.

Es fenomenal el mundo de estrellas y figuras decorativas que te abren sus libros. Y también las obras de sus colaboradores.

Amazing modular origami models - Columbine is my favourite.The instructions are clear and detailed, but a few colour photos of the trickier steps / variations would be helpful.Let down by the publisher's choice of black & white printing - the beautiful cover images are the only colour ones.