Origami Animals

Art and nature got the attention of Hector Rojas early on. He grew up in Bolivia's capital city, La Paz. His parents couldn't buy him toys, so he made his own from what was right at his fingertips: boxes, cardboard, empty cans, and especially paper. He taught himself to make beautiful, fun paper copies of the toys he saw in store display windows, and he followed his imagination. He shares his artistic skills, imagination and love for nature in his book ORIGAMI ANIMALS. He gives tips on getting good folds and making basic forms. His choice of critters is fun but challenging. Critters include basset hounds, condors, deer, adult and baby elephants, adult and baby flamingoes, giraffes, adult and baby kangaroos, lions, pocket crabs, rhinoceros beetles, tarantulas, toucans, and turtles. His critters aren't just art for fun. They're also art for learning. With each critter, he talks about their homes and lifestyles. He tells what to use for wildlife scenes of grass, mountains, snow, trees, and water. The finished product's friendly to the environment. It recycles, from nature, dried mushrooms, grasses, leaves, mosses, nuts, stones, and twigs. In the environmentally-friendly tradition of Virginia Tech, the author gets us to recycle nature and deadhead plants, without adding to yardwaste! Another application is to use the author's art for fun and learning in master gardener-taught and science classes. The critters and their environments make good exhibits for school classrooms, hall display cases, and science fairs. The directions on basic forms and on the book's set of critters are so clear it'd be easy to figure out how to do other paper animals, birds, bugs, environments, and plants.

Easy step-by-step illustration. Color coded to show back and front of the paper. Need to have basic origami skills to make it easier. Great for kids. Great colorful realistic animal pictures for reference, thus great learning tool. Highly recommended for those who has patience and want a more sophisticated look.

Good book for those who are into thinking and those that have patience. Other books are much more complicated. Details are provided. Origami isn't easy so be prepared to take the time to master it.

I am into origami. This book may not be traditional origami, but it challenges the mind that wants a challenge. My favorite origami book!

The elephant and kangaroo are fantastic. My kids loved the dog best. Many others are good also. This is non-traditional origami with painted models, but it is great fun. Put an elephant atop your monitor and you'll get a smile each time you look up. A couple are hard to make, but the rest more than make up for these.