The New Origami: Dozens of Projects Using the Newest Kinds of Origami: Modular, Puzzle, Storytelling, Practical, Symmetrical, and Layer

"The New Origami" is quite possibly the greatest beginner book there is... it has incredibly good diagrams and very clear text instructions to go along with each one... it's projects range from very basic to high intermediate (I don't think any other beginner book even attempts to take you as far as this one does). On a whim one day I picked up this book and "Brilliant Origami", having never done origami in the first place (aside from flapping birds and paper airplanes)... after completing "The New Origami" I was able to tackle even the hardest models in "Brilliant Origami" (which is an intermediate to advanced book if ever there was one). Since then I've collected many origami books (old to new, simple to complex), and I've yet to find another book that I'd recommend above "The New Origami" for someone wanting to get into the world of paper folding.

The diagrams are extremely clear and the illustration of the hands position combined with the text, helps the creation of extraordinaary models. The Pterodont (seen in the cover) produces an amazing result. Just one advice: Use at least 9"x9" paper, so you can get the best effect from the claws. With a little patience and a few days, one can make a very cool mobile with pre-historic animals.

i had only seen and tried very basic origami. the book, the new origami explores a lot of different possibilities with paper and also leaves the reader with a lot more to imagine. The instructions are simple and the models made are very fascinating.

This is a well-edited origami textbook. The two authors compile a handful of models, from easy-level to the complex-level. Models are carefully selected and most of them are beautiful but not familiar. In my opinion, this is THE BEST origami textbook to date.

As someone who's been folding for ten years, I was perhaps a little jaded when I first picked up this book. As a purist, I frowned a bit at the occasional design using more than one piece of paper, or involving cutting or glue. But for anyone who wants to get a start in the origami "business", this book is absolutely for you. Along with "Essential Origami" (one of my all-time favorite and most prized origami books), "New Origami" provides an excellent grounding in all the basics of classic folds, while reviewing and introducing newer techniques and ideas. Even if you're a jaded purist like myself, you'll find more than a few things in here to interest you. It's not perfect, but it comes very close.