Gift Wrapping: Creative Ideas from Japan

by Kunio Ekiguchi

Book Overview

The way a gift is wrapped can say a lot about the care and thought that went into its selection. This easy-to-follow, idea packed volume draws on traditional Japanese forms and techniques to create unusual, attractive, and surprisingly simple ways to wrap presents of all shapes and sizes. All 66 projects are shown in beautiful color plates, and each is accompanied by step-by-step instructions that take you from basic materials to finishing touches...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870117238
• ISBN13: 9780870117237
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Kodansha
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 10.4"

Customer Reviews

Awesome Wrapping Ideas

I bought this book to add a little something to my Christmas presents and it worked! In addition to the thanks for the gifts, I received a lot of compliments on the unique wrapping. Some of the instructions do get a little confusing (be sure to experiment before attempting with the real thing or you'll go through a lot of paper) but, overall, it was pretty easy to follow. The wrapping itself was beautiful in its simplicity.

Must Have for Those With Gift Wrapping OCD!

There is something so beautiful and special about a thoughtfully wrapped gift. Forget those garish papers with bright colors that assault your senses. Learn to wrap things so that the wrapping itself is a gift. This book shows you exactly how to wrap your gift with the subtleness found in so many things Japanese. You don't even need boxes for most of the numerous wrapping techniques, and therein lies the beauty. Highly recommended, you won't ever want to part with this one.

Very usefull book

It is fantastic! I loved this book. I has pages whith colored photos of all the desings. The autor is precise (acurate)in the measures and diagrams, important for learning the new ideas proposed. It is very crreative and usefull. (I'm sorry about my english...i don't write it very well, it's not my language. Anyway i think that you will understand my message).

This beautiful presentation oozes with artful tradition.

If you're searching for artistic and elegant ways of wrapping up gifts, you will fall in love with this book! Each idea is beautifully presented and diagrammed in detail. There are wrapping ideas from the artfully simple and spghisticated to the ultimately elegant and intricate...gift wrapping for the beginner paper folder to advanced challenges. They are all wonderful with that wonderful touch of Japanese artistic grace that make the outside of the gift as intriguing as the inside and can make the mundane look magnificent. Even when I'm not putting the ideas to use, I find I love to look through the book over and over.

The art of Japanese gift wrapping

This book is incredible! I highly recomend this for not only someone who enjoys paper craft but also for Graphic Designers like myself. Well illustrated and easy to understand and plenty of pictures. Also great for learning the traditions behind the wrappings.