Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformations

by Tomoko Fuse

Book Overview

TOMOKO FUSE is recognized at home and abroad as one of the most original and exciting of all up-and-coming origami talents. In this book, she explains her method for combining folded-paper units in an insertion fashion that results in an endless sequence of multidimensional variations giving new life and freshness to old-fashioned origami classics. Another dynamic departure is the way she employs a single origami work as an axis around which to assemble...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870408526
• ISBN13: 9780870408526
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: Japan Publications
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.1" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Still my favorite Origami Book!

I have had this book for about 5-6 years now and IT'S A MESS! By that I mean, dog-eared, folded, written in, you get the idea. This is absolutely my favorite of the many origami books I have. It introduced me to modular origami back when I was just making boxes and cranes. The instructions are excellent and I have made so many models for gifts, decorations, you name it! Fuse's models decorate my bookshelf and have delighted many of my friends and family members. This book is definitely for more experienced folders, however I do have a friend that borrowed the book and had never done origami before, and he used some of Fuse's methods to build an amazing bridge of his own creation. You can use the methods to create models in the book as well as your own pieces of art. I HIGHLY recommend this book and any other written by Tomoko Fuse.

What you never learned in Geometry class...

Elegance is the only word to use in describing Fuse's deft and sometimes beautifly simple modular designs. I routinely use it in teaching Geometry. It takes about 20 minutes to teach a high school or middle school class to fold a single unit. Mass production like this makes it easy to build a really impressive 30-unit stellated icosahedron. The photographs in the book are awesome, and frequently inspire the most unlikely kids to fold. Fuse's UNIT ORIGAMI is the most readable, best illustrated and most complete work I have on modular origami. Easily the best of my English language collection. (Kasahara's ORIGAMI OMNIBUS is also good and equally elegant, but not as extensive as Fuse's book.)

Definetly Fuse's best english book

Tomoko Fuse is popular for her amazing origami figures that she creates with unique units (over 50 books in print). This book is no exeption. Possibly her best book ever, this book is a combination of all her most interesting items taken from her other books in Japanese and Korean. I own a few of the forgein language books and I find many things in the book that I enjoy folding, and many that I hate. This book has MOST of the cooler items from her most famous books. If you are a fan of unit origami or just like geometry, then buy this book.

Unit Origami : Multidimensional Transformations

This book is absolutely fascinating. I am a graphic designer by profession and love all crafts. This book has transformed the way I look at paper. I would have never imagined that it is possible to make such objects. I have never done any folding before and still could do all the projects. The instructions are very clear and with a little patience one can be very satisfied with the results. This is a great book and would recommend it heartily. Nothing but Brilliant.

Great book about modular origami, not for the impatient

Fuse has written a book all about one of her favorite areas of origmami: modular creations. Modular origami is created when you fold multiple copies of the same unit and then work them together to create a larger model. It looks gorgeous, but can be very time consuming and frustrating if your model is made of 60 units. I like this book alot, but it is clear that Fuse's ability to fold is light years beyond mine. Still, she always gives clear directions and diagramms so that if you are patient you can make gorgeous models.