Planes for Brains

Planes for Brains

by Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 07/10/2014

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Make the best paper airplanes around with this easy-to-follow origami book.


Enthralled with origami from a young age, world renowned origami and paper crafter Michael LaFosse has used those skills to design and perfect paper airplanes for decades. In Planes for Brains, LaFosse presents 28 original paper origami models that incorporate innovative functional and aesthetic details like faceted flaps, ailerons, canards and spoilers that really work. The sense of proportion and balance, and an ingenious nose and fuselage locking system, define these signature models, which are instant classics. Readers accustomed to folding simple darts and wings will bet thrilled and challenged by the folding maneuvers in these pages.


Planes for Brians comes with great value-included are:



  • 28 fun-to-do projects

  • Step-by-step instructions

  • Expert tips on techniques and folds

  • Downloadable video tutorial


Great for paper airplane enthusiasts as well as fans of unique origami works and parents with kids. Scissors, tape, glue are not required!


Paper airplane models include:



  • Lock Nose Dart

  • Flying Fox

  • Shuttle Dart

  • F-102 Delta Jet

  • Nifty Fifty

  • And many more

ISBN:
9781462915590
9781462915590
Category:
Origami & paper engineering
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
07-10-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Tuttle Publishing
Michael G. LaFosse

Origami Master Michael G. LaFosse has been an origami artist for over 40 years, and is considered a leading authority and master of the art. An avid teacher, LaFosse co-founded the Origamido Studio, a learning center and design studio dedicated to the art of origami, and the only place in the world specializing in hand papermaking for the origami artist.

Author of many books and videotapes relating to paperfolding and hand papermaking, LaFosse produces fine paper art and commercial designs for a variety of international clients. He was prominently featured in the recent Peabody Award-winning documentary, Between the Folds

Richard L. Alexander

Richard L. Alexander co-founded the Origamido Studio, where he is the chief papermaker. As a designer his specialties have included biology (systems ecology) and landscape architecture.

Together, Alexander and LaFosse have created dozens of origami exhibitions, and more than seventy books, kits, and videos about paper and paper arts. Greg Mudarri was an instructor, papermaker and graphic designer at Origamido Studio.

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