After a very long work weekend, I rewarded myself with a trip to the local Friends of the Library sale. I was thrilled to find two very sweet origami books in the children's section. Happy Origami: Whale Book (shown above) and Happy Origami: Swallow Book. This series was published in Japan in 1960 by Biken-Sha publishers. The author is Tatsuo Miyawaki. (There is also a third in the series: Happy Origami: Tortoise Book.)According to the blurb on the back of the book, "Happy Origami is a source of happiness, full of romantic works of integrated manual arts, painting, paper folding, cutting, etc."
These books are so sweet and beautifully constructed. Each main page is like a print and is illustrated with actual origami. Each illustration comes with a tissue-paper overleaf of instructions for folding the origami shapes. The pages are bound together with a cord so that each page can be removed.
Here's a beautiful page from the Whale Book:
I've scanned in the instruction sheet so that you can fold your own mushrooms, squirrel, and crow to create your own forest scene.
Have a great week!
3 comments:
I seriously thought you had drawn and made the origami when I saw your flickr picture. What a wonderful find and thanks so very much for sharing the treasures you uncover. Happy Canadian thanksgiving Patricia. I gave thanks today for the new friendships forged over the past year :)
I hope I get to the sale, but if I don't I 'm happy that you got the best books and are sharing them. You must know just how excited I am about this little find of yours! Thank you!!
what a fantastic cute book. I ask my doughter to make some.
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