Beginner’s Guide to Kirigami: 24 Skill-Building Projects Using Origami & Papercrafting Skills (Fox Chapel Publishing) Step-by-Step Instructions for Cards, Boxes, Lanterns, Holiday Decorations & More

Product Description

If you enjoy origami or papercrafting, you’ll love kirigami!

24 projects for handmade greeting cards, vases, gift boxes, lanterns, holiday decorations, and more
Combine origami & papercrafts to discover a new Japanese art & crafting hobby
Designs include animals, sentiments, succulents, flowers, fruits, trees, and more
A beginner-friendly introductory guide for newcomers to kirigami, with easy-to-make projects

Perfect for crafters of any level, this skill-building book is an introduction to kirigami. The magical and ancient Japanese art of kirigami combines paper folding (origami) with papercutting to create delicate three-dimensional objects.
This practical book teaches the basic techniques of this art, its core being precision and concentration. All you need to complete the projects is paper, a knife, and your imagination. Make a start, develop your skills, and take on a few challenges!
Inside Beginner’s Guide to Kirigami, you’ll work through 24 intricate designs that will spark your imagination, each accessible and easy to master even for a novice. Projects include:

First Christmas Tree
Pretty Dragonfly
Love Pop-Up Card
Stylish Lantern
Terrarium
Basket
Japanese Crane
Paper Lace Doilies
…and much more!

With beautiful photography, helpful diagrams, and step-by-step instructions for folding and cutting charming 3D sculptures, kirigami is sure to become your newest favorite hobby!

Review

This detailed road map to creating a world of artful and calming designs should create many new kirigami devotees in the American crafting community. –Publishers Weekly

From the Back Cover

The ancient Japanese art of kirigami combines paper folding (origami) with cutting to create delicate three-dimensional objects. This practical book teaches the basic techniques of this art, its core being precision and concentration. Make a start, develop your skills, and take on a few challenges with these 24 exquisite and impressive creations, from decorations and gift boxes to lanterns, pop-up cards, and more.
Ghylenn Descamps is a graphic artist, photographer, children’s book illustrator, and author of numerous arts and crafts books. She is also a creative designer for the French decorating magazine Marie Claire Idées. Always interested in experimenting with new techniques, Ghylenn is particularly fond of working with paper in all its forms.

About the Author

Ghylenn Descamps is a graphic designer, photographer, author, and illustrator. He has authored many creative hobby books, and is the Creative Director for Marie Claire Idees magazine.