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How to Use This Booklet and DVD

If you are new to origami, it will be most effective for you to use the booklet and the DVD together, because beginners often find the diagrams alone to be intimidating or frustrating. The booklet contains concise diagrams—an elegant and efficient international system of dashed lines and arrows. Before diagrams, origami was a “show me” activity. The teacher would not only show what goes where, but also impart important advice, and so our DVD contains full video demonstrations of every project in the kit. Use it right along with the booklet to help learn what the origami diagrams actually mean. Watch for tips, tricks, and techniques that you can see only on the video; these will help you to develop the expert folding skills of the instructor.

Here are a few tips to help you get the most from this kit:

◆ Preview the entire video segment to see what you are about to do.

◆ Study the diagram symbols key (opposite), and be sure to refer back to it as needed.

◆ Glean all of the information depicted in each diagram. Mountain or valley fold symbols may appear in more than one place on a diagram, indicating critical folds that you don’t want to miss. Watch for any “repeat” arrow symbols, because this small mark may direct you to do additional folding before you advance to the next step.

◆ Look ahead to the next diagram to see the desired, resulting shape. Think of the next diagram as a powerful clue!

◆ View the same sequence on the video that relates to the step you are learning from the diagrams. Use your DVD pause and replay controls as often as needed.

NOTE: The diagrams show the model as it changes throughout the folding sequence, but is generally shown in a fixed orientation for continuity’s sake. (When you are comparing your model to the shape shown in the diagram, always orient your model as shown in the diagram.) However, you will not keep your model in the position shown as you execute each fold. Rather, you should turn the model so it is comfortable for you to make accurate and precise creases—typically by folding the paper away from you as we demonstrate on the DVD.