Pages:
128
Publisher:
Laurence King
Release
Date: 7th
September 2015
Edition:
UK, review copy
Paper
Dandy’s Horrorgami features 20 kirigami (cut-and-fold) designs based around
haunted houses and scenes from horror films by the creator of the successful
Horrorgami blog and exhibition.
Each
project features step-by-step instructions and a template that you remove from
the book. You then follow the lines on the template, cutting and folding to
make your own kirigami model. All you need is a scalpel, a cutting mat and a
ruler. Clear cutting tips help you with the tricky stages and give you an order
in which to complete your work, while photos of the finished model show you the
final design. Projects are ranked from beginner to advanced.
Suitable
for folding experts and beginners alike, Paper Dandy’s Horrorgami makes the
perfect Halloween activity.
This is so much fun – it’ll be a
godsend for keeping kids (and adults) occupied during rainy days and school
holidays.
The instructions are clear and
plentiful and there’s even an introduction at the beginning to show you how to
do all the different folds and cuts to get the best finished result you can. There
are also full colour images showing you how it should look at the end so you
can sort of see if you’re on the right track or not! As the projects start from
a beginner level as well as those handy bits and pieces, it really is
accessible. The thick white paper is also lovely quality so there’s a really
cool finished product at the end.
The little introduction’s and
background on the images were really cool and reading about them really got me
in the Halloween mood. I’m a wuss so I haven’t seen any of the movies the
images are based on, but a few of them have literary backgrounds – Dracula, Frankenstein, The Fall of the House
of Usher – and I've read them so that was nice.
Unfortunately, Blogger isn’t
playing ball about putting my photos in, but I’ll try again to upload them into
the post at a later date.
Thanks to Laurence King and Midas
PR for the review copy.
Sophie
This looks amazing!!
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