The Longitude Prize by Joan Dash Dash

The Longitude Prize by Joan Dash Dash

Make homemade Japanese paper and fold it into beautiful and decorative forms with this Japanese papercraft book.

In Japanese Paper Crafting, world-renowned paper artist Michael G. LaFosse of the Origamido Studio teaches you all the essential techniques needed to make your own beautiful handmade washi paper at home. The book's clear and simple step-by-step instructions, diagrams and photographs show you not only how to create your own handmade paper using inexpensive and easy-to-find materials--but how to turn your handmade papers into exquisite paper craft objects. Readers will enjoy crafting 17 original LaFosse designs using their very own handmade washi papers

With Japanese Paper Crafting you can:

• Make your own traditional-style Japanese papers. Learn two traditional Japanese methods of papermaking, and try your hand at creating truly distinctive papers.
• Create 17 exquisite projects that feature your own handmade paper--or any other paper in your craft collection.

This book is the perfect gift for anyone who loves scrapbooking, making handmade gift cards, origami and paper crafts in general. Making your own washi paper is the natural starting point for creating high-quality paper craft objects of any type. The fabulous projects in the book include:

• Notebooks
• Purses
• Wallets
• Gift Cards
• Desktop Accessories
• And many more.

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ISBN 13	9780374346362
ISBN 10	0374346364
Title	The Longitude Prize
Author	Joan Dash Dash
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Farrar Straus Giroux
Year published	2000-10-13
Number of pages	208
Prizes	Winner of Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (Nonfiction) 2001, Winner of Children's Books of Distinction Awards (Nonfiction) 2001, Commended for Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award 2001
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.