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The Ultimate Origami Course - Beginner to Advanced

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Overview

Learn the basics then advance your skills as you learn to fold 100 origami designs

What you'll learn:
  • Fold 100 origami designs
  • Understand the fundamentals and folding techniques
  • Fold animals, flowers, boats, buildings, modular origami, action models, and much more
  • Learn the history of origami
  • Build the foundation to learn how to design your own origami

Today’s the day you become an origami artist!

This is the most comprehensive course on traditional origami available. Learn from Kevin, an origami artist with over 10 years of folding and designing experience.

Whether you consider yourself an artistic person or not, this hobby is for you. Origami is a hands-on art form that offers unlimited possibilities for creativity.

You’ve probably heard about folding 1,000 cranes for good luck, or maybe you’ve folded a paper airplane for fun. But what about a dragon or phoenix? Or action models that move and interact with you?

These elaborate origamis and more are taught with step-by-step instructions that anyone can follow and replicate.

You’ll learn every basic folding technique then be guided through the creation of 100 unique origamis. Enjoy exploring the course at your own pace and transform from beginner to expert!

Once you join this course, you gain instant access to all 16 sections that total over 13 hours of comprehensive content.

This course gives you the skills and confidence needed to start creating stunning origamis of your own.


Topics Covered:

  • The different types of paper you can use to fold the origamis taught in this course. No need to buy fancy paper!

  • A brief history of origami

  • Basic folding techniques that are fundamental for all types of origamis

  • Fun origami designs that range in difficulty and style, organized by subjects such as land animals, sea animals, flowers, birds, boats, and much more

  • Ready for more? Try tackling two difficult designs that really test your skills: a dragon and phoenix!

  • Bonus section! Kevin discusses ways to continue your origami journey with extra resources and links

Each video section get progressively more difficult so you can hone your skill, accomplish new challenges, and have fun along the way.

Go at your own pace! Whether you’re stuck in a section or you’re feeling adventurous, you can jump around to different sections and fold anything that interests you.


The 14 Sections of Origami Models:

  • Land Animals: penguin, pig, elephant, fox, hen, rooster, rabbit, dog, frog

  • Sea Animals: whale 1, whale 2, angelfish, goldfish, seal

  • Action Models: windsurfer, pinwheel, bellows, talking fox, water bomb, camera, drinking bird, jumping frog, fortune teller, flapping bird

  • Animal Heads and Faces: dog head, cat head 1, cat head 2, elephant head, bunny head

  • Boats: yacht, sailboat, speedboat, magic boat, steamboat, sampan, motorboat

  • Birds: swan, crow, parakeet, pajarita, mandarin duck, pigeon, flapping bird, peace dove, crane

  • Flowers: camellia, bell flower, iris, tulip, rose

  • Bugs: cicada, beetle, butterfly, snail

  • Clothing and Accessories: pointed hat, triangle hat, samurai helmet, purse, wallet, necktie, yakko-san, pants, baseball cap

  • Furniture and Buildings: house 1, piano, house 2, church, pagoda, chair, table, armchair, footstool

  • Miscellaneous: drinking cup, heart, tato, lover’s knot, lantern, puffy heart, sumo wrestler, mikoshi, palanquin, persimmon,

  • Boxes: box with flaps, box with lid, oblong box, rectangle box, star box, trapezoid box, sanbo, candy dish, fancy box, lazy Susan, Chinese vase

  • Modular: menko, ninja star, spinning top, cube, star, lotus flower

  • Intermediate: dragon, phoenix

Extras:

  • Personal contact with me, Kevin, your instructor

  • The ability to share your progress with me and gain feedback

  • Lifetime access to the course materials

  • A deep understanding of how origami is created

  • Advice on how to continue your origami journey

  • A newfound skill of a unique art form

Taught by

Kevin Hutson

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4.7 rating at Udemy based on 289 ratings

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