Cindy Ng - Travel Origami: 24 Fun and Functional Travel Keepsakes: Origami Books with 24 Easy Projects: Make Origami from Post Cards, Maps & More!

Acknowledgments Many thanks to: agent Regina Brooks who did the most important leg work at the beginning of this process. sales and marketing director Christopher Johns who brainstormed ideas with me before the book came to be. editor Terri Jadick who patiently and graciously waited for me to submit revisions and content. all my friends who contributed their travel remnants to the book: Skye Akiyama, JooYoung Oh, Ginger Dhaliwal, and Susan Thomas. About the Author Cindy Ng, author of Girligami a fresh, fun, fashionable spin on origami was born in Hong Kong and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Upon her graduation from UC Davis with a Bachelors of Science in Business Economics, she designed a line of origami kits and jewelry which is now sold to the most prestigious museums worldwide, including SF MOMA, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Smithsonian, and The Victoria and Albert Museum.

Her work has been featured in Real Simple, Daily Candy, The Washington Post, New York Times and ABCs The View from the Bay. Cindy now lives in New York and in her spare time she swims and practices karate. Visit her at scrappycindy.com.

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A Guide to Origami Folding Symbols and Terms ACTION SYMBOLS ------ dashed line A dashed line indicates where you need to fold or crease. _______ solid line A solid line shows where a crease has been made that now serves as the guide to where the edge of your origami paper should align. TERMS crease To fold and unfold the paper, leave a line or ridge to serve as a guide for a future fold. fold To bend your sheet of paper over, under, behind, or on top of itself so that one part covers another. Flip over from side to side COMMON FOLDS: A mountain fold is created when the folded edge is along the top. Flip over from side to side COMMON FOLDS: A mountain fold is created when the folded edge is along the top.

A valley fold is created when the folded edge is along the bottom For this fold, pinch sides of paper where indicated with circles and carefully bring them in and down to meet the bottom edges, as shown by the arrows. Look at the illustrations to see the collapse in progress.

Introduction Shortly after my book Girligami was published, I traveled to Istanbul hoping for a creative and restorative getaway. Luckily for me, I came back with beautiful patterns, currency notes, and the idea for Travel Origami . With the new book idea not quite fully formed, I gathered all my souvenirs and naturally started folding them into origami. Sometimes the final result of the folding sequence didnt have a name, but it was beautiful to look at.

Some werent quite as aesthetically pleasing, but they were really useful. After making a couple of rings and abstract models with printed patterns, currency and paper bags, I realized my affinity for objects with dual functionality. With that in mind, I went off the beaten path and started creating origami models for Travel Origami. I hope that Travel Origami will act as a catalyst for exploration and introduce to you my cheery origami world. Youll discover maps that can be reworked into arrows and holders, currency that can be transformed to fun rings for your fingers, and bags that can magically morph into abstract infrastructures. With just the right balance of patience and fun, Travelgami will give you something to really boast about when you have both a souvenir and a piece of beautiful origami art!