Air and Space Origami Kit

Realistic Paper Rockets Spaceships and More (Book & P

John Szinger, Kostya Vints

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Tuttle
09 October 2018

Origami & paper engineering; Stationery items; Children's & Educational; Origami

Fold realistic paper models of some of the most astonishing aircraft and spacecraft ever designed!

The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum hosts seven million visitors annually-a testament to our enduring fascination with flight. Noted origami artist John Szinger has created this unique collection of 14 paper models inspired by real life flying machines from commercial jetliners to multi-stage rockets to single and multi-stage rockets, a re-entry space pod and even a UFO!

Each model comes complete with a set of interesting facts about the vehicle as well as detailed step-by-step instructions showing you how to fold it. Air and Space Origami Kit contains everything you need to create high quality air and space models including 48 large sheets of high-quality folding paper, a full-color instruction book and over 185 stickers to decorate the finished models.

Let your imagination soar with 14 original designs, including:

A Supersonic Transport recalling the golden age of commercial hypersonic travel!

The Space Pod, designed to safely return astronauts to earth through the intense heat of re-entry!

A graceful Hot Air Balloon-make several to create your own miniature ballooning festival!

An elusive Flying Saucer-try as they might, the government can't conceal this one!

A sci-fi inspired Art Deco Rocket with exaggerated fins and sleek lines!

And many other thrilling origami air and space models!

This kit includes:

A colorful 64-page step-by-step origami instructions book

14 exciting air and space origami projects

48 sheets of double-sided, custom designed folding paper

185+ Colorful Stickers

By: John Szinger, Kostya Vints
Imprint: Tuttle
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 210mm,
ISBN: 9780804849241
ISBN 10: 0804849242
Pages: 64
Publication Date: 09 October 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Mixed media product
Publisher's Status: Active

John Szinger is an origami artist, engineer, designer, software developer and musician. He's been folding paper planes and spacecraft most of his life, starting with paper airplanes at a young age. John is the author of Origami Animal Sculpture.

Reviews for Air and Space Origami Kit: Realistic Paper Rockets Spaceships and More (Book & P

One of the unique things this book [is that it] has is a little bit about the adventure of flight and how it has developed[...]you can make astronauts, rockets, and space shuttles as well as jets, planes and a hot air balloon. It truly looks at all sorts of flight that we humans have tried. -Crafty Moms Share blog The title describes the theme very aptly: you get a variety of rockets & planes, a space shuttle, a space probe, a space pod and others. The stickers are small but cheerful and bright and perfect for decoration. -Nick Robinson, author, origami artist and blogger at origami.me.uk Air and Space Origami by John Szinger is a great gift for kids and adults who love all things sci-fi, space and airplane related! -PaperKawaii.com With these amazing spacecraft and aircraft origami pieces, it can sure take your imagination out of this world and into the stratosphere and beyond! -Let Mom Review It blog