1. Introduction
2. Building Blocks
3. Elephant Design
4. Traditional Bases
5. Splitting Points
6. Grafting
7. Pattern Grafting
8. Tiling
9. Circle Packing
10. Molecules
11. Tree Theory
12. Box Pleating
13. Uniaxial Box Pleating
14. Polygon Packing
15. Hybrid Bases
References
Glossary of Terms
Index

The magnum opus of one of the world’s leading origami artists, the second edition of Origami Design Secrets reveals the underlying concepts of origami and how to create original origami designs. Containing step-by-step instructions for 26 models, this book is not just an origami cookbook or list of instructions—it introduces the fundamental building blocks of origami, building up to advanced methods such as the combination of uniaxial bases, the circle/river method, and tree theory. With corrections and improved illustrations, this new expanded edition also covers uniaxial box pleating, introduces the new design technique of hex pleating, and describes methods of generalizing polygon packing to arbitrary angles.
With coverage spanning the foundations of origami construction and advanced methods using both paper and pencil and custom-built free software, Origami Design Secrets helps readers cultivate the intuition and skills necessary to develop their own designs. It takes them beyond merely following a recipe to crafting a work of art.---- Summary provided by the publisher