Easy Money Origami Ebook: Fun-to-Fold Dollar Art! (Online Video Demos)

By Marc Kirschenbaum

It's time to get creative with your finances and turn your money into real art!

These 15 dollar bill origami projects range from simple to challenging--perfect for origami folders of all types. Clear step-by-step instructions allow you to fold up creative projects in no time at all.

This ebook comes with:

• Full-color instructions
• Free online demonstration videos
• Printable practice "dollar bills"

Diversify your folded money portfolio with original origami projects like:

• The simple Tree and Heart--perfect for origami beginners
• The Cube, Pyramid and Octahedron--three elegant polyhedra models for the mathematically inclined
• A cute Cat and graceful Butterfly make memorable gifts or tips
• The challenging Lobster awaits those who've mastered all the other models!

Money origami art is perfect for gift giving, tipping and just for fun!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Release date: Aug 27, 2019
• ISBN: 9781462920884

Marc Kirschenbaum

Marc Kirschenbaum is a leading American origami artist. He has covered a wide range of subject matter, and has utilized a variety of folding mediums. His works have been shown in many museums and shows around the world, including the American Museum of Natural History, The Smithsonian, Mingei International Museum, and Hangar-7. He has also had his works published in many books and periodicals. Marc is also an active member of OrigamiUSA, a premiere international origami organization. He is currently on the Board of Directors, and manages the production of many of this organization’s publications.

Book preview

Introduction

Sometime in the 1950s, magicians started incorporating origami into their acts. The better performers liked to use familiar props, and folding money was something their audience could relate to. The tradition of money folding continues to this day, and is one of the most popular forms of origami. Unlike regular origami that is typically folded from squares of ambiguous size, using bills makes obvious the size of the paper you started with. Sometimes even the location of the markings can give clues about how a model was formed.

Using money for folding presents some unique challenges. All of those engraving patterns and scrollwork can make seeing your folds a bit tricky. The small size and thickness of your bill makes many-layered models tough to manage. And folded flaps tend to relax and spread apart after a short period of time.

Adding a little bit of water can help give some permanency to your careful work. Bind your model with masking tape and twist ties. Then, lightly dampen the folded bill with a spray bottle. Once dry, remove the bindings. The stiffened form will be quite resilient.

An advantage to using money as a folding medium lies in its unique dimensions. Equilateral triangles fit nicely within the boundaries of a bill. Folds based on multiples of 22.5-degree angles also work well. Money can even divide nicely into 3 x 7 squares. All of these geometries are used for the models in this book.

Every effort was made to make the 15 included models to be as easy to fold as possible. Most of the folds are simple to intermediate level in difficulty, but folding on such a small scale will take some getting used to. There is a wide variety of subjects tackled, from geometric pieces to animals, so you are sure to find something of interest to try. The projects are arranged in approximate order of difficulty, so you can work your way up to the more sophisticated pieces.

Have fun!

Folding Symbols and Terminology

Line Styles

Folding Arrows

Maneuvers

Heart

This model was designed to be folded extremely quickly and easily. There are judgment folds in step 6, but as long as both sides are folded inward about the same amount you should be fine. If only love