Title: Paper Dandy's Horrorgami.
Author: Marc Hagan-Guirey.
Publication Date: September 1st, 2015.
Publisher: Laurence King.
Format: Paperback, 128 pages.
Source: Provided By Publisher.
My Rating:
Paper Dandy's Horrorgami features 20 kirigami (cut-and-fold) designs based around haunted houses and scenes from horror films by the creator of the successful Horrorgami blog and exhibition. Each project features step-by-step instructions and a template that you remove from the book. You then follow the lines on the template, cutting and folding to make your own kirigami model.
All you need is a scalpel, a cutting mat and a ruler. Clear cutting tips help you with the tricky stages and give you an order in which to complete your work, while photos of the finished model show you the final design. Suitable for folding experts and beginners alike, Paper Dandy's Horrorgami makes the perfect Halloween activity.
Review
Paper Dandy’s Horrorgami is a creepy and beautifully done kirigami project book with 20 different types of scenes mimicking graveyards and howling wolves to keep any horror fan absorbed for hours. The designs range from more easy projects to much more complex and time consuming work. The only tools you need to start working in this fabulous book are a craft blade, a cutting mat and a metal ruler. (All of which I brought for a couple of quid each on Amazon!) The pictures are clear and beautifully done, with photos of what the finished project will look like at the end which is a really brilliant and wonderful extra to add a finishing touch to the book.
The only two issues I’ve had so far with the book are that I found it quite hard to remove the scenes from the book to cut them out. I had to carefully use my knife to cut the page from the book in fear of ripping the page when trying to remove it. I also found that although the instructions were long, they weren’t as easy to follow or as detailed as I’d hoped. This is all well and good for someone who’s being working with kirigami before, but as a newbie to the craft, I was rather confused and worried I’d cut the wrong parts! I think it would have been a lot easier to follow if the instructions were shorter and simpler so people at different levels of crafting could follow.
Overall, I’ve loved this book, it’s a brilliant way to keep my brain and hands occupied and while away the hours. I’m not particularly skilled at cutting curves yet, but I’m definitely going to keep practicing and hope to get a whole lot better. You can easily photocopy the scenes so you can freely mess up without worrying about spoiling the whole scene as well. The scenes are printed singularly on white card which is easy to cut and fold making the whole process that much easier. Although the card is thick, it can get a little flimsy when you’re cutting delicate parts out, so I’d be careful not to tear the tiny pieces, which I’ve done on more than one occasion. I’d recommend this book to any craft minded people out there, even to the ones who haven’t tried their hand at kirigami before; I know I’ve personally had so much fun working on these little projects!
