This unique, practical handbook explains the key techniques of folding, such as pleated surfaces, curved folding, and crumpling. It covers more than 70 techniques explained by clear step-by-stepdrawings, crease pattern drawings, and specially commissioned photography

• Basic concepts: dividing the paper
• Symmetrical repeats
• Stretch and skew
• Polygons
• Basic pleats: accordion pleats
• Knife pleats
• Box pleats
• Incremental pleats
• Other pleats: spiral pleats
• Gathered pleats
• Twisted pleats
• V-pleats: basic v-pleats
• Making by hand
• Variations
• Multiple Vs
• Grid Vs
• Cylindrical Vs
• Complex surfaces
• Spans & parabolas: X-form spans
• V-fold spans
• Parabolas
• Boxes & bowls: boxes
• Bowl forms
• No crease, one crease: no crease
• One crease
• Crumpling: the basic technique
• Linear crumpling
• Rotational crumpling
• Advanced concepts