The Dollar Bill Origami Book: 30 Designs That Turn Money into Art

by Janessa Munt, Marcio Noguchi (Illustrator)

Overview

Transform everyday money into gorgeous art with these original origami designs.

Take your regular origami hobby to the next level with dollar bill origami—the art of folding beautiful designs with the humble dollar bill. The unique size, shape, texture, and pattern of dollar bills provide a world of possibilities to create bigger and better models you’ve never seen before!

Origami artist Janessa Munt provides 30 of her very own dollar bill origami designs, each of them intricate, highly unique, and full of personality. Learn how to fold a single uncut dollar bill into a rose or create a model of a shark complete with eyes and teeth from the patterns on the dollar bill. Master your money and put together other models such as a curious bulldog, a tyrannosaurs rex mid-roar, a Thanksgiving turkey, a mermaid, Capricorn the goat, and many more!

Each model is accompanied by clear and concise step-by-step diagrams as well as full color photographs of particular steps. With models categorized according to difficulty, there is something for readers of every skill level, whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced folder. Throw yourself into a new hobby, impress your friends, and turn that spare dollar bill in your pocket into a whimsical, stunning work of art.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510709522
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	09/06/2016
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	152
File size:	21 MB
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About the Author

Janessa Munt has been folding for over ten years, with hundreds of designs to her name. For over a month, she ran the blog Daily Dollar Doodles, where she designed a new dollar bill origami model every day. She previously authored Pokémon Origami, and her models have featured in several convention books, including the annual 2015 Origami Collection by OrigamiUSA. Janessa lives in Corvallis, Oregon.

Marcio Noguchi is a master diagrammer who has collaborated with many origamists on books such as Extreme Origami, Dollar Origami, Dollar Bug-gami, and Origami Master Class Flowers. He lives in Mamaroneck, New York.

Read an Excerpt

CHAPTER 1

Supplies

Money

When folding dollar bill origami, you should start with the crispest dollar bills you can find. Banks occasionally carry uncirculated bills, more so around Christmas time. When uncirculated bills are unavailable, bank tellers are usually more than happy to find the newest looking bills for you.

Paper

Often, it is useful to first try folding a model with a piece of paper that is cut to the size ratio of a dollar before attempting the model with a real dollar. To do this, you will need a dollar bill, a sheet of paper, a straight edge, a pencil or pen, and a pair of scissors. Directions on how to easily cut a sheet of paper of any size to the correct size ratio can be found on page 5.

Tools

Dollar bills are relatively thick, and because of this it can be hard to crease through all of the layers. A couple of things that can help are a bone folder and vise grips. A bone folder will ensure that every crease is sharp. It can usually be found in the scrapbooking section of craft stores. Vise grips can help to compress models made up of many layers. They can be found in hardware stores.

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION,
SUPPLIES,
LEGEND,
CUTTING PAPER TO A DOLLAR BILL-SIZED RATIO,
SIMPLE MODELS,
$2 Square,
Airplane,
Box 1,
Box 2,
Cat Head,
Erlenmeyer Flask,
Fish,
Heart,
Lily,
Pizza Slice,
Sailboat,
Simple Bird,
Tulip,
INTERMEDIATE MODELS,
Bow,
Bow Tie,
Bulldog,
Capricorn,
Crane,
Goat,
Manatee,
Manta Ray,
Norman the Duck,
Rat,
Seal,
Snake,
Turkey,
Walrus,
ADVANCED MODELS,
Mermaid,
Shooting Star,
T. Rex,