annieb123
Written on Nov 12, 2019
Meditative Origami is part origami tutorial and workbook, and part adult coloring book. Due out 13th Nov 2019 from Dover, it's 64 pages and will be available in paperback format.
Roughly 45% of the content is used on a good and clear origami tutorial with a few very simple folds including a heart, a rose, the crane, swan, and peacock and a few others. The rest of the book has attractive and intricate coloring pages with various themes: geometric, floral, mandala-like, nature themed, etc. The book is not precisely square, and above the coloring parts of the pages, each has a meditative thought: "Be still", "Surrender to what is", "With our thoughts we make the world", and similar good ideas.
The pages are meant to be colored (there is no coloring tutorial) and then cut out and folded. There are examples on the covers of the book. I have enjoyed coloring books and mindfulness journals (and doodling) as well as origami. I don't know why it never really occurred to me to combine the two before now.
This would make a superlative gift for a coloring book fan or origamist. I was provided an electronic copy of the book, so I can't speak to the quality or thickness/slickness of the paper of the physical copy, but presumably it will be up to Dover's craft titles' standard quality.
Interesting book and appealing coloring designs.
Four stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.