Books by John Montroll

Antonio Vivaldi's best known work is "The Four Seasons". He created this work, featuring musical expressions of the seasons, with accompanying sonnets. Originally written as violin concerti, the pieces are now skillfully transcribed for solo piano. Easily playable for a relatively skilled piano player, it is ideal for both students and performers, and includes the four seasonal sonnets written in English. This solo piano arrangement presents a new, complete, and accessible way to enjoy his playful music while still retaining his unmistakable style.

Two mindfulness techniques in one book! Color your own origami paper from a selection of 24 perforated pages with hypnotic designs and then follow simple directions to fold 10 origami models.

Welcome to the world premier of the Fourth Origami Symphony. There are 37 original models, all masterpieces by origami master John Montroll. Each model can be folded from a single square. Themes include Tropical Birds, Colorful Coral Reef Fish, Deltahedra with Colorful Octahedra, and Complex Sea Invertebrates, in symphonic form with four movements.

Most traditional origami concentrates only on form. Now John Montroll, a world renowned master of origami, has added new realism to his folding by integrating color patterns into this exciting collection of 28 new projects. For this third edition in full color, diagrams have been improved. Each creation in this book is crafted from a single sheet of standard origami paper, white on one side and colored on the other. The papers are twisted, folded, bent almost magically to make animals and objects accurate not only in shape but also in pattern. John Montroll’s raccoon wears a handsome mask, the ferocious tiger has a full set of stripes, and the technicolor Martians would grace a science-fiction movie. Besides animal projects, there are directions for elegant, multicolored geometric shapes and for a full-sized chess board, accompanied, of course, by a complete set of pieces. The instructions for each project include dozens of step-by-step, computer generated illustrations. With this book and a few packets of paper, everyone from beginner to expert can create beautiful works of origami art.

In Origami Sea Life, John Montroll and Robert J. Lang have collaborated to produce a truly elegant work. The pages of this book contain some of the most creative origami published to date. Each project is accompanied by a biological sketch of the animal to enhance the visual description. There are 38 models in all ranging from the lowly barnacle to the mighty whale. In between are to be found a cuttlefish, angelfish, lionfish, and fiddler crab, to name but a few of the unusual origami projects presented. Each project is illustrated with step-by-step instructions, utilizing the unique folds which make each of these animals so lifelike. Beginner and expert alike will find hours of creative fun in these pages. Origami Sea Life also includes a summary of the history of origami sea life. Information on types of paper and the technique of wet folding make this book indispensable for all those with an interest in origami.

Welcome to the mysterious realm of polyhedra in origami. Join origami master John Montroll as he takes you on an exploration into the secrets of folding these beautiful shapes, using only a single square sheet of paper for each. Using remarkably innovative techniques, you can create your own seemingly impossible polyhedra. This revised edition in full color includes four new models and more efficient folding procedures for several of the other designs. In this collection of 31 polyhedra, you will learn to fold the five Platonic solids-the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, icosahedron, and dodecahedron-and their sunken versions. Other polyhedra included are the pentagonal trapezohedron, hexagonal prism, heptagonal dipyramid, dimpled octahedron, and rhombic dodecahedron. Beginner and expert alike will find many exciting projects by following the step-by-step instructions.

Decorate the Christmas season with origami. You can fold scenes from the Twelve Days of Christmas and make models for the Christmas tree. There are 36 simple and intermediate models. Most are original and a few are traditional favorites. With the Partridge, you can also fold a tree with pears to create a complete scene. The two Turtle Doves are shown with a heart. The Ladies and Lords bring more spirit as intermediate level models. Along with Santa Claus, there are toys, boxes, and tree ornaments. The ambitious folder can make Christmas cards by pasting the models on the cards to make familiar scenes. This work is ideal for children and anyone interested in origami.

Dollar Origami Treasures shows how to fold a large collection of dollar bill models. Most are created by John Montroll and a few are traditional favorites. Clear step-by-step instructions show how to fold over 50 models in categories of objects, boats, hats, bugs, birds, sea creatures, mammals, and dinosaurs. Models range in skill level from simple to complex, but not too complex. Models include a Kimono, Ocean Liner, Party Hat, Piggy Bank, Crab, Tyrannosaurus, and many other favorites. There is information on the proportions of a dollar bill and methods to cut these from squares and rectangles. Difficulty levels are shown for each model so the beginner can concentrate on simple models and can also learn to improve their folding skills. This collection is perfect for children, art teachers, and anyone who wishes to expand their repertoire of origami and dollar bill folds.

Add new animals to your origami menagerie with this collection of North American birds and mammals, plus a smattering of associated plants. John Montroll's step-by-step illustrations teach you how to fold 27 original projects. Included are four projects by noted Japanese artist and engineer Fumiaki Kawahata. Each model is folded from a single uncut square using innovative techniques. With this third edition in full color, you can make scenes of animals on the coast, deep in the desert, high in the mountains, lost in the woodlands, and in the Northlands. Models include the great horned owl, bighorn sheep, raccoon, prickly-pear cactus, musk ox, deer, and moose. Projects range from simple to very complex.

Polyhedra are incredibly beautiful shapes. You can now fold, display, and exhibit these models. This collection teaches you how to fold around 30 models, created and diagrammed by origami master John Montroll. This edition in full color gives step-by-step instructions on how to make detailed models including the Tetrahedron, Sunken Tetrahedron, Cube, Dodecahedron, Hexagonal Trapezohedron, and more. Information about these polyhedra is included. The folding techniques combine origami with geometry. The models include all five Platonic Solids, sunken versions of each, and models with color effects. By folding from origami paper (white on one side, colored on the other) many stunning colorful patterns can be achieved. There is a section on variations of Archimedean Solids. There are two sections on Octahedra and Dodecahedra, polyhedra with eight and twelve sides. This adds variety to families of shapes including a prism, antiprism, dipyramid, and trapezohedron. The folding methods for each of these imaginative models are quite different. All are original designs, using the latest in folding techniques. Each model is folded from a single square, which makes them more amazing and satisfying. They range from simple to complex. These unique designs are masterworks.