This part concludes in an in-depth analysis of the Ryujin 3.5 crease-pattern, which is included in the beginning of the book. Part 3: Advanced Techniques - delves into wet-folding, back-coating and making tissue-foil, understanding crease-patterns and showing some theories.
Part 2: Practice - shows how to cut paper, make accurate creases, handle more complex moves, allow for paper-thickness in folding, and examines display techniques such as shaping, strengthening the model with glue and using wire for display. Part 1 : Basics - discusses tools needed for folding (from rulers to tweezers, clips, display tools, wet-folding essentials etc.), describes different types of papers, and explains the basic symbols. As all this text is in Japanese I cannot make much of it, but everything is accompanied with many drawings and photos which give insights to the meaning of the text. What the book is about is the process of folding, techniques, crease-pattern interpretation etc. The few full diagrams in it have actually already been published before, albeit in hard-to-find sources. Satoshi Kamiya's new book is not a typical diagram book.
