Blossom Origami
Clover Robin
Nosy Crow

Clover Robin, surface pattern designer, illustrator and nature lover has created thirteen stunningly beautiful cut paper illustrations to accompany step-by-step instructions on how to use origami to make paper flowers, trees or parts thereof, and there’s also a cactus and a clover leaf. Each whole page illustration includes fauna as well as the flora that is to be made. So for instance, on one of the lily flowers is a hummingbird; a deer and a squirrel are visible in the bluebell filled beech wood and if you look carefully you’ll spot the insect atop one of the orchid flowers.

Alongside the instructions to make each of the origami flora is a related short poem, one or two being haiku and some well known poets including Christina Rossetti, Rachel Lindsay, W.H. Davies and William Shakespeare are there too.

There are 3 difficulty levels, so the book will suit complete beginners as well as more experienced origami enthusiasts, and on the index page is a QR code link to ‘how-to’ videos that beginners will find especially useful. Clover also designed the gorgeously coloured tear-out sheets of origami paper, one side of each being patterned, the other plain.

Published in collaboration with the National Trust, this would make a smashing present for a patient child, or an older craft enthusiast with an interest in the natural world.