By: Dawit Teklu, Jaret Peters, Chris By: Dawit Teklu, Jaret Peters, Chris PhillipsPhillips
Origami is the Japanese traditional art of
paper folding Ori means fold and gami means paper Origami was commonly used in wedding and
other formal festivals.
Began in China in the first or second century Origami started to become popular in japan in
600 AD. Origami was used Originally by Samurai and
Shinto Noblemen
Kirigami is the Japanese term for paper cutting It was used in traditional origami Now modern origami has the technique to
make cutting unnecessary This change occurred during the 60’s and 70’s
Wet folding is a technique were you damp the
paper so you shape it in different ways and keep that shape when it dries.
It can be used to make real looking animal models
Reduces the number of wrinkles
Sadako was exposed to radiation from the
atomic bomb in Hiroshima When she was twelve she was dying of
Leukemia Sadako started folding 1000 paper cranes When she found out about the children around
the suffering she then wanted world peace
The crane is the most famous origami design The smallest origami crane in the world was
0.1 by 0.1 mm by an 82 year old using special tools and a microscope
Origami USA has a convention in New York that is said to be the largest in the world
折鶴 – Paper Craneおりずる
Only the rich could practice origami because
paper was very expensive Origami was used by Shinto Noblemen
celebrating weddings by wrapping gifts like Sake (rice wine) in a butterfly form.
Now origami is practised by everyone and is used for physical therapies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origami http://library.thinkquest.org/5402/history.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-folding http://www2.hawaii.edu/~aller/Origami/
facts.html http://library.thinkquest.org/5402/uses.html
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