Perhaps you have heard of origami...
Origami is the art of paper folding, an ancient Japanese art originally brought from China.
"The goal of this art is to create a given result using geometric folds and crease patterns preferably without the use of gluing or cutting the paper medium. "Origami" refers to all types of paper folding, even those of non-Asian origin." - says Wikipedia, our faithful helper;
Let us find out more about the history of this form of art (again,
Wikipedia FTW!): "Origami originated in China as "Zhe Zhi" in the first or second century AD, and it reached Japan in the sixth century. Over the next few hundred years, origami became familiar in many aspects of Japanese culture. By the Heian period of Japanese history, origami was a significant aspect of Japanese ceremony. Samurai warriors would exchange gifts adorned with noshi, a sort of good luck token made of folded strips of paper. Origami butterflies were used during the celebration of Shinto weddings to represent the bride and groom.
Origami was introduced to the West by the Moors. They made geometric shapes as their type of origami. This all happened between 800 - 1100 AD. After about 300 years of primital uses, Yenni Tan began to help spread origami by selling origami animals and other shapes.
In the 1960's the art of origami began to spread out, first with modular origami and then with various movements developing, including the kirikomi."
'Very interesting and all', you would cynically say, 'but what does all of this have to do with me?
I'm not planning on spending hundreds of hours working on perfecting my origami skills (I don't even HAVE any origami skills).'
That's exactly why I have made the following page (tutorial), allowing you to learn fast and interactively how to create an origami figure on your own.
Origami is the art of paper folding, an ancient Japanese art originally brought from China."The goal of this art is to create a given result using geometric folds and crease patterns preferably without the use of gluing or cutting the paper medium. "Origami" refers to all types of paper folding, even those of non-Asian origin." - says Wikipedia, our faithful helper;
Let us find out more about the history of this form of art (again,
Wikipedia FTW!): "Origami originated in China as "Zhe Zhi" in the first or second century AD, and it reached Japan in the sixth century. Over the next few hundred years, origami became familiar in many aspects of Japanese culture. By the Heian period of Japanese history, origami was a significant aspect of Japanese ceremony. Samurai warriors would exchange gifts adorned with noshi, a sort of good luck token made of folded strips of paper. Origami butterflies were used during the celebration of Shinto weddings to represent the bride and groom.
Origami was introduced to the West by the Moors. They made geometric shapes as their type of origami. This all happened between 800 - 1100 AD. After about 300 years of primital uses, Yenni Tan began to help spread origami by selling origami animals and other shapes.In the 1960's the art of origami began to spread out, first with modular origami and then with various movements developing, including the kirikomi."
'Very interesting and all', you would cynically say, 'but what does all of this have to do with me?
I'm not planning on spending hundreds of hours working on perfecting my origami skills (I don't even HAVE any origami skills).'That's exactly why I have made the following page (tutorial), allowing you to learn fast and interactively how to create an origami figure on your own.
2 comments:
I really respect those who dedicate their time to master their paper folding skills..who knows, maybe I'll also consider to do so.As of today, I know how to make a paper frog, a book and a beating heart. :)
and don't forget the swan you've learned (I hope) with the tutorial from the link...
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