OrigamiA Paper Folding Art

Shailaja Sampat (131046)

Objectives

I was amazed to see how a small piece of paper can turn into creation by different techniques of Origami. I desired to learn Origami in its real sense which is not a common art form in India.

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What is Origami ?

Origami = “Oru” (folding) + “Kami” (paper) in Japanese.

It is also referred as “Orikata", “Orisue", “Orimono“ in different regions.

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How Origami got spread in other countries?

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Magic of Origami

Sadako Sasaki- a twelve year old Japanese girl was suffering from leukemia due to radiation produced by atomic bombing on Hiroshima on 6th August, 1945.

It is a belief in Japan that if any person makes 1000 paper cranes (“senbazuru”), god grants him/her a wish.

She decided to make 1000 paper cranes and wished for world peace.

But unfortunately, she passed away after making 644 paper cranes.

Her friends and family members decided to make all thousand cranes in her honour. She was buried with all thousand cranes.

In her memory, Japanese Government has developed her statue in Hiroshima Peace Park.

Sadako Sasaki and 1000 Origami Paper Cranes

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Magic of Origami

Sadako Sasaki and 1000 Origami Paper Cranes

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Origami in Japan

In Japanese festival Samurai, people used to gave each other good luck charms made out of paper known as “noshi” with abalone meat.

Shinto people used to celebrate weddings by wrapping glasses of wine in shape of butterfly on some social occasions.

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Origami-Documentation

• ”The Secret of 1000 Cranes Origami” - Oldest book for Origami (1797)(Anonymous)-the first written set of Origami instruction

-having 150 Origami models

• Akira Yoshizawa The Grand Master of modern Origami

-created over 50,000 different Origami models

-invented Wet-folding method -invented method of diagramming Origami

instructions -published 18 books on Origami

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Types of Paper Origami

1. Pure Origami

3. Action Origami

2. Business Card Origami

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Types of Paper Origami

4. Candy Wrapper Origami 5. Tissue Paper Origami

6. Dollar Bill Origami 7. Modular Origami 10

Different Origami Art forms

1. Tea bag folding

4. Kirigami

2. Fabric Origami

5. Origami Architecture

3. Quilling

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Amazing Facts about Origami

• The smallest origami crane is made out of 0.1 mm X 0.1 mm size of paper created by Mr. Naito of Japan.

• The biggest origami crane (215 feet wide) was made as a part of World Peace Project for children.

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Conclusion

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Origami is not only an art form but is useful in many ways in our day-to-day life for learning like;

Origami paper Crane- step by step

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Webliography• http://en.origami-club.com/• http://www.origami-resource-center.com/origami-factoids.html• http://origamihistory.wordpress.com/• http://www.origamiwithrachelkatz.com/links/links.asp• http://www.origami-instructions.com/• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origami• http://library.thinkquest.org/5402/history.html• http://www.langorigami.com/art/art.php• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/origami/

Bibliography

•  ”My Origami Creations (Swan +Turtle + Butterfly)” by Dimitris Dalas• “Origami collection of near 300 models” (e-book) posted by anonymous.• “The Complete Book Of Origami” (e-book) by X Kagebunshin

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Image references

1 https://www.google.co.in/search?q=origami&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=v7VqUqiwIsqjrQenpIDoDg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=633

2 (i) https://www.google.co.in/search?q=origami+star&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=BrVqUpTmLcT_rQfFyoDQBA&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=633(ii) https://www.google.co.in/search?q=origami+butterfly&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=ebZqUqjfPMGXrAe12IGwBg&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=633

3 https://www.google.co.in/search?q=origami+history&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=6bZqUvOgBIqWrAfEwYHwCw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=633

5 https://www.google.co.in/search?q=sadako+sasaki&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=LLdqUsCjNIWBrgeI-oGYDw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=633

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6 https://www.google.co.in/search?q=noshi&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=ULdqUqiULMWQrQeE2IDAAg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=633

7 https://www.google.co.in/search?q=akira+yoshizawa&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=BrhqUtLxFMW-rgf75YGQCA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=633

8 https://www.google.co.in/search?q=types+of+paper+origami&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=nbhqUpiIOoa4rgflqoGADA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=633

9 https://www.google.co.in/search?q=types+of+paper+origami&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=nbhqUpiIOoa4rgflqoGADA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=633

12 http://www.origami-resource-center.com/origami-factoids.html

13 https://www.google.co.in/search?q=origami+crane&biw=1366&bih=633&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=I7lqUtu_FcWHrQer3oA4&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ

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