ORIGAMI

History Origami: From ori meaning (folding) and kami meaning (paper) kami changes to gami due to rendaku is the traditional Japanese art paper folding which started in 17th century AD at the latest and was popularized outside of Japan in mid-1900s.

What is the Goal from Origami? The goal of this art is to change a flat sheet of paper into a finished sculpture through folding and sculpting techniques. Carving art المعنى بلأنجليزيه sculpture فن النحت

Types of origami Action Origami Karigami Modular Origami Wet-folding Origami Pureland Origami Tessellation Origami Bonsai Origami There are 8 types of origami and different ways to make it but I'll talk about 2 types of them. First one is

Action Origami : Origami not only covers still-life, there are also moving objects; Origami can move in clever ways. Action origami includes origami that flies, requires inflation to complete, or, when complete, uses the kinetic energy of a person's hands, applied at a certain region on the model, to move another flap or limb. Some argue that, strictly speaking, only the latter is really "recognized" as action origami. Action origami, first appearing with the traditional Japanese flapping bird, is quite common. One example is Robert Lang's instrumentalists; when the figures' heads are pulled away from their bodies, their hands will move, resembling the playing of music. Origami not only covers still-life, there are also moving objects; Origami can move in clever ways by using the kinetic energy of a person's hands at certain region on the model

Modular Origami : Modular origami consists of putting a number of similar pieces together to form a complete model. Normally the individual pieces are simple but the final assembly may be tricky. Many of the modular origami models are decorative kusudama balls like, the technique differs though in that kusudama allows the pieces to be put together using thread or glue. Chinese paper folding includes a style called 3D origami where large numbers of pieces are put together to make elaborate models. Sometimes paper money is used for the modules. This style originated from some Chinese refugees while they were detained in America and is also called golden venture folding from the ship they came on. Then the second type of origami is modular origami .Modular origami consists of putting a number of similar pieces together to form a complete model. Normally the individual pieces are simple but the final assembly may be tricky

Famous Designers Akira Yoshizawa : A Japanese Origamist, considered to be the grandmaster of origami. he created more than 50,000 models, In 1983, Japanese emperor Hirohito named him to the Order of the Rising Sun, one of the highest honors that can be given to a Japanese citizen.

And Kosho Uchiyama : The author of more than Twenty books on Zen Buddhism and origami. Uchiyama graduated from Waseda University with a masters degree in Western philosophy. he wrote books most Of them was about Poem.

Japanese school children dedicate their contribution of thousands origami cranes at the sadako sasaki the memorial in Hiroshima .

A crane and papers of the same size used to fold it.

This is a picture for modular origami An example of origami bonsai the original origami Dollar bill elephant, an example of money-bill origami

Another picture for action origami And modular origami wet-folded bull a A challenging miniature version of a paper crane

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