WRITTEN BY MELINA DE LA CRUZ Origami was initially known as orikata. The term origami comes from the Japanese words oru (to fold) and kami (paper). It is hard to come up with an exact day or timeline for the invention of origami but it is said to have started somewhere around 105 A.D in China. Many say that origami was invented by the Japanese about a thousand years ago but others say that its roots come in China. Europe could have also had a part in establishing origami because it could be tied back to folding cloth or leather napkins.
Although origami is an inexpensive craft today, when it was first practiced, it was only for the elite of Japanese society. Origami was used in formal ceremonies such as wedding receptions for Japanese couples. Paper butterflies on sake bottles were used to symbolize sincerity and purity. When paper became more affordable, common people began making origami as gifts or creating cards and envelopes for friends and family. It later also became an educational tool for the study of mathematics. Akira Yoshizawa who is well known as the Grand Master of origami, completed over 50,000 different origami figures during his entire life from 1911 to 2005. The first ever book about origami was Sembazuru Orikata (Thousand Crane Folding) written by Akisato Rito and published in 1797. It is said in Japan that if a person folds 1,000 paper cranes they will be granted one special wish in their lifetime. Originally, origami did not allow any cutting or gluing but modern origami books now involve cutting or gluing to provide stability to the design. Another way origami has evolved is, it no longer exclusively needs origami paper and can now be performed with any form of scrap paper. Here Is Crane Folding That You Can Make At Home: http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-crane.html |
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