1. Origami
折り紙

2. Origin
● ‘ori’ = folding, ‘kami’ = paper
● started 17th century CE
● became popular outside Japan mid-1900s
● earliest reference to origami:
Ihara Saikaku’s short poem, 1680
(“paper butterflies in a dream”)

3. Types
● Action origami
● Modular origami
● Wet-folding

4. Types
● Pureland origami
● Origami tessellation
● Kirigami

5. Origami Artists
Humiaki Huzita

6. Origami Artists
Satoshi Kamiya

7. Origami Artists
Éric Joisel

8. Origami Artists
Kunihiko Kasahara

9. Origami Artists
Akira Yoshizawa

10. Sadako and the
● “orizuru” 折鶴 = origami crane
● Sadako Sasaki
○ hibakusha (atomic bomb survivor)
○ exposed to radiation, had leukemia
○ Hiroshima Peace Park - granite statue
● “senbazuru” 千羽鶴 = thousand paper
cranes
Thousand Cranes

11. How to make a paper
rose

12. How to make a paper
whatever