Origami

Origami (折 り 紙, from ori meaning "folding", and we meaning "paper") is the traditional art of paper folding that evolved into a modern art form. Origami is the art of paper folding believed started since the paper was introduced in the first century in ancient China in 105 AD by Ts'ai Lun.
The origins of Origami

History of origami engraved after a Chinese origin named Ts'ai Lun introduced in the first century in China in 105 A.D. Then origami history recorded in the sixth century origami began in Spanish and Japanese know this happens because brought by merchants from arab layover in Spain, while in Japan itself was brought by a personal doctor of Queen Shotoku and he was also a Buddhist monk

Origami history in Japan

Origami history began to be recorded in Japan and is becoming increasingly popular in the land of the cherry from where origami became a legacy passed down from ancestors and become a part of culture in Japan. History of origami by the Japanese people are believed to have existed since the Heian period (741-1191), at this late Heian origami more known as orikata, orisui or arimono while the Kamakura Period (1185-1333) is known by the origami sebuatan Noshi - Awabi (Noshi) and the Age Muromochi (1338-15730) origami grow and become the image of the nobility that separates the upper classes to the lower class group.

Origami History Books Senbazuru Orikata

History of origami noted Senbazuru Books is the oldest origami book that ever existed when it was still known as orikata origami. This book is considered the world's oldest Origami book and contains 49 REN-Zuru (Study hooked) and KYO-KA (short funny poems). Author named AKISATO Rito who gather together Gido models KYO-KA and publish it as Senbazuru Orikata. In the same year a treatise titled "Chushingura Orikata" which contains the human form folds succession issued by the same author. In 1850 a manuscript published another article entitled Kayaragusa. This text contains two parts origami, namely rehlah and religious. Most of them are contained in the origami models Chushingura Orikata.

In the 1819 book "Blink of an eye to produce paper birds" shows how birds are produced from paper. Then in 1845 a full set of Japanese tradition folded forms were written and published in the book Kan no mado. It contains approximately 150 examples of origami, including models of frogs. In 1880 the art of paper folding it started people with Origami. The word is derived from the Japanese word oru (to fold) and we (paper). The word origami then began to replace the term orikata, orisui or orimono. In the Showa era (1926-1989) origami less attractive and only Noshi is still popularly used for the exchange of gifts between the samurai. At that time the red and white paper used to wrap the pieces of lemon meat, oysters, or fish.In the Edo period (1600-1868) the abundant production of paper made of paper easily obtained. It makes origami grow more rapidly. At the end of the Edo period produced nearly 70 forms including crane (Orizuru), frogs, boats and balloons is still unknown until now.In the Genroku era (1688-1704), shades of fabric origami crane (Orizuru), and various shades of boots became popular and is often made in the style of fabric Ukiyoe. It vacate the origami to grow wider in the present. In the Meiji era (1868-1912), origami is used as a teaching tool in kindergartens and primary schools. It was all thanks to the influence of education experts Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel (1782-1852).

Modern origami

The development of modern origami pioneered by Akira Yoshizawa of Japan in the 1950s. Akira pioneered modern origami making origami by taking a variety of realistic models of animals, objects or decorative forms. Origami model is completely different from the traditional Japanese origami previously known. Thousands of origami models have been created by Akira.






In addition to pioneering new models, Akira also made a major contribution to the development of origami by introducing Mechanical wet folds and the diagram "Yoshizawa-Randlett". Wet folds is a new technique of folding paper by way of wetting the paper first so flexible so easily formed. While the diagram "Yoshizawa-Randlett" is a diagram of how to write instructions how making origami models by using symbols such as arrows and lines. Diagram "Yoshizawa-Randlett" facilitate the origami enthusiasts around the world in understanding how making origami instructions, so now been accepted and used worldwide as a standard diagram in the writing instruction ways of making origami models.

Type Origami

With the spread of origami worldwide, the various contributions of ideas and the idea of origami has spawned a variety of styles of modern origami. Various types of materials either paper or sheet material used and not just a modern origami folding techniques but also involves cutting, glue or paper clamped.

The types of existing modern origami, among others:

Pureland origami

Pureland style developed by John Smith with the aim of helping the beginner in making an origami model.
In origami style pureland there are unique requirements that every step is allowed only once folded. Thus, the folds are used only mountain folds and valley folds


Modular origami

One of the modern style of the other is a modular origami. In modular origami, of each sheet of paper formed into a module. The entire module is further bonded by glued or stapled into a certain form such as animal models, building or interest ("kusudama").





Technical origami

In contrast to the style of origami more much based on trial and error to fold in order to produce a particular form, the making origami technical or origami Sekkei begins by examining the mathematical forms necessary areas of the model to be created and then make a pattern of traces of folds that should be made on paper.




And at the end of this article the following examples Origami tutorial which I took from youtube.com

 Origami Parrot

Origami Butterflies

Origami Rose 

Origami lily 

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