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    ORIGAMI

    ORIGAMI
    ● ori - folding
    ● kami - paper

    ● traditional Japanese art of paper folding

    ● believed to have begun in Japan during the


    17th century AD.
    HISTORY
    ● 100 AD - Paper-making started in CHINA by Ts’ai
    Lun, a servant of the Chinese emperor.

    ● 600 AD - Paper-making spread to Japan where it


    became a cultural tradition.

    ● 800 - 1100 AD - Otigami was intriduced to the West


    (Spain) by the Moors who made geometric Origami
    models.
    HISTORY
    ● EDO PERIOD (1600-1868) - new methods were
    developed to effectively mass produce paper. This
    is when origami began to fully develop into the art
    that we know today.

    ● 1797 - HIDEN SENBARU ORIKATA was published.


    (The Secret of 1000 Cranes Origami)

    ● 1845 - KAN NO MADO (Window on Midwinter. The first


    published collections of origami models that included
    the frog house.

    ● 1900 - Origami spread to England and the United States


    HISTORY
    ● 1935 - AKIRA YOSHIZAWA developed his set of
    symbols for origami instructions. He is known as the
    “grandmaster of origami”

    ● He created the method of wet folding which involved


    moistening the paper before folding to give finished
    models more of a sculpted and three dimensional look.
    By 1989 he had invented over 50,000 models and
    published eighteen books.

    ● 1960 - SADAKO AND ONE THOUSAND CRANES was


    published by Eleanor Coerr (origami crane and
    international peace movement)
    HISTORY

    ● 2000 - International Peace Project - engaged


    communities in collaborative activites to promote peace,
    non-violence, and tolerance. (A Million Paper Cranes for
    Peace by the Year 2000)
    Famous Origami Artists
    ● Akira Yoshizawa - considered to be the grandmaster of
    origami. reinvented modern origami. According to his
    own estimation made in 1989, he created more than
    50,000 models. In 1983, Japanese emperor Hirohito
    named him to the Order of the Rising Sun.
    ● Satoshi Kamiya - is among the most advanced origami
    masters in the world. He began the art at age two and
    he has made hundreds of origami models. One of the
    youngest geniuses of the origami field.
    ● Kosho Uchiyama - a Sōtō priest, origami master, and
    abbot of Antai-ji. He is the author of more than 20 books
    on Zen Buddhism and origami
    Famous Origami Artists
    ● Toshikazu Kawasaki - Japanese mathematician famous
    for his Iso-area folding theory and his many geometric
    folds, including Kawasaki's "Rose
    ● Samuel Randlett - helped design and popularize the
    Yoshizawa-Randlett diagramming system. Yoshizawa–
    Randlett system is a diagramming system used to
    describe the folds of origami models.
    ● Robert Harbin - popularised origami in Britain; also
    presented a series of short programmes entitled
    Origami, made by Thames Television for ITV
    ● Florence Temko - a pioneer in spreading origami in the
    United States. With 55 books to her credit on paperarts
    and folk crafts
    Origami Festivals
    ● November 11: National Origami Day in
    Japan where the paper crane has become a
    symbol of peace
    ● October 24–November 11: World Origami
    Days

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