Origami History

What is origami?

Origami (Japanese: 折 り 紙, of oru, "folding", and kami, "paper") is the Japanese traditional and secular art of folding paper, creating representations of certain beings or objects with geometric folds of a piece of paper, without cutting it or stick it.

Origami only uses a small number of different folds, which however may be combined in various ways to form complex designs. Usually part is a square piece of paper, whose sides may be different colors or prints, continuing up without cutting the paper.
Contrary to popular belief, traditional Japanese origami, which is practiced since the Edo Period (1603-1897), has often been less strict about these conventions, allowing even the cutting of the paper during the creation of the design, or the use of other paper shapes other than square (rectangular, circular, etc.).


origami History
As have developed simple methods of creating paper, the paper is becoming less expensive and Origami, an increasingly popular art. Yet the less well-off people were trying not to waste; always kept all the little strings of paper, and used them in their origami models.
For centuries there were no instructions for creating origami models, as they were transmitted orally from generation to generation. This art form was to become part of the cultural heritage of the Japanese. From 1845, with the publication of the book Kan mated with more than 150 models, origami spreads as a recreational activity in Japan.
Legend 1000 tsurus
According to Japanese culture, one that makes a thousand origami Japanese paper crane (Tsuru, "heron") would have made request - this belief popularized by the story of Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the atomic bomb. The tsuru made of paper became a symbol of peace recently.