Origami: the Japanese Art of Paper-

Folding
What is origami?
 ORIGAMI IS AN ART
MOVEMENT THAT
ORIGINATED FROM JAPAN
IT REQUIRES YOU TO
FOLD A PIECE OF SQUARE
PAPER TO FORM A MODEL
OF AN ANIMAL
PLANT, OBJECTS, & EVEN
A
PERSON. THE WORD
ORIGAMI
COME FROM THE WORD
ORI
MEANING TO FOLD&
THE WORD
KAMI MEANING PAPER

Some examples of Origami

HISTORY
 Origami began sometime after when Buddhist
monks
Introduce paper in Japan, during the 6th century.
It was
Also dated that origami was used in religious
ceremonials
Due to the high price of paper

A Buddhist monk Meditating

A group of Japanese schoolchildren
dedicate their contribution of origami
cranes at the Sadako Sasaki
What is kirigami?
Kirigami is a Japanese
term used by origami
practitioners
To describe a paper
craft that is more on
cutting
& uses glue, rather
than folding it
solemnly like origami,
The word kirigami
comes from the
Japanese word Kiru
meaning to cut & Some examples of Kirigami
kami" meaning
BRIEF HISTORY
ITS THOUGHT THAT KIRIGAMI WAS FIRST
USED IN JAPANESE TEMPLES AS A WAY TO
MAKE OFFERINGS TO THE GODS. BY THE
17TH
CENTURY, KIRIGAMI WAS WIDELY
RECOGNIZED
AS A TRUE ART FORM THROUGHOUT
ASIAN
CULTURE.
WEALTHJAPANESE & CHINESE PEOPLE
CREATED KIRIGAMI DESIGNS TO
PERFECTION REPRESENT :

GRACE

ELEGANCE

MANS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSE

Techniques
 VALLEY FOLD - IT REQUIRES YOU TO FOLD THE PAPER FORWARD,
USUALLY
SHOWN BY DASHED LINE.
OUNTAIN FOLD IT REQUIRES YOU TO FOLD THE PAPER BEHIND, IS SHOW
BY DASH DOT LINE.

VERSE - FOLD IS WHERE A TIP IS FOLDED SO THAT ENDS OF THE PAPER

BETWEEN DIFFERENT LAYERS, SO THAT TWO OR MORE LAYERS ARE FOLD
ALONG A SINGLE CREASE.

2 TYPES OF REVERSE- FOLD

INSIDE REVERSE FOLD IS SHOWN WITH A MOUNTAIN
FOLD LINE & A BROAD ARROW INDICATING TO PUSH

OUTSIDE REVERSE FOLD- IS SHOWN WITH A VALLEY FOLD LINE

& CLOSED ARROW(BLACK) & OPEN ARROW(WHITE)
SQUASH FOLD IT REQUIRES YOU TO PREFOLD BOTH SHEETS OF PAPER
ALONG THE VALLEY & MOUNTAINFOLD, & THEN OPEN THE MODEL
SWIVEL- FOLD IS A FOLDING TECHNIQUE WHICH MAKES AN
ASYMMETRIC SQUASH FOLD.
OPEN SINK FIRST RECREASE THE FOUR EDGES THAT MAKE A SQUARE
INTO MOUNTAIN FOLDS. THEN RECREASE THE 2 DIAGONAL LINES INTO
VALLEY-FOLDS, THEN SINK THE CREASED TIP.
ABBIT-EAR FOLD- STARTS WITH A REFERENCE CREASE DOWN A DIAGONA
OLD TWO RADICALS FROM OPPOSITE CORNERS ALONG THE SAME SIDE O
THE REFERENCE CREASE.
E TA L F O L D I T S TA R T S W I T H 2 C O N N E C T E D F L A P S , T H E 2
L A P S A R E AT TA C H E D T O E A C H O T H E R A L O N G A R E F E R E N C
CREASE.
ST FOLD INVOLVES TWISTING A SECTION OF THE PAPER WITH RESPEC
TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION
CRIMP FOLD - IT IS A FOLDING TECHNIQUE THAT REQUIRES
YOU TO CREATE A BACK- TO- BACK ZIG ZAG LINES, THAT
RESULTS THE FOLDED LINES TO BE PARALLEL TO ONE
ANOTHER
Valley - Fold M o u n t a i n Inside Reverse - Fold Outside
Fo l d Reverse - Fold

Squash Fold Open sink Fold

Swivel Fold
Rabbit Ear Fold
Petal Fold

Crimp Fold
Twist Fold
Thank you !