I have to admit, Origami is perhaps one of my greatest passions. The limitation of the means you have to treat a paper is rather exciting and fascinates me the most. The pieces that are produced from this technique are simply extraordinary. So today's post is a tribute to the Art of Origami and Akira Yoshiwaza, who was considered the grandmaster of Origami.
Origami comes from from ori, meaning "folding", and kami meaning "paper" (kami changes to gami) is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, which started in the 17th century AD the latest.
Origami was popularized outside of Japan the mid 1900s. It has since evolved into a modern art form. The goal is to to transform a flat sheet of material into a finished sculpture, through folding and sculpting techniques.
The number of the basic origami folds is small, but they can be combined in a varietyof ways to makeintricate designs. The best known origami model, is propably the Japanese paper crane.
* All the information were taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origami
