Origami-An Introduction

Hello!
This blog is all about origami.
Origami is a Japanese Paper Folding Art.
'Ori' means Folding and 'Kami' (or) 'Gami' means Paper.
So, Origami literally means 'Folding Paper'.
It is said that the traditional paper folding art started in mid 17th century.
But due to many reasons it was popularized outside Japan only during mid 19th century.
In this blog you will find all about origami.
Hope you enjoy the paper folding!!!

Origami Cranes

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Longest jump by a Origami Frog

A origami paper frog Lisa Hodson, USA, reported that, under controlled conditions (a flat surface of paper over hard wood floor and no draft), a leap of 74.7 cm was achieved by a variation of the American Jumping Frog by Kennedy published in a FOCA annual . The frog was folded out of a 15 cm square of white photocopy paper with the grain of the paper from top to bottom at step 1 of folding (the length of folded frog was approximately 5.5 cm). Lisa did not record the date, but it was in April, 1994. Excluding this jump, this particular frog had a mean jump length of about 30 cm. Lisa scientifically demonstrated that for this particular frog model folded out of photocopy paper, the orientation of the paper grain does not significantly affect jump length.

Baby-Gami

Baby-Gami Book Cover In 2005, Chronicle Books published a book called Baby-Gami. If Origami means fold paper then does baby-gami mean fold baby? No, Baby-Gami is all about folding blankets around babies. Sort of like... sushi. This art form is actually called swaddling and is well known to mothers throughout the world. Young babies are wrapped up tight so they feel like they are still in the confines of the womb. Older babies are wrapped up in a sling so that they can be carried around. But, this book goes further - it has fashionable, stylish wraps.

Inside Reverse Fold

Inside Reverse fold is nothing but a reverse fold which is folded inside. To make a inside reverse fold:- 1. Make a Square and fold it into half as shown in the figure. 2. Fold the part of the model which is to be reverse folded back and forth as shown in the images pictured above. 3.Push the part which is to be reverse folded in as shown in the figures and strengthen the creases. 4. At the end we have a great INSIDE REVERSE FOLD!!!!

Origami - The Art of Paper Folding

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