There is more to origami than these simple models would lead us to believe.
Origami comes from the Japanese words for folding, ori , and the Japanese word for paper, kami .
When combined, kami becomes gami and the word is origami. It shares the same origin but has taken two distinct avenues of development since its creation. Those two avenues of origami have merged together in the twentieth century. There is more to origami today than just paper-folding. Origami has a long history in the east and west and a sophistication which is more artistic than a mere craft.