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HOME | CONTACT | SITEMAP ORIGAMIS THE BUTTERFLIES Entomology Morphology Glossary Families Pinning GALLERIES Pictures GIFs ACTIVITIES Origami Cutouts Coloring pages Pearls TEXTS Quotes Stories Articles Poems SHOP CONNECTIONS Themes Friends GWA2007 Friendly directories BUTTERFLY FLIGHT - Access to Butterfly Origami Diagrams The paper butterfly, but folded this time; o) Origami , originating in Asia, is the technique of folding paper, without cutting or pasting, giving birth to figurative representations in 3 dimensions. Its name comes from the Japanese, ORU , which means to fold, and KAMI , the paper. One of the most famous origami representations is the Japanese crane (orizuru) - widely used in the Heroes and Prison Break series; o) A legend even says: "Anyone who folds a thousand paper cranes will have their wish granted ." Around the year 538, after the appearance of paper in China, origami was practiced only among monks in Japan, then became a traditional art practiced in all families. For a Japanese, origami is more than an art: it is a living culture. The Basics Origami uses a leaf, usually square in shape. There are basic techniques: From elementary folds, valley or mountain, a folding "solfège" lists the so-called basic figures (base of the bird, base of the water bomb, etc.). Origami can take very simple forms like a casserole or a paper plane, or very complicated like very elaborate animals or flowers, which take a lot of work. Origami can represent an animal, a plant or an object but can also represent simple or complex geometric shapes: these are the so-called “modular” origami or “rings”. They are usually made from the same basic bend repeated several times and interlock with each other to give the final shape. Next: Acquire the basics and folding techniques - page 1 Design © 2004 Hersandesign for kitgrafik Content © 2007: Papillon Web agency - Xavbox - Gnome - depolluting plants - Free poker - Scrapbooking - seotons Cultural opinions - Flowers - webmarketing job - free coloring - smoothie recipes - Wordpress template - Vegetable table