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All You Need to Know About Origami Art

Harshada Kekare
Origami Art has attracted many people to the idea of learning how to fold paper and form beautiful figures. Let's see how much you know of Origami with this quiz!
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Origami was initially known as Orikata (folded shapes). Later this art became known as Origami. "Origami" comes from Japanese background.
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Origami comes from Japanese words oru (to fold) and kami (paper). The reason these terms were chosen is because they were the easiest for school children to learn to write.
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Folded paper gift wrappers in Origami are called Tsutsumi. They were used to symbolize sincerity and purity.
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The first book about origami was Sembazuru Orikata, written by Akisato Rito and published in 1797, which explains the cultural customs for Origami Art.
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A Japanese traditional story says that if a person folds 1000 paper cranes, he will be granted one special wish. Paper crane is a design considered to be the most classic of all Japanese origami.
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Akira Yoshizawa is known as "grandmaster of origami". Akira first learned origami as a child. He also published Atarashi Origami Geijutsu in 1954.
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In Spain, Origami practice is called papiroflexia or pajarita. Paper folding became popular in Europe too even though origami is typically associated with Japan.
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Wet folding was invented by Akira Yoshizawa in which the paper contains a water-soluble glue and later is dampened slightly before folding.
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Jeannine Mosley is one of the famous Origami artists, who turned to unconventional materials for her origami business cards.
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Origami, like other art forms, has many styles which commonly includes - Realistic, Minimal, Modular, Composite, Practical, Crumpled and Pureland.
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