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2. Origami - Wikipedia

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   Origami (折り紙, Japanese pronunciation: [oɾiɡami] or [oɾiꜜɡami], from ori meaning "folding", and kami meaning "paper" (kami changes to gami due to rendaku)) is the Japanese art of paper folding. In modern usage, the word "origami" is often used as an inclusive term for all folding practices, regardless of their culture of origin.

3. John Montroll - Wikipedia

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   John Montroll. An origami Tyrannosaurus folded from Montroll's instructions. John Montroll is an American origami artist, author, teacher, and mathematician. He has written many books on origami, promoting the single-square, no-cut, no glue approach. Montroll taught mathematics at St. Anselm's Abbey School in Washington, D.C. from 1990 to 2021.

4. History of origami - Wikipedia

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   History of origami. The folding of two origami cranes linked together from the first known technical book on origami Hiden senbazuru orikata by Akisato Rito, published in Japan in 1798. The history of origami followed after the invention of paper and was a result of paper's use in society. In the detailed Japanese classification, origami is ...

5. Origami paper - Wikipedia

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   Origami paper and a traditional origami crane. Origami paper is the paper used for origami, the art of Japanese paper folding.The only real requirement of the folding medium is that it must be able to hold a crease, but should ideally also be thinner than regular paper for convenience when multiple folds over the same small paper area are required (e.g. such as would be the case if creating an ...

6. Yoshizawa–Randlett system - Wikipedia

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   Yoshizawa–Randlett system. The Yoshizawa–Randlett system is a diagramming system used to describe the folds of origami models. Many origami books begin with a description of basic origami techniques which are used to construct the models. There are also a number of standard bases which are commonly used as a first step in construction.

7. Category:Origami - Wikipedia

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   Category. : Origami. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Origami. This category is for origami, the Japanese art of paper folding. Other paper folding arts and mathematical aspects of paper folding are in Category:Paper folding.

8. Miura fold - Wikipedia

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   The Miura fold (ミウラ折り, Miura-ori) is a method of folding a flat surface such as a sheet of paper into a smaller area. The fold is named for its inventor, Japanese astrophysicist Kōryō Miura. [1] The crease patterns of the Miura fold form a tessellation of the surface by parallelograms. In one direction, the creases lie along ...

9. Orizuru - Wikipedia

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   Orizuru. A paper crane spinning in the wind. The orizuru (折鶴 ori- "folded," tsuru "crane"), origami crane or paper crane, is a design that is considered to be the most classic of all Japanese origami. [1][2] In Japanese culture, it is believed that its wings carry souls up to paradise, [2] and it is a representation of the Japanese red ...