Origami

Origami is a traditional Japanese art of paper folding. It uses many techniques and various objects can be created. The object is made of origami paper, which is specially made for folding and staying in shape. Many dictionaries and television shows suggest that origami is only paper cranes, waterbombs, and paper planes, but many new models and creatures have been made because of new folding techniques.^[1]

When Japanese people first folded origami, they used only one piece of paper.^[2] A different kind of origami called modular origami uses many small pieces that are the same, which are combined to form one large model. Also, many mathematical shapes can be made with origami.

1. ↑ Beech, Rick (2003). The Origami Handbook. Hermes House. ISBN 0681323205.
2. ↑ Weisstein, Eric. "Origami - from Wolfram MathWorld". Wolfram MathWorld. Wolfram Research, Inc. Retrieved 20 December 2009.