TAP Program Notes 2001: Origami THE JAPANESE ART OF paperfolding with Yoshiki Hirabayashi. will make paper hats from butcher paper and decorative items has been interested in origami for many http://www.calacademy.org/research/anthropology/tap/archive/2001/2001-08--origam
Extractions: with Yoshiki Hirabayashi Mr. Yoshiki Hirabayashi, an expert in origami , the traditional art of creating decorative objects out of paper, will demonstrate his artistry in a special two-hour demonstration. In addition to fashioning birds, animals, flowers and the like from the colorful paper squares specifically designed for origami, Mr. Hirabayashi will make paper hats from butcher paper and decorative items from dollar bills (bring your own!). Program Date : August 11, 2001 Photographs : Jennifer Michael back to 2001 listings index to online archive TAP calendar TAP home ABOUT THE ARTIST Yoshiki Hirabayashi was born in 1922 in Mayfield, California (now part of Palo Alto). He lived in Japan in his early childhood but was returned to the United States in his teen years. Mr. Hirabayashi has been interested in origami for many years. He has long been actively involved in the teaching and demonstrating of this art in schools, churches, Girl Scout and Boy Scout meetings, senior citizen clubs, and Japanese festival and culture shows in the Bay Area. Mr. Hirabayashi is a charter and life member of the West Valley Japanese American Citizens League.
Origami In Person pieces of paper become art, right before their eyes! About Andrew Anselmo, origami Artist. I have been folding, teaching, and giving away origami for over ten http://world.std.com/~anselmo/origami_in_person/
Extractions: Origami is the art of folding paper. Traditionally, this paper is square, with color only on one side; however, modern origami encompasses non-square paper, multiple pieces of paper, and even paper money. It is a classic, elegant art form that embraces simplicity (yet the models can be complex!) and beauty. It was developed by the Japanese hundreds of years ago, and has been taken up by many around the world. By performing origami in public, people can see simple square pieces of paper become art, right before their eyes! I have been folding, teaching, and giving away origami for over ten years. I have come up with many original pieces, and am most proud of my "Candy Wrapper Dragon," created explicitly for the independent movie of the same name. I am a member of OrigamiUSA, the largest origami organization in the United States, and have taught at the yearly OrigamiUSA convention in New York, at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education, and at the Arlington Center for the Arts. Most recently, I have begun folding in public in Harvard Square, by invitation at Waterfire in Providence, RI, and at the New Bedford, MA WHALE Christmas festival. I can fold a wide variety of quick, fun, and interesting pieces; some of them include: various flapping birds, jumping frogs, butterflies, snakes, airplanes, bears, flowers, boats, flowers, fish, strawberries, kangaroos, and grasshoppers; I also can fold with US dollar bill. The installation
Polyhedra And Paper Folding Faulkner, J. Earl, ``paper folding as a Technique in Class of Transformations, Mathematics Teacher 68, May and the Geometry of origami, Mathematics Magazine http://www.stolaf.edu/people/cederj/Courses.dir/Geo.dir/bib-356/node4.html
Extractions: Next: Transformation Geometry Up: Index of Topics Previous: Impossible Geometric Constructions Ball, Walter, Mathematical Recreations and Essays Baer, Steve, Zome Primer: elements of zonohedra geometry: two and three dimensional growths of stars with five fold symmetry QA491.B28 (oversize) Faulkner, J. Earl, ``Paper Folding as a Technique in Visualizing a Certain Class of Transformations,'' Mathematics Teacher 68, May `75, 376-77. Geretschlager, Robert, ``Euclidean Constructions and the Geometry of Origami,'' Mathematics Magazine , Dec '95 Hanson, Robert M.; Molecular Origami: Precision Scale Models from Paper, University Science Books, Sausalito, CA 1995. Hilton and Pederson, Approximating Any Regular Polygon by Folding Paper , Mathematics Magazine, May '83 Johnson, Donovan, Paper Folding for the Mathematics Class Miyazaki, Klji, An Adventure in Multidimensional Space: the art and geometry of polygons, polyhedra, and polytopes Olson, Alton, Mathematics Through Paper Folding , NCTM 1975.
Teaching Tips are not precise enough to be part of origami vocabulary fold use its name, the place where the fold begins and 6. Use a large piece of paper to demonstrate the http://www.origami-usa.org/teaching_tips.htm
Extractions: THE CLASS ... VOCABULARY I. INTRODUCTION Our organization has grown in numbers and enthusiasm. When we meet, everyone is excited about learning origami. As our membership increases so does our need for teachers. This booklet has been prepared to encourage members to share through teaching. We have brought together the ideas of several experienced teachers. Their techniques, phrases, and simple tips may be helpful to our members during an origami class in their homes or at the Convention. It is our aim to build confidence in teachers, thus helping them enjoy their teaching experience. The booklet is divided into four sections. The first section highlights the goal of teaching origami. The next two sections are the collection of tips for the preparation before and during class. The last section is a list of words commonly used in origami. This origami vocabulary is offered to encourage the membership to use these terms while teaching. Many teachers agree that it is helpful when students can perform the series of folds needed to construct a base when the base is simply named. II. THE
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Chinese Paper Arts printing onto the tissue paper, or assemble them from a mosaic of colored bits of paper. Folded models by Carol Stevens of the West Coast origami Guild. http://www.wgn.net/~nienhuis/chinese.html
Extractions: China, where paper was invented in the 1st century AD, (Han Dynasty) has a long history of paper arts and crafts. These include paper objects used for decoration as well as items used for ceremonial purposes. Frequently, these would be made from paper money, either real or the ceremonial "hell money". These arts are very similar to the Japanese art of origami. This page consists of two parts. The first part focuses on Chinese money folds and other figures made from traditional modular units. A second part focuses on Chinese paper cutting, especially the intricate cutting of the brilliantly colored figures in the Wei Xian county style.The third button takes you to some examples of modern money folds as practiced in the West, and links to other paper art resources. PAPER FOLDING WEI XIAN This is a traditional boat made from over one thousand modular units and measures about 18 inches in length. It was constructed by Carol Stevens, a Southern California teacher of Origami and other crafts. Carol learned this model from the Taiwanese grandmother of one of her students. Note that the bills used are not the gold or green .01 and .02 Yuan bills from the mainland, but are miniature replicas of U.S. dollars. The symbolic message remains the same however. It would perhaps be given to a person starting a new business to say, "May your golden ship come in!." It might also be presented as a Chinese New Year gift with a similar wish for prosperity in the new year.
Oriland Learning Center: Lectures About Origami The people, who fold paper, have also other The modern authors of origami are not mathematics, linguists, psychologists, doctors, teachers, professors, students http://www.oriland.com/learning/lecture_asp.asp?category=lectures&model=06&name=
Activity Subject: surface. Teacher uses a 6 or 8 inch square of paper (recycled, waxed, or origami) to demonstrate each fold of the Sonobe Unit. The http://www.scopeonarope.lsu.edu/classroom/lessonplans/ORIGAMI/georigami.html
Extractions: Grade Level Author's Name: Linda S. Bonnette Activity Subject: Geometry LA State Standards: G-4-E, G-6-E, G-2-M, G-4-M and Art: CE-1VA-E6, CE-1VA-M6 Summary of Exercise: Students will construct a three dimensional geometrical model known as the Sonobe Unit. Students will follow along while the teacher demonstrates using SOAR Set-Up 3 (1X Stand and View). This construction will promote geometric concepts and communication in verbal, visual, tactile, and written formats. The students will use their math journals to write a description of the Sonobe Unit and illustrate each fold. Students may then construct more elaborate units and/or teach another student or class how to fold the Sonobe Unit. Materials: SOAR , TV, VCR, videotape, recycled telephone book paper, gift wrap paper, or old magazines cut into 6 or 8 inch squares (6 sheets per student) to practice before using good origami paper, popsicle sticks (to "crisply crease" each fold), Origami paper (various colors), and waxed paper Procedure: Setup the SOAR with the 1X lens using the stand on a flat surface. Teacher uses a 6 or 8 inch square of paper (recycled, waxed, or origami) to demonstrate each fold of the Sonobe Unit. The "Alphabet" of origami should be demonstrated before students start work on the Sonobe Unit. The teacher should be asking questions regarding geometric terms revealed with each fold of the paper. These may include terms such as: parallel, perpendicular, congruent, right angle, triangle, square, rectangle, etc.
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Extractions: Origami Resources The art of origami is truly hands-on learning. As students use their fine motor skills to fold and crease paper into fun shapes and structures, they build skills involving spatial reasoning, following precise directions in sequence, fractions, geometry, and more. Best of all, the results-fantastic frogs, dragonflies, birds-are works of art! Your students can try out their own origami creations with the Whale Reproducible and Frog Reproducible , below. Here are some tips on teaching with origami:
K's Origami : Origami Tips Although you should fold neatly, you must give appropriate play. origami is collaboration of you and paper. Be friends with paper, and paper will hear you. http://www.jade.dti.ne.jp/~hatori/library/tipse.html
Extractions: Use thin and crisp paper. Origami paper (sometimes called kami) or photocopy paper will work. Don't use expensive paper at first. Read the book from beginning. You must be familiar with the symbols and basic folds. Learn before folding. Look at the diagrams carefully. Make sure you follow the sequence exactly as numbered. When lost, compare the diagram with the next one, and guess how to make it as described in the next diagram. If you can't figure out, begin again from the first step. Fold neatly. Make sure the corners and/or edges meet each other accurately and precisely. Don't make haste. Fold firmly. Fold on a solid surface and press on the creases with your fingers. Some folders use tools such as a folding-bone. Practice and practice each model. No one can fold it well at the first time. You can take a break when you feel tired or frustrated. Leave it until tomorrow. Enjoy origami! Wash your hands before you fold. It's important if you want to make a beautiful model. Imagine how your model will look like, and choose suitable paper. Choose paper according to the model; or choose a model according to the paper.
Joseph Wu Origami Therapists and teachers use origami as a tool to help their patients recover from illness or to help their students learn. Many people fold paper simply http://www.origami.as/Info/intro.php
Extractions: home articles Origami , the Japanese name for the art of paper folding, comes from the Japanese verb oru (to fold) and the noun kami (paper). The word "origami" is now commonly used around the world. A finished origami figure is called a model , the method for folding a model is called a design , and drawn instructions for a model is called a set of diagrams . An origami artist is usually called a paperfolder The only requirement for origami is a piece of paper, making it one of the most accessible arts. Almost any paper may be used, but standard "origami paper" is thin, strong, and holds a crease very well. It is also usually white on one side and colored on the other side, and is cut into 15 cm squares (about 6 inches). Some origami artists also experiment with other materials, and have folded models out of cardboard, various types of cloth, wire mesh, sheet metal, and even sheets of pasta. The basic technique of origami is folding, and many complex folds have been developed. The simplest fold is the valley fold , where a flat piece of paper is folded towards the paperfolder. When this fold is unfolded, the crease line forms a valley shape. Closely related is the
North Texas Institute For Educators On The Visual Arts Sadako and the Thousand paper Cranes. of the atomic bomb, and whose classmates folded a thousand References for Teachers Joseph Wu s origami Page Kenneway, Eric http://www.art.unt.edu/ntieva/artcurr/asian/origami.htm
Extractions: Origami, the art of paper folding, is traditionally associated with Japanese culture. It originated, however, in first century A.D. China with the invention of paper. The forerunner of modern day origami served practical purposes for the Chinese, who made useful commodities such as vases, bowls, and boxes from folded paper. Almost 500 years after paper was invented, Buddhist monks brought the secret to Japan. The Japanese quickly integrated paper into everyday life, first using it in architecture and for ceremonial functions. With foundations in such formal usage, origami slowly evolved to become what we recognize today as Japanese paper folding. Passed from generation to generation by oral tradition between mothers and daughters, designs remained simple until about 1797 when the first written instructions for paper folding designs were published. It is interesting to note that prior to 1880 Japanese paper folding was known as orikata (folding exercises), but as designs changed to become more playful and complex, the name became origami (to fold paper). As origami entered the realm of creativity, as opposed to its original ideal of repetition of set designs, two men (Akira Yoshizawa and Sam Randlett) developed a system of lines and arrows that simplify written instructions. This system has been adopted worldwide and has opened the doors of paper folding to an unlimited audience. Generally starting with simple designs, origami books with Yoshizawa and Randlett's method systematically lead paperfolders from the novice stage to expert.
The Origami Page 13 simple lessons, each one introducing a new type of fold. 30 cm (or A3 sized European paper) should make figure in the BOS and specialises in simple origami. http://www.fishgoth.com/origami/teachers.html
Extractions: I get several e-mails from teachers, and also pack leaders, play supervisors and others who work with children asking for information about origami, and whether they can use information from this website in their lessons. I have constructed this page to try and make life a little easier them. This links the main sections of this website that may be useful in lessons. Please feel free to use any of the information here in lessons. My only request is that if text, diagrams or photos from this website are used, then please let the class know the website address. The site has been designed for a family audience and should be suitable for children of all ages. I also ask that you e-mail me and let me know how the lesson went, and whether the information provided was of any use! To visit the links below, click on the title highlighted in black. If you wish to keep this page on screen to help you navigate, use the right mouse button to click and choose 'open in new window' from the menu. This section provides a short essay on the history of paper folding and its popularity in modern times. It also provides a link to more detailed websites.
Origami Paper Background By a sequence of folds, a flat piece of paper is turned into by Lillian Oppenheimer, Alice Gray, and Michael Shall who over time established origami USA. http://rachel.ns.purchase.edu/~Jeanine/origami/oriback.htm
Extractions: Origami is the art of paper folding. By a sequence of folds, a flat piece of paper is turned into a stylized animal, flower, box, or other recognizable object, generally 3-dimensional and often with moving parts or serving a utilitarian purpose. The final object is called a 'model'. Origami is associated with Japan, but it is practiced all over the world. The classical models include the water bomb, crane, and flapping bird. In recent times unit or modular origami, in which geometric constructions are built up from so-called modules, has become popular. Origami is both a craft and an art. Origami as practiced in the United States and elsewhere, has developed a certain culture, largely influenced by Lillian Oppenheimer, Alice Gray, and Michael Shall who over time established Origami USA . In this culture, everyone is potentially a teacher as well as a student; a high value is placed on sharing. Similarly, care is taken to giving credit to creators, people who add variations to models, teachers, collectors, and people who write down directions and diagrams. It is to be noted that the recommended practice in origami circles goes beyond the letter of the law concerning intellectual property. Certain attributes of the nature of origami and this culture provide the potential for its use in teaching (and doing) mathematics. Creating an origami model involves following a procedure.
Origami 4 You By Emmajg was the Senbazuru Orikata (How to Fold One Thousand The paper Museum in Kochiken, Japan, has loads Claudia Valentini has a site on teaching origami in schools http://www.origami4you.co.uk/info.html
The Screen Should Just Be The Beginning to class equipped with squares of colored paper and a few schematic diagrams for common origami figures. Many things can be folded from paper beyond what http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/seminar/origami.html
Extractions: I have always had a love-hate relationship with electronic technology. Sometimes I look around the computer lab and say to myself, "Look at this! How sick!" There we are, all of us under fluorescent lights, fingers a-clicking, each pair of eyes individually glued to it's special TV. I am among the worst. Sometime's after drawing a lot of pictures (of knots , for instance) I notice that my eyes feel like blazing sandpaper. I have been so intent on following the lines that I draw, bend, and move that I realize that I haven't been blinking! Like I said. How sick! No matter how snazzy the technology, how keen the materials, or how swell the content, educational software that merely glues kids to screens isn't all that great! It is much better if the technology is a source of ideas, puzzles or problems that stick with the user, so they can be taken away from the screen, and remain alive after the machine is clicked off. This isn't all that easy to do, and I'm not bragging that MegaMath does this to an outstanding degree. But we try.
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Extractions: FOL-D consists of a group of talented enthusiastic people all learning and teaching the Japanese art of origami. We are also affiliated with the national origami group, OrigamiUSA. FOL-D meets once a month at the Aurora Public Library's main branch. The library is located at 14949 E. Alemeda Avenue. It is just east of Aurora Mall on Alameda Ave. We meet from 3 to 5 pm in the activities room which is located in the library's Children's Department. We welcome foders of all abilities. The following dates are for the meetings for the remainder of the year 2000: July 9, August 13, September 10, October 8, November 12 and December 10. In addition, we will be teaching origami at the upcoming Denver Zoo's Festival of Animals. The Festival is being held at the zoo on July 22nd, from 9 am to 4 pm. We will be located in Norgren Hall in the Gates Center. For more information call the zoo, or check out their web site. What is Origami? Origami is the art of folding paper. The word itself comes fro two Japanese words: "ori" - to fold and "kami" - paper. Many scholars believe that origami was first invented in China since the Chinese invented paper long before anyone else. However, the Japanese made paper less expensive and it was in Japan that the art form really took root and began to grow. Now people from all over the world fold every day!
Tribune Review Article Families can learn to fold a paper house, church or The origami Club of Pittsburgh meets the third Saturday of each month at the Squirrel Hill Branch of the http://www.phlf.org/phlfnews/mediaclips/1998/980802tr.html
Extractions: FOR THE TRIBUNE-REVIEW Sue Neff folds together her interest in paper crafts, history and architecture and comes up with origami architecture. Using techniques from the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, Neff makes two- and three-dimensional houses, churches and office buildings. Some may be re-creations of local landmarks or private homes. Others are buildings constructed purely from paper and imagination. Do it yourself The Origami Club of Pittsburgh meets the third Saturday of each month at the Squirrel Hill Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Children's sessions will be held noon-1:30 p.m., adult sessions from 1:30-3 p.m. For more information or a schedu1e, contact the children's desk at the library, (412) 422-9841. Neff's interest in paper crafts dates back many years. "I was an elementary art teacher in Beaver County. Being an art teacher, I got involved in all kinds of paper crafts," she said. "Each year I would work with my students to help them make about 600 pop-up books. "I attended an origami convention in New York in 1988. I was so excited about what I learned that I wanted to start an origami club in Pittsburgh. We started (the Origami Club of Pittsburgh) with three people and now have over 30. We even have a subchapter of college students that meets at Carnegie Mellon University."
