Origami, whether Japanese or not, of Japanese origin, is the art of folding paper. Indeed, the word itself, Japanese, it follows from Oru meaning “bow” and Kami, in the sense of “paper”.

Although the use of a few different wrinkles, whether with each other in a variety of possibilities, these folds are able to create complex structures. With a square of paper of different colors, modern-day Origami revenue without cutting - a technique that is not strictly observed in the traditional Japanese origami. Indeed, during the Edo period Cut the paper when preparing the project has helped with the use of paper in different forms.

The beautiful shape to this fascinating art lies in the fact that the barriers of language and economics. Everything you need to Origami paper, and in these modern times, paper, there is a great richness and variety of colors, shapes and sizes. Without forgetting the silence, you can fold and the art of creating origami paper with different surfaces and thickness as the model is created. Film, photocopying, paper Japanese, even thick paper can be used until it is a foldable and style desired can be achieved.

Initially, that nothing so far more time for children was in 1960, the author of the Origami fruitful Akira Yoshizawa books inspired by the Renaissance, today, with its art form-bending Wet-Tech - a technique in which the paper at the convolution steamed so that the finished product to keep fit better - and its development Yoshizawa-Randlett system diagrams.

A Origami design can be as simple as a boat or a hat or a more complex as a dinosaur or the Eiffel Tower. However, the most famous of Japanese origami, the design of the crane. According to Japanese legend, someone, a thousand paper cranes folded, ropes and together they have depends on its deepest dreams. This chain of paper cranes folded is known as senbazuru. A senbazuru, one can block monuments of the Hiroshima Peace Park in honor of a young Japanese girl, Sadako Sasaki, began first folding paper cranes again leukemia, but finally, upon request, world peace and healing for victims of the World.

So far, Origami remains one of the products is an integral part of daily life and finds himself in a variety of forms - interior decorations accessories to fashion. In addition, boxes of paper and packaging attractive are inspired by origami.

How can fold a crane

Origami design the most frequent is the crane. Find out how a simple crane folded the following basic steps. This is the easiest way to do so. If you use this method can be controlled on the creation of complex products. Remember that work on a hard surface to try and scrap on paper, before the specially made origami paper.
• Step 1: Lift the lower part of the square head a piece of paper most at point. Crease and flourish. Repeat for the left and right.
• Step 2: Put yourself on paper (an edge, you must face) and flip the left side, right side. Crease and flourish. Repeat for the upper and lower edges. Turn the paper so that each point is in front of you.
• Step 3: Place your hands on the left and right points and she slid down and fill the bottom. Flatten. This step will be a double diamond piece of paper.
• Step 4: wrinkles on the lower right of the top layer of paper toward the center, so it is on the vertical line in the middle fold. Crease and repeat for the bottom left. Turn the paper over and repeat this for the other side.
• STEP 5: Fold the triangle at the top of the document. Crease and flourish. Turn your papers on you and repeat. Unroll the doors to Step 4
• Step 6: Align the open end of the diamond is formed. Place the bottom up (the top layer only) towards the summit. The points left and right are from inside and fold the paper back along the fold, to step 5 Flatten the paper.
• STEP 7: Put your paper over and repeat step 6 You have two triangles on both sides of paper to reach their foundations. The two valves is less than the crane’s neck and tail at the beginning of hatches, the wings.
• Step 8: Repeat Step 4 for more Rhombenform, you now have before you. That narrowed the crane’s neck and tail.
• Step 9: Fold the traps bottom as far as possible, so that their points of view up. Knittert. Put yourself fold the paper and on one of the points below to the top of the crane.
• Step 10: Drag the hatches up (wings) Down and Out, so that the centre of the document (the back of the crane) is rounded instead of pointed.