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Chinese Paper Folding- Origami

Posted by Manuel Mandac on Wednesday, August 26, 2009,

Chinese paper folding

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The Gold sycee is conceptually Chinese. Folding techniques today are likely very different from Ancient China

Chinese Paper Folding or Zhezhi (Chinese: 中國摺紙; pinyin: zhé zhǐ) is the art of paper folding that originated in China. It is the predecessor of today's origami.


History

Paper was originally invented by Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty in China. In the 6th century, Buddhist m...


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Paper Model - Origami

Posted by Manuel Mandac on Wednesday, August 26, 2009,

Paper model

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Paper models, also called card models or papercraft, are models constructed mainly from sheets of heavy paper or card stock as a hobby. It may be considered a broad category that contains origami and card modelling, with origami being a paper model made from folding paper (without using glue), and card modelling as the making of scale models from sheets of card on which the parts were printed, usually in full colour, for one to cut o...


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Tyrannosaurus- Origami

Posted by Manuel Mandac on Wednesday, August 26, 2009,

Tyrannosaurus

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Tyrannosaurus
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous, 68.5–65.5 Ma

Tyrannosaurus rex skull, Palais de la Découverte, Paris.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
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Origami airplane launched from space

Posted by Manuel Mandac on Wednesday, August 26, 2009,

Origami airplane launched from space

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Japanese scientists and origami masters propose to launch a flotilla of paper planes from space. The launch is tentatively slated for 2009[1] from the International Space Station.[2] Around 30 planes[2] will make the descent, each gliding downward over what is expected to be the course of several months. If one of the planes survives to Earth, it will have made the longest flight ever by a paper plane, traversi...


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Modular Origami

Posted by Manuel Mandac on Wednesday, August 26, 2009,

Modular origami

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A stellated icosahedron made from custom papers

Modular origami, or unit origami, is a paperfolding technique which uses multiple sheets...


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Washi

Posted by Manuel Mandac on Wednesday, August 26, 2009,

Washi

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The Sugiharagami (杉原紙), a kind of Washi
Toy cranes made of Washi.

Washi or Wagami (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Washi is commonly made using fibers from the bark of the gampi tree, the mitsumata shrub (Edgeworthia papyrifera), or the paper mulberry, but also can be made using bamboo, hemp, rice, and wheat. Washi comes from wa meaning Japanese and shi meaning paper, ...


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Origami

Posted by Manuel Mandac on Wednesday, August 26, 2009,

Origami

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The traditional origami crane and papers of the same size used to fold it

Origami (折り紙 origami?) (from oru meaning "folding", and gami meaning "paper") is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. T...


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