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MODERN ORIGAMI
IAN KOSS - MARCH 26, 2015, EVANS LIBRARY
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What is origami?
Origami
The ancient Japanese
Art of Paper Folding
NOT EXACTLY.
TIMELINE
I. TRADITIONAL ORIGAMI
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105 AD, CHINA 〉LET THERE BE PAPER!
BECAUSE PLAYING ROCK-SCISSORS IS DUMB
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6TH CENTURY 〉PAPER COMES TO JAPAN
VIA KOREA AND A BUDDHIST MONK, AS LEGEND TELLS
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751 AD, SAMARKAND 〉PAPER GOES WEST
NO LONGER A SECRET
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15TH - 17TH CENTURY 〉FOLDING IN EUROPE
FIRST PRINTED REFERENCE (DISPUTED), GERMAN GODPARENTS, AND FANCY NAPKINS
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18TH - 19TH CENTURY 〉FOLDING IN JAPAN
INSTRUCTIONS NOW AVAILABLE
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1782 〉FRIEDREICH FRÖBEL BORN IN GERMANY
GAVE KINDERGARTEN ITS GERMAN NAME
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1868 〉MEIJI RESTORATION
JAPAN WAKES UP, REALIZES THE TIME
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“This Winter, a lady of my
acquaintance taught me how to
make cockerels by folding paper
... so that when you pull their
tails they flap their wings. This
invention comes from Japan.”
1896, RUSSIA 〉TOLSTOY MAKES IT OFFICIAL
“WHAT IS ART?”
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TIMELINE
II. POPULAR ORIGAMI
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1911 〉AKIRA YOSHIZAWA BORN IN JAPAN
ORIGAMI MASTER AND DOOR-T0-DOOR CONDIMENT SALESMAN
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1945 〉GERSHON LEGMAN BREAKS HIS ANKLE
IRONIC, GIVEN HIS LAST NAME
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1965, UNITED KINGDOM 〉ROBERT HARBIN’S “PAPER MAGIC” IS PUBLISHED
SO BEGINS A PROLIFIC CAREER
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1970 〉THE RON RESCH PAPER AND STICK FILM
AVAILABLE IN ITS ENTIRETY ON VIMEO
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ORIGAMI TIMELINE
III. MODERN ORIGAMI
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1980-89 〉JOHN MONTROLL (US) / JUN MAEKAWA (JAPAN)
COLORING OUTSIDE THE LINES BUT REMAINING ON THE PAPER
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EARLY 1990S 〉THE BUG WARS
A LITTLE COMPETITION NEVER HURT ANYONE
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ROBERT J. LANG
NOT THE HOCKEY PLAYER
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THE INTERNET
MAKING IT HAPPEN EVERYWHERE AT ONCE
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ORIGAMI TODAY
HOW WE’RE FOLDING OUR PAPER
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WET FOLDING
IT EVENTUALLY DRIES
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MODULAR
MAKING SOMETHING BIG OUT OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF LITTLE
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TESSELLATIONS
TRY REPEATING YOURSELF
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CORRUGATIONS
BACK AND FORTH AND BACK
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COMPUTATIONAL
REAL PAPERS ABOUT HYPOTHETICAL PAPER
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EXPERIMENTAL
DO FOLDS HAVE TO BE STRAIGHT?
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THE FUTURE
WHAT DOES IT FOLD?
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Sources
David Lister, Old European Origami
Folders
Origami Resource Center, History of Origami
The Ron Resch Paper and Stick Film
Nick Robinson, Notes on the History of Origami
John Montroll
Koshiro Hatori, History of Origami
Robert J. Lang
John Smith, Notes on the History of Origami
Chris Palmer
David Lister, The History of Paperfolding: A
German Perspective
Joel Cooper
Origami Tanteidan, The History of Origami in
Japan
David Mitchell, A brief outline of origami design
history
Joseph Wu, Origami: A Brief History of the Ancient
Art of Paperfolding
Selections from G. Legman's The Limerick
Computer World, Computational Origami
Eric Gjerde
Erik Demaine
Photo Credits
1. Rhombicosadodecahedron
(Koss, photo by John Sluder)
19. Stegosaurus (Montroll), Rhinoceros (Montroll),
Peacock (Maekawa)
3. Traditional origami crane
21. Titan Beetle (Kato), Brown Widow (Lang),
Cyclommatus Metalifer (Kamiya)
5, 14, 20. Tsuki, Bird Nest (Yoshizawa),
Corrugation (Koss)
6. Ancient Paper Mill, Making Paper
7. Shakyamuni Triad Horyuji
8. Shah-i Zinda, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
9. Fancy Napkin Fold, Patenbrief, De Sphaera
10. Ranma Zushiki, Senbazuru Orikata
11. Friedrich Fröbel
12. Meiji Joukyou
13. Leo Tolstoy
15. Akira Yoshizawa
17. Robert Harbin, Downhill Skier
18. The Ron Resch Paper and Stick Film
22. Treemaker Software, Cuckoo Clock (Lang)
24. Mens et Manus (Chan), Mask (Cooper), Tiki Tower
(Koss, photo by John Sluder)
25. Cat (Quyet), Tribute to Eric Joisel, Cheval (Diaz)
26. Geodesic (Koss), Swan, Menger Sponge
27. Basket Weave (Gjerde), Moorish Stars (Gjerde), Mask
in progress (Cooper)
28. Wave 24 (Lang), Bridges (Severova/Russo), Trunk
(Terehov)
29. Erik Demaine, Origami Constructible Numbers
(Demaine), Miura Ori Metamaterials
30. Curved Folds (Albers/Tee)
31. USS Enterprise (Cahoonas)