The Japanese Tradition: Origami

[StevOz]

Amazing origami skills by 2 great masters of the art. :D


Who will win?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jqu4aNbdFp8

 

[Itchigo]

I think everyone did the "clacker" at school. (Flapping head).

 

[faralos]

when my mom first started with her girl scout troop
the first thing we taught the kids was origami followed by Kirigami
which is the Japanese art of paper cutting
by the way that swan he did takes up to an hour to make!
I do recall a swan that flapped its wings too if you pulled the paper apart a bit
I don't know if this is the same one as his though

 

[sleepy]

Long time ago as a kid I once made an origami snap dragon with extending "jaws" from instructions.
I wasn't too involved with origami, but the one thing that I made frequently was a mini-origami box that I would then use as a package to hold a PEZ candy or something.

I did play a lot with paper, non-origami. Things like rolling up a thin strip of paper torn from a notepad sheet or use a gum wrapper to act like a spring like a plunger, or making a newspaper Christmas tree.
Or a folded paper drinking cup.

And many, many paper airplanes.