How to Make Paper Things? Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper into representative, i.e., not abstract, shapes. In Japanese, origami is a compound word, made up of the words for “to fold” and “paper.” Typical shapes include birds - particularly cranes, other animals, boats, and boxes. The art involves elaborate patterns of folding and has ceremonial and recreational styles. More recently, cutting has been combined with folding in the creation of origami figures. Kirigami is the Japanese word for paper cutting.

How to Make Paper Things? Origami is created with many kinds of origami paper. Some is a solid color, and this includes washi, tissue paper, and double-sided papers. One-sided foil papers – in solid colors and embossed – are also used. Bokashi paper, with graduated color, is made in many styles and patters, some having multiple shading iterations and moving from corner to corner, center to edge, or in other designs.

How to Make Paper Things? Another origami paper is Chiyogami or Yuzen, silk-screened washi that is also used for other decorative arts such as making kimonos for paper dolls. It derives from woodblock prints and was introduced toward the end of the 18th century. The patterns are usually printed on kozo paper, and the weight is about 70 grams per square meter (gsm). Chiyogami is a compound word meaning “thousand generation” and “paper.”