Description

Learn origami the art of paper folding in avery simple and easy way. In Origami Paper Plane lots of simple anduseful origami models to fold.

Origami Paper Plane features:
Simple and easy way to fold paper
App is free and is ads supported

What is Origami?
Origami (折り紙?, from ori meaning "folding", and kami meaning "paper"(kami changes to gami due to rendaku)) is the art of paper folding,which is often associated with Japanese culture. In modern usage,the word "origami" is used as an inclusive term for all foldingpractices, regardless of their culture of origin. The goal is totransform a flat sheet square of paper into a finished sculpturethrough folding and sculpting techniques. Modern origamipractitioners generally discourage the use of cuts, glue, ormarkings on the paper. Origami folders often use the Japanese wordkirigami to refer to designs which use cuts, although cutting ismore characteristic of Chinese paper crafts.
The small number of basic origami folds can be combined in avariety of ways to make intricate designs. The best-known origamimodel is the Japanese paper crane. In general, these designs beginwith a square sheet of paper whose sides may be of differentcolors, prints, or patterns. Traditional Japanese origami, whichhas been practiced since the Edo period (1603–1867), has often beenless strict about these conventions, sometimes cutting the paper orusing non square shapes to start with. The principles of origamiare also used in stents, packaging and other engineeringapplications.
In Japan, the earliest unambiguous reference to a paper model is ina short poem by Ihara Saikaku in 1680 which mentions a traditionalbutterfly design used during Shinto weddings. Folding filled someceremonial functions in Edo period Japanese culture; noshi wereattached to gifts, much like greeting cards are used today. Thisdeveloped into a form of entertainment; the first two instructionalbooks published in Japan are clearly recreational.
In China, traditional funerals often include the burning of foldedpaper, most often representations of gold nuggets (yuanbao). Thepractice of burning paper representations instead of full-scalewood or clay replicas dates from the Sung Dynasty (905–1125 CE),though it's not clear how much folding was involved. TraditionalChinese funeral practices were banned during the CulturalRevolution, so most of what we know about Chinese paper foldingcomes from the modern-day continuation of these practices inTaiwan.
In Europe, there was a well-developed genre of napkin-folding,which flourished during the 17th and 18th centuries. After thisperiod, this genre declined and was mostly forgotten; historianJoan Sallas attributes this to the introduction of porcelain, whichreplaced complex napkin folds as a dinner-table status symbol amongnobility.

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