Full Contact Origami

[scottsman]

A humorous look at the art and skill of Japanese paper folding (origami) for those with sharp minds and strong constitutions.
Please Visit http://www.guidespot.com and look for Full Contact Origami.
Some people are stuck in a cave somewhere and haven't heard about origami yet.
Origami (from ori meaning "folding", and kami meaning "paper") is the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. The goal of this art is to create a given result using geometric folds and crease patterns preferably without the use of gluing or cutting the paper medium. "Origami" nowadays refers to all types of paper folding, even those of non-Asian origin. Other cultures have developed their own versions of origami, including papiroflexia (spanish) and papierflieger (german).
Origami only uses a small number of different folds, but they can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate designs. In general, these designs begin with a square sheet of paper whose sides may be different colors. Contrary to most popular belief, traditional Japanese origami, has often been less strict about these conventions, sometimes cutting the paper during the creation of the design.
Kirigami is a variation of origami where the artist is allowed to make small cuts in the paper (from Japanese "kiru" = to cut, "kami" = paper). This enables the artist to enhance the visual presentation of the artwork, at the expense of simplicity.
Kirigami is usually made when certain folds are made in the paper to make a base, or the model without the cuts in it. Then, cuts are made in the base. When all the cuts are made, the base is opened out and flattened to make the finished kirigami. Usually symmetrical objects are made, such as snowflakes, pentagrams, or orchid blossoms.
Full Contact Origami: Origami has a dark underground section of existence, much like fight club, that sucks you in and never lets you go. This is for the committed people who like going to origami club meetings, have wierd origami dreams, and enjoy the difficult origami projects. Many people call this modular origami, which takes more than one piece of paper. It can be scary how into something some people can get, so, here is where you can find out about local club meetings: http://www.paperfolding.com/links/groups/.
Paper Supplies: When it comes to creating inspiring origami art, any piece of paper will do, but there is something to be said for having stock at hand. Here are a few locations to find origami quality paper. http://denverco.areaguides.net/ypcyellowpg/paper.html.
A thinner paper is usually a good paper for origami and includes invitation paper, notebook paper (main paper source during meetings or classes), commercial paper, grid, lined, or graph paper can help you learn complex folds faster, recycled paper, scrapbooking paper, tissue paper, velum paper, linen paper, writing paper, and even paper napkins.
The thicker papers can still be used, but makes folding a little more difficult. They include construction paper, handmade paper, parchment paper, and rice paper.
You can even use some paper supplies close at hand like magazines (a bit smelly), newspapers (a bit messy), phone books, and catalogs; just make sure they are yours or that you have permission. For local paper supplies, visit http://denverco.areaguides.net/ypcyello ... plies.html or for online paper supplies, visit http://www.origamicorner.com.
Bookstores have paper too. They also have books on how to do origami and where to find famous authors and artists including John Montroll, Joseph Wu, and Tammy Yee.
Simple and Playful Origami: This is origami with a purpose: make it through classes or a super important meeting. Includes paper airplanes, jumping frogs, catapults, dollar bill origami, kusudama (paper balls), and much much more. Children (and many adults) like doing origami, but may lack the motor skills and / or the patience for it. This is your world. Origami arts and crafts projects, art projects for the kids (or an origami crane garland for work), and craft ideas as a hobby or as a kid activity time. Go here to see some examples of simple and playful origami, http://www.origami-club.com/en/.
Origami on the go: One of the best things about origami is that it is one of the only hobbies you can do almost anywhere at any time. In your apartment, in your hotel room while on vacation, in the airplane, in a restaurant, while waiting for your car to get fixed, at a doctor's office, a dentists office, and pretty much any kind of waiting room. WARNING: If you practice origami in public, it may initiate conversation. MORE WARNING: The times it is not suggested to practice origami is while driving, having your teeth drilled, or if your wife, boss, or teacher is talking to you.
Many origamists have experienced persecution when out and about on the town. A simple dinner can turn into an uncomfortable debate when making a crane out of the napkin holders. Origami-friendly restaurants are hard to come by and have been painfully researched for your benefit. Enjoy! http://denverco.areaguides.net/ypcyello ... rants.html.

[origami_8]

???
We all know what Origami is, that's an Origami Forum.
And a little correction, the German word "Papierflieger" means "paper plane" in English. The word Origami is in German as often used as in English, what you probably meant was "Papierfalten" what means "paper folding" and is if you take it serious exactly the same like Origami just in another language.

[scottsman]

The incorrect sentence structure containing papierflieger has been repaired. Thanks for the input.

[TheRealChris]

"Papierfalten" what means "paper folding"

wait wait wait...
"Papierfalten" means "paper creases"
"Papier falten" means "folding paper"
[img]http://freenet-homepage.de/origamichris ... _quiet.gif[/img]

[origami_8]

It depends on the article.
"das" Papierfalten = paper folding
"die" Papierfalten = paper creases

[scottsman]

The humorousness of the pictures and the origami video clip were lost in translating the page to an article. I have been known to talk to someone over the phone to teach them how to make a crane. However, there are some things you just have to see for yourself.