Origami

MODERN ORIGAMI IAN KOSS - MARCH 26, 2015, EVANS LIBRARY 1

What is origami?

Origami

The ancient Japanese
 Art of Paper Folding

NOT EXACTLY.

TIMELINE I. TRADITIONAL ORIGAMI 5

105 AD, CHINA 〉LET THERE BE PAPER! BECAUSE PLAYING ROCK-SCISSORS IS DUMB 6

6TH CENTURY 〉PAPER COMES TO JAPAN VIA KOREA AND A BUDDHIST MONK, AS LEGEND TELLS 7

751 AD, SAMARKAND 〉PAPER GOES WEST NO LONGER A SECRET 8

15TH - 17TH CENTURY 〉FOLDING IN EUROPE FIRST PRINTED REFERENCE (DISPUTED), GERMAN GODPARENTS, AND FANCY NAPKINS 9

18TH - 19TH CENTURY 〉FOLDING IN JAPAN INSTRUCTIONS NOW AVAILABLE 10

1782 〉FRIEDREICH FRÖBEL BORN IN GERMANY GAVE KINDERGARTEN ITS GERMAN NAME 11

1868 〉MEIJI RESTORATION JAPAN WAKES UP, REALIZES THE TIME 12

“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?” 13

TIMELINE II. POPULAR ORIGAMI 14

1911 〉AKIRA YOSHIZAWA BORN IN JAPAN ORIGAMI MASTER AND DOOR-T0-DOOR CONDIMENT SALESMAN 15

1945 〉GERSHON LEGMAN BREAKS HIS ANKLE IRONIC, GIVEN HIS LAST NAME 16

1965, UNITED KINGDOM 〉ROBERT HARBIN’S “PAPER MAGIC” IS PUBLISHED SO BEGINS A PROLIFIC CAREER 17

1970 〉THE RON RESCH PAPER AND STICK FILM AVAILABLE IN ITS ENTIRETY ON VIMEO 18

ORIGAMI TIMELINE III. MODERN ORIGAMI 19

1980-89 〉JOHN MONTROLL (US) / JUN MAEKAWA (JAPAN) COLORING OUTSIDE THE LINES BUT REMAINING ON THE PAPER 20

EARLY 1990S 〉THE BUG WARS A LITTLE COMPETITION NEVER HURT ANYONE 21

ROBERT J. LANG NOT THE HOCKEY PLAYER 22

THE INTERNET MAKING IT HAPPEN EVERYWHERE AT ONCE 23

ORIGAMI TODAY HOW WE’RE FOLDING OUR PAPER 24

WET FOLDING IT EVENTUALLY DRIES 25

MODULAR MAKING SOMETHING BIG OUT OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF LITTLE 26

TESSELLATIONS TRY REPEATING YOURSELF 27

CORRUGATIONS BACK AND FORTH AND BACK 28

COMPUTATIONAL REAL PAPERS ABOUT HYPOTHETICAL PAPER 29

EXPERIMENTAL DO FOLDS HAVE TO BE STRAIGHT? 30

THE FUTURE WHAT DOES IT FOLD? 31

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)