Kirigami

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is a variation of origami, the Japanese art of folding paper. In , the paper is cut as well as being folded, resulting in a three-dimensional design that stands away from the page. typically does not use glue.

Overview

In the United States, the term was coined by Florence Temko from Japanese , Template:Gloss, and , Template:Gloss, in the title of her 1962 book, , the Creative Art of Paper cutting. The book achieved enough success that the word was accepted as the Western name for the art of paper cutting.

Typically, starts with a folded base, which is then unfolded; cuts are then opened and flattened to make the finished design. Simple are usually symmetrical, such as snowflakes, pentagrams, or orchid blossoms. A difference between and the art of "full base", or 180-degree opening structures, is that is made out of a single piece of paper that has then been cut.

Notable artists

• Template:Ill (born 1924–), a renowned (Template:Gloss) artist known for his colourful , which have also been published as a book.
• Nahoko Kojima (born 1981–), a professional contemporary Japanese artist, who pioneered sculptural, three-dimensional .

See also

• History of origami
• Origamic architecture
• Paper cutting
• Paper model
• Fold-and-cut theorem

External links

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