About Useful Origami
Japan seems to have an extensive history of this art with even a poem on record from 1680 that describes paper butterflies in a dream, but there is also evidence of Spain, Germany, China and other areas having a long history of this art form as well. In the early years of paper, it was expensive, so this form of art wasn't really a hobby, but done more for formal functions. Today some artists will cast their creation in bronze for a permanent sculptural rendition of their artwork.
Origami not also a kind of craft, but it can be useful. You can fold some boxes as a pin container. For special occasion you could fold many of decoration origami, such as butterflies, flower, and cute bunnies. Besides being fun to make, many origami models can be useful. You can make organize stuff or wall decoration from origami.
You can use almost any paper, especially when you are first starting. Regular copy paper for some of the easier items, a heavier weight paper that is used when wet folding is involved, foil backed paper for some of the more involved designs or special origami paper that comes in various sizes and beautiful colors. Even you can use almost any type of paper, origami paper is usually the best because it is thinner than most paper but strong, and holds a crease very well.
Uses for origami include:
Boxes
Package decorations
Cups to drink from or hold things
Party decorations
Organizers for paper clips, rubber bands etc.
If we focus on making “useful origami”, aren’t we emphasizing only the end result and not considering as equally important the happiness that the process of folding brings us? Isn’t origami useful in the same way is useful an invitation to love, to play, to have joy, to discover, to learn, to have a light heart and to make people happy?
If you would like to find an inexpensive craft that you could do, try origami. All you have to do is search on this app for origami you will be able to find a lot of simple designs. This app provides many ideas of Useful Origami. You can search all day and night here as an easiest way of discover experience.
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