THE TAO OF ORIGAMI

1
THE TAO OF ORIGAMI

• A Personal Odyssey

THE TAO OF ORIGAMI -- A Personal Odyssey
2
DEFINITION AND PERCEPTIONS

• Art of Paper Folding (In Japanese, orito fold,
  gamipaper)
• Kids Art
• Art of Suggestion
• Mathematicians/Physicists Art
• Philosophers Art
• Search for Beauty and Truth

THE TAO OF ORIGAMI -- A Personal Odyssey
3
CLASSIFICATION OF FORMS

THE TAO OF ORIGAMI -- A Personal Odyssey
4
THE EVOLUTION OF ORIGAMI
THE TAO OF ORIGAMI -- A Personal Odyssey
5
THE REVERSE FOLD

• The fundamental fold in traditional flat
  folding origami.

THE TAO OF ORIGAMI -- A Personal Odyssey
6
PAPER VASE OF ALL REVERSE FOLDS
This model is made from a rectangular piece of
art paper. The fold lines are first marked by an
ink dried ball-point pen to assist folding.
THE TAO OF ORIGAMI -- A Personal Odyssey
7
TRADITIONAL ORIGAMI 4 BASE FOLDS
THE TAO OF ORIGAMI -- A Personal Odyssey
8
NON BASE FOLD MODELS
Not all flat folding origami models start with a
fundamental base. An example is the Eastern
Dragon by Joseph Wu of Canada
THE TAO OF ORIGAMI -- A Personal Odyssey
9
FROM CRANE TO SEAGULL
The Seagull is my first origami animal creation.
Inspiration came from two sources M. C. Eschers
drawing entitled Liberation and DArcy Thompsons
book On Growth and Form.
THE TAO OF ORIGAMI -- A Personal Odyssey
10
TRANSFORMATION ORIGAMI
Rhinoceros by David Brill
T-Rex by Leong Cheng Chit
THE TAO OF ORIGAMI -- A Personal Odyssey
11
GOD THE SUPREME FOLDER
M. C. Escher
DArcy Thompson
THE TAO OF ORIGAMI -- A Personal Odyssey
12
PAPER FOLDERS

• Creators
• Folders
• Observers

Artists
Masters
Strong
Art
Majority
Weak
Technicians
Weak
Strong
Technique
Adapted from
Art Origami and Education by John
Smith
THE TAO OF ORIGAMI -- A Personal Odyssey
13
FOLD CATEGORIES
Polyhedral Fold lines Straight
Multi-conical Fold lines Curved
Multiple
Folded Surface
Conical Fold lines Straight
Flat Fold lines Straight
Single
Planar
Conic
Surface Form
THE TAO OF ORIGAMI -- A Personal Odyssey
14
POLYHEDRAL
This bag is made from one piece of rectangular
paper. The folds are self locking. No gluing is
required.
Creator of Renaissance shopping Bag Fred Rohm
THE TAO OF ORIGAMI -- A Personal Odyssey
15
MULTI-CONICAL
Freeform model consisting of three curved
3-dimensional folds, each of which retains its
form independently
THE TAO OF ORIGAMI -- A Personal Odyssey
16
ORIGAMI, MATHS THE STOCK MARKET
THE CUSP MANIFOLD The manifolds
of catastrophe theory are used to explain sudden
changes in the course of an event due to shifts
in environmental factors.
THE TAO OF ORIGAMI -- A Personal Odyssey
17
CATASTROPHE MANIFOLDS
Cusp
Swallowtail
Butterfly
ORIGAMI 3D FOLDS
Butterfly crimp
Swallowtail crimp
Cusp crimp
ORIGAMI FLAT FOLDS
Reverse
Double reverse
Triangular sink
THE TAO OF ORIGAMI -- A Personal Odyssey
18
POST MODERNISM
Creators Joseph Wu, John Montroll, Niel Elias,
Michael La Fosse, Eric Joisel, Herman Goubergen,
Toshikazu Kawasaki, Jun Maekawa,Ronald Koh and
Leong Cheng Chit
THE TAO OF ORIGAMI -- A Personal Odyssey
19
THE TAO OF ORIGAMI -- A Personal Odyssey