The craft of folding paper :

 

The craft of folding paper :

The craft of folding paper to give them different shapes without any cutting or pasting is

called Oregami. Although not much is known about its origin, Oregami has been practiced

in the Orient for centuries. In fact it has taken the form of sophisticated art in Japan where

it is specially prized for decoration and for ceremonies. As a form of decorative playing.

Oregami takes the form of birds, fish, insects, animals and geometrical figures, sometimes

with flexible parts to imitate the movement of real life objects. In the west it was introduced

first in Germany by Friendrich Frobel (1782-1852) as an art form to be used in German

Kindergarten schools by children during the nineteenth century. During the 1930s, an

interest in paper folding developed in Spain and South America as well as in the United

States and England as a recreational pastime. It also gained popularity as a form of

geometrical construction.