Origami is an ancient Japanese art of making shapes out of paper. The rules of the genre provide for working with paper of different colors. However, the use of scissors, glue, tears and cuts is strictly prohibited. As a rule, origami is created from squares. This figure has, in the opinion of the Japanese, complete regularity of form. That is why she is able to give life to new forms.
To make origami at home, you need a lot of paper and patience. At first glance, the art of ancient masters may seem childish and primitive, but in practice, it turns out to be a complex literacy.
It is not difficult to get schemes for creating classic origami. Detailed instructions can be found on the net. It is much more important to understand the principle and feel the peculiarity of these forms. This will allow you to learn how to create shapes of your own design.
It is best to practice simple. So take a square piece of paper and try folding basic origami. We are talking about a square, a pancake and a spinner.
The square serves as the basis for all the classic origami of the animal direction. Any complex creation can begin with it. In order to fold this origami, you need to make a few folds on your sheet of paper. Fold it in half twice so that after the turn, the fold pattern makes a cross, then in the same way form a cross with folds, only diagonally. When the folds are ready, you need to take the sheet at the diagonally opposite corners and join them together. Your double square will fold over by itself.
The pancake also plays a role in the art of origami. In order to make origami of high complexity, you need to know the basic shapes, and pancake is one of them. It is easy to fold this shape. Taking a square of paper in your hands, you must bend all four of its corners to the center. As a result, you will get a smaller square - that is the pancake.
A spinner or a catamaran is a well-known figure and can be useful not only for creating origami, but also as entertainment for your children. On a sheet of paper, you need to make folds, as for a pancake figure and as a square for a figure. In addition, you need to fold the sheet in half, and each half of it still in half, so that they form the shutters. Now unfold the sheet, it is pretty decorated with all kinds of folds. Believe me, there is a form in this picture, and soon you will revive it. Grab the opposite edges in the center and pull them in the direction of the folds towards the center of the square. You should have a hexagon with a cut in the middle and four free corners. Having bent two opposing ones, you will see a turntable.
These were just a few techniques for working with paper miracles. A detailed consideration of the topic will help you get professional skills of the highest level, will open up new facets of beauty for you and increase your sleight of hand.
