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If oriental designs appeal to you, then don't forget to check out our Japanese Ikebana Inspiration series just opposite.
Origami in Cross Stitch
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"ORIGAMI PIG"
Stitched size on 18-count white aida:
127mm x 96mm (5.0" x 3.8")
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To buy this kit for £4.99 specify reference: ORI101 |
To buy the chart for £1.00 specify reference: ORI101C |
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PAPER TOYS
Origami models often formed the basis of paper toys during past generations. Some of these, such as the traditional "Flapping Bird" and "Croaking Frog" designs incorporated joints and moving parts to facilitate animation in their use as paper puppets. Others were used in games - one example of which was the "Fortune Puzzle" - an inverted variant of the traditional saltcellar
Origami
the art of paper folding
Although it was the Chinese who invented paper some 2000 years ago, it was the Japanese who, much later in the first millennium AD, developed the art of paper folding. The actual word origami is composed of the Japanese characters ori (to fold) and kami (paper). Kami also means "god" and the dual meaning may explain why early practitioners dedicated their art form to the deity
The Spanish were amongst the first westerners to adopt the tradition, but by the 1950's many others had followed suit. More recently, a resurgence of interest in Japan has meant the Japanese have quite rightly reclaimed their heritage.