Origami!!
Origami (Japanese: ori, to fold, and kami, paper lit. "folding paper") is the art of paper folding. The goal of this art is to create a given result using geometric folds and crease patterns. Origami refers to all types of paper folding, even those of non-Japanese origin.
Origami only uses a small number of different folds, but they can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate designs. In general, these designs begin with a square sheet of paper, whose sides may be different colors, and usually proceed without cutting the paper. Contrary to most popular belief, traditional Japanese origami, which has been practiced since the Edo era (1603-1867), has often been less strict about these conventions, sometimes cutting the paper during the creation of the design or starting with a rectangular, circular, triangular or other non-square sheets of paper.
History:
Although some historians argue that Origami originated in
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How about the Cheech & Chong origami? You can roll it up and smoke it.
I only clicked on the link to this page because I thought it said "Insanely good Orgasm," but nonetheless...nice work.
simply amazing
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At least I can stop thinking Origami is a martial art now :)
The first few paragraphs of text on this post are lifted directly from the Wikipedia article on Origami - you should quote your sources if you're going to "borrow" text.
And now the pictures are all broken, too. What's up with this post?
There's *lots* of awesome origami out there, try searching flickr.com for some amazing stuff. Or Joseph Wu's page (http://www.origami.as) has excellent stuff, too, as well as lots of links to other sites.
origami boulder
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