How wide is origami spread

It is spread widely.

As from the links that I had mention:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origami#Groups_and_Organizations

There are three links which are:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OrigamiUSA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Origami_Society

http://www.origami-mitra.com/

These three links shows us that they are devoted in origami and forms to groups.
As they find origami enjoying and fun.

There are also website created by others to let us view their origami and share their experience.
The links are:

http://www.origami-club.com/en/

http://www.origami-resource-center.com/paper-crane.html

http://www.toddrjordan.com/origami/

There are also some website providing the steps for origami.
The links are:

http://www.howtoorigamiblog.com/

http://www.wonderhowto.com/arts-crafts/origami-video/

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Origami

http://www.videojug.com/tag/origami

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=origami&search_type=&aq=f

There are also some instructions on how to origami when you buy the origami paper.

Obstacles Faced

During this assignment I faced a few difficulties.
For the making of flowers. I learned from a paper guide.
I had to follow the steps closely.

Doing the swan base.
I had to cut the paper to the correct size.
Folding the paper is another obstacles.
Its small and need to fold many times.

Finshed Product

This is my swan base and flowers





I used metal rods to be the stems for my flowers.

Grooming

This is what i have found on web

Grooming

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Swan??

This is what i have done this far..

I have failed my target as i wanted to do up my swan vase.
As there are many steps to be taken.
The cutting of paper and folding of it..

I only manage to fold three quarter..

Ikebana

Ikebana is flower arrangement.
This are the pictures taken during a visit to the japanese assication

Some of these arrangement are meant for occasion and one of the arrangement is being arrange to a peacock

Progession of the origami

I have finished with the flowers

This are the pictures taken.



Im planning to finish the swan base by this week. It will be tough but i will preserve..

This is what i have done

During the weekend I done one set of flowers.

I plan to finish the 30 flowers by this week.
Therefore during the next weekend I will be doing the swan flower pot.

Materials for making my flowers

Today went to orchard kinokuniya to buy stuffs for my origami.

This is the material i bought and gathered..

What to origami

This is what i will do for my swan base.

My first flower.

Unfortunately my second and third flower are based on a paper instructions.
When taking the picture it become blur.
Therefore I will not be posting pictures.

Different Type of Paper

Kami



This paper is the easiest to find and cheapest to buy. It is also the most basic: kami, or koi paper. Kami is a thin, easy to fold paper. It is usually printed only on one side, with a solid color or pattern. These patterns can be as simple as a gradation from red to blue, or as complex as a multi-colored kimono pattern of flowers and cranes with gold foil embellishments. Kami comes in several sizes, but standard sizes include 75x75 mm (about 3x3 inches), 6" squares and 10" squares.


Paper-backed foil



This medium is a slightly more expensive, flashier, paper that is good for retaining creases called paper-backed foil paper, Japanese foil, or simply foil. Foil paper is composed of a thin layer of foil adhered to an extremely thin sheet of paper. The most common colors are silver and gold, but any color is possible in foil paper including bright pink, blue and copper. In many multi-color packs, one sheet each of silver and gold paper is included. These are usually placed on the bottom end of the string if used in a thousand origami cranes.


Washi



Washi is a thick hand-made paper, available commercially but very expensive. Washi is a long-fibered paper but is also very soft. It does not hold a sharp fold due to the extremely long and thick fibers of the pulp. Inclusions of flowers, leaves, grass, seeds, string, ribbon, and other small decorative items are common for washi, adding to the random and handmade appearance of the finished craft. Washi is also accepting of ink, making it easy to print upon. Printed washi has a uniquely shiny, uneven and occasionally transparent texture. In origami it is not as commonly used as kami paper.


Specialty fiber



For supercomplex origami, many folders choose a special, handmade, thin paper made of strong fibers, such as unryu, lokta, saa, and abaca. However, to properly fold out of these papers, often methylcellulose or methyl acetate is brushed over the paper and dried, to properly prepare the fibers for wet-folding.


Dollar bills and banknotes



Banknotes may be used to fold models as well. Banknotes are common media for folding as the subject in the center of the banknote, like George Washington, can make a striking appearance on the finished model.

Origami

What is origami

Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. The word is Japanese, literally meaning "to fold" (oru) and "paper" (kami). Traditionally in origami, it is accepted to fold a model from a square sheet of paper. However many origami artists use also different shapes of paper.

History of origami

The origin of the art began as Chinese Paper Folding. The Japanese origin began in the 6th century when Buddhist monks from China carried paper to Japan. The first Japanese origami is dated from this period.

Modern designs and innovations

The work of Akira Yoshizawa, of Japan, a prolific creator of origami designs and a writer of books on origami, inspired a modern renaissance of the craft. He invented the process and techniques of wet-folding and set down the initial set of symbols for the standard Yoshizawa-Randlett system that Robert Harbin and Samuel Randlett later improved upon. His work was promoted through the studies of Gershon Legman as published in the seminal books of Paper Magic and more so in Secrets of the Origami Masters which revealed the wide world of paper folding in the mid 1960s. Modern origami has attracted a worldwide following, with ever more intricate designs and new techniques.

Story: Sadako and the thousand cranes

One of the most famous origami designs is the Japanese crane. The crane is auspicious in Japanese culture. Japan has launched a satellite named tsuru (crane). Legend says that anyone who folds one thousand paper cranes will have their heart's desire come true. The origami crane has become a symbol of peace because of this legend, and because of a young Japanese girl named Sadako Sasaki. Sadako was exposed to the radiation of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima as an infant, and it took its inevitable toll on her health. She was then a hibakusha — an atom bomb survivor. By the time she was twelve in 1955, she was dying of leukemia. Hearing the legend, she decided to fold one thousand origami cranes so that she could live. However, when she saw that the other children in her ward were dying, she realized that she would not survive and wished instead for world peace and an end to suffering.
A popular version of the tale is that Sadako folded 644 cranes before she died; her classmates then continued folding cranes in honor of their friend. She was buried with a wreath of 1,000 cranes to honor her dream. While her effort could not extend her life, it moved her friends to make a granite statue of Sadako in the Hiroshima Peace Park: a young girl standing with her hand outstretched, a paper crane flying from her fingertips. Every year the statue is adorned with thousands of wreaths of a thousand origami cranes. A group of one thousand paper cranes is called senbazuru in Japanese (千羽鶴).
The tale of Sadako has been dramatized in many books and movies. In one version, Sadako wrote a haiku that translates into English as:
I shall write peace upon your wings, and you shall fly around the world so that children will no longer have to die this way.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ORIGAMI PLEASE VISIT THESE LINKS:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origami
http://library.thinkquest.org/5402/history.html
http://www.paperfolding.com/history/
http://www.origami-resource-center.com/history-of-origami.html