Kirigami

Kirigami

Kirigami(Thiết り giấy)is a variation oforigami,theJapanese artof folding paper. Inkirigami,the paper is cut as well as being folded, resulting in athree-dimensionaldesign that stands away from the page.Kirigamitypically does not use glue.

Overview

In theUnited States,the termkirigamiwas coined byFlorence TemkofromJapanesekiri,'cut',andkami,'paper',in the title of her 1962 book,Kirigami,the Creative Art of Paper cutting.The book achieved enough success that the wordkirigamiwas accepted as the Western name for the art of paper cutting.

Typically,kirigamistarts with a folded base, which is then unfolded; cuts are then opened and flattened to make the finished design. Simplekirigamiare usuallysymmetrical,such assnowflakes,pentagrams,ororchidblossoms. A difference betweenkirigamiand the art of "full base", or 180-degree opening structures, is thatkirigamiis made out of a single piece of paper that has then been cut.

Notablekirigamiartists

• Seiji Fujishiro(born 1924–), a renownedkirie('paper picture') artist known for his colourfulkirigami,which have also been published as a book.
• Nahoko Kojima(born 1981–), a professional contemporary Japanesekirigamiartist, who pioneered sculptural, three-dimensionalkirigami.

See also

• History of origami
• Origamic architecture
• Paper cutting
• Paper model

External links

• The site of Kirigamiin Russianandin English
• Kirigami model of Durban stadium
• Kirigami of Italian monuments
• gallery from Italy
• More on kirigami and origamic architecture, with small project examples