Still others fold tessellations, repeated patterns that resemble tilings or shapes built using unconventional methods, like curved creases or crumpling.”Īn example of the “crumpling” technique can be seen in Vincent Floderer’s “Unidentified Flying Origami,” a somewhat whimsical collection of organic-looking shapes reminiscent of fish or strange, abstract protozoan creatures. “Other people build “modular origami,” models inspired by geometry and made from dozens or hundreds of pieces. Some origami is crafted to closely resemble the object it is modeling, for example, an insect with six legs and recognizable features like a praying mantis or elephant beetle,” Berkove says. Although some origami is still crafted in this fashion, modern origami is much broader. This model is simple, beautiful and evocative of the actual bird. “Many people, when they think of origami, think of the crane, a classical Japanese model folded from a single square sheet of paper. In particular, I’ll discuss how mathematics has been used to make new origami models, and how understanding origami has led to new mathematics.” “I’d like to share with the audience some of the connections between origami and mathematics. “Over the past 30 to 40 years, origami has experienced tremendous growth as an art form, as a medium of expression, and in applications,” Berkove says. This is nothing new to Ethan Berkove, professor of mathematics at Lafayette College in Easton, who with several of his students will give a presentation and conduct a folding session at the museum at 1 p.m. “Since even our DNA is folded,” says origami artist Paul Jackson, “you and I are born from folding.” Lang (U.S.), Yuko Nishimura (Japan), Richard Sweeney (UK) and Jiangmei Wu (China/U.S.).Īrtists, engineers and scientists from all over the world are using folded paper to create increasingly elaborate and provocative sculptural works. Hailing from four continents, the artists include Erik Demaine and Martin Demaine (Canada/U.S.), Vincent Floderer (France), Miri Golan (Israel), Paul Jackson (UK/Israel), Dr.
A thousand orizuru strung together is called senbazuru (literally, a thousand cranes) and is a popular gift for friends and family on special occasions.Įach artist in the exhibit has created pieces specifically for this tour. The crane has a unique significance in Japanese culture, and Japanese legend says that to fold a thousand cranes either will bring good luck or the fulfillment of your wish. Most of us know origami as the simple “orizuru” or paper crane. The principles of origami also are used in medicine, such as in developing stents in heart surgery in which a small object must be unfolded into an artery or in commercial applications, where objects such as packages must be neatly placed in trucks, airplanes and warehouses.
Modern origami practitioners generally discourage the use of cuts, glue or even markings.īut there is more to the ancient art than that.
In origami, the goal is to transform a flat sheet square of paper into a finished sculpture through nothing more than folding and sculpting techniques. Origami, literally Japanese for “paper folding,” has evolved from the 17th century craft into a highly expressive, global art form that combines art and science. She says most visitors have a preconception of what origami is. Johnston has been responsible for installation of the works since the exhibit began touring in 2015. “The reaction from people to the exhibit has been amazing,” says Christina Johnston, a registrar and courier for International Arts & Artists. Mehalakes says it took two weeks to set up this exhibit at the museum, which also entailed painting the gallery walls dark gray and turquoise as requested by the organizer.
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