Origami for Beginners

Origami is an old craft. Tsai Lun, the Chinese philosopher, invented paper circa 104 AD and some time following that the Japanese started to invent paper models. The earliest book on Origami, Hiden Zenbazuru Orikata by Gido Rokoan, was published in 1797 and origami developed slowly for the next hundred and fifty years.

By the 1940s to 50s however Akira Yoshizawa had appeared and was starting the transformation of the craft of origami into its current form.

Over the next half century a galaxy of paperfolding stars appeared and created thousands of new, exciting models, developing paperfolding techniques out of all recognition.

Geometricians and mathematicians also helped to develop the craft, creating ways to find locations within the piece of paper simply by folding.

Origami is great fun to do but many origami books these days are for intermediate to advanced folders who already have some experience of the craft. I'd like to share through this lens resources which the beginner can use to develop his or her skills so that he or she may learn to fold some of the more exciting works available in print today.