Last Sunday we, Motoko JapaneseCulture visited Stonebridge and did Origami experience.
We had a young origamo master Taro Oikawa and her mother Meika. He learned origami form his grandmother first and form his mother and then himself.
Just flat paper is made into a sclupture. You will give a piece of paper a life.Origami was already very popular in Edo period, Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1868). A book about how to make diffrent kinds of crane was published in the 18th century.Origami is the most familiar tradtional art among Japanese. Most of Japanese do origami when they’re child.
Origami requires fingertip movement and it stimulates your brain . You have to think, even just following the instruction shown in front of you.Good for kinds! Good for everyone! And you will be so proud to see what you made. Feel proud, feel happy and satisfied.
Would you like to try?
Here’s a video Sayaka,my teacher make Origami crane.