Hundreds gathered in New York over the weekend for a convention celebrating origami, the ancient Asian art of paper folding,longchamps, as the craft gains increasing recognition as serious art in the West.Animals, shapes, landscapes and spaceships constructed with astonishing intricacy were on display at OrigamiUSA,www.biyer.net, all fashioned entirely from uncut paper squares and without a drop of glue."We say the universe is flat and is contained in a square piece of paper. With paper you can do everything: the limit is the imagination," explained Jorge Pardo, a self-taught origami artist.Pardo,skrc, a special guest at the convention, is the director of the Zaragoza School Origami Museum, which will open in December in northern Spain,burberry bags, where the West's oldest origami association was founded six decades ago.It will be Europe's first museum dedicated to the art.A recent test run with temporary exhibits boasted 60,ustri,000 visitors over three months, said Pardo, who specializes in "modulars," such as his Flexball: a hollow sphere with openings created using several sheets of paper formed into different geometric figures.The museum plans to feature works by current masters including Satoshi Kamiya of Japan, Robert Lang and Bernie Payton of the US, and Dinh Giang of Vietnam - many of whose works were on display in New York.Laura Rozenberg, a member of OrigamiUSA and publisher of The Paper magazine that is dedicated to the art,keado, said the museum represents a major step in the trend towards creating "permanent exhibition spaces for the critical mass of exceptional work" that has accumulated.Origami,keado, a term which comes from the Japanese words "ori" (folding) and "gami" (paper),chloe, has a home in Tokyo's House of Origami museum. But in the West, until now, exhibits have been temporary.In addition to the upcoming Spanish museum, Rozenberg,oakley sunglasses outlet, an Argentine who has lived in the US for 15 years, is helping build an origami museum in Uruguay, slated to open in 2014.The art of folding figures dates back to the invention of paper in China in the first or second century and its arrival in Japan a few hundred years later.The first known book with folding instructions is the Senbazuru Orikata,gucci outlet, published in Japan in 1797.Since then the art has come a long way,celine bags, with a modern phase starting in the 1950s and evolving further in recent decades with the rise of computers and the Internet,kwpt, explained Rozenberg."In the 50s, people began to connect around the world,armop, sending letters with models,http://www.inttg.com/," said the biologist and journalist,true religion outlet, highlighting the role of Akira Yoshizawa.Origami enthusiasts are divided between the "purists" who work exclusively from paper squares, without cuts or glue, and those who allow cutting and rectangular papers.The computer has added a new dimension, with some artists using programs to design their creations."This is a new stage,jordan 3 88, with some folders moving toward the super complex and others who want to return to simplicity without losing originality," she said.The technology has also opened new horizons for the art,http://www.hdfd.net /, including a scientific collaboration that has led to designs being applied to engineering.The art form has also spread to other fields, including occupational therapy and rehab therapy, in addition to its most popular and traditional role as a mental exercise that promotes fine motor skills.
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