The Japanese art of paper folding, as practised both by skilled fingers and the less-adept hands of children. That anyone can learn and experiment, and take pleasure from the results, is evident from the variety of shapes and figures being conjured out of colored paper.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
007980
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Workmanship
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Japanese
Crafts & Visual Arts → Arts and crafts movement
Crafts & Visual Arts → Decorative arts
Crafts & Visual Arts → Origami
Crafts & Visual Arts → Workmanship
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)