In 105AD, Cai Lun invented and innovated paper that is affordable and foldable. Since then, paper folding became a folk art in China. Then, in the 6th century, the paper was carried to Japan by Buddhist monks and Origami art was popularized by the Japanese a thousand years later. In 1797, Akisato Ritō published the first Origami book Senbazuru Orikata (i.e. Secret to Folding One-thousand Crane) about Buddhist abbot Gidō Ichien's ideas on linker Origami cranes. The modern art of Origami was promoted by Akira Yoshizawa, known as the grandmaster of Origami. He has published 18 books and created over 50,000 Origami models. In addition, the book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Canadian-American author Eleanor Coale, based on a true story, made Origami more accessible to a wider audience. Today, Origami is widely used in fashion design and science. The most important of these is the application of Miura folding to the large solar panels of space satellites. Michelle and I have created artwork with Miura Origami and we hope that our peers will also be able to participate in this artwork (there will be a surprise on our presentation day).
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