22 March 2008

Origamic Architecture: Stunning Sculptures Cut Out of Paper

In the Japanese paperfolding art of origami, cutting the paper is frowned upon. But in 1981, Masahiro Chatani, professor of Architecture at Tokyo Institute of Technology proved that papercutting could indeed produce stunning pieces of art.

1 comment:

Grufnik said...

technically this is called Kirigami. Kiri (to cut) as in Hari Kari which used to be Hari Kiri..

Still nice though