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Description of  Origami Museum I: Animals (v. 1)

It gives me the utmost joy to create figures which are not only beautiful but are heart-warming and endear themselves to people. Every diagram introduced in this book was born out ot my longing for many years to do this. Creative Origami with free expression, which I admire most, begins by working with limitless lines and results in the production of the most beautiful figures which perfectly match the given theme. These folding lines must follow the laws of nature, The theme of this book is animals therefore it is necessary for everyone of us to get acquainted with animals and observe them carefully in order to bring liveliness to the folded objects. Here, I have tried to fold paper more freely and creatively combining planes and folding lines most effectively. In this way, each person can produce something unique out of plain paper and one's own creativity becomes tangible and alive. In Japan, origami of the past was a repetitious copying, simply folding the same subjects exactly as others did. In such a way, there was no creativity in the works. In 1955, there was exhibit of my works in Europe presented by Dr.Gershon Legman. Through the exhibition my works were introduced to many nations of the world as a completely new art of paper work. Since then, more and more people have become interested in and understand origami. I believe that origami carries the message of peace to everyone in the world in the coming 21st century I sincerely hope thai origami can bring cach one of you joy at the same time can reach every corner of the world.