This piece which marries random shaping with the crisp fold, derives from an obsession with the origata flower (hana 花) fold, originally used for containing sewing implements*. Origata, slightly predating origami, is the art of Japanese present wrapping which, in a reverse of our way of thinking may sometimes have more significance than the present inside it.

*p83 Gift Wrapping Creative Ideas From Japan by Kunio Ekiguchi

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