Origami

Essential Question(s):

How does engaging in creating art enrich people’s lives?
How does making art attune people to their surroundings?
How do people contribute to awareness and understanding of their lives and the lives of their communities through art-making?

Summary/What is this Project About?

You will:

learn about origami--its origins, its growth and popularity as a leisure activity, and how it has inspired artists today.
transform a two-dimensional flat plane into a three-dimensional form, first in paper, and then in clay/metal.
learn about geometry and apply geometric concepts.
learn about some differences between Chinese and Japanese cultures: Yellow Rat Bastards lesson.
apply paper folding techniques to clay/metal to create a bowl (ceramics)/bracelet (jewelry). Ceramics: You will create three mini-bowls to experiment with geometric shapes and to test glazes. You will refine your processes and create a full size bowl with a foot. Jewelry: You will create three fold-formed metal pieces to experiment with techniques, then you will create a bracelet based on a map.

Activities:

Day 1:

Discuss Big Idea and Essential Questions

Activity:

Origins of origami, growth and popularity as a leisure activity, and how it has inspired artists today.
You will transform a two-dimensional flat plane into a three-dimensional form, first in paper: Make origami forms of your choice using internet resources. Introduce origami paper and tools, bone folders.
You will learn about Asian cultures, specifically Chinese and Japanese cultures: Yellow Rat Bastards lesson.

Ceramics: Create three mini-bowls to experiment with geometric shapes and to test glazes. You will refine your processes and create a full size bowl with a foot.

Jewelry: You will create three fold-formed metal pieces to experiment with techniquest, then you will create a bracelet based on a map.

Tools

Origami paper

Bone folders

Large cardstock for patterns

Templates for shapes Pattern Universe

LINK to Video to make Origami Bowls by art teacher Jeff Pabatoy

Resources:

Origami Lesson Resources:

Exhibitions: Tuesdays -Sundays until October 10: on "Origami in the Garden at the Missouri Botanical Garden" featuring large-scale metal sculptures created in collaboration with world-renowned origami artists such as Robert J. Lang, Te Jui Fu, Michael G. La Fosse, and Beth Johnson. Admission for Garden is $14 and free for children under 12 https://events.missouribotanicalgarden.org/origami-in-the-garden.

About Japan: A Teacher's Resource | Origami in the Classroom: Where Every Child Counts! | Japan Society

Easy Origami Cherry Blossom Folding Instructions

Exploring Origami - Virtual Culture - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan

Know How to Fold 'Em: How Origami Changed Science, From Heart Stents to Airbags | L.A. Weekly

Lesson of the Day: ‘The Modern Life of Origami, an Art as Old as Paper’ - The New York Times

Nestlé Japan Replace KitKat Plastic Packaging with Origami Paper

Origami Instructions - Instructions on How to Make Origami

Origami in Space: BYU-designed solar arrays inspired by origami - YouTube

Origami Math | Scholastic

“Origami in [Math] Lesson Plans https://www.artfulmaths.com/origami-in-lessons.html.