This documentary really expanded my perception of the art of origami! Now I realize how involved origami actually is and that it is NOT as easy as it looks.
1) The first thing that caught my attention was how a lot of the origami artists looked up to a man by the name of Yoshiyama (or something similar) from Japan. While he created MANY pieces, he never sold a single one and looked to miscellaneous jobs to get by. It astounded me that he dropped everything to e an artist and it ended up working for him!
2) Another thing that interested me was that all of these artists looked to real life examples of folding, from T-shirts to the folding of people's' skin, all the way to human protein cells from diseases to demonstrate origami. The fact that all the artists are looking towards such realistic ideas for a plain material such as paper really helped me understand how passionate they are towards created a magnificent piece.
3) One last thing that fascinated me was how young these artists have begun to start working with paper to create origami. There are apparently these conventions where people can share their ideas on origami (specifically bugs) and many who show up are young people, teens even! It astounded me the math and technological experience needed to create origami and how capable these young people are.
Overall, this documentary was created in a way that captivated an audience and was both educational as to how origami is created and has evolved, as well as helped me as an individual understand the struggles and successes of these artists.
1) The first thing that caught my attention was how a lot of the origami artists looked up to a man by the name of Yoshiyama (or something similar) from Japan. While he created MANY pieces, he never sold a single one and looked to miscellaneous jobs to get by. It astounded me that he dropped everything to e an artist and it ended up working for him!
2) Another thing that interested me was that all of these artists looked to real life examples of folding, from T-shirts to the folding of people's' skin, all the way to human protein cells from diseases to demonstrate origami. The fact that all the artists are looking towards such realistic ideas for a plain material such as paper really helped me understand how passionate they are towards created a magnificent piece.
3) One last thing that fascinated me was how young these artists have begun to start working with paper to create origami. There are apparently these conventions where people can share their ideas on origami (specifically bugs) and many who show up are young people, teens even! It astounded me the math and technological experience needed to create origami and how capable these young people are.
Overall, this documentary was created in a way that captivated an audience and was both educational as to how origami is created and has evolved, as well as helped me as an individual understand the struggles and successes of these artists.