Masahiro Chatani info help

[araknoid]

Hi!

I've seen on Sasuga some nice books by Masahiro Chatani and would like to know if someone has info on the techniques used, I mean, there's cutting and so on?

Or something else i completely miss?

Thanks in advance!

[paperz]

Hi araknoid,

You can look through some of Mr.Chatani's work here. Yes, it mainly requires cutting paper!

[araknoid]

thanks paperz!

yeah it seemed so, and from the small pictures the results seem excellent.
i wonder which one of his works is a "must" or if there is one with a more purist sensibility.

[Evermorian]

Professor Chatani's style is known as "origamic architecture" or OA.

There are several different styles of OA design. Most are made by cutting and folding a single sheet of paper. Those usually open to 90 or 180 degrees. I think most of the "purists" favor this style.

Others involve cutting, folding and gluing a single sheet of paper. A few involve assembling multiple separate pieces. They all fold flat when closed but, may be fully open at 0, 90, 180 or, 360 degrees.

There is a thriving community of OA enthusiasts online. We have a mailing list dedicated to discussing OA at the OA community site here:

http://www.origamicarchitecture.com

Questions about OA construction and design techniques would be welcome.

The site also has links to various OA artists' sites.

Evermorian

[araknoid]

thanks a lot for the clear explanation, and yes, it made me want to try!