What I want to say is the history of the introduction of origami into the West and the development of the western origami culture.
It is generally believed that origami was introduced to Europe before 10 century. The introducer is an Arab.
Spain is the first western country to accept origami art and culture (note that acceptance and introduction are different). They have a famous work called "pajarita" (searching for "origami black boy" on the Internet, and the cover of this game is like this work), which is recognized as an abstract chicken. This kind of origami style is very different from the Oriental origami, so it became a school of its own, and later developed into another origami style.
/kloc-at the end of 0/9, there was an "origami fever" in Europe. Miguel de unamuno (Spanish poet, philosopher and educator) became the first promoter of this upsurge. /kloc-at the end of 0/9, the world's first international origami congress was held in Paris, followed by the second and third congresses in Argentina and new york respectively. Ji, known as the "father of modern origami", was not born at that time. Perhaps miguel de unamuno's achievements in other fields overshadowed his achievements in origami, so people don't know much about his major.
The most important thing is that there is a huge difference between the western origami tradition and the oriental origami tradition. The origami craze at the end of 19 is characterized by the introduction of the concept of mathematical knowledge. Since then, origami has embarked on a different scientific path.
In 1950s, Mr. 19 1 1~2005 spent 50 years promoting origami culture to the world. Mr. Ji's contribution to can be divided into:
1 defines the concept of modern origami. Scissors, brushes and glue cannot be used for assistance and decoration, and the selected paper must be square. All the details of the work are required to be expressed in paper.
He created nearly 50,000 works in his life. Greatly enriched the theme of origami. It has made great contributions to the spread of origami culture.
Together with Sam Randlett of the United States, he developed a set of international graphic terms for origami, which enabled origami culture to break through the shackles of language and spread to all parts of the world more quickly.
In his later years, he put forward various origami techniques, the most famous of which was the "wet folding method", which made a major reform in origami technology.
Mr. Ji was honored as the "father of modern origami" because of his great contribution to the emergence and promotion of modern origami art.
After Mr. Wang, another American brought revolutionary changes to origami. He is Robert Lang. He created and summarized a set of ideas and skills of origami design, and wrote a paper "The Secret of Origami Design" on this basis. This book is known as the "Bible" of origami, inspiring more and more origami lovers to become origami masters. More importantly, this book completely brings origami into the field of science, and makes origami play a huge role in science. Because he summed up the theory of origami design, he was called "the first person in origami design".
Kamiya Satoshi was born in the 1980s. Perhaps it was in that era when origami culture prevailed that he gradually grew into the most famous origami master in the world. His works have brought a burst of exclamations to the world and made more people accept the modern origami culture. Of course, there are many origami writers who were contemporary with Kamiya Satoshi, so I won't list them here.
In modern times, under the influence of Robert Lang, MIT set up a department called "origami" to study origami and its application in the scientific community. Brian Chan, Jason Ku and others are outstanding origami newcomers in this environment (origami newcomers: people who may become the next generation of origami masters).
Spain also established the Spanish Origami Association in modern times, and the current chairman is Manuel Siegel. The development of Spanish origami promoted the development of Spanish-speaking countries' origami art, thus the romantic origami writer Roman Diaz appeared in Uruguay.
Eric Jossel (1956~20 10) is a French origami master. He led the origami style of the French school, and another writer named Nicholas Terry was also a representative. Fapai's works are characterized by strong realism, strong caricature and humor.
Vietnam, which was shocked by the origami culture, also established the Vietnam Origami Group at the beginning of this century, which is the most dynamic origami organization in Asia, and its leader is Nguyen (the representative is Vietnamese Eagle).
China, on the other hand, has experienced an unusual history, so the cultural understanding of origami is not very good, which is basically limited to the stage when paper cranes, paper airplanes and even children use brushes and scissors to origami. However, there are also many origami fans who are determined to guide the development of Chinese origami art, such as Rusija, Alonso, Natural Wind, Paper Magic, OB, Jia Wei, etc. And the Hong Kong Origami Association regularly hold exhibitions of modern origami works called "Sighing at Paper" to promote modern origami culture.
(The above information comes from "Most Origami" and "Origami Detective Group")
Modern origami culture began to develop in the early 20th century. Prior to this, it was difficult to find historical records about origami.
The famous Japanese origami magazine "Origami Detective Group" has been reporting the development history of origami since its inception, with words and pictures, which are difficult to send out because of the huge amount of data. I recommend you to look for it. There are resources on the electric donkey.
Because China is not deeply exposed to modern origami, it is difficult to find sufficient information in China. I have tried my best to help you find it. However, it is inconvenient to post historical materials (too many and too big and pictures), so I apologize! ! !