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The Japanese see business cards as an extension of the individual, so playing with them is considered grossly offensive, even with origamic intent.

HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010

The Japanese see business cards as an extension of the individual, so playing with them is considered grossly offensive, even with origamic intent.

HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010

The Japanese see business cards as an extension of the individual, so playing with them is considered grossly offensive, even with origamic intent.

HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010

Each of the small origamic "cards" takes about eight hours to cut, according to Susan Barry, assistant curator at the Crafts Museum.

It's A Pop-Up World 2007

Upstairs at the museum, by the way, is an exhibition of hefty stained-glass windows from Wright houses -- which seem to hang in counterpoint to the wispy paper cutouts of such famous Wright dwellings as Fallingwater and the Robie House as interpreted by the origamic artisans.

It's A Pop-Up World 2007

Twenty years ago, Chatani, a professor of architecture at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, developed "origamic architecture."

It's A Pop-Up World 2007

Despite their delicacy, these bits of origamic art capture the essence of the strong, solid shapes of architecture.

It's A Pop-Up World 2007

Chatani has published more than 50 books about origamic architecture in Japan; just one of them, called "Pop-Up Origamic Architecture," is available to help you at the shop of the American Crafts Museum (phone 212-956-3535, ext. 157, or visit the museum's Web site, www. americancraftmuseum.org).

It's A Pop-Up World 2007

Maybe I can make some origamic architectures referencing this patterns.

Featured Albums at Webshots 2009

Maybe I can make some origamic architectures referencing this patterns.

Featured Albums at Webshots 2009