Joey raced home that afternoon and began folding. Takimoto answered that while she could teach him the right folds, it would take practice and patience to become an origami master. “‘I want to make origami,’” Joey told Sarah’s mother.

Takimoto called it origami.” Joey was smitten. Sarah Takimoto’s mother came to his class, and-right before the students’ eyes-folded, flipped, and pulled a plain white piece of paper “until it became…a crane.” One day Joey witnessed the most amazing thing at school. At home he had a collection of “old road maps,” the bellows on an accordion made it his favorite instrument, and he even tucked himself into a foldaway bed at night. Joey was a little boy with a particular fascination. More-igami Written by Dori Kleber | Illustrated by G. Visit OrigamiUSA for more information and lots of templates to download and follow. To celebrate today’s holiday create some origami figures of your own. World Origami Days are held from October 24-which commemorates the birthday of Lillian Oppenheimer, the founder of the first American origami group and instrumental in the founding of the British Origami Society and Origami USA-to November 11, which is Origami Day in Japan. Once primarily used at ceremonies and special events, origami is now enjoyed by people of all ages around the globe. The art of paper folding known as Origami is enjoyed around the world and has it’s roots in paper craft traditions of Europe, China, and Japan.

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