kirigami

In the United States, the term {{transliteration|ja|kirigami}} was coined by Florence Temko from Japanese {{transliteration|ja|kiri}}, {{gloss|cut}}, and {{transliteration|ja|kami}}, {{gloss|paper}}, in the title of her 1962 book, {{transliteration|ja|Kirigami}}, the Creative Art of Paper cutting. The book achieved enough success that the word {{transliteration|ja|kirigami}} was accepted as the Western name for the art of paper cutting.{{Cite web|url=http://www.origami-resource-center.com/kirigami.html|title = Kirigami is an art form where paper is folded & cut to create beautiful designs}}

Typically, {{transliteration|ja|kirigami}} starts with a folded base, which is then unfolded; cuts are then opened and flattened to make the finished design. Simple {{transliteration|ja|kirigami}} are usually symmetrical, such as snowflakes, pentagrams, or orchid blossoms. A difference between {{transliteration|ja|kirigami}} and the art of "full base", or 180-degree opening structures, is that {{transliteration|ja|kirigami}} is made out of a single piece of paper that has then been cut.

• {{ill|Seiji Fujishiro|ja|藤城清治}} (born 1924–), a renowned {{transliteration|ja|kirie}} ({{gloss|paper picture}}) artist known for his colourful {{transliteration|ja|kirigami}}, which have also been published as a book.
• Nahoko Kojima (born 1981–), a professional contemporary Japanese {{transliteration|ja|kirigami}} artist, who pioneered sculptural, three-dimensional {{transliteration|ja|kirigami}}.

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• History of origami
• Origamic architecture
• Paper cutting
• Paper model
• Fold-and-cut theorem

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