origami
noun
ori·ga·mi
ˌȯr-ə-ˈgä-mē 
: the Japanese art or process of folding squares of paper into representational shapes
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There, Sam makes an origami animal for one of the clients and bonds a bit with Knight, who knows way too much about losing your whole team.
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The artwork features a typographic sculpture adorned with over 1,000 origami flowers inscribed with messages of peace.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
And why are people actually buying a truck that looks like an origami project gone too far?
—Longreads, 20 Dec. 2024
At the long butcher block kitchen table built by Albert, Asawa led group sessions sculpting figures from homemade baker’s clay (a mixture of flour, salt and water), or decorating eggs or making origami by day and family meals by night.
—Hilarie M. Sheets, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2025
The artwork features a typographic sculpture adorned with over 1,000 origami flowers inscribed with messages of peace.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
And why are people actually buying a truck that looks like an origami project gone too far?
—Longreads, 20 Dec. 2024
At the long butcher block kitchen table built by Albert, Asawa led group sessions sculpting figures from homemade baker’s clay (a mixture of flour, salt and water), or decorating eggs or making origami by day and family meals by night.
—Hilarie M. Sheets, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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origami
noun
ori·ga·mi
ˌȯr-ə-ˈgäm-ē
: the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes
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