17 Awesome Examples of Animate & Inanimate Origami

Paper folding is a very hands-on art. Rather than simply making the paper sculptures, these artists created a story using origami and stop-motion animation. Art takes a 3D, time-consuming process to completion in each of these examples — some are short, but still in a way tell a beautiful tale of patience and creativity.

The Animate Origami

The Pursuit of Perfection

Dreaming of Your Love

Stop-Motion Koi

Origami Battleships

Origami Swans

The Inanimate Origami

Several of these pieces are folded by Joseph Wu, who is a master at the art. You’ll find his link at the bottom. It’s definitely worth a look to check out his gallery.

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Check out these links for more examples of origami — some of it is pretty extreme paper folding.

Comments ( 2 )

Wow, these are all so sharp. Love ‘em!

David added these pithy words on Dec 27 09 at 2:23 pm

These are awesome! Thanks for sharing.

WPExplorer added these pithy words on Dec 28 09 at 12:19 pm

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