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What is Origami?
Origami History
Origami Books
Origami Websites
Origami Materials Online
Origami Stores in the Bay Area
What is Origami?
Origami originated in many different places. The origins of origami are still
in dispute, but it seems that all countries say they started it. Of
these, China, Japan, Indonesia, and Korea all claim ownership. Origami
has a long history in both the east and west, but all styles of origami
are more of a sophistication, which is more an artistic meaning rather
than a mere craft. Origami comes from the Japanese words Ori, "folding,"
and Kami, "paper." (Korean: Jong-ieJup-gi, the Korean words Jong-ie, "Paper,"and Jup-gi, "folding.") Origami is used for a lot of things. There are thousands of origami
foldings that are useful, along with practical. There are pot holders,
boxes, and even wallets. But beyond the Practical items, there is a
speritual and meaningful use.
Origami History
http://www.megaessays.com/origami
http://www.paperfolding.com/history/
http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/alabama/179/article.htm
http://home.comcast.net/~mayward1/What.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Rachel_Katz/origami/origami.HTM
http://anools-origami.tripod.com/whatis.htm
http://www.origamipapers.co.uk/index_files/origami.htm
http://underground.zork.net/what_is_this.html
http://www.dickblick.com/categories/origami/
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Origami Books
http://hem.passagen.se/dion/html/boklista.htm
http://www.origami.com.au/Books.html?ArdSI=2a2f396967c7706d5d172ac64e0a16e0
http://underground.zork.net/books.html
http://www.paperfolding.com/books/
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/usr/origami/books.html
Brilliant
Origami by David Brill
http://www.dickblick.com/books/origami/
http://f2.org/fred/origami/books.html
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Origami Websites
http://www.origami-usa.org/
http://www.origami.as/home.html
http://www.origami.com/
http://www.langorigami.com/
http://www.oriland.com/index.asp
http://marckrsh.home.pipeline.com/
http://www.britishorigami.org.uk/
http://www.paperfolding.com/math/
http://underground.zork.net/
http://kunst.no/origami/
http://www.paperfolding.com/
http://members.cox.net/crandall11/money/
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Origami Materials Online
http://www.origamisources.com/
http://www.dickblick.com/categories/origami/
http://www.paperfolding.com/links/stores/
http://www.origami-usa.org/thesource/agora.cgi
http://www.art-and-craft-supply.com/Flax-Art/Flax-Art-Page-A-Day-Calendar---Origami.cfm
http://www.viking.com/ddMain.do?level=FM&id=7042153
http://www.madisonartshop.com/foorpaanpa.html
http://www.misterart.com/search/index.cfm?searchstring=yasutomo&store=ALL&x=36&y=8
http://www.villagesupplies.com/how_to_do_origami_books.htm
Small tip for you: There is a lot of cool and beautiful paper out there. But
actually you can use any kind of paper like magazine, newspaper, printer paper, left over wrapping paper, any kind of paper bags…just papers…
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Origami Stores in the Bay Area
Alameda | Berkeley |
Oakland | San Francisco
Alameda
Hanko Designs
875A Island Drive #186
Alameda, CA 94502
email: hanko@hankodesigns.com
Phone/Fax: (510) 523-5603
Specializing in Asian and Hawaiian rubber stamps, Japanese origami,
art papers, and accessories. Retail and wholesale sales. Mail order,
web sales, fax, and telephone orders only. No store front. Color catalog
available.
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Berkeley
Amsterdam Art & Supply
Berkeley, CA
Wyndstone "Marble" paper (good for wet-folding), and artist's
foil.
The Art Store
811 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94710
Phone: (510) 486-2600
Small selection of origami paper in 3-12 inch sizes. Both solids and
prints. Selection of various art papers in larger, wrapping paper sizes
suitable for origami.
Elica's Paper
1801 Fourth Street
Berkeley, CA
An art paper store with a wide selection of washi and hand-made and
imported papers.
Kasuri Dyeworks
1959 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley, California 94704-0103
Phone: (888) 841-6997
Fax: (510) 841-4511
Crane Fabric - blue outlines on white, made in Japan.
Importer of fabrics made for the traditional kimono industry.
Thousand Cranes Futon shop
1803 Fourth Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
Phone: (510) 849-0501
Small selection of interesting print origami paper. Some washi. Stock
varies.
Key Curriculum Press
PO Box 2304
Berkeley, CA 94702-9983
Phone: (800) 995-MATH
A geometry-oriented outlet. They have Fuse's "Unit Origami"
book, as well as *huge* packs of origami paper and patty paper.
Miki's Paper (Japanese Handmade Paper)
1801 Fourth Street
Berkeley CA
94710
tel 510.845.9530
Large sheet washi paper, and a very small selection
of pre-cut square paper. They carry wallets, greeting cards, ink-jet
paper, a small selection of A4 paper, CD gift wrapping containers, rolls
of machine-made Japanese paper.
Radstons OP Office Plus
1950 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone: (510) 843-2610
Small selection of standard 6 inch solid color and print origami paper.
TWP Inc.
2831 Tenth Street,
Berkeley, CA 94710 USA
Email: sales@twpinc.com
Phone: 800-227-1570 or 510-548-4434
Retail source for metal mesh.
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Oakland
Chi Thanh Trading Company/Hong Kong Trading Chinese Herbs Company
959 Grace Avenue
Oakland, CA
Colorful Hell-type notes. The colors are black, green and yellow and are printed as a Heaven
Bank Note. Also found green and black Paradise Bank Notes.
Magnolia Editions Paper
2527 Magnolia Street
Oakland, CA
Phone: (510) 839-5268
Paper making supplies, books, and workshops.
World Book Store
868 Webster Street
Oakland, CA
Blick Art Materials
5301 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94618
Phone: (510) 658-2787
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San Francisco
AITOH Co.
362 Littlefield Ave.
South San Francisco, CA 94080
(800) 681-3355
email: origami@aitoh.com
Wholesale supplier for imported origami kits, paper, and books.
Yasutomo
490 Eccles Ave.
South San Francisco, CA 94080-1901
Phone: (800) 262-6454 or (650) 737-8888
email: info@yasutomo.com
Imports Japanese paper and art supplies to the USA. Origami paper includes
Fold-Ems (with pre-printed crease lines), animal prints, glow-in-the-dark
paper, Jurassic paper, and various prints, mixed color, and single color
packages.
Kotobuki Trading Company
222 Harris Ct.
South San Francisco, CA 94080
Phone: (650) 588-8593
Kotobuki Trading Company is the principal supplier of origami papers
to the retail trade. Kotobuki only sells wholesale to the retail trade.
Asakichi Japanese Antiques
1730 Geary Blvd.
San Francisco, CA
Phone: (415) 921-2147
Lovely Japanese gifts, large selection of washi, sold in three sizes. Good prices on
paper.
A Collage
P.O. Box 7216
San Francisco, CA 94120-7216
Phone: (800) 9-COLLAGE
They sell an assortment colored glassine in ten colors in 27" x
39". The colors in the pack are yellow, red, light blue, purple, pink, orange,
dark blue, dark green, light green and hot pink.
Flax art & design San Francisco
1699 Market Street at Valencia
San Francisco, California 94103
Phone: (888) 352-9278 or (415) 552-2355
email: askus@flaxart.com
Carries glassine in 27.5 in. by 50 meter rolls in various colors, and
GIANT dollar bills.
Heartfelt
436 Cortland Avenue
San Francisco CA USA 94110
(415)648-1380
Email: heartfeltsf@earthlink.net
Small but classy collection of origami papers
Paper Source
1925 Fillmore
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 409-7710
Artisans paper, embellishments, methyl cellulose, bone folders. Carries
a line of CDs that contain background patterns that can be printed to
create your own paper designs. Types include watercolor, pastel, black
and white, and patterns and textures from around the world.
The Paper Tree
1743 Buchanan Mall
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 921-7100
An office supply/stationery store with lots of origami paper and an
excellent and growing selection of origami books.
Super Tokio
251 Clement Street
San Francisco, CA
Kami & washi in 6 inch and 3 sizes plus a few packages of larger
and smaller papers from Japan. Good prices for a limited variety.
Kinokuniya Bookstores
1581 Webster Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 567-7625
Lots of origami paper. Across from Kinokuniya Stationary.
Mikado
1737 Post St.
San Francisco, CA. 94115
Phone: (415) 922-9450
An extensive selection of all qualities of origami paper, from inexpensive
paper for classrooms to beautiful hand-made washi.
Pacific Books
524 Clement Street
San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: (415) 751-2238
Small selection of Chinese books.
Soko Hardware
1698 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 931-5510
Varied selection of plain, foil and print origami paper. Paper for Japanese dolls.
Some books. The selection varies.
Pearl Art & Craft Supplies
969 Market Street
San Francisco, CA
Phone: (415) 357-1400
Huge arts & crafts store with an excellent selection of large sheets
of art paper and imported and domestic paper, some origami paper. You
can find a list of all their US locations at:
http://www.pearlpaint.com/otloc.html
* Long's
A surprisingly large and varied collection of origami paper. There are
other branches of Long's, but no info on whether they also carry origami
paper.
*Michael's Crafts
* Morning Glory (Los Angeles)
A chain of Korean stationery stores. Branches in the metropolitan Los
Angeles. Web site carries boxes of crane folding paper, boat folding
paper, lucky star folding paper, crane egg folding paper.
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