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Origami Flowers Are Not Paper Flowers

A brand new trend has appeared in the past few years and is lately growing exponentially in the gift world, and that's the thought of giving origami flowers.

For those of you yet oblivious, you may even wonder what "origami" in fact even means. "Origami" is the Japanese fine art of folding paper. I'm pretty sure that even if you are not familiar with this name, you have seen some widespread origami creations in the past such as the "peace crane" for instance.

The Fine Art Of Folding Flowers

By means of the similar concept and techniques, some artists began to increase the scope of what was folded to go past animals and venture in the realm of flowers.

Generally speaking, to make exquisite origami flowers, a certain number of skills are required beyond origami techniques, such as the faculty to choose the proper colors, or organize the flowers properly.

The distressing truth today, in spite of everything hindering the expansion of origami flowers is almost certainly the reality that most of people are just aware of what I would call "basic folding" that looks more like abstract item where you have to stretch your mind in order to figure out what it is, rather than beautiful flowers.

But don't be misguided! Origami is an art and as such, artists have various level of skills and you'll be able to find some absolutely amazing flowers.

Keepers Of Memories

Now, with origami being the art of folding paper, you could speculate why the title of this article is "Origami Flowers are not paper flowers", since they evidently are made from paper…

The reason is simple, "paper flower" is a term used to refer to inexpensive stuff, origami flowers are not. Basically, whilst silk flowers are an elegant cheaper alternative to fresh flowers; regardless of popular beliefs, origami flowers are not.

Origami flowers are not aimed at being cheaper than fresh flowers, they just have a different meaning and value. Maybe over time origami flower possibly will sound a better investment than fresh flowers, but you should be aware that the initial cost is higher.

The best advantage of origami flowers is without a doubt their capacity to last forever. These flowers will forever be blooming and if the paper quality is right, so will their colors, and all of that devoid of you having to care for them!

Origami flowers are best used as anniversary gift, especially the first one, since it's also named the "Paper Anniversary". What better gift could you offer than an everlasting bouquet of magnificent origami flowers on a Paper Anniversary?

An additional popular use of origami flowers, is as ornamentation for what people now even call "Origami Wedding". Having a beautiful wedding bouquet is nice, but having a beautiful wedding bouquet that lasts forever is positively better!

And what if you used a bouquet of fresh flowers? Well nothing prevents you to have a copy of it made with origami flowers by a talented artist!

"As you can see, origami flowers are always related to a special event or date in the lives of people, and thus are great keepers of blissful memories; they are not just paper flowers."

Finding Origami Flowers

Origami flowers can only be purchased from artists who fold them; you can easily find those with a quick exploration online. Make sure to check carefully the portfolio of each of the artists there, as you'll get an idea of their skill level.

When it comes to origami, the skill level of the artist will define the quality of the flowers you'll get.

About the Author

To date, the only origami artist who ever got his origami flowers selected for mass distribution in retail stores (such as Habitat UK & France) is the founder of Origami Delight (origami artist trusted and commissioned by Google itself for custom project!).

Visit his portfolio and online store at http://www.origamidelight.com and get a 10% discount coupon as welcome!

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