"Origami"; Folding Paper Crafts   What is "Origami"?    Origam, which is a Japanese word, means literally paper folding. The beauty of Origami, the ancient Japanese art of making various shapes and forms with paper through combinations of surfaces and lines, transcends the barriers created by differences in languages.    The only material used, paper, is available everywhere in abundance in all colours, sizes and shapes. Beautiful artifacts are made without any special tools.    In Origami, only one sheet of plain paper is used with its square and coloured on one side only, for special artistic work. However, papers and colours are specially chosen to suit a particular theme. Papers are folded in different forms such as rectangular, circular, semicircular, flowers, stars, shirts, boxes, and so on. Materials, Tools and Classes   Class History   Date Participants Number Jul 2001 - Dec 2002 - 14/06/2003 (*1) 05/07/2003 - 29/11/2003 30 13/11/2004 20 28/05/2005 7 01/07/2006 18 22/09/2006 15 23/09/2006 7 13/10/2006 15 03/02/2007 21 04/05/2007 13 28/04/2007 13 12/05/2007 7 19/05/2007 8 30/05/2007 25 09/06/2007 7 16/06/2007 5 07/07/2007 4 15/08/2007 55 06/10/2007 8 02/01/2008 6 06/02/2008 24 15/02/2008 26 03/03/2008 37 29/03/2008 5 09/04/2008 30 09/05/2008 15 12/05/2008 16 13/05/2008 16 14/05/2008 16 07/06/2008 100 03/07/2008 12 12/09/2008 37 21/02/2009 75 24/03/2009 45   *1 For Kindergarden Teachers in Laos