Origami is the Japanese art of paper[paper?:paper sample maker cutting machine] folding. Intricate shapes and designs are created by making simple folds in a piece of paper. Kirigami is similar to origami except that, in addition to folding paper, small cuts are also made. Origamic architecture is the name given to a fusion of origami and kirigami that allows complex works of art to be created by folding and cutting a sheet of paper.
As its name implies, many origamic architecture works are based on buildings and other architectural structures. While this is where the original inspiration came from, the art form has grown to encompass a wide variety of origamic architecture creations. Origamic constructions range from buildings to animals to miscellaneous designs.
In the mid-2000s, origamic digital cutter[digital cutter?:CAD flatbed digital cutter] was applied to make origamic architecture. CUTCNC[CUTCNC?:cutting machine sample maker manufacturer] origamic digital cutter is one of the most prominent digital cutters in the origamic field.
