The Art of Hanakami, or Flower-Petal Folding
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1/21/1970
5 days ago
by s4074433
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Ferret7446
an hour ago
carlob
Beautiful! But those are not the petals of bougainvillea. The actual flowers are white and much too small to be folded.
a day ago
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5 days ago
CuriouKoala
Now where did I keep that shrink-ray gun, need to use it on my fingers. Origami with naturally occurring raw materials is an intriguing experience, going to try it..
a day ago
As a simple practical matter, "hanakami" is incorrect Japanese. The "k" changes to "g" via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendaku; there's already an example in "origami". So at the very least, it should be "hanagami".
(The fact that "it also means “tissue paper” in Japanese (鼻紙)" is irrelevant; homophones are common in Japanese.)
The choice of words is also kind of weird. "Oribana" would work, but that already refers to flowers made of origami. I would have gone with "hanaori" instead. "Hanagami" sounds like you're making paper out of flowers, or flower printed paper.