Hi Laura, I think paperfolding has been a part of art and design education for a long time, from Froebel’s kindergarten to the Bauhaus.
However, paperfolding as an artistic medium is rare (which is why Bauhaus paperfolding is so well-known in the origami world). More recently, some people have tried to promote origami as art, e.g. Meher McArthur’s ‘New Expressions in Origami Art’ https://www.tuttlepublishing.com/origami/new-expressions-in-origami-art >From what I can tell, this has not had much of an effect on the elite art >world. Some curators might be active, but there are not enough critics and >collectors to make an art market. Eric Kenneway wrote that “A proper perception of origami can only be achieved by doing it.” Regards, Tung Ken On Thursday, 11 September 2025, 16:08:45 GMT+1, Laura R via Origami <[email protected]> wrote: ... a chapter about origami (its history, applications, etc.) in introductory art history textbooks would be a good way to open up this field to other players
