On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Dave Mitchell <dave.mitch...@virgin.net> wrote: > > > Yes, but again origami is not about the destination. It is about the journey. I would argue that a finished design that is inelegant to fold is not a good piece of origami however visually attractive or interesting it may be. > > Of course, I do understand that many folders are completely result focused and really don't care what kind of torture they inflict on the paper (or themselves) as long as the result looks good ... but this is really their own loss. (And they can, of course, comfort themselves with the thought that they are following in Yoshizawa's footsteps). > > So, to digress slightly, and respond to an earlier thought, elegance and simplicity are not the same, but it is obviously easier to create a design with a 'high elegance index' if it is relatively simple (though possibly not if it is very simple indeed). > > Dave >
I agree that the folding sequence in origami is an integral part of the elegance of it. Unlike other media, where most of the work done to it is visible on the surface, most of the paper in origami gets hidden on the inside. That's why it's important to take the folding sequence into account when talking about elegance. -- -- Gareth Chen
