Anne LaVinn had replied to this thread on Thursday... sorry I couldn't reply back before. She mentioned the Japanese gift-wrapping tradition, with paper, cloth (furoshiki), and other materials. According to Anne, most traditional Japanese gift-wrapping (with paper) have the four characteristics I mentioned about origami gift-wrapping:
-the gift is wrapped using exclusively the paper, the gift itself and the folds. -the folding process must include the very gift. -the folding can easily be adapted to the particular dimensions of the gift. -when unwrapping the gift you end up with the paper unfolded as well, or at least in the most part. And Anne also shared a link to a short article by David Lister about the topic. Thank you Anne! I really enjoyed David's article... it made me want to check out Kunio Ekiguchi's book (Gift Wrapping: Creative Ideas from Japan) even more! From the very little I know about traditional Japanese gift wrapping, it usually includes a little piece of tape, or a lace to "lock" everything up, instead of "exclusively the paper, the gift itself, and the folds". Is this not always the case? David Lister mentions in the article that that book is quite extensive in the subject. Do any of you have it? Since no one else replied about it last time, I wanted to ask once more -that is- if it's ok with the list: I made a spread sheet mentioning origami models that might have the four characteristics of origami gift-wrapping. Do any of you have any of those books (or magazines)? Could you please check in it if the model does apply the four mentioned attributes? I must ask for your help because I have a VERY poor origami library. I hope you're ok with that : ) This is the spread sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhonAuMxn0ZidEpFczZSOGh1Q1FidlNPYmtvQjJrUkE&usp=sharing
