Motivated by our recent conversations, I've been thinking about proposing a tato creation challenge. The problem is that I believe there isn't much clarity about what constitutes a tato and what doesn't.
So I tried to look for different extracts from the web that might help build a definition. Here's what I've found: "Tatos are of Japanese origin: they are flat, decorative packets used to store small items such as buttons, thread, and needles." http://www.origami-resource-center.com/tato.html "Tato is a flat Japanese box or pouch." http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-tato.html "A tato is a traditional Japanese pouch." http://www.cclocator.com/en/video/?v=jfYsUphAuys&lang=en "Tatos can contain a message or small flat items inside, so they can be used as envelopes to hold party favors, invitations, thank you notes or cards." http://www.artisbellus.com/2011/01/butterfly-tato-new-origami-model.html "A "tato" is a small kind of folded purse or envelope." "Eric Kenneway gives clear explanation with instructions for making a tato in his book, <<Complete Origami>> on page 167. His account is succinct: <<A tato is a traditional kind of folded paper purse in which a Japanese housewife keeps small items such as needles, ends of thread, buttons and so on. Some people consider them to be useful for keeping postage stamps, too.>>" "in Heian times a tato was a kind of paper container or envelope. Later it tended to become more ornate and complex." "It was a generic name for a small envelope or container used for keeping small items, what we should call <<trifles>>." http://www.britishorigami.info/academic/lister/tato_folds.php The first one is my favorite. OK, so for now it's clear that it's a container, it's pretty much flat, and it's decorative. Is that all? I have the following questions regarding tato: 1. Does a tato closes over its center or do they sometimes also close by one of its edges for example? 2. Is a tato folded from a regular polygon (square, pentagon, hexagon, etc.) or are they sometimes folded from rectangles or equilateral straight triangles? 3. Is a tato's resulting shape that of a regular polygon or do they sometimes end up with sides of different lengths? 4. Is a tato simetrical, being its right half a mirror image of what's in its left half, or are they sometimes asimetrical? 5. To open a tato do you pull opposite flaps or tips or can you sometimes open it by pulling a single flap or tip? Can you please help me by answering those five questions? That way I can have a better idea to propose for the challenge. Although all the following are flat origami packets, I don't think they are tato? Am I wrong? Why "yes" or why "not"? http://www.cheapvegetablegardener.com/make-your-own-paper-seed-packets/ https://www.etsy.com/listing/103297422/handmade-origami-ang-pow-hong-pau-red http://www.ranjeetrao.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/080828_seedpacket_w.jpg http://www.nickrobinson.info/origami/petty/mom/mom44.htm http://www.pajarita.org/foro/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2170#p33817 Thanks in advance guys!
