Origami Flowers Are Not Paper Flowers

A recent trend has appeared in the past few years and is recently increasing exponentially in the gift world, and that's the idea of giving origami flowers.

For those of you yet unaware, you may even wonder what "origami" actually even means. "Origami" is the Japanese fine art of folding paper. I'm quite certain that even if you are not familiar with this word, you have seen some popular origami creations in the past such as the "peace crane" for instance.

The Art Of Folding Flowers

With the same theory and techniques, some artists started to enlarge the scope of what was folded to go past animals and venture in the realm of flowers.

Generally speaking, to make pleasing origami flowers, a certain amount of skills are required beyond origami techniques, such as the skill to pick the proper colors, or arrange the flowers properly.

The distressing truth today, in spite of everything hindering the expansion of origami flowers is probably the fact that the majority of people are just aware of what I would call "basic folding" that looks more like abstract object where you have to stretch your mind in order to figure out what it is, rather than gorgeous flowers.

But don't be misguided! Origami is an art and as such, artists have different degree of skills and you'll be able to find some totally amazing flowers.

Keepers Of Memories

Now, with origami being the art of folding paper, you could question why the title of this article is "Origami Flowers are not paper flowers", since they evidently are made from paper...

The reason is simple, "paper flower" is a term used to refer to cheap things, origami flowers are not.

Fundamentally, whilst silk flowers are an elegant cheaper substitute to fresh flowers; despite popular beliefs, origami flowers are not.

This types of flowers are not aimed at being cheaper than fresh flowers, they just have a distinctive meaning and value. Possibly over time they sound a better investment than fresh flowers, but you ought to be aware that the initial cost is higher.

The furthermost advantage of origami flowers is without a doubt their ability to last eternally. These flowers will always be blooming and if the paper condition is right, so will their colors, and all of that devoid of you having to be concerned for them!

Origami flowers are best used as anniversary gift, especially the first one, since it's also named the "Paper Anniversary". What greater gift could you offer than an everlasting bouquet of beautiful folded flowers on a Paper Anniversary?

One more popular use of origami flowers, is as ornamentation for what people now even call "Origami Wedding". Having a magnificent wedding bouquet is nice, but having a beautiful bridal bouquet that lasts forever is unquestionably better!

And what if you used a spray of fresh flowers? Well nothing prevents you to have a reproduction of it made with origami flowers by a talented artist!

"As you can see, origami flowers are always related to a special event or date in the lives of people, and thus are great keepers of cheerful memories; they are not just paper flowers."

Finding Origami Flowers

Origami flowers can only be purchased from artists who fold them; you can easily find those with a quick exploration online. Make sure to check carefully the portfolio of each of the artists there, as you'll get an idea of their skill level.

When it comes to origami, the skill level of the artist will define the quality of the flowers you'll get.