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The Art of Hanakami, or Flower-Petal Folding

by s4074433 on 6/22/25, 10:00 PM with 8 comments

• by Ferret7446 on 6/27/25, 9:46 AM

  As a simple practical matter, "hanakami" is incorrect Japanese. The "k" changes to "g" via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendaku; there's already an example in "origami". So at the very least, it should be "hanagami".

  (The fact that "it also means “tissue paper” in Japanese (鼻紙)" is irrelevant; homophones are common in Japanese.)

  The choice of words is also kind of weird. "Oribana" would work, but that already refers to flowers made of origami. I would have gone with "hanaori" instead. "Hanagami" sounds like you're making paper out of flowers, or flower printed paper.

• by Tinkerbunny on 6/29/25, 12:27 AM

  Really interesting art of yours! Even though I’m not talented at origami in general, I think working with flower petals would be a real unique experience. If you have workshops or virtual sessions, I’d like to know about them!

• by carlob on 6/26/25, 10:55 AM

  Beautiful! But those are not the petals of bougainvillea. The actual flowers are white and much too small to be folded.

• by CuriouKoala on 6/26/25, 11:36 AM

  Now where did I keep that shrink-ray gun, need to use it on my fingers. Origami with naturally occurring raw materials is an intriguing experience, going to try it..