A piece of paper, not cut, not spliced, what can be done, drawing? Write? Or fold out a paper airplane, take a breath, and throw it into the sky?
Speaking of which, when we were young, we also used a lot of imagination for a piece of paper: folding into a southeast, northwest, thousand paper cranes, lilies... Being able to fold out several gadgets will take a long time.
A small piece of paper can pull the mind back to the past. Childhood fun, some people make it another kind of extreme.
▲A small pei classmate with a clever mind.
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Regarding origami, I have to mention Pei Haozheng. Born in 1996, he is not only a world origami master and designer, but also the only origami designer in China to win the "International Origami Olympiad" championship and a single six golds, and also the founder of the highest score of the International Origami Olympiad, and has been hired as the original designer of the three super-complex space origami projects of "The Strongest Brain" in two seasons.
▲ Whether it is a bird or a beast, Xiao Pei can show it with origami.
He has originally designed hundreds of origami artworks, and several works have been selected as Chinese national ceremonies for events such as the Asian Youth Congress and international summits.
But what kind of shape does this small piece of paper have to transform into to amaze four seats?
▲ Original work "Squid Rose Ship".
This "Squid Rose Ship" is designed and folded using a primary color Xuan and a printed paper, which is a work of one paper and two things. The so-called "one paper and many things" is to use a piece of paper to create a scene, which further tests the thinking and creativity of origami people.
These are Pei Haozheng's original designs, each piece is a piece of paper, lifelike, some can not even distinguish whether it is folded out of paper.
For him, only by fully understanding the texture of paper can he create a good enough origami work. From flowers, birds, fish and insects to birds and animals, from Western myths to Eastern legends, Pei Haozheng presents them one by one with ingenuity. In addition to careful observation, he also consulted a lot of interdisciplinary materials, only to present better results and richer connotations for the works.
▲In terms of character origami, Xiao Pei also has high achievements.
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Origami is also a process of solitude, in which you sometimes have to compete with yourself, and sometimes you have to find a breakthrough. For Bae Haozheng, it was also an opportunity to get to know himself, as Thoreau said, "I've never found a better partner than being alone." ”
▲Purple gold grass symbolizes the tenacious and indomitable spirit and kind and simple qualities of the Chinese people.
For him, origami is also a way to decompress. About 7 years ago, he used a 2-meter square piece of paper to design a work called "Six-Winged Angel". This work needs to divide the paper into 10,000 to 60,000 small grids, which has taken Pei Haozheng several months.
▲The original work "Helicopter".
Whether it is the little mermaid who finally incarnated as foam in fairy tales, or the man who transformed into a spirit deer with the ribbon given by his wife, from the phoenix that flew out of classical mythology, to the six-winged angel who played the violin to represent the embodiment of love and kindness... Every detail is integrated with Pei Haozheng's ingenuity.
▲ Judging from the method of pasting, his film is definitely very powerful.
Before the creation, Pei Haozheng had to conceive of the crease layout of the work, and perform two-dimensional to three-dimensional spatial simulations in his mind, so he often used mathematical knowledge such as trigonometric functions and analytic geometry, and sometimes he also used calculus to find the optimal proportion.
Everything is ready before you start folding. First design the right color, size, and through different thicknesses and paper textures, to fold rigorously, and finally require a long shaping process.
▲ Higher Mathematics Origami work "Hermit Crab".
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Inspired by life, he shows what he wants to do in the form of origami, just like a painter painting; except that for Pei Haozheng, the pen in his hand is a piece of paper of different sizes.
Regarding the design of the work "Purple Golden Grass", it was inspired by a visit to the memorial hall of the compatriots killed in the Nanjing Massacre of the Japanese army invading China, when he was still young, he was particularly shocked.
More than ten years later, when he revisited the place by chance, he was even more touched to hear the narrator talk about the story behind the purple gold grass, and he decided to design and fold out the purple gold grass that symbolized the peaceful rejection of war, which also represented the tenacious and indomitable spirit and kind and simple qualities of the Chinese people.
▲High score entries for the International Origami Olympiad.
A piece of paper is a world, and Pei Haozheng has proved himself with actions. Because of youth, there are infinite possibilities, as he said: "Origami, kung fu is outside the paper; its meaning is also outside the paper - even, it will have its own life and soul." ”
Today, Pei Haozheng is firm in his own path: using origami to convey sound and warmth. From choice to self-denial; from confusion to perseverance, behind it is his love and awe for origami art.
Use imagination to build, use your hands to create, use your heart to express, let beautiful things infect you and me, so that people all over the world can hear each other's voices.