Paper and Paperless

Hi All...

It has been a long time since my blog being updated indeed :)

Being an Origami Enthusiast, every now and then people start to brainwash me saying I waste paper, and All we Origmians, Kirigamian, Paper Quillers or any other Paper Craft enthusiasts are indirectly helping Deforestation...!!!

Well it is indeed a debatable question :)

But I happen to stumble upon some interesting facts in favor of us all Paper Craft Enthusiasts...!!!

Here are they:

Myths & Facts

First and foremost, Pixels are not greener than paper; factually speaking, "20% less CO2 is used per year by a person reading a daily printed newspaper versus a person reading web-based news for 30 minutes a day."
Paper is truly sustainable, bio-degradable and recyclable.

image source: visual.ly

Paper is not only made of wood / bamboo fibre but also, recyclable waste paper as well as agro-residues like bagasse, wheat straw and rice husk.

Wood is not sourced from the native forest but from farmers who are helped to grow a few pulpable varieties of tree like Eucalyptus, Subabul, Acacia, Casurina and Poplar on their de-graded land.

Clonal saplings and silvicultural practices through extention services are provided by the industry players to the marginal farmers for tree plantation.
Green cover is maintained while harvesting after 4-5 years cycle.

image source: British Columbia (gov.bc.ca)

Farmers enjoy an assured market for their produce and get market price in return.
In the process their non-productive land is converted into an economic entity besides greening of arid tracks.
The entire gamut of activity is termed and known as Agro-forestry.

image source: planetfunder.org

It is an unique concept followed predominantly by Indian paper industry for, the Govt. has no production forestry policy alike Canada, Scandanavia, Brazil, China and Indonesia - the global majors.

Unfortunately, India doesn't have any policy in place either for collection, sorting, grading and supply of re-cyclable waste paper like the advanced countries...!!!!



One more interesting read:





Data source:
Indian Paper Manufactures Association
International Paper

Works of Satoshi Kamiya

Eastern Unicorn
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The Yellow Bird
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Wizard
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Tyrannosaurus Rex
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Splash (Swan in Water)
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Smilodon
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Orca
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Inoshishigami (The Divine Boar)
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Pegasus
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Mammuthus Primigenius (Wooly Mammoth)
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Blue Whale
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Caelophysis
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Kirin
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Carnotaurus
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The Ancient Dragon
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Eagle Ray
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Hercules Beetle
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Barosaurus
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Divine Dragon (Bahamut)
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So do you still say Paper is just a Paper ? ? ?
It is the War field of Neuron Cells

Note:- These models are neither folded by nor picturised by me... These are sole works of Satoshi Kamiya

P.S :- These models folded by me will soon take its place in this blog...

The Origami awe-Inspiring - Infosys SDB Park 4 Mysore

A Software development building, branch of Infosys Technologies in Mysore, Karnataka, India is fondly called "ORIGAMI" because it has been inspired by Origami... It has been designed by Mr. Hafeez Contractor...

Here are some images of the building ....

Now The Interiors Of The Origami Building

Hafeez in his site Says - "Jagged facades and lopsided fragments style the aesthetic of the software development block. It is situated on a tremendously contoured site in the existing Infosys campus in Mysore. The design inspiration came from the rugged profile of the landscape. The architect on his first visit to the site decided on instituting a concept that would echo the spirit of the site. The architecture also draws the tenets of origami, a Japanese art of folding paper.

Originally, the building had an almost rectilinear form with a few jagged edges in the vertical plane. Later it progressed into its present form, which has the signs of distorted contours in all the three dimensions. These protruding jagged planes form abstract compositions with fractured geometry. The facade is in essence moving in and out in various angles and inclines giving rise to the distorted form.

The base of the building moves along indistinct lines, which augments the distorted nature of the structure. The 5-storey structure houses 2,500 professionals. The typical open plan interior layout has rectilinear profiles whilst featuring skewed atrium pockets in several edges. The atrium creates an array of experiences by following the changing form of the outer skin. Its subtle skew becomes incredibly pronounced at certain levels when the outer skin moves in more zealously.

The jagged profile of the building echoes the rugged contours of the site."

Source - www.HafeezContractor.com

Hope This Is What They Say Origami.....

My Mini Band

Jungle Book?

Created It Just Like That... Don't Know What It Is???

Star World

Fluffy

More To Come........