I want to.describe two items that are very curious to me. 1) I receive a magazine calledFrance-Amérique. In the September 2015 issue,
Page 68, is a brief description: the Japanese amuse themselves by taking a porcelain bowl full of water and dipping in it small, seemingly.shapeless bits of paper, which, the moment they touch the water, expand, assume new shapes, take on color and variety, and turn into flowers, houses, or people, substantial and recognizable I would like to know: what are these bits of paper called in Japanese And is this a toy or craft? Where can this toy be seen/found? 2) When I visited Le Pli in Paris (and also when Robert Lang lectured some time Ago at CMU in Pittsburgh) I saw a demonstration of the following: Take a sheet of paper (often an origami square) make several careful folds Then take scissors and after making one cut unfold a shape (sort of like Our way to make a Betsy Ross star). In France, I think the shape was the Paharita Bird. Does this craft have a name? Thank you for your help. Sue Neff (OCoP)
