>>But back to my question: Who decided origami couldn't be cut or glued, and >>where, and when?
Old tyme-y origami had cuts in it so I wouldn't say that original origami didn't allow cuts. I don't know who or when the idea of no cuts, no glue, no tools came to be (see Pure Origami page below).Back in the 1970's, John Smith developed Pureland Origami which is even more restrictive than Pure Origami. Read more: http://www.origami-resource-center.com/pure-pureland.html I don't mind when people have opinions but as Robert Lang says, those are just opinions. There was a time when I ONLY folded modular origami and I can say with definition that there are MANY beautiful origami models that are made with assembled units. In fact, the more simple the unit, the more amazing the feat. Like programming with zeros and ones. omg. Diana
