chiyogami

noun

chiyogami

noun

UK /ˌtʃɪjəʊˈɡɑːmɪ/

Etymology Borrowed from Japanese 千代紙 (ちよがみ, chiyogami, “gaily colored paper”, literally “paper of a thousand worlds”).

1

The repeating pattern found in many origami papers, originally applied with wood blocks, but now mainly using silkscreen techniques.

Related terms
kirigami, origami

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