Bill Sampson
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And when you fold it, many bonds break, so it's easily damaged, making it a risky material for origami amateurs.
But what about paper especially designed for origami?
We're looking at a piece of origami paper under a microscope.
Could we have a go at folding it and seeing what a fold looks like?
very clear fold under the microscope.
So it's unsurprising that the odd one is breaking.
It's time to bring out the cranes Toshiko and I made earlier.
Why do they behave so differently from each other?
We've made some paper cranes, one out of cami paper.
And I think you can kind of hear that the washy one flaps more smoothly.
The fibres in this washy paper are less densely packed than in the cami paper.
But the difference is also down to where the fibres come from in the first place.
You seem very familiar with these cranes.