Origami is beautiful yet fragile, but Floriane Touitou found a way to “preserve” her paper foldings. Floriane protects her intricate origami animals by putting them under glass and these decorations produce a unique charming vibe.
“There is something magical in the transition from a single square sheet of paper to the desired shape: animal or insect, real or imaginary,” Touitou said. Her origami creatures are inspired by natural history museums’ preservation methods which were widely used in Renaissance Europe.
Floriane (who also has a PhD in Physics) hand-folds her animals using high-quality Washi paper. It is made of paper mulberry following an ancient Japanese technique and has been a world heritage since 2014. Her remarkable work is available on Etsy.
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#1 Dragon
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#2 Black Wolf
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#3 Copper Deer Couple
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#4 Deer
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#5 White Deer
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#6 Copper Owl
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#7 Penguin Mother And Baby
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#8 Green Parrot
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#9 Wolf Family
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#10 Copper Deer
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#11 Deer Family
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#12 Copper Elephant
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#13 Silver Elephant
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#14 Dragon
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#15 Antelope
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#16 Penguin Couple
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#17 Golden Unicorn
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#18 Deer Couple
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#19 Unicorn
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#20 Silver Unicorn
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#21 Copper Eagle
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#22 Silver Deer
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#23 Penguin Family
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#24 Silver Wolf
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#25 Elephant
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#26 Silver Dragon
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#27 White Deer Couple
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#28 Deer Couple
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#29 Golden Dragon
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#30 Wolf Couple
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#31 Copper Wolf
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#32 White Unicorn
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#33 Silver Pegasus
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#34 Copper Pegasus
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#35 Golden Pegasus
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#36 Parrot
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#37 White Pegasus
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#38 Copper Unicorn
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#39 Parrot Couple
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#40 White Wolf
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