the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds)
"My grandmother spent her afternoons teaching me how to fold intricate cranes and swans from simple sheets of colored paper."
The Japanese art of paper folding.
"She spent the afternoon creating intricate cranes, showing me her latest origami creations."
To construct by means of decorative paper folding.
"She spent the afternoon carefully constructing a complex crane using origami techniques on her kitchen table."