Editing Origami (section)

=== Teabag folding ===
[[File:tea bag folding (3229463907).jpg|thumb|Example of folded "tea bag" paper]]
Teabag folding is credited to Dutch artist Tiny van der Plas, who developed the technique in 1992 as a papercraft art for embellishing greeting cards. It uses small square pieces of paper (e.g., a [[tea bag]] wrapper) bearing symmetrical designs that are folded in such a way that they interlock and produce a three-dimensional version of the underlying design. The basic [[kite]] fold is used to produce [[Rosette (design)|rosettes]] that are a [[3 dimensions|3 dimensional]] version of the [[2 dimensions|2D]] design.

The basic rosette design requires eight matching squares to be folded into the 'kite' design. [[Mathematics]] teachers find the designs very useful as a practical way of demonstrating some basic properties of [[symmetry]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}