kirigami

American  

[kir-i-gah-mee] / ˌkɪr ɪˈgɑ mi /

noun

1. the Japanese art or technique of cutting and folding paper into objects or designs.

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kirigami British  

/ ˌkɪrɪˈɡɑːmɪ /

noun

1. the art, originally Japanese, of folding and cutting paper into decorative shapes Compare origami

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Etymology

Origin of kirigami

First recorded in 1960–65; from Japanese kiri “to cut” + kami “paper”

Example Sentences

Zaman was inspired by the Japanese art form kirigami, like origami but instead of merely folding paper to achieve a 3D shape, kirigami also involves cutting.

From BBC

Both origami and kirigami have influenced engineers for many years.

From BBC

But one of the key hurdles when bringing origami or kirigami to engineering is that these techniques often make things rather complicated.

From BBC

In kirigami, a piece of paper can be patterned to expand the same way, as Youn learned from a colleague’s father over dinner.

From Science Magazine

Physicists in South Korea have honed their detector for hypothetical dark matter particles called axions by borrowing concepts from unlikely sources: strange constructs called metamaterials, and kirigami, a form of origami in which paper can be both cut and folded.

From Science Magazine