I bring you some interesting article about Origami:)
Largest Origami Crane
The largest origami crane had a wingspan of 81.94 m [268 ft 10 in]. It was created by the Peace Piece Project at Hiroshima Shudo University, Hiroshima, Japan, on 29 August 2009.previous records:wingspan of 78.19 m (256 ft 6 in), folded at the Odate Jukai Dome in Odate, Maebashi, Japan on 20-21 January 2001
wingspan 65.73 m [215 ft 8 in], 36.5 m [120 ft] tall folded by members of the World Peace Project for Children at the Seattle Kingdome Stadium on November 10, 1999.
wingspan over 63 m [69 yd],at the Odate Jukai Dome in Odate, Maebashi, Japan on 30 October 1995, folded from a square of 33 m x 33 m DETAILS
The largest crane folded from a single sheet of paper had a wingspan of 7.1 meters. It was folded by students in Jim Mockford's Japanese class at Camas High School (USA) from a piece of paper that was about 2 sq meters [23 sq ft]
The crane was sent to Camas' sister school - Seirei Gakuen High School in Hamamatsu, Japan
Largest Origami Banger
Paul Jackson, in November, 1980 at the University College, London, successfully folded and banged the classic model made from a paper rectangle 108 ins. by 66 ins.(source: BOS magazine no. 86, pages 14 and 15)
Largest Origami Panda
Twenty-five students in Fontaine-Saint-Martin, France, folded a 3 metre tall panda from an 8 by 8 metre square of paper on the "Salon du Livre pour la jeunesse de Montreuil", December 1993(source: Guinness Book of Records, French edition 1995)
Largest Origami Owl
The largest origami owl was 3.78 m tall, made from paper measuring 6.5 m x 6.5 m, made by 5 students from Rovaniemi (Finland) on 9 April 1989
(source: Guinness Book of Records, Finnish edition 1996)
(source: Guinness Book of Records French edition 1990)
Longest Chain
The longest construction made from folded paper is a gum wrapper chain by Gary Duschl. It contains more than one million gum wrappers and is more than 14 km [more than 9 miles] long. Details can be found at www.gumwrapper.com.Longest Origami Snake
An origami cobra measuring 45.49 m was made at Sentarosa holiday island (Singapore) on 9-11 March 2001.Largest Origami Horse
An origami horse measuring 2 m x 2.5 m was presented on 3 November 2004 in Moscow, together with a 1.8 m tall rider.
Longest Origami Caterpillar
An origami caterpillar measuring 649 m (2128 ft) was folded by 60 young people in Heiligenstadt (Germany) in October 2004. They used 25,000 sheets of paper and needed 25 hours. They raised 13,973 Euro for charity in the process.
Longest paper spring
The longest paper spring was constructed by 3rd graders at Fort Washington Elemantary School, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, USA in February 2011. It measured 150 m [500 ft].Longest Origami Train
(source: BBC news)
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