Thanks to Madonna and Goran for their specific examples and insights. I think some of the examples support Eric Kenneway’s belief that an origami model “can look charming, as can many objects which are not art works, but it is the rhythm of fold lines and balance of shapes apparent on the surface which are admired in such a case.”
Kenneway also wrote, “If there is an art in origami then it exists within the sequence of folds [transforming] a sheet of paper into a model.” That has influenced my origami, but of course others are free to disagree.
