Remember making Origami sculptures as a kid?  And not to sound racist, but it was always some Asian friend of mine who would teach me how to make stuff.  Whether it was a crappy bird or something that resembled a shirt, it was always amazing to me to see how a piece of paper could be transformed into a “living being.”

But Origami as art is a whole new subject.  It’s way more complex and involves the kind of bending of paper that you wouldn’t even know existed.  Not to mention color schemes, shadowing, props, you name it.

Put it this way.  I never knew someone would make a paper Yoda like the picture you see above.  Not sure I’d spend all that time doing it, but hey, to each their own.

Here are 15 awesome works of origami.