




Date: Tue, 19 Jun 90 12:58:10 EDT
From: cs00elm@unccvax.uncc.edu (e. morgan)
Subject: Edit your LaserWriter file

Thank you Robert for telling us how you created your
diagrams. Your commentary reminded me of a helpful
hint I saw in _MacUser_, volume 6, number 2, page
267, February 1990.

This citation intructs you on how to us ResEdit to make
visible the invisble check box you mentioned. I have
used this tip and it works wonderfully! Now everybody
with a Macintosh, a laser writer, RedEdit, and drawing
program can create some sort of origami diagramming.

Thanx again!

Eric Lease Morgan





Date:     Tue, 19 Jun 90 19:24:32 EDT
From: Bernie Cosell <cosell@BBN.COM>
Subject:  Macs and PostScript

Just a minor technical note: the PostScript file you get when you
do clover-F (or hit the invisible gadget) with the LaserPrinter
driver on the Mac is **NOT** an encapsulated postscript file.
In fact, it is VERY far away from being useable Postscript for anything
except sending to a printer prepped with Apple's LaserPrep and
printed a page-at-a-time [that is, you cannot very easily include
such a figure in some other page layout, or print them two-to-a-page
or the like]... [and, as you could have guessed, you don't need to
stick a 'showpage' at the end, since Apple already does that.

If you send such files around, folks who print from Macs a lot will probably
be OK [since those printers often have the LaserPrep semi-permanently
downloaded into the printer], but those who use their printers for
general-printing will be a bit out of luck.

As a somewhat more baroque hack, I think that if you hit clover-K instead of
clover-F, you'll get a *complete* postscript file [_together_ with the
LaserPrep].  This is still not really an 'encapsulated' PostScript file, but
at least it is printable on _any_ PS printer.

  /Bernie\





Date: Thu, 21 Jun 90 07:59:48 PDT
From: andataco!vann@ucsd.edu (V'Ann Cornelius)
Subject: Pascal

Maarten,
Thank you for sending the Pascal program. I do not have Pascal on my pc.
I have heard that someone may be using object base pascal to create
a diagramming program.

The program I am currently using, EasyCAD, has many features that I
have not used yet. One is the ability to convert line drawings
prepared with a mouse and geometic tools to .DXF files for export.

I'll admit that I really like the 'what you see is what you get'
facility I find with EasyCAD. I visualize a line producing program that
interprets mouse prepared information into 'standard plotting code' and
will permit transfer of the plotting code with the enhancments
of color, shading, etc. interpretable across programs much like word
processing programs are now.

If this expectation seems naive, ... oh, well...
It does seem that programs are trying to become more "intuitive" to use.
((intuitive ... that's an interesting concept)
V'Ann





Subject: Re: PostScript
Date: 19 Jun 90 17:16:37 PDT (Tue)
From: 6sceng!blm@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Brian Matthews)

I grabbed the files, printed them, and they turned out great.  Whoever
drew these has more patience than I do and knows FreeHand better than I
do.  Thanx!

---
Brian L. Matthews	blm@6sceng.UUCP





Subject: Looking for magicians
Date: 20 Jun 90
From: "Peter_Gardner.SBDERX"@Xerox.COM

Hi there,
               I am a children's entertainer in England and incorporate a
bit of Origami into my magic shows.  I would welcome letters from anyone
who is also interested in doing tricks and illusions.

Cheers

Peter





Date: 25 Jun 90 08:04:13 PDT (Monday)
Subject: Greetings
From: "Peter_Gardner.SBDERX"@Xerox.COM

Hi there,
                Brad has just put my name on the Origami list, and has
asked me to give a short biography.  I work for Rank Xerox in Welwyn Garden
City, England.  In my spare time, I help to run a local scout troop, and I
am also a conjuror and childrens entertainer.
	From time to time I have been able to use Origami with my scout troop.
The most popular folds with the lads being the water bomb and the fortune
teller/salt server.  Origami can be done as an alternative sylabus for the
scouts 'modelmaker badge'.(not many people know that).
	I use a few basic Origami folds in my magic show and use some of them as
give aways to the children, as they have my name and telephone number
printed on them.
	One of the members of my magic club is a keen folder, and recently he
brought along a whole host of the models he had made.  I was amazed at how
complex some of these figures were.
	I recently purchased a 'DOVER' publication called 'Easy to do
Entertainments and Diversions with coins, cards, string, paper and
matches'.  This is an excellent book and I have used quite a few of the
paper folds shown.  One of the paper folds is called a Billet Doux, when
folded this forms a triangular device which has two pockets.  This has
proved a winner as I can use it to vanish and produce small items such as
coins and silk handkerchiefs in my magic show.
	If there are any Magi or budding Magi on this mailing list, then I would
welcome any letters from you.

Happy Folding

Cheers for now

Peter





Date:    Mon, 25 Jun 1990 15:06:58 EDT
From: TYKOCINSKI@ACFCLUSTER.NYU.EDU
Subject: re-introduction

Hi there,

My name is Orit Tykocinski. I came to the United States from Israel
four years ago for graduate school. I am a social psychology student
at NYU. My main research area is attitudes and persuasion, and I am
currently working on my dissertation.

I was always interested in Origami. Recently I started doing multi-
modular geometric and decorative shapes. I make these into earings
which I proudly wear.

By the way, can anyone suggest a post-folding protective coating
technique that will make the paper hard and durable?  I am currently
using nail-polish with limited success.

I am glad to be on the list. Hope I can contribute,       Orit.





Date: 27 Jun 90 08:41:37 PDT (Wednesday)
Subject: Blank Mail Note
From: "Peter_Gardner.SBDERX"@Xerox.COM

Hi Folks,
I was asked the other day, how I could use Origami in my magic shows.  This
amazed me, as most of the books that I have on Origami were written by a
man named Robert Harbin.  He was a very prolific writer of books on
Origami, but his main claim to fame was that he was a very famous magical
inventor and illusionist.  You may have seen the illusion that he is most
famous for inventing.  This is called 'ZIG ZAG' and inolves a young lady
being put into a box which is then divided into three with two metal
blades.  The centre section of the box is then pushed to one side.
	As well as having quite a few magic shows on the television, Robert Harbin
also had a show devoted entirely to Origami.  This was a joy to watch.
Sadly Robert is no longer with us, but his creations live on as reminders
of a great man.

Cheers for now

Peter





Date: Wed, 27 Jun 90 21:32:42 EDT
From: cs00elm@unccvax.uncc.edu (e. morgan)
Subject: Re:  Blank Mail Note

I have seen this "magic" act. In fact I always considered it
a "trick" or illusion that is standard in all magic shows.

On another note ... what sorts of origami do magicians do in their
shows? It would seem to me the magician would not have enough time
to do any origami.

Eric Lease Morgan





Date: 28 Jun 90 01:16:39 PDT (Thursday)
Subject: Origami in magic shows
From: "Peter_Gardner.SBDERX"@Xerox.COM

 In reply to Eric's letter

In my act I use the snapdragon paper fold which gives you a birds beak.
This is used to locate cards chosen by spectators.  I have also seen it
used as an impromptu ventriloquists dolls head.  Several magicians that I
have seen over the years, use the flapping bird model in their acts.  They
use a white cartridge paper which is pre-folded.  This enables them to
quickly form the paper into the model.  When these models are used in
conjunction with live doves in an act, the effects are quite spectacular.
	There are several other folds which I also do which can be used to vanish
or change small items such as silk handkerchiefs or coins.  Several paper
folds, such as the salt server/fortune teller, make good production items
as they either fold flat or nest together.  This means that you can get a
lot of them into a small space.  The spring loaded paper fans that I make
occupy a very small amount of space when packed, but when opened they will
fill a stage.

Best wishes

Peter





Date:         Thu, 5 Jul 1990 23:39:18 EDT
From: Jack Fastag <STO%CORNELLA.BITNET@CORNELLC.cit.cornell.edu>
Subject:      My biorigamigraphy!

Hi everyone!
  My name is Jack Fastag, and I was born in Mexico City, where I've lived
for most of my life.  I guess my first origami were boats and paper airplanes
during kindergarden and first years of school.  But I place my actual debut
in paper-folding when my best friend gave me Harbin's classic "Origami: The
Art of Paperfolding" for my 8th birthday.  I wonder how many people doing
origami today started with this book as well?  This book was my only source
of models for many years, as its present condition will testify!  Its
approach is excellent, covering models in all levels of difficulty and
giving a great introduction to folds, bases, and contributing paperfolders.
Eventually I did exhaust this book, but my only source of new books was
through people who came to the US for vacations.  Until just 3 years ago,
the only other books I had managed to get hold of were Harbin's "Origami, A
Step-By-Step Guide" (many impressive difficult folds by Patricia Crawford)
and Kasahara's "Creative Origami".
  And then, two years ago, I came to Cornell University for graduate study
(and I'm still at it!)  This opened many new worlds for me, including the
"Friends of the Origami Center", which holds its conventions just a couple
of hours away from where I am.  In just two years, my origami book collection
has grown from 3 to more than 15 books, and I've met lots of other folders
too (which was also very limited back in Mexico).
  Perhaps this is getting a little boring for some, so let me tell you a
little about my current interests.  Given that I am an engineer, it is not
surprising that I like complex, elaborate models (what Robert Lang has
called "Technical Origami" in several of his articles).  Furthermore, I am
interested in computers, so it was quite natural that I should try to put
both interests together!  I have been working on a program that would "fold"
origami on the screen for about half a year now, which runs on IBM PC's or
compatibles.  During this year's convention, Robert Lang and I discovered
that we were both working on similar ideas, but using somewhat different
approaches and running on different computers (he uses Macs).  Our goal now
is to try and develop a program that is compatible for both machines.
  Well, I guess this is a long enough picture of my origami-traits.  If you
have any comments, I suppose that's what this forum is all about!  By the
way, I've been using IBM PC's for quite a while, including some origami
diagramming, so if anyone has any questions about PC's, I'll try my best to
answer them or admit my ignorance!
  I hope to get as much out of this modern way of communication as I have
of the "friends" during the last few years.
  Yours,    Jack Fastag





Date: Sat, 7 Jul 90 08:42:31 PDT
From: andataco!vann@ucsd.edu (V'Ann Cornelius)
Subject: PC diagramming

>  My name is Jack Fastag, and I was born in Mexico City, where I've lived
>I have been working on a program that would "fold"
>origami on the screen for about half a year now, which runs on IBM PC's or
>compatibles.  During this year's convention, Robert Lang and I discovered
>that we were both working on similar ideas, but using somewhat different
>approaches and running on different computers (he uses Macs).  Our goal now
>is to try and develop a program that is compatible for both machines.

Jack, Robert showed his diagram program to us at the convention. It was
impressive. He is using object based pascal. What language are you using
to write your program?

>I've been using IBM PC's for quite a while, including some origami
>diagramming, so if anyone has any questions about PC's...

I'm interested in what program you have been using to prepare diagrams.

V'Ann





Date:         Sat, 07 Jul 90 18:55:28 EDT
From: Jack <STO%CORNELLA.BITNET@CORNELLC.cit.cornell.edu>

Thanks for the warm welcome!
Eric Lease Morgan asked me to contribute any diagrams. Unfortunately,
I'm still trying to figure out how to use this thing correctly.  I think
that the best way to send diagrams is using PostScript code, which I'm
not using now because my printer doesn't support PS printing.  I still
have to find out how to generate PS diagrams!
V'Ann was wondering which program I use for the diagrams.  I'm using
Corel Draw, which runs under "Windows" on IBM PC's.  This program has
worked very well for me, except that it becomes somewhat slow, especially
as the drawing gets larger.  By the way, I don't want anyone to think
that I have TONS of diagrams!  In fact, I don't have that many original
models yet, let alone many diagrams...
And to answer V'Ann's other question, I am using Turbo Pascal version 5.5
to program the IBM version of the origami folding program.  This is the
main product from Borland International, and it also supports Object-
Oriented extensions to standard Pascal.  I really like the approach of
object-oriented programming, my programming style definitely changed
after I learned the concepts involved.
Hope this is useful for all!  I'm enjoying this forum!
                                                        Jack





From: brad@cs.utexas.edu (blumenthal @ home with the armadillos)
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 90 21:18:58 CDT
Subject: sending postscript diagrams...


*Sigh*.  So many hobbies and so little time.  I just got my darkroom set
up, and I am waiting for it to get dark outside (my bathroom is only so
light tight) because I have *got* to finish printing the pictures from
the convention.  The deadline for getting stuff into the Friends Home
Office about the convention for it to appear in the Convention issue of
the origami newsletter is 15 July.

Meanwhile, I still need to finish writing (what I remember) about the
convention, write about the first meeting of origamians here in Austin
(we don't have a name yet), answer a few questions, and try out the
help I got on Lang's biplane fold .... not to mention write a paper,
two talks, and, oh yeah, a dissertation (necessarily not in that order :-).

I'm feelin' pretty smug for keeping the mailing list more or less up to date
:-).  Speaking of which, I'll beat Eric Lease Morgan to the punch
and publically welcome Christopher Lishka and Katherine Long, our two
newest subscribees.

Now for the reason I'm writing this.  Jack Fastag mentioned something
about mailing postscript diagrams to the mailing list.  Please do
*not* do this; it's generally a bad idea.  Postscript diagrams are
*big*.  Not everyone has the disk space to have a few of these land in
his or her mailbox, and cs.utexas.edu would probably choke sending out
80-odd copies anyway. The best thing to do is to make such files
available on your machine for anonymous ftp and post a note that they
are available.  Also, have anyone who can't get to your machine via
ftp send you mail, and mail the diagrams directly to them.  If you
can't make the files available via anonymous ftp, send them to me
personally (brad@cs.utexas.edu), and I will make them available via
ftp and direct mail.

It's not a problem to make diagrams available to the list, but let's
not wipe out our mail connections by bouncing 50K files around the
net.

Take care,
brad





Date: Sun, 8 Jul 90 18:10:04 EDT
From: cs00elm@unccvax.uncc.edu (e. morgan)
Subject: Folding the Univers: A book reveiw


The following in an unsolicited book review of _Folding the Universe_.
The opinions expressed are of Eric Morgan and do not necessarily reflect the
opinions of others.

******************************************

Title: Folding the Universe: Origami from Angelfish to Zen
Author: Peter Engle
Publisher: Vintage Books
ISBN: 0-394-75751-3 (pbk.)
Price: $16.95
Notes: 323 pages, softbound.
       Illustrated.
       Includes extensive bibliography.
Reviewer: Eric Lease Morgan

_Folding the Universe_ by Peter Engle is not your ordinary origami book. It
goes beyond illustrating fine models. It gives a short history of origami,
describes the thinquing of Akira Yoshazawa (an origami master), and tries to
explain the creative process. Eighty-one of its 323 pages are text.

Peter Engle's approach is arscient (both artistic and scientific); he draws
allusions and examples from Lewis Carroll, Leonardo De Vinci, Beethoven,
Escher, Bach, mathematics, astronomy, Eastern religions, ...

_Folding the Universe_ illustrates models with (currently) unorthodox folding
methods. This is not your typical bird base book. The 24 models are life-like
in their appearance and porportions. They are not easy! It will probaly take
many attempts before most the models are successfully completed. Don't let this
discourage you. After all, Peter Engle did the hard part.

Like most human endevours (origami included), advancement is made by
amalgamating the methods of others, in turn creating new methods. _Folding the
Universe_ excemplfies this process.

I give _Folding the Universe_ by Peter Engle five out of five origami cranes.





Date: Sun, 8 Jul 90 19:33:50 -0500
From: Chris Lishka <lishka@uwslh.slh.wisc.edu>
Subject: Greetings, fellow paper-folders!


Brad asked me to introduce myself, so here it goes:

I'm Christopher Lishka, but most just call me Chris.  I am typing to
you all from Madison, Wisconsin, home of the University of Wisconsin,
also known for its diverse population, great music, unforgiving
weather, large mosquitos, and endless convention-center debates.  I
work for the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (a public health
lab) as a computer programmer.

As a child, my family spent some years in Japan.  Because my Father
was studying for his PhD (in Zen Buddhism), we were short on funds,
and there was no money to send me to a private English school.
Therefore, I spent several grades in the Japanese public school
system, where I learned to speak Japanese fluently (although I have
forgotten most of it now).  It was in these schools that I first
learned origami.  The boys played sports during recess, but I
usually preferred to sit with the girls and learn to fold the basic
animal forms.  Since that time, origami has stuck with me.

Although I can only fold the crane by heart (can't everyone? ;-) and
could probably derive the balloon and "shuriken" (throwing stars) if a
gun was held to my head, I still enjoy spending evenings folding more
complex designs from books.  I am usually most active during
Christmas, just after the tree is put up, busily folding more shapes
to fill up the "holes" and make the tree look nicer.  However, every
now and then I will relax after work with a few shapes.

The books I use the most these days are _Origami_for_the_Connoisseur_
by Kunihiko Kasahara and Toshie Takahama, and _Origami_Omnibus_ by
Kasahara.  I especially enjoy the geometrical forms built from simple
units, and have several sitting around my house.  I am currently 23,
and am looking forward to the day when Andria and I have children, so
that I can introduce them to the simple pleasures of origami (and so
we can have paper shuriken fights together ;-).

To start off my association with this list, I'll ask a question: what
paper do you recommend?  I have some paper made by the company Niji,
but is not quite square, and it really is annoying when one has to
fold stuff in half!  I also have some much nicer printed paper (which
is square), but I would like to find some inexpensive square paper to
use for "junk folding" before I refold with the good stuff.  Also, I
am interested in finding thin paper, because many of the complex folds
in the above mentioned books become very difficult with the Niji paper.

I am looking forward to the discussions in this group.  I stumbled
across it the other day, even though I have been an active UseNet
participant for years.

					.oO Chris Oo.
Christopher Lishka 608-262-4485  "Dad, don't give in to mob mentality!"
Wisconsin State Lab. of Hygiene                                -- Bart Simpson
   lishka@uwslh.slh.wisc.edu     "I'm not, Son.  I'm jumping on the bandwagon."
   uunet!uwvax!uwslh!lishka                                    -- Homer Simpson





Date: Mon,  9 Jul 90 08:31:32 PDT
From: RLANG@vlsi.JPL.NASA.GOV
Subject: Book Release

Just thought y'all might be interested--"Origami Zoo," by yours truly
and Stephen Weiss, has been released by Saint Martin's Press, and has
been sighted in bookstores already. Contains 37 models of varying difficulty,
and (don't know if they have it yet) may be available from FOCA.

Robert J. Lang

P.S. Look for "Origami Sea Life," by me and John Montroll, around the
beginning of August.





Date: Tue, 10 Jul 90 08:27 EDT
From: mwj@icc.com (Mike Jenkins)
Subject: Origami Around The World

Origamists:

  I have been in contact with many origamists around the globe via written
correspondance.  I have heard from the following:

			 Rene Lucio - Germany
			 Nand Bruynooghe - Belgium
			 Michael Litvinov - U.S.S.R.
			 Dave Brill - England
			 Everdien Tiggelaar - Netherlands
			 Akira Yoshizawa - Japan
			 Centro Diffusione Origami (a society) - Italy

   It is fascinating to learn about origami in other countries and about those
who also love the art.  Does any one have any other contacts or addresses for
others around the globe?  I found a mention of a membership listing from the
FOCA in an old newsletter.  I am going to attempt to see if they still publish
this list.   Any names, club addresses would be appreciated.


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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 90 13:23 CDT
From: ECCLES@cmda.abbott.com
Subject: hi, I'm new...

Hi, my name is Bev Eccles.  I work at Abbott Labs in the Chicago area.  I am
trained as a theoretical chemist.  I work with people try to design
pharmaceuticals.

My interests in origami are as a casual hobbyist.  I have only dabbled but
my interest is great.  I am fascinated by all the paper arts.  I'm looking
forward to participating in this discussion group!

Bev Eccles





Date: Mon, 16 Jul 90 11:27 EDT
From: mwj@icc.com (Mike Jenkins)
Subject: Origami Graphics

There has been a recent interest in writting grapical programs for
doing origami on a computer.  I have a origami program written in
BASIC for the PC by G. Furiya.  I have tried to get a phone number
for the company listed that he worked for when this was written.
But I have been unable to do so.  The information operator says that
there is no listing for this compnay?  Is there anyone out there
who has ever heard of the company or knows of it's demise?
Any help would be appreciated.

The name is as follows:

      Origami Softsource
      299 State Street
      Brooklyn, NY  11201

The software has a copyright notice of 1985.


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Software Engineer           8230 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH  45236
Micro/Mini Products         (513) 745-0500 * FAX (513) 745-0327
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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 90 10:45:16 EDT
From: cs00elm@unccvax.uncc.edu (e. morgan)
Subject: Re:  Origami Graphics

As a librarian I know it is *very* difficult to locate information about
a business if it small. Good luck.

Tell us more about this program. Maybe some of us have it as well.

Eric Lease Morgan





Date: Tue, 17 Jul 90 14:47 EDT
From: mwj@icc.com (Mike Jenkins)
Subject: Origami Graphics

Origamists:

I received a response from Eric Lease Morgan to tell more about my posting
requesting information about a instructional BASIC program so here it is.

Here is a copy of the "help.doc" file from the floppy.

   See archives: programs/basic.prg/...

I have contacted Robert Lang and Jack Fastag about what they have been doing.
Jack told me he was recently in contact with R. Lang and they discussed what
each had been working on with their own programs.  I have been looking and
have recently recieved alot of information about existing CAD packages (2-D
and 3-D).  I am a programmer by trade, but have only a little experience in
the area of computer graphics.  I would like to see a tool similar to the CAD
packages but strictly doing origami folding to the object.  The user should be
able to start with a plane sheet of paper (which they give the dimensions), and
be able to color fill with a pre-defined color or create their own palette, be
able to rotate the object for any view, allow the user to mark the lines to be
folded and be able to see animation of the folds be able to save diagrams, print
out files (postscript would be nice).  I have looked at the BASIC code from the
G. Furiya program and considered writting it in C for my PC.  But I have not
gotten far with that.  Anyway I tried to get ahold of the company listed with
the BASIC code, but the information operator has no listing of the company.
So anyone who has heard of this or lives any the area would be of help.  Also
has anyone used any CAD packages that could do the above listed features and
hopefully more?  Let me know.

PS.  For you non-graphic people, CAD stands for Computer Aided Design.

PPS.  I sent a copy of this program to Jack Fastag.


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Date: Tuesday, 17 July 1990 16:18:36 EDT
From: Kevin.Knight@F.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
Subject: Huge Origami Boat

Saw this in the newspaper yesterday...

                 __
                /  \
               /    \
\---------____/______\___---------/
 \               /\              /
  \_____________/__\____________/

Laugh You May, but Remember, It's Floating and the Titanic Isn't

New York -- A 120-foot vessel billed as the world's largest paper boat
has completed its maiden trans-Atlantic voyage guided by an albatross.

Well, the boat LOOKS like a paper hat, with a high peak in the middle
and a high point on eac hend.  It DID cross the Atlantic, albeit
in the hold of a ship, And an albatross (a sculpture) WAS part of
its cargo.

The Origami Line boat, dubbed the QM ... will be gawked at for a week or so
in the North Cove Yacht basin on the Hudson River near the southern
tip of Manhattan ...

...

    The boat is made of some translucent material that is "like
    paper yet not quite like paper -- like some newspapers are not
    quite like newspapers," according to the guy who built it.

		Kevin





From: sss@cs.brown.edu
Date: 20 Jul 90
Subject: Re:  origami mailing list

  Hello.  I suppose I'm the most recent addition to the origami mailing
list.  My full name is Scott Sona Snibbe, and I am currently living
in Providence, RI.  I am now at Brown University, working with
the Brown Computer Graphics Group as an artistic director and programmer.
I also have been working at the Rhode Island School of Design on
traditionally animated films.
  Anyway, my interest in origami stems back to early childhood.  I was
always interested in the art form from the first moment I tried it.  Luckily,
we had some of the better books around the house, and I became better as
the years went by.  I taught origami at a Montessori School in Massachusetts
for a year, while I was in grade school (This was much more interested than
cub scouts, which I quit in favor of the job).
  When I was 11 I found out about the Origami Society of America, and
would take trips to Manhattan to buy papers and study with Lillian Oppenheimer,
the president at the time (I believe she has now stepped back to a less
intense role).  I also went to one of the early Origami conventions in
New York, meeting many of the masters.  The man who made the deepest
impression upon me was John Montrol, whose designs I found brilliantly
original.
  I had designed many original pieces, and loved folding paper as a
pasttime.  I especially enjoyed exploring the different range in scale
one could achieve with different sized papers.  I made some tiny origami
models, but enjoyed much more making huge models.  I could get paper in
rolls 6 feet wide, making squares 6x6.  From these I made chairs, bookshelves,
and also some animals and flowers.
  During high school my interest faded a bit for many different reasons.
However, towards the end of school, I received an application for the annual
christmas tree contest.  Since I was then 17, I was still eligible.  I came
up with a design for a praying nun which ended up with a minor award.  As
a prize I received a new membership in the society, plus a lovely leatherette
carrying case from japan air lines.
  Lately, I have made few pieces.  The main reason is the space constraints
imposed by the apartments I have lived in.  I don't have anywhere to put
my work!  I generally do work for others.  Whenever I run into someone who
shares even a minor interest, my interest flares back up.  Several of my
friends have become very enthusiastic about origami, even joining the
Society.  I, however, have not renewed my membership since winning the
contest.
  I am looking forward to corresponding with all of you, and I hope I might
have something to contribute.  I am especially curious how you transmit
origami instruction sheets.  Do you send Postscript files or some other
object drawing format?  Or is it all published as ASCII illustrations?


Scott Sona Snibbe |  "Only through admission of imperfection can Brown
sss@cs.brown.edu  |   reach a perfect state."
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Date: Sun, 22 Jul 90 20:09:03 PDT
From: andataco!vann@ucsd.edu (V'Ann Cornelius)
Subject: ascii illustratios?

Scott, your intro ended with the comment "or do you send
ASCII illustrations". What does that mean?
Have you done it before?
v'ann
san diego





Date: Mon, 23 Jul 90 09:23:21 -0400
From: donnald@aplpy.jhuapl.edu (Creighton Donnald)


     Hello, my name is Creig Donnald, and I am currently working at the
Applied Physics Lab at Johns Hopkins University.
     My interest in origami dates back to my elementary school days when I
was introduced to it in art class.  However, the interest was not persued and
lay dormant for many years.  My freshman year of college, I went to EPCOT
center.  In the Japan pavilion, I found a small book on the subject, and my
interest was reborn.  Since that time (a little over four years), I have
acquired several more books on the subject.  However, I would consider myself
to have only a moderate skill level.  I can only look at many of the more
complicated designs and sigh.
     My speciality is flowers.  I have developed a rose, which keeps evolving
with time into better versions.  I also have done irises and tulips.  On
occasion I have done whole boquets for friends.  The only other thing that I
have done of any merit is a panorama cube (The instructions for which came
from  Origami Omnibus: Paper Folding for Everybody by Kunihiko Kasahara.) It
is a cube that unfolds to reveal eight smaller cubes.  These each unfold to
reveal mountains or a seasonal scene. That took over 280 separate pieces of
paper.
     I, too, am interested in just how instructions get transmitted over the
net and what resources are available.





From: brad@cs.utexas.edu (blumenthal @ home with the armadillos)
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 90 09:08:51 CDT
Subject: folds over the net....

I just added the following paragraph to the standard welcome message:

In addition to the archives, we are beginning to send folding diagrams
over the network.  These are in encapsulated postscript format and may
be printed by sending them to any postscript printer.  These folds can
also be made available on request via anonymous ftp and email.

The only folds we currently have are a dollar-bill peacock by Robert Lang,
and the instructions for the preliminary base/crane by Steve "Maverick"
Shoopak.  I'll go ahead and put these up in the cs.utexas.edu:~ftp/tmp
directory.

BTW, I'm leaving town for a couple of weeks (anyone else going to CogSci/
AAAI?), so I won't be answering requests until I'm back.

Apropos of nothing, the Austin origami group now has a name:
The Paper Rustlers.  At our last meeting we passed around Lang and Weiss's
new book, and Shaun worked up the lion.  It's a very nice collection of
folds.

Happy folding,
brad





Date: Mon, 23 Jul 90 08:23:15 PDT
From: RLANG@vlsi.JPL.NASA.GOV
Subject: origami at Brown

To Scott Sona Snibbe:

Did you know that James Minoru Sakoda (author of Modern Origami) is a
professor at Brown?

Speaking of finding origami in your own back yard...I spent eight years at
Caltech in Pasadena before finding out that John Nordquist (who rated a
chapter in Secrets of Origami) lived a few miles away in Altadena. (Now
I live in Altadena, about a mile from his house. He has retired from active
participation in the WCOG, however, although is still apparently active
with the Altadena Library). You never know who might be living next door...

Kumpootur Stuph: I sent some PostScript files to this bulletin board which
were subsequently redistributed (and, of course, PostScript is an ASCII
format). The advantage of PS is that you can describe extremely high-quality
fancy-schmancy diagrams. The disadvantage is that even fairly simple
pages take about 50K per page.

Unpaid Advt.: Origami Sea Life, by John Montroll and myself, is now due back
from the printer around the first week of August. Get yours from the Friends
Supplies Center!

Robert J. Lang





Date: Mon, 23 Jul 90 15:44 EDT
From: SUN@wharton.upenn.edu
Subject: Hi!  I'm Lillian Sun....


...... and I'm new on the origami list.  I began my experimentation with
origami when I was about 4, because it was a cheap hobby that kept me quiet!
Right now, I'm a student at the Wharton School at the university of PA, and
am working for the computing department.

I haven't been able to do a whole lot of folding lately, with the exception of
doing a demonstration on Chinese New Year's.  I'd like to find challenging,
creative patterns.  Just out of curiosity, I was wondering how many people
REALLY do origami...  I am originally from Memphis (TN), and no-one had ever
been exposed to much of that sort of thing....

I dunno what else there is to know about me... Looking forward to some serious
folding!

Lillian (SUN@WHARTON.UPENN.EDU)





Date: Mon, 23 Jul 90 20:25:04 EDT
From: sss@cs.brown.edu
Subject: ASCII illustrations


When I mentioned ASCII illustrations, I was thinking of the often adept
illustrations made with ASCII characters.  I personally haven't done
much with these, but I have seen clever drawings made with the various
graphic characters: (\,-,_,|,~, etc).
I'm sure people have had experience with the text-illustrations of snoopy,
christmas trees, and other objects and characters.  When I took typing in
junior high school, we had a book full of these illustrations, but they
were in 'code'.  The book would have a serious of lines something like this:
12 spaces, 13 'r', 5 spaces, 4 'r'
1 space, 15 'r', 2 spaces, 1 'r'
You would type exactly what the book said, and end up with some picture.  The
book didn't tell you exactly what the picture would be, so you were encouraged
to finish the typing.

Anyway, I guess this is a bit off the subject.  Has anyone made an origami
illustration in this way?

scott s.
Scott Sona Snibbe |  "Only through admission of imperfection can Brown
sss@cs.brown.edu  |   reach a perfect state."
uunet!brunix!sss sss@browncs.bitnet   Box 5467 Brown U Prov RI 02912





Date: Mon, 23 Jul 90 20:16:17 EDT
From: sss@cs.brown.edu
Subject: one of my favorite folds


Lillian Oppenheimer, the former president of the Origami Society once
gave me a beautifully folded vase.  The vase has a square base and pushes
up and out, with 4 cone-like corners projecting at the top, and a square
opening at the top.  there are also triangular flaps bordering on the top
hole.
I don't think my description does it justice, but it is one of my absolute
favorites.  I love the piece both for its beauty and the elegance of the
fold.  It is also a very sturdy three dimensional piece.  I have done
technical illustrations before, and would be willing to create a postscript
instruction sheet for this fold.
Before I do, however, I would like to know if anyone has seen this before.
I don't know who created this fold originally, or whether it has been
published anywhere.  If a few people are interested I will create the
instructions.

scott s. snibbe





Date: Tue, 24 Jul 90 19:27:16 EDT
From: cs00elm@unccvax.uncc.edu (e. morgan)
Subject: Re:  one of my favorite folds

Scott,

I do not thinque I am familiar with the vase you are talking about,
but I do thinque any postscript files you can contribute will be
appreaciated

Eric Lease Morgan





Date: Tue, 24 Jul 90 19:29:48 EDT
From: cs00elm@unccvax.uncc.edu (e. morgan)
Subject: ASCII diagrams


ASCII diagrams would seem to be a "universal" medium for exchanging origami
models. Scott, give it a try and I'm sure you will get some response.

Eric Lease Morgan





From: Andrew Harker <Andrew.N.Harker@stl.stc.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 90 17:31:31 +0100
Subject: Introduction/Resume

Hi folks,

	I'm a research engineer in Local Networks for STC Technology
Limited in the U.K. For those of you without a map on the wall, Harlow
is about 30 minutes north-east of London by train. Unfortunately I
personally don't have ftp facilities across to the U.S. so I'm
generally email/info-server bound.

	My first attempts at folding were from the old 'Rupert the
Bear' annuals (long since disintegrated). There was then a long gap
(probably about 14 years) before I picked up Kasahara's Creative
Origami in a library and caught the bug again. Since then I've
collected a couple more books, and joined the British Origami Society.

	I find folding quite relaxing (but sometimes in a slightly
frustrating sort of way). I guess I'd call myself a
beginner-to-intermediate folder. Put it like this - I'm on at least
the eighth attempt at Robert Lang's Tarantula (paper usually
disintegrates!). Generally, I find interpretation of the diagrams in
some books to be my stumbling point.

	I haven't an all time favourite, but I do have a soft spot for
Kasahara's 'Owl in a Tree' (Creative Origami again).

That's it for the mini-resume!

regards,

Andy Harker.
