




Date: Tue, 07 Feb 1995 13:29:32 -0400
From: "Nigel Pottle, T-L, Erin Woods Elementary" <NPOTTLE@CBE.AB.CA>
Subject: photocopying

Someone recently suggested they could photocopy a book for another reader of
the list. While I applaud the good will, one should remember that there
are laws about copyright which would likely forbid this. I am sure authors
like Robert Lang and any one else who has published a book would prefer to
receive their royalties than hear that a book is being passed around via
the photocopy.

I understand that in the States and Canada, rules allow someone to photocopy
up to 10% of a book "for personal use". This would not include copying it
to send to someone else.

So, unless you want the photocopy police at your door, and our writers
and folders to starve to death, please don't photocopy without some thought.

Nigel Pottle
npottle@cbe.ab.ca





Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 13:37:38 -0400
From: Doug Philips <dwp+@transarc.com>
Subject: Re: Convention Supplies

In message <9502071644.AA01709@ cardiff.com> V'Ann wrote:

+My understanding of the way books are included involves a committee
+decision to include them. The sense I have from conversations with
+Origami USA board members is that retailing a book has side effects
+such as limited purchase from distributer, and other things so not
+every book is carried by the Supply Center.

+BUT you will enter a room at the convention center that is 1000sq ft
+of samples that you can actually look through. Then you take your
+order to a counter and receive copies of untouched-books. Plan a couple
+hours if you haven't had the experience before.

I was also hoping to be able to find some "retailers/purveyors-o-books" in
addition to OUSA's stuff.

I will have to make a list of the books I already have so that I don't
accidently, in the excitement of the moment, get duplicates.

To ask a follow-on question:
    Can you have your purchases shipped or do you have to take them with you?

Thanks for the info!

-Doug





Date: Tue, 07 Feb 1995 18:57:38 -0400
From: davevans@onramp.NET (David W. Evans)
Subject: Re: Do Shareware Origami Designs Exist?

====================SHORT NOTE=================================
        I am resending this, because it appears to have been rejected by the
listserver.  If y'all already received it, ignore this.
                                        David Evans
====================ORIGINAL MESSAGE===========================
        I subscribed to this list for the benefit of my son who loves to
fold and has about 8 books which he has already finished.  I find the
discussion interesting, even for me a non-folder, but I had hoped that
actual designs or plans would be shared.  I found the sources information
good, but still with the ability to encode it puzzles me why people don't
exchange folding designs.

        By the way, I found a good shareware folding program which
demonstrates the steps with written text and moving diagram.  With some
assistance from knowledgable people subscribed to the alt.shareware group I
was sent a program to slow down 486's to play the program slow enough to
read the text.  I'd be glad to share this program as I have modified the
batch file to work with current MSDOS if anyone is interested.  (The program
is elementary, but if you enjoy folding its facinating...my son loved it
just because it was unique).  Finding this is what motivated me to join this
list and see what type of designs or programs were shared.

        I'd enjoy comments and suggestions; pointers to archives and advice
about the best designs and folding programs available on the 'net.

        Thanks in advance.

        Judge Evans.
=====================================
David Evans
davevans@onramp.net
=====================================

=====================================
David Evans
davevans@onramp.net





Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 20:35:59 -0400
From: elsa@cheshire.com (Elsa Chen)
Subject: Re:  Viva Origami

Hi Kim!

Don't worry about the book being in Japanese. Viva Origami! is a great
book, the diagrams are clear, and the models are pleasantly challenging.
I have a soft spot for Kasahara's stuff. His stuff got me started
folding when I was a little kid, and I didn't read Japanese then either!
(Still don't, alas. Though I think it is high time I started learning the
kana at least, now. So I won't have only the photo of some simple model
to go by when trying to tell if it is, say, a roketsu (rocket) or some
sort of mushroom - an extremely rare sort of dilemma, granted)

I mail ordered my copy from Kinokuniya bookstore, a Japanese bookstore
chain with US brandhes in San Francisco, New York, New Jersey, and maybe
LA and Seattle too. Not long ago Sasuga bookstore opened in our area, and
they do mail order too. I'd recommend either establishment. Sasuga is on
e-mail, BTW.

Here's some info that might help:

Sasuga Japanese Bookstore
attn: Karen Yahara
7 Upland Road
Cambridge, MA 02140
TEL: (617) 497-5460
FAX: (617) 497-5362
sasuga@world.std.com
(If you order through them, mention to Karen that I sent you. No discount
comes with that, but she may be amused. She has been stocking Nippon
Origami Association magazines and has ordered ORU back issues also.)

Kinokuniya Bookstores
New York: (212) 765-1461
New Jersey: (201) 941-7580
Hey, I just found an old mail order card for the Torrance, Calif.
branch of Kinokuniya as I was looking up the above numbers! Here's the
info from that:
To order a book you need to tell them the author, title, publisher, and
price if known, and your name, phone number and mailing address.
They will bill you. The address on the card for the Torrance store is:
Kinokuniya Book Stores of America Co., Ltd.
Torrance Store
2141 West 182nd Street
Torrance, California 90504
There seem to be more Kinokuniyas out west, though the one in NYC is HUGE.
If you call one of their branches and ask they may know of a store closest
to you.

authors for Viva Origami are Kunihiko Kasahara and Jun Maekawa,
publisher is Sanrio. Good luck and email if you need more info.

- Elsa





Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 20:53:06 -0400
From: Cyrene Slegona <cslegona@ssi.edc.org>
Subject: Re: Glue (eeeeeeeeeyy......)

I have a StyleWriter II printer. It is now possible to refill the ink
cartridge by purchasing a refill kit. The replacement ink comes in a
little bottle with a needle-like application that is inserted into the
cartridge. When empty it good for delicate applications of oil, or glue!
It is a way to recycle as well.





Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 21:04:17 -0400
From: elsa@cheshire.com (Elsa Chen)
Subject: Re: Viva Origami

Hi Doug and Kim!

Doug is right! Origami Source has it. They would be the best place
to get it. Kinokuniya branches would also be likely to have it in
stock and not have to mail order it from Japan, and they also stock
Origami:La Era Nueva and Origami:El Mundo Nuevo, the books I actually
ordered from them, because the Friends' Supply Center didn't carry
them. Thanks for jogging my memory; it's been a while. Anything good
I said about Viva Origami still applies, and don't worry about not
knowing Japanese!

Elsa





Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 22:55:39 -0400
From: Sonya Manes <sonya@indirect.com>
Subject: Re: Viva Origami

On Tue, 7 Feb 1995, Elsa Chen wrote:

> Origami:La Era Nueva and Origami:El Mundo Nuevo, the books I actually
> ordered from them, because the Friends' Supply Center didn't carry
> them.

I am not familiar with these two books. Who are their authors and
countries of publication? What kind of models do they feature? The only
book I currently have in Spanish is Eduardo Clemente's *Papiroflexia*,
which I really enjoy because it gives me a chance to practice origami and
Spanish at the same time.

_______________________________________________________________________
I thought that I had wavy hair until I shaved. Instead,
I find that I have *straight* hair and a very wavy head. (Shel Silverstein)

Sonya@Indirect.com                Tucson, Arizona





Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 23:05:56 -0400
From: Stamm@aol.com
Subject: Re: Leaving list and paper types...

>   Second, is it just me or did everybody get a lot of > duplicated messages
> sent to them over the weekend?

yes I got several duplicate messages.

>   Third:
>   Have any other of the origami people out there experimented with making
> their own paper?  I've been doing some work on the subject, and am
> wondering what others have done.  For example, how to ensure that the
> paper is pH balanced so it might have a chance at lasting for a while.

You might check with Michael LaFosse (He is not on the list) he does a lot
of amazing fine-art origami. and makes his own paper.  He showed me how
when I was visiting him last summer.

Tom Stamm





Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 03:55:43 -0400
From: elsa@cheshire.com (Elsa Chen)
Subject: Re: Origami: La Era Nueva & El Mundo Nuevo

Hello Sonya,

Those titles are a bit misleading. Those books are in Japanese,
not in Spanish. They're collections of works by various creators
compiled by Kunihiko Kasahara, the "Robert Harbin" of our time (at
least it looks that way to me sometimes :-). I mentioned them to
Kim because they are also published by Sanrio in Japan, they look
similar in format to Viva! Origami, and there might be a few Maekawa
models in them. Their Japanese titles, I'm told, are Origami Shinseiki
and Origami Shinsekai.

Clemente's book is excellent! I've seen three books in Spanish at
the Origami Source tables at conventions, and it had the most
interesting models by far. The Source also carried a couple of books
by Vicente Palacios - Papiroflexia and Fascinante Papiroflexia. Both
contain simple to intermediate models. And last convention they had
a collection, Papiroflexia: a Vueltas Con el Papel, by the Grupo
Zaragozano de Papiroflexia (editors Luis bas Arrechea and Felipe Moreno
Salinas). I'm pretty sure you can still order the Grupo Zaragozano
collection from them, and if you like Clemente's book you will
probably enjoy this collection too. There's a 5-page history of the
group at the beginning, with photos, and a historical chronology at
the end - great for Spanish practice.

Some organizations to try joining:
(let me know how it goes if you join any - I'd like to join sometime too!)

Grupo Zaragozano de Papiroflexia
Apartado de Correos 11.073
50080 Zaragoza
Spain

Asociacio'n Espan~ola de Papiroflexia
Julian Gonzalez Garcia Gutierrez, Secretary
Mari'a Guilhou, 2-3 C.
28016 Madrid
Spain

Origamistas Argentinos
c/o Maria Susana Tanaka de Arashiro
Gorostiaga, 1588
1426 Buenos Aires
Argentina

Centro Latino de Origami
Caracas 2655
Dpto. 13-Jesus Maria
Lima 11
Peru

Asociacio'n de Origami de Venezuela
Apartado Postal #66757
Caracas 1061-A
Venezuela





Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 07:13:31 -0400
From: a.mccombs3@genie.geis.com
Subject: Deja Vous & New model

Vern - I suggest you submit your diagram of the origami computer to OUSA for
inclusion in their Annual Collection, the book that they have at Convention
each year.  That way, I'll get to fold it! :D  It sounds way cool - Anne





Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 13:09:18 -0400
From: rshuster@netaxs.com (Bob Shuster)
Subject: Re:origami book retailers

If you're in the Philadelphia area, there's a store about 20 minutes north
of the city that has a fairly good selection of origami titles.  The place
is the Atlantic Book Warehouse and it's on Route 309 just south of the
Montgomery Mall (309 south of 63.)  There may be other Atlantic Book
Warehouses around the country, but this is the only one I've seen.  I've
found that Barnes and Noble also has a fairly good selection, as does
Borders (Borders is in center city, B&N's are everywhere!)    - Bob

      = = =      /| Bob Shuster                           |\      = = =
[>----|-|-|-----/ |   Composer/Arranger/Copyist/MIDI &    | \-----|-|-|----<]
  (___|_|_|____)\ |   Computer Consultant  (215-927-4928) | /(____|_|_|___)
      " " "      \|   (& trumpet!)  (rshuster@netaxs.com) |/      " " "





Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 20:55:44 -0400
From: Rjlang@aol.com
Subject: Re: CD-ROMs

> I am also interested about information on the CD-ROMs. When is it supposed
> to be out?  How much?  Will it be available from OUSA?

The schedule is sorta undefined other than really, really soon. Price and
distribution outlets are still being worked out.

> Please provide more information; these CD-ROM's with instructional
> capability is interesting.  I hope they make it compatible with QT for
> Windows 3.11 or Win'95("'96"?) so that it won't be limited to the Mac
market.

My understanding is that the Windoze version uses QuickTime for Windows and
the CD is fully cross-platform.

Robert





Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 13:38:12 -0400
From: hull@cs.uri.edu (Tom Hull)
Subject: Michael Shall

Hello origamists,

        Last night Michael Shall passed away. He had been suffering
from cancer for many months, and now his battle is over. Official
information as to funeral servises and where to send condolences will
be posted in a future missive.
        One of Michael's last requests was that people remember him
by getting together with other people, wherever they may be, and
folding on Valentines Day. Sounds like a wonderful idea to me.
        Origami USA would like to collect people's memories of Michael.
So I suggest that we all post our Michael Shall stories. Here's mine:

        While in college, before I even heard of the Friends (OUSA)
I was taking a course in Japanese culture. Since I had been folding
for many years by then, I decided to write my term paper
on the history of origami. Aside from the little bits of
information found in Kenneway and Harbin's books, I was at a complete
loss for references. Even the combined libraries of the Five College
Consortium (UMASS, Amherst, Smith, Mt. Holyoak and Hampshire) were
of no help!
        Resorting to drastic measures, I managed to find the name of
Michael Naughton, who had tried to teach a course on origami at UMASS.
He had some stuff, but not much more than what I had already found.
He told me about the Friends of the Origami Center of America and
suggested I try calling them. So I did!
        Michael Shall answered the phone and listened patiently to
my frantic story. (The due date was approaching!) He then replied that,
yes, the Friends has an extensive origami history file and he would
send it to me under the following conditions: (1) That I * promise *
to send the file back when I'm done, (2) that I add a copy of my paper to
the file when I'm finished and (3) that I realize that if I neglect to
send the file back, God will get me! Thus was my first impression of
the Friends and Michael Shall. He didn't let me hang up either until
I agreed to come to the next Annual Convention in NYC.
        So that June, in 1998 I found myself in the Big Apple,
wandering into Intermediate School #44 where the convention was held,
on the Friday evening open house. I remember stumbling about, somewhat
lost and confused by all the people rushing around, when a voice in back
of me yells, "You're Tom Hull!" It was Michael, and to this day I haven't
a clue as to how he identified me! Michael then personally showed me
around and put me to work. I think I imeddiately fell in love with this
man.
        Michael Shall was one of the kindest, warmest and fuzziest
(not to mention funniest, frenziest and phenomenist) persons I've
ever met. I plan on missing him immensely.

------------------ Tom Hull





Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 14:09:25 -0400
From: "Penelope R. Chua" <chupenr@minerva.cis.yale.edu>
Subject: Boston stores?

I just found out that I will be in Boston for a day or two next month,
and would like to find out where to go for origami supplies.  I had the
impression that there are a lot of Japanese/Asian bookstores there.
Could someone direct me to the best places for interesting origami books
not found in regular chain bookstores?

Thanks!

--
Penelope Chua                 chupenr@minerva.cis.yale.edu
Department of Biology         (203) 432-5052
Yale University
219 Prospect Street
Box 6666
New Haven, CT 06511





Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 14:25:49 -0400
From: lisaa@gsa-orsp.crown.nwu.edu (Lisa Abel)
Subject: Michael Shall & origami history

Thanks Tom, for the information about Mr. Shall. I didn't know him, nor had
I ever heard of him, but I'm sorry he is gone as he seemed a genuine and
fine person. I haven't heard of many of the people mentioned on this list,
but as a new participant I'm already comfortable in the company of so many
friendly, helpful, and sensitive people here.

Speaking of helpful people, I wonder if it's possible, Tom, to get a copy
of your paper on the history of origami? Or, would you suggest another
source if that is unavailable? Does OUSA have an inexpensive booklet on the
subject? I haven't yet sent for their catalog.

Thanks,
Lisa

** The best things in life are not things. **





Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 15:48:00 -0400
From: Brad Blumenthal <brad@eecs.uic.edu>
Subject: Michael Shall

Sigh.  The world is a poorer place, and would be poorer yet, but for
the memories we have of Michael Shall.

I first met him in the fall of 1989, the morning after his fortieth
birthday.  He was wearing one green sneaker, one red sneaker, and a
hangover that would've staggered a moose.  He was a little more
soft-spoken than some of the other times I've seen him, but he was as
intense, friendly, and passionate about origami as ever.  He referred
Gray told me that he could fold one of Patricia Crawford's grand
pianos so small that it would fit on your little fingernail, and he
could do it while roller skating.

In 1990, I went to my first convention, and just as with Tom, Michael
immediately put me to work.  I didn't get much sleep that weekend, but
I'll never forget the aftermath of the convention.  Michael gave us an
extensive tour of the labrynthian back rooms of The Museum of Natural
History, which had been his playground since he was seven.  As I
recall, he knew every staff member and every guard by name.  Then
there was the party, about forty or fifty people crammed into his
one-bedroom NYC apartment, laughing, drinking, folding, and Michael
bouncing through it all showing the latest creations and telling the
funniest stories.

I took some friends by the Home Office in December of 1991, and
Michael not only showed us around the office and the museum, but also
took us down to the JAL office to see the origami tree there.

I have some video of Michael from last year's convention, talking
about his goals for the next few years of origami and talking about
how proud he was of the growth and progress that origami and Origami
USA had made.  I'll see what I can do about digitizing it down to a
reasonable size and making it available.

Wherever you are Michael, I hope they have lots of paper.

Take care,
brad





Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 16:08:15 -0400
From: jubang@NMSU.Edu
Subject: Re:  Michael Shall

I am new to origami, though I learnt to fold a few items when I was
very young.  I am wondering if there is anyway that I may have a copy
of your paper on "History of Origami"?

Thank you.
Kim.





Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 17:41:20 -0400
From: Mary Jane Heussner <rgtmjh@gsusgi2.gsu.edu>
Subject: Re: Michael Shall

I think my first origami convention was 1985.  I had come to it from
Atlanta not knowing a soul and was immediately both welcomed and
interrogated by Michael.  Was I sure I wanted to take tickets to those
complex classes...did I know how to trisect a side...could I fold double
rabbit ears...and so on.  It was the beginning of a big growth spurt
for the Friends and a lot of the new people were getting "in over their
heads" in the classes.   There was no official way to guard against this
so Michael was trying to do what he could to make sure everyone had a
great experience.  I had never folded with anyone else--just bought
books and followed the diagrams--most of the time I never bothered to
read any words because the pictures were enough.  I didn't recognize the
official jargon, but I guess Michael decided to trust me.  From then on,
he never forgot my name, never failed to make me feel welcome, always
included me in the after convention get togethers, always had time to
answer questions and share references and sources for unusual models.
What's really remarkable about all this is that I found out Michael was
doing the same thing with lots of other newcomers.  Michael had some
wonderful gifts and I'm always amazed at how he threw himself into
activities that provided so much fun for the rest of us.

I'm looking forward to folding with friends on Feb. 14 with Michael in mind.

Mary Jane





Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 19:22:23 -0400
From: hull@cs.uri.edu (Tom Hull)
Subject: Re:  Michael Shall

KIm, sure! The origami history paper is yours if you send me a SASE:

Tom Hull
Department of Mathematics
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881-0816

---------- Tom





Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 20:45:35 -0400
From: JanetJWH@aol.com
Subject: Re: 30-Pointed Omegas

I have to admit that it's been a couple of decades since I have had geometry
courses.  Words like "icosidodecahedron" have kind of thrown me.  Can someone
give a definition of how to interpret these geometric figure names?

Thanks,
Janet





Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 21:30:48 -0400
From: Kevin Thorne <C598033@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Subject: Re:  Michael Shall

     I would be very interested in a copy of your paper also.





Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 21:45:29 -0400
From: Kevin Thorne <C598033@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Subject: Anybody out there???

     I have been on this list for around a year now and have learned many
things from all of you that a book wouldn't tell me.  My first 12 years
of folding origami were by myself.  Everything I know is self taught.  After
arriving at college I learned that yes there are others like me.  I am a
member of a local branch of OUSA and am on this list.  However, this leads
to the problem of being in the midwest.  My local group has only 5 members
and the most experienced asside from me has only folded for a few years,
teaching children.  I have yet to see a member on this list from my
area and all major events that you talk about are in NY, SF, Atlanta, etc.
I'm in central missouri.  If there are any others from my general area, or
anyone knows of a possible event for the Midwest, I would like to hear from
you.
                  Thank you,

                  Kevin Thorne
                  c598033@Mizzou1.missouri.edu





Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 07:10:07 -0400
From: GD_ROPPENHEI@fair1.fairfield.edu
Subject: Subject Headings

Hello Felow Users !
I mainly lurk on this list, but one thing I get upset about is people
who use inappropriate subjects for their postings. If you want to
get a copy of a term paper Tom Hull wrote, write directly to him.
That is the great thing about email you know everyones address.
This may seem like a petty complaint but it happens on this list serve.
There is nothing like coming back after a week and checking your email,
and not being able to figure out thepostings you want to read.
Sorry to blather on hope I haven't intimidated anyone.





Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 12:23:58 -0400
From: Jeannine Mosely <j9@icad.com>
Subject: Re: 30-Pointed Omegas

Janet asked what is an icosidodecahedron?

It is unlikely that you saw the icosidodecahedron in any geometry
course, I know I never did.  Do you remember either the icosahedron or
the dodecahedron?  The icosahedron has 20 faces, each an equilateral
triangle, with 5 faces coming together at each of 12 vertices.  The
dodecahedron has 12 faces that are regular pentagons, with 3 faces
coming together at each of 20 vertices.  They are called duals of
eachother because the icosahedron has 20 faces, the dodecahedron has
20 vertices. The icosahedron has 12 vertices, the dodecahedron has 12
faces.  The icosahedron has vertices with 5 faces, the dodecahedron
has faces with 5 edges.  The icosahedron has faces with 3 sides, the
dodecahedron has vertices with 3 faces.  Both have 30 edges.

The icosidodecahedron is a figure half-way between the other two.  If
you mark the mid-point of each edge of an icosahedron, and connect the
dots, you will inscribe a triangle in the middle of each triangular
face.  Slice off each of the 12 corners of the icosahedron along these
lines and you will create 12 new pentagonal faces.  Alternatively, you
could inscribe a pentagon in the middle of the faces of a dodecahedron
and cut off its 20 corners to create 20 new triangular faces.  That is
an icosidodecahedron.

        -- jeannine mosely





Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 18:53:10 -0400
From: land@UTSW.SWMED.EDU (Kevin J. Land)
Subject: Re: (Purists avert your eyes, I wanna talk about GLUE!!!)

>Yes, GLUE!!  WONDERFUL GLUE!!!!
>
While in a local craft store the other day, I noticed in the GLUE area a
model glue tube with a needle-like tip that extended for 2.5-3.5cm.  If you
could use the modeling glue ??? you would have the tip you may need built
into it.





Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 19:19:55 -0400
From: Mark Offill <mwoffill@southern.edu>
Subject: Re: Do Shareware Origami Designs Exist?  I would like the shareware
         program.

I would like the shareware folding program if possible.  I'm a Youth
director in Chattanooga TN, and am interested in teaching Origami to some
of my 12 yr. olds who have shown an interest in that area.  Also, I have
the same question as you do.  i have been on this server a very short
time, and would like to know what kind of server it is.  does it have
real stuff to use, not just discussions?

my e-mail address is mwoffill@southern.edu

Thank you.

Mark O'Ffill





Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 20:23:17 -0400
From: davevans@onramp.net (David W. Evans)
Subject: Re: Do Shareware Origami Designs Exist?

For those of you who want a copy of the origami shareware I posted about
(elementary but even so, good for an adult to see what a program can do) I
have created a *.zip file with it plus a slow-down utility shareware program
so that i486 machines run the program slow enough to read the text before it
zips past while watching the folding which is portrayed very nicely.

I think it inappropriate to post it to the whole group, although I don't
care, I'd be glad to, but I don't want waste the time of those on Mac's and
other non-pc's, so drop me an e-mail and I will reply with the program.

P.S., EVEN THOSE OF YOU WHO E-MAILED ME EARLIER THIS WEEK, DO SO AGAIN
BECAUSE I DELETED ALL THE MAIL (I receive more than 100 posts a day so I've
got to delete and move on, sorry).  (Further, sorry for the delay, I was in
trial all week and could not get to this).
=====================================
David Evans
davevans@onramp.net





Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 21:41:45 -0400
From: a.mccombs3@genie.geis.com
Subject: Michael Shall

I was very saddened, though not surprised, to hear of Michael Shall's
passing.  Tom has asked for people's memories of him, so here are mine:

My first Convention was in 1991; I went with other members of Capital
Folders, of Washington, D.C.  I had, of course, heard of Michael, the
Friends' President at that time, and decided to take a class taught by him --
"sunglasses", as I recall, done in awful lurid pink American foil.  He
terrified me at first!  It took me a while to realize that his roaring at
the class was just part of the act.  At first I thought he was angry; then I
thought he was crazy; then I concluded that he was hyperactive and more fun
than I'd ever seen before.

Year before last (I think) at Convention, I made a point of going to his
class on "How to teach to large groups".  He started in, teaching some model
or another while telling a long, involved story about Alice Gray.  Everyone
was confused but docile, folding along, until finally another class member
said "Michael, =which= class are you teaching?"  He had started to teach
"Shining Alice" instead of the one we had signed up for!  The class exploded
in laughter as Michael flustered about in mixed hilarity and embarrassment
at his own mistake.  The rest of the class was equally entertaining, as
Michael demonstrated his techniques for teaching to rebellious teenagers.
Leaping up onto the desk and yelling "I'M DYING UP HERE" at the top of his
lungs was the most memorable one -- a bittersweet memory in retrospect.

Michael was a passionate, dramatic, sentimental, and unforgettable part of
the worldwide origami family.  I barely touched the edge of his life -- he
would certainly not have known my name or face -- and yet I treasure my few
memories of him.  The world is poorer today - Anne





Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 21:48:09 -0400
From: Doug Philips <dwp+@transarc.com>
Subject: Re: Glue (eeeeeeeeeyy......)

Pat,

+A friend of mine had to irrigate an abscess on (in?) his cat and the
+vet gave him a fat syringe with a tapered, curving, plastic point, about
+3cm long.  This sounds exactly like what you are looking for.  I would
+guess it is called an "irrigation syringe".  And as it does not pierce
+skin I would imagine any pharmacist would be able to supply it without
+a prescription.

Thanks for the, ah, tip!  An area that had completely eluded me.

Thanks again!
    -Doug





Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 22:53:55 -0400
From: hull@cs.uri.edu (Tom Hull)
Subject: RE: Michael Shall, the major dude.

Hello people,
        The following is the official message of Michael Shall's passing
away as written by Origami USA. They asked me to forward it to you all,
as well as mention that any folders in the NYC area can go to the
Museum of Natural History on Valentine's Day for a memorial folding
fest. It'll be held in the Children's Lunchrooms from 5-9pm.
        Also, I'll be sending all the Michael Shall memories posted
on this list to OUSA.

---------------- Tom "hope and love" Hull

     ================================================================

                                                        February 9, 1995

     Dear Friends,

     It is with profound sorrow that we inform you of the passing on
     February 8, 1995 of Michael Shall, our beloved Founding Father, taken
     from us at age 45 after a long illness.

     Michael was a teacher, creator, showman, folder, and, most of all,
     charismatic spokesman for the magic to be found in a single sheet of
     paper. He thought it amazing that he could earn his living doing what
     he loved most, yet far more of his time was spent as a volunteer than
     as a paid professional. He taught at schools, at hospitals, at
     parties, at virtually every library in the New York area, and anywhere
     else there were people who were willing to learn.

     His "Paper Magic" origami holiday tree at the Japan Airlines ticket
     office on Fifth Avenue brought joy and wonder to all who saw it. He
     designed and created origami trees all over the world, from New York
     City to the Netherlands. He often noted how remarkable it was that a
     Jewish boy from Pennsylvania could wind up putting an Eastern art form
     onto a Christian symbol. No one who met Michael or saw his trees could
     forget him, or his art.

     Michael learned origami first from his father, then from Lillian
     Oppenheimer and his beloved mentor Alice Gray, and spent most of his
     life teaching the world to fold paper. Michael was a man of faith,
     vision and dedication. His belief that the sharing of origami could
     make the world a finer place filled his life. Together with Lillian
     and Alice, he founded our organization, and spent years working to
     make it a viable and strong home for his dream, filled with volunteers
     working together. He believed that the sharing of origami was even
     more important than the folding of origami, and that the world had to
     be taught to fold paper. As he often said, "origami comes from
     everyone and belongs to everyone."

     Michael made a difference in our lives. Most of you have come to
     origami, and have come to Origami USA, through something that started
     with Michael Shall, that grew with Michael Shall, and that, thanks to
     his hard work, will not end with the passing of Michael Shall. Every
     time we teach a sailboat, a flapping bird,  Shining Alice, or a
     strawberry, we are fulfilling Michael's dream.

     Condolence messages may be sent to his mother, Mrs. Tillie Shall, 2500
     Lee Road, apt 218, Winter Park, FL 32789. The family has requested
     that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Origami USA.

     Origami USA will hold a celebration of his life; we will advise you of
     the date. If you have memories of Michael that you would like to
     share, please send them to me at the Home-Office.

                                       Sincerely yours,

                                       Jean Baden-Gillette
                                       On Behalf of the Board of Directors





Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 02:02:53 -0400
From: elsa@cheshire.com (Elsa Chen)
Subject: Re:  Boston stores?

Hi Penelope!

There are Asian bookstores, but there are probably not as many or
as large ones as in NY. Sasuga, on a side street next to a bagel
shop and across from the White Hen Pantry, across Massachusetts Avenue
from the Porter Square T (subway) station is origami-friendly. Last
I looked they had a small selection of books, some from Japan, and
NOA magazines. Email Karen Yahara, sasuga@world.std.com for info.

Caucasian bookstores with decent origami sections are WordsWorth in
Harvard Square and Waterstone's at the intersection of Newbury and
Exeter Streets in Boston, and maybe Barnes & Noble, Downtown Crossing.

- Elsa





Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 02:05:16 -0400
From: elsa@cheshire.com (Elsa Chen)
Subject: Michael Shall

I just got home tonight and found 2 new messages on my machine from
Ted Bond and Michael LaFosse, and even more emails. These were the
first I heard that Michael Shall had passed away.

Mike LaFosse told me on the phone that Michael Shall once said, if he
were to pass on before Valentine's Day, that he would like it if
people would, alone or in groups, have some chocolate chip cookies and
fold Rae Cooker's strawberry on Valentine's Day; then he'd be there
with us in spirit.

Mike LaFosse also spoke of wanting to meet people that day, maybe in
the Salem, MA area, for a folding session if possible. (508) 373-5645.

Ted Bond says at the next PINE (Paperfolders in New England) meeting,
Feb. 21, PINE members will be remembering Michael too. Attendance will
probably be high, as in December, when we met in honor of Joyce
Rockmore.

                          -=-=-=-

I first met Michael Shall over the phone, before the 1990 convention.
I'd just heard about the convention on this list, the convention was
in a few days, and I really wanted to go see what this was. Brad
Blumenthal or someone suggested I call the Home Office, and somehow I
was able to get the forms for joining the Friends and registering for
the convention almost at the last minute. One thing I had to arrange
was a place to stay for my S.O. and I while we were in NYC, no easy
feat then since my S.O. is (still) a bit chicken when it comes to New
York City, and neither of us knew the geography at the time. The
Friends directed me to phone Michael Shall, who knew New York well and
would know about hotel possibilities. I phoned Michael. I wound up
talking with this guy with a loud voice and an at times unsettlingly
honest and direct manner who nevertheless seemed to radiate enthusiasm
and life through the phone. He reacted with derision when I told him
of my "NewYorkophobe" S.O. ("...condolences if he has the same
attitude toward sex") and recommended a hotel in a great location -
just around the corner from the Phantom of the Opera. (I'd mentioned
that my S.O. is a musicals fan - especially Cats, Les Miz, and the
like.)

Saturday morning, my first origami convention, standing in
line...Michael Shall walked up and down the line, saying hellos,
stopping to chat - finally I got to meet this guy face to face. He
remembered our phone conversation and asked after my boyfriend. I
thanked him for the great hotel recommendation, and for helping me to
attend on such short notice. Since then I have been fortunate not to
miss a convention. At every one, Michael has been there, one of the
first people I see or hear when I get to wherever it's being held. He
is usually in transit, highly energetic, wearing a radio but needing
no microphone at short range, greeting everyone by name (amazing
memory!). Origami conventions and Michael Shall seemed to go hand in
hand, which seems fitting since, I believe, it was he who expanded the
idea of the Friends/Origami USA to the national and international
scope it has grown to now.

He was so full of life it is hard to imagine conventions, and origami,
without him. I wish he had been able to stay longer, to travel and
fold and meet even more people. He touched people, and brought people
together, throughout the world.

People have said Akira Yoshizawa's creations express life, spirit,
best. That may be so, but, forgive me, I haven't yet seen the
Yoshizawa model with the electricity, the energy, the spark that
Michael Shall had. I know Origami USA will be accepting donations in
his memory, but I am choosing to send a donation to the Yoshizawa
documentary and traveling exhibition project in Michael Shall's memory
instead. We have been losing our "First Origamidom" more lately - I
don't like letting them go too early, without some record.

Yes, I hope there's lots of paper where Michael Shall is. I hope there
are chocolate chip cookies and other folders, too. With all that,
there may already be conventions, or there soon will be!

- Elsa





Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 07:48:09 -0400
From: GD_ROPPENHEI@fair1.fairfield.edu
Subject: Re: Michael Shall

My strongest  memory of Michael is my first auditory one. That voice,
loud, brash, wheedling and ENTHUSIASTIC !
Michael was instrumental in turning The Friends of The Origami Center of
America, in to Origami USA, and his vision and fun with folding will be missed.
I was lucky enough to help take down the large Xmas tree that Michael did for
Japan Airlines...it wawork but Michael's indominatable spirit turned the
wire straightening out, the dusting and the sorting of the thousands of models
into an annual party in January.
He will be missed.





Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 09:18:04 -0400
From: tim kennedy <TKENNEDY@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
Subject: Re: 30-Pointed Omegas

Greetings: Regarding Platonic Solids and their transformation, I would like to
suggest to Janet and others on this list a relatively recent book titled:
CONNECTIONS: the geometric bridge betweenart and science. by Jay Kappraff.
"Fully accessible to nonmathematicians and filled with hundreds of spectacular
illustrations, and scores of entertaining and instructive problems,construction
s,and puzzles,..."(blurb from back cover)





Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 14:03:38 -0400
From: Mary Jane Heussner <rgtmjh@gsusgi2.gsu.edu>
Subject: Re: Michael Shall

For all lurkers on this list who work in downtown Atlanta,

Several of us will be getting together at lunch (12:30) to eat chocolate
chip cookies and fold Valentines (we did the strawberries and Shining
Alice's last night) on February 14 at Joel's which is downtown near Park
Place across from the Hurt building.  If you're near downtown and want to
join us in remembering Michael Shall, you can email me for better
directions at rgtmjh@gsusgi2.gsu.edu   .

MJ





Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 15:11:37 -0400
From: BPearl@eworld.com
Subject: Calling all Boston Folders

Dear Boston Folders:

I will be presenting at math conferences in Boston April 4-8 and would like
to appeal to Boston Folders to contribute to my travelling California origami
exhibit. The exhibit travels to local schools, libraries, museums and
hospitals in California. Please place your model in a shoebox or some other
protective contatiner for flying. Include your name and model information.
The exhibit includes models from my travels all over the world including
Italy, Russia and of course the USA. If interested, please email:
BPearl@eworld.com
and I will send the address of where I will be staying in Boston as the time
approaches. I will be staying near the Hines Convention Center.

If anyone is also interested in attending the general session for the Boston
Math Conference on April 7, (12-l) I will inquire if I can arrange it. The
conference is sponsored by NCTM, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
 My presentation will be:
Math in Motion: Origami in the Classroom (K-6).   For more information,
e-mail: BPearl@eworld.com

Thank you for your support.
(OM) Origami Mommy





Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 20:51:10 -0400
From: Gretchen Klotz <gren@lclark.edu>
Subject: Looking for a Particular Paper Pattern

Hello!

I have some beautiful 6" kami-weight slick printed paper, but I don't
remember where I got it.  I have run out of my favorite color combination,
and would *love* some help finding it again.  Using the phenomenal
graphics capabilities of ASCII (ya gotta love it!), I have attempted to
replicate the pattern below:

     _______________
     |o xxxxxxxxxxx|
     |oo   xxxxxxxx|
     |ooo     xxxxx|
     |oooo      xxx|
     |ooooo       x|
     |oooooo       |
     |ooooooo      |
     ---------------

X and O represent different colors, with the empty space between them a
third color.  On the top of the pack as it's sold in the store, the O's
would be yellow, the empty space orange, and the X's would be red.  The
colors bleed softly into one another, radiating from the upper left
corner.

I've checked in every store in the Portland (OR) area, had friends check
at Kinokuniya in Japantown SF, been myself to the one in Costa Mesa, been
to Uwajimaya in Seattle, and even had a friend in Japan look in the city
where she was living (I thought she had sent it to me).  Origami USA
doesn't carry it.  I can't tell if Kotobuki distributes it (nothing like
it is described on the price list I have, but it's not very descriptive
anyhow).  No luck anywhere.  :-(  The paper is absolutely stunning on 2 of
Fuse's box designs (hexagon and square with spirals on the lid).  I MUST
HAVE MORE!

If anyone out there knows where to get this paper, I would be absolutely
*thrilled* if you would let me know!  I'm willing to pay for it and the
postage to get it to me, or barter with a model (box, of course), some
decorated paper (have I mentioned I'm a rubber stamp fanatic too?), or
other item of your suggestion.  I'm mainly interested in the purple-
fuschia-turquoise combination, not the rest of the pack, so if you find it
and want to keep the other colors too, that's fine.  (It would probably
take 5 packs -- at least -- for me to have as much as I want, but I can't
afford that much all at once!)

If anyone has a lead, please let me know.  Please reply directly to me and
not the whole list.  Thanks very much!!!

- Gretchen
gren@lclark.edu

P.S.  I'm interested in this *specific* design -- I have plenty of things
that are close. ;-)





Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 23:15:57 -0400
From: vann@cardiff.com (V'Ann Cornelius)
Subject: RE: Michael

Tuesday morning, I will be installing a display
in a window of an empty animal enclosure at the San Diego Zoo
It will be dedicated to Michael.
It includes two windows that are 10'x10' and part of a 50'
window opening. It will include a dry tree as a place to
show butterflies. If anyone wishes to have a butterfly
in the display, send it to
V'Ann Cornelius
P.O.Box 208
Cardiff, CA 92007-1447

The display is expected to be up for several months.

V'Ann
vann@cardiff.com





Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 03:39:41 -0400
From: "BOB T. LYNCH" <blynch@du.edu>
Subject: Michael's Obituary

Ummm... The e-mail gremlin has caused an erasure of the obituary for Michael
to disappear from my mailbox.  I was wondering if anyone else out there
saved it - I wanted a hard copy.  I also wanted to send the family a note.
I'd appreciate it a lot.

Thanks.

Dee





Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 17:21:48 -0400
From: Origamiist@aol.com
Subject: Re: Michael Shall

I never knew or met Michael Shall and only recently found out about OUSA and
this listserver, but from reading all the stories and memories everyone has
written so far I can almost imagine what he was like. I am sorry I will never
get to meet him. Based on what I have read here he must have been a great
person indeed. Someone here said (I forgot who) "Where ever he is I hope
there is lots of paper" I laughed out loud when I read that. It is a
wonderful thought.
I hope to meet some of you at the next convention in New York.
-Vern





Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 17:35:32 -0400
From: "BOB T. LYNCH" <blynch@du.edu>
Subject: Michael's Obit.

To Everyone -

Thank you all so much!  I asked and I received! Boy did I receive!  I got no
less than five (at this count) copies of Michael's obituary... I sincerely
appreciate everyone taking the time to respond.

I'll be thinking of him and you all as I sit and do some folding on Valentine's
Day.

I'm afraid I never really knew michael.  In fact, the only time I ever spoke
to him was over the phone.  I was taking a trip to Australia, and thought it
would be nice to be able to contact folders in the cities we would be visiting.
I talked to a very nice gentleman who said he thought there were at least a
couple people involved in OUSA in Australia and he promised that he would get
their names for me.  I asked him for his name and about fell over when he told
me "Michael Shall." Of course, I recognized the name.  He then proceeded to
extract a promise from me to write an article for the newsletter about meeting
folders in Australia (he left me with the impression that if I didn't promise,
that he couldn't really promise to get the names  :-) )  About 3 days later
I received a note in the mail with names, addresses and phone numbers, and
a little note about writing the article, signed Michael.

I did write an article, and got it to the home office.  However, Robert Lang
had decided to visit Japan at the same time I was in Australia, and I believe
his article was far more interesting than mine...

I always think about that every time I see that note stuck in the book that I
took with me on the plane.

Take care all - I hope you're having better weather than we are - we just
measured and since Friday night, we've gotten 8 incehes of snow!

Dee





Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 17:36:14 -0400
From: Kim Best <Kim.Best@m.cc.utah.edu>
Subject: T Rex

In his book "Prehistoric Origami" John Montroll has some remarkably
accurate models of dinosaurs.  But as any one who has seen the PBS
special on Dinosaurs, or the movie Jurassic Park knows, the model of the
Tyrannosaurus is wrong!  Most Paleantologist now agree that the
Tyrannosaurus did not sit back on his tail like a kangaroo, but rather he
balanced himself on his two legs much like a bird.  Fortunatly, it is
very easy to fix Montroll's model to make it more in line with modern
scientific thought.

Fold the model as intructed up to step 49.

Replace step 50 with two parallel reverse folds pushing the tail
straight into the body. The distance from the legs to the tip of the tail,
should be about the same as the distance from the legs to the tip of the
mouth. make two reverse folds to round the rump.

Skip step 51 entirely, and complete all remaining steps.  Now swing the
head a bit further back. You can now make a few small crimps to shape the
tail and legs. with a little adjusting of your folds, you should be able
to have the dinosaur balance on his two legs.

And there you have your PC (Paleanologically Correct) Tyrannosaurus Rex.

P.S.  If this has been discussed before, please ignore my noise.

Kim Best                                  *************************
                                          *      Origamist        *
Rocky Mountain Cancer Data System         *  Are good with thier  *
420 Chipeta Way #120                      *        Hands          *
Salt Lake City, Utah  84108               *************************





Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 18:29:06 -0400
From: jdharris@teal.csn.net (Jerry D. Harris)
Subject: Re: T Rex

>In his book "Prehistoric Origami" John Montroll has some remarkably
>accurate models of dinosaurs.  But as any one who has seen the PBS
>special on Dinosaurs, or the movie Jurassic Park knows, the model of the
>Tyrannosaurus is wrong!  Most Paleantologist now agree that the
>Tyrannosaurus did not sit back on his tail like a kangaroo, but rather he
>balanced himself on his two legs much like a bird.  Fortunatly, it is
>very easy to fix Montroll's model to make it more in line with modern
>scientific thought.
>
>Fold the model as intructed up to step 49.
>
>Replace step 50 with two parallel reverse folds pushing the tail
>straight into the body. The distance from the legs to the tip of the tail,
>should be about the same as the distance from the legs to the tip of the
>mouth. make two reverse folds to round the rump.
>
>Skip step 51 entirely, and complete all remaining steps.  Now swing the
>head a bit further back. You can now make a few small crimps to shape the
>tail and legs. with a little adjusting of your folds, you should be able
>to have the dinosaur balance on his two legs.
>
>And there you have your PC (Paleanologically Correct) Tyrannosaurus Rex.
>
>
>P.S.  If this has been discussed before, please ignore my noise.
>
>
>Kim Best

Kim et al -

        Actually -- and quite unfortunately -- _most_ of Montroll's
prehistoric animal models in his book are, as we say in the paleontology
biz, "anatomically inaccurate."  For example, none of the sauropods
("brontosaurs") should be dragging their tails on the ground!   You are
correct about the "T. rex", however:  all theropods (the bipedal, often
carnivorous dinosaurs) have the spinal column virtually horizontal, and the
neck in a roughly "s" shaped kink (so this would also apply to Montroll's
"Struthiomimus" and "Spinosaurus" models).  The "Hadrosaurus" and
"Parasaurolophus" models are also posed incorrectly:  hadrosaurs
("duck-billed dinosaurs") most certainly had the spinal column horizontal
-- in fact, they couldn't bend their tails at all, since the vertebrae
(backbones) in the tail were held stiff by a latticework of ossified
(turned-to-bone) tendons.  These dinosaurs weren't obligate bipeds or
obligate quadrupeds (meaning that they didn't have to walk either on two or
four feet); they could -- and did! -- do both!  The "Stegosaurus" model
also incorrectly has the tail dragging -- in fact, NO dinosaur dragged its
tail!

        Anyway, I'm not going to sit here and bore you all with the nuances
of paleontological reconstructions and tell you what's incorrect about all
the _other_ models in the book, because I think it's a wonderful book!
Montroll's skills certainly shine through (as they always do!  8-)  ) in
the diagrams and the simplicity of the folding patterns.  His models are
always inspirational; in fact, I've made my specialty trying to create
anatomically accurate origami dinosaurs.  I've done a few:  a
"Coelophysis," "T. rex," "Apatosaurus," and a "Triceratops."  I've also
done an "Archaeopteryx," and I'm working on a "Stegosaurus."  The
"Apatosaurus" was published in one of the FOCA/OUSA Annual Collections a
couple years back.  The "Coelophysis" was published in v.3 #1 of
FOCA/OUSA's "Regional Group Exchange," which isn't circulated too widely,
but if you've got a local group, check and see if they've got one.

Jerry D. Harris
Denver Museum of Natural History
2001 Colorado Blvd.
Denver, CO  80205
(303) 370-6403

Internet:  jdharris@teal.csn.net
CompuServe:  73132,3372
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        "I repainted the picture Brown had painted for us.  A dying,
shrinking lake...these great...behemoths...dying..."
        "Well," she said, "all you tell me may be so...but I still can't
see why such creatures would have wanted to do it in the first place."
        "Do what, ma'am?"
        "Why, crawl away back under all that rock to die."

-- Roland T. Bird, _Bones for Barnum Brown_





Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 19:44:48 -0400
From: Sheldon Ackerman <ackerman@dorsai.dorsai.org>
Subject: Re: T Rex

>
> >In his book "Prehistoric Origami" John Montroll has some remarkably
> >accurate models of dinosaurs.  But as any one who has seen the PBS
> >special on Dinosaurs, or the movie Jurassic Park knows, the model of the
> >Tyrannosaurus is wrong!
>
>         Actually -- and quite unfortunately -- _most_ of Montroll's
> prehistoric animal models in his book are, as we say in the paleontology
> biz, "anatomically inaccurate."
Until I see a live one I'll consider Montroll's as accurate as the one I see
in the movies or at museums! :-)

>
--
Sheldon Ackerman
ackerman@dorsai.dorsai.org
sheldon.ackerman@nycps.nycenet.edu





Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 20:17:25 -0400
From: Cyrene Slegona <cslegona@ssi.edc.org>
Subject: Re: Michael Shall

On February 14th my class of 27 6th graders, all folders, will fold
hearts to honor Michael, a friend they never knew, but are indebted to.





Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 21:43:06 -0400
From: Sheldon Ackerman <ackerman@dorsai.dorsai.org>
Subject: Re: Michael Shall

>
> On February 14th my class of 27 6th graders, all folders, will fold
> hearts to honor Michael, a friend they never knew, but are indebted to.
>
>
Many kids who are not "into" origami have met Michael S the same way I first
met him. There was a sign at my local library that there will be an origami
session one day. I signed up. Well most of the individuals who showed up were
Mothers and their children. Michael was great. The room was small
and he could definitely be heard outside :-)
I drove him to a number of libraries in Bklyn. The last year that I drove
him to the train station at the end of his day at the B'klyn libraries he
wanted to pay me. I declined. Well, he made me a dollar bill sailboat--the
symbol of Origami USA that he said he had recently created..

--
Sheldon Ackerman
ackerman@dorsai.dorsai.org
sheldon.ackerman@nycps.nycenet.edu





Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 22:34:20 -0400
From: Valerie Vann <75070.304@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: 30-Pointed Omegas

Thanx to Jeannine for replying to the polyhedron definition question.

For the benefit of the questioners:

Maps  and diagrams of the regualr polys, including those discussed here recently
can be found in Kasahara Origami for the Connoisseur and in Tomoko Fuse's big
book in English, Unit Origami, Transformations.

Though it should be noted that the lists of number of units required shown in
Kasahara are for building with Snobe units,
as shown in the picture of the group project 900 unit "sphere". In this method,
most polygon faces are built up from 3-unit tetrahedral angles. Also, these are
edgewise unit constructions.

Some other modular polyhedrons are made with one unit per vertex, or one unit
per face, etc. So to determine how many units you need to build a polyhedron you
have to know if the unit represents a vertex (with its converging edges), an
edge, or a face.

The Omega Stars are built 2 different ways,

The 6-Unit method uses one unit per "face" of a cube, with the "sink" resulting
in a 4-way interior (concave) vertex in the completed star.

The 12-Unit method uses one unit per external point or vertex of the completed
star.
Either way the "Star" has 12 points.

--valerie
Compuserve: Valerie Vann 75070,304
Internet: 75070.304@compuserve.com





Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 22:35:20 -0400
From: Valerie Vann <75070.304@compuserve.com>
Subject: 30-Pointed Omegas

[Responding to Mike Naughton's explanation of a 30-Unit Omega Star...]
Mike,

Your explanation of the waterbomb base Omega star unit was fine though I'm
judging from prior knowledge. I didn't bring up the 12 unit version from the
waterbomb because I start the 30 unit one from the prelim base (6 unit star)
version and I didn't want to confuse the issue.

You mention half blintzing to get short arms. When I build a 12 unit basic 12
point star, it isn't necessary to have short arms.
In fact it just makes unnecessary thickness on the folded down edges. And the
the geometry is identical to the 6 unit one, you're still starting from the XYZ
(3 intersecting planes) model. The only difference being that with 12 units the
corners or the paper are at the tips of the star points, and with the 6 unit
version they're at the interior concave vertices.

However, even with short arms such as you describe for pockets, I don't see how
you can get a 30-unit icosidodec. from the
waterbomb unit you describe, since you'd need to put five together around the
pentagon "faces" , and the central angle of the concave areas is too great as
far as I can see, so that all the interior vertices converge at the center of
the model, which is
right for the 12-pt version, but impossible in the icosidodec. What am I
missing?

With a modified prelim base unit, the pocket/arms have about an 18 degree angle
or something like that, so they do all converge at the "center". The 4-way sinks
remain closed, forming the vertices of the polyhedron, with the edges of the
sinks folded out from the sinks toward the centers of the triangular and
pentagonal "faces".  (The "faces" are open or concave toward the model center).
Since the points of the star form the "edges" of the icosidodec in my 30-Unit
version, it has 60 points.

The David Petty Unit I referred to is in Tomoko Fuse's "Wonderful World of
Modulars" (OUSA list English translation of the title; ISBN # is 4-405-07553-0).
This book also has 3 or 4 nifty Mitchell modules making iscosidodecs and other
polys with 4-way vertices.

The Mitchell units could theoretically be modified Omega Star fashion, but in
fact have too many layers to fold the edges over satisfactorily. But the Unit
shown on the book cover along with the Peddy model (both in shaded blue green
papers...) is a wonderful unit ... the construction of the pockets is very
subtle...

The Peddy unit as shown forms an icosidodec with the 4-way sinks at the vertices
also, but the units are locked by folding over the corners of the sinks instead
of the edges of the sinks. A slight modification of the pocket allows the
latter, and voila!  A 30-Unit Omega Star.

--valerie
Compuserve: Valerie Vann 75070,304
Internet: 75070.304@compuserve.com





Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 01:03:15 -0400
From: "BOB T. LYNCH" <blynch@du.edu>
Subject: paper

This is for Gretchen (and anyone else that is interested)

I'm sorry I lost the scrap of paper that I wrote your personal address on - I
always have so many peices of paper floating around! ;-)

Anyway, I am assuming that the paper you are looking for has a wedge design to
     it.  If you are then you can disregard the rest of this.  If not there is a
mailer that I received from a CA company over a year ago that shows some paper
that has one color on one corner, dissolves into a second color on a diagonal,
then dissolves into a third color on the opposite corner.

They paper is called Prism Color and the packaging they show is Japanese.

They company doesn't list a toll freee number so here is their USSnail address:
        Fascinating Folds
        P. O. Box 2820-235
        Torrance, CA  90509-2820
        (310) 791-8531

I'm sure that if they are still around they would love to send you a price list!

Dee





Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 11:41:40 -0400
From: Laurie_Reynolds@smec.sel.sony.com (Laurie Reynolds)
Subject: Lang's Chambered Nautilus - Help!

Hello,

I was trying to do the Chambered Nautilus model in Lang & Montroll's
"Origami Sea Life" -  I got stuck on step 19 - crimp both bottom edges.

Any suggestions?

thanks,
laurie





Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 11:39:37 -0400
From: Laurie_Reynolds@smec.sel.sony.COM (Laurie Reynolds)
Subject: Fabulous Books

Greetings:

I just bought the best Origami books:

"From Angelfish to Zen" - Peter Engel - Dover Publishing, New York - 1994
        ISBN : 0-486-28138-8

Recently a friend gave me an article from Discover - June 1988 -
"Origami Mathematician's Art" by Peter Engel - As a result of that article,
I have rekindled my interest in origami and have been trying to find articles
regarding the mathematics of origami - Peter Engel's book is not only a
wonderful history and discussion of Origami, it also has a section on fractals.

"Origami Sea Life" - John Montroll and Robert J. Lang - Dover Publishing,
        New York, 1990  ISBN: 0 - 486 - 26765 - 2

I finally found a chambered nautilus model!!!

Have Fun :-)
laurie
