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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 10:30:42 -0400
From: chall@scsn.net (Carol Hall)
Subject: Re: Bill Gates will kill money folds

>> +wallet and digital money.  Apparently he has decided there will be no use
>> +for paper money in the future.  We will all have electronic credits that we
>> +will download to a stores computer from our PC wallets.  If this becomes
>> +reality, then there will be no more dollar bills to fold.  Money folds will
>> +become a long lost art.

We may or may not believe in Bill Gates' vision of the future, but one thing
we will surely encounter in the U.S. is the redesign of paper currency.
While I assume that few of us fold with the large denomination bills
currently being redesigned, the smaller bills are on the list as well.
Might I suggest that if any of you have diagrams for money folds which say
things like "fold corner to George's nose," you might want to start working
on some other way of wording the diagram.  George's nose will shortly be
moving! (Of course, this also does major damage to designs using the current
markings for portraits or eyes or whatever.  You'd think they would have
asked us before changing things :-)  )

One other word in praise of money folds: often non-folders have difficulty
seeing or appreciating a model folded from "a single square."  Most all of
us have a good idea of what a dollar bill starts out looking like.  People
tend to really study money folds to try to figure the things out!  What a
good recruiting tool....

Carol Hall
chall@scsn.net





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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 11:07:55 -0400
From: vann@tredgar.cardiff.com (VAnn Cornelius)
Subject: Re: Jurassic Origami

> I have not seen anyone's comments on this. Could anyone comment on Edwin
> Ee's other published works? I vaguely recall this name in Origami USA annual
> collections. Can anyone verify it for me? I don't have any of Origami USA
> annual book.
> TIA.
> -----------------------------------------
> Shi-Yew Chen (Sy)

IN THE INDEX, WE ONLY HAVE DOCUMENTED THE ANNUAL COLLECTIONS FROM 1988. I FOUND
NO REFERENCE TO EDWIN EE'S WORK.

V'ANN
vann@cardiff.com





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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 14:03:39 -0400
From: "Weinstein, Michael" <michaelw@bdg10.niddk.nih.gov>
Subject: Re: various subjects

Just about anything folded from bright foil will work well as an ornament, so
long as it is executed well (noone wants sloppy ornaments hanging on their
tree).  I prefer readily recognizable animals myself, although anything's
fair game, so long as it looks good.

I consider the ultimate "wowable" and most romantically appropriate model to
be one and the same--the Kawasaki Rose, from Top Origami, or Origami for the
Connesieur.  There are a number of other twist roses, but this one remains my
favorite (its also the only one I have memorized).  The curvilinnear
construction is amazing, and what could be more romantic than a rose?

Speaking of new books, I just picked up Dr. M.'s latest, North American
Animals in Origami (or something like that) from Dover.  I folded the deer
and muskox at convention two years ago and found them quite satisfying,
although I haven't had the chance to do any of the other models yet.  The
diagrams are all computer generated, and hence look great.  It looked like
there was a nice assortment of models, with some (like the Moose) that
appeared downright challenging.  And at 10 bucks I don't think you'll find a
better value anywhere.
Weinstein





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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 16:50:15 -0400
From: Valerie Vann <75070.304@compuserve.com>
Subject: Puzzle Ring Cube Topology

More "research results" on the Puzzle Ring Cube (the 4-Ring Puzzle,
variation with each ring through the other 3):

A version assembled of tri-color rings, i.e. each ring made of
3 different colored units will indeed yield a solution with
single colored faces. There are 4 faces of one of the colors, and
1 face each of the other 2 colors. This assembly is more picky, as
when making the 3-unit strips, the colors must be in the same
relative order for each of the 4 strips/rings. In addition, linking
the rings also has a sort of "handedness". The best way to see this
is when the puzzle is in the loosely linked pinwheel/turbine position.
All the rings must spiral through the each other with the colors in
the same relative order.

This configuration also has 2 physical solutions, i.e. two ways to
manipulate into a cube, but only one yields solid/single colored
faces. (I think...)

What's a Solution? A "solution" is the way the rings are positioned
when the loosely-linked puzzle is turned into a cube.

Some people didn't have 4 colors of Paper, and weren't sure whether
they had found the 2 solutions. Here's how to tell, even if all the
rings are the same color. A 2-color face is diagonally bisected by
the ring edges into 2 equal right triangles. A 3-color face has one
right triangle half the size of the face and 2 right triangles 1/4
the size of the face. A 4-color face is divided on both diagonals
of the square into 4 right triangles 1/4 the size of the square.

For the Main 4-Ring Puzzle (each ring through 3 others):
One solution is a cube with 2 4-color faces and 4 2-colors faces.
The 2nd solution is a cube with 6 3-color faces.

The other assemblies/linkages of 3-Ring and 4-Ring puzzles will have
various combinations of faces.

These are PHYSICAL solutions that apply to all the original Puzzle
configurations, and the tri-colored ring configuration described
above. However, with the latter, additional manipulation of the
rings is required in order to get the specific cube solution that
has 6 1-color faces. The 1-color faces will still have the triangular
divisions described above.

BTWay:
I looked up "topology" in the dictionary and got: "The study of the
properties of geometric configurations invariant under transformation
by continuous mappings." Any of the math gurus out there care to supply
a translation of that?  :-)
How many different solutions should there be theoretically?

Also, if anyone missed the Puzzle directions due to the long holiday
or something, let me know and I'll email you again as I have all the
posts put together; its about a 20K ASCII text file.  (The postscript
diagrams for the archive are still a couple of weeks from finished.)

--valerie
Valerie Vann
Internet:75070.304@compuserve.com





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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 17:30:04 -0400
From: rmoes@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (Rob Moes)
Subject: Re: Holiday Origami

Michael Cheney wrote:

>I am looking for some exciting and different origami models that might be
>used on Christmas trees, holiday gifts, etc.

The one model that always gets me compliments is the John Montroll Star,
from "Animal Origami for the Enthusiast."  Very elegant out of foil, looks
much more difficult than it really is.  A large one is perfect for the top
of the tree.  I've also used them instead of bows on packages.

--Rob





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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 18:45:24 -0400
From: Iron Will Dawes <wdawes@cs.nmsu.edu>
Subject: topology

-->BTWay:
-->I looked up "topology" in the dictionary and got: "The study of the
-->properties of geometric configurations invariant under transformation
-->by continuous mappings." Any of the math gurus out there care to supply
-->a translation of that?  :-)

Valerie-
  I am certainly not a math guru, but I'd like to attempt to roughly
(and ineptly) translate that definition, as topology figures heavily
into the interests of those who like the mathematical elements of
origami.
  "Geometric configurations" just refers to regions, or collections of
points in some space. The "transformations by continuous mappings"
means that some function (having the properties of a homeomorphism,
for those who care) is applied to the region, making it "look"
different. Most importantly, though, the properties the region had
prior to the application of the homeomorphism are still true of the
image region.
  Actually, though, your puzzle sounded more like a problem in
computational geometry (3-coloring, etc.) than a problem in algebraic
topology.
                              -Will





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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 19:07:23 -0400
From: "BOB T. LYNCH" <blynch@du.edu>
Subject: Re: Holiday Origami

There is a six-piece modular version of John's star called the Omega Star
(by Phillip Shen) that I think is a lot easier than John's (even though it
uses more paper) and I've found it tends to hold the star shape a lot better
than the one's of John's I've done. I don't know where the diagrams are for
it though - I have (gasp - and let's not get into THIS again) xerox copies
that I received in the mail from a friend some years ago... (unfortunately
with no book credits - only author credits). Foild paper is the way to go
with it though. I though prismatic paper would be pretty, but it reflects on
itself to much to really allow the colors to come out.

Another pretty star is the "Pop Up Star" I've seen it in several sources, and
most of you are probably familiar with it.

Dee





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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 19:58:54 -0400
From: david mankins <dm@k12-nis-2.bbn.com>
Subject: Re: Puzzle Ring Cube Topology

    Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 16:50:41 -0400
    From: Valerie Vann <75070.304@compuserve.com>

    BTWay:
    I looked up "topology" in the dictionary and got: "The study of the
    properties of geometric configurations invariant under transformation
    by continuous mappings." Any of the math gurus out there care to supply
    a translation of that?  :-)
    How many different solutions should there be theoretically?
``geometric configurations'' means ``shapes''.

``transformation by continuous mappings'' means stretching, folding,
squashing...  anything but tearing.

Topology is the search for things you can say about a shape no matter
how you change it, as long as you don't tear it.





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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 19:50:57 -0400
From: ACPQUINN@myriad.middlebury.edu
Subject: Re: Holiday Origami

There is also a one-piece version of John's star by someone named Richardson.
Instead of the loose flaps on the bottom, there is a lock that joins the flaps
seamlessly.  The result is, IMHO, much more elegant than John's version or the
Omega Star.  It's the one i use for christmas stars all the time :)
Unfortunately, this star isn't diagrammed anywhere that i know of, so it was
taught to me by word of mouth and i memorized it.
Good luck finding a teacher :)
-Alasdair





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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 21:32:59 -0400
From: Penny <Penny@sector.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Brit. orig. soc. address?

In your message dated Wednesday 29, November 1995 you wrote :
> Did you receive this one? I guess that you are the obvious person to
> give a reply. I was not sure if you had dropped off origami-l.
>
> Richard K.
>
>
> /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/Original message\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
> Received: from bham.ac.uk by IBM3090.bham.ac.uk (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP;
>    Mon, 27 Nov 95 09:51:44 GMT
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>           Mon, 27 Nov 1995 09:51:45 +0000
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> From: Lee Cotton <gbwflg75@com.ibmmail>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <origami-l@ca.nstn>
> Subject: Brit. orig. soc. address?
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>
>
> Hello all.  Can anybody give me the address of the British Origami Society
> that I keep hearing mentioned in this group?  Does anybody know what they
> offer, what the subscription fee is, if they have an email address, what you
> get, etc...?
>
> Lee
>
>Yep, I'm ahead of you, she's given me her sanil mail address and I've sent info
off.

Yes I am still on origami-l, I got the lovely listmanager to take my two false
names @post & @relay 3 off origami-l, I sent a message telling Valerie Vann
who mentioned him,and to the group, and Halleluia I can send messages to the
group without them being returned now! The message was called something like ' a
toast to the listmanager' I sent it on Monday, I copied part of his message to
me.

Have you been following the attempts of a chap whose internet address is
nostalia....something.aol he's been getting pretty ratty that he was not able to
leave the list. Well I sent him a personal message telling him about my success
with the listmanager. he replied and said he had known Robert Harbin and would I
send details of the BOS.

I don't know if Lillian will want to pay her own subs now that Overseas members
can pay by credit card, no doubt if she does she'll be in touch with you.It's
O/S members only because UK members who have credit cards also have cheque books
and cheques are far less trouble for me.

Bye for now
Penny

------------------------------------------
Penny Groom                :(  Membership Secretary
                           :)  British Origami Society
penny@sector.demon.co.uk





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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 23:43:44 -0400
From: terryh@lamg.com (Terry Hall)
Subject: Re: English in ORU

Rona,
I am resending this information since I was told that it may not have reached
you.

The publisher of ORU is :
Quarterly ORU, SOJUSHA, Inc., DIK Koishikawa 405, 2 - 3 - 28 Koishikawa,
Bunkyo - ku, Tokyo 112 Japan. Each copy costs Y2,060 plus the postage to the
USA of Y780. There have been 10 issues published so far.

Terry Hall





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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 00:38:05 -0400
From: unhinged@yrkpa.kias.com
Subject: Re: Holiday Origami

I have diagrams for the one-piece omega star.  They're poorly drawn, but
you can sorta make em' out.  I think they were by Richardson.  If this is
allowable, I'll send to all who send a SASE.. it's one or 2 pages.

Rob

On Wed, 29 Nov 1995 ACPQUINN@myriad.middlebury.edu wrote:

> There is also a one-piece version of John's star by someone named Richardson.
> Instead of the loose flaps on the bottom, there is a lock that joins the flaps
> seamlessly.  The result is, IMHO, much more elegant than John's version or the
> Omega Star.  It's the one i use for christmas stars all the time :)
> Unfortunately, this star isn't diagrammed anywhere that i know of, so it was
> taught to me by word of mouth and i memorized it.
> Good luck finding a teacher :)
> -Alasdair





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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 01:32:19 -0400
From: Jack.Thomas.Weres@att.com
Subject: Dollar Bill Shirt & Sweatshirt

fellow folders of paper,,,

i'm having alot of insights into some models lately
-- i must be folding more than usual the past few weeks

anywayZ
       i just figured out that i was folding
       the dollar bill shirt "incorrectly"

       i always wondered why i could never fit pants
       into the open bottom of the shirt
       -- my shirt never had an open bottom
          but was folded shut

it all began with the incorrect folding the dollar bill
"One-Third of the way up"
so that when i completed the shirt
it would have a folded bottom edge

mine was way more like Two-Thirds
i.e. the Top One-Third

i guess i really misinterpreted the One-Third, eh?!?

that and the fact that i folded the dollar bill
so that the Federal Reserve
"Star-like-object-with-Capital-Letter-designating-where-the-bill-was-printed"
would be on the front of the shirt
looking much like a shirt with a college emblem on it

glancing through my dollar bill folding book published by OUSA
i noticed for the first time
where that actual One-Third fold was supposed to be
and that i folded with the "incorrect" side ending up on the front

so i finally was able to fit a pair of pants with the shirt
(also noticing for the first time the nice edging on the sleeves and bottom)

upon further pondering of my initial dollar bill shirt folding
i have realized
               at least to myself

that i like my initial folding
-- it is not a shirt
   but rather a College SweatShirt

   since it has that "Star-like College Emblem" thing going for it
   and it has that "squat" look of a sweat shirt

   one flaw -- can't add pants to it -- but hey, that's Life

if the shirt is folded with the correct One-Third fold
but with the "Star-like Emblem" ending on the front,
the Emblem gets "cut off" by the fold under the collar
and therefore doesn't work as a College Shirt

don't know if anyone else majorly missed the One-Third Fold
and ended up with a College SweatShirt

if you haven't
then you now have a new model to fold

hey
   wait a minute

if no one else ever folded it like this before AND no one ever published it,
does that mean i've created/designed my First Origami Model???

howZ that for some personal origami sharing???

we've seen some recent email stating
that this group is nothing but "copyrights and news"

i like sharing my origami experiences and reading others' experiences

it shows that as paper folders
we are not alone in some of the struggles in dealing with folding paper

p.s.  how long does that Star Trek Enterprise take to fold on a first try???
      i obtained a copy of the BARF newsletter with the diagrams
      and it looks like a handful

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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 04:44:53 -0400
From: Russell Simmons <simmonsr@Trenton.EDU>
Subject: money folds

greetings....i am new to this list, and also very new to origami...to be
honest, i first became interested in paper folding after seeing blade
runner...i was totally enthralled and captivated by the detective's tiny
origami masterpieces...anyway...everybody keeps talking about folding
with money...i would just love to get my hands on a book that was devoted





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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 12:37:30 -0400
From: DORIGAMI@aol.com
Subject: re:  Flat duck model

Hi Nick....Am looking for a flat duck model to use on greeting cards....Do
you know where to find one.  from Dorigami (Dorothy Kaplan)





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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 12:26:49 -0400
From: A004773%LBVM1.profs@lbgwy.mdc.com
Subject: pop-up star?

 Where may I find the pop-up star?

 John Andrisan
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 12:41:15 -0400
From: A004773%LBVM1.profs@lbgwy.mdc.com
Subject: four pointed star from four U.S. dollars

 And another...

   How to fold a four pointed star from four U.S. dollar bills...

   1. start with the bill face up with George (or whoever) looking at
      you, long side horizontal, and name the four corners as:
          A = upper left corner
          B = upper right corner
          C = lower right corner
          D = lower left corner

   2. valley fold diagonal DB, lower, left to upper right.

   3. now you have a two-peaked fold that has 90 degree angles for
      the peak angles.

   4. valley fold the original right edge BC over to the original
      lower edge CD, bisecting the angle at C.

   5. turn the dollar bill over left-to-right and do step 4 to the
      new right side AD.

   6. now you should have a two-peaked form that has 45 degree angles
      for the peak angles.

   7. fold three more of these units.

   8. assemble the four units into a four-pointed star by overlapping
      a flap folded in step 4 with a flap folded in step 5 from another
      piece using the pockets to hold the flaps.

   The model may be slightly three dimensional in the middle due to
   a little excess overlapping in the center which could be removed
   with a little ingenuity.

   This works because of the 1:1+sqrt(2) dimensions of the U.S. Dollar.
   Other sizes of rectangles can be used to create stars with 3, 5, 6,
   7, 8, 9, ... points.

 John Andrisan
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 12:24:51 -0400
From: A004773%LBVM1.profs@lbgwy.mdc.com
Subject: six pointed star from six U.S. dollar bills

 I think the following is an original...

   How to fold a six pointed star from six U.S. dollar bills...

   This fold and others in this series are based on some ideas created
   by John Wiggins, a co-worker at ISSC, who has a flair for geometry.

   1. start with the bill face up with George (or whoever) looking at
      you, long side horizontal, to produce a mostly green star, and
      name the four corners as:
          A = upper left corner
          B = upper right corner
          C = lower right corner
          D = lower left corner

   2. valley fold a line that bisects the left and right sides, BC and AD,
      and unfold.

   3. valley fold the right edge, line BC, from point B placing point C
      onto the fold from step 2, creating a 30 degree angle at B, and
      unfold.

   4. valley fold the top, line AB to the fold from step 3, producing
      another 30 degree angle at B, and unfold.

   5. the fold from step 4 intersects the bottom, line CD, at point D',
      defining a new rectangle A'BCD', which has an aspect ratio of
      1:sqrt(3), which is the basis of the six-pointed star.  Fold the
      new left side A'D' as a valley fold so that you can later use the
      extra material to tuck in step 12.

   6. refold the line from step 4, which is now the diagonal of the
      rectangle mentioned in step 5.

   7. now you have a two-peaked fold that has 90 degree angles for
      the peak angles.

   8. valley fold the original right corner B over to the new lower
      edge BD', dropping a vertical from point C.

   9. turn the dollar bill over left-to-right and do step 8 to the
      new right side A'D'.

  10. now you should have a two-peaked form that has 60 degree angles
      for the peak angles.

  11. fold five more of these units.

  12. assemble the six units into a six-pointed star by overlapping
      a flap folded in step 8 with a flap folded in step 9 from another
      piece using the pockets to hold the flaps.  The extra material
      mentioned in step 5 comes into play here.

   The model should come out flat and tight.  Your mileage may vary.

 John Andrisan
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 12:41:00 -0400
From: A004773%LBVM1.profs@lbgwy.mdc.com
Subject: seven pointed star from seven U.S. dollar bills

 and lastly, for now,

   How to fold a seven-pointed star from seven U.S. One dollar bills...

   This fold and others in this series are based on some ideas created
   by John Wiggins, a co-worker at ISSC, who has a flair for geometry.

   1. start with the bill face up with George looking at you, long side
      horizontal, to produce a mostly green star, and name the four
      corners as:
          A = upper left corner
          B = upper right corner
          C = lower right corner
          D = lower left corner

      I will be using landmarks found on the One dollar bill because the
      only geometric landmarks that I have come up with so far are by using
      a ruler and protractor.

   2. valley fold the left edge, AD, over to the left edge of the body of
      the F in the word OF found above and to the right of George.  Be
      sure that this fold is parallel to the original side AD.

   3. the fold from step 2 intersects the bottom, line CD, at point D',
      defining a new rectangle A'BCD', which has an aspect ratio of
      1:1.63, which is the basis of the seven-pointed star.

   4. fold the diagonal of the new rectangle mentioned in step 3, from D'
      to B.

   5. now you have a two-peaked fold that has 90 degree angles for
      the peak angles.

   6. valley fold the original right corner B just grazing the left top
      corner of the T in THE on the green side on the other side,
      producing an angle at point C of 64.28 degrees.  The base of the
      flap produced will extend below the diagonal D'B formed in step 4.

   7. create a similar fold on the left side of the model using symmetry,
      and the fold from step 6.

   8. now you should have a two-peaked form that has 64.28 degree angles
      for the peak angles.

   9. fold six more of these units.

  10. assemble the seven units into a seven-pointed star by overlapping
      a flap folded in step 6 with a flap folded in step 7 from another
      piece using the pockets to hold the flaps.

   The model should come out flat and a bit loose since it does not quite
   close up in the center.  Perhaps you can help me on this problem.

 John Andrisan
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 12:41:27 -0400
From: A004773%LBVM1.profs@lbgwy.mdc.com
Subject: five pointed star from five U.S. dollar bills

 Here's another original (I hope)...

   How to fold a five-pointed star from five U.S. One dollar bills...

   This fold and others in this series are based on some ideas created
   by John Wiggins, a co-worker at ISSC, who has a flair for geometry.

   1. start with the bill face up with George looking at you, long side
      horizontal, to produce a mostly green star, and name the four
      corners as:
          A = upper left corner
          B = upper right corner
          C = lower right corner
          D = lower left corner

      I will be using landmarks found on the One dollar bill because the
      only geometric landmarks that I have come up with so far are by using
      a ruler and protractor.

   2. valley fold the left edge, AD, over to the left edge of the serif on
      the T in the word UNITED found above and to the left of George.  Be
      sure that this fold is parallel to the original side AD.

   3. the fold from step 2 intersects the bottom, line CD, at point D',
      defining a new rectangle A'BCD', which has an aspect ratio of
      1:1.96, which is the basis of the five-pointed star.

   4. fold the diagonal of the new rectangle mentioned in step 3, from D'
      to B.

   5. now you have a two-peaked fold that has 90 degree angles for
      the peak angles.

   6. valley fold the original right corner B over to the center of the
      base of the O in the word ONE on the green side, forming an angle at
      corner C of 54 degrees.

   7. create a similar fold on the left side of the model using symmetry,
      and the fold from step 6.

   8. now you should have a two-peaked form that has 54 degree angles
      for the peak angles.

   9. fold four more of these units.

  10. assemble the five units into a five-pointed star by overlapping
      a flap folded in step 6 with a flap folded in step 7 from another
      piece using the pockets to hold the flaps.  Hide the small green
      flap that resulted from step 2.

   The model should come out flat and tight.

 John Andrisan
 IBMMAIL: USMCDQND   Internet: a004773%lbvm1.profs@mdcgwy.mdc.com





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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 15:05:52 -0400
From: A004773%LBVM1.profs@lbgwy.mdc.com
Subject: paper airplanes on the web

 paper airplanes on the web...

 All I see at this site are programs and a bibliography, no diagrams.
    http://www.Opus1.COM/khs/index.htm

 This site has me stumped...
    http://pchelp.inc.net/paper_ac.htm

 When I try getting there via Netscape, I get stuck in "looking up host"
 and I never seem to get anywhere within the 5 to 10 minutes I'm willing
 to wait.
 When I use the Charlotte browser in IBM/VM, I get there immediately but
 when I download a "diagram" all I got is an ASCII HTML file that says
 that the item could not be found.

 The access from Netscape is from a 129.200.xxx.xxx IPA which is in
 southern California and the access from Charlotte is from a
 130.38.xxx.xxx IPA, which is back in St Louis.

 Has anyone had better luck with the pchelp.inc.net id?   .john

 John Andrisan
 IBMMAIL: USMCDQND   Internet: a004773%lbvm1.profs@mdcgwy.mdc.com





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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 15:59:37 -0400
From: Yusri Johan <gs01yyj@panther.Gsu.EDU>
Subject: Re: paper airplanes on the web

On November 30, 1995, John Andrisan wrote:
>  All I see at this site are programs and a bibliography, no diagrams.
>     http://www.Opus1.COM/khs/index.htm

If you want to get diagrams from this site, you won't find it. This site
offers you a demo of the Greatest Paper Airplanes (GPA) software.  BTW,
not to forget, that page belongs to Kitty Hawk Software that produced GPA.

>  This site has me stumped...
>     http://pchelp.inc.net/paper_ac.htm
>
>  When I try getting there via Netscape, I get stuck in "looking up host"
>  and I never seem to get anywhere within the 5 to 10 minutes I'm willing
>  to wait.
>  When I use the Charlotte browser in IBM/VM, I get there immediately but
>  when I download a "diagram" all I got is an ASCII HTML file that says
>  that the item could not be found.

As for pchelp....., I have no problem downloading.  Some of the html file is
actually a gif or a jpeg file.  With this I have problem printing.  My
printer won't print the images.  What I did is just go to where the
graphics are safed, and downloaded them and then pull them up using the
painting application.  That works for me.

Ciao,
Yusri





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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 16:56:36 -0400
From: slider@ims.mariposa.ca.us (Pat Slider)
Subject: Re: paper airplanes on the web

> paper airplanes on the web...
>
> All I see at this site are programs and a bibliography, no diagrams.
>    http://www.Opus1.COM/khs/index.htm
>
The demo programs are the diagrams.  When you run the software, you have
your choice of planes to fold.  Select the plane, and then you get the
animated set of instructions.  You can also "print" the plane you want to
fold.  This gives you a page marked with the mountain and valley folds plus
some stars on the wings.

The Windows version of the software would crash on my machine sometimes,
but I know of some other users who didn't have this problem.  I plan to try
out the Mac version today on this Mac.

My 5-year-old finds this software very entertaining to watch.  I wonder how
they created the animations, maybe they might come out with an animated
origami program?

> This site has me stumped...
>    http://pchelp.inc.net/paper_ac.htm
>
> When I try getting there via Netscape, I get stuck in "looking up host"
> and I never seem to get anywhere within the 5 to 10 minutes I'm willing
> to wait.

Well, I have been to this page several times in the past with no problems,
but they don't seem to be there today.  Try again another day?  They add a
new plane every month, maybe they are down trying to put up December's
plane.

pat slider.





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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 17:26:38 -0400
From: Valerie Vann <75070.304@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: Computer generated diagrams

Michael W. wrote (inter alia):
<<The diagrams are all computer generated, and hence look great.>>

If by "computer generated" use of a CAD or computer drawing program was
meant, I've always found "computer generated" a strange and largely
inappropriate terminology, somehow akin to blaming the computer when
something gets sent to the wrong address.

(Michael, this is not a criticism of you, just a general comment.)

As anyone who uses a CAD (computer AIDed drafting/design) program or
art/graphics program can tell you, the end result has a whole lot
more to do with the skill of the human operating the program than
the computer does! A "computer generated" drawing is a drawing actually
"generated" by a human being, using a computer program as a tool instead
of a pencil or paint brush.

And for everything the computer program makes faster and easier to do,
there's something else that it makes harder and slower. For example, I
can whip out a 3D realistically shaded view of one of my complex
origami gizmos in 1/4 the time it takes to do it in a CAD program.
The old human brain is still far from obsolete...

--valerie
Valerie Vann
Internet:75070.304@compuserve.com





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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 18:08:17 -0400
From: "Weinstein, Michael" <michaelw@bdg10.niddk.nih.gov>
Subject: Re: Computer generated diagrams

My apologies for my semantically innappropriate comment.  Of course John
Montroll used a computer in generating his own diagrams.  My point was that
a) his artwork looks really good, as he has had a great deal of experience at
this sort of diagramming and

b) his (or anyone's) CAD generated diagrams look better than my hand drawn
diagrams.  If you can generate a good freehand 3-D view, you're doing better
than me.  Would you mind drawing my
models?





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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 19:07:30 -0400
From: DBSH47B@prodigy.com (MRS. JANET J HAMILTON)
Subject: Re: money folds

-- [ From: Janet Hamilton * EMC.Ver #2.10P ] --

> greetings....i am new to this list, and also very new to origami...to
be
> honest, i first became interested in paper folding after seeing blade
> runner...i was totally enthralled and captivated by the detective's
tiny
> origami masterpieces...anyway...everybody keeps talking about folding
> with money...i would just love to get my hands on a book that was
devoted
>  to this...does anyone know wher i could get one?...
>      all my best to everyone

Origami USA published a book called "Making More with Money" that is
all money folds (it's on my XMAS list).  You can order from OUSA at:

Origami Source (OUSA Supply center)
c/o Phyllis Meth
40-05 166th St.
Flushing, NY 11358

Janet Hamilton





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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 21:14:58 -0400
From: slider@ims.mariposa.ca.us (Pat Slider)
Subject: Re: paper airplanes on the web + origami electronic book?

>The Windows version of the software would crash on my machine sometimes,
>but I know of some other users who didn't have this problem.  I plan to try
>out the Mac version today on this Mac.

I tried the mac version of the demo program and it ran well.  Perhaps I
will see if the Windows version is new.  I don't believe there was a Mac
version when I first looked at this.

By the way, this electronic book also has some "pages" on paper and basic
folds.  Might be interesting to someone new to folding diagrams and
terminology.

I would truly like to see an origami electronic book along these lines.  I
know there are quite a number of paper airplane software packages out, but
I haven't heard of an origami one.  Has anyone else?  Perhaps some
published folder or organization should approach someone to create one?

pat slider.





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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 23:59:58 -0400
From: Tim Kennedy <TKENNEDY@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
Subject: Lacquering Origami

Greetings fellow enthusiasts: Not very long ago there was a discussion on this
learning friendly list pertaining to applying a variety of fixatives to models.
This issue of some permanence to models never occured to me before otherwise I
might have been more diligent in filing the many ingenuous methods mentioned at
the time.

The past discussion posed itself to me when I found myself unable to purchase a
pair of earrings the other day as a gift to my wife(this may have been sparked
by the discussion of models as aphrodisiacs). Being that my beloveds lobes are
not pierced, post earrings are not the order and clip-ons are either not popula
r or profitable for there is a terribly small selection available.

I have in the past gifted her with clip-ons and retroed post earrings that have
consistently had figures from the animal world. Could someone suggest an appropr
riate method for lacquering(?) or fixing a pair of small animal figures that
could then be cemented to clip-on fixtures? I would appreciate any suggestions
on this between now and X-mas.

Holidays mean happy folding,
TK





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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 12:14:12 -0400
From: Jennifer Andre <JAndre@cfipro.com>
Subject: Re: Lacquering Origami

     "TK" -- please e-mail me directly.  I may be able to help you some,
     but I don't want to take up *everyone's* time with it.  I can be
     verbose...

     JAndre@cfipro.com   (Jennifer)

______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
Subject: Lacquering Origami
Author:  origami-l@nstn.ca at Internet
Date:    11/30/95 8:05 PM

Greetings fellow enthusiasts: Not very long ago there was a discussion on this
learning friendly list pertaining to applying a variety of fixatives to models.
This issue of some permanence to models never occured to me before otherwise I
might have been more diligent in filing the many ingenuous methods mentioned at
the time.

The past discussion posed itself to me when I found myself unable to purchase a
pair of earrings the other day as a gift to my wife(this may have been sparked
by the discussion of models as aphrodisiacs). Being that my beloveds lobes are
not pierced, post earrings are not the order and clip-ons are either not popula
r or profitable for there is a terribly small selection available.

I have in the past gifted her with clip-ons and retroed post earrings that have
consistently had figures from the animal world. Could someone suggest an appropr
riate method for lacquering(?) or fixing a pair of small animal figures that
could then be cemented to clip-on fixtures? I would appreciate any suggestions
on this between now and X-mas.

Holidays mean happy folding,
TK





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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 13:39:15 -0400
From: Valerie Vann <75070.304@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re:  Jan Polish & Pipeline

<<email returns from Pipeline>>

One of my mail systems returns all the "header" info,
including the routing etc. It appears that the Jan Polish's
Internet provider, PIPELINE, has been experiencing problems
with the mail server since about Nov. 22d, including loss
of mail, return of mail, and corruption of mail. Just expect
Jan's subscription to the list, and anything
you email direct to Jan or Pipeline customers to get kicked
back to you until they get the problem corrected.

--valerie





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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 14:11:26 -0400
From: A004773%LBVM1.profs@lbgwy.mdc.com
Subject: dollar bill stars

 Dee, I could fax you a copy... a local friend asked me to give him an
 Origami circle based on the star fold, and that an approximation would
 be ok if it had enough points in it.

 On the subject of topology, the most important part is that the
 transformations being made to a surface must be continuous, making
 poking holes or cuts illegal.

 John Andrisan
 IBMMAIL: USMCDQND   Internet: a004773%lbvm1.profs@mdcgwy.mdc.com





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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 10:34:08 -0400
From: Yusri Johan <gs01yyj@panther.Gsu.EDU>
Subject: Re: Flat duck model

Hi Dorothy,
Eventhough I am not Nick, I know there is a flat duck model that you can
use for your greeting cards.  If you look into John Montroll's "Birds in
Origami", you should find a duck model.

Happy folding,
Yusri





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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 09:21:35 -0400
From: marmonk@eskimo.com (Mark Morden)
Subject: Re: Lacquering Origami

>Greetings fellow enthusiasts: Not very long ago there was a discussion on this
>learning friendly list pertaining to applying a variety of fixatives to models.
>This issue of some permanence to models never occured to me before otherwise I
>might have been more diligent in filing the many ingenuous methods mentioned at
>the time.
>
>The past discussion posed itself to me when I found myself unable to purchase a
>pair of earrings the other day as a gift to my wife(this may have been sparked
>by the discussion of models as aphrodisiacs). Being that my beloveds lobes are
>not pierced, post earrings are not the order and clip-ons are either not popula
>r or profitable for there is a terribly small selection available.
>
>I have in the past gifted her with clip-ons and retroed post earrings that have
>consistently had figures from the animal world. Could someone suggest an
appropr
>riate method for lacquering(?) or fixing a pair of small animal figures that
>could then be cemented to clip-on fixtures? I would appreciate any suggestions
>on this between now and X-mas.
>
>Holidays mean happy folding,
>TK
>
>

TK:

The best material I have found is called "Joli-glaze."  You may be able to
find it at a craft store.  With it you can put a hard, clear finish on your
model without air-bubbles.  When I use it I brush on a base coat that has
been thinned out a bit and then a final coat after the first has dried.  I
glue the pin backings or earring hardware to the model first.

Mark

Mark Morden == marmonk@mail.eskimo.com
--------------------------------------------------------
I believe in Christianity as I belive in the rising sun;
not because I see it but by it I see all else.
                                           C.S. Lewis





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Date: Fri, 01 Dec 1995 15:03:21 -0400
From: michaelb@adobe.COM (Michael Bourgoin)
Subject: origami masks?

Hi fellow folders!
I'm wondering if anyone can aim me at a book or collection of origami mask
diagrams. I'm looking for models that could be folded as full-sized,
wearable masks. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
MichaelB





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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 18:06:32 -0400
From: "BOB T. LYNCH" <blynch@du.edu>
Subject: Re: Lacquering Origami

For anyone out there - do you know of an address where Joli Glaze can be
ordered over the phone or through the mail? I have heard so many people
talking about it, and any time I ask at my local crafting places they think
I am nuts because they have never heard of the stuff! Is there an 800 number
where I could see if there is a local distributor or something?

Many thanks -

Dee in Denver





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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 18:20:44 -0400
From: "BOB T. LYNCH" <blynch@du.edu>
Subject: Re:  origami masks?

OOOOOHHHHH - coincidence works in strange ways doesn't it? I JUST two hours
ago picked up TWO books that are just chock-full of masks!! One is "Creative
Origami" by Kunihiko Kasahara, which has several masks in the "people"
section - I'm sure they could be made big enough to wear - altho, you may
have to cut out eyeholes since his all seem to be solid through that area.
The second book is a little paperback called "Colorful Origami" by Toyoaki
Kawai and the index lists twelve masks! (although on closer inspection only
part of these have folding instructions - which are in the form of pictures
of step models) It might be enough to get you started anyway!

Dee

PS Does anyone know the author of a third book I picked up? It is called
"My Origami Flowers" and was published by Crown Publishers. it is an 8 page
book - with cardboard pages. It came with "a rainbow of special folding paper"
the plastic holder is still intact on the back (with a sheet of paper no less)
The flowers are all pretty basic, and seem to be variations on a theme (namely
     the w

water lily and the Iris. Any ideas?

D





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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 21:30:11 -0400
From: Ingi and T <ingi_t@atc.ameritel.net>
Subject: Loging Off and Back On

Hi All!!!
I unsubscribed at work and resubscribed at home and the unsubscribe was so
fast, it didn't take my last goodbye message.  So here it is summarized:

RE:  Christmas tree decorations.

A few years ago, my X and I folded lots of Lang's Songbird from The Complete
Book of Origami.  We did pairs of many different colors.  On one of a color
(birds are made from the right triangles of a square), we didn't do the
dents that are part of the head.  The other had the head dents.  These we
perched on branches facing each other like they were in love.  Spread out
over our tree (the only decorations), they were a breathtaking sight.  They
also made nice presents for the unexpected guests.

Merry Christmas!!!
Thanks, Robert!

ps. Directions for folding my first original are in the testing stage.

T in Maryland
ingi_t@atc.ameritel.net

"If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on
our skull, why then do we read it?  Good God, we would also be happy if we
had no books, and such books as make us happy we could, if need be, write
ourselves.  But what we must have are those books which come upon us like
ill-fortune, and distress us deeply, like the death of one we love better
than ourselves, like suicide.  A book must be an ice-axe to break the sea
frozen inside us."
-- Franz Kafka





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Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 07:06:54 -0400
From: Maumoy@aol.com
Subject: 50 Nifty Origami Crafts

Does anyone have a copy of this book by Andrea Urton, published in 1992 by
Lowell House Juvenile at $3.95?  I bought a used copy with torn  pages 75-76.
 I'd like a copy of these pages.  The models are Plucky Pa_____ and a
rectangular basket.  Most of the models are traditional.  No creators are
credited but #17 Chattering Bird looks a lot like Joyce Rockmore's model in
the Lewis/Oppenheimer book..

Please reply direct.

Thanks.

Marcia Mau





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Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 18:17:54 -0400
From: marmonk@eskimo.com (Mark Morden)
Subject: Re: Santa Dollars

>>Here in the Northwest, Safeway grocery stores are selling "Santa Dollars"
>>for the holidays.  These are real dollar bills with a sticker of Santa over
>>the George Washington picture.  The color, line work, and texture of the
>>sticker is very close to real money that most people are fooled when they
>>see it.  The dollars sell for $2 and the proceeds go to Easter Seals.  I
>>know that they are for sale at Washington State Safeways.  I don't know
>>about the rest of the west coast or the Safeways on the east coast.
>>
>>These would make cute stocking stuffers especially if folded to highlight
>>Santa's face.
>
>Seems to me this is illegal, is it not?  I seem to recall that defacing US
>currency may be a felony (perhaps unenforced and unenforcable, but on the
>books, nontheless!)   - Bob
>
>
>      = = =      /| Bob Shuster                           |\      = = =
>[>----|-|-|-----/ |   Composer/Arranger/Copyist/MIDI &    | \-----|-|-|----<]
>  (___|_|_|____)\ |   Computer Consultant  (215-927-4928) | /(____|_|_|___)
>      " " "      \|   (& trumpet!)  (rshuster@netaxs.com) |/      " " "
>                       http://www.netaxs.com/~rshuster/
>
>
>
>
No, its all on the up and up.  Each dollar comes with a certificate verify
that these are legal tender.  Easter Seals is a pretty main-stream

Mark

Mark Morden == marmonk@mail.eskimo.com
--------------------------------------------------------
I believe in Christianity as I belive in the rising sun;
not because I see it but by it I see all else.
                                           C.S. Lewis





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Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 18:51:16 -0400
From: Eric_Andersen@brown.edu (Eric, were you expecting someone else?)
Subject: Re: Santa Dollars

>>>Here in the Northwest, Safeway grocery stores are selling "Santa Dollars"
>>>for the holidays.  These are real dollar bills with a sticker of Santa over
>>>the George Washington picture.  The color, line work, and texture of the
>>>sticker is very close to real money that most people are fooled when they
>>>see it.  The dollars sell for $2 and the proceeds go to Easter Seals.  I
>>>know that they are for sale at Washington State Safeways.  I don't know
>>>about the rest of the west coast or the Safeways on the east coast.
>>>
>>>These would make cute stocking stuffers especially if folded to highlight
>>>Santa's face.
>>
>>Seems to me this is illegal, is it not?  I seem to recall that defacing US
>>currency may be a felony (perhaps unenforced and unenforcable, but on the
>>books, nontheless!)   - Bob
>>
>>
>No, its all on the up and up.  Each dollar comes with a certificate verify
>that these are legal tender.  Easter Seals is a pretty main-stream
>organization.  They wouldn't do some thing that would sick the Feds on them.
>
>Mark
>

     It's not illegal to reproduce US currency as long as the words, "This
note is legal tender..." are removed and both signatures (US Treasurer and
Secretary of the Treasury) are also removed. And, of course, you can't try
cappella group made coupons for our concert by scanning a dollar bill,
putting our logo on the front, changing "The United States of America" to
"The Higher Keys", raising one of George's eyebrows, etc.

     -Eric Andersen

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Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 22:27:26 -0400
From: DBSH47B@prodigy.com (MRS. JANET J HAMILTON)
Subject: Re: paper airplanes on the web + origami electronic book?

-- [ From: Janet Hamilton * EMC.Ver #2.10P ] --

> The paper airplane software packages ANIMATE the folds.
> You actually see the direction of motion etc., almost as if you were
> watching someone folding in front of you but with no hands!  As for
> getting payment, the software packages sell between $25 to $35.  Even
the
> software that initiated this link is just a demo program.  The
complete
> version costs $30.

I have seen the 3.5 inch disk version of Kittyhawk's Greatest Paper
Airplanes in Computer City for $10.  It has 25 paper planes to fold.
There is also a CD-ROM version that has 50 paper planes, but I have not
seen it in the stores.  At $10, it seems like a bargain - most origami
books cost more, and the computer program lets you print out paper with
various designs placed so they will end up strategically located on the
finished model.  Also, the animation of the designs makes it easy even
for young kids to follow along.

Janet Hamilton





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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 01:14:26 -0400
From: Lonnie Riley <lonnier@tenmail.mincom.oz.au>
Subject: Quarterly Oru Folding Diagrams

I am interested in purchasing the book "Quarterly Oru Folding Diagrams".
Can anyone tell me about it. How many pages? What are some on the models
included? Is it a must have book? etc.

Lonnie Riley
lonnier@mincom.oz.au





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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 02:24:01 -0400
From: gjones@yeti.polarnet.com (gj)
Subject: Re: Puzzle Ring Cube Topology

>>BTWay:
>>I looked up "topology" in the dictionary and got: "The study of the
>>properties of geometric configurations invariant under transformation
>>by continuous mappings." Any of the math gurus out there care to supply
>>a translation of that?  :-)
>
>
>Hi all non-math people,
>
>Is there anyone else who feels that they need a translation of the
>translations? :-)
>
>Topology is nicknames rubber sheet geometry -- it lets you stretch, crunch,
>bend, fold, and manipulate the item in question.  The standard joke is that
>a topologist is a person who cannot tell the difference between his dounut
>and his coffee cup (they both have only one hole--that's the invarient).
>Think of making the dounut out of clay and then push the hole to one side
>and make a cup shape from the rest of the clay.  This is the transformation
>(you have transformed the dounut into a coffee cup).  It is continuous
>because you have not added more holes.
>
>Hope this helps the non-math people.  To the math people, ok it is
>overgeneralized but this definition is more understandable to the general
>public.  And yes I am a mathematician but my main interest is in math ed.
>
>good luck -- gj

PS so much for having trouble UN-subscribing, the reason this looks like a
copy is because it was sent back to me with a note that I was not
subscribed to the list -- this notice came with about 15 post to the list.

I'm not even going to try to comprehend cyberspace :-) -- gj





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Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 22:47:57 -0400
From: PamGotcher@aol.com
Subject: Re: paper airplanes on the web + origami electronic book?

In a message dated 95-11-30 20:20:37 EST, you write:

>I would truly like to see an origami electronic book along these lines.  I
>know there are quite a number of paper airplane software packages out, but
>I haven't heard of an origami one.  Has anyone else?  Perhaps some
>published folder or organization should approach someone to create one?
>
>
We have the closest thing possible in our archives, with files you can
download with either a PS printer or Ghostview (nonPS adaptation) or if you
have Acrobat, the PDF files have been made available to us by Alex Barber.  I
would think that the problem with publishing a book on the web would be
getting payment for your work.  Pam





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Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 22:54:13 -0400
From: Bren Riesinger <fascfold@fascinating-folds.com>
Subject: Re:  origami masks?

At 06:20 PM 12/1/95 -0400, you wrote:
>OOOOOHHHHH - coincidence works in strange ways doesn't it? I JUST two hours
>ago picked up TWO books that are just chock-full of masks!! One is "Creative
>Origami" by Kunihiko Kasahara, which has several masks in the "people"
>section - I'm sure they could be made big enough to wear - altho, you may
>have to cut out eyeholes since his all seem to be solid through that area.
>The second book is a little paperback called "Colorful Origami" by Toyoaki
>Kawai and the index lists twelve masks! (although on closer inspection only
>part of these have folding instructions - which are in the form of pictures
>of step models) It might be enough to get you started anyway!
>
>
If anyone needs a copy of "Creative Origami" I have them currently in stock.
Send me an email for specifics.
Thanks!
Bren





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Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 22:53:44 -0400
From: vann@tredgar.cardiff.com (VAnn Cornelius)
Subject: Re: origami masks?

> Hi fellow folders!
> I'm wondering if anyone can aim me at a book or collection of origami mask
> diagrams. I'm looking for models that could be folded as full-sized,
> wearable masks. Any suggestions?
> Thanks!
> MichaelB
>
There is an Italian book:  Origami Maschere Animate by F. Pavarin and published
by Il Castello in 1988.  It has seventeen masks that can be life size depending
on paper size.  They are folded on the concept of a modified "fish base" on
one corner causing a mouth that can open and close. From the top center point
of the top lip is an angled 'squash-like' fold that widens to the opposite
     point.

What this enables is a valley fold bringing the point to the lips suggesting
various noses and with various techniques... hair, ears, stuff...

Mr. Pavarin shows the eyes being cut through for wearing.  The form for the mask
without the cut is clear.  Some are very interesting and fun to fold.

There is no ISBN.  The copyright is held by Il Castello Collane Tecniche
v.C.Ravizza, 16 - 20149 MILANO

It is in Italian.

Of Course there is Kenneway's book on faces but while elegant, they don't
     suggest
a wearable mask.

V'Ann
vann@cardiff.com





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Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 22:50:56 -0400
From: Nick Robinson <nick@homelink.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Corrie's duck

Hi all, following a request from Dorothy Kaplan, I've drawn up one of
Edwin's ducks (very flat!). As ever, drop me a line if you want UUE
versions. I'll have to set-up a list server at this rate! Wait 'til I
can set up a homepage here in Sheffield - I can then release the 100
odd computer diagrams I've got ;)

Nick Robinson





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Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 22:53:31 -0400
From: Iron Will Dawes <wdawes@cs.nmsu.edu>
Subject: Kawai-san

Dee-
  Could you please tell me where you got the book by Kawai Toyoaki and
describe its contents? While in Japan, I met a lot of people who were
very interested in his work. It seems that he has done a lot of very
detailed, uh, adult origami. I have tried finding his works both here
and in Japan but have had no luck. As unusual origami fascinates me
(my interest in these designs are not for their eroticism), I would
really like to find any of his books. Thanks!
                              -William R. Dawes
