




Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 13:07:38 -0400
From: dzimm@nando.net (David Zimmerman)
Subject: Re: diagram format

"> AFAAndy@aol.com wrote ..."
>
> >>>>One class of user has a Mac or a PC (i.e, a more "mainstream" OS), and
> knows relatively little about the innards of their preferred machine.<<<<
>
> Not true.
>
> There are no GOOD EPS readers for the Mac. GhostView/Script bites big time.
> The commercial applications available are too expensive.
>
Any of the paint programs (SuperPaint, ClarisWorks) can read EPS. I cann't find
any way to read vanilla PostScript.

--
David P Zimmerman             dzimm@nando.net
916 Riderwood Ct               919 557 7692
WillowSpring NC 27592           D-17293

Surgeon General's Warning:
      Hesitation while skydiving can lead to serious injury or death.





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Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 13:13:28 -0400
From: A004773%LBVM1.profs@lbgwy.mdc.com
Subject: Froebel on the WEB

 If you use the Lycos search engine on the WEB you'll find many
 references to Froebel blocks and "Vtirual World Classroom Summer
 of 1995" all pointing to Columbia University...  a partial address
 is:   www.arch.columbia.edu and much more follows... usually including
 CAD as an identifier.

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





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Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 13:44:22 -0400
From: AFAAndy@aol.com
Subject: Re: diagram format

Hi David,

>>>Any of the paint programs (SuperPaint, ClarisWorks) can read EPS. I cann't
find
any way to read vanilla PostScript.<<<

SuperPaint and ClarisWorks may be able to read the preview in EPS files which
are created on the Mac. They cannot read regular EPS files.

To create a EPS file on the Mac choose the LaserWriter driver and print to a
file, not the Printer.

Gee, this sure is wasting lots of bandwidth. :/

Andy





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Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 14:41:14 -0400
From: sychen@ENH.NIST.GOV (S.Y. Chen)
Subject: Re: Washi Paper - (Oops!)

>>Hi -
>>
>>Many of you have been patiently waiting for me to get my washi paper
>>inventoried.  I have prepared color prints of the available patterns and
>>will be sending the information to those of you who have indicated an
>>interest.  If anyone else is interested, please email me privately with your

Sorry for the previous flood reply! I meant to send it privately.

Shi-Yew Chen (a.k.a. SY)
NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, Office TEL: (301)975-4675
E-Mail: sychen@enh.nist.gov or sychen@ecn.purdue.edu
http://www.iia.org/~chens/syhome.htm





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Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 14:58:51 -0400
From: slider@ims.mariposa.ca.us (Pat Slider)
Subject: Re: Froebel on the WEB

> If you use the Lycos search engine on the WEB you'll find many
> references to Froebel blocks and "Vtirual World Classroom Summer
> of 1995" all pointing to Columbia University...  a partial address
> is:   www.arch.columbia.edu and much more follows... usually including
> CAD as an identifier.
>
I believe this is different than the institute though.  The institute turns
up in the www.altavista.digital.com search facility, but I can't get at the
site for some reason.  Perhaps someone else can?

http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/colleges/froebel/froebel.html

It appears to be associated with the Roehampton Institute in London somehow.

pat slider.





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Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 15:22:52 -0400
From: sychen@ENH.NIST.GOV (S.Y. Chen)
Subject: Re: diagram format

>Hi Andy,
>
>> I prefer the PDF files. They are much easier to handle and print than GIF
>> or EPS. PDF files are cross platform and the Reader is free
>
>On your advice, I got hold of the acrobat reader & grabbed some files from
>Alex's collection. It seems OK for onscreen reading (won't rotate landscape
>diagrams though) but 1 page took 8 minutes to print & the output was very
>poor (on a Deskjet 520).
>
>In what way is it easier than printing a gif file? Even Dos can do that! In
>addition, I'll have to convert my gif/jpgs first to .eps, then find a .pdf
>translator since I don't have a .pdf export facility. Surely Macs etc can
>handle gifs?
>
>Nick Robinson

PDF can embed true-type font and vectorized graphics. If original diagram
editor is paint-like program, such as paintbrush (win), mac-paint... or any
scanned diagram. You won't get benefits from saving it in pdf format. If
the original diagram editor is draw-like (or CAD based) the pdf format is
fascinating. You may get high quality picture. (Depending on your printer
resolution)
The pitfall is PDF generator is not FREE! Sigh! No linux solution either!

I have no preference though.

Shi-Yew Chen (a.k.a. SY)
NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, Office TEL: (301)975-4675
E-Mail: sychen@enh.nist.gov or sychen@ecn.purdue.edu
http://www.iia.org/~chens/syhome.htm





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Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 18:38:50 -0400
From: Laurie Bisman <lbisman@sirranet.co.nz>
Subject: RE: payment???

I wouldn't like to start using a system of payments either. I have never
charged for anything of mine that has been published and don't really want
to start doing this now.

Laurie Bisman, NZ





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Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 20:22:10 -0400
From: Sheldon Ackerman <ackerman@dorsai.dorsai.org>
Subject: Re: payment???

>
> Laurie Bisman, NZ
>
> begin 600 WINMAIL.DAT
>
Pray tell, what is a .DAT file?

--
Sheldon Ackerman.......http://www.dorsai.org/~ackerman/
ackerman@dorsai.dorsai.org
sheldon.ackerman@nycps.nycenet.edu





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Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 21:01:06 -0400
From: Laurie Bisman <lbisman@sirranet.co.nz>
Subject: RE: payment???

In reply to Sheldon's query about attachments...

I reply publicly,

Some readers make this attachment when they receive messages. It is a file
containing font, color and formatting information about the message,
probably for MIME formats... Please ignore it. Lots of people ask me about
it, but as some get the attachment and some don't there isn't really a lot
I can do about it.

Cheers,
               Laurie Bisman.

----------
From:   Sheldon Ackerman[SMTP:ackerman@dorsai.dorsai.org]
Sent:   Sunday, 31 December 1995 01:26
To:     Multiple recipients of list
Subject:        Re: payment???

>
> Laurie Bisman, NZ
>
> begin 600 WINMAIL.DAT
>
Pray tell, what is a .DAT file?

--
Sheldon Ackerman.......http://www.dorsai.org/~ackerman/
ackerman@dorsai.dorsai.org
sheldon.ackerman@nycps.nycenet.edu





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Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 21:05:31 -0400
From: Laurie Bisman <lbisman@sirranet.co.nz>
Subject: Origami teaching

I am a computer programming tutor and through the year, in the past, have
run extra evening courses over short terms, like 4 evenings of 3 hours each
etc. Obviously, I have traditionally chosen to teach programming or
analysis.

This year, I have been discussing with the college that I work for about
what courses we could offer through the year.

One of the directors of the college has suggested origami - probably for
pre-school teachers, or anyone else who is interested. I am seriously
considering something along these lines.

I have done quite a bit of origami teaching over the years and usually work
in some sessions for our nanny students, who all seem to enjoy what they
learn and hopefully can put it to use in their chosen profession thereby
keeping origami alive in the young where it should grow.

What I am writing this for is to ask for suggestions of both length of
time, and a possible progression. What should I start with, what should I
be aiming for as a teaching objective and so forth.

If anybody has models that they think would fit into this type of course,
let me know about them.

Do people think that evenings, or weekends would suit origami-types.

I am quite looking forward to doing something constructive that doesn't
involve computers for a change. If anybody has done anything similar,
please let me have the benefit of your experience.

Laurie Bisman..

(Oh - if anybody gets an attachment with this message, please ignore it!)





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Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 10:45:33 -0400
From: Penny <Penny@sector.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Happy New Year

Just wanted to wish you all a very happy New Year.

Lets hope lots of you join the BOS in 1996!

Application form downloaded on demand!
------------------------------------------
Penny Groom                :(  Membership Secretary
                           :)  British Origami Society
penny@sector.demon.co.uk





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Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 14:04:27 -0400
From: franzini@sirio.ansa.it (franzini)
Subject: modular

Hi.
Could someone help me indicating where I can find the diagram of the module
to make the compound of 5 tetrahedra? (There is a GIF image of it at
www.cs.utk.edu/~plank).
Thanks.
Ettore Franzini





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Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 16:41:29 -0400
From: Valerie Vann <75070.304@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: Business card origami

Bernie, you are, I assume, new to the list?

I don't know about published references, but there has been
quite a bit of business card origami discussion here on the
list, most recently about the cubes ("cubies") that are the
basis for Jeannine Mosely's massive fractal construction
project (requiring somewhere over 48,000 cards). Jeannine
is a (the?) principal proponent and teacher of business card
origami (the MIT course?). Her polyhedron unit is available
at the list archive FTP site in an issue of Tom Stamm's
Origami OnLine electronic magazine. And of course all the
discussions previously on the list are in the same archive
site. Anyone who hasn't checked out the list archive is missing
out on a big part of the list's benefits...

A search on origami with any gopher or web search will turn up
at minimum Joseph Wu's Web Site (the mother of all origami WWW
sites ;-)  with pointers to everything else, and many will pick
up the archive FTP site too.

--valerie





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Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 16:54:26 -0400
From: Valerie Vann <75070.304@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: Fuse Boxes (was: origami education thought)

<<Fuse Boxes require precise folding...>>

Yes Pat Slider is right, many of the Fuse boxes do require
care, or the angles don't come out right. Particularly
5,6,etc sided ones, or any design with small angles, and
also the ones which start with a "judgement" fold for the
first piece, which is then used as a template. I also
recommend using the parallel line method of subdividing
a sheet of paper into thirds, fifths, etc. where those are
required, as it results in more consistent and precise results.
Sometimes the order of folding is important, as it may
compensate subtly for paper thickness... All my Fuse books
are heavily annotated with alternate folding sequences, notes
about critical areas, etc.

--valerie





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Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 16:58:33 -0400
From: DORIGAMI@aol.com
Subject: Re: I'd like to start a list of email addresses on my web site

Hi Alex, Put my name on E mail  list...Dorothy Kaplan, 5 Brookwood Drive,
Freehold, N. J.  I am Dorigami@aol.com





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Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 17:06:09 -0400
From: Tim Rueger <rueger@areaplg2.corp.mot.com>
Subject: Re: diagram format

Hi, All,

>>>>> "nr" == Nick Robinson <Nick@homelink.demon.co.uk> writes:

    >> I prefer the PDF files. They are much easier to handle and print than GIF
    >> or EPS. PDF files are cross platform and the Reader is free

    nr> On your advice, I got hold of the acrobat reader & grabbed some files
     from
    nr> Alex's collection. It seems OK for onscreen reading (won't rotate
     landscape
    nr> diagrams though) but 1 page took 8 minutes to print & the output was
     very
    nr> poor (on a Deskjet 520).

Fascinating.  I've never had any trouble with pdf output.  I use a Mac
Centris 610 and an Apple StyleWriter.  PDFs print out just about as
quickly as any other document I send to it.

YMMV.

-Tim





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Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 17:41:13 -0400
From: Wei-Cheng Wang <m-ww7999@QUAGMIRE.CIMS.NYU.EDU>
Subject: Kawasaki rose II

Mr. Kawasaki gave a lesson at convention '94 on an improved version of
his rose in "Origami for the connoisseur". The last time I heard about
it, people said it'll be put in his new book, which is scheduled to be
published by '95.
Does anyone know whether the book is published, or does the diagram exist
anywhere else?

Thanks in advance

Weicheng





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Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 00:01:29 -0400
From: Bren Riesinger <fascfold@fascinating-folds.com>
Subject: Re: Hello!

Welcome to the list!

Here are some sites for you to check out -

Fascinating Folds
http://www.fascinating-folds.com/paper
(Origami paper and supplies)

Bob Shuster
http://www.netaxs.com/~rshuster/origami.html
(lots of links to other sites)

Joseph Wu
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/jwu/origami.html
(lots of links to other sites)

There are many other wonderful sites - but these should get you started
Happy New Year!
Bren Riesinger

At 11:59 AM 12/30/95 -0400, you wrote:
>I'm new user of this list server. I'm a beginner in origami. Can you give me
>some internet links where i can fing some exemples of origami (easy to do!).
>
>Thank you
>
>
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - -
Fascinating Folds
Rediscover the ancient craft of Origami, Japanese paper-folding, with
our extensive line of Origami papers and books.
http://www.fascinating-folds.com/paper





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Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 00:09:59 -0400
From: Bren Riesinger <fascfold@fascinating-folds.com>
Subject: Re: origami education thought.

Adding to Pat's comments regarding Tomoko Fuse's boxes and education.

I have worked with many children as they have progressed from the typical
paper cups and pinwheels, etc. - and when they have completed one of these
boxes, they have treasured it and been very proud - and promptly ran to show
all their friends.  Isn't this the same thing we feel when we've mastered
the patience and
discipline to accomplish more complicated folds?  Speaking for myself,
Tomoko's boxes
are absolutely wonderful and my copy of "Origami Boxes" is very "dog-eared"!

Thanks for the educational thought Pat -
Happy New Year
Bren

At 12:38 PM 12/30/95 -0400, you wrote:
>Just a small thought :->.
>
>I have been folding some boxes out of Tomoko Fuse's book "Origami Boxes".
>I find that I really must behave and be very precise or the box looks
>awful.
>
>This is a great lesson for me! (I am just an intermediate folder at best.
>This list is inspirational.) Perhaps those of you who teach might like to
>demonstate one of these models?  They are not too difficult and are fun to
>fold, but they do inspire some careful folding.  I guess this is true of
>all boxes, though.
>
>pat slider.
>
>
>
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - -
Fascinating Folds
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our extensive line of Origami papers and books.
http://www.fascinating-folds.com/paper





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Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 00:13:06 -0400
From: JudyWHall@aol.com
Subject: Re: Hi from Russia

Hi again, Sergei...I just wrote you along letter, but here is the information
on the book: Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr, paintings
by Ronald Himler, published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 200 Madison Avenue, NY, NY
10016 published in 1977 but I know it has been reprinted several times.  It
is in paperback now, too.  Judy





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Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 07:35:22 -0400
From: John Smith <jon.pure@paston.co.uk>
Subject: Alex Barber pages

I have at last got Acroread.exe on my PC so I should be able to handle PDF
files. However I cannot get a response from Alex Barber's home page no
matter when I try or how long i hang on. Can someone please help?

Thanks as usual and a very happy new year to all folders John.
John Smith
Norwich
England
e-mail  jon.pure@paston.co.uk





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Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 20:29:34 -0400
From: Winson Chan <winsonc@sfu.ca>
Subject: Re: Kawasaki rose II

> Mr. Kawasaki gave a lesson at convention '94 on an improved version of
> his rose in "Origami for the connoisseur". The last time I heard about
> it, people said it'll be put in his new book, which is scheduled to be
> published by '95.
> Does anyone know whether the book is published, or does the diagram exist
> anywhere else?
>
> Thanks in advance

I learned how to make the rose from Joseph Wu, who learned it at the convention.
For the past little while I've been trying to diagram it.  But due to school
work, and more recently the holidays, it only partially done.  If there is
as demand for it, I could try to finish the diagrams in the next week or so.

I originally started doing the diagrams for a few close friends, and did not
intend to give them to a lot of people.  I know I have the legal right to
give the diagrams to anyone (since they are my diagrams) but is it ethical?

--
Winson Chan
Electronic Engineering
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada





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Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 20:45:23 -0400
From: Winson Chan <winsonc@sfu.ca>
Subject: origami soma cube

A while ago I heard of a soma cube being made out of snobe units.  A soma
cube is this puzzle consisting of 7 (I think) pieces, from which you have
to form a 3 by 3 by 3 cube.  I know how to fold the 7 pieces from snobe
units, but what are the shapes of the 7 pieces.  I could always go out and
spend $35 on a soma cube and find out, but do you know how much paper I can
by for $35.

So if anyone know where I can find the diagrams or knows what the 7 pieces
look like please email me at winsonc@sfu.ca

Thanx
--
Winson Chan
Electronic Engineering
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada





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Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 21:52:04 -0400
From: Michael Lindner <lindner@worldweb.net>
Subject: Re: origami soma cube

The soma cube is diagrammed in the boook The New Origami by Steve and Migumi
Biddle, currently in print.

At 08:46 PM 1/1/96 -0400, you wrote:
>A while ago I heard of a soma cube being made out of snobe units.  A soma
>cube is this puzzle consisting of 7 (I think) pieces, from which you have
>to form a 3 by 3 by 3 cube.  I know how to fold the 7 pieces from snobe
>units, but what are the shapes of the 7 pieces.  I could always go out and
>spend $35 on a soma cube and find out, but do you know how much paper I can
>by for $35.
>
>So if anyone know where I can find the diagrams or knows what the 7 pieces
>look like please email me at winsonc@sfu.ca
>
>Thanx
>--
>Winson Chan
>Electronic Engineering
>Simon Fraser University
>Burnaby, Canada





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Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 23:23:22 -0400
From: Laurie Bisman <lbisman@sirranet.co.nz>
Subject: RE: origami soma cube

I seem to remember some years ago Max Hulme (British Origami Society) made
a soma cube - no doubt the drawings are available, probably in the BOS
library..





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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 01:03:57 -0400
From: rva036@lulu.acns.nwu.edu (Justin Vandenbroucke)
Subject: saving diagrams

I'd like to save the diagrams I find on the WWW so I can fold them
off-line, but whenever I save anything with my browser (Netscape 1.0) it
saves as a Teachtext file, and only the text is saved.  Can anyone help me
save graphics with Netscape?

Justin





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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 01:51:16 -0400
From: Bren Riesinger <fascfold@fascinating-folds.com>
Subject: Re: saving diagrams

Justin -
I'm not the one to give advice on technical stuff - but if you can live with
just a printed copy, you can print directly from the screen in Netscape.
Bren

At 01:05 AM 1/2/96 -0400, you wrote:
>I'd like to save the diagrams I find on the WWW so I can fold them
>off-line, but whenever I save anything with my browser (Netscape 1.0) it
>saves as a Teachtext file, and only the text is saved.  Can anyone help me
>save graphics with Netscape?
>
>Justin
>
>
>
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - -
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our extensive line of Origami papers and books.
http://www.fascinating-folds.com/paper





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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 14:36:47 -0400
From: dzimm@nando.net (David Zimmerman)
Subject: Re: origami soma cube

"> Winson Chan wrote ..."
>
> So if anyone know where I can find the diagrams or knows what the 7 pieces
> look like please email me at winsonc@sfu.ca
>
The soma cube pieces are all the 3 and 4 cube *nonsymetterical*
polymoes. There is only one 3 cube piece, a little ell.

--
David P Zimmerman             dzimm@nando.net
916 Riderwood Ct               919 557 7692
WillowSpring NC 27592           D-17293

Eagles may soar, free and proud,
but weasles never get sucked into jet engines.





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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 14:40:13 -0400
From: Lisa.Hodsdon/School/hmco@Owl.nstn.ca
Subject: Re: origami soma cube

>what are the shapes of the 7 pieces.

For those inclined towards such puzzles: the seven soma cube
pieces are all of the possible arrangements of 3 or 4 cubes
that are not in a straight line.

Hint: Two of the pieces are mirror images. The cubes are
arranged in the same way, but one is "left-handed" and the
other is "right-handed."





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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 14:42:11 -0400
From: Jennifer.Campbell@cciw.ca (Jennifer Campbell)
Subject: Re: Business card origami

On December 27 you wrote:

[...]

>Do any of you know of origami done with business cards?  I was in a
>friend's office and saw a bunch of wonderful folds she had been taught in
>a short course at MIT a few years back.  I realized that business cards
>are wonderful fodder for folding -- they're stiff and most of us have
>*hundreds* of them we could comfortably get rid of.

..

Hello Bernie,

I'm just getting back to my email (ie, work) after the holidays and noticed
you were asking about business card folds. I have one to offer: my only
origami creation worth passing around, a business card frog. I've sent it
to numerous people on this list; people like it and say they've never seen
it before. (It is not like Montroll's 2x1 rectangle frog from Easy
Origami). It resembles the "traditional" frog and does not jump (it does a
half somi and lands on its back). It is fun to ask for the business card of
an origami-receptive individual and return one of these, or to leave them
behind in restaurants, using one of their cards you pick up at the
entrance.

I would be happy to send you the diagrams (a single page). If you are
interested, email your address. I notice origami seems to be hot in
Virginia.

Jennifer.
Happy New Year!

       /\_/\       ________
     `(     )' oo /        \
       `==='     | Maguro o |
       /   \     |  kudasai |
      |     |     \________/
      |     |
    ___\___/__Jennifer.Campbell@cciw.ca





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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 14:43:51 -0400
From: hull@hypatia.math.uri.edu
Subject: Re: origami soma cube

Hello all you origami romantics!

        Winson Chan recently inquired about how to make a soma cube
out of Sonobe units.  There's a very easy way to determine the shape
of the pieces in this incredibly bitchin' puzzle.
        Here's how it goes:  There are 7 pieces to the puzzle.  6 are
made from "glueing" 4 cubes together.  1 is made from "glueing" 3
cubes together.  (Note: 6x4=24 plus 3 is 27, which is the perfect
number of little cubes to make a bigger 3x3x3 cube.)
        So how are these little cubes "glued" together?  First
consider the 1 made from 3 cubes.  Imagine all "interesting" ways
in which you could glue 3 cubes together - with the only requirement
being that two cubes can only be glued face-to-face.  If you
think about it, there are only two different ways to do this -
the three cubes could all be in a straight line or they
could make a little L.  Now, if we consider the possibility of
glueing them all in a straight line as not being "interesting"
(which it isn't, of course!) then there is only 1 "interesting"
way to glue the three cubes together.  This is the first
piece of the soma cube.
        The other 6 pieces are done similarly - you construct all
the "interesting" ways to glue 4 cubes together.  The only
configurations which aren't "interesting" here are, again, all
4 in a straight line and arranging the cubes into a 1x2x2 "square".
Eliminating these two possibilities, there are only 6 "interesting"
ways to glue 4 cubes together, face-to-face.  (One is making a bigger
L, another is making a T, ... you figure them out.  It's a neat puzzle
in itself!)
        The real magic is the fact that if you take th 6 "interesting"
ways to glue 4 cubes together and the 1 "interesting" way to glue
3 cubes together, then you can put these pieces together to form
a 3x3x3 cube!  In fact, there are over a hundred different ways
to construct such a cube from these pieces!

        Digression:  That makes the soma cube a very "easy" puzzle.
If you give the pieces to someone, they'll usually be able to solve
it because there are so many different solutions.  However, there's
a very easy way to turn the soma cube into a MUCH harder puzzle,
one with *only one* solution!  Take any solution to the original
soma cube, dissect the 1 piece made from glueing 3 cubes together
and reglue these cubes onto other neighboring pieces.  This will
give you a puzzle with only 6 pieces, 3 of which will now have
5 cubes glued together.  I've make several "soma variations" in this
way, and it always results in a demonically hard puzzle!  Give it a try!

---------------------- Tom "don't I have anything better to do?" Hull





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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 14:45:21 -0400
From: jfryer@lib.ursinus.edu
Subject: dinosaur mailing

My packet arrived in plenty of time to participate (but then, I live in
Pennsylvania).  As I recall, the envelope was sealed.  Last year, on the
other hand, was a different scenario.
                                 Judith
                                 jfryer@lib.ursinus.edu





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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 14:47:00 -0400
From: ajb@tiac.net (ajb)
Subject: Re: saving diagrams

>I'd like to save the diagrams I find on the WWW so I can fold them
>off-line, but whenever I save anything with my browser (Netscape 1.0) it
>saves as a Teachtext file, and only the text is saved.  Can anyone help me
>save graphics with Netscape?
>
>Justin
>
Depending on your version of Netscape, a right mouse-button click over the
graphic image
will give you the option of saving the image to disk.

Charlie





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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 14:48:03 -0400
From: hull@hypatia.math.uri.edu
Subject: Another origami-math paper!

Howdee again!

        Hey!  I am very excited right now!  Can you guess why?
Because another paper on origami-math has just appeared in the
mathematical literature!  It's a pretty good one too!  The
reference is:

"Euclidean Constructions and the Geometry of Origami" by
Robert Geretschlager, _Mathematics Magazine_, Vol 68, No. 5
Dec. 1995, pp. 357-371.

        Yes, those of you who are following the ongoing saga of
origami mathematics are correct in thinking that this paper
is about origami constructions vs. straight-edge and compass
constructions.  Unlike the paper by Auckly and Cleveland which
appeared in the Mathematical Monthly last year, Prof. Geretschlager
knows his origami and goes through careful constructions of
how to trisect an angle and generally solve cubic equations
via paperfolding.  His methods aren't as elegant as they could
be (i.e., the classic Abe's angle trisection or Messner's construction
of the cube root of two), but they are origamically accutate and
very much worth reading!
        Also, I have to mention that Prof. Geretschlager sent me
a preprint of this paper two years ago and I was afraid that it
was never to be published.  Now it has, and in a very well-read
math journal too!  Yeeeeay!
        Tom says check it out.

------------ Tom "as it snows in Rhode Island" Hull





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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 14:54:08 -0400
From: slider@ims.mariposa.ca.us (Pat Slider)
Subject: Re: Froebel on the WEB

>I believe this is different than the institute though.  The institute turns
>up in the www.altavista.digital.com search facility, but I can't get at the
>site for some reason.  Perhaps someone else can?
>
>http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/colleges/froebel/froebel.html
>

I got to this site today and forwarded the information I did find to
Sergei. Still no email address for the froebel institute itself, just one
for the web page.

pat slider





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Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 15:09:35 -0400
From: Jennifer.Campbell@cciw.CA (Jennifer Campbell)
Subject: oops. Wrong "to"

Sorry about the business-card frog post. I meant to send my message to
Bernie Cosell, not the entire list. My brain is not warmed up yet after
returning from the holidays and my e-mail quotient is low.
Jennifer.

       /\_/\       ________
     `(     )' oo /        \
       `==='     | Maguro o |
       /   \     |  kudasai |
      |     |     \________/
      |     |
    ___\___/__Jennifer.Campbell@cciw.ca





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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 15:11:38 -0400
From: slider@ims.mariposa.ca.us (Pat Slider)
Subject: Re: saving diagrams

>I'd like to save the diagrams I find on the WWW so I can fold them
>off-line, but whenever I save anything with my browser (Netscape 1.0) it
>saves as a Teachtext file, and only the text is saved.  Can anyone help me
>save graphics with Netscape?
>
>Justin

Try a newer version of Netscape?  2.0b4 just came out and is available on
their homepage.  I am not having any problems with it on my Macintosh.
pat slider.





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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 15:36:31 -0400
From: chiug@cognos.com (Grace Chiu)
Subject: Re: saving diagrams

Justin wrote:
>>I'd like to save the diagrams I find on the WWW so I can fold them
>>off-line, but whenever I save anything with my browser (Netscape 1.0) it
>>saves as a Teachtext file, and only the text is saved.  Can anyone help me
>>save graphics with Netscape?
Then Charlie replied:
>Depending on your version of Netscape, a right mouse-button click over the
>graphic image
>will give you the option of saving the image to disk.

Sound like Justin has a Mac  :)  In this case, there is no right mouse
button, so just hold down the mouse button on the image (provided it's not in
the <HEAD>ing) and choose "Save image as..." from the popup menu.  To save
origami diagrams like those PDFs on Alex Barber's page, simply click on the
diagram name and NetScape should either run Acrobat if you have it or let you
save (download) the file for future viewing.

Happy 'Scaping...

Grace
---
Grace Chiu, Enslavened Manager, Technology Support Services,
Cognos Incorporated, Ottawa, ON, Canada
"Do or do not.  There is no 'try'."  -- Yoda





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Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 15:43:54 -0400
From: CM317@aol.COM
Subject: Unit Origami-Fuse

About a week ago I got Unit origami by Tomoko Fus=E8.  I like this bo=
ok a lot,
but I am=20
going to have to turn into a paper hoard because af some of the quant=
ities of
paper it=20
takes.  All in all, it seems like a good book, just paper-heavy.

-Chris Miller
 _____
 |        \
 |   O  /
 |       \
 |   O  /
 |___ /     YE!!!





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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 15:51:58 -0400
From: Yusri Johan <gs01yyj@panther.Gsu.EDU>
Subject: Origami as a culture?

Hi all,
        I just started new quarter and new classes.  One of the classes
that I enrolled in is Intercultural Communication.  In this class we, the
students, are required to write a paper on this subject.  After
explaining the different subjects that one can do, I finally zeroed in on
two topics: origami as a culture and cyberspace culture.  However, I
really would like to try to write a paper on Origami as a culture and its
use as a mean of communication among cultures.
        I don't know if I have enough references or sources to start my
paper.  If you have ideas, comments, references that you might think will
be helpful in assisting me with writing this paper, please reply directly
would appreciate it if you e-mail personally; thus, there will be no
cluttering on the list.

Thanking you in advance,

Yusri
gs01yyj@panther.gsu.edu or
yjohan@gsu.edu





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Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 16:33:37 -0400
From: Jennifer Andre <JAndre@cfipro.COM>
Subject: Re: Unit Origami-Fuse

     Thanks for the tip on "Unit Origami!"  Although I have just disc=
overed=20
     the wonders of Ms. Fuse's "Origami Boxes," I'm already hungry fo=
r the=20
     next challenge.
    =20
     I went paper shopping (again) after Christmas...it's a labor of =
love,=20
     isn't it?
    =20
     ;-)
    =20
     It's great to be back on The List!!!!!  I missed everyone!
     - Jennifer in Portland, Oregon, USA

______________________________ Reply Separator ______________________=
___________
Subject: Unit Origami-Fuse
Author:  origami-l@nstn.ca at Internet
Date:    1/2/96 11:51 AM

About a week ago I got Unit origami by Tomoko Fus=E8.  I like this bo=
ok a lot,=20
but I am=20
going to have to turn into a paper hoard because af some of the quant=
ities of=20
paper it=20
takes.  All in all, it seems like a good book, just paper-heavy.
    =20
-Chris Miller
 _____
 |        \
 |   O  /
 |       \
 |   O  /
 |___ /     YE!!!





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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 17:16:31 -0400
From: Valerie Vann <75070.304@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: Kawasaki rose II

<<..but is it ethical...>>

I'd say "yes", with attribution and making it clear that
they're your diagrams and where you learned it. And I
doubt your diagrams will impact the market for a new
Kawasaki book: when it appears we'll all have to go
buy one anyway.  :-)

--valerie





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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 17:17:53 -0400
From: Valerie Vann <75070.304@compuserve.com>
Subject: origami soma cube

I believe there's a soma cube puzzle in one of the Biddles' books.
Oh, yes somebody has posted the reference to that.

Jeannine Moseley's business card "cubies" can be used to construct
very nice soma modules if they're completely "paneled", and you
won't need glue. You'd need 6 to 11 cards per cube (depending on
number of exposed surfaces needing panels), so 6x27 plus panels.

Worth it if you don't want glue. Then when you get tired of it,
contribute the 27 cubies to Jeannine's fractal project.

--valerie





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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 19:01:59 -0400
From: "SCOTT BEDRICK, O:BEDRIS, DDA.ID:PFIZER.BEDRIS, P:PFIZER, A:, C:"
      <BEDRIS@pfizer.com>
Subject: Re: Kawasaki rose II

   I attended the Kawasaki class in '94 and have crude freehand (not the
   program) pencil diagrams.  If there is a lot of interest, I can try to clean
   them up and send them out.

   Scott Bedrick
   bedris@pfizer.com

______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
Subject: Kawasaki rose II
Author:  origami-l (INTERNET.origami) at GLOBAL
Date:    12/31/95 4:55 PM

Mr. Kawasaki gave a lesson at convention '94 on an improved version of
his rose in "Origami for the connoisseur". The last time I heard about
it, people said it'll be put in his new book, which is scheduled to be
published by '95.
Does anyone know whether the book is published, or does the diagram exist
anywhere else?

Thanks in advance

Weicheng





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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 21:00:45 -0400
From: Rjlang@aol.com
Subject: African and Australian Origami

Hi all,

Does anyone have any connections or knowledge of origami activities going on
in

(1) Africa, or
(2) Australia (beyond the brilliant work of Stephen Casey, who I have a bunch
of info about)?

If so, please post me privately. Thanks--

Robert J. Lang





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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 21:07:21 -0400
From: rva036@lulu.acns.nwu.edu (Justin Vandenbroucke)
Subject: Re: saving diagrams

>>I'd like to save the diagrams I find on the WWW so I can fold them
>>off-line, but whenever I save anything with my browser (Netscape 1.0) it
>>saves as a Teachtext file, and only the text is saved.  Can anyone help me
>>save graphics with Netscape?
>>
>>Justin
>
>Try a newer version of Netscape?  2.0b4 just came out and is available on
>their homepage.  I am not having any problems with it on my Macintosh.
>pat slider.

Thanks for your help.  I'll try it as soon as I can.





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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 21:09:02 -0400
From: rva036@lulu.acns.nwu.edu (Justin Vandenbroucke)
Subject: Re: saving diagrams

>Justin wrote:
>>>I'd like to save the diagrams I find on the WWW so I can fold them
>>>off-line, but whenever I save anything with my browser (Netscape 1.0) it
>>>saves as a Teachtext file, and only the text is saved.  Can anyone help me
>>>save graphics with Netscape?
>Then Charlie replied:
>>Depending on your version of Netscape, a right mouse-button click over the
>>graphic image
>>will give you the option of saving the image to disk.
>
>Sound like Justin has a Mac  :)  In this case, there is no right mouse
>button, so just hold down the mouse button on the image (provided it's not in
>the <HEAD>ing) and choose "Save image as..." from the popup menu.  To save
>origami diagrams like those PDFs on Alex Barber's page, simply click on the
>diagram name and NetScape should either run Acrobat if you have it or let you
>save (download) the file for future viewing.
>
>Happy 'Scaping...
>
>Grace
>---
>Grace Chiu, Enslavened Manager, Technology Support Services,
>Cognos Incorporated, Ottawa, ON, Canada
>"Do or do not.  There is no 'try'."  -- Yoda

Thanks for your help.  I'll try this as soon as I can.





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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 03:00:09 -0400
From: MiM321@aol.com
Subject: Re: Another Origami Article (K-8)

Creative Classroom, a national educators magazine sponsored by Children's
Television Workshop (CTW) has also published my article on Origami in your
Classroom. The article supports Nat'l Math Standards that stimulate children
(K-8) to construct their own math models with paper folding that teach for
meaning and understanding. Students discover the beauty, symmetry, precision
and excitement of mathematics! So for those interested in introducing origami
at the elementary level, check out the January/February issue, P. l06. Share
with families and teachers. For a FREE sample lesson, please send a SASE to
MIM, 2417 Vista Hogar, Newport Beach, CA  92660.

Happy New Year, Barbara Pearl
Math in Motion...where every child counts!





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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 07:35:23 -0400
From: Nick Robinson <Nick@homelink.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: origami soma cube

> So if anyone know where I can find the diagrams or knows what the 7 pieces
> look like please email me at winsonc@sfu.ca

Look for a *superb* paperback by Martin Gardner called "Mathematical
puzzles & diversions", or possibly "More ....". There's a chapter on soma in
there, along with a (limited) chapter on origami.

Maarten Van gelder has also created one-piece cubes (I believe). If you make
use of the techniques Max Hulme established with his cars/trains etc. you
can create them to order. They won't be fun to fold, or economical
sequences, but should yeild to a couple of evenings creative folding!

Nick Robinson





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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 07:39:26 -0400
From: Nick Robinson <Nick@homelink.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: saving diagrams

> Can anyone help me save graphics with Netscape?

If the file is an image (ie. gif/jpg) you should configure your netscape to
save to disk (under preferences). Failing that, press print-screen, open
Windows Paint & choose paste. A package like Paint Shop Pro will make this
easy & allow you to crop & decrease the colour to b/w for space-saving.

Nick Robinson





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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 12:08:36 -0400
From: Yusri Johan <gs01yyj@panther.Gsu.EDU>
Subject: origami newsgroups

Hi,
This is not to generate a discussion whether we should have origami
newsgroup(s) or not.  I just want tell you that there are two
newsgroups out there for origami.  I hope I am the first to tell you
about this since my origami folder is empty since this morning which only
means that I haven't received any origami-l mails.  Anyway, the name of
the newsgroups are alt.arts.origami  and  alt.binaries.pictures.origami.
Whoever created these newsgroups (if you are a subscriber to this list)
I thank you.  Now, we don't have to clutter the list with encoded
pictures anymore since we can use alt.binaries.pictures.origami to do
this, providing that we don't have problem posting them in the newsgroup.

Cheers,
--
Yusri Johan (gs01yyj@panther.gsu.edu)
Georgia State University
http://www2.gsu.edu/~gs01yyj/
Origami Page: http://www2.gsu.edu/~gs01yyj/origami/origami.html





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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 12:25:03 -0400
From: Mike Kennon <mkennon@nando.net>
Subject: RE: origami newsgroups

Thanks for the newsgroup info. Only problem is both newsgroups are empty.
Lets fill these up!!

-------------------------------------
Name: Mike Kennon
E-mail: mkennon@nando.net
Date: 01/03/96
Time: 12:29:16
-------------------------------------

>Hi,
>This is not to generate a discussion whether we should have origami
>newsgroup(s) or not.  I just want tell you that there are two
>newsgroups out there for origami.  I hope I am the first to tell you
>about this since my origami folder is empty since this morning which only
>means that I haven't received any origami-l mails.  Anyway, the name of
>the newsgroups are alt.arts.origami  and  alt.binaries.pictures.origami.
>Whoever created these newsgroups (if you are a subscriber to this list)
>I thank you.  Now, we don't have to clutter the list with encoded
>pictures anymore since we can use alt.binaries.pictures.origami to do
>this, providing that we don't have problem posting them in the newsgroup.
>
>Cheers,
>--
>Yusri Johan (gs01yyj@panther.gsu.edu)
>Georgia State University
>http://www2.gsu.edu/~gs01yyj/
>Origami Page: http://www2.gsu.edu/~gs01yyj/origami/origami.html





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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 12:47:41 -0400
From: chiug@cognos.com (Grace Chiu)
Subject: Re: origami newsgroups

Yusri wrote:
>the newsgroups are alt.arts.origami  and  alt.binaries.pictures.origami.

Oh, how charming...

I don't get alt. newsgroups at work, and my home ISP's newsfeed is always
slow but getting upgraded (sooner I hope).

I hope people will still subscribe to this list.  I'm staying.

Regards,

Grace

---
Grace Chiu, Enslavened Manager, Technology Support Services,
Cognos Incorporated, Ottawa, ON, Canada
"Do or do not.  There is no 'try'."  -- Yoda





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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 13:42:23 -0400
From: coyote1@azstarnet.com (Ken Tesa)
Subject: Re: oops. Wrong "to"

>Sorry about the business-card frog post. I meant to send my message to
>Bernie Cosell, not the entire list. My brain is not warmed up yet after
>returning from the holidays and my e-mail quotient is low.
>Jennifer.
>
>       /\_/\       ________
>     `(     )' oo /        \
>       `==='     | Maguro o |
>       /   \     |  kudasai |
>      |     |     \________/
>      |     |
>    ___\___/__Jennifer.Campbell@cciw.ca
>         ||
>          \\_
>           \_|
>
>
>
>Hi Jennifer - I'm glad you made that oops!  because I'm new to the list and
would also be interested in receiving the diagram for your business card
frog.
Mary Ellen at:
coyote1@azstarnet.com





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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 14:05:57 -0400
From: contract@pipeline.com (Contractors Exchange)
Subject: RE: origami newsgroups

On Jan 03, 1996 12:25:03, 'Mike Kennon <mkennon@nando.net>' wrote:

>Thanks for the newsgroup info. Only problem is both newsgroups are empty.

>Lets fill these up!!
>
>>the newsgroups are alt.arts.origami  and
>>alt.binaries.pictures.origami.

I have already started. I sucessfully posted diagrams of a traditional fox.
I will send more things over to the binaries group in the near future.

Probably, the alt.arts.origami newsgroup will be frequented by newcommers
to origami. Perhaps more seasoned folders such as ourselves could be of
some help to them.

Marc





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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 16:22:18 -0400
From: Valerie Vann <75070.304@compuserve.com>
Subject: origami soma cube

By the way, Jeannine Moseley's business card "cubie" can
be made also from half-squares; 1/2 square postit works fine.
The nifty thing about the "cubies" is that they all link
together so you don't have to glue cubes together to get the
soma modules.

--valerie





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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 16:30:44 -0400
From: Valerie Vann <75070.304@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: origami newsgroups

I suspect quite a few folks have Grace's problem; lots of businesses
have banned newgroups, especially the alt.s. I also intend to just
stick to the mail list and its FTP archive site. It already takes too
long just to keep up with my email without having to check on a newsgroup
too.

--valerie





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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 17:49:55 -0400
From: michaelb@adobe.com (Michael Bourgoin)
Subject: Re: origami soma cube

>By the way, Jeannine Moseley's business card "cubie" can
>be made also from half-squares; 1/2 square postit works fine.
>The nifty thing about the "cubies" is that they all link
>together so you don't have to glue cubes together to get the
>soma modules.
>
>--valerie
I seem to have missed the directions or diagrams for folding Jeannine's
"cubie". I'd appreciate it if someone would repost them or aim me at a
server/site where I can find them.

Thanks,
michaelb





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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 18:31:27 -0400
From: Jeannine Mosely <j9@concentra.com>
Subject: Re: Level 2 Sierpinski sponge? argh.....

Last week, while I was on vacation, Dorothy wrote:

   Nick, what did you do, fold a few together at a time or stay up all night to
   do it......like wow..Dorothy Kaplan

(I think Dorothy was confused about who built the level 2 sponge.)

To answer the question, it took about 15 hours total to construct, and
I did it over a period of about 2 weeks, working on it for 2 to 3
hours at a time, every couple of days, as my schedule permitted.

At this rate, I could conceivably finish the level 3 sponge in only
300 hours, not a completely unreasonable time commitment.  Compare it
to a needlepoint tapestry, for example.  And it would certainly be
worth a mention in Guinness.

But I would rather do it with a littlte help from my friends.

Happy New Year,

        -- jeannine mosely





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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 19:26:53 -0400
From: DBSH47B@prodigy.com (MRS. JANET J HAMILTON)
Subject: Re: Kawasaki Rose II

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

>    I attended the Kawasaki class in '94 and have crude freehand (not
the
>    program) pencil diagrams.  If there is a lot of interest, I can
try to
> clean them up and send them out.

I am interested - Kawasaki's Rose is one of my favorite models.  I'd
like to see the changes he has made to it.

Janet Hamilton





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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 19:32:16 -0400
From: CM317@aol.com
Subject: Newsgroups

Does AOL have access to these newsgroups?  If not, I'll go on my direct
internet access.

-Chris





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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 19:49:07 -0400
From: DBSH47B@prodigy.com (MRS. JANET J HAMILTON)
Subject: RE: origami newsgroups

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

> Thanks for the newsgroup info. Only problem is both newsgroups are
empty.
>  Lets fill these up!!

>
> >Hi,
> >This is not to generate a discussion whether we should have origami
> >newsgroup(s) or not.  I just want tell you that there are two
> >newsgroups out there for origami.  I hope I am the first to tell you
> >about this since my origami folder is empty since this morning which
only
> >means that I haven't received any origami-l mails.  Anyway, the name
of
> >the newsgroups are alt.arts.origami  and
alt.binaries.pictures.origami.
> >Whoever created these newsgroups (if you are a subscriber to this
list)
> >I thank you.  Now, we don't have to clutter the list with encoded
> >pictures anymore since we can use alt.binaries.pictures.origami to
do
> >this, providing that we don't have problem posting them in the
newsgroup.
> >

I have tried to access these newsgroups both from Prodigy and
Compuserve, and get messages that these newsgroups do not exist.  Do
any of you access newsgroups through these services?  Have you tried to
get to the origami groups through them?  Do I have to request Prodigy
and Compuserve to provide access to these newsgroups?

Janet Hamilton





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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 19:57:07 -0400
From: Jeannine Mosely <j9@concentra.com>
Subject: Re: Business card origami

Bernie Cosell writes:

   Do any of you know of origami done with business cards?  I was in a
   friend's office and saw a bunch of wonderful folds she had been taught in
   a short course at MIT a few years back.  I realized that business cards
   are wonderful fodder for folding -- they're stiff and most of us have
   *hundreds* of them we could comfortably get rid of.

Your message is ambiguous.  Were the folds you saw made from business
cards, or were you just imagining that they might have been?  I taught
modular origami classes at MIT during IAP for several years, over 10
years ago, but I didn't do business cards then.  More recently Anne
Lavin has been teaching representational origami during IAP, but she
doesn't do business cards either.  If someone was teaching business
cards fold in between, I'd sure like to know about it.

        -- jeannine mosely





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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 20:01:44 -0400
From: jmarcoli@stratacom.com (John Marcolina)
Subject: Re: Re: Kawasaki Rose II

I am also interested.

John Marcolina





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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 20:31:22 -0400
From: Kim Best <Kim.Best@m.cc.utah.edu>
Subject: Re: origami soma cube

Sorry, but here is just one more attempt to describe the 7 soma cube
units.  Below is a diagram showing how the units look view from above.
Anywhere there is an 'X', imagine a second cube stacked on top of the other.

1)   *****             2)  *****            3)  *********
     *   *                 *   *                *   *   *
     *********             *************        *************
     *   *   *             *   *   *   *            *   *   *
     *********             *************            *********

4)   *************     5)  *********        6)  *********
     *   *   *   *         * X *   *            *   * X *
     *************         *********            *********
         *   *             *   *                *   *
         *****             *****                *****

7)   *********
     *   *   *
     *********
     * X *
     *****

Note:  Each square represents a cube, and each square with an 'X'
represents two cubes.  6 and 7 are mirror images of each other.

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