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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 10:50:30 -0400
From: Triesha@aol.com
Subject: Re: Seeking mail-order origami jewelry1

In a message dated 96-03-02 20:01:32 EST, you write:

>Laurie, Mark Kennedy sells jewelry, Jonathon Baxter sells jewelry, Beth
>MacCullum sells jewelry, and there is another person in Highland Park N. J.
>that sells jewelry too....if you want addresses describe the jewelry and
>maybe I can help you. Dorigami

dori:

wondering if you could send me their addresses also.  i'd be interested in
seeing their work.  thanks!

tree





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Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 10:55:58 -0400
From: Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.COM
Subject: Two rosette stories...

Like many of us, I like to fold tips. But I only know 2 money folds, so
I almost always fold a rosette* if I fold a tip. In the last week, I have had
two fun rosette experiences:

#1  A friend and I went (for the second time) to a Thai restaurant near
work. As we finished our meal, I pulled out a one to fold a rosette, and
we joked about whether it was rude to leave the same fold twice in the
same place. When we got up to leave, the waiter saw the rosette and was
very excited. He told us that they had saved the last one on a counter in
the back of the restaurant, but it had recently fallen of the shelf into the
fish tank... He was very pleased to have a replacement.

#2 A longtime friend who I hadn't seen in a long time came to Maine to visit
her family. I went up to visit one day and we all went out to breakfast at the
local diner. I folded a rosette for the tip and my friend's daughter (Jamie, 9)
wanted to learn how to fold one. So I taught her how, and during a long ride
in the car, she folded about a dozen of them. (Her younger brother folded, too.
He would fold the paper any which way, and then we would all try to guess
what it was. He folded quite a nice fox and a nice mountain with snow. No
landmarks though, so hard to reproduce...) I just heard through the grapevine
that Jamie has now folded her way through all of the library origami books
and the house is swimming in folded paper. So we have someone new in the fold...

*I have seen the rosette folded from a 2x1 rectangle in one of my books, but
I don't remember which one. It's one of the ones that the best thing going for
it
is great pictures and nice paper... (and I found it as a remainder)





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Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 12:29:02 -0400
From: "Ashley G. Perrien" <perr2232@kutztown.EDU>
Subject: Brilliant Origami Info?

I went to the bookstore today to try and order Brilliant Origami and came
across a slight hitch: there were two versions of it and I didn't know
which was the most recent. Both were veery similar (same number of pages,
$2 price difference...) but I wanted to be sure to order the correct
version. Which one is the one that's circulating now? Who's the
publisher? ISBN? Price?

TIA
AshleyP





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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 14:21:05 -0400
From: David Holmes <cm4bcdmh@bs47c.staffs.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Sample Oridraw files

On Fri, 1 Mar 1996, M.J.van.Gelder wrote:

> Very sorry for the large message containing the .ori files.
> Just had the wrong To: (I ment sending it directly to Laurie).
>
>
> Maarten van Gelder,           Rekencentrum RuG,  RijksUniversiteit Groningen
> M.J.van.Gelder@rc.rug.nl                         Nederland
>
No need to apologise.  I'm going to have a look at them as well.

David M Holmes                  cm4bcdmh@bs47c.staffs.ac.uk
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
British Origami Society        Association of C & C++ Users
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/2162/       (in development)





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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 14:29:03 -0400
From: Iron Will Dawes <wdawes@cs.nmsu.edu>
Subject: cellophane

  I, too, have been searching for "foldable" cellophane for a very
long time. What I finally ended up doing was using florists'
cellophane, then spraying the finished product with my roommate's
hairspray. It holds very well and this particular brand is quite
transparent when dry.
                              -Will





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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 14:55:32 -0400
From: Gretchen Klotz <gren@agora.rdrop.com>
Subject: Seattle-Area Confab ... and Group Forming Tips

Hello -

I've just returned from a weekend in the Seattle area.  I went to sell
origami boxes at the Alternative ArtFest I posted about several weeks ago.
Before I went, I posted to a list I've been maintaining of other Pacific
Northwest paperfolders, and sent a bunch of postcards announcing the show.
I knew that several folks on this list were going to try to make it to the
show so we could meet, and very conveniently 3 of them arrived within a
half hour of each other!  I had a great time visiting with Sue Parker (a
former origami-l subscriber and continuing crane folder), Mark Morden (who
brought his son and photos of a variety of wonderfully folded models), and
Allen Parry (a recent subscriber and de-lurker who brought a box of
fantastic dollar-bill folds, most of them original).  I'll put a photo of
all of us on my web page as soon as I get it developed (don't hold your
breath... ;-).

All three of them -- and other folks from this list -- are enthused about
starting a Seattle-area folding group.  I'm too far away to offer much
assistance with the details, but I *can* offer some advice from my
experience here in Portland last year and from Phillip Yee about getting a
group going.  I thought I'd post it in general in case there are other
Seattle-area lurkers out there (contact marmonk@eskimo.com), or other
people who are considering starting a group in their neighborhood.

First, get a core group of people who are willing to take a little extra
time to get and then keep things rolling.  Part of why the Portland-area
group didn't continue is that no one stepped forward to handle the
administrative things (see below for tips on minimizing those details).

Then, contact OUSA.  They can help in several ways, from providing some
tips on starting an affiliate group (perhaps Dee Lynch, the Affiliate
Group Editor, can chime in here) to mailing labels for OUSA members in
your area (think broadly!).  (And for those OUSA members who do not want
their names and addresses released for this or any other purpose, simply
contact OUSA and tell them of your preference.)

Next, decide on a date/time and location.  Many people prefer consistency
in all of these areas (e.g., every 2nd Sunday from 2-5pm at the library).
Finding a free location can be a difficult thing (luckily, Allen has
solved that in this instance!).  Possibilities include: someone's private
home (I did this with no regret, except for the shelf-full of models that
stayed behind), someone's workplace conference room, a public library, a
"related" business's classroom (like the rubber stamp store I'll be
teaching for next month), a local school, or any other place that isn't
used on weekends ('cause that's probably when most folks can meet).  It
should be centrally located and readily accessible by public
transportation.

Then decide on what you want to cover in your initial meeting.  Make sure
there's time for introductions, plenty of folding and administrivia.
Also, plan for a few future meetings so people know what to expect -- many
groups that I've heard about will teach 2-3 models of varying levels at
each meeting, do the occasional meeting-long technique demonstration
(backcoating, varnishing, etc.), and take on special projects/displays as
they desire.

When you have these details, prepare your invitation.  Include all the
details from above, and ask that people who are interested either bring or
send a few self-addressed-stamped-envelopes -- it will help cut down on
those administrative details *and* costs!  Make sure there's a phone
number on the invite.  Compile your mailing list from the OUSA labels,
other "close-by" affiliate and regional groups, your personal folding
friends, and any related stores/businesses/organizations (art stores that
sell origami paper, Japanese cultural groups, etc.).  Remember to post to
this list about your first meeting -- then people like me can say: "Please
send me 20 invitations and I will forward them to the people on my private
mailing list," or "I have a folding friend in Seattle -- here's her
address."

Encourage people to bring models to show, books or book lists of their own
libraries, models and topics that they'd like to teach or learn, and any
other ideas.  Don't be shy about asking for a donation to cover copying
costs or a nominal membership fee (our costs for the Portland meeting were
less than $20).  Ask people to RSVP so you have a sense of how many people
are going to show up and/or are interested.  This can help you make sure
that parents will attend with young paperfolding offspring, and get
feedback about the meeting time/place/etc.

Finally, get ready to have a great time with other paperfolding fanatics!
Do have a facilitator for this first meeting -- you want to make sure that
the start-up details get handled -- otherwise people will just fold and
fold and fold ... which *is* what it's all about, but if they want to get
together again, they should take *some* time to talk about those items. :-)

Afterwards, your mailing list can be pared down to the people who
responded to that first invitation.  Make sure to keep in touch with Dee
via OUSA so she can include your group in the affiliate or regional group
listings.

If anyone else has tips on starting and running a local group, I'd like to
hear about them -- and I'm sure the Seattle folks would too!

And to Mark, Sue and Allen, let us know how it goes!  Good luck.

- Gretchen

P.S.  Phillip, too bad you didn't make it to the ArtFest -- I brought some
paper for you to try wet-folding, and a slide of some of your models from
the party at my house last year.  I'll put them in the mail as soon as I
unpack all my Paper Boxes stuff.

--
gren@agora.rdrop.com         http://www.ogi.edu/~gren/





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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 23:01:17 -0400
From: DORIGAMI@aol.com
Subject: Re: no brainers

I take umbrage to your reference to "no brainers" referring to dollar bill
folds. I would like the terms simple, easy to remember, easy to teach, and
very cleverly designed by whoever the designer was......  Do you mean it
takes no brains to do it or no brains to invent it......I think it takes
brains to do it and to design it.  Dorigami





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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 00:20:36 -0400
From: Eric Andersen <Eric_Andersen@brown.edu>
Subject: Eric's Origami Page!

Hi everyone! I have finally received two batches of origami photos that I
took over winter break. There are a total of about 50 photos, some of which
came out really well,
others of which, well, let's just say that I should stop by that class at
this year's OUSA Convention...

Anyway, I started scanning the pictures in earlier today, and I have already
made a few modifications to my home page. My page is now spruced up with
Lang's dragonfly, ant, and a few Montroll models, some of which I scanned in
directly! My origami page is located at:

http://techhouse.brown.edu/~tech/eric/origami.html

Also, there are still a lot of pictures which I have online but not yet on
this page.
If you want to see what to look forward to on my page you can look at the
pictures directly by pointing your browser to:

http://techhouse.brown.edu/~tech/eric/origami/

This is my origami directory. Just click on the name to see each image. Most
of the new images are jpegs (ending with .jpg).

On a final note, my page is getting really long, and I plan to split it up
into a main page and a bunch of smaller pages. Does anyone have any ideas
for the new structure of my origami pages? Since most of you will be my main
audience, I'd like some input. Do you like frames, as on my main page or
Joseph Wu's page? Would you like my photo pages split up by creator, or by
book, or by type of model, or by something else?

Any ideas or comments on this, either personally or to the list would be
greatly appreciated!

-Eric  :-P

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         ^                   A
        /|\            \    /|\              More
       / | \            \\ / | \ /7\          origami
      /__|__\            \/__|__\/             ascii-art
      \  |  /             \_/ \_/               to come...
       \ | /             Flapping
        \|/                bird
         V                                            Eric Andersen
     Bird Base           http://techhouse.brown.edu/~tech/eric/origami





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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 12:57:13 -0400
From: Kristine Tomlinson <ktomlinson@platinum.com>
Subject: Re: Pureland, Origami, and Religion

>>This is a resend from last week re: Pureland Buddhism and folding ... Kristine

    Hello,

    My e-mail connection is extremely unreliable at the moment and I've
    missed several of the digests of this list, but the one with John
    Smith's reply did get through.  Hopefully, I haven't missed any other
    replies to my Pureland question.

    John thank-you very much for your most interesting reply!  I was hoping
    you might be on the 'net and could provide a response.  My reason for
    asking the question is because I'm teaching an origami workshop in May
    that uses simple folding (traditional Japanese models) to demonstrate
    Buddhist and Native American beliefs or metaphysics, and wanted to
    clarify my understanding of Pureland folding.  You've helped
    tremendously.

    The quotations you've provided from other folders are just the sorts of
    references that got me excited enough to want to teach after my own
    folding experiences hinted there was a connection between creativity,
    simplicity, and spirituality.  The simplicity you mention is especially
    clear in Buddhism and Native American beliefs, and the parallels are
    astonishing.  The play on dimensions (2-D, 3-D) you can accomplish with
    paper is another theme I am exploring which you also mention.  Peter
    Engel's (sp?) introduction to Folding the Universe (Origami from
    Angelfish to Zen) is another wonderful source.  But the best source
    seems to be one's own experience.

    If any others are interested in this overall topic, I'd be very
    interested in hearing from you.  Hopefully, my e-mail connection will
    stay up long enough to get them!  :-}

    Thanks again,

    Kristine Tomlinson
    ktomlinson@trinzic.com





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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 19:40:16 -0400
From: Gretchen Klotz <gren@agora.rdrop.com>
Subject: Re: Outta print books

On Fri, 23 Feb 1996, Namir Gharaibeh wrote:

> Hi.  Quick question.  How does one find out of print books for
> purchase?

This message was a little old, but I've been cleaning out my inbox (sort
of) and wanted to respond since I didn't see any others.  If you don't
have a used bookstore in your area that will do a search for you, you can
always check out Powell's Books here in Portland, OR, in one of the
following ways:

        http://www.powells.portland.or.us/

        gopher.powells.portland.or.us

        ping@powells.portland.or.us

There are people on this list besides us Portlanders who will rave about
this store.  It is an entire city block of books, with new and used
side-by-side (I don't understand why more bookstores won't do that).
Their origami books are located in the ARTS section, which many of you
will admire.  Powell's will do searches, special orders, and even ship to
your door.  I believe they are able to do all of this electronically by
now, but am not sure.  (Why wait for my paltry RAM to load another webpage
when I can hop on the bus and be there in 15 minutes? ;^)

Anyhow, I hope Namir finds _Origami Omnibus_, and others of you find
whatever *you* would like.  Btw, most books go out of print because the
publishers don't think they will profit by re-printing it.  If only they
read this list -- no origami books would *ever* go out-of-print!

And btw2, I'm sure Jenni will chime in that Powell's is *not* a chain
(although they have several branches which specialize in different things
like cookbooks, gardening, technical books, etc.), so if you are like the
2 of us and prefer to patronize locally-owned and small businesses, this
will make you additionally happy -- even though it isn't too local for
you. :-)

- Gretchen

--
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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 22:30:44 -0400
From: jwu@cs.ubc.ca (Joseph Wu)
Subject: Re: Another cool dino book!

Rjlang@aol.com wrote:
> I recently received a book whose title is, I think, "Dinosaur Origami 2," by
> dino-sensei Fumiaki Kawahata. (I say "I think" because everything but the "2"
> is in Japanese, which I can't read.) It's about the same size as Kawahata's

The title is "Kyoh Ryuu no Origami 2" which does translate to "Dinosaur
Origami 2". I have to take back a little of what I said about Sapporo being
an origami wasteland since they managed to get this book here fairly quickly.

> "Dinosaur Origami" book (published in English by Japan Publications) and is
> intermediate between DinoOri and his recent hardcover masterpiece, "Fantasy
> Origami" (published by Gallery Origami House in Japanese) in scope and
> difficulty. All of the models are from single uncut squares and are very
> clearly diagrammed, running typically 30-50 steps. The "look" of the models

I beg to differ slightly here. The Dilophosaurus is made of two uncut squares,
and many of the diagrams show a slight sloppiness in that the angles of the
flaps change from panel to panel. While it is usually clear what is going on,
sometimes the shape of the flap in the picture does not (and could physically
not) match with the actual shape of the paper.

> is slightly more stylized than those in Fantasy Origami, but important
> details are there: the Dilophosaurus has a double crest, the
> Pachycephalosaurus has a color-changed dome on its head, etc., etc. As with
> most Kawahata designs, the geometry of each fold is a joy to follow, if
> you're into the structural aspects of origami designs; even if you're not,
> they're great fun to fold and it's a great book to get.

Complaints about diagrams aside (and they were minor), Robert is right about
the geometry of the models and the feeling of a "natural flow" as each piece
progresses. I've done a few of the models already and I've had a lot of fun
with each one I've attempted.

> As I said, it's in Japanese; the ISBN is: 4-416-39517-5. 64 pp, price on the
> cover is Y1200. What looks like the publisher's logo is a red, yellow, and
> green square, each rotated; it's the same logo on one of my Fuse box books.
> Perhaps Nakanishi-san can provide further information?

The publisher's name appears to be "Origami Rando" which is the Japanicization
of "Origami Land". All other info given above is correct.

 Joseph Wu                                  Webmaster of the Origami Page
<jwu@cs.ubc.ca>             <http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/jwu/origami.html>
Heavenly Parent, as the miry bottom of the pond helps the lotus flower to
grow, so may our often unlovely environment encourage growth in us. And as
the lotus blossom in all its radiance rises above the mire, so help us to
transcend our earthly environment to become heavenly personalities worthy
to be called your children. Amen.          [Prayer of a Chinese Christian]





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Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 22:41:31 -0400
From: "MARGARET M. BARBER" <mbarber@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu>
Subject: Re: Outta print books

I must chime in about Powell's.  My family were in Portland a couple of
summers ago to visit family and being bookish types, we all trekked down
to Powells.  What a _GREAT_ book store!  I'm delighted that we easterners
can now access that wealth of books.  This one ranks right up there as
one of the great book stores -- Sort of like the Strand in NYC.  Thanks
for the WWW address, Gretchen!

Peg Barber
mbarber@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu





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Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 00:52:58 -0400
From: "BOB T. LYNCH" <blynch@du.edu>
Subject: Re:  Seattle-Area Confab ... and Group Forming Tips

ting-a-ling!!!!

(That's me chiming in!)

By all means, those of you in the Seattle area please let me know how things are
going! The next deadline for Affiliate and Regional Group News is April 10
(for all of those people out there with groups - and you know who you are!!;-)
Let me know if you would like to be listed in the OUSA Paper before then and I
will add you to "the list."

Gretchen has a lot of great ideas... (I think I will copy her letter and see if
it isn't too late to oncorporate some of them onto the Affiliate Group Hand-
book that I just completed editing (YAY!) With her permission of course) Get
in touch with me personally if you'd like to talk more about forming a group!

Dee
blynch@du.edu





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Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 01:08:00 -0400
From: "Na. (NAKANISHI Ken-ichi)" <nakanish@pd.scei.sony.co.jp>
Subject: Re: Another cool dino book!

Hello,

In mail <v01510100ad632874cc57@[202.244.224.68]>
    jwu@cs.ubc.ca writes:
> Rjlang@aol.com wrote:
> > I recently received a book whose title is, I think, "Dinosaur Origami 2," by
> > dino-sensei Fumiaki Kawahata. (I say "I think" because everything but the
     "2"
> > is in Japanese, which I can't read.) It's about the same size as Kawahata's

I saw this book the last weekend in Origami House.  The book by
Kawahata-san, which can be translated "Dinosaur Origami 2", surely
exists.

        Sorry for reduntant quotation because I haven't received
        Mr. Lang's original message.
--
nakanish@pd.scei.sony.co.jp (NAKANISHI Ken-ichi, not Kenichi Nakanishi)





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Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 08:47:32 -0400
From: slider@ims.mariposa.ca.us (Pat Slider)
Subject: Remaindered books....

Hamilton is listing the following two origami titles in their Feb.
remainder catalog:

        "The Amazing Book of Origami" by Jon Tremaine     $12.95
        "The Art of Origami" by Gay Merrill Gross         $9.95

The Gay Merrill Gross title, by the way, is now being published as "The
Origami Workshop". I don't know if there are any differences between the
original title and the current version.

Anyway, you might like to watch for these two titles in the remainder
section of your local bookstore.

(Hamilton is still listing the Paul Jackson's "Encyclopedia of Origami and
Papercraft Techniques" as well.)

Still working on the book review collection. I think I shall be generous
and give myself another week :->.

Up at 4:00AM with a 4-year-old, seems a nice quiet time for folding....But
I would rather be asleep.

pat slider.





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Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 06:10:26 -0400
From: Jonathan Jacobs <pigpen@u.washington.edu>
Subject: folding mini-models ...

        Does anybody have any suggestions for folding with 2"x2" paper?  I'm
looking for single sheet models, mostly, since I know modulars usually work
well small.  I've done Lang's ant and tick, and many Montroll models including:
toucan, elasmosaurus, frog (without toes), turtle, sunfish, blue shark,
dimetrodon, chessboard (just kidding on this one).  Anyway, I am very pleased
with how well those models turn out in miniature.  (Of course, I have to
accept make-shift legs and eyes on that scale.)
        So I guess I'm just looking for some good models that have detail that
is not impossible on a small scale.  Thanks to all in advance.

              /~~  ~\         /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\
         .---+----. |         | Jon Jacobs          pigpen@u.washington.edu |
        /    | ,. ,\.         | ------------------------------------------- |
       |       ## #/~~~`.     | As I walk, I think about a new way to walk. |
       |       ## '     |     |                                             |
       |       `'       |    /       Laugh when they shoot you, say         |
       `       _  `____,'   <           "Please don't do that!"             |
        \       \__.'        \                                              |
         `.        '          |   < Something clever or meaningful here >   |
 ___~\_____}      {____/~___  | ------------------------------------------- |
| Fone Bone  (c) Jeff Smith | |       "Stupid, Stupid Rat Creatures!"       |





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Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 10:32:58 -0400
From: casida@ere.umontreal.ca (Casida Mark)
Subject: Re: Origami Bookmark #1

Dear Friends,

Below is a copy of a message send to the list by Kim Best.  Of course you
can also find it in the archives, but it seems more convenient to include
it with this letter as well.  Bookmarks are always useful and I've been
enjoying folding this one over and over and playing with the color combinations.
My favorite so far begins with a piece of paper white on one side and colored
on the other.  You start with the square colored side up and then make a
blintz fold.  That hides all the colors.  However I then reverse one of the
triangular flaps to obtain something that looks like :

         \-------------/
         |\           /|
         | \         / |
         |  \       /  |
         |   \     /   |
         |    \   /    |
         |     \ /     |
         |      X      |
         |     /#\     |
         |    /###\    |
         |   /#####\   |
         |  /#######\  |
         | /#########\ |
         |/###########\|
         /#############\

With a little bit of care, the bookmark will then come out all white except for
a colored arrow on one side to indicate the page where you stopped reading.

         --------------+
         \           # |
           \       ##  |
             \   ###   |
               \####   |        (The final result looks better than this!)
              #####    |
              #### \   |
                     \ |
                       |

This is a very discrete bookmark since only the white parts of the bookmark
show when the book is closed.  However I haven't found this to be a problem
since the thickness of bookmark makes its location in the book evident.

Kim also requested comments on the quality of the instructions.  I found that
the parenthetical remarks about preliminary and squash folds helped a lot in
trying to follow the instructions.

Now I am eager to try bookmark #2 !

                                            ... Mark
>
> Browsing through some of the old messages I saved from this group, I noticed
> that back in July Mark Casada, from Montreal Canada, gave directions for a
> bookmark with a pocket that slips over the pages of your book and a slot on
> one side to mark your page.  I was so inspired by this, that I designed two,
> somewhat more ornate versions, of the model.
>
> Both models are designed             \#############/
> for a special two toned              @\###########/@
> Origami paper that looks             @@\#########/@@
> some what like this:                 @@@\#######/@@@
>                                      @@@@\#####/@@@@
> Pardon my ASCII, there are           @@@@@\###/@@@@@
> no lines along the diagonals         @@@@@@\#/@@@@@@
> and of course the paper is           @@@@@@@X@@@@@@@
> square, and not triangular.          @@@@@@/#\@@@@@@
>                                      @@@@@/###\@@@@@
> If you can't find this kind          @@@@/#####\@@@@
> of paper, both models will           @@@/#######\@@@
> look the same, so you can            @@/#########\@@
> pick which ever you think            @/###########\@
> is easier.                           /#############\
>
>
> Bookmark Number One:
>
> Start with the square colored side up.
>
> 1) crease both diagonals with valley folds. Turn paper over.
> 2) book fold the right side over to the left side, and unfold.
> 3) Carefully, starting at the center of the paper.  Fold the bottom up, so
> that the bottom half of the vertical crease lies along the top left diagonal
> crease, and the top of the vertical crease lies along the bottom right
> diagonal crease. Unfold.
> 4) Perform the mirror image of the previous fold. (bottom vertical to top
> right diagonal, etc.)  Unfold again.
> 5) Fold the left edge back over to the right and rotate the paper 90 degrees
> clockwise.
> 6) hold the paper by the two short edges of the rectangle and rotate both
> edges downward so that the two bottom corners meet and the two mountain
> folds in front pop forward and form a squash fold.  A simular thing happens
> in back. flatten the model.
>
> (Ok, Ok, I know! I could have replaced steps 1-6 with a preliminary fold
> and two squash folds but these steps eliminate one unnessasary crease
> from showing up on the finished bookmarker.  'Cides, I think this may be
> Pureland?)
>
> 7) Valley fold the two bottom edges of the squash fold in front to lie
> along the central slit at the bottom of the model. Unfold, and DO NOT
> repeat behind!
> 8) Make inside reverse folds along the two previous folds, tucking the
> raw edge of the isosolece triangle underneath, forming a point at the
> bottom.  Rats! were not Pureland any more!
>
> (Again, you can perform steps 7 and 8 by petal folding and folding the
> top triangle down, if you don't mind the extra crease.)
>
> 9) Turn the model over.  Valley fold the top, front flaps of the model so
> the two points at the bottom of the model meet the point at the top of the
> model. Unfold.
> 10) Mountain fold along the valley fold you just made, tucking the bottom
> into the pocket behind.
> 11) Valley fold the two white triangles at the bottom of the model along
> the fold you made in the last step, tucking them in the pocket. Turn
> complete bookmark over.
>
> If you followed my direction exactly, you will have a bookmark with a pocket
> that can be placed over the corners of a few pages of your book, and a
> pointer to indicate which page your on.  And no unsightly creases!  If you
> used the two toned paper, I described at the top, you will notice that the
> edges where the colors meet, are safely hidden inside the bookmark. (Even
> if you look inside the pocket!)
>
>
>
>
> Kim Best                            *******************************
>                                     *    Curse you Robert!!       *
> Rocky Mountain Cancer Data System   *  Now my apartment is being  *
> 420 Chipeta Way #120                *    Overrun with insects!    *
> Salt Lake City, Utah  84108         *******************************
>

--
*-------------------------------------------------------*
|          Mark E. Casida                               |
|          e-mail: casida@chimcn.umontreal.ca           |





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Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 18:04:07 -0400
From: unhinged@yrkpa.kias.com
Subject: South Central Pennsylvania Origami Meeting

Formation meeting for a new club will be held at the York College of
Pennsylvania Library, York, PA on March 9th (This saturday).  We will be
meeting at 10:00 AM in front of the library, and then moving into
conference room 112.

Anyone interested, please e-mail.

For those of you who need rides, we currently have people coming from
Middletown and Shrewsbury, and (*possibly*) Harrisburg.  I was hoping
that David Shall would attend, but have not yet heard back from him.

Rob





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Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 21:47:35 -0400
From: Eric Andersen <Eric_Andersen@brown.edu>
Subject: origami in a funny college essay!

I was surfing the web at UPenn and I found this essay written by a recent
applicant. I apologize ahead of time for posting the whole essay, but if you
read the first few paragraphs you'll really appreciate the line in the last
paragraph about origami.

The author of this essay, Hugh Gallagher, now attends NYU

3A. ESSAY
IN ORDER FOR THE ADMISSIONS STAFF OF OUR COLLEGE TO GET TO KNOW
YOU, THE APPLICANT, BETTER, WE ASK THAT YOU ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
QUESTION: ARE THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCES YOU HAVE HAD, OR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS YOU HAVE REALIZED, THAT HAVE HELPED TO DEFINE YOU
AS A PERSON?

I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice. I have
been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making them more
efficient in the area of heat retention. I translate ethnic slurs for Cuban
refugees, I write award-winning operas, I manage time efficiently.
Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row.

I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing, I can pilot
bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed, and I cook Thirty-Minute
Brownies in twenty minutes. I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and
an outlaw in Peru.

Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single-handedly defended
a small village in the Amazon Basin from a horde of ferocious army ants. I
play bluegrass cello, I was scouted by the Mets, I am the subject of
numerous documentaries. When I'm bored, I build large suspension bridges in
my yard. I enjoy urban hang gliding. On Wednesdays, after school, I repair
electrical appliances free of charge.

I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless bookie. Critics
worldwide swoon over my original line of corduroy evening wear. I don't
perspire. I am a private citizen, yet I receive fan mail. I have been caller
number nine and have won the weekend passes. Last summer I toured New Jersey
with a traveling centrifugal-force demonstration. I bat .400. My deft floral
arrangements have earned me fame in international botany circles. Children
trust me.

I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy. I
once read Paradise Lost, Moby Dick, and David Copperfield in one day and
still had time to refurbish an entire dining room that evening. I know the
exact location of every food item in the supermarket. I have performed
several covert operations for the CIA. I sleep once a week; when I do sleep,
I sleep in a chair. While on vacation in Canada, I successfully negotiated
with a group of terrorists who had seized a small bakery. The laws of
physics do not apply to me.

I balance, I weave, I dodge, I frolic, and my bills are all paid. On
weekends, to let off steam, I participate in full-contact origami. Years ago
I discovered the meaning of life but forgot to write it down. I have made
extraordinary four course meals using only a mouli and a toaster oven. I
breed prizewinning clams. I have won bullfights in San Juan, cliff-diving
competitions in Sri Lanka, and spelling bees at the Kremlin. I have played
Hamlet, I have performed open-heart surgery, and I have spoken with Elvis.

But I have not yet gone to college.

------------

To let off steam, of course. That's why we all do it...

-Eric  :-P

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
         ^                   A
        /|\            \    /|\              More
       / | \            \\ / | \ /7\          origami
      /__|__\            \/__|__\/             ascii-art
      \  |  /             \_/ \_/               to come...
       \ | /             Flapping
        \|/                bird
         V                                            Eric Andersen
     Bird Base           http://techhouse.brown.edu/~tech/eric/origami





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Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 23:25:19 -0400
From: slider@ims.mariposa.ca.us (Pat Slider)
Subject: RE: college essay w/origami

Thanks! I needed to be cheered up after a long day....Can't help but wonder
though just what "full-contact" origami is. Am I missing out on something
:->?

pat slider
slider@yosemite.net





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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 00:26:30 -0400
From: Valerie Vann <75070.304@compuserve.com>
Subject: RE: college essay w/origami

Not to rain on anybody's parade (the "essay
IS amusing...), but if I'm not mistaken this
"admission essay", or s variation of it, along
with various attributiond to college students
living, dead or fictional, makes an appearance
here annually (at least).

It comes under the heading of "urban folklore",
Internet division, (along with certain "viruses",
and storm sewer alligators...)

--valerie





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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 01:24:44 -0400
From: Eric Andersen <Eric_Andersen@brown.edu>
Subject: RE: college essay w/origami

At 12:27 AM 3/8/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Not to rain on anybody's parade (the "essay
>IS amusing...), but if I'm not mistaken this
>"admission essay", or s variation of it, along
>with various attributiond to college students
>living, dead or fictional, makes an appearance
>here annually (at least).
>

Sorry about that...a fellow sophomore just told me that an eighth grade
teacher once
read it to his class, which means it must be at least 6 years old. I
apologize if it was a repost, but there are a lot of new members on the
list, I think...

-Eric  :-P

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         ^                   A
        /|\            \    /|\              More
       / | \            \\ / | \ /7\          origami
      /__|__\            \/__|__\/             ascii-art
      \  |  /             \_/ \_/               to come...
       \ | /             Flapping
        \|/                bird
         V                                            Eric Andersen
     Bird Base           http://techhouse.brown.edu/~tech/eric/origami





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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 01:49:51 -0400
From: "M. Schleicher P. Saalbach" <parkmaam@gol.com>
Subject: RE: college essay w/origami

Dear Eric, Valerie, Others:

I was thoroughly amused by this essay, and as a year-old member of this
list, but 40+-year-old adult applying for graduate school, I found it
refreshing.  Thanks and send more!

Pamela
parkmaam@gol.com

At 01:24 AM 3/8/96 -0400, Eric Andersen wrote:
>At 12:27 AM 3/8/96 -0400, you wrote:
>>Not to rain on anybody's parade (the "essay
>>IS amusing...), but if I'm not mistaken this
>>"admission essay", or s variation of it, along
>>with various attributiond to college students
>>living, dead or fictional, makes an appearance
>>here annually (at least).
>>
>
>Sorry about that...a fellow sophomore just told me that an eighth grade
>teacher once
>read it to his class, which means it must be at least 6 years old. I
>apologize if it was a repost, but there are a lot of new members on the
>list, I think...
>
>-Eric  :-P
>
>
>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>         ^                   A
>       /|\            \    /|\              More
>       / | \            \\ / | \ /7\          origami
>      /__|__\            \/__|__\/             ascii-art
>      \  |  /             \_/ \_/               to come...
>       \ | /             Flapping
>        \|/                bird
>         V                                            Eric Andersen
>     Bird Base           http://techhouse.brown.edu/~tech/eric/origami
>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
Pamela Saalbach
parkmaam@gol.com





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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 10:31:34 -0400
From: casida@ere.umontreal.ca (Casida Mark)
Subject: Re: Origami Bookmark #2

Thanks Kim,

I very much enjoyed this bookmark.  Very harlequin!

                               Vive la creativite!
                                  ... Mark

>
> Bookmark Number Two:
>
> Start colored side up.
>
> 1) Crease with mountain folds thru the vertical and horizontal centers of
> the paper. Crease with a valley fold one of the diagonals. (If it is
> helpful you can crease the other diagonal. It doesn't matter to much in
> this case, because the crease will lie along the line where two colors
> meet.)
> 2) form a preliminary base along the creases just made. (colored side out.)
> 3) Kite fold the two top edges, of the front of the model, down to the
> center of the model. Unfold. DO NOT repeat behind!
> 4) Inside reverse fold along the creases made in the previous step.
> 5) Valley fold the bottom right raw edge of the top layer of the inverted
> kite on the top of the model, so that the bottom point meets the left corner
> of the kite. Unfold.
> 6) Repeat step 5 one the left side of the model.
> 7) Inside Reverse fold along the crease made in step 5, tucking the paper
> inside the model.
> 8) Make a complex inside reverse fold along the crease made in step 6,
> opening up the model, as nessasary to tuck the paper inside the model.
> 9) Turn the model over. Valley fold the front layer of paper, in half, so
> that the bottom point touches the point at the top of the model. Unfold.
> 10) Mountain fold along the previously made crease, tucking the paper
> inside the model.
> 11) Valley fold the two bottom white triangles along the edge you just
> made, tucking them in side the pocket.
> 12) The pointer for your bookmarker will have a small flap pointing to the
> left.  Inside reverse fold this flap along the center line of the model.
> 13) (Optional) The paper inside your pointer is not symetrical, open up
> the pointer enough so that you can rearrange the paper so that it is
> symetrical.
>
>
> If you used the specially colored paper, the side with the pointer will
> be broken up into four sections, with alternating colors.
>
> Feel free to let me know how you like the models. Or send me suggestions
> on how to simplify the procedure (Without creating any visible creases!)
> If anough people are interested, I will diagram the procedure in PostScript,
> and upload it to the ftp site.
>
> Also let me know about any variations you make. Purhaps a two-toned marker,
> made with ordinary origami paper.  No, What!  I just realised!  You can
> make this specially patterned paper out of an ordinary origami square.
> Just blintz fold, then unfold two opposite corners, and mountain fold them
> behind!  How about one where the pointer is a heart, or a crane, or...
> Well I'm getting cared away...
>
> Sorry, but I will not be able to get back to anyone for week.  I'm going
> to Hawaii!
>
>
> Kim Best                            *******************************
>                                     *    Curse you Robert!!       *
> Rocky Mountain Cancer Data System   *  Now my apartment is being  *
> 420 Chipeta Way #120                *    Overrun with insects!    *
> Salt Lake City, Utah  84108         *******************************
>

--
*-------------------------------------------------------*
|          Mark E. Casida                               |
|          e-mail: casida@chimcn.umontreal.ca           |





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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 16:23:26 -0400
From: Ninety Six Elementary <frick@emeraldis.com>
Subject: RE: college essay w/origami

 Don't be sorry.  I haven't seen this before and after a very long week in
an elementary school the humor  hit the spot!
Marsha DuPre
>>
>
>Sorry about that...a fellow sophomore just told me that an eighth grade
>teacher once
>read it to his class, which means it must be at least 6 years old. I
>apologize if it was a repost, but there are a lot of new members on the
>list, I think...
>
>-Eric  :-P
>
>
>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>         ^                   A
>       /|\            \    /|\              More
>       / | \            \\ / | \ /7\          origami
>      /__|__\            \/__|__\/             ascii-art
>      \  |  /             \_/ \_/               to come...
>       \ | /             Flapping
>        \|/                bird
>         V                                            Eric Andersen
>     Bird Base           http://techhouse.brown.edu/~tech/eric/origami





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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 16:41:09 -0400
From: Jennifer Andre <JAndre@cfipro.com>
Subject: Powerful Paper

     Interesting point about the chain letter thing...in the US they are
     completely illegal, 'though that hasn't stopped people from
     perpetuating the legend.  If they exist outside the US (as I'm sure
     they do), are they similarly illegal?

     Of course, as far as the power of paper goes, there's that "root of
     all evil" thing to be considered...amazing what the right numbers on
     these various pieces of paper can accomplish, as if by magic!  And you
     don't even have to fold it, if you don't want to!!

     Hmmm...the next time one of those chain letters arrives, I think I'll
     fold something particularly interesting, something a little more
     complex than my famous "Wadded Up Bit of Paper" model.  Some sort of
     powerfully good religious icon thing, so the magic inside the letter
     can't hurt me!  (Not that it ever has in the past...)

     Any ideas?  I'm open to suggestions based on any set of beliefs.
     Except the wrong ones.  (grin)

     Yours in my boredom,
     JAndre@cfipro.com (Jennifer)





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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 17:01:25 -0400
From: kevin !! <prank@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: cellophane "paper"

Hello, all,
        I want to thank everyone for their info on clear "paper."  This
weekend I intend to go out, buy a sample of everything I find that seems
foldable, and hopefully by next Monday I'll have a review of the
different types of cellophane available.
        The models I am going to test on these are Brill's bottle and
many geometrics (cubes and polyhedra, maybe some simple modulars).  If
anyone has other suggestions, please let me know.  Otherwise they're not
suggestions...
        Just as a note, since this is Easter time, many stores are
carrying some "Easter basket wrap" which is transluscent _and_ has a
metallic sheen.  It is very thin as well.  You'll get the full review
later.
        Thanks again!

--Kevin





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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 17:06:42 -0400
From: Penny Groom <penny@sector.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Dqnsk Origami Socciety.........again

Thanks to the people who gave me the address of the D O C as
Ewaldsgade 4 KLD
2200 Kobenhavn N
Denmark

but I've had the February BOS magazine returned 'parti' which to my
schoolgirl French says 'gone away'.It also says 'adressaten er afrejst',
which I take to be Danish for the same message.

Any more ideas please?

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





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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 19:40:14 -0400
From: rmoes@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (Rob Moes)
Subject: Re: folding mini-models

Jonathan Jacobs <pigpen@u.washington.edu> writes:

>        Does anybody have any suggestions for folding with 2"x2" paper?  I'm
>looking for single sheet models, mostly, since I know modulars usually work
>well small.  I've done Lang's ant and tick, and many Montroll models including:
>toucan, elasmosaurus, frog (without toes), turtle, sunfish, blue shark,
>dimetrodon, chessboard (just kidding on this one).

Many of the fish in Origami Sea Life--especially Montroll's dolphin;
Engel's giraffe & hummingbird (Folding the Universe); Weiss' squirrel &
Lang's skunk (Origami Zoo);  Momotani's koala (Gross' Origami Workshop)
Kasahara's mouse, panda & dragon (Origami Omnibus).  Dave Brill's horse
(out of a triangle) is stunning in miniature and worth a try.

Rob Moes, proud owner of mini Maekawa lizard, seated deer, and demon!





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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 20:09:44 -0400
From: CThackeray@aol.com
Subject: Re: cellophane "paper"

Lately I've been spray mounting cellophane onto tissue. It's a pain, but it
works REALLY well. Consequently, I've spent a small fortune on tissue paper.
Iridescent Film is particularly spiffy. I'll be looking forward to your
report on materials.
Clare





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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 22:20:12 -0400
From: Iron Will Dawes <wdawes@cs.nmsu.edu>
Subject: Brilliant Origami

  Today, I purchased Dave Brill's "Brilliant Origami". I must agree
with all of the reviews so far; it's excellent. I am particularly fond
of his multiple model scenes (St. George slaying the dragon, English
fox hunt, etc.). One of my first origami projects was Honda Isao's
monkeys carrying a palanquin diorama, and Mr. Brill's themes brought
back fond memories.
  I do, however, have one question regarding this book. In the
foreward (or introduction, perhaps), Mr. Brill said that we should
"take off your blinkers". What are blinkers? The only blinkers I know
how to remove would leave my vehicle no longer street-legal. He
mentions it again in the acknowledgements. Is this a British idiom? Is
there a "Roast Beef" (as Mr. Brill refers to his fellow countrymen)
out there who could help this lost colonist?
                          -William R. Dawes (wdawes@cs.nmsu.edu)





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Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 03:46:08 -0400
From: Kellie Elizabeth Cass <KELLIECASS@delphi.com>
Subject: digest

   I asked this before but the only response was emails
telling me to try set origami-l digest.
   We DID that. Several times. It didn't work.
   Can anyone please tell me how to get origami-l in the
digest form? My friend keeps asking. I get it in digest
form but set origami-l digest is all my notes say and that
didn't work for her. (We tried several times and yes she
was subscribed).
   Thankyou for any help you can give.
                           Kellie





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Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 05:33:02 -0400
From: knuffke@sirius.com (Charles Knuffke)
Subject: Sasuga Bookstore

FYI:

I've ordered Origami Books from Sasuga in the past, and have been extremely
pleased at their responsiveness. If you are interested, check out their Web
page at

<http://www.terra.net/sasuga/>

They've starting to put their on-line catalog on the web, and so far
they've only done one section - Origami! Check it out to see what's
available.

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Charles Knuffke               knuffke@sirius.com
153 Divisadero
San Francisco CA 94104
          "Amen the Thunderbolt in the Dark Void"





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Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 08:38:28 -0400
From: reeds@openix.com (Reeds Family)
Subject: Re: Brilliant Origami and blinkers

re blinkers--I think the idiom got a bit confused and that Mr. Brill meant
"blinders"--whcih goes back to horse-transportation technology. Blinders
were (still used?) a gizmo put on a horse's head to restrict its view of
everything except the road straight ahead, to keep it from being spooked or
distracted by side views. So "take off your blinders" means to be open to
seeing the wide view or seeings things from other perspectives. Good advice
for folders in general.
Karen
Karen Reeds
Science/Medicine Editor
Rutgers University Press
Bldg 4161, Livingston Campus
PO Box 5062
New Brunswick NJ 08903-5062
908--445-7762x602
Fax 908--445-7039
reeds@openix.com (for origami)

>  Today, I purchased Dave Brill's "Brilliant Origami". I must agree
>with all of the reviews so far; it's excellent. I am particularly fond
>of his multiple model scenes (St. George slaying the dragon, English
>fox hunt, etc.). One of my first origami projects was Honda Isao's
>monkeys carrying a palanquin diorama, and Mr. Brill's themes brought
>back fond memories.
>  I do, however, have one question regarding this book. In the
>foreward (or introduction, perhaps), Mr. Brill said that we should
>"take off your blinkers". What are blinkers? The only blinkers I know
>how to remove would leave my vehicle no longer street-legal. He
>mentions it again in the acknowledgements. Is this a British idiom? Is
>there a "Roast Beef" (as Mr. Brill refers to his fellow countrymen)
>out there who could help this lost colonist?
>                                -William R. Dawes (wdawes@cs.nmsu.edu)





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Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 10:24:16 -0400
From: altj@cix.compulink.co.uk (Al Jardes)
Subject: Re: Brilliant Origami
blinkers are leather flaps which constrict the view of a horse or other
pack animal to a forward view only, thus reducing distractions from
either side; hence a blinkered view.

i think you will find blinkers in every american dictionary, i seem to
remember seeing several few horses equipped with them when i were but a
mere sprat.

roc





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Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 11:30:36 -0400
From: Virginia <VBSAUER@delphi.com>
Subject: digest

On  9-MAR-1996 03:04:16.9 origami-l said:
   >>  I asked this before but the only response was emails
       telling me to try set origami-l digest.  We DID
       that. Several times. It didn't work.

I've been having the same problem.  I finally wrote to the
list manager, but have not received any reply.

In desperation, I finally unsubscribed - but that did not
work either.  And I am definitely using standard listserv
commands (and those specifically recommended in the message
one receives upon joining origami-l).

Although I hate bothering the list with this, I'm getting
desperate.  Can anyone please tell me how to get origami-l
in digest mode (or, failing that, how to unsubscribe)?

Thank you _VERY_ much for any help you can provide.

Regards,
   Virginia





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Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 13:28:25 -0400
From: quintin@ra.isisnet.com (L. Quintin)
Subject: Digest

To get the digest form, send the command

set origami-l mail digest

Lise
quintin@ra.isisnet.com in Nova Scotia, Canada





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Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 14:36:14 -0400
From: Peter@paddy.demon.co.uk (Peter Giblin)
Subject: Re: Brilliant Origami

Yep. Blinders is blinkers.

They stop horses getting distracted. Sometimes seen on racehorses.
--
..   Peter Giblin        ..............
..   peter@paddy.demon.co.uk  .........
..   pg5@student.open.ac.uk   .........





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Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 16:58:50 -0400
From: toby1@tiac.net (Toby Levenson)
Subject: RE: college essay w/origami

The author of this college essay was on Weekend Edition, a NPR show, this
morning, but, of course, I forget his name, perhaps Hugh ???.  He is
currently 24 years old, the college essay was written for NYU, he was
accepted, and attended the Tisch School for the Performing Arts at NYU.  He
graduated and is working on his first novel which already has a publisher.
It was pretty cool to hear the original author read his very famous,
widely-distributed essay.





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Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 17:51:04 -0400
From: JENEVOLD@aol.com
Subject: Re: clear "paper"

In December, I folded the octohedron-y kusudama from --oh, darn, can't find
the book. I think it's called Ball Origami. This is a very simple model which
I find inordinately satisfying. Anyway, this particular time, I used blue and
red cellophane from an art store: blue for the interior structure of eight
pieces and red for the six points. It's gorgeous! if I do say so myself. I,
also, had been wanting to explore the possibilities of transparency,
particularly with modulars. I had tried waxed paper and tracing paper,
neither of which was clear enough to satisfy me, and I wanted color.

I found the cellophane very nerve-wracking. It kept wanting to unfold, being
both springy and slidey. The model now hangs in my front window, catching the
light. I don't dare send it to my father-in-law for whom I originally
intended it, as I am doubtful of its arriving intact, and I can't be there to
repair it.

So I, too, am awaiting the results of your experiments.

Julie





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Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 20:24:39 -0400
From: Bill Hall <billhall@computek.net>
Subject: Re: Brilliant Origami and blinkers

Reeds Family wrote:
>
> re blinkers--I think the idiom got a bit confused and that Mr. Brill meant
> "blinders"--whcih goes back to horse-transportation technology.

blinkers = British terminology
blinders = American terminology

--
Where go the poet's lines?
Answer, ye evening tapers!
Ye auburn locks, ye golden curls,
Speak from your folded papers!
        --Oliver Wendell Holmes
Bill Hall <billhall@computek.net> Dallas





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Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 21:17:51 -0400
From: Jonathan Poh <jonath@pl.jaring.my>
Subject: Clear 'Paper'

This discussion has been going on some time, just want to add my 2 cents..

I've tried _translucent_ tracing paper and it holds creases very well, but
depending on the model you're making it may be too thick. I have
successfully made the stellated octahedron featured in Gay Merrill Gross's
book 'The Art of Origami' (now called 'The origami Workshop', I think) using
tracing paper. It looks pretty good and I have and idea about putting tiny
pieces of coloured paper in the model before inflating it to 'enhance' its
semi-transparency by making it have a kaleidoscopic effect inside the
octahedron.

Also, clear plastic used for wrapping books come in various thickness. In
all the years I've been wrapping textbooks, I have come across many types. I
find that the thin ones don't hold creases as well as think ones, unless you
intend to use tape.

Cellophane paper, on the other hand, it easily foldable, but can be very
fragile especially at the edges.

These are just IMHO.

 \   Jonathan Poh
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Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 21:41:22 -0400
From: Jonathan Poh <jonath@pl.jaring.my>
Subject: Fuse's Origami Boxes

I just got Fuse's Origami Boxes and it is really as good as you people said
it is. Her diagrams are (usually) simple and easy to understand and the
boxes come out really beautiful with plenty of room for variations.

I enjoy making this type of origami and can't wait to get her Unit Origami book.
My parents will be going down to Singapore in a few days so could you please
recomend a few books for me to ask them to look for(Japanese OK).

 \   Jonathan Poh
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