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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 17:59:44 -0300 (ADT)
From: Ann McGrath <mcgrath@enter.NET>
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

Jennifer Andre wrote:
>
>  I'm curious to know what other hobbies we origami artists pursue, such
>  as the string figures.  This is not a scientific survey; no results
>  will be collected.  It might be interesting to see what other
>  similarities we share or can come to share!

Well.... I crochet, do assorted beadwork, (and sell it!) garden when the
ground is firmer than soup, (can you tell it's pouring rain today?) do
knotwork, (3-strand Turk'sHead is my favorite, along with cockscombing)
swim, (when I'm not plagued with sinus infections) enjoy strolling
through the woods and love to PLAY SCRABBLE!!

Ann A. McGrath   email: mcgrath@enter.net
Jewelry Design   voice: (610)253-7588
Eston, PA 18042         Fire polished beads are HOT STUFF!





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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 19:27:53 -0300 (ADT)
From: GDScott@aol.com
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

My other pursuit is fabric origami.  I'm always fascinated with the results
and it uses a wide variety of techniques, to say nothing of left over fabric.
 It's great for wet folding too.

I'm always attempting some origami design to see what it will look like in
fabric, laminated or with embellishments.

I even did a frog (from THE WORLD OF ORIGAMI by Honda) in drab olive fabric
with a textured print and embroidered tiny black seed beads for  bumps on his
back and eyes. It was fun and it made a wonderful gift.

Glenda
http://www.owt.com/gdscott





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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 19:36:05 -0300 (ADT)
From: jopmall@ipa.net (Joplin Mall)
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

Working with fabric dates back to before the invention of paper. folds in
fabric were traditional and part of most chinese ceremonys. Read up some
more on origami and you will discover you are keeping a thousand year old
art alive.

sierramike@ipa.net

>My other pursuit is fabric origami.  I'm always fascinated with the results
>and it uses a wide variety of techniques, to say nothing of left over fabric.
> It's great for wet folding too.
>
>I'm always attempting some origami design to see what it will look like in
>fabric, laminated or with embellishments.
>
>I even did a frog (from THE WORLD OF ORIGAMI by Honda) in drab olive fabric
>with a textured print and embroidered tiny black seed beads for  bumps on his
>back and eyes. It was fun and it made a wonderful gift.
>
>Glenda
>http://www.owt.com/gdscott





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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 19:43:16 -0300 (ADT)
From: altj@cix.compulink.co.uk (Al Jardes)
Subject: Re: Suminagashi paper dying.

would you care to embellish us with the references and methodology ...





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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 21:32:11 -0300 (ADT)
From: Steve Woodmansee <stevew@empnet.com>
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

At 03:53 PM 6/19/96 -0300, you wrote:
>     I'm curious to know what other hobbies we origami artists pursue, such
>     as the string figures.  This is not a scientific survey; no results
>     will be collected.  It might be interesting to see what other
>     similarities we share or can come to share!
>
For me, Origami is the main hobby, but I also like to draw, macrame (no
longer fashionable so this must be done in secret), card weaving, and
beading.  (Looks like everything involves paper and / or string!).

If I had to pick a second to Origami it would be the card weaving; it's
fascinating.

Cheers,

Steve Woodmansee,
stevew@empnet.com





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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 21:39:50 -0300 (ADT)
From: "David M. Dewey" <dmdewey@yrkpa.kias.com>
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

Jennifer Andre wrote:
>
>  I'm curious to know what other hobbies we origami artists pursue, such
>  as the string figures.  This is not a scientific survey; no results
>  will be collected.  It might be interesting to see what other
>  similarities we share or can come to share!
>

        I seem to have a set of hobbies that cyclically emerge then
submerge. They are astronomy, science reading, King Arthur stuff and
origami. Now that my wife and I are approaching foggiedom, we might take
up square dancing again. Then there are computers, that seems pretty
constant.
--

                     Dave Dewey
                     mailto:dmdewey@yrkpa.kias.com
                     http://yrkpa.kias.com/~dmdewey





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 00:05:09 -0300 (ADT)
From: Pat Slider <slider@ims.mariposa.ca.us>
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

I forgot about macrame! I haven't made anything for perhaps two years, but I
guess it is the craft that I've done the longest. Since High School. I even
taught a small group of six-year-olds once -- I'm still great at untangling :->.

(To go full circle, one of my favorite macrame resources, "Ashley's Book of
Knots", has a chapter on string games and tricks :->.)

The similarity between these crafts seems to be using your hands to make
something complex....The other similarity to me is the tactile joy. Be it
yarn or paper or polymer clay.

And I do like to create beautiful things....Don't always achieve this but I
like to try.

pat slider
slider@yosemite.net

A
t 09:32 PM 6/19/96 -0300, you wrote:
>At 03:53 PM 6/19/96 -0300, you wrote:
>>     I'm curious to know what other hobbies we origami artists pursue, such
>>     as the string figures.  This is not a scientific survey; no results
>>     will be collected.  It might be interesting to see what other
>>     similarities we share or can come to share!
>>
>For me, Origami is the main hobby, but I also like to draw, macrame (no
>longer fashionable so this must be done in secret), card weaving, and
>beading.  (Looks like everything involves paper and / or string!).





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 00:43:38 -0300 (ADT)
From: "NIGEL POTTLE, TEACHER-LIBRARIAN, WOODLANDS ELEM. SCHOOL"@Owl.nstn.ca
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

I was thinking as I read the post about patience (and people's amazement
that one could have the patience for it), that my other hobby/relaxation
activity - knitting - is one that many people pursue which could be compared
to origami. We follow patterns, invent our own designs, give up when things
get too complicated, have tons of unfinished objects in our basements, etc.
etc., but wear or display the things we make with pride and pleasure.

We even give them away after making them - just like origami models. And some
knitters will knit anywhere - on planes, trains and automobiles as well as in
front of the television.

One difference for me, though, is that as a male knitter, I feel I have to
hide my talent to avoid the meanies who think it a "woman's craft" and therep
fore question my manhood. (What's it to them?)

That aside, put me down as a knitter/origamist. Even if I haven't yet started
those sweaters whose wool awaits me in the basement. Too daunting, just like
Robert Lang's insects.

Nigel Pottle
npottle@cbe.ab.ca





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 00:47:41 -0300 (ADT)
From: DORIGAMI@aol.com
Subject: Re:programs used for diagramming

Thank you to all who shared hints and tips for diagramming. I have them all
saved up in a folder and have just reread them . They are very helpful.  I
would also like to know which drawing programs people are using these days to
design their diagrams on the computer. Thank yu in advance.  Who is coming to
the convention?...Looking forward to seeing lots of you there.  Dorigami





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 01:07:47 -0300 (ADT)
From: Pat Slider <slider@ims.mariposa.ca.us>
Subject: Re: Suminagashi paper dying.

At 07:43 PM 6/19/96 -0300, you wrote:
>In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19960619184932.0030f5bc@yosemite.net>
>
>would you care to embellish us with the references and methodology ...
>
>
Well, I have never done suminagashi myself....Seems VERY much like marbling
paper.

In summary the instructions direct you to float calligraphy ink or acrylic
paint thinned to the consistency of ink in a pan of water, stir to create a
pattern, and dip the paper in. The graphics at this site give me the
impression that the patterns produced are more delicate and cloud-like than
traditional marbling.

If you are interested and can't get to the URL:

http://www.calweb.com/~mcfadden/rbmpg5.html

let me know and I will email you the content privately.

I did see a book on this subject at a Half-Price bookstore in Houston
earlier this year. I believe the title was simply "Suminagashi"....I was
under the impression from that title that this was a traditional Japanese
paper art. But I don't really know. Perhaps someone else does?

pat slider
slider@yosemite.net





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 04:28:53 -0300 (ADT)
From: DLister891@aol.com
Subject: String Figures

I wonder if I may add a few more comments about Origami and String Figures
before the topic goes away.

First, in his original note dated 17th June  David Phillips referred to "The
Art of Origami" by Robert Harbin. This was, of course a slip of the tongue
(or the computer keyboard). Robert Harbin didn't write the Art of Origami.
The author was Samuel Randlett. Unimportant, perhaps, but several subscribers
have quoted David's letter without noticing the error!

The connection between paperfolding and string figures is surely an inherent
one. There is no historical or social connection between the two. Yet for
long enough, the same sort of minds have been attracted to the two diversions
and people having the "paperfolding/recreational mathematical /magical/
puzzle" sort of mind have associated them together. One of the first I have
come across was R.M. Abraham, who wrote his  "Winter Nights Entertainments"
in 1933. This book  has been reprinted by Dover under the ludicrous title
"Easy-to-do Entertainments and Diversions with coins, cards, sting ,paper and
matches". Abraham includes sections of his book on paperfolding and on string
figures.

Another writer to link the two was William R. Ransom, who published his
"Pastimes with String and Paper" in 1963. For its time, this was a marvellous
collection of rainy-day activities, but most prominent are the sections on
paperfolding and string figures.

Joseph Leeming wrote "Fun with String" in 1939, and "Papercraft" in 1949.
(Both were published in the United States). Both books contain paperfolding.
However, the same author also wrote "Fun with String" in 1940, which contains
string figures. (This book, too was reprinted by Dover in 1974).

No doubt similar instances could be multiplied. They all illustrate what I
have previously referred to as the "Origami Mind" which relishes activities
which involve structured creations in which mathematics forms  an underlying
basis. Of course, such people are also fascinated by computers: the
popularity of Origami-L is itself ample evidence of that. But why is our kind
of mind so apparently limited? My wife, Margaret can't stand paperfolding,
which I sure she regards as an indulgence which will keep David quiet and out
of harm's way!. Yet last week, Margaret was knitting the most intricate
sweater for our young grand-daughter, involving several skeins of wool and a
pattern that would have driven the average paperfolder mad!

Someone mentioned Tatting. My mother-in-law went on a voyage to New Zealand
and then round the world in her mid seventies  On the voyage, she learnt to
tat. I'm sure, she never folded anything more complicated than a paper hat in
her whole life.She was also skilful at crocheting. So other people take up
pillow lace, weaving, braiding knitting, crochet and a hundred and one other
crafts, all of which depend upon an underlying pattern, and consequently on
mathematics. Why is it that paperfolding (perhaps accompanied by string
figures) is in a category of its own? Or take another illustration. Millions
of people young and old, mechanically minded  and dreamily artistic drive
cars round congested city streets. They are operating a highly complex piece
of mechanical apparatus, the working of which requires independent
co-ordination, not only of two hands, but also two feet. It requires constant
observation of a kaleidoscopically mobile surroundings, with one eye on a
panel of sophisticated instruments and the other on a mirror, necessitating
the mental reversal of he image of what is happening at the back of their
 heads. Yet I constantly see gentle old ladies, the very epitome of the
knitting brigade, who would absolutely deny any aptitude for anything
mechanical, competently driving their cars around as if it was the most
natural thing in the world! My mother-in-law drove her car well into her
eighties.

It is probably a matter of expectations. What we expect to be able to do, we
can do. What we perceive as  "complicated" is beyond our expectations and
therefore, beyond our capacity. But this still does not explain why only an
apparently restricted group of people have the "Origami mind".

Paperfolding and string figures do have a particular affinity, Fold the most
complicated paper model. It can still be unfolded and returned to the
original square, uncut and without attachments. Weave the most complex string
figure. It will look most impressive, when completed. But drop the fingers
and in an instant the original loop of string returns, just as it was before
the weaving. In both, something is made out of the simplest square or loop,
 apparently out of nothing. The, in a flash, the creation vanishes again.
Knit a jumper and it is substantial enough to wear and wash. Of course, it
can be unravelled, but not quite so easily as the paperfold or string figure.

Paperfolding is the manipulation of a two-dimensional material (a sheet of
paper) into new creations without cutting or gluing or pins or staples. In
the same way, the weaving of a string figure is  the manipulation or a
single-dimensional material (a loop of string).In neither instance is there
any knotting of the paper or the string. The analogies are very close, but
one uses a two dimensional medium, while the other uses a one-dimensional
medium. (Yes, I know I'm using the terms "two-dimensional" and "one
dimensional" in a loose kind of way, but think you'll get the idea.)

Tomorrow I am flying to Berlin for the Convention of Origami Deutschland. I
believe that several subscribers to Origami-L will be there with me. I myself
will be away ten days, so that I can take in something of the city. I shall
await returning home to the mountainous  accumulated wisdom of Origami-L over
this period with bated breath!

In the meantime, Happy Folding,

David Lister,

Grimsby, England.





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 08:48:44 -0300 (ADT)
From: "C:WINSOCKKA9QSPOOLMAIL" <nick@homelink.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Suminagashi demo at BOS convention....

In article: <1.5.4.32.19960620040719.00308c5c@yosemite.net>
slider@ims.mariposa.ca.us writes:

> Well, I have never done suminagashi myself

There will be a demonstration of this art at the forthcoming Sheffield BOS
convention - Sept 14/15. Anyone interested in attending should email Penny
Groom (penny@sector.demon.co.uk) for details

cheers!

Nick Robinson

nick@homelink.demon.co.uk





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 09:01:24 -0300 (ADT)
From: "C:WINSOCKKA9QSPOOLMAIL" <nick@homelink.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

Listening to & performing music, nature/wildlife, collecting
books, watching the kids grow up & counting my grey hairs ;(

cheers!

Nick Robinson

nick@homelink.demon.co.uk





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 09:56:53 -0300 (ADT)
From: Loretta Hudelot <Loretta_Hudelot@sch.org>
Subject: Weird Hobbies

Whenever I'm asked what are my hobbies, I hesitate before answering.
Mainly because I have "weird" hobbies compared to "normal" people.

I enjoy origami, orienteering (scavenger hunt in the woods with a map
and compass), handbells (think of Christmas concerts at church) and
basic auto repair.

Another reason I hesitate is because I always have to explain what my
hobbies are.  How many times have you reminded people of folding
paper hats and airplanes in grade school?

Loretta
<Loretta_Hudelot@sch.org>
Houston, TX





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 10:19:01 -0300 (ADT)
From: Javier Cubero <jcubero@magicnet.net>
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

Jennifer Andre wrote:
>
>      I'm curious to know what other hobbies we origami artists pursue, such
>      as the string figures.  This is not a scientific survey; no results
>      will be collected.  It might be interesting to see what other
>      similarities we share or can come to share!

Sounds like an interesting question to me, so here it is:
Among my hobbies/sports are SCUBA diving (I live in Florida, it's the law...),
fencing (swords, not chain-link), calligraphy, woodworking, juggling,
gardening (mostly tropical fruits and orchids), and I have recently taken an
interest in the bagpipe.

Javier Cubero
jcubero@magicnet.net





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 10:32:14 -0300 (ADT)
From: Javier Cubero <jcubero@magicnet.net>
Subject: Re: Weird Hobbies

Loretta Hudelot wrote:

> Another reason I hesitate is because I always have to explain what my
> hobbies are.  How many times have you reminded people of folding
> paper hats and airplanes in grade school?

I'm continually surprised by how many people, even seemingly well-educated
ones, don't have a clue what origami is. Seems like I've ALWAYS known it
was a Japanese art.

My favorite "clueless" story happened at a local Mexican restaurant.
I proudly folded a seagull from a dollar bill as part of the waitress'
tip. When I handed it to her she looked at it strangely.  I told her,
"It's an origami seagull."  She still looked blank. I said, "you know,
Origami, folded paper - it's a dollar bill, part of your tip...hello?"
At this point she screwed up her face and said, "Ori..Oriwhat? Is that
Mexican?" (add a heavy Southern drawl: "Mayksikuhn").

I'd love to hear other comparable stories of Ori-cluelessness.

Javier Cubero
jcubero@maigcnet.net





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 10:36:17 -0300 (ADT)
From: "P.J. APPLEFORD" <pabpja@west-01.novell.leeds.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

Hi!

Going to the opera, canoeing, hill walking, playing hockey (badly),
cricket when I can get a game, camping and general out door stuff.

Pete.





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 10:49:49 -0300 (ADT)
From: unhinged@yrkpa.kias.com
Subject: Re:programs used for diagramming

I'll be there.  Are we going to put "OLO" again on our nametags so we can
distinguish who is on the list ?

On Thu, 20 Jun 1996 DORIGAMI@aol.com wrote:

> Thank you to all who shared hints and tips for diagramming. I have them all
> saved up in a folder and have just reread them . They are very helpful.  I
> would also like to know which drawing programs people are using these days to
> design their diagrams on the computer. Thank yu in advance.  Who is coming to
> the convention?...Looking forward to seeing lots of you there.  Dorigami





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 12:24:18 -0300 (ADT)
From: "David M. Phillips" <phillips@qxo.com>
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

Pat Slider wrote:
> ...The similarity between these crafts seems to be using your hands to make
> something complex....The other similarity to me is the tactile joy. ...

Pat makes a good point.  In THE SELF-SHIATSU HANDBOOK by Pamela Ferguson, she
recommends manipulating pebbles in and between the fingers and toes as a great
stress reliever.

And another interesting observation, in a body builder newsletter it points out
how a larger portion of the brain is dedicated to the control of muscles of the
hand than any other muscles of the body.  That clearly makes sense because of
the complexity being controlled.  The article suggested that strengthening and
working with the hands should have a synergistic effect in helping strengthen
all the muscles of the body.
--
David M. Phillips 512-288-2887 phillips@qxo.com
QXO Corporation   512-288-1386 Fax
6316 Thomas Springs Rd Austin TX 78736-2321
http://www.onr.com/user/phillips/qxo.html





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 12:25:40 -0300 (ADT)
From: "David M. Phillips" <phillips@qxo.com>
Subject: Re: String Figures

I very much enjoyed David Lister's discourse.  He reminded me of
many of my old favorite books when I was growing up; books still
in my library.

With his correction of my book citation I had to check on the
actual book.  I was WAY off base, remembering other old
favorites.

My first origami book was _The Art of CHINESE PAPER FOLDING For
Young and Old_ written and illustrated by Maying Soong and
published by Thames Hudson, London, 1955.  I love the
dedication, "To Fumble-Fisted Fathers."

  --David





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 13:10:20 -0300 (ADT)
From: "MICHAEL G. WAREMAN" <MIKE@LRC.OLDSCOLLEGE.AB.CA>
Subject: Robert Lang's Pianist

Hello fellow folders:

I have been trying to do Robert Lang's Pianist but seem to get stuck at
step 26 - 27.  I can the image image in step 25, but can't seem to get step
26 to look like the figure in step 27.  I also seem to have problems
getting the figure (man) to fold downward as indicated in step 28.  Also,
if you know of any other trouble spots please indicate them as well!!

Another question is how do some of you get the paper to these odds
dimensions Lang wants them in.  (The book I have is titled: "THE COMPLETE
BOOK OF ORIGAMI by Robert J. Lang)

I am also having trouble with the rose in "ORIGAMI FOR THE CONNOISEUR".  I
am able to get the flattened shape with the folded square center, but I am
unable to get it to twist into the three dimensional shape.  I have the hints
but they don't seem to of much help for this step.

Thank you for your help.

CyberMike
(a.k.a. Michael G. Wareman)
mike@lrc.oldscollege.ab.ca





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 13:21:28 -0300 (ADT)
From: Dexteron2@aol.com
Subject: Re: Weird Hobbies

In a message dated 96-06-20 09:35:51 EDT, you write:

>I enjoy origami, orienteering (scavenger hunt in the woods with a map
>and compass), handbells (think of Christmas concerts at church) and
>basic auto repair.

You call these Weird??!?

These hobbies sound perfectly normal to me... except maybe auto repair :)

-Hammer Down-





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 13:25:28 -0300 (ADT)
From: Dexteron2@aol.com
Subject: Re: Weird Hobbies

In a message dated 96-06-20 09:57:11 EDT, you write:

>I'd love to hear other comparable stories of Ori-cluelessness.

Most of the people I've shared this with know what origami is (mostly because
they know me), however I get a lot of people saying, "THAT'S one peice of
paper?? No way!"

Mostly because I prefer not to do the traditional stuff like the crane.  I
prefer Lang's insects, or other more intricate stuff, simply because it
produces the aforementioned reaction.

-Hammer Down-





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 13:53:01 -0300 (ADT)
From: Susan Parker <sparker@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Hi!

Hi, this is Sue Parker, back from a long absence on the list, and
de-lurking (with all the talk about Klingon and such I feel like I
should be decloaking) for the merest of moments.

A couple of things...

With regard to fabric origami, a designer in NY has made the most
beautiful wedding dress.  It has silk cranes all around the bodice.  If
you'd like to see it, there are pictures up on my 1000 cranes page at
http://www.he.net/~sparker/1000.html or you can go directly to the
pictures by substituting dress.gif or dress3.gif for 1000.html in the URL.
I'm trying to get 1000 links to pictures, pages, or whatever about and of
cranes, both real and representational.

Also, I don't know if any of you have visited the Greenwich Meantime site,
but its pretty cool.  They had a blurb about volunteering, so I responded.
Upon finding out I was interested in origami, they asked if I knew of any
time-oriented origami that could easily be taught to children, such as a
sundial.  If any of you have models that you'd like to share with them or
know of any published ones, please contact them.  Their web page is at
http://www.greenwich2000.com/  .  I think its worth a visit, if for no
other reason than to go to the Fish Time link (you have to see it to
believe it).  But it also discusses the millenium and how Greenwich came
to be the place time is measured from.

The Cranes for Peace page is trying to become the educational resource
center for information on using "Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes" in
the classroom.  If you know of any teachers who use it and would like to
have their lesson plans included on the page, please let me know.  We also
link to other crane projects and collect cranes for placement at the
Seattle Sadako statue.  If you know of any schools or organizations
collecting cranes that would like a little web PR, let me know.  I make
mini-pages for those who don't have their own web space.

Better sign off now as I have to be working on yet another set of 1000
cranes for a wedding.  :)  (fade out as she recloaks)

Sue
sparker@u.washington.edu
http://www.he.net/~sparker/





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 13:54:06 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jennifer Andre <JAndre@cfipro.com>
Subject: Re: Ori-Cluelessness

     (I can see our putting together a dictionary of OriSpeak terms...)

     Because I wear my origami crane earrings every day (why not advertise
     one of my hobbies?), the most frequent comment I get is, "That looks
     like origami!"  It's always nice to be able to tell them they're
     right!  I get to imagine I'm reinforcing a wavering sense of
     self-worth in these people, and they get to move on to a different
     topic of conversation.

     0:-D     Jennifer
     JAndre@cfipro.com





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 14:01:32 -0300 (ADT)
From: jacobs@roch803.mc.xerox.COM (Robert Jacobs)
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

Jennifer Andre wrote:
>
>      I'm curious to know what other hobbies we origami artists pursue, such
>      as the string figures.  This is not a scientific survey; no results
>      will be collected.  It might be interesting to see what other
>      similarities we share or can come to share!

Most people are surprised that origami is a hobby of mine.  I spend a lot of
time playing electric guitar and bass, and reading.  I'm the head of an
animal rights organization, so that takes up time too.  Plus, being vegan,
I spend a lot of time cooking.

It's not often I run into people who don't know what origami is.  But I do
get a lot of "That's only one piece of paper?" too.  Which of course is
followed by "Are you sure you didn't cut it?" and "You didn't use any glue?".
If they don't believe me, I offer for them to disassemble the model, to see
for themselves, but only if they promise to reassemble it.  No one has taken
me up yet.

- Rob jacobs
jacobs@roch803.mc.xerox.com





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 14:02:25 -0300 (ADT)
From: jdharris@post.cis.smu.edu (Jerry D. Harris)
Subject: Re: Weird Hobbies

>I'd love to hear other comparable stories of Ori-cluelessness.

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WISH TO SKIP THIS MESSAGE AS IT CONTAINS POTENTIALLY OFFENSIVE MATERIAL.

        When I was first delving into origami on my own in high school, I
once brought a copy of Kasahara's _Creative Origami_ to school so I could
fold some stuff during my free hour.  Of course, I had the book propped up
vertically in front of me, so the cover and the title showed prominently to
any passerbys through the library.  Inevitably, perhaps, a couple of
non-friends of mine from a chemistry class wandered past and stopped to
read the title of the book and see what I was doing.  One of them was very
confused, and, reading the title of the book aloud to me as a question,
said "Creative orgasms????"  Needless to say, I was speechless.

        Of course, these were the same people who, when I brought a book
entitled _Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre_ read it out loud
and thought it said _Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and Macrame_.

        I worry about our future...  ;-)

Jerry D. Harris                       (214) 768-2750
Dept. of Geological Sciences          FAX:  (214) 768-2701
Southern Methodist University         jdharris@post.smu.edu
Box 750395                            (CompuServe:  73132,3372)
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of early shells, bones of ganoids and placoderms, remnants of
labyrinthodonts and thecodonts, great mosasaur skull fragments, dinosaur
vertebrae and armor plates, pterodactyl teeth and wing bones, Archaeopteryx
debris, Miocene sharks' teeth, primitive bird skulls, and other bones of
archaic mammals such as paleotheres, Xiphodons, Eohippi, Oreodons, and
titanotheres...the hallowed stratum had lain in its present, dried, dead,
and inaccessible state for at least thirty million years."
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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 14:08:05 -0300 (ADT)
From: Gretchen Klotz <gren@agora.rdrop.com>
Subject: Re: Embossing models?

These are a few of my favorite things...

There are 2 types of embossing: raised paper embossing and powder
embossing.  I do them both, but until this morning had never gotten around
to doing the former with origami paper.  I am in the process of updating
my webpages, and will be including a section (with photos!) on techniques
I use for decorating paper.  It will focus mostly on rubber stamping-
related processes (the latter type of embossing above).  I'll let you all
know when I've uploaded my new pages.  Meanwhile, here's a brief
description of the 2 different embossing techniques, and how I use them
with origami.

Raised Paper Embossing
----------------------
Equipment needed: brass template (lots of styles and sizes available,
including letters and picture), round ended stylus, light table,
removable tape.

Position the template where you want it on the paper, and tape it down.
Turn the paper and template over so the paper is on top, and put them on
the light table.  Use the stylus to outline the design.  Remove the
template, and the design will appear raised above the rest of the paper
surface.

I tried this with a variety of papers.  The kami tore immediately, and
because I was trying to keep the pressure on the stylus light, the design
was uneven.  Some thicker "petal" paper (from a large sheet from an art
store) handled it better, but threatened to tear several times.  Chiyogami
took the pressure best of all, but the embossing got lost in the printed
design of the paper.  This technique works well with thicker or softer
papers.

I had considered trying this technique with origami before, to create a
border around a box, for instance.  Here's what I did this morning.  First
I folded the paper, figured out where I wanted the design to appear,
unfolded it flat, and positioned the template.  The narrow ivy template I
used fit mostly (lost a little length, but it looks okay) on the border of
a square and pentagon box lid.  I might use it again on thick plain paper
to create a nice effect.

You can also enhance the appearance of the raised paper embossing by
keeping the template in place and using a cotton ball and a rubber stamp
ink pad to lightly add color to the raised design.

Light table kits are available everywhere you can buy raised paper
embossing supplies.  We saved the $25 and made our own.  (I only got into
it this year, 'cause we always make birthday cards and like to try new
things each year.)

Powder Embossing
----------------
Equipment needed: slow-drying ink (clear or tinted embossing ink is
available in stamp pads and pens; pigment-based stamp ink pads are also
good to use), rubber stamp (or embossing pen), embossing powder (*many*
colors available), heat gun/iron/electric stove top (DO NOT use a blow
dryer or gas stove!!!).  Optional: stamp positioner tool.

I do this with stamps, so that's how I'll describe the technique in
detail.  First, decide where you want the design to appear.  Ink the stamp
with the embossing ink.  Position it on the paper.  Remove the stamp and
sprinkle some embossing powder over the wet image.  Shake and tap off the
excess powder.  Use your heat tool to heat the paper, allowing the powder
to melt together.  The image will appear raised in color.

If you are more interested in free-hand drawing or writing on your model,
use the same technique with an embossing pen (they come in narrow and wide
widths).

I do this a lot, with borders and lids of boxes.  Because embossing powder
has a tendency to chip off if handled excessively, I really recommend
doing it *after* you've folded your model.  It's probably best to unfold
it before embossing it (I always do, but I can only guess about doing it
with animal models etc.).  There will be photos of this on my web page.

Further Info
------------
Tools and more information on both these techiques are available at your
local craft store or rubber stamp store (that's *art* rubber stamps, not
business).  If you want to decorate your paper in any way, rubber stamp
stores are great places to visit to get ideas, supplies, and books.  Staff
will often demonstrate techniques for you, and they are *always*
interested in learning about new things to do with paper (I taught 84
people in one day to make a Fuse square box at a rubber stamp store last
month).  OUSA has a booklet, _Decorating and Enhancing Paper for Origami_,
that has a small section on general stamping techniques (but it does not
include embossing).  And as promised above, I'll be offering more detail
on the techniques I like the best on my web pages within the next few
days. (Just got to get a few more photos scanned!)

Hope this is helpful in the meantime.

So, have you guessed that one of my other hobbies has *something* to do
with rubber stamps? ;-)  Careful, it's paper-related, beautiful,
addictive, and expensive...

- Gretchen

--
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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 14:12:38 -0300 (ADT)
From: Eric Andersen <ema@netspace.org>
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

> Jennifer Andre wrote:
> >
> >      I'm curious to know what other hobbies we origami artists pursue, such
> >      as the string figures.  This is not a scientific survey; no results
> >      will be collected.  It might be interesting to see what other
> >      similarities we share or can come to share!
>

Hi everyone! It seems that I share a number of hobbies with various
members of the list...someone mentioned juggling, which is one my favorite
hobbies as well. Music, of course, is a big part of my life, since I play
the piano, flute, saxophone, xylophone, and various percussion
instrumetnts, as well as sing in both the chorus and an a cappella group
here at Brown. How about sports? Ilove to rollerblade and cycle, and
recently I've been playing a lot of Ultimate frisbee!

Oh, on a more origami-related note, people have been emailing me asking
for the publisher of the books "Viva Origami" and "Origami Fantasy", but
it seems that the publishers are both printed in Japanese in each book.
Any ideas? Some of the email is coming from various areas of the world in
which the postal service is very unreliable...one person said he could not
order origami books because he lived in the Ukraine and packages were
often stolen before they could get to their destination!

-Eric  :-O

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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 14:13:33 -0300 (ADT)
From: Alasdair Post-Quinn <acpquinn@panther.middlebury.edu>
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

On Wed, 19 Jun 1996, Jennifer Andre wrote:

>      I'm curious to know what other hobbies we origami artists pursue, such
>      as the string figures.  This is not a scientific survey; no results
>      will be collected.  It might be interesting to see what other
>      similarities we share or can come to share!

Okay...I have always tried to pick hobbies that nobody else (in their
right mind) does. No offense to my fellow origamians ;) Here's a list off
the top of my head:

-Origami (no, really?)
-Chinese knot-tying (closely akin to macrame, but not as "unfashionable"
        -- mostly because nobody knows what it is)
-Juggling (no balls, clubs, rings. I unicycle, diabolo and devil-stick,
        and am currently working on club-swinging)
-Raving (tho while i'm in NYC next, I'll be spending all night folding
        instead of dancing)
-Light sculpture (i have 2 light shows this weekend)
-DJing on the college radio station
-Composing and collecting computer music
-Talking on the infamous internet chat lines
-Reading (computer use hasn't spoiled me yet!)

and just generally living life as it comes.
And you thought you had weird hobbies.
-Alasdair
acpquinn@midd-unix.middlebury.edu





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 14:24:19 -0300 (ADT)
From: Gretchen Klotz <gren@agora.rdrop.com>
Subject: Re: Embossing models?

Forgot a few things...

On Wed, 19 Jun 1996, Pat Slider wrote:

> Although perhaps you could use the stylus as a tool for wet-folding details?

Yes, I think the round-ended stylus would be quite handy for detailed
folding (wet or dry) where you don't want to tear or poke the paper.

> Perhaps embossing directly on a model won't be possible, but I still think
> it could be fun to emboss a square of paper before folding. Perhaps a
> pattern of fish or dragon scales, etc.?

There is a rubber stamp roller available in a snakeskin design, and other
animal skins/scales/furs (or things that could be used for them).  You
don't need to emboss them unless you want the raised effect.  And inks and
embossing powders come in every color you can image, including metallics.

I like the rollers best, 'cause they cover the paper the fastest!

FYI, rubber stamp copyrights are a bit clearer than origami copyright
issues in the US.  The images themselves are copyrighted, and may not be
sold or reproduced (with a copier, for instance) without permission.
There *is* an "angel list" of stamp companies who allow their images to be
sold on hand-stamped (not mass-produced) items; I'm hoping it's available
in electronic form (Tree, are you still subscribed? I can't get mail to
Stampo -- can you help?).  I'll have a link to it on my page if so.  Alas,
the company that makes the roller stamps is *not* on this list. :-(

I was hoping to do some folding for the convention exhibit (I will not be
attending), but have been working on some other display items instead.  If
I can find some things already folded with embossing and stamping
examples, I will include them in my package (gotta get it sent *today*!)
so those of you who *are* attending will get to see what the heck I'm
going on about!

- Gretchen

--
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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 15:08:50 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jansill@aol.com
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

When I was in high school, I got interested in silk screening and made t
shirts for me and my friends. I was hired to print shirts for several
businesses, but, as soon as money gets involved, it seems to be a "job" and
is no longer fun!

This also proved the case with my other hobby; playing music. At some point
it became clear that music was going to be my "career", and now I spend most
of my time either on the phone or driving! Or as one of the people I tour
with says: "MUSICIAN: One who carries things."

I do love it though.

If you're interested, there is a folk music magazine called Dirty Linen which
did an article about me in fall '94 issue (Pete Seeger on the cover) which
gives diagrams for Neale's dragon, and shows a picture of me at age nine
sitting in the bathroon folding something! (My parents made me shut off the
lights at eight, so that was the only place I could "work"!)

By the way, I'm rather new at this computer thing, and I've been enjoying the
list, but how can I get in in digest form?

Happy trails!

Jay Ansill





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 15:13:17 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jansill@aol.com
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

Oh yes. I forgot to say that I recently started silk screening again.





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 16:20:21 -0300 (ADT)
From: Carol Martinson <carolm@stpaul.stpaul.lib.mn.us>
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

        I mostly lurk on this list, but I have some other hobbies that
haven't been mentioned yet.

        Besides origami, I make Japanese temari balls which are sometimes
called Japanese thread balls.  Basically this involves using fancy
embroidery threads and laying them down in geometric patterns on the
ball.  I also do hardanger embroidery, which again is very geometric
oriented and involves cutting.  I sometimes do quilling, cross stitch,
and I continuously read in many areas.

        Carol Martinson





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 16:25:53 -0300 (ADT)
From: cwalker@wheel.dcn.davis.ca.us (Cindy Walker)
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

My $.02:

        I knit - another hobby that requires manual dexterity.  And, I'm
starting to learn to play the piano.

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/                                             /
/             Cindy Walker                    /
/      http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~cwalker    /
/       cwalker@wheel.dcn.davis.ca.us         /





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 16:53:09 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jennifer.Campbell@cciw.ca (Jennifer Campbell)
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

This is fascinating!

Where do you all find the time for so many interesting hobbies?

Besides origami, my other hobbies are: working, commuting, shopping,
cooking, cleaning house and paying bills.
;-)

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





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 16:57:09 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Ashley G. Perrien" <perr2232@kutztown.edu>
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

>     I'm curious to know what other hobbies we origami artists pursue, such
>     as the string figures.  This is not a scientific survey; no results
>     will be collected.  It might be interesting to see what other
>     similarities we share or can come to share!
>
Origami's my main one at the moment but others include oriental weaponary
(sword, sai, nunchaku, etc.), rats (as pets), Macintosh, Newton, and
spending time with my SO.

AshleyP





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 17:02:31 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Ashley G. Perrien" <perr2232@kutztown.edu>
Subject: Re: Weird Hobbies

> I'm continually surprised by how many people, even seemingly well-educated
> ones, don't have a clue what origami is. Seems like I've ALWAYS known it
> was a Japanese art.
>
Actually, most of the people I've talked to at least know what it is.
They don't know anything about it really but they do know basically what
it is. Which I find surprising given how few people do it.

AshleyP





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 17:06:46 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Ashley G. Perrien" <perr2232@kutztown.edu>
Subject: Re: Weird Hobbies

> Most of the people I've shared this with know what origami is (mostly because
> they know me), however I get a lot of people saying, "THAT'S one peice of
> paper?? No way!"
>
I get similar reactions, especially to the models that use both sides of
the paper coloring. Engel's valentine is the best for that, a red heart
with a white arrow through it at right angles. People get a kick out of
that one!

AshleyP





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 20:07:30 -0300 (ADT)
From: OrigamiCMM@aol.com
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

In a message dated 96-06-19 15:51:22 EDT, you write:

>  I'm curious to know what other hobbies we origami artists pursue, such
>     as the string figures.  This is not a scientific survey; no results
>     will be collected.  It might be interesting to see what other
>     similarities we share or can come to share!
>
>

 I myself like to MUD when I am not folding, also volunteering at our
Children's Museum (largest in the world), read magazines, and ride my
bicycle.

-Chris Miller
ORIAGAMICMM@AOL.COM





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 20:18:23 -0300 (ADT)
From: Victoria Roberts <fabrications@matnet.com>
Subject: Re: Suminagashi paper dying.

unsubscribe fabrications@matnet.com

----------
> From: Pat Slider <slider@ims.mariposa.ca.us>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <origami-l@nstn.ca>
> Subject: Suminagashi paper dying.
> Date: Wednesday, June 19, 1996 10:51 AM
>
> While netsurfing I came across some basic instructions for the paper
dying
> method Suminagashi:
>
> http://www.calweb.com/~mcfadden/rbmpg5.html
>
> This looks fun too.
>
>
> pat slider.





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 20:37:59 -0300 (ADT)
From: "MARGARET M. BARBER" <mbarber@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu>
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

In addition to Origami, I do lots of "hand crafts" -- I make little girl's
dresses - smocked and embroidered, designed by me, I also knit, embroider,
quilt, etc.  I love gardening, hiking, playing my flute, learning
programming languages, crossword puzzles... I like things that are
puzzles that require me to stretch my brain.

Peg Barber
mbarber@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu

On Wed, 19 Jun 1996, Jennifer Andre wrote:

>      I'm curious to know what other hobbies we origami artists pursue, such
>      as the string figures.  This is not a scientific survey; no results
>      will be collected.  It might be interesting to see what other
>      similarities we share or can come to share!





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 20:44:58 -0300 (ADT)
From: marckrsh@nyc.pipeline.com (Marc Kirschenbaum)
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits

Favorite hobby is a toss up between guitar playing and origami (with all of
the diagramming I have had to do recently for origami, I am having a strong
leaning towards guitar playing). Asides from playing music, I also like
listening to it; most of the stuff I prefer tends to be in the jazz vein,
from traditional to the avant-garde. Also, thanks to Ron Weinstock, I guess
it would be safe to say I am hooked on playing bridge.. The only other game
I had really been into was Othello. Other persuits have been woodworking,
ping-pong, weightlifting, reading (mostly classics), painting, drawing, and
probably a host of other pastimes I have given up throughout the years.

Marc





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 20:55:55 -0300 (ADT)
From: Maumoy@aol.com
Subject: Fwd: Dutch Tea Bags

I'm fwding my reply to Mike Whitten since there have been others interested
in this info.

Marcia Mau
Maumoy@aol.com
---------------------
Forwarded message:
Subj:    Dutch Tea Bags
Date:    96-06-16 11:54:44 EDT
From:    Maumoy

Mike,

Willy Haarsma showed me some of this work in London at BOS 92.  Tiny van der
Plas has at least four little soft cover books on Theezakjes (little tea
pockets, sacks or bags):  ISBN 9038406592, 9038407165, 9038409028, &
9038407998.  Each are 32 pages and sell for about 9.90 guilders, about $6 US.
 They are published by LRV-Kreatief.

Tea bags are kind of a misnomer since they are the envelopes that tea bags
come in.  The envelopes in Holland are much more colorful than the ones sold
here.  Many companies in the US have dispensed w/ them or just use white.  Is
the same true in Canada?

The Dutch are really into practical applications for origami such as making
boxes, bookmarks, or greeting cards. Most folders are women.  At one time,
OSN had 7000 members.  OUSA has less than 2000!  OSN was organized like
Amway, w/ teachers getting a cut on supplies sold to students.

One of the books makes Fuse boxes from the packaging.  You could achieve a
similar effect by using 2" or 5cm Japanese or Korean printed kami.  A friend
in Hawaii does not buy origami paper.  He obtains quantities of brochures,
advertising, flyers to cut squares w/ repetitive patterns.

I met Tiny in Holland in 1993.  Last year, I left for Amsterdam (by way of
New Delhi) a week before my husband.  I had left a bag of empty Lipton
envelopes for him to bring w/ him.  He thought they were trash and left them
at home.  I wanted to see what my friends in Holland would do w/ our
envelopes.  At least he didn't throw them away.

Another friend, Elsje van der Ploeg has a book Ei-Genaardigheden.  It has a
double meaning but is origami containers for eggs.  I found several of her
books on origami, rubber stamping, embossing in craft stores in Holland.  I
bought one of her crane rubber stamps.

Marcia Mau
Maumoy@aol.com





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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 21:00:42 -0300 (ADT)
From: Valerie Vann <75070.304@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: Models from Paul Jackson's EoOaPT

Some time ago (2-3 yrs) I reverse engineered both the
Enigma Cube and the Proteus polyhedron from the photos in
Jackson. The Enigma module I came up with was unnecessarily
complex and took twice as many units, but gave the identical
results. Later someone hinted that it used a waterbomb base,
and I got the "right" one from that. I believe the Proteus
unit is diagrammed somewhere (one of Fuse's international
collections??), but at the time I also came up with a
geometrically equivalent module. But like my rev-eng. Enigma
module, I don't think it is the same as the original, because
the photo in Jackson of the Proteus model show white paper
on the inner surfaces of the triangles, while mine produces
a model solidly colored inside and out.

Anyway: The "real" Enigma module is simple enough to describe,
though the description that follows will result in one
unwanted crease, if you follow them, you will see how to make
them and should be able to figure out how to do it without
the unwanted crease.

1.  White up, valley fold both diagonals of a square paper.
    Make a PRELIMINARY BASE, white out.
    Orient it as a diamond,
    with the open edges down.

          center of paper here, at top
        /I\
      /  I  \
  A /    I    \B
    \    I    /    The I's represent one of the diagonal creases
      \  I  /
        \I/

2.  Fold points A & B of the upper layers into the center
    of the diamond. Repeat on back layers. Unfold

          center of paper here, at top
        /I\
      /  I  \
  A / I  I  I \B
    \ I  I  I /
      \  I  /
        \I/      I's show 2 more crease just made.

3. Reverse inside fold the four A,B triangles:
          center of paper
        /I\
      /  I  \
      I  I  I
      I  I  I
      \  I  /
        \I/     You now have a preliminary base
         X       revised into an elongated hexagon shape.

4. Grasp the topmost and bottom most layer of the open
   lower edges at X and turn the model inside out to form
   a colored WATERBOMB BASE while keeping two of the corners
   A/B turned still inside.

          center (point)
         /\
    A  /    \  B are inbetween the top and bottom layers,
     /   /\   \    like a small roof.
   /___/____\___\

5.   The narrow trapazoidal areas along the edges are
     "flanges". The little triagular "roofs" A/B are faces
     of the the pyramids (the corners of the encircled "Cube").
     The flat small trangles at the bottom of the upper
     and lower layers of the waterbomb base (above) are each
     1/4 of the square surfaces of the encircled "Cube"

6.   Assembly is a little tricky, especially the first time.
     To see how it goes, take 3 modules and slide one flange
     area of one module completely inside the flange of another.
     Continue around to form one of the corners (pyramids) of
     the "Cube".

7.   Take 3 more modules. Using one of the flat small triangles
     (an adjacent face of the set assembled in Step 6.),
     assemble the flanges of 4 units in the same manner,
     but so that a flat square is formed in the middle instead
     of a pyramid.

8.   Curve/Shape the flanges so they bow out from around the
     pyramids/cube corners and in toward the centers of the
     flat square faces.

Make 12 modules.
The finished Enigma Cube looks like a Cube trapped inside of
a set of curved "flanges"; or a cube intersecting sectors of
a sphere.

THE PROTEUS MODEL (My solution)

1. Square, white up. Mark the center of the square and two
   opposite edges. Use marks to cupboard fold the other two
   opposite edges into the center. Unfold Mountain fold
   the model in half (across the cupboard folds.)

2. Orient model with the fold just made at bottom.
   Find the mark at the center of the fold (bottom edge
   of model). Bring the lower right corner of the bottom
   edge up to touch the left vertical crease (from step 1),
   making a fold that starts at the center of the bottom
   edge. Turn model over (right to left) and repeat for
   the other lower corner.
   You now have a "triangular" shape with free corners at the
   top (similar to one method for making hexagon paper.)
   Unfold all the way to square, white up.

3. Orient with the parallel cupboard fold creases running
   vertically. Refold the sides along these creases. Turn
   over (right to left)

4. Re-crease the horizontal valley fold thru all layers
   (fold in half, top to bottom, unfold)
   Re-crease the 2 diagonal creases from Step 2 as MOUNTAIN
   folds thru all layers.
   Turn over (right to left)

5. Open/unfold the right cupboard door layer.
   Locate the diagonal crease running thru the center of
   the model, down and to the right, intersecting the
   lower edge of the model.
   Fold the lower left corner and edge of the model up
   to meet this diagonal crease. The edge should lie along or
   meet the diagonal all the way to the lower edge of the
   model. (The lower right end of this new fold will lie
   slightly to the right of the righthand vertical crease.)
   Close the right cupboard door layer.

6.  Reverse inside fold the diagonal creases just made, so
   that what was the lower left corner of the model is
   completely inside and under the top cupboard door layers.

7. Open all the way. Rotate model 90 degrees. Refold the
   left cupboard door layer. Repeat Steps 5 and 6. Refold
   the reverse inside maneuver of the first corner (Step 6)

8. Turn model over.
   Re-establish the horizontal and diagonal creases thru all
   layers as in Step 4. Where all three creases cross in the
   center of the model is an APEX of the Proteus model.

9. Using 3 modules, insert the long "triangular" point of 1
   inside the pocket (between layers, where the corner was
   reverse inside folded in step 6) of a second module, so
   that the three modules form a flat equilateral triangular
   face, as shown in the Jackson Photo.

Make 30 modules.
You should be able to complete the model now by referring to
the photo. Geometrically, it is an Icosidodecahedron. (Refer
to the polyhedron maps in either Fuse's Unit Origami or
Kasahara's OFTC). The Cuboctahdron can also be constructed
from 12 modules, making open square faces instead of the
pentagonal ones of the Proteus model.

By the way, there's some rudimentary help with the square
Shen Dish pictured in Jackson on one of my auxiliary Web
sites:

http://users.aol.com/polygons/shendish/shendish.html

[Questions for Jonathan:
Can you use (print or view) either Postscript or
Adobe Acrobat PDF files? Are you able to access my
Web site?]

Valerie Vann
75070.304@compuserve.com
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