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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 16:41:02 -0300 (ADT)
From: Kim Best <kb9727@u.cc.utah.edu>
Subject: Re: Other Pursuits and Embossing

On Fri, 21 Jun 1996, Steve Woodmansee wrote:

> Step 1:  Develop the graphic using the PC or Mac tool of your choice.  Corel
> draw or other advanced graphic production programs usually offer tips or
> even font sets that do this.  If you're really hard up there are ways to do
> it with Power Point, Harvard Graphics and / or some Word Processing
> packages.  Once the graphic has been developed you must be able to print it
> on the paper you will be folding.
>

This sounds like a great idea for a sort of "origami jigsaw puzzle".  You
print a graphic, with the following instructions:  Fold a picture of an
elephant.

Kim Best                            *******************************
                                    *      Fold, spindle.....     *
Rocky Mountain Cancer Data System   *but please, what ever you do *
420 Chipeta Way #120                *      Do not Mutilate!       *
Salt Lake City, Utah  84108         *******************************





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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 17:15:40 -0300 (ADT)
From: David Holmes <cm4bcdmh@bs47c.staffs.ac.uk>
Subject: Robert Harbin's BBC programme

On Fri, 21 Jun 1996 DORIGAMI@aol.com wrote:

>  This brings to mind something Robert Harbin told me when I met him in London
> about 20 years or so ago and spent a couple of hours folding with  him .  I
> asked him why his show had not been shown in the U.S and only on the BBC  He

Was this show purely about origami?  Does anyone know if it is available
somehow?

Thanks,

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
           David M Holmes

 email://cm4bcdmh@bs47c.staffs.ac.uk
 http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/2162





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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 17:19:51 -0300 (ADT)
From: jdharris@post.cis.smu.edu (Jerry D. Harris)
Subject: Re: What's the best paper?

>Where do you get paper of this [9.75"] size?

        It's just the large size of typical origami paper.  I prefer the
stuff that comes in packages of 100 sheets, although there are smaller
packages available.  I buy my stuff locally at an art supply store -- most
art supply stores have some, but often not the 100 package (which sells for
something in the vicinity of $11.50) -- but you can also get some on-line
from Bren Reisinger's _Fascinating Folds_ site.  Bren, I can't go get my
address right now -- could you provide it for Mr. Down?  Muchas!  8-)

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)
Dallas  TX  75275-0395

"This was my first word of the discovery, and it told of the identification
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."
          -- H.P. Lovecraft, _At the Mountains of Madness_ (1931)





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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 17:37:10 -0300 (ADT)
From: jtweres@psp.ih.lucent.com
Subject: origami airline seat

fellow folders,,,

with regards to
that delta air lines advertisement awhile back

i finally got down to folding it

the headline reads
        "if the time it takes to get a seat on
         a discount airline, you could make one."

maybe since it was the first time i was folding the seat
it took me a while before i could finish it
-- the side-sinking in steps 6&7 were hard for me
   and i must've messed it up
   because both sides didn't look the same with respect to layers of paper

just goes to show you
don't fold when you're sleep deprived

(we have a 1 month old boy getting up every 3 hours)

anyWAYz...

i re-copied/re-cut the advertisement to fit on 1 sheet of 11x17 paper
so if anyone is still interested in the advertisement
let me know

  /-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-///plieur de papier\\\-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-\
 /=-= jack thomas weres                       jtweres@psp.ih.att.com =-=\
/=======================\\\================///===========================\
"Let Go and Let Fold"                               "One Crease At A Time"





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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 17:44:30 -0300 (ADT)
From: Steve Arlow <yorick@conch.aa.msen.com>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Selling my own model.

(Note: first off, let me again disclaim that I am only
talking about U.S.Copyright law, not origami ethics or
what I think is right/wrong/etc.)

Valerie Vann writes:

>Disregarding for the moment that it is impossible to make
>an "exact copy" of an origami sculpture, [...]

What constitutes "exact"?  Even a casting of an original
sculpture in stone is not *exact*.

>                                [...]    if making one by
>referring to the original were a violation of copyright,
>then making one from the diagrams would also be.

I thought that my example of a Calder sculpture was very
appropriate, because it covers all of the same practical
issues as in origami, but is nicely separate from origami,
so we can (hopefully) look at it more objectively.

Given the shape, weight, and color of each component, and
a diagram showing the connectivity, anyone with a little
skill could make an "exact" duplicate of a Calder mobile.
Wouldn't this violate his copyright?

>                                       [...]     As for
>"copying a painting", it is done all the time, and used to
>be a common exercise for art students. It isn't illegal [...]

Of old masters, or of paintings by contemporary artists
who are still living and whose copyrights are rigorously
enforced?

>    [...]   However, the ultimate answer to that is that
>many master origami models (the prototypes/originals) CAN'T
>be duplicated: they are paper sculptures with subtle curves,
>dependent of the particular matierials used, and a host of
>other factors that render making an EXACT copy, even from
>diagrams futile.

Agreed.  But what about the protection of "derivative work"?

Well, I guess I won't comment further on the subject until
I've had a chance to ask a lawyer who specializes in
intellectual property law.

  -- Steve

--
 "Your dog stuffs his tongue up your nose.   |  Steve Arlow, Yorick Software
  It's a good omen.  You press on."          |  39336 Polo Club Dr. #103,
     -- Bernie E. Mireault, in _The JAM..._  |  Farmington Hills, MI  48335
            (.sig contest has been won)      |  http://www.msen.com/~yorick





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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 18:29:05 -0300 (ADT)
From: Andrew P Anselmo <anselmo@world.std.com>
Subject: Road tripping to NYC for convention from Arlington, MA

I'm driving down to NYC on Friday night, coming back either Sunday or
Monday night, and will be staying on Long Island.  If anyone needs a lift
(one way or two, depending one scheduling) let me know.  I'm sure I could
either drop you off in NYC, or on LI (I have to drive to exit 44 on the
LIE).

A

----- Andrew P. Anselmo -----------------------------------------------------
      anselmo@world.std.com
      http://world.std.com/~anselmo





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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 19:46:03 -0300 (ADT)
From: VVOrigami@aol.com
Subject: Re: origami for the elderly

I have also folded some of my simpler modules in the dark or eyes
closed, and found some work better than others, but had difficulty
with assembly. I also found some papers possible to distinguish the
color side by feel and/or smell. So I concluded that some of the blind
could probably do origami quite well.

Critters, including humans, are amazingly adaptable. Fur instance:
I have a geriatric (10+) pet rabbit who has been completely blind for
more than a year. He is a "house rabbit", lives in my kitchen. His
sleeping cage has the door on top, so he has to jump up on top, then
down inside and vice versa. When he started going blind, I prepared to
introduce him to a different arrangement, and for a while he needed help
getting in and out. But about 3 weeks after going completely blind, he'd
figured out how to get in, and in another week, how to get out, and now
navigates entirely without assistence. And rabbits have a reputation,
perhaps undeserved, for being "dumb bunnies".

--valerie





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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 19:53:04 -0300 (ADT)
From: robmon@mbox.vol.it (Roberto Monaco)
Subject: presentation

Hallo, I'm Maria Rita Saggese, I live in Salerno (Italy)and I teach
mathemathics to 11-13 years old student. I'm very fond of origami and,
particularly, of modular origami. I enjoy to realize some object for
everyday life. I often do origami in my classroom in geometry course or in
special laboratory work. I would like to exchange ideas and projects with
origamists from all over the
world. Waiting for an early reply, I send my best greetings to
all.
          Maria Rita Saggese.
Roberto Monaco
via G. Vacca 6
84100 Salerno (Italy)
tel. +39-89-711081





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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 21:01:31 -0300 (ADT)
From: marckrsh@nyc.pipeline.com (Marc Kirschenbaum)
Subject: Re: What's the best paper?

On Jun 24, 1996 07:42:03, 'Steve Woodmansee <stevew@empnet.com>' wrote:

>The paper I've found with fibre content (stronger and more
>responsive to pulling and twisting without tearing) usually has a pattern,

>which would be inappropriate for say, Brill's dragon or other animal
models.

Like Jerry Harris, I am also a big fan of foil backing my papers. I usually
back my foil with handmade Japanese papers, typically of the Unryu variety.
Latley I have been using the soft Unryu breed, as I like it's fuzzy
texture. I also tend to use relitivly large sheets. I just recently folded
a drummer from a 50" square. This involved having to use some new
techniques to make the paper seemless; I am happy to report I was
successfull.

A big complaint about using foil backed papers is that they tend to get
dented rather easily. I was able to solve this problem by increasing the
foil content and using sturdier paper. I just recently folded a cat from
two layers of T-Unryu, three layers of heavy foil, and one layer of
tissue-paper. Although the model is only one layer thik at various points,
it is just as sturdy as anything I have seen wet folded. I will be
disscussing these techniques in further detail on Techniques Day at the
Origami USA Convention.

Incidently, I only use such extreme papers for exhibitio quality folding.
For creatring models and folding other people's work, I will use either
Kami or American Foil. I will use either the 6" or 10" variety, but I will
use smaller sometimes when I am creating.

Marc





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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 23:04:06 -0300 (ADT)
From: Maumoy@aol.com
Subject: Legos

Thanks Richard K. for jogging my memory.  The origami lego diagrams by
Pasquale D'Auria were published  by Rene Lucio in Origami Munchen's
publication.  Can't find the issue,  but I think it was around December 1992,
shortly after the BOS Convention in London.

Marcia Mau





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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 01:10:31 -0300 (ADT)
From: jdharris@post.cis.smu.edu (Jerry D. Harris)
Subject: Re: Legos

>Thanks Richard K. for jogging my memory.  The origami lego diagrams by
>Pasquale D'Auria were published  by Rene Lucio in Origami Munchen's
>publication.  Can't find the issue,  but I think it was around December 1992,
>shortly after the BOS Convention in London.

        This, in turn, triggered my own memory, so I reached all the way
into the drawer next to me to dig out the issue.  It's the Dec. 1992 ish of
_Das Diagramm_, pp. 11-22.  If any out there has manufactured the letters
of the origami alphabet by Luigi Leonardi, the manufacture is very similar.
I know I'm going to regret saying this later, because I'm gonna be
swamped, but if anyone wants the diagrams for the origami "Legos," send me
an SASE to the address below, and I'll get them off ASAP.  After all,
origami is all about sharing, isn't it?  But be patient -- my studies keep
me plenty busy this summer!  (And, in case the diagrams you receive reek
faintly of formaldehyde, then I beg your forgiveness!)

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)
Dallas  TX  75275-0395

"This was my first word of the discovery, and it told of the identification
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."
          -- H.P. Lovecraft, _At the Mountains of Madness_ (1931)





Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 02:05:02 -0300 (ADT)
From: Laurie Bisman <lbisman@sirranet.co.nz>
Subject: RE: Robert Harbin's BBC programme

Harbin's TV series is owned by the BOS - I am not sure whether episodes are
available to view (probably only at meetings/conventions and the like) -
check with them.

Laurie Bisman..
lbisman@sirranet.co.nz





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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 10:41:35 -0300 (ADT)
From: mike <76003.3034@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: What's the best paper?

At the Gold MIne( this at the annual conventions) they sell  packaged Origami
paper  that is 35 cm. This is like 13 somthing inches. I think there ar 30
sheets per package.

 I have called  the importer Kodobuki(sp?),  who they get this from,  to see if
I could purchase some. You have to buy a minimum of 300.00 dollars worth. I have
not seen this on the OUSA catalog to sell by mail oreder

                                     MIke Henderson
                                     76003.3034@compuserve.com

Optimism: a cheerful frame of mind that enables
 a tea kettle to sing though in hot water up to its nose.





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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 10:52:49 -0300 (ADT)
From: "BOB T. LYNCH" <blynch@du.edu>
Subject: Klingon Bird of Prey

Hi!

I think I have contacted MOST of you that have expressed an interest in the
Klingon Bird of Prey diagrams... for those of you that I didn't get in
touch with, or are interested... send a SASE to:

Dee Lynch
1350 E. Easter Ave.
Littleton, CO 80122

Thanks!

Dee
blynch@du.edu





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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 15:40:44 -0300 (ADT)
From: Sheila Davis <sew@hpfisew.fc.hp.com>
Subject: Re: What's the best paper?

>
> At the Gold MIne( this at the annual conventions) they sell  packaged Origami
> paper  that is 35 cm. This is like 13 somthing inches. I think there ar 30
> sheets per package.
>
        They also sell this at "Mikado" in the Japan Center in San
        Francisco.  I know Mikado will sell videos mail order, but
        I'm not sure if they'll sell origami that way.  It wouldn't
        hurt to call.  They have *tons* of beautiful packaged
        origami.  Can someone in the bay area with a San Francisco
        phone book post their phone number?
Regards,

  Sheila Davis        Hewlett-Packard IC Business Division
 sew@hpfisew.fc.hp.com          Fort Collins, Colorado





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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 15:40:06 -0300 (ADT)
From: jdharris@post.cis.smu.edu (Jerry D. Harris)
Subject: Re: What's the best paper?

>At the Gold MIne( this at the annual conventions) they sell  packaged Origami
>paper  that is 35 cm. This is like 13 somthing inches. I think there ar 30
>sheets per package.
>
> I have called  the importer Kodobuki(sp?),  who they get this from,  to see if
>I could purchase some. You have to buy a minimum of 300.00 dollars worth.
>I have
>not seen this on the OUSA catalog to sell by mail oreder

Mike et al -

        I think Bren has this over in Fascinating Folds at something like
$15/pkg.

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)
Dallas  TX  75275-0395
USA

"This was my first word of the discovery, and it told of the identification
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."
          -- H.P. Lovecraft, _At the Mountains of Madness_ (1931)





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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 15:51:55 -0300 (ADT)
From: Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com
Subject: Pajarita = origami???

I need to confirm a factoid for someone here at work. . .

Is "pajarita" the word used in Spanish for paper folding?
Is the English translation for the word "little bird"?

If you really know the answer, is this word used in Spain
or South America or both?

If you would be so kind, send your response to
brian_keegan@hmco.com in addition to me since
I'll be elsewhere (NYC here I come) later this week!

Thanks most muchly!

Lisa
Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com





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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 17:22:39 -0300 (ADT)
From: contract@nyc.pipeline.com (Contractors Exchange)
Subject: Re: Pajarita = origami???

On Jun 25, 1996 15:51:55, 'Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com' wrote:

>
>Is "pajarita" the word used in Spanish for paper folding? Is the English
>translation for the word "little bird"?

The *Pajarita* is a traditional Spanish model of (you guesses it), a little
bird. Marc





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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 18:31:45 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jeannine Mosely <j9@concentra.com>
Subject: Re: Pajarita = origami???

I've seen paperfolding books in Spanish with the word "Papiroflexia"
in the title.  Can some Spanish speaker on the list confirm this?





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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 19:11:47 -0300 (ADT)
From: Eric Andersen <ema@netspace.org>
Subject: Re: Pajarita = origami???

On Tue, 25 Jun 1996 Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com wrote:

> I need to confirm a factoid for someone here at work. . .
>
> Is "pajarita" the word used in Spanish for paper folding?
> Is the English translation for the word "little bird"?

No, yes. "Pajaro" (with an accent mark over the first "a") means bird in
Spanish and so "pajarita" means "little bird". The Spanish word
for origami is "papiroflexia", literally meaning "paperfolding". The
pajarita is a traditional model like the crane (it, however , is folded
from a windmill base), and I believe it originated in Spain. Tom Hull
might know more about the history of this model.

>
> If you really know the answer, is this word used in Spain
> or South America or both?

As far as I know, the word "papiroflexia" is used in all Spanish-speaking
countries, but of course small changes in spelling and pronunciation may
occur. You may want to check out Ricardo Carrasco Garcma's Pagina de
Papiroflexia located at:

http://loki.ciemat.es/papiroflexia/

Riccardo would probably know more about this topic than I would.

I hope this clears things up...

-Eric :-P

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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 19:56:09 -0300 (ADT)
From: Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com
Subject: Re: Pajarita = origami???

Thanks Jeannine & Eric.

Denying the truth of the factoid is almost as good as
confirming its truth, and much more satisfying!

Source for the traditional pajarita model, anyone?
(This is less important than the original request.)

Lisa
Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com
(I love having people at work think I'm all knowing
about origami. I always explain that it's not me, it's
who I know. Thanks to all the know-it-alls! )





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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 21:03:43 -0300 (ADT)
From: Gordon Crane <gordonc@mnsinc.com>
Subject: Re: WWW sites about paper....

I would like to thank you for the lead on the book, "Washi the World Of
Japanese Paper by Hughes, Sukey.  At a nearby Japanese library, I had been
reading through this book at short intervals when the opportunity arose.
Having researched publication information, I understood the book to be out of
print since 1982.  As my short intervals were becoming much shorter and the
information put forth in this book had become very useful to me, I had
thought about purchasing a copy.  Along with Gretchen's comment regarding the
book's physical condition made me call up Powell's and purchase the book.  I
agree the book was on the pricey side for a used book, as it sold new in 1982
for only $70.00.  But I have learned through my graduate studies that when
you see a book and find the information recorded therein to be beneficial,
putting a price on that knowledge is inconsequential. Thank you again for
your assistance.  Kimberly Crane using her husband's email account.





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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 21:35:06 -0300 (ADT)
From: Charles Knuffke <Knuffke@Sirius.com>
Subject: Re: What's the best paper?

>
>         They also sell this at "Mikado" in the Japan Center in San
>         Francisco.  I know Mikado will sell videos mail order, but
>         I'm not sure if they'll sell origami that way.  It wouldn't
>         hurt to call.  They have *tons* of beautiful packaged
>         origami.  Can someone in the bay area with a San Francisco
>         phone book post their phone number?
>

>From the SF Phone Book...

Mikado
1737 Post St.
SF, CA. 94115
Tele # (415) 922-9450

I haven't been there before, but I'll try to stop by this pm and see if they
have a catalog.

Regards,

Charles Knuffke





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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 22:16:29 -0300 (ADT)
From: James_Sakoda@Brown.edu (James Minoru Sakoda)
Subject: Re: What's the best paper?

>        I'd be interested in hearing from folders everywhere as to their
>paper preferences.  I've had a lot more success producing complex models

>Steve Woodmansee,
>stevew@empnet.com
       For effective folding paper two qualities are necessary.  One is
flexibility and the other firmness to hold the creases in place.  Origami
paper is flexible, but tends to lack firmness.  Japanese washi is flexible
and strong, but does not have the firmness of foil-backed paper and tends
to be on the soft side.  Foil paper has other qualities, such as sheen,
which sometimes can be used effectdively to reflect light, as I do in my
Hikari-Ori--geometric patterns which changes appearance depending on the
light and the position where one is standing.  Another is long
life--aluminum foil is likely to last a long time, and not crumble like
paper.  Foil also can be cleaned of dust and fly specks, which one cannot
do with paper alone.  Foil varies in thickness--American foil sold by
Origami USA is on the heavy side and is good when sturdiness is desired.
For intricate folding thin foil paper is desirable, particularly for
complex folding.  Thin foil paper finely embossed is perhaps the best for
intricate folding.  They used to be plentiful at Christmas time when they
were sold as wrapping paper.  They have been mostly replaced by plastic,
unfortunately, bvt you may run into some on occasion.  I have heard of
people making their own thin foil paper by backing tissue with foil, but I
have not tried it myself.  Six inch foil paper is perhaps the best size for
everyday folding.  They can be folded in half and carried around in a shirt
pocket or pocketbook.
        For larger sheets I order foil paper from Alufoil Products Co, Inc.
135 Oser Avenue, Hauppauge, N.Y. 11788.  Phone 516-231-4141.  They have a
catalogue of plain foil papers 30 lb stock colors.  The dull foils has
better appearance and foldability than the shinier bright ones.  The rolls
are 26" x 25 feet and can cost $5 a roll, with discount for larger
quantities.  If you are interested you can call them or write to them.
They also carry paper with patterns and some paper are embossed.  Last year
I visited them and spotted a dull silver paper roll embossed with a mosaic
paper, which I found just perfect for my flower arrangement vases.  James
M. Sakoda.





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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 23:00:37 -0300 (ADT)
From: Joseph Wu <jwu@cs.ubc.ca>
Subject: Origami Tanteidan Convention!

While many of you are gearing up for OrigamiUSA's convention, I've just
returned from Origami Tanteidan's second convention. What fun! A full
report will follow, and will be posted here, shown on my web page (with
photos), published in Imagiro, and forwarded to OrigamiUSA (for possible
inclusion in "The Paper"). Does the BOS want a copy, too?

A few notes:

Many thanks to the convention organizers, especially Yamaguchi-san (who
also put me up after the convention). There were also many other people
whom I never found out the names of, but who where everywhere, making sure
things were going well. The few that I managed to identify included
Kimura-san, Nishikawa-san, Maekawa-san, Nakanishi-san (the only one in
origami-l?), Hojo-san, Miyajima-san, Kawakami-san, and Tajiri-san.

Yoshino-san, best known in the west for his T-rex skeleton, has not been
well and will not be attending the OrigamiUSA convention. His forthcoming
book is coming along nicely, however, and will include, amongst other
things, his triceratops skeleton. (As far as Yamaguchi-san knows, none of
the "big names" from Japan will attend the OUSA convention.)

Special thanks to Nakanishi-san, Hojo-san, and Yamanashita-san (?) who
helped to translate my broken Japanese (and strange gestures) into
understandable instructions as I taught my Orca (killer whale) model.

Joseph Wu  <jwu@cs.ubc.ca>  <http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/jwu/origami.html>
Approach life like a voyage on a schooner. Enjoy the view. Explore the vessel.
Make friends with the Captain. Fish a little. And then get off when you get
Home.                                                     --Max Lucado





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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 23:08:31 -0300 (ADT)
From: Joseph Wu <jwu@cs.ubc.ca>
Subject: Kawasaki's rose and Origami for the Connoisseur (OftC)

To debunk a myth that was floating around origami-l a little while ago:

I asked Kawasaki at the convention about the rose that appears in OftC,
saying that someone here was saying that it wasn't his. He emphatically
denied that, saying that that rose was an earlier design of his. Also, his
book, which was mentioned at OUSA Convention '94, is still "in progress"
with no set completion date. (Kinda like mine... 8)

Also, many of you know of the difficulties in obtaining OftC. The Japanese
version is similarly difficult to get. At the charity auction at the end of
the Tanteidan Convention, a single copy of "Top Origami" went for 25000
yen, which is just under US$250.

Joseph Wu  <jwu@cs.ubc.ca>  <http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/jwu/origami.html>
Approach life like a voyage on a schooner. Enjoy the view. Explore the vessel.
Make friends with the Captain. Fish a little. And then get off when you get
Home.                                                     --Max Lucado





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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 23:27:31 -0300 (ADT)
From: jdharris@post.cis.smu.edu (Jerry D. Harris)
Subject: More on Origami Stegos...

Hi Gang -

        Still working to make nice tail spikes on my new "Stegosaurus"
model -- please be patient!  In the interim, I've got an obscure question.
While still waiting for my copy of _Origami Fantasy_ from Sasuga, I'm
wondering if any of the other well-read folders out there can tell me if
the "Stegosaurus" model in that book by Kawahata is the same one that was
published in the NOA's _Origami_ #189, May '91?  It doesn't quite match up
to the one of which people have put photos up on the web, but then again,
my xerox of the NOA instructions has icky photos.  Any help would be
greatly appreciated!

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)
Dallas  TX  75275-0395

"Tyrannosaurs, though rarely seen, are certainly still around.
And no one knows just where or when the next one will be found."

                                  -- Calvin (aka Bill Watterson)
                                    .    .
                              .-_  / \  /'\ .
                             /'''\/:::\/'''/:\
                         .---_'''/:::::\''/:::\----.
 .  .            .    .  \::: \''\:::::/''\:::/'__/_ .
 \\_\\_       /\/:\/\/:\/ \_:::\__\---/----\_/'/ :::/
  \ \\_\______\_\_/\/\_/\__\\_/    o  o  o  \_/::::/ ___ .
   \___\__________              o           o    \//''''/
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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 00:21:49 -0300 (ADT)
From: marckrsh@nyc.pipeline.com (Marc Kirschenbaum)
Subject: Re: Pajarita = origami???

On Jun 25, 1996 19:56:09, 'Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com' wrote:

>
>Source for the traditional pajarita model, anyone?
>(This is less important than the original request.)

I recall seeing it in Isao Honda's *World of Of Origami.* It is basically a
windmill base folded in half diagonaly. The flaps are then arranged to form
a head and wings.

Marc





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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 01:28:57 -0300 (ADT)
From: Pat Slider <slider@ims.mariposa.ca.us>
Subject: Re: Pajarita = origami???

The pajarita is also diagrammed in Eric Kenneway's "Complete Origami", which
provides lots of interesting background as well. Kenneway says that this
model is known as a crow in Germany, and that in Britain it used to be
called a hobby-horse and in France a hen. Plus he provides a few extra toy
models that use the pajarita as a base.

pat slider
slider@yosemite.net

At 12:22 AM 6/26/96 -0300, you wrote:
>On Jun 25, 1996 19:56:09, 'Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com' wrote:
>
>
>>
>>Source for the traditional pajarita model, anyone?
>>(This is less important than the original request.)
>
>I recall seeing it in Isao Honda's *World of Of Origami.* It is basically a
>windmill base folded in half diagonaly. The flaps are then arranged to form
>a head and wings.
>
>Marc





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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 01:33:42 -0300 (ADT)
From: Pat Slider <slider@ims.mariposa.ca.us>
Subject: Re:Powell's book pricing

In case it alleviates any misgivings you might have on the price, Powell's
might have asked for that amount because it was a rare book (a small
printing run). They are usually quite fair on their pricing, and if they
have a book priced higher than its original list, this will normally be the
result of the auction/collectors value of the book. Their buying/pricing
staff is quite knowledgeable, I think.

I don't know much about "art books", but I do know that Powell's prices for
collectable modern 1st editions are often lower than most used bookstores.

Of course, it is always nicer to find a book you want that hasn't been
identified as "collectable", but it might take a long time to find this
title at a discount. And who knows? In ten years someone might be selling it
for $300. The collectable book market is somewhat extreme these days. (There
probably is a copy of this getting dusty in some bookstore somewhere, or
turning up at a library book sale, or....)

Glad to hear this book found a home....

pat slider
slider@yosemite.net

At 09:04 PM 6/25/96 -0300, you wrote:
>I would like to thank you for the lead on the book, "Washi the World Of
>Japanese Paper by Hughes, Sukey.  At a nearby Japanese library, I had been
>reading through this book at short intervals when the opportunity arose.
>Having researched publication information, I understood the book to be out of
>print since 1982.  As my short intervals were becoming much shorter and the
>information put forth in this book had become very useful to me, I had
>thought about purchasing a copy.  Along with Gretchen's comment regarding the
>book's physical condition made me call up Powell's and purchase the book.  I
>agree the book was on the pricey side for a used book, as it sold new in 1982
>for only $70.00.  But I have learned through my graduate studies that when
>you see a book and find the information recorded therein to be beneficial,
>putting a price on that knowledge is inconsequential. Thank you again for
>your assistance.  Kimberly Crane using her husband's email account.





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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 01:34:00 -0300 (ADT)
From: DORIGAMI@aol.com
Subject: Re: What's the best paper? 3

What's the best paper?
In my opinion different papers are good for different models.  I particularly
like foil for tree ornaments, stars of David, and certain modulars.   For
flowers I like the ordinary Kami and very thin  tissue like paper.  I often
use gift wrap for cranes and to make models for my greeting cards.  For
teaching beginner classes, I ask to be provided with plain copier paper ,
white or in colors cut into 8 1/2 by 8 1/2 squares and left just 8 1/2 by 11.
 This is large enough for inexperienced hands to manipulate well and great to
use to learn the steps to making a model.  If they are really interested in
doing more I suggest that they use better paper after they learn the steps
since it is so much more expensive. I think it is hard to pinpoint any one
paper as best because there is such a profusion of papers available today. I
think that  part of the great adventure  of Origami is trying all kinds of
paper.  Dorigami





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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 01:49:58 -0300 (ADT)
From: Joseph Wu <jwu@cs.ubc.ca>
Subject: Misnomer: Kabuto Mushi

Something else that I found out at the Tanteidan convention: "kabuto mushi"
means "beetle". It does not specifically refer to the "Japanese samurai
helmet beetle" as we have thought. In fact, the Tanteidan members thought
it rather funny that we had translated kabuto mushi as "Japanese samurai
helmet beetle".

Joseph Wu  <jwu@cs.ubc.ca>  <http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/jwu/origami.html>
Approach life like a voyage on a schooner. Enjoy the view. Explore the vessel.
Make friends with the Captain. Fish a little. And then get off when you get
Home.                                                     --Max Lucado





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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 02:32:00 -0300 (ADT)
From: DORIGAMI@aol.com
Subject: Re: Robert Harbin's BBC programme

I know that  film of Robert Harbins T.V. show  still exists.  I saw it at a
convention in London a few years ago.  Get in touch with
John Smith ,David Lister, or Nick Robinson of BOA and perhaps they can tell
 more about it and where to get it.  Perhaps it can be converted to be used
on American VCRs.  I can tell you that his show was absolutely fascinating.
 Robert was a great showman and entertainer.  It was shown on all of the BBC
stations, Canada and Australia as well and there is a whole generation  of
folders who watched his show and learned about Origami from him.  Dorigami





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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 03:15:12 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Na. (NAKANISHI Ken-ichi)" <nakanish@pd.scei.sony.co.jp>
Subject: Re: Origami Tanteidan Convention!

In mail <Pine.SUN.3.91.960625183858.22860B-100000@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>
    Joseph Wu <jwu@cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
> Special thanks to Nakanishi-san, Hojo-san, and Yamanashita-san (?) who
> helped to translate my broken Japanese (and strange gestures) into
> understandable instructions as I taught my Orca (killer whale) model.

The last person you listed up is Yamanashi-san.  I'm afraid we
couldn't do so much as the OUSA members cared us in New York.  I
asked you to instruct your students by yourself because I wanted
you and them to communicate each other.  Especially in origami
lesson, the students would look at us translator more than you
an instructor if we were translating your instruction on pointing
the models we had.  Those students must have remembered your face,
your voice, and your orca relating to you better:-).

By the way, when I took many photos of models and people, I
focused well on the models, but purposely made photos of people
out of focus.  Many people, including me, don't want to put their
clear photos on the web so as to be seen from all over Japan.
So I asked permisson to all of those whose clear photos I want
to put on our web pages, except famous creators whose photos have
been already on publishments.  That's what I payed attention to.

--
nakanish@pd.scei.sony.co.jp (NAKANISHI Ken-ichi, not Kenichi Nakanishi)





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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 03:24:36 -0300 (ADT)
From: Steve Woodmansee <stevew@empnet.com>
Subject: Re: Pajarita = origami???

At 07:11 PM 6/25/96 -0300, you wrote:
>On Tue, 25 Jun 1996 Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com wrote:
>
>> I need to confirm a factoid for someone here at work. . .
>>
>> Is "pajarita" the word used in Spanish for paper folding?
>> Is the English translation for the word "little bird"?
>
According to Eric Kenneway's "Complete Origami":

[Quote]
        "Pajarita is Spanish for "little bird".  It is also the word that
Spaniards use for folded paper models in general.  Most Spanish people
regard folding paper with making little paper birds because this is
something that nearly all of them learn to do as children.  The fold they
learn is the 'pajarita' shown below"  [not reproduced here]
        The model may have originated in Spain but it is known throughout
Europe.  In France, Emile Zola coined the expression 'faire des cocottes a
longeur de journee' [accent marks not reproduced here] to describe the work
of people employed in government offices.  The hens he accused them of
making all day were folded paper hens - in fact, the same model that Spanish
children fold.
        To many Germans it is known as a crow, although it sometimes serves
as a horse in their play.  In Britain it used to be called a hobby-horse,
but it is no longer widely known and seems never to have won children's
affection to the extent that it has in France and Spain - countries where
the little paper bird is recognized as a symbol of childhood.  Indeed, there
is an old established sweet shop called 'La Pajarita' in Madrid which sells
pajarita-shaped chocolates, and in the northern Spanish town of Huesca,
there is a monument to the pajarita in a local park.
        Vicente Palacios devotes sixteen pages to methods of folding the
pajarita in his 'La Creacion en Papiroflexia,' Miguel A. Salvatella,
Barcelona, 1979.  In an earlier book, Papirogami (1972), the same writer
lists references to the bird in Spanish literature, which he has traced back
to 1793."
[End of quote]

There are several additional pages of information about the pajarita model,
including (of course) diagrams for making not only the original pajarita,
but several variations using the windmill base.

IMHO Kenneway's book is *great* for this kind of background information -
"Complete Origami" is a worthy addition to anyone's collection.

Cheers,

Steve Woodmansee,
stevew@empnet.com





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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 04:14:18 -0300 (ADT)
From: Joseph Wu <jwu@cs.ubc.ca>
Subject: New books in Japan

Just a quick preview:

The Summer 1996 Oru is out (#13). Included in this issue are selected works
from a variety of artists, interviews (Paul Jackson, Fumiaki Kawahata,
Alfredo Giunta, Noboru Miyajima--look out for this guy; he's good!),
history and math, diagrams, and an index of the previous 12 issues
(Japanese only).

The 1996 Origami Tanteidan Convention book contains many interesting
models, mostly high-intermediate and complex, although there are some
simpler pieces. Included are several space ships by Kimura (anyone else
watch "Battle of the Planets" before?), Hojo's wizard (see Oru #4),
Kawasaki's F14, Nishikawa's space shuttle, Kawahata's Anomalocaris (a
prehistoric crustacean, it looks like--Jerry Harris, want to clarify
this?), and Maekawa's Swiss Army knife (not complete diagrams). There is
also diagram of Yamanashi's LCD display (sorry, Winson, someone beat you to
it; the design is almost identical to yours).

The publishers of Oru have also come out with a book on Yoshizawa. It's
entirely in Japanese, and includes many models, most of which I think I've
seen before in his other books. At the end of the book is a section on
paper preparation techniques, complete with photos. Paper cutting (as in
cutting out a specificly sized square), wet folding, and backcoating (the
"real" way, not the method I came upu with) are all described in detail.

Joseph Wu  <jwu@cs.ubc.ca>  <http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/jwu/origami.html>
Approach life like a voyage on a schooner. Enjoy the view. Explore the vessel.
Make friends with the Captain. Fish a little. And then get off when you get
Home.                                                     --Max Lucado





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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 08:12:11 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Na. (NAKANISHI Ken-ichi)" <nakanish@pd.scei.sony.co.jp>
Subject: Re: Misnomer: Kabuto Mushi

In mail <Pine.SUN.3.91.960625214412.1448A-100000@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>
    Joseph Wu <jwu@cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
> Something else that I found out at the Tanteidan convention: "kabuto mushi"
> means "beetle". It does not specifically refer to the "Japanese samurai
> helmet beetle" as we have thought. In fact, the Tanteidan members thought
> it rather funny that we had translated kabuto mushi as "Japanese samurai
> helmet beetle".

I'm afraid it's not correct.  I'd rather to say most editors of
Japanese-English dictionary wouldn't know enough of insects.

We use the same Kanji for "Kouchuu" and "Kabuto-mushi".  "Kouchuu"
stands for all the insects whose forewings are hard to protect
their bodies.  You call such an insect "a beetle" in English,
don't you?  "Kabuto-mushi" is one of species of beetles.  We also
use it for a part of the name of some other species; "Herakuresu
Oo-tsuno Kabuto" (literally Hercules Big-Horn Helmet") as "Hercules
beetle".  I guess the name "kabuto(-mushi)" is given to the beetle
which has at least a horn on the center of its thorax.

We met the name "Japanese samurai helmet beetle" in "Insects and
Their Kin" at the first time, so we guess it'll not be a common
name.  Though it seems to tell well about such groups of insects.

Why do most Japanese translate kabuto-mushi "a beetle"?  That's
because "kabuto-mushi" is translated to "a beetle" in most--all,
as far as I know--Japanese-English dictionaries in Japan.

Thus I don't know the good identical word to indicate "kabuto-mushi"
to both English and Japanese speakers.

By the way, is "Japanese" necessary in front of "samurai" though
"samurai" is Japanese?  Is "samurai" indicate a soldier other
than Japanese one?

--
nakanish@pd.scei.sony.co.jp (NAKANISHI Ken-ichi, not Kenichi Nakanishi)





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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 10:38:33 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Shi-Yew Chen (a.k.a. Sy)" <sychen@leatherback.nist.gov>
Subject: Re: Misnomer: Kabuto Mushi

At 08:12 AM 6/26/96 -0300, NAKANISHI-San wrote:
>
>
>We use the same Kanji for "Kouchuu" and "Kabuto-mushi".  "Kouchuu"
>stands for all the insects whose forewings are hard to protect
>their bodies.  You call such an insect "a beetle" in English,
>don't you?  "Kabuto-mushi" is one of species of beetles.  We also
>use it for a part of the name of some other species; "Herakuresu
>Oo-tsuno Kabuto" (literally Hercules Big-Horn Helmet") as "Hercules
>beetle".  I guess the name "kabuto(-mushi)" is given to the beetle
>which has at least a horn on the center of its thorax.
>
>We met the name "Japanese samurai helmet beetle" in "Insects and
>Their Kin" at the first time, so we guess it'll not be a common
>name.  Though it seems to tell well about such groups of insects.
>
>Why do most Japanese translate kabuto-mushi "a beetle"?  That's
>because "kabuto-mushi" is translated to "a beetle" in most--all,
>as far as I know--Japanese-English dictionaries in Japan.
>
>Thus I don't know the good identical word to indicate "kabuto-mushi"
>to both English and Japanese speakers.
>

My dictionary matched "kabuto" with two kanji's:

(1)Helmet - Chinese don't use this character for Helmet
     *   *
    **  *    ***
  *** ******   *
  *   *    *   *
  *   *    *   *
  *   ******   *
  *   *    *   *
  *   *    *   *
  *** ****** ***

      *   *
      *   *
     **   *
    **    *     *
   **     **   **
 ***       *****

(2) carapace, shell, armour - same kanji for Chinese

 **************
 *     *      *
 *     *      *
 *     *      *
 **************
 *     *      *
 *     *      *
 *     *      *
 **************
       *
       *
       *
       *
       *
       *

Which one is correct? Does Japanese use different kanji to distinguish species?

Thanks!

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| |_| Folding Page http://www.iia.org/~chens/pprfld.htm --\





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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 11:03:36 -0300 (ADT)
From: Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com
Subject: Re: Kawasaki's rose and Origami for the Connoisseur (OftC)

So does this myth qualify as an origami urban legend???
Urban Legend: a  commonly believed story with no basis in truth,
often told as happening to a friend of a friend; often vigorously
defended as truth by the teller.

Joseph Wu debunks a myth:
>I asked Kawasaki at the convention about the rose that appears in OftC,
>saying that someone here was saying that it wasn't his. He emphatically
>denied that, saying that that rose was an earlier design of his.

Lisa
Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com





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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 11:25:58 -0300 (ADT)
From: jdharris@post.cis.smu.edu (Jerry D. Harris)
Subject: Re: New books in Japan

> Kawahata's Anomalocaris (a
>prehistoric crustacean, it looks like--Jerry Harris, want to clarify
>this?)

        Not quite a crustacean, although you're correct:  it does look like
one!  8-)  _Anomalocaris_ is one of the bizarre organisms that has been
found at the famed Burgess Shale locality in British Columbia, Canada (and
has since been found in slightly earlier rocks in China, as well).  This
fauna is noteworthy because it is part of what has been called "the
Cambrian explosion."  This denotes the first time in the geologic record
that there are a large number of hard-bodied, multi-cellular organisms;
prior to this, there were few macroscopic organisms, and what few there
were had soft-bodies and rarely fossilized (like jellyfish).  The Cambrian
explosion produced a wide variety of truly bizarre organisms, many of which
are thought to be completely unrelated to anything alive today.  However,
one of the organisms, a little worm-like thing called _Pikaia_ is important
because many paleontologists think that it represents the earliest
chordate, and is ultimately ancestral to all vertebrates, including humans.
You can find some very nice reconstructions and explanatory text (if you
can weed through the numerous tangents) in Stephen J. Gould's book
_Wonderful Life_, which covers this very subject (the Burgess fauna).
_Anomalocaris_ is the largest of these marine organisms known from this
fauna, and is presumably the dominant predator.

        Gee, I hadn't thought about making origami models of the Burgess
creatures.  Anyone out there looking for a real origami challenge should
grab a copy of this book and try their hand at some of the really strange
things in it (gosh, there's a challenge:  an origami _Wiwaxia_...)  8-)

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)
Dallas  TX  75275-0395

"Tyrannosaurs, though rarely seen, are certainly still around.
And no one knows just where or when the next one will be found."

                                  -- Calvin (aka Bill Watterson)
                                    .    .
                              .-_  / \  /'\ .
                             /'''\/:::\/'''/:\
                         .---_'''/:::::\''/:::\----.
 .  .            .    .  \::: \''\:::::/''\:::/'__/_ .
 \\_\\_       /\/:\/\/:\/ \_:::\__\---/----\_/'/ :::/
  \ \\_\______\_\_/\/\_/\__\\_/    o  o  o  \_/::::/ ___ .
   \___\__________              o           o    \//''''/
                  \______     o                o   \''_/   _----_
                        \__  /     '            o  \/:\  / ....-/





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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 12:00:49 -0300 (ADT)
From: Rjlang@aol.com
Subject: Re: Papers for folding

Just thought I'd throw in my $2e-2 on this. Back in the 80s I folded a lot of
insects and crustacea from "tissue foil", which is tissue paper spray-mounted
to both sides of aluminum foil (Reynolds Wrap). This stuff is a pain in the
butt to work with because it doesn't hold a crease worth beans, but you can
make really skinny legs and antenna, so it's great for arthropods (which, as
you know, I have a fondness for). I quit using it several years ago because
of two problems: (1) all the tissue I could find had unstable dyes so that no
matter what color I started with, after a few years, all models converged on
a sort of muddy brown color; (2) the model is incredibly fragile, and after
being carried around in boxes for a few years with all the points getting
bent and straightened over and over, they start to look pretty cruddy.

So, I've pretty much switched over to wet-folding for display origami. (I try
Origami Insects.) My favorite paper that is generally available in the US is
Wyndstone "Marble" paper, which I've found at many different art stores,
including Amsterdam Art & Supply in Berkeley (my current source).

A similar, but better paper is one I found in Steinmann art supply in
Stuttgart, Germany, located close to the Hauptbahnhof. Called "Elefantonhaut"
("elephant hide"), it's similar to Wyndstone marble but is slightly thinner,
comes in a different set of colors, and (IMHO) has a nicer feel while
folding. Unfortunately, I'm down to my last few sheets and would pay big
bucks (well, okay, medium bucks (or marks)) if any of our German colleagues
had access to a Steinmann and was willing to send me some! (I could also
negotiate sneak previews of upcoming books, too...)

The best stuff I've ever found was at Takeo, a paper store in Tokyo. It's
thin, has a fantastic texture, and wet-folds like a dream. Unfortunately, I
haven't the slightest idea what it's called or where to get it outside of
Tokyo. Takeo is a really depressing place, because they have more varieties
of paper than you could fold with in a lifetime without ever repeating a
variety.

See y'all in NY!

Robert J. Lang
rjlang@aol.com





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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 12:01:05 -0300 (ADT)
From: Rjlang@aol.com
Subject: Re: Misnomer: Kabuto Mushi

As the primary culprit in the promulgation of the (mis?)translation, "Samurai
Helmet Beetle" for "Kabuto-mushi," I'll mention that my recollection is that
I got this translation from Toshi Aoyagi, who arranged and translated for my
1992 visit to Japan. It's possible that I misunderstood him, I suppose.

By the way, though, I seem to recall that the traditional samurai helmet
model is called a "Kabuto". Is this correct?

Robert J. Lang
rjlang@aol.com





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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 12:40:29 -0300 (ADT)
From: Howard Portugal <howardp@fast.net>
Subject: Convention Schedule

I seem to have misplaced my convention schedule and I'd like to know
what's going on when. Would somebody please be kind enough to post the
daily schedule (not the classes, but when things like registration,
ticketing, Origami Source etc. open and close) for each day (Fri, Sat,
Sun and Mon) to the list?

Thanks,

Howard Portugal
