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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 11:49:13 -0300 (ADT)
From: jdharris@post.cis.smu.edu (Jerry D. Harris)
Subject: Re: peacock montroll help

>I am stuck on the peacock in Origami for the Enthusiast by Montroll (I
>was able to do his peacock in Origami sculpture).
>
>Step 19 is not terribly clear - i.e. the angles. If this is a kite
>fold how does one get it crisp since one can't reach most of it?

        It's not exactly a kite fold.  Notice in the diagrams for Step 20
that the flaps in question are lying against the central line.  That's
really your goal in Step 19, although it isn't quite as easy as it looks.
It may help you to use something narrow but with a blunt point to reach up
under the upper flaps (the ones folded in Step 18) to assist you with the
reverse fold aspect of Step 19.

>Anyway, my main question is how to do the sinks on step 20 and 26.

        The ones on Step 20 are fairly easy, but the ones on Step 26 are
quite difficult to do cleanly.  Both sinks are open on the distal (far) end
of the tail, but are closed sinks on the proximal (near) end.  (IMHO, this
doesn't constitute a sink; it's a closed reverse fold.)  It's nigh
impossible to get the sinks in both steps to follow the crisp horizontal
fold lines that they're diagrammed with on the proximal ends, so if you
have to be messy and just "jam" the paper inwards on the proximal ends, you
can still get a satisfactory model (since the area in question isn't in
view in the end result).  I prefer not to do Step 26 as it's diagrammed; I
open the model back up to a Step-20-like configuration and do the sinks
that way, then fold the model back up.  They're essentially just like the
ones in Step 20 except narrower.  They're more difficult because there are
many more flaps on the proximal end -- that's what makes it difficult to
jam them cleanly inside.  Again, using something with a narrow but blunt
point may help you if you're careful with it -- it's easy to push too hard
and punch it through the paper!  8-)

>My sink on step 20 doesn't look quite right, and I am completely lost
>on step 26. In fact for steps 23 through 25 I could not do them as is
>and had to restart, folding the paper in 32nds lengthwise. (step 25 is
>quite pretty).

        I agree!  Your method is probably the cleanest way to to Step 25,
but try just folding the exposed white flap into 8ths in Step 25 -- it can
be done!  You get the same results, but you don't have to unfold and refold
the rest of the model.

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

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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 11:58:55 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Shi-Yew Chen (a.k.a. Sy)" <sychen@leatherback.nist.gov>
Subject: Re: Adobe Acrobat clarification at convention

At 09:43 AM 7/3/96 -0300, James M. Sakoda wrote:

>I was elated to hear this since most problems were solved by the producer
>of the file paying for a copy of Adobe's Acrobat, but the receiver of
>messages able to read and print it free of charge.  For a while I thought
>that perhaps Postscript could be used to preserve the accuracy of text and
>line dreawings, and use Ghostscript as a free user.  But there have been
>reports that Ghostscript is not always accurate.  I asked Alex Barber to
>give a report on this, since he knows much more about it than I do.  If we
>can all agree on the use of one format it will be possible some day to add
>documents with E-mail, rather than simply posting files on the World Wide
>Web.  I am sure that many would be interested in hearing about experieces
>with Adobe's  Acrobat--particularly about how easy it is to download the
>reader and how well the reader can be used to read text, line drawings as
>well as pictures and print them out.

My $0.02 comments:
= CON's =
The major disadvantage using pdf is its non-free driver for pdf document
generation. I know the price is getting down. ($1xx.xx?? still beyond my
budget!)
Pdf format does no improvement on bitmap document/graph (such as hand-drawn
diagram, scanned photo's, or any bitmap file) in either memory or quality.

How about making diagrams all pdf? Not many people can master/afford
computer drawing well enough to generate vector based format. A long way to
unify graphic format!

= PRO's =
+ Breaking news:
Check out  Aladdin Ghostscript
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/coming.html
Version 4.0 does PDF writing (PS to PDF!)- I got to download it NOW!

+
This one may be good for Chinese/Japanese readers:
PDF can preserve not only Western single-byte True type font but also
Oriental double-byte True type fonts. You can preserve big beautiful
Chinese/Kanji in pdf document.  I have tested once for a single Chinese
document in both ps and pdf formats. It turns out file size of pdf formats
is only 1/3 of ps formatted document.

Back to FOLD!

|-------------------------------------------------------\
|  _  Sy Chen <chens@iia.org or sychen@enh.nist.gov>    |\
| |_| Folding Page http://www.iia.org/~chens/pprfld.htm --\





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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 12:55:39 -0300 (ADT)
From: chall@scsn.net (Carol Hall)
Subject: Re: Convention Reports?

>The Silent Auction had 3 copies of OftC up for bids.  After hearing
>that a copy went for $250 at the Japan  convention, I wondered what
>these would go for (did anybody hear?).

After a day or so with no bids, only one copy remained in the silent
auction, and the last I saw the bid sheet, only one mimimun bid was listed.
I wasn't there for the end of the auction so don't know if this is the end
of the story.  After all the talk about this book on this list, I was amazed
that the bidding went the way it did.  I guess those who were trying to get
the book were not at the convention.

Carol Hall
chall@scsn.net





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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 12:56:31 -0300 (ADT)
From: Caslegona@aol.com
Subject: ISBN #s needed

I am looking for the isbn #s to *Playful Origami* and *Boxes Within Boxes* by
Tomoko Fuse. Can anyone help with this information? Thank you.

Cyrene Slegona





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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 13:28:17 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jennifer Andre <JAndre@cfipro.com>
Subject: Re: ISBN #s needed

     (I'm sorry, I can't see your private e-mail address!)

     I have the Japanese version (the only version??) of "Boxes Within
     Boxes," or so I think from the loose translation of the title.  It's
     at home and my e-mail connection is at work, so I can't get it to you
     until Friday.  (July 4 is the American Independence Day holiday.)

     Could you (and anyone else who is interested in the ISBN for "Boxes
     Within Boxes") please send me your private address?

     Thank you!

     - Jennifer
     JAndre@cfipro.com

     Fold it, ergo sum.

______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
Subject: ISBN #s needed
Author:  origami-l@nstn.ca at Internet
Date:    7/3/96 9:07 AM

I am looking for the isbn #s to *Playful Origami* and *Boxes Within Boxes* by
Tomoko Fuse. Can anyone help with this information? Thank you.

Cyrene Slegona





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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 13:28:29 -0300 (ADT)
From: hull@hypatia.math.uri.edu
Subject: Re: Penrose, Palmer, etc.

A few replies:

jeffgoff@synergy.net writes:
> > Highlights for me were drooling over Chris Palmer's Islamic
> > origami tessellations
>
> Is Chris planning to publish these?
> If anyone knows about these, I'm really interested.

        Chris has published some of his work in the most recent (Summer 1996)
issue of _The Paper_, the magazine of OUSA.  It is a long, six-page
exposition of his origami tesselation theory, which he calls the
"Periotych Tile System".  The article includes 2 pages of text which
attempt to explain what's going on in the densely-packed pages that
follow.  They are NOT normal origami diagrams!  Rather, they are
Chris' attempt to explain the theory of what he's doing.  If you can
understand the theory, you can make the models yourself.  I highly
incourage everyone to give this article a good, long look.  It may
seem incredibly confusing, but after staring at it for a few hours
it begins to make sense.  It is *** MUST *** reading for anyone
seriously interested in origami tesselations.

        In regards to Penrose tilings, Chris' Periotych Tile System
can be used to make origami versions of Penrose kites and darts
tilings, and Chris has already done this.  Last January I tried
my hand at it myself, and the results are truely stunning - an
origami model with just the right amount of controlled chaos thrown
in due to the aperiodicity.

        Also included in Chris' article in _The Paper_ is a a page
describing how his system can be used to construct his wonderful,
now legendary Flower Towers.  All of you who have been bugging me
for diagrams of Chris' Flower Tower should study this page very
carefully and see if you can figure it out!  (No other diagrams for
the Flower Tower exist that I'm aware of.)

Re: the copies of OftC auctioned off at the convention
        Carol was right - only one of the copies was auctioned,
due to lack of demand!  Lucky boy Jerry Marciniak managed to get the
remaining copy for a mere $45.  Quite  bargin!  I'm not sure what
OUSA will be doing with the other copies that we still have.
Perhaps we'll save them for next year's auction.  Or maybe we should
auction them via email, as a benefit for OUSA?  Any suggestions?

----------------- Tom "back to my thesis" Hull
                  hull@math.uri.edu





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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 14:10:10 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jeannine Mosely <j9@concentra.com>
Subject: Re: OftC Auction

   Re: the copies of OftC auctioned off at the convention
           Carol was right - only one of the copies was auctioned,
   due to lack of demand!  Lucky boy Jerry Marciniak managed to get the
   remaining copy for a mere $45.  Quite  bargin!  I'm not sure what
   OUSA will be doing with the other copies that we still have.
   Perhaps we'll save them for next year's auction.  Or maybe we should
   auction them via email, as a benefit for OUSA?  Any suggestions?

   ----------------- Tom "back to my thesis" Hull
                    hull@math.uri.edu

For OUSA to auction anything via email would be grossly unfair to the
majority of OUSA members who do not have email.  They could be
auctioned by regular mail, through an ad in The Paper.

I don't understand the price Jerry paid.  Was $45 the minimum bid?  If
not, he could have made the minimum bid on one of the copies that
didn't sell.

        -- jeannine mosely





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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 16:38:34 -0300 (ADT)
From: Kristine Tomlinson <ktomlinson@PLATINUM.COM>
Subject: Re: New Origami: Hina/Ningyo Dolls

    Hi,

    >>J.T. Weres inquired about these dolls using one sheet of paper and no
    cuts.

    Isao Honda's "World of Origami", unabridged edition from the 1960s,
    includes the prince and princess dolls with other traditional dolls
    from the 19th century.  I located a partial xerox of the princess
    during a quick search last night, but it was created with one sheet of
    paper, and used paper cuts.  Being historical models, the cutting is
    more appropriate than now-a-days.  I guess in those days it wass a
    trade-off -- more sheets versus cuts to achieve a layered fabric look.
    Honda provides some history and construction details around the dolls
    as well.

    Kristine Tomlinson
    ktomlinson@platinum.com
    Waltham, MA, USA





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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 17:07:57 -0300 (ADT)
From: Marcia Mau <marcia.mau@pressroom.com>
Subject: OUSA 96 Convention

Thoughts from a very tired traveller:

This was a fun convention with lots of interesting intermediate models.
Registration went very smoothly.  The tent cards on the model menu and the
Sat/Sun schedule were impossible to read.  I plead for a large type edition
next year and using 11x17 paper for the schedule.  Having the food service
on the 5th floor helped a lot.  The sixth floor was less congested and
cleaner w/out the food trays and trash.  Echoing others, it was great to
meet people from this list.

Biz card Modules -  In addition to Jeannine Mosely's class, there was a lot
of informal folding going on.  By next convention there should be enough
folds for a booklet.  I learned a 4 piece dodecahedron from Tony Cheng, who
developed it from an idea of Michael Naughton's.  Vernon Isaac folds using
flower cards, the printed cards sent w/ flower arrangements.  He had made an
octahedron and a dodecahedron from cards w/ the same pattern.  The way they
fit together reminded me of the cup and ball on a string.  I taught several
people my 12 piece flower which I make by aligning the logos on the cards.
I met Toby Schwartz, who is the queen of modular biz card folds.

Monday's workshops.

Aldo's purse.  It was fun creating 20x26" collages using washi paper, gift
wrap, wallpaper, foil.  While waiting for the collages to dry, we practiced
folding his trapezoid purses.  Pearl Chin and I folded our art purses that
evening.  Somehow a fortune cookie fortune "Flattery will go far tonight"
added the right touch.  Now I'm looking for a long costume jewelry necklace
for the handbag's chain and an odd earring for the clasp.  If anyone finds
any mushroom brooches, please email me direct - I collect them.

Fabrigami.  Pam Brown had prepared kits for us to bond fabric to kami using
Wonder Under.  We made crane ornaments and frog pins using this technique.
The technique was featured in an article in the July issue of Threads
magazine ($6) to make 3 purses, including one by Gay Merrill Gross
(Practical Purse in New Ideas for Paperfolding) and a 3 piece Fuse box.
Someone mentioned there were copies of the magazine for sale in the FIT
bookstore.  Well, there WERE copies. All were gone by the time I got to the
store at 5PM.  I went to my local Borders today but the September issue is
on the rack.  A friend had lent me the issue for a month but I told her I
didn't think I'd be making purses. I've changed my mind since the technique
uses ironing, not sewing.

Wet Folding.  Roz Joyce had all kinds of papers for us to experiment w/.
She had soaked one for 5 days.  As soon as we made the first fold, it
cracked in half.  I'm convinced it was an asphalt shingle.  Ask Roz to tell
you about the time her cat ate a dragon's foot.  She had us all laughing.

Best quotes from convention:

"In NYC, fanny packs are known as belly bags."  Lin Balinsky

"Donna folds everything but the laundry."  Donna Walcavage quoting her husband.

Restaurants:

Sunday night, sixteen of us went to Paolucci's in Little Italy.  A three
course dinner for $16.50.

Brunch on Sat and Sunday at Mr. Babbington's ( 202 9th Av, between 22nd and
23rd) is a tradition and a bargain. $6.95 for a Bloody Mary or juice,
entree, tea or coffee and unlimited helpings at a bread bar.

Had lunch on Sunday and Monday at Korean restaurants on 33rd st. east of Av
of the Americas.

Hop Shing Restaurant, Bowery between Pell and Doyers, across from Confucius
Plaza.  We went there w/ Heinz Strobl on Tuesday.  The waiters love origami.
We made Heinz's ticker tape top, mustaches, and the 4 piece biz card
dodecahedron.
Oriental Culture and Chinatown Books are nearby on Eliz St, between Bayard
and Canal.  Anyone interested in a tour after convention next year?

I'm off to the Capital Folders Origami meeting tonight at Pentagon City.
The movie on the Peter Pan/Trailways bus yesterday was It Could Happen To
You.  It was filmed in Tribeca but I was too tired to watch it!

Marcia Mau
marcia.mau@pressroom.com





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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 17:59:50 -0300 (ADT)
From: Nick Robinson <nick@homelink.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: unicorn in a Harbin book?

Eric Andersen <ema@netspace.org> sez

>Hi everyone! I got email from someone looking for a unicorn model in an
>out-of-print Harbin book...does anyone know about this model or any other
>places it might be found? Thanks!

Try "Origami, a step by step guide", page 66. The design is by Pat
Crawford. My copy is on Hamlyn books, released 1975.

all the best,

Nick Robinson
nick@homelink.demon.co.uk

                           ***  Origami Deutschland!   ***





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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 18:00:55 -0300 (ADT)
From: Nick Robinson <nick@homelink.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Convention Reports?

Gretchen Klotz <gren@agora.rdrop.com> sez

>Welcome back!  John Smith's message made me curious for more reports on
>the Origami Deutschland convention

Sorry if this is a bit long, but I thought you'd like to savour the
event in some depth.....

      *** Origami Deutschland Convention: Berlin 1996 ***

At the very last minute, I decided funds would permit me to attend the
annual convention of Origami Deutschland, held this year in Berlin. This
would not have been possible without the generous offer of Origami
Deutschland to cover some of my expenses, for which I am eternally
grateful! As an avid reader of their magazine Der Falter (well, I look
at the pictures & struggle with the words!) the prospect of attending
was mouth-watering.

I travelled via Heathrow to save costs (roll on the Sheffield airport!)
and arrived in Berlin on Friday afternoon. After some slight(!) problems
with explaining where I wanted to go, I reached the Morgenlandische
Frauenmission in Steglitz just in time for a filling vegetarian meal. I
was pleased to see several other Brits in attendance; Dave Brill, David
Lister, John Smith, Rick Beech, John Cunliffe and expatriate Edwin
Corrie, currently engaged as a technical translator for Audi, who
evidently don't supply their staff with free cars! The guest of honour
was Sergei Afonkin (alias the "Russian Bear") with whom I had previously
met at York and exchanged several e-mails with. The main room was light
and airy, with tables full of avid folders and a large number of
exhibition tables. I admitted defeat at 11pm and collapsed into my bed.

Breakfast introduced me to the first of several thousand slices of
cheese I was to consume over the weekend and we began folding at 9am.
The schedule for the weekend consisted of the directions "falten,
falten, falten!" ("fold, fold, fold" in case you wondered) interrupted
only by the usual meals. There were two main sessions at any one time,
but many people simply grabbed a chair and folded in small groups. I was
heartened to see the enthusiasm for simple folds which characterised
every person there. I sometimes get the feeling that the BOS is perhaps
too "experienced" in some ways and that we can loose the pure delight of
folding in search of exceptional or impressive designs.

Organiser Oliver Drewien was kept very busy sorting out accommodation
and meals for late attendees (guilty!) but still had time to welcome
everyone. Chairman Heinz Strobl, in a dapper suit, was the perfect host,
demonstrating the apparently common ability to speak near-perfect
English. Silke Schroeder was rarely seen, spending most of the weekend
running the impressive supplies room. The range of books and paper was a
clear target for the new, improved BOS supplies setup; Dave B and I have
noted down several possible areas where we can take inspiration from.
Amongst the stock were a full range of the superb Oru magazine, Dave's
wonderful "Brilliant Origami" and Rick's fine "Discover Origami", the
latter two tomes both targets for some extended autograph sessions!

I was delighted to meet the Brazilian meister-falter-editor Paulo
Mulatinho, whose impressive graphical skills and deep love for origami
have turned Der Falter into perhaps the best origami magazine around. I
say this with all due deference to the sterling efforts of Joan and
others! Paulo has the uncanny gift (shared by Thoki Yenn) to impress and
inspire all who meet him.

My afternoon session was typical of the efforts made by Origami
Deutschland. I suggested we might try some wet-folding, but there was no
suitable paper. The remarkably organised Sussanna (erk - forgotten her
surname) hauled me into her BMW and we frantically searched Berlin for
suitable paper, despite the shops closing at 1pm. By the time the
session started, she had cut the paper into neat squares, obtained some
sponges, cut them to size, moistened them & placed each one in a plastic
bag!  The technique was new to most Germans but I managed to get my
philosophical ramblings across fairly well.

In the evening, Dave Brill ran his infamous (sorry, customary)
exhibition review, an experience new to the Germans. Luckily for him,
Edwin was able to translate his questions into German and their replies
back into English. This worked fine until Sergei naughtily gave his
comments in Russian and insisted Dave translated them! He managed this
in a remarkably concise fashion, summarising 5 minutes of Russian into a
few mere words of English. Heinz Strobl's display reflected his
continuing fascination for geometric shapes folded from strips of narrow
telex paper. One design in particular was quite wonderful, a cross
formed using 60 degree geometry. His teaching services were in strong
demand across the weekend. John Smith also ran several sessions based
around his latest book of origami pop-ups. Needless to say, the folding
continued early into the morning.....

Sunday followed much the same pattern of "falten, falten, falten" and
I'm pleased to report that the last three people folding at 4pm Sunday
were Lister, Smith & Robinson. Sad yet optimistic farewells were made.
That evening, a small crowd made an excursion into the former East
Germany to sample more culinary delights, liberally washed down (very
liberally in Dave's case!) with light-dark beer, dark dark beer & other
obscure permutations. We failed miserably to count the 40 odd steps down
to the loo; through some strange trick of nature, there were different
numbers of steps going down compared to coming up. Or the other way
round, or possibly neither. We were amazed and dismayed that the pub
closed at a mere 11pm. On return to the meeting hall, we carried on
chattering into the early hours.

Monday morning saw the few remaining Brits visit the Reichstag (it was
closed!) and gaze at the Brandenburg Gate, before rapidly sobering at
the sight of  a section of the infamous Berlin Wall, pock-marked with
bullet holes. We ate a meal within yards of the wall, reflecting on the
magnitude of mans capacity to harm other men. The whole area was a hive
of industry as economic & physical reconstruction laid the foundations
for a prosperous, united Berlin.

At 4pm I left with Paulo & Silke, bound for their home in Freising, but
the two-lane autobahn soon came to a dead halt for three hours. We spent
the time cursing East German efficiency and folding with nearby drivers.
One lucky child ended up with a free book, courtesy of the ever-generous
Paulo. We staggered home at 2am. and unloaded the supplies. Silke had to
rise at 7am to return the van to nearby Munich, but she still managed to
join us in (more) cheese and (more) beer - my kinda gal!

Tuesday saw Dave Brill join us - he had sensibly flown down in less than
an hour & was forced to drink alone the previous night. We went on a
guided tour of Freising, the most unspoilt town you will ever see in
Germany or probably elsewhere. They were celebrating 1000 years of
Freising, but the 100 year old photos in each shop showed that little
had changed since that time. We visited a superb example of Rococo
(icing cake) architecture in a local church before settling down for,
well, cheese & beer.  That evening saw many local folders gather at a
hostelry where we folded, supped, folded & thoroughly pigged ourselves.
We prepared Silke for a possible visit to Yorkshire by teaching her
"What's tha think o' me air", "Tha's barmy thee" and other less
salubrious phrases. Back home to Paulo & Silke's, we spent a happy hour
or two filling the remaining gaps in our stomachs with wine and (more)
cheese. As you will gather, a visit to Germany plays havoc with your
waist-line, but fills you with such a satisfying glow at the warmth &
friendship of origami-folk everywhere.

Tuesday saw myself & Dave fly home (on separate flights) where I
suffered a 1.5 hour trip from Heathrow to London and a 4 hour crawl from
London to Sheffield.  Typically, Paulo rang to make sure I had arrived
safely. I cannot thank Origami Deutschland enough for their impeccable
treatment of overseas guests (a lesson to us all), unfailing kindness
and generosity. If you ever get the chance, get yourselves over there
and "falten, falten, falten!"

To join the society, send a letter to;

Origami Deutschland,
Postfach 1630
D-85316 Freising
Germany

all the best,

Nick Robinson
nick@homelink.demon.co.uk

                           ***  Origami Deutschland!   ***





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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 18:07:37 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Lauinger,p15" <Lauinger@06.bonn02.TELEKOM400.dbp.de>
Subject: Lego

P. d'Auria's Lego diagram is published in the O(rigami)
S(ocieteit)N(ederland)'s magazin <Orison> #3, page 75, and
#4, page 92, year 1995.
Enjoy your folding

Doris





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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 18:14:06 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jeannine Mosely <j9@concentra.com>
Subject: Re: OUSA 96 Convention

Marcia Mau wrote:

   Biz card Modules -  In addition to Jeannine Mosely's class, there was a lot
   of informal folding going on.  By next convention there should be enough
   folds for a booklet.  I learned a 4 piece dodecahedron from Tony Cheng, who
   developed it from an idea of Michael Naughton's.  Vernon Isaac folds using
   flower cards, the printed cards sent w/ flower arrangements.  He had made an
   octahedron and a dodecahedron from cards w/ the same pattern.  The way they
   fit together reminded me of the cup and ball on a string.  I taught several
   people my 12 piece flower which I make by aligning the logos on the cards.
   I met Toby Schwartz, who is the queen of modular biz card folds.

The models referred to as dodecahedra were actually cuboctahedra with
dimpled faces.  Vernon's version is the one I taught last year and is
made from 12 cards.  Valerie Vann sent me a 4 piece version in the
mail a day or two before the convention.  I guess she and Tony
discovered it independently.  I have a lot more models than I've
taught.  There's already quite enough for a book.

        -- Jeannine





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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 18:39:16 -0300 (ADT)
From: unhinged@yrkpa.kias.com
Subject: Re: Penrose, Palmer, etc.

Set a fixed price and have everyone who wants it submit their intent.
Then draw lots randomly and figure out who gets it.  Sounds like the
fairest way to me.

> Re: the copies of OftC auctioned off at the convention
>       Carol was right - only one of the copies was auctioned,
> due to lack of demand!  Lucky boy Jerry Marciniak managed to get the
> remaining copy for a mere $45.  Quite  bargin!  I'm not sure what
> OUSA will be doing with the other copies that we still have.
> Perhaps we'll save them for next year's auction.  Or maybe we should
> auction them via email, as a benefit for OUSA?  Any suggestions?
>
> ----------------- Tom "back to my thesis" Hull
>                   hull@math.uri.edu





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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 19:10:08 -0300 (ADT)
From: jdharris@post.cis.smu.edu (Jerry D. Harris)
Subject: Back to Origami Stegosaurus!  8-(

Hi Everyone -

        Well, I just received my copy of Kawahata's _Origami Fantasy_, and,
I am sad to report, the origami "Stegosaurus" I invented and reported here
a few weeks ago is, as I had feared, very similar to Kawahata's.  There are
some differences:  for example, my model does not generate plates of
different sizes, as does Kawahata's.  My method of obtaining the plates is
somewhat more systematic and rhythmical than Kawahata's, though.  Also, the
generation process of the tail spikes on my model is simpler and more
anatomically accurate.  Generation of the legs in both models is very
similar, although mine is somewhat more free-form than Kawahata's.  Also,
my head is more anatomically accurate, although less detailed (no open
mouth or eyes, for example).  Anyway, I'm a bit crestfallen by this
discovery  8-( , although I'm no less proud of myself for having developed
the technique on my own.  Clearly, it's easier for creators of simpler
models to stumble upon similar models like this...I wonder what the
statistical odds are of such a complex model as this being simlutaneously
developed?

        Further, the closely related technique Kawahata has used in his
"Ankylosaurus" model is similar to what I was planning for a similar model,
although I have ideas to make mine substantially different and much more
anatomically accurate.  Also, in Kawahata's "Tyrannosaurus" model, I was
surprised to see the technique he used to generate teeth -- it's similar to
an idea that I thought up quite a while ago but never had successfully used
in a model.  I was very glad to see Kawahata use this technique -- it shows
that, at least, my own creative process is maturing along the lines of at
least one other advanced folder!  8-)

        Anyways, it looks like I'm going to be occupied for a good while
now folding the models in this book (much to the detriment of the studying
I ought to be doing)!  I would still be happy to send copies of my
"Stegosaurus" model to those who requested them earlier, although it's
something of a more moot point now...

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, 3 Jul 1996 19:28:44 -0300 (ADT)
From: unhinged@yrkpa.kias.com
Subject: Re: OUSA 96 Convention

To elaborate a bit on the biz card module progression:

I hounded Jeannine incessantly until she produced a box full of "new"
modulars Valeri Vann sent her.  I spent Sunday afternoon's classtime
pulling them apart and figuring out how they were made.  Mike Naughton
showed up at some point and reverse-engineered the cuboctahedron.  A
bunch of us sat around learning it from him.

:))))

Rob Hudson
unhingeD@yrkpa.kias.com





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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 19:38:28 -0300 (ADT)
From: Peter Mielke <psmielke@utcc.utoronto.ca>
Subject: Article in _Der Spiegel_

I just saw this yesterday in the library. To the Germans on the list,
please excuse the roughness of my translation; i hope i convey the meaning
of most of the article:

Found on pg. 187 of _Der Spiegel_ #26 24.6.96

                           Paperboat ahoi

Some smoke during their break while others read the newspaper, -- Peter
Koppen folds paperboats. For ober 10 years the Munich bus driver has folded
paper during the break at the end of his line; he estimates his total
production at 200,000 models. At home he arranges the paper boats to
geometric patterns, glues them and sells them as art. [one sentence i can't
quite translate talking about its artisic merit] Dentists and hotels have
paid up to 8000 Marks for an artwork and because he called his down to 6
millimeter boats "Microships", he has had requests for the Cebit computer
trade fair by computer companies. Koppen estimates his income is between
40,000 and 60,000 Marks. His next goal is already set: to take his
"Microships" to New York. "The world belongs to Microships, is just hasn't
noticed yet" says Koppen.

[there is picture of some of the boats and from what i can tell, they are
the very simple ones one learns as a child.]





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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 21:32:25 -0300 (ADT)
From: GURKEWITZ@WCSUB.CTSTATEU.EDU
Subject: OUSA convention and paper computer tape search

The convention was just wonderful. I attended some of the classes already
described and in addition I sat in on Rachel Katz's 'Teaching Tales'.
Rachel is really a master at combining origami and story telling and after
listening to her and Laura Kruskal, who teaches a rap with a dance along
with her folds, I'm going to try it.

Also took a class on the Jackstone, created by Jack Skillman and taught
by Scott Gold. I had done this a long time ago, forgotten it, and can't
find my copy of Harbin's book that it's in. This model is what might
popularly be called a stellated cube, meaning a cube with a four sided
pyramid on each face.

Rona
gurkewitz@wcsu.ctstateu.edu





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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 21:42:59 -0300 (ADT)
From: GURKEWITZ@WCSUB.CTSTATEU.EDU
Subject: want Lisa Hodsdon's email address

Lisa, please email me





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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 22:24:00 -0300 (ADT)
From: Rachel Katz <mandrk@pb.net>
Subject: Re: Fred Rohm and the convention

The first model I learned when I arrived at this year's convention
was his $stag. I was in McDonalds folding Montrolls $dinosur when an
elderly gentleman offered to teach it to me. His name was Tom (don't
know the last name.) He did rather well with it but I don't think I
could do it without the directions. Anyway this reminded me of a
story Lillian told about The Star of David of Fred's.

It seems that he originally created the star without a hole in the
center and Lillian (with a straight face) although wowed by this
excellent woven effect model, "Oh Fred, you've made a mistake. It's
supposed to have a hole in the center." Whereupon Fred went to work
and redesigned it completely and made his masterful creation.

He was at the first convention at Lillian's house that I ever
attended and if John Montroll had not been sitting next to me, I'd
probably never have come back.

Fred's creations were amazing but his teaching style went something
like this: As he grasped a rather small piece of paper in the air,
he'd say, "You fold this like this." His pudgy hand covered most of
the paper and sixty of us depended on each other to learn. But we all
did.

And the Conventions seem to get better and better each year!

Rachel Katz
Origami - it's not just for squares!





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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 22:51:34 -0300 (ADT)
From: DBSH47B@prodigy.com (MRS. JANET J HAMILTON)
Subject: Re: Patricia Crawford's full rigged ship

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

>   Is this a single sheet model or a modular?
>   -Gary-

It's from a single sheet, with the sails done in white and the ship in
color. There are several places where a layer gets color changed to
achive the effect, but it is impressive.

Janet Hamilton
dbsh47b@prodigy.com





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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 22:58:06 -0300 (ADT)
From: DBSH47B@prodigy.com (MRS. JANET J HAMILTON)
Subject: Re: ISBN #s needed

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

> I am looking for the isbn #s to *Playful Origami* and *Boxes Within
Boxes*
> by Tomoko Fuse. Can anyone help with this information? Thank you.

Playful Origami ISBN 4-900747-05-x

Boxes Within Boxes ISBN 4-480-87263-9

Both are available from OUSA's Origami Source.

Janet Hamilton
dbsh47b@prodigy.com





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Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 00:15:55 -0300 (ADT)
From: GURKEWITZ@WCSUB.CTSTATEU.EDU
Subject: RE: OUSA convention and paper computer tape search

I didn't finish the last message.

Heinz Strobl teaches these beautiful geometrics made from waxy computer
tape which he supplies in his class.

So... can anybody help find waxy computer tape?
Anyone have ideas on companies that produce, or used to produce this stuff?

I'm checking out a couple of computer centers and will let you know if I
find any paper tape.

Rona





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Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 10:15:22 -0300 (ADT)
From: fayeg@ix.netcom.com (Faye E. Goldman )
Subject: RE: OUSA convention and paper computer tape search

The tape that Heinz Stobl used was ticker-tape.  There is not much use
for that anymore.  I think ribbon (as in gift-wrap) will work.  I
bought some and will be trying to make the dodecahedron and more
complicated things.  I will update the list with my success (or
failure).
--
 Faye E. Goldman     (FayeG@ix.netcom.com)





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Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 12:21:09 -0300 (ADT)
From: VVOrigami@aol.com
Subject: Re: Pajarita = origami???

The "pajarita" also appears (along with many traditional models
from all over the world) in Eric Kenneway's "Complete Origami".
Any folders who don't have this book owe it to themselves to
get a copy.  It's become a "standard work", IMHO, along with
OFTC, etc.

I forget which bird specifically "pajarita" is usually taken to mean;
is it a pigeon? (California children learn a lot these common words in school
as
a result of all the place names. We have a Pajaro River, and a
complete list of all the San's and Santa's, including the three Magi,
plus Arroyo and Rancho this-n-that...)

Also: in one of Tomoko Fuse's collections of designs by others ("World
Origami"?), there is a Sonobe Cube module variation that uses color
reversing to make a module that when assembled into the typical
Sonobe Cube, has a "Pajarito" shape/tile on each face.

--valerie





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Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 14:10:06 -0300 (ADT)
From: rmoes@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (Rob Moes)
Subject: Re: OftC Auction

Jeannine writes:

>For OUSA to auction anything via email would be grossly unfair to the
>majority of OUSA members who do not have email.  They could be
>auctioned by regular mail, through an ad in The Paper.

I just don't see this as an issue of fairness--auctions are not a matter of
finding the most deserving soul.  Having a conventional auction is also
grossly unfair to the majority of OUSA members who didn't have vacation
time and travel arrangements to New York.  Email is as legitimate a method
as any other method of making a bid.

Would people really have been upset if someone had brought along a portable
computer and accepted e-mail bids on the day of the auction?  This could
have been considered and done very easily and painlessly.  Perhaps no one
thought of it.  I would have been happy knowing that an e-mail bid might
have netted OUSA double or triple the price.  Everyone in OUSA benefits
from optimal fund-raising.

I agree with the possibility of having regular mail, postmarked by a
certain date--the disadvantage is having to implement the plan in The Paper
literally months in advance and having the extra people-power to keep track
of everything.  Same with the  idea of telephone bids--not as easy as it
sounds.  Perhaps these ideas weren't logistically possible.  But someone
should have thought of email.

--Rob Moes





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Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 14:17:04 -0300 (ADT)
From: Edward Crankshaw <ejcranks@hiwaay.net>
Subject: Tomoko Fuse Books

Greetings All...

I just picked up a new Tomoko Fuse book titled JOYFUL ORIGAMI BOXES.
First published in March 1996 by Japan Publications and an ISBN
of 0-87040-974-3.

The cover states the Tomoko Fuse is the author of ORIGAMI BOXES, QUICK &
EASY ORIGAMI BOXES and UNIT ORIGAMI.

Happy Hunting.

Ed Crankshaw





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Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 14:26:33 -0300 (ADT)
From: James_Sakoda@Brown.edu (James Minoru Sakoda)
Subject: Re: Adobe Acrobat clarification at convention

>At 09:43 AM 7/3/96 -0300, James M. Sakoda wrote:
>
>>I was elated to hear this since most problems were solved by the producer
>>of the file paying for a copy of Adobe's Acrobat, but the receiver of
>>messages able to read and print it free of charge.
>
>My $0.02 comments:
>= CON's =
>The major disadvantage using pdf is its non-free driver for pdf document
>generation. I know the price is getting down. ($1xx.xx?? still beyond my
>budget!)
>Pdf format does no improvement on bitmap document/graph (such as hand-drawn
>diagram, scanned photo's, or any bitmap file) in either memory or quality.
>
>How about making diagrams all pdf? Not many people can master/afford
>computer drawing well enough to generate vector based format. A long way to
>unify graphic format!
>
>= PRO's =
>+ Breaking news:
>Check out  Aladdin Ghostscript
>http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/coming.html
>Version 4.0 does PDF writing (PS to PDF!)- I got to download it NOW!
>
>+
>This one may be good for Chinese/Japanese readers:
>PDF can preserve not only Western single-byte True type font but also
>Oriental double-byte True type fonts. You can preserve big beautiful
>Chinese/Kanji in pdf document.  I have tested once for a single Chinese
>document in both ps and pdf formats. It turns out file size of pdf formats
>is only 1/3 of ps formatted document.
>
>Back to FOLD!
>
>|-------------------------------------------------------\
>|  _  Sy Chen <chens@iia.org or sychen@enh.nist.gov>    |\
>| |_| Folding Page http://www.iia.org/~chens/pprfld.htm --\
>|---------------------------------------------------------|
I appreciate Shi-Yew Chen's thoughtful response to my discovery by talking
to Alex Barber at the OUSA convention that Adobe provided a reader as well
as a version of its Adobe Text Manager which could be downloaded for free
by the recipients.  This ieaves the problem of paying for Adobe's Acrobat
Exchange, which is listed in one catalogue as $129, which may be beyond
some.  As a matter of fact those desiring to move from text exchange only
to adding graphics requires more memory, a faster modem, and a means of
creating graphics for transmission.  It must be expected not everyone will
be able or willing to become a producer of graphics, which is not unlike
everyone not being creators of new designs for origami.  I was unaware that
producing line drawing would be considered a difficult task, but then I
have been at it for some time.   I now use Canvas, which is loaded with
features which are useful, such as creating dot-dash lines, choice of
shadings, ability to draw curves.  Others use Freehand, which is more
expensive.  Those who want to do freehand drawing can do so by buying a
scanner, but that would not get you line drawings, which are more
economical to store and transmit.  I use Ready Set Go as a page layout
program, and it has convenient features for setting up text columns and
embedding graphs within the page, with text flowing around them.  It has a
set of simple graphical tools, circle, squares, lines, polygons which can
be used for very simple illustrations of folding procedures.  It can also
import scanned pictures.  By the way, it is possible to take pictures of
origami with a scanner by laying in on or suspending it above the scanner.
It is apparent that producers of graphs must be prepared to buy some
equipment and software.  What we need is a means of transmitting pictures,
line drawings and text at a relatively low cost in storage and
transmission, and preferably one which can be agreed upon so that we don't
end up with readers needing to deal with many different formats.  My hope
is that there will be a version of Netscape, which can be enhanced by
writing little programs in JAVA, which will meet our needs.  This means
E-mail transmitted with attached graphic files, which produces and readers
will be happy with.  At the present time PDF (portable document format)
seems to be the most promising.
        I was glad to hear that Alladin Ghostscript 4 is capable of
changing Postscript to PDF.  When I move illustrations into Ready Set Go,
sometimes I find it necessary to use postscript, and I would prefer not to
have to pay close to $500 for Acrobat Pro, which provides a translator
called Distiller.  I tried looking for it on WWW, but I could not reach it
through my server--onlyi version 2. Hopefully it will appear soon.  James
M. Sakoda





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Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 15:03:41 -0300 (ADT)
From: CThackeray@aol.com
Subject: Inter-Active CD

I've just ordered QuarkImmedia, Quarks new multimedia authoring software.
Looking for someone to co-produce an inter-active Origami CD (with video).
Anyone interested? e-mail: CThackeray@AOL.com





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Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 18:58:00 -0300 (ADT)
From: Marcia Mau <marcia.mau@pressroom.com>
Subject: Oops!

Sorry about confusing the cubeoctahedron w/ a dodecahedron.  Since the
Butterfly Ball is one of my favorite models, I should have known better.
Jeannine, should the 4 piece cubeoctahedron be attributed to Valerie Vann
instead of Michael Naughton?  It was interesting to learn than US biz cards
are standardized at 2x3.5" and other countries have no standard size,
despite using the silver rectangle for other sizes of paper.

I was so tired from the Convention that last night at Capital Folders I
couldn't teach my own 12 piece flower star made from biz cards.  Since I was
a houseguest on the living room sofa in NYC, I was the last to go to sleep
and the first to get up.

I forgot to mention my favorite model from the convention and annual
collection - Florence Temko's TicTacToe board w/ waterbomb game pieces.  I'm
looking for plaid paper to fold another one.  I hope the bolder lines will
line up w/ vertical and horizontal grids.

Marcia Mau
marcia.mau@pressroom.com





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Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 19:39:25 -0300 (ADT)
From: Alex Barber <barber@nol.net>
Subject: Offer for scanning and Acrobat generation

The traffic on the con has been great so far, and I will add some of my own
in the next day or so to this list and to my web site.

In the meantime, James Sakoda's comments on our discussion about Acrobat
made me want to reiterate the following offer that I have posted here
before:

If you diagram models on the computer and would like to share them with the
net community, I would be happy to convert your files to Acrobat format for
you and post them on my site for everyone.

File format submissions: I can take just about everything that's generated
on a Mac in native format. Send me the file via email or mail, along with
the fonts you used. If you generate your files on PC or Unix, send me email
first - I might have something that can read your work. If not, just send
me Postscript files with the fonts embedded in them. Acrobat Distiller is
built to make Postscript into PDF files.

-----------

I also have another offer for diagrammers:

For those Luddites ;) that prefer diagramming by hand, I can also help you
reach the net community. If you mail me a clean, clear copy of your
diagram, I can scan the instructions and post those as bitmaps on my site.

-----------

My physical address:
7447 Brompton Ct
Houston, TX 77025

Alex Barber

barber@nol.net | http://www.nol.net/~barber
                 http://www.printnet.com/abarber/barber.html

I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or
numbered.  My life is my own.





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Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 20:42:05 -0300 (ADT)
From: "MARGARET M. BARBER" <mbarber@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu>
Subject: Re: OUSA convention

I also had a wonderful time at the convention.  I think the best part was
the after-hours folding -- there were so many classes I had wanted to
attend, but couldn't because they conflicted with something I wanted to
take...  People were wonderful about sharing how some of the models were
done.   I would like to ask your assistance in finding two models,
though.  I did get someone to show me how to do the apple, and
unfortunately can't remember what gets folded to what to begin with --
Does anyone know where this model is published?  (I'm not so hot with
reverse-engineering)  Also, I learned the Pig with Wings -- are there
published diagrams for this?

I arrived home carrying my copy of Kawahata's _Origami Fantasy_ only to
find a package from Sasuga containing the same book.  Is there anyone out
there who does not have a copy and would like to get one?  If so, please
e-mail me directly.  I paid $45.00 for it.

Thanks in advance...
Peg Barber
mbarber@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu





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Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 23:27:29 -0300 (ADT)
From: James_Sakoda@Brown.edu (James Minoru Sakoda)
Subject: RE: OUSA convention and paper computer tape search

>I didn't finish the last message.
>
>Heinz Strobl teaches these beautiful geometrics made from waxy computer
>tape which he supplies in his class.
>
>So... can anybody help find waxy computer tape?
>Anyone have ideas on companies that produce, or used to produce this stuff?
>
>I'm checking out a couple of computer centers and will let you know if I
>find any paper tape.
>
>Rona
I have played around recently with knot origami after reading Strobl's
article that a friend sent me.  I tried cutting foil paper one inch wide
and folded them in half and glued together lengths of them as needed.  It
is difficult to get the cuts straight.  My wife gave me a paper shredder
for Xmas, and I found that I could cut tons of paper 1/4 inch wide.  I
figure that it is possible to glue foil paper together first and then run
lengths as long as needed through the shredder.  The tape is a little short
on width, but great for practice and making miniatures.  I have found a way
of folding knots and connecting them together with a gap between them to
allow them to lie flat when butted together into a pentagon with a hole in
the center, for example.  Six pentagons can then be tied together to make a
bowl, and tie two bowls together to make a dodecahedron.  Part of the trick
is in learning how to tie two units together.  James M. Sakoda





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Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 01:28:24 -0300 (ADT)
From: Bren Riesinger <fascfold@fascinating-folds.com>
Subject: Joyful Origami - Fuse

Greetings all -

I just received my advance copy of "Joyful Origami Boxes" by Tomoko Fuse.  I
haven't updated the website yet, but will very soon! The Item # will be 2229
and the price is $16.00.  You might want to wait a couple of days though
because I really need to update the website and add other new items, too.
(Including John Montroll's "Favorite Animals in Origami" and several books
by Campbell Morris.  Should have everything updated by the end of the weekend.

Had a super time at the Origami USA convention!  It was really great to meet
everyone and I can't wait until next year!

Happy folding -
Bren
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - -
Fascinating Folds
Rediscover the ancient craft of Origami, Japanese paper-folding, with
our extensive line of Origami papers and books.
http://www.fascinating-folds.com/paper





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Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 10:57:38 -0300 (ADT)
From: unhinged@yrkpa.kias.com
Subject: Re: OUSA convention

I have a fulll set of diagrams for the apple... send a SASE to:

Robert Hudson
2760 Clearview Road
york, PA 17402

On Thu, 4 Jul 1996, MARGARET M. BARBER wrote:

> I also had a wonderful time at the convention.  I think the best part was
> the after-hours folding -- there were so many classes I had wanted to
> attend, but couldn't because they conflicted with something I wanted to
> take...  People were wonderful about sharing how some of the models were
> done.   I would like to ask your assistance in finding two models,
> though.  I did get someone to show me how to do the apple, and
> unfortunately can't remember what gets folded to what to begin with --
> Does anyone know where this model is published?  (I'm not so hot with
> reverse-engineering)  Also, I learned the Pig with Wings -- are there
> published diagrams for this?
>
> I arrived home carrying my copy of Kawahata's _Origami Fantasy_ only to
> find a package from Sasuga containing the same book.  Is there anyone out
> there who does not have a copy and would like to get one?  If so, please
> e-mail me directly.  I paid $45.00 for it.
>
> Thanks in advance...
> Peg Barber
> mbarber@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu





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Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 11:02:55 -0300 (ADT)
From: unhinged@yrkpa.kias.com
Subject: New web site update!

I spent several hours yesterday uploading and scanning pics from
convention and updateing my Golden Venture portion of my page.  check
them out at:
http://members.aol.com/nebaman

Let me know what you think!





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Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 11:38:01 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Lauinger,p15" <Lauinger@06.bonn02.TELEKOM400.dbp.de>
Subject: 3dimensional paper doll

#Mail.D# 2.00
49

Anlage(n):  0

Hi Stephen,
I think your 3dimensional paper doll is calles shimotsuke
ningyo. Ningyo means doll. Perhaps qour doll is made
completly by paper. Some years ago I made these dolls by
myself. I'll send you the title and the ISBN.
Bye for now
Dorisris





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Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 13:44:10 -0300 (ADT)
From: Gretchen Klotz <gren@agora.rdrop.com>
Subject: Re: New Origami: Hina & Ningyo

Kathryn Burlingham, who is on a brief hiatus from the list, folded a pair
of these for me and my partner.  I put a photo of them on my new origami
web page.  Check them out at:

        http://www.ogi.edu/~gren/other-origami.html

She did the backs differently: "mine" has pleats, while "Don's" is flat.
I love the layers and different textures of the paper -- she used some
beautiful chiyogami for the kimonos, and plain kami for the underneath
parts (people and other "clothes").  They're very 3 dimensional, which
doesn't show up as well as I'd like in the photos.  Anyhow, great folding
(and cutting)!

- Gretchen

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Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 13:50:58 -0300 (ADT)
From: Gretchen Klotz <gren@agora.rdrop.com>
Subject: Re: Tomoko Fuse Books

On Thu, 4 Jul 1996, Edward Crankshaw wrote:

> I just picked up a new Tomoko Fuse book titled JOYFUL ORIGAMI BOXES.
> First published in March 1996 by Japan Publications and an ISBN
> of 0-87040-974-3.

And it has several variations on seven-sided boxes!!!

- Gretchen, waiting to buy it until I've paid off her Japanese book I just
bought for its heptagonal boxes

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