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Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 22:10:55 -0300 (ADT)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: Re: A Thousand Cranes

On Thu, 18 Jul 1996 DLister891@aol.com wrote:

> I do not recall myself having said that garlands of cranes are hung in
> shrines and temples as altar gifts. This has never been my impression. They
> are part of popular culture and not of religious culture. Admittedly the line
> between the popular and the religious is very blurred, but still not very
> blurred when it comes to cranes.
> ...
> During my visit to Japan, two years ago, I do not recall seeing a crane at a
> shrine or temple. In fact I didn't see any decorative use of paper at
> Buddhist temples. All I can recall at the temples is calligraphers, who spent
> their time writing texts in exquisite characters on sheets of white  paper
> for those who wished to  buy them.

Roaming through the temple district in Bunkyo-ku during my recent trip to
Tokyo (yes, the Tanteidan convention report will come!), I saw cranes at
several of the temples, hanging just inside the main entrance gate to the
temple grounds. It seemed fairly evident that the cranes were never burned
as offerings, as some of these garlands of cranes had been badly bleached
by exposure to sun and air.

> As to paper grave goods, these belong more to Chinese than to Japanese
> culture. In ancient times  actual possessions, often of great material value,
> were buried with a person who had died.  Sometimes this extended to his
> living wives and servants. It was an expensive process and soon substitute
> effigies and clay models of real items of value were substituted. Paper
> household goods and paper imitations of real paper money came later. This
> again, as I understand it, is an aspect of popular culture, not of official
> relgious culture.

I can't speak for the Chinese in China where such events as the Cultural
Revolution have changed many aspects of traditional Chinese culture.
However, in places like Hong Kong, funery(sp?) offerings are still being
made. The Hong Kong Chinese are highly syncretistic, incorporating the
aspects of various belief systems into their own. Funery offerings, if I
remember correctly, is usually associated with Taoist belief. When I was in
Hong Kong this past Christmas, I noticed that there are still many funery
offering shops in existence.

Joseph Wu                     | There are no ordinary people. You have never
origami@planet.datt.co.jp     | talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures,
                              | arts, civilisations--these are mortal....
Webmaster of the Origami Page | But it is immortals whom we joke with, work
http://www.datt.co.jp/Origami | with, marry, snub, and exploit....
                              | --C.S. Lewis, "The Weight of Glory"





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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 00:48:38 -0300 (ADT)
From: Rachel Katz <mandrk@pb.net>
Subject: Re: LIFE

Anyone interested in LIFE (Long Island Folding Enthusiasts) can
contact me here or by e-mail. We meet monthly and have a Fold Fest in
Plainview on August 18th. Any folder is welcome-no fee or
registration required.

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





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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 08:14:54 -0300 (ADT)
From: DLister891@aol.com
Subject: One Thousand Cranes.

One or two further gleanings about Cranes.

1.     I have been looking at Sue Parker's Cranes Page, and she reminds me
that  in Japan, the folding of a thousand cranes is supposed to confer a
wish, in the sense of a specific wish and not just a general wish for good
fortune. So, Sadako wished to be made better. This is a somewhat different
facet from the other aspects of crane symbolism.

2.     Sue's subsidiary page on Cranes for Peace forcefully shows how the
Peace Movement has taken over the symbol of the Crane and made it its own.

3.     In his "Complete Origami", page 155, under the heading "Sembazuru"
(thousand cranes), Eric Kenneway  writes: "Two of the oldest-known Japanese
origami books have both dealt exclusively with one and the same subject: how
to fold the  crane.

      One of these must be "Senbzuru Orikata", a printed book which was
published in 1797. But what was the other one? I suspect that Eric was
confusing two reports of the same book, but I could be wrong, and if anyone
knows of a second book, please let me know. It cannot be "Kayaragusa", also
known as "Kan no mado", because that book, contains only one crane, which is
quite different from the classic crane.

     Incidentally, in Roman letters the Japanese word for crane is variously
spelt "sembzuru" or "senbazuru", probably because the Japanese sound
represented by the "m" or the "n" sounds indeterminate to western ears. I
have always used "senbazuru", but presumably neither spelling can be said to
be  "correct".

4.   Gretchen Klotz (17th July) points out that cranes mate for life, so that
they have become, (in additionto everything else), a symbol of fidelity. They
are, therefore, doubly appropriate for a wedding. In the olden days, before
The Japanese Cranes became rare, it is said that if one of a pair of cranes
was ill or weak and unable to undertake migration, its mate would not leave
its side, but would remain, even to the extent of sharing death by starvation
as food supplies dwindled. The local people had great affection for the
cranes and used to leave out food supplies for them until the sick cane was
fit enough to fly away.

5.    Our European Crane is a somewhat poor cousin of the Japanese Crane and
the American Whooping crane, having grey plumage. Many centuries ago it used
to breed in Eastern England, but eventually, perhaps because of change of
habitat, it ceased to breed here, though occasional birds would reach us.
Now, however, we have the happy news that one or two pairs have started to
breed again in East Angla. Just where, is kept a close secret.

6   A truly beautiful book abut the Japanese Crane is "The JapaneseCrane,
Bird of Happiness" by .Brittton and T.Hayashida", published by Kodensha
international in 1981. (ISBN 4-7700-0970-4). The coloured photographs are
marvellous , and along with a description of the cranes and an account of
their lives, there is a fair amount of material on crane symbolism. If it is
still in print, I urge everyone to buy a copy.

7    I am glad that Joseph Wu has put me right about paper cranes being
dispayed at temples (presumably Buddhist temples and not Shinto shrines). It
would be very interesting to know how this has come about. Is it a long
tradition or only a recent one. Is it an extension of the |Peace Cranes idea.
(The idea of Peace is very prominent in Buddhism). Are the cranes put there
by the monks or are they left by ordinary people? (Perhaps this is why they
are just inside the gates.) If they are just left there by visitors to the
temple, it would explain why the cranes become so weather-beaten. And  what
is in the thoughts of the people who leave them there. Is it a prayer for
peace, or just for general good fortune? Of course, it may be an established
custom of the Buddhist monks, but It still seems to me a popular and not a
traditional religious usage, just like the pieces of paper containing
fortunes, which people buy at a Shinto shrine and then, if the forecast is
unfavourable,  tie to a tree in the hope that the misfortune will wither as
the piece of pape disintegrates. I should like to know more.

8.    Crane symbolism is by no means restricted to Japan. An important
instance in European mythology is the Crane Dance which Ariadne danced after
she had helped Theseus to escape from the Minotaur in the Cretan Labyrinth.
The cranes do dance in their courtship displays and their dance includes a
characteristic sort of limping walk that is copied in some European folk
dances. The symbolism of the "limp" has been elaborated in folklore  in
various ways. See "The White Goddess" by Robert Graves (Of "I, Claudius"
fame) for and account of this and other cane symbolism in Europe.

I've travelled a long way from paperfolding. I apologise, but linkages
between widely scattered areas of knowledge are one of the pleasures of life.

David Lister.

Grimsby, England.

DLister891@AOL.com  .





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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 08:26:37 -0300 (ADT)
From: mym@fuwutai.att.com
Subject: Re: LIFE

Bob

look for the listings of groups in OUSA's PAPER. There should be contact info
in the news letter.

Mark





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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 13:37:06 -0300 (ADT)
From: Yusri Johan <gs01yyj@panther.Gsu.EDU>
Subject: Second Southeastern Origami Festival

Hi all,
        With the permission of Jonathan Baxter, I have uploaded the
information of the Second Southeastern Origami Festival to my web page.
You can access it through my origami page or directly using this url:

http://www.dc.peachnet.edu/~yjohan/seof/

If you didn't go to the OUSA Convention last June, make a plan to come to
this festival.

Later,
Yusri





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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 16:13:25 -0300 (ADT)
From: DLister891@aol.com
Subject: Re: string figures

Origami-L                          19th July 1996

Re String Figures.

Julie asks if there is any connection between Origami and Bobbin Lace.

Apart from the general sharing of principles of design, I do not think there
is much connection. Bobbin Lace may have aspects of mathematics in its
designs, but it does not appear to me to be a very mathermatical craft. On
the other hand Origami works closely in the shadow of geometry.

The main distinction is that Bobbin Lace is open-ended, whereas Origami is
closed. At any stage, the Bobbin Lace maker can change the pattern and go off
at a tangent. This is not open to the paperfolder. He cannot escape the
confines of his sheet of paper and the constraints that his initial fold
pattern and every subsequent fold imposes on his creation.

Compare Bobbin Lace with String Figures. With String Figures, there is only
one piece of string and, moreover, it is in a closed loop. As in
paperfolding, the initial moves in making the design impose constraints upon
what is possible and as each further move is made, the constraints increase.

However, this does not apply with Bobbin Lace. I admit that I am not and
expert, but I think the process is more like knitting, crochet, macrame or
tatting where the pattern grows and can change. In knitting, for instance, a
section of Plain may be followed by several rows of Purl or Ribbing or an
infinity of complex patterns limited only by the imginationation of the
knitter.

About the only constraint of this kind in Bobbin Lace is the number of
strands(each attached to a bobbin) being woven together, and even then I
imagine that in some techniques strands can be added or taken away.

Origami and String Figures are, in short, constrained art-forms, which have
to be devised within artistic strait-jacets,while Boobbin Lace is much more
of a free art form, though not as free as (say) clay modelling, which is
entirely plastic.

What do others think?

David Lister

DLister891@AOL.com





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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 18:50:28 -0300 (ADT)
From: Marcia Mau <marcia.mau@pressroom.com>
Subject: 1000 cranes

Spirit and Symbol The Japanese New Year by The Honolulu Academy of Arts
(ISBN 0-937426-25-3) has two references to cranes.

One is a photo of strands of 1,000 cranes at Azumamaro Shrine in Kyoto.  The
caption on pg 20 says Each of the colorful folded-paper offerings on the
strands of 'thousand cranes,' senbazuru, signify petitions for protection
and asistance.

On pg 36, there is a picture of a kite by the Takahashi family with the
caption The two priestly families of the Grand Shrine of Isumo flew kites
made in the shape of the character tsuru, crane, to celebrate childbirth.
The crane is believed to live for 1,000 years and hence is a symbol of
longevity.

Marcia





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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 21:30:09 -0300 (ADT)
From: Dexteron2@aol.com
Subject: Enterprise

I just completed Mike K's starship Enterprise model (first try!).  This was
no easy task, as Mike's diagrams reminded me of a childish scribbling...
seriously, though, Mike, you should convert that one to a computer
illustrated set of diagrams (after all, it is the 90's), which is not to say
that I didn't appreciate the .GIF images... I already have a GIF viewer.
 Many thanks to you, Mike, for your challenging and beautiful model!

-Hammer Down-





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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 23:35:58 -0300 (ADT)
From: Ramrod <RWhite3671@gnn.com>
Subject: Book Suggestions

Does anyone have any suggestions on good origami books?
I have all of John Montroll's books and I really enjoy these type
of models. I've just ordered a book titled "Origami Fantasy" by
Kawahata, is this a good book? I enjoy the more complex type of
models. How about a book titled "Mystical Beings" by Ansill? Any
suggestions e-mail me at RWhite3671@gnn.com, Thanks.

>Date:  Fri, 19 Jul 1996 18:50:34 -0300 (ADT)
>From:  Marcia Mau <marcia.mau@pressroom.com>
>Sender:        origami-l@nstn.ca
>To:    Multiple recipients of list <origami-l@nstn.ca>
>Subject:       1000 cranes
>
>Spirit and Symbol The Japanese New Year by The Honolulu Academy of
Arts
>(ISBN 0-937426-25-3) has two references to cranes.
>
>One is a photo of strands of 1,000 cranes at Azumamaro Shrine in
Kyoto.
> The
>caption on pg 20 says Each of the colorful folded-paper offerings
on the
>strands of 'thousand cranes,' senbazuru, signify petitions for
protection
>and asistance.
>
>On pg 36, there is a picture of a kite by the Takahashi family
with the
>caption The two priestly families of the Grand Shrine of Isumo
flew kites
>made in the shape of the character tsuru, crane, to celebrate
childbirth.
>The crane is believed to live for 1,000 years and hence is a
symbol of
>longevity.
>
>Marcia





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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 14:04:53 -0300 (ADT)
From: chall@scsn.net (Carol Hall)
Subject: Re: string figures

>
>
>Origami-L                          19th July 1996
>
>Re String Figures.
>
>Julie asks if there is any connection between Origami and Bobbin Lace.
>
>Apart from the general sharing of principles of design, I do not think there
>is much connection. Bobbin Lace may have aspects of mathematics in its
>designs, but it does not appear to me to be a very mathermatical craft. On
>the other hand Origami works closely in the shadow of geometry.
..

The more I work in various forms of crafts and arts, the more I see them as
all the same.  Granted, I am taking a very broad view, but as an example:
back-coating for origami is not really any different from papier mache,
which is very close to collage, which is very close to mosaic, which is
close to other forms of representational art, and so forth.

I think David Lister's point about closed v. open processes is a good way to
narrow things down, but for myself, the broad view is much more comfortable.

Carol Hall
chall@scsn.net





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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 22:51:19 -0300 (ADT)
From: JENEVOLD@aol.com
Subject: Re: String Figures

David writes:

<<Origami and String Figures are, in short, constrained art-forms, which have
to be devised within artistic strait-jacets,while Boobbin Lace is much more
of a free art form, though not as free as (say) clay modelling, which is
entirely plastic.>>

I agree that string figures and origami are more constrained arts than bobbin
lace; part of their charm is the challenge of the limit (like haiku, or
sonnets).

But I do observe that a great deal of my pleasure in executing both bobbin
lace and origami is in the constant geometrical exercise in both.
(Geometrical thinking helps even in the execution of the lace, not just the
designing.)

I find I tend to shy away from the elaborate animal and bird origami,
particularly when it requires judgement in the placing of folds, and love the
regular modulars. Similarly, I prefer bobbin lacing to tatting, crochet, or
knitting. Perhaps it is a failure to appreciate the more subtle geometries.

Julie





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Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 23:07:26 -0300 (ADT)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: Re: Broad view of crafts (was Re: string figures)

On Sat, 20 Jul 1996, Carol Hall wrote:

> The more I work in various forms of crafts and arts, the more I see them as
> all the same.  Granted, I am taking a very broad view, but as an example:
> back-coating for origami is not really any different from papier mache,
> which is very close to collage, which is very close to mosaic, which is
> close to other forms of representational art, and so forth.

That's pretty broad, all right! Other than the fact that both back-coating
and papier mache use paper and paste (so does wallpapering, for that
matter), I fail to see how they are "not really any different". Not to
mention the extention to collage and then to mosaic... I'd argue that
modular origami have more in common with collage and mosaic than does
back-coating.

          Joseph Wu           | There are no ordinary people. You have never
  origami@planet.datt.co.jp   | talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures,
 Webmaster, the Origami Page  | arts, civilisations--these are mortal....
http://www.datt.co.jp/Origami | But it is immortals whom we joke with, work
  Webmaster, DATT Japan Inc.  | with, marry, snub, and exploit....
    http://www.datt.co.jp     | --C.S. Lewis, "The Weight of Glory"





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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 10:22:24 -0300 (ADT)
From: Ramrod <RWhite3671@gnn.com>
Subject: Herman von Goubergen

Does anyone have or know where I can get the diagrams for Herman
von Goubergen's models of "man reading paper" and "lizard and fly
on wall". Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
RWhite3671@gnn.com
Fax: 770-919-5908





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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 10:31:06 -0300 (ADT)
From: contract@nyc.pipeline.com (Contractors Exchange)
Subject: New diagrams at archives

I just wanted to let everyone here know I just put some new diagrams at the
ftp.rug.nl archives. They are now in the incoming directory. The names are
slady1.gif and slady2.gif. These are low resolution files of my Simple
Ladybug. Enjoy. Marc





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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 12:08:25 -0300 (ADT)
From: chall@scsn.net (Carol Hall)
Subject: Re: One Thousand Cranes.

>I've travelled a long way from paperfolding. I apologise, but linkages
>between widely scattered areas of knowledge are one of the pleasures of life.
>
>David Lister.
>

There is nothing more wonderful than embracing those linkages!  Everything
(and everyone) is connected on this planet of ours.

Carol Hall
chall@scsn.net





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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 13:32:42 -0300 (ADT)
From: DORIGAMI@aol.com
Subject: Re: Lego 3

Doris....how could we get this Lego pattern that you mention.  Can you
describe the model.  Is it just little rectangular boxes or is there some way
to fit them together.  Could you verbalize a description of it for us.  Who
invented this model.  Dorigami





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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 15:04:09 -0300 (ADT)
From: TrekDBob@aol.com
Subject: Re: Book Suggestions

Ramrod - (and others)

No offense to Jan Ansill, but I don't care much for the diagramming in his
"Mythical Beings" book - there are several models in the book that seem to
have mistakes in them, making for a frustrating folding session. I've figured
out a couple, but there are still a couple that have me buffaloed - I just
can't get the paper to do what the diagrams SAYS I should do with it... and I
haven't figured out what I CAN do with it. There are some satisfying models
in the book though, just be prepared if you do purchase it that there are a
few problems...

Dee





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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 18:16:29 -0300 (ADT)
From: jdharris@post.cis.smu.edu (Jerry D. Harris)
Subject: Re: Book Suggestions

>No offense to Jan Ansill, but I don't care much for the diagramming in his
>"Mythical Beings" book - there are several models in the book that seem to
>have mistakes in them, making for a frustrating folding session. I've figured
>out a couple, but there are still a couple that have me buffaloed - I just
>can't get the paper to do what the diagrams SAYS I should do with it... and I
>haven't figured out what I CAN do with it. There are some satisfying models
>in the book though, just be prepared if you do purchase it that there are a
>few problems...

        The book has significant problems which, Jay once told me, probably
stem from the diagrammer being a person unfamiliar with origami.  8-(  I've
managed to muddle my way through just about every model in the book, so
they are at least possible.  I can't speak for anyone else, but I know that
the diagrams in there for my "Gargoyle" were traced directly from my own
diagrams, but the symbols, lines, and verbal instructions added later have
a number of inaccuracies...ah, well, the model need some work anyway, to
make it look more like a stone gargoyle, something I may work on someday.

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)
                                    .    .
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                         .---_'''/:::::\''/:::\----.
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Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 03:27:27 -0300 (ADT)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: Origami one-liner

Found this on a friend's humour page:

If a university had a Department of Origami, would its head be referred to
as a folding chair?

          Joseph Wu           | There are no ordinary people. You have never
  origami@planet.datt.co.jp   | talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures,
 Webmaster, the Origami Page  | arts, civilisations--these are mortal....
http://www.datt.co.jp/Origami | But it is immortals whom we joke with, work
  Webmaster, DATT Japan Inc.  | with, marry, snub, and exploit....
    http://www.datt.co.jp     | --C.S. Lewis, "The Weight of Glory"





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Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 15:32:22 -0300 (ADT)
From: John Smith <jon.pure@paston.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Herman von Goubergen

At 10:22 22/07/96 -0300, you wrote:
>Does anyone have or know where I can get the diagrams for Herman
>von Goubergen's models of "man reading paper" and "lizard and fly
>on wall". Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
>RWhite3671@gnn.com
>Fax: 770-919-5908
>

The man reading  a paper is in BOS magazine no. 160

The Gecko on a wall is in de Falter no. 14.

hope this helps John.
John Smith
Norwich
England
e-mail  jon.pure@paston.co.uk





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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 12:26:47 -0300 (ADT)
From: Mark Morden <marmonk@eskimo.com>
Subject: August Meeting for Seattle's PAPER

The next meeting for Seattle's PAPER (Puget Area Paperfolding Enthusiasts
Roundtable) is Sunday, August 11 at the University Heights Community Center,
5031 University Way NE.  We have room 110 from 1-3 pm.  Among planned
activities: Gretchen Klotz, from Portland, will be in town to teach us a
Tomoko Fuse box and Phil will teach us "When Pigs Grow Wings and Fly."
Bring any and all friends and relatives and join us to fold with PAPER.

If you are a beginner or intermediate folder, there is an "Origami Workshop"
scheduled in August in Federal Way.  It will be Thursday, August 8 from
7-8:30 pm at the King County Library in Federal Way.  The address is 824
320th.  Take I-5 to the 320th exit and head west.  This is the same exit as
SeaTac Mall.  Head past the mall and you will find the library.

Mark

Mark Morden == marmonk@mail.eskimo.com
http://www.eskimo.com/~marmonk/
--------------------------------------------------------
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not because I see it but by it I see all else.
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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 18:15:05 -0300 (ADT)
From: TrekDBob@aol.com
Subject: hello?

Hi friends -

I don't know whether you all have been trying to reach me or not - some of
you I have addresses for and some I don't... sorry (and sorry to the rest of
you for broadcasting this message... ) anyway - I don't have the same address
anymore (long sad story -- sniff sniff)...

Please make note of the new address for Dee Lynch in Denver, Colorado, it is:
        TrekDBob@aol.com

So - have you all been watching the Olympics or something? It has been SO
QUIET on the list - I thought at first I had been bumped, but I have gotten a
message saying I am still subscribed... am I not getting stuff through aol?

Take care - hope to be talking to you soon!

Dee





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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 02:51:46 -0300 (ADT)
From: Bren Riesinger <fascfold@fascinating-folds.com>
Subject: David Petty's Email Address

Greetings -

I need to send an email to David and, though I've looked "high and low" -
can't seem to find it anywhere.  Can anyone help?

Thank you!
Bren
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 03:20:53 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jansill@aol.com
Subject: Re: ORIGAMI-L digest 413

No offence taken! (Although I'd rather be called Jay than Jan!) The entire
process of doing both of my books was extremely frustrating and left me
feeling used and unapreciated.

No, wait. Correction: Dealing with the artists themselves was great! I got to
see some great work and everyone I dealt with who contributed was helpful and
generous. The highlight for me I think was suggesting casually over the phone
to Robert Lang that he create a Three headed dog and the Hindu God Shiva. A
few weeks later I got a package containing Both!!

But as far as the company who did them, (Running Heads, who sold them to
HarperCollins in the US and Cassell in the UK) it was horrible! without going
into great detail, I'll say that the biggest problem was that because it took
so long for them to pay me and the diagrammer, (Over seven months in one
case!) he refused to turn over the manuscript, and by the time it got worked
out, it was too late to make any corrections, and there were several that
were sorely needed! To them, the look of the book is more important than
little details like readability.

I may regret offering this, but, if anyone needs any help with specific
diagrams in the books, I will TRY to answer the questions as best I can.
(Otherwise, I'll forward them to Jerry Harris!!!)

As ever,

Jay Ansill





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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 07:12:40 -0300 (ADT)
From: "C:WINSOCKKA9QSPOOLMAIL" <nick@homelink.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: David Petty's Email Address

fascfold@fascinating-folds.com writes:

> I need to send an email to David and, though I've looked "high and low" -
> can't seem to find it anywhere.  Can anyone help?

I can, he isn't on-line!  Sorry.....

cheers!

Nick Robinson

nick@homelink.demon.co.uk





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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 10:02:49 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Shi-Yew Chen (a.k.a. Sy)" <sychen@leatherback.nist.gov>
Subject: Looking for folding instructions for a specific item

Hello,

I just got one request mail which I don't know the answer. Can anyone help
him and his daugher? You may mail him privately or post it to this group. I
would love to know this model as well. TIA.

Here is the forwarded mail:

>Return-Path: <adan@jennrich.com>
>Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 02:34:06 -0700
>From: Arthur Dan <adan@globalcon.com>
>To: chens@iia.org
>Subject: Looking for folding instructions for a specific item
>X-URL: http://roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~sychen/origami/pprfld.htm
>
>My daughter is very adept in Origami.  I am looking for the instructions
>on how to fold a Japanese wedding couple in full kimono garb.  I have
>seen samples of these and would like to have a set for myself.  If you
>could direct me to where I may find instructions, I would appreciate this
>very much.
>
>Thanks
>
>

==============================================

|--------------------------------------------------------------------\
|  _  Shi-Yew Chen (a.k.a. Sy)<chens@iia.org or chens.mbr@asme.org>  |\
| |_| Folding http://roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~sychen/origami/pprfld.htm --\





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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 13:56:48 -0300 (ADT)
From: Pat Slider <slider@ims.mariposa.ca.us>
Subject: Re: Jay Ansill's Mythical Beings

>I may regret offering this, but, if anyone needs any help with specific
>diagrams in the books, I will TRY to answer the questions as best I can.
>(Otherwise, I'll forward them to Jerry Harris!!!)

Did you ever accumulate a list of the errors in the book that were reported?
You could just post that for the growing "error" FAQ. I for one appreciate
the models in the book. I see the diagram errors as a challenge :->. You
know, figure out yourself how to get from A to B.

And now I just snagged that used copy of "Lifestyle Origami" from Powells.
Some great modulars, and I am planning to try the heart box for my sister's
wedding.

Hope you produce another book someday. There must be some decent publishesrs
out there.

And for the person that originally asked for origami book reviews, you can
see my forever incomplete collection of past recommendations at:

ftp://home.yosemite.net/home/slider/origami/or_books.txt

I'll try to finish a 2nd version before the end of the August and solve the
format problems (adding html). I myself would recommend David Brill's
"Brilliant Origami" as a follow up to Montroll books.

pat slider
slider@yosemite.net





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 15:15:48 -0300 (ADT)
From: Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com
Subject: beginner's books?

Thanks to Pat Slider for accumulating the recommendations from the list,
but I have a question that wasn't answered by her list of reviews.

I think I've managed to get my nephews hooked on origami. I would like to get
them each a book and some paper for their next round of birthday gifts.

They are 9 and 10. Neither one of them is a strong reader or particularly
careful about following directions. They've been "diagnosed" as ADD/ADHD,
but more recently the consensus seems to be that they suffer mostly from
a combination of having been told that they won't succeed in school and being
bored by what goes on at school. (Not their parent's fault and now being
dealt with in a better school system.)

Do you have any suggestions for books for beginners that:
a) have good and easy to follow diagrams
b) include some harder models but don't get too hard too fast
c) don't include a discouraging number of words
d) don't include *too* many models that seem "girlish"

c) above makes me want to avoid something like _Complete Origami_. I
have told them that I read diagrams out of books in Japanese, so they know
(in theory) that you don't always have to read all of the words. On the other
hand, I try to give them books that will *encourage* them to read the text
rather than *discourage* them.

My biggest concern is the easy to follow diagrams. I took a look at several
"beginners" books in the bookstore the other day and many of the diagrams
were non-standard in odd ways (not distinguishing between the colored and
white side of the paper, for instance). But I'm not a big user of diagrams, so
I'm not sure I'm a very good judge.

This got rather long. Thanks for sticking with me.

Lisa
Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 15:45:51 -0300 (ADT)
From: RA Kennedy <kennedra@isdugp.bham.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Herman von Goubergen

>
> Does anyone have or know where I can get the diagrams for Herman
> von Goubergen's models of "man reading paper"

der Falter, issue 10.  BOS magazine, issue 160.

> and "lizard and fly on wall".

BOS Convention Pack, Spring '95 (Birmingham).

Richard K.
(R.A.Kennedy@bham.ac.uk)





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 15:49:13 -0300 (ADT)
From: RA Kennedy <kennedra@isdugp.bham.ac.uk>
Subject: Rohm's Matchbox

I think there was a request for a source of diagrams for Fred Rohm's
matchbox. Diagrams appear in:

BOS Convention Pack, Spring '92 (Nottingham)

However this starts from a 3x1 rectangle, rather than a dollar bill. It's
an amazing model, with a tray that is colour changed compared to the rest
of the box, and the tray can be pushed in either direction.

Richard K.
(R.A.Kennedy@bham.ac.uk)





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 18:59:56 -0300 (ADT)
From: TrekDBob@aol.com
Subject: Re: beginner's books?

Lisa -

I would reccommend books by the Biddles... in particular one called "Amazing
Origami for Children" (ISBN1-55521-944-6). It tells about paper, and has
mostly traditional models, but goes from a simple hat to the crane and a
"Multiplex challenge" which is something like sonobe modules (the previous
model is Toshie Takahama's "Pop up Jewel"). There are boats, cars and trucks,
projects and action models that should appeal to boys as welll as girls. I
love it - it is a great source to make things for my own kids, and I hope one
of these days *I* will have the patience to sit with them and teach them to
fold from it. As always, I find the Biddle's diagramming really easy to
follow, and it seems to be standard...

Good luck!

Dee Lynch
TrekDBob@aol.com





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 20:39:41 -0300 (ADT)
From: chall@scsn.net (Carol Hall)
Subject: Re: beginner's books?

>
>I think I've managed to get my nephews hooked on origami. I would like to get
>them each a book and some paper for their next round of birthday gifts.
>
>They are 9 and 10. Neither one of them is a strong reader or particularly
>careful about following directions. They've been "diagnosed" as ADD/ADHD,

I don't think you can go wrong with _Origami_ by Sakata.  This small
paperback is modestly priced (around $9) and illustrates the diagrams with
photographs.  Some of the diagrams are actually superimposed on the photos.
It is extraordinarily easy to follow.  Contains a small number of models,
but helps to achieve "instant success."  It is also relatively easy to find
since it tends to be on the regular stock list of the major book stores.
(OUSA carries it also.)

Carol Hall
chall@scsn.net





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 21:58:41 -0300 (ADT)
From: Michael & Janet Hamilton <mikeinnj@cris.com>
Subject: Re: beginner's books?

Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com wrote:
>
> Do you have any suggestions for books for beginners that:
> a) have good and easy to follow diagrams
> b) include some harder models but don't get too hard too fast
> c) don't include a discouraging number of words
> d) don't include *too* many models that seem "girlish"
>

My son is the same age, and he gets easily frustrated if he can't figure things
     out.  Books that he has enjoyed
are:

Paul Jackson's _Tricks and Games with Paper_ (fun and simple)

_Horrorgami_ by Richard Saunders and Brian Mackness - this book uses non-square
     paper and some cutting, but if
you are dealing with kids who are into the shows "Are You Afraid of the Dark"
     or the "Goosebumps" books, this
may be the right choice.

Paper Airplane books.  Good plane value, and not "girlish".  I have even been
     able to keep a room full of
preschoolers busy folding, decorating, flying, and racing paper airplanes.
     There is a kit with book and paper
that I have seen in bookstores, though I can't remember the name.  Also, _Wings
     and Things_ by Stephen Weiss is
not too hard.

Janet Hamilton
Mikeinnj@concentric.net





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 22:06:39 -0300 (ADT)
From: R Hudson <rhudson@roo.Netrax.Net>
Subject: Re: beginner's books?

I'd recommend Montroll's "Fun with Easy Origami" (I *think* that's what
it's called).  It's only 5 or 6 bucks and comes with 24 or so sheets of
origami paper.  A *great* tool to use in a beginner's class.

Thanks to John Montroll for offering it!  I use it extensively!

Rob





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 23:03:16 -0300 (ADT)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: Re: beginner's books?

And don't forget Bob Neale & Tom Hull's "Origami Plain & Simple".

          Joseph Wu           | There are no ordinary people. You have never
  origami@planet.datt.co.jp   | talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures,
 Webmaster, the Origami Page  | arts, civilisations--these are mortal....
http://www.datt.co.jp/Origami | But it is immortals whom we joke with, work
  Webmaster, DATT Japan Inc.  | with, marry, snub, and exploit....
    http://www.datt.co.jp     | --C.S. Lewis, "The Weight of Glory"





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 23:59:36 -0300 (ADT)
From: marckrsh@nyc.pipeline.com (Marc Kirschenbaum)
Subject: Re: Rohm's Matchbox

On Jul 25, 1996 15:49:13, 'RA Kennedy <kennedra@isdugp.bham.ac.uk>' wrote:

>I think there was a request for a source of diagrams for Fred Rohm's
>matchbox. Diagrams appear in:
>
>BOS Convention Pack, Spring '92 (Nottingham)
>
>However this starts from a 3x1 rectangle, rather than a dollar bill. It's
>an amazing model, with a tray that is colour changed compared to the rest
>of the box, and the tray can be pushed in either direction.

I should note it is not too difficult to use a dollar bill for this model.
I start by folding in 1/5 the width (this will land on the white portion of
the eye on top of the pyramid). I came up with diagrams for the remainder,
but I would imagine they would be inapropriate to distribute, as the
reaminder of the model is virtually the same as Fred Rohm's. Starting with
a hem works surprizingly well, as by the end of the folding sequence, the
sides of the tray are of equal thickness.

Marc





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 04:48:14 -0300 (ADT)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: New photos on the Origami Page

Take a look at my newly revised manticore and scaled dragon designs on the
Origami Page (URL at the end of this message). I've also posted the
senbazuru (1000 cranes) photo that I took at the Buddhist temple in Tokyo
(it was Buddhist, and not Shinto, after all). Look in the "what's new" page
to find the new items. I've got many more photos coming, especially stuff
from the Tanteidan convention. Look for it soon!

          Joseph Wu           | There are no ordinary people. You have never
  origami@planet.datt.co.jp   | talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures,
 Webmaster, the Origami Page  | arts, civilisations--these are mortal....
http://www.datt.co.jp/Origami | But it is immortals whom we joke with, work
  Webmaster, DATT Japan Inc.  | with, marry, snub, and exploit....
    http://www.datt.co.jp     | --C.S. Lewis, "The Weight of Glory"





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 11:12:08 -0300 (ADT)
From: TrekDBob@aol.com
Subject: Convention materials

Hi all -

Just curious - has anyone that didn't go to convention gotten their
convention stuff in the mail? I thought I had gotten it by this time last
year and I am getting anxious...

sigh

Dee





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 17:51:09 -0300 (ADT)
From: TrekDBob@aol.com
Subject: shelving units

Hi all -

Can someone help me out? I KNOW I have folded a shelving unit and I THOUGHT
it was in one of the convention books... and now I cannot find the diagrams
ANYWHERE!!! I am going crazy! I think it was designed by either V'Ann
Cornelius or Valerie Vann (either of you ladies know what I am talking
about?) Was it perhaps in a FOCA/OUSA newsletter/Paper? I really want to fold
some for a display I am working on...

Thanks much!

Dee
TrekDBob@aol.com





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 08:05:44 -0300 (ADT)
From: gconner@modisette.com (greg conner)
Subject: Re: Convention materials

>Just curious - has anyone that didn't go to convention gotten their
>convention stuff in the mail?

<snip>

what convention?  what the hell are you talking about?  have we met or
been talking about something?

greg conner





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 15:26:33 -0300 (ADT)
From: chall@scsn.net (Carol Hall)
Subject: Including models in the mail

I often like to insert a model into letters to people who have very little
knowledge of origami.  These need to be small enough to fit into a
letter-size envelope; flat enough to send as regular mail and not be
mangled;  need no assembly, shaping or inflating on the receiving end; and
be something close to recognizable to the uninitiated as something other
than a mangled piece of paper.  I usually don't fold the actual letter, so
don't use many of the lettermark models.

This week I was doing a small mailing (35-40 envelopes) and wanted to
include a model.  The additional requirement here was that it needed to be
quick to fold with no judgement folds - just so I could turn them out in a
relatively brainless way.  I ended up using Montroll's blossom from the L.
Oppenheimer Collection (OUSA Annual 1991).  The only drawback was that this
is definitely a one-sided model.

So here's my question:  what models do you include in letters?  Have you
gotten any responses from doing this (good, bad or strange)?

Carol Hall
chall@scsn.net





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 15:47:04 -0300 (ADT)
From: Marysmac@aol.com
Subject: Re: Including models in the mail

I love to send a crane along with the bills I am paying.  My dentist is
particularly appreciative.  My other favorite is a single octagonal star,
also a one-sided model (Tomoko Fuse's Unit Origami page 48.)  I would love to
see the results from your inquiry.  Yours in folding,  Marysmac@aol.com





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 18:34:58 -0300 (ADT)
From: DLister891@aol.com
Subject: Models for the Mail

Carol Hall asks for models suitable to send in the post.

My favourite for this purpose is Yoshizawa's Pigeon .Many years ago, Robert
Harbin sent this fold in a letter to me. I thought it was exquisite.Three-D
models had scarcely been invented in those days, and the bird is flat.

Yoshizawa's Pigeon can be found on page 91 of Robert Harbin's "Teach Yourself
Origami", later known as "Origami One", or just "Origami".

Although it is called a pigeon. the size of the head can be varied, and the
one Robert Harbin sent me looked like a canary. I still think the model looks
better like this than with a small head, even though a small head may give it
 more pigeon-like proportions.

David Lister

Grimsby, England

DLister891.AOL.com





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 22:21:47 -0300 (ADT)
From: PenneyA@aol.com
Subject: Re: Convention materials

Dee, I haven't gotten my convention stuff yet either.
                        Penney





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 22:29:04 -0300 (ADT)
From: PenneyA@aol.com
Subject: Re: Including models in the mail

I have sent several people on this listing a model in the mail since it is
easier to go through a diagram that way.  Another idea for models you make
and don't want to throw away or know what to do with is: Save them and give
them to those cute little door to door salesmen and women disquised as
girlscouts selling cookies or boys scouts.  Once a girlscout came to the door
and asked me if I was the one who makes origami stuff and I told her I did
and gave her a model of something. I don't remember what.  When I make them I
give them away or hold on to them for the mail or on a cake or gift or
whatever.
                            Penney





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Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 23:17:55 -0300 (ADT)
From: jdharris@post.cis.smu.edu (Jerry D. Harris)
Subject: Re: Including models in the mail

>I have sent several people on this listing a model in the mail since it is
>easier to go through a diagram that way.  Another idea for models you make
>and don't want to throw away or know what to do with is: Save them and give
>them to those cute little door to door salesmen and women disquised as
>girlscouts selling cookies or boys scouts.  Once a girlscout came to the door
>and asked me if I was the one who makes origami stuff and I told her I did
>and gave her a model of something. I don't remember what.  When I make them I
>give them away or hold on to them for the mail or on a cake or gift or
>whatever.

        On this note, I should probably state that, because I fold things
idly and/or just to pass time, and because I fold far more than I just give
away, I usually end up with a bag or box full of models.  A few years ago,
I hit upon the idea of giving them away to kids on Halloween in place of
food, which many parents are wary of anyway (with the rising incidence of
booby-trapped foodstuffs).  I can't imagine a booby-trapped origami model,
and most kids seem to love them.

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  \/:\  / ....-/





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 02:01:11 -0300 (ADT)
From: Laurie Bisman <lbisman@sirranet.co.nz>
Subject: RE: Models for the Mail

I quite like to use Honda's penguin (fish base) because it makes excellent
use of the two colours of origami paper and is instantly recognizable.

Carol Hall asks for models suitable to send in the post.

Laurie Bisman
lbisman@sirranet.co.nz





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 03:11:44 -0300 (ADT)
From: JovianSoft@aol.com
Subject: Cute Origami T-Shirts

Hello,

I'm going to get some shirts made for the MacWorld Computer show where we'll
debut our Origami CD-ROM (finally) "The Secret Life of Paper".

I'd like to get some T-Shirts made, and I am looking for cute Origami puns &
statements to put thereon. For example: "I Fold Under Pressure", or "Welcome

Obviously, I have a few, but none are *just right*. Sooo, if you could give
me some more ideas, please let me know!

Thanks!

Neil Alexander





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 08:48:38 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Richard L. Alexander" <origami@tiac.net>
Subject: Re: Cute Origami T-Shirts

JovianSoft@aol.com wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm going to get some shirts made for the MacWorld Computer show where we'll
> debut our Origami CD-ROM (finally) "The Secret Life of Paper".
>
> I'd like to get some T-Shirts made, and I am looking for cute Origami puns &
> statements to put thereon. For example: "I Fold Under Pressure", or "Welcome
> to the Fold", etc.
>
> Obviously, I have a few, but none are *just right*. Sooo, if you could give
> me some more ideas, please let me know!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Neil Alexander

How about something along these lines:
"Interest in ORIGAMI is increasing"





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 10:39:40 -0300 (ADT)
From: casida@ere.umontreal.ca (Casida Mark)
Subject: Re: Cute Origami T-Shirts

Neil Alexander wrote :

> I'd like to get some T-Shirts made, and I am looking for cute Origami puns &
> statements to put thereon. For example: "I Fold Under Pressure", or "Welcome
> to the Fold", etc.

One that I remember and like is
      "The popularity of origami is in creasing"
I'm not sure but this may have already appeared on an Origami USA T-shirt.

                                    ... Mark

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





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 11:59:17 -0300 (ADT)
From: casida@ere.umontreal.ca (Casida Mark)
Subject: Re: Cute Origami T-Shirts

> Neil Alexander wrote :
>
> > I'd like to get some T-Shirts made, and I am looking for cute Origami puns &
> > statements to put thereon. For example: "I Fold Under Pressure", or "Welcome
> > to the Fold", etc.

Another quote I like was something I found in a book about traditional
Chinese culture :

       "In a sheet of paper is contained the infinite."
                           Lu Chi

Now I have no idea who Lu Chi was and have only the vagueist (sp?)
impression what he was talking about poetry, but it is a remark which
captures an important part of what I feel about origami.

                           ... Mark

P.S. Are there any China scholars out there, who can tell me who Lu Chi
     was?  (I 'spose that I am asking the impossible since I cannot
     supply the name in the original Chinese characters.)

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





Return-path: <origami-l@nstn.ca>
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 13:06:52 -0300 (ADT)
From: Marcia Mau <marcia.mau@pressroom.com>
Subject: TV Champion origami contest

My cousin taped a May, 1996 program which featured an origami competition.
It was on TV Tokyo w/ English subtitles.  If anyone else can add info,
please do so.  For example, who are Yanagisawa Shingo and David Ito?  I've
only watched the tape once so I may have missed some of the action while I
was taking notes.

There were 5 competitors in the first segment.  They had 3 hours to create
origami displays to illustrate children's stories.

Hatori Masaru, a sushi chef used insects, sea urchin, raccoon, and goshu, a
cellist.  Yamada Katsuhisa likes to fold several animals from one sheet of
paper.  His theme was the band of Bremen.  Nishikawa Seiji likes dinosaurs.
His display was of tiny cobblers making giant shoes.  According to the
program, he works in an oil co. research lab and met his wife at an origami
club.  Hatsume Mitsuko is an o. teacher who likes to fold linked cranes.
Her Thumbelina display included boats glued to make a lotus flower.
Thumbelina was made from a waterbomb head and pleated paper body.  Hatori
Koshiro is from Tokyo U.  He likes to fold shells and to fold a pegasus
while blindfolded.  His display was of Alice thru the looking glass with
models of a unicorn, and Alice and King chess pieces.  Enomoto Nobukichi
teaches children and has taught in Africa.  He made 11 cats, sea gulls,
boats and a fish skeleton.  The judging was done by Sano Yasuhiro, Yamaguchi
Makoto, and Nakada Emi to the tune of the Alleluia chorus.

The three highest scorers, Hatsume, Nishikawa, and Enomoto competed in the
second round.  The location was the second floor terrace of a kindergarten.
The competition was to make 3.5 meters of linked cranes and lower them down
to the ground level.  Linked cranes are often presented to kabuki actors.
Contestants were given rolls of paper to cut into attached squares.  After
several unsuccessful attempts, the length was reduced to 2.5 meters.  All
three successfully proceeded to the next level.  (This would make a great
novelty competition for OUSA & BOS!)

The third phase was a game show segment with still, video, and miscellaneous
categories.  First, all three had to make jumping frogs with 10 pts awarded
to Enomoto, the contestant whose frog jumped the farthest.  Next, a girl
chose the cutest panda, which was made by Nishikawa.  Third, a video of
folding a flower. The contestants had to guess which flower and run to
another room to bring back the correct potted plant.  The flower was a one
pc. hydrangea.

Fourth, was 'empty' folding, a video of hands folding a model without paper.
Nishikawa guessed correctly it was a kabuto.  Fifth was an airplane contest,
won by Enomoto.  Sixth, a boy chose his favorite insect, a beetle by
Nishikawa vs. butterfly by Enomoto and praying mantis by Hatsume.  Seventh,
Nishikawa correctly identified Peter Engel's squid model from the diagrams.

Eighth, each contestant folded a 3.6 meter square into a horse.  The horse
was to stand for at least 5 seconds.  Sticks and tape were later supplied
and the competition was judged by Yamaguchi.  At least one model had to be
taped to the floor!

At the end, Hatsume and Enomoto both had 30 points, Nishikawa had 60 points.
He won w/ Maekawa's devil and a total of 90 points.  The program closed w/
him wearing a laurel wreath!

I found watching this program a great break from Olympics coverage.  It was
related - an origami olympics!

Marcia Mau
marcia.mau@pressroom.com





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Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 16:19:55 -0300 (ADT)
From: casida@ere.umontreal.ca (Casida Mark)
Subject: Re: TV Champion origami contest

Marcia Mau wrote about :

> My cousin taped a May, 1996 program which featured an origami competition.

Marcia, I loved your message!
                                  ... Mark

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Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 18:19:35 -0300 (ADT)
From: deg farrelly <ICDEG@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU>
Subject: (Swedish?) Story with origami model

A friend has posted to me a description of a joke involving an
origamic model.

Is anyone familiar with this story and the model used?  Can
anyone direct me to directions?

Thanx for your help.

o)-(

Stickman

deg farrelly
1601 West Sunnyside Drive, #115       E-Mail:  deg@asu.edu
Phoenix, Arizona  85029               Phone:   602.943.8175

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>...A Swedish friend of one of her sons also visited.  He tried to show us
>something his mother had taught him, but he couldn't remember.
>
>The gist of it is:  a piece of paper is folded.  The story:  Three people
>have died & are about to meet St. Peter & one-by-one each person is asked
>to show him their paper.  The first one unfolds the paper in a manner to
>spell out Hell.  The second one unfolds his paper and its in the shape of
>a swastika (this is all done with the same piece of paper).  The third one
>unfolds the paper & it forms a tall cross.
>
>Christopher (the Swede) got very frustrated because he couldn't remember
>how to do it.  Do you have any clues?
