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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 05:42:50 -0300 (ADT)
From: Bren Riesinger <fascfold@fascinating-folds.com>
Subject: Re: Need Commercial Sized Foil

Hang in there - we're almost finished organizing the new Artisan Papers -
all 200+ of them!!
There will be a very nice collection of 20" x 26" sheets - traditional
shiny, dull matte, and embossed - gold, silver, copper, and colors.  We will
have the line ready for "debut" at the Southeastern Origami festival, and
will also have swatch books available for order approx. 9/30 - when I get
back from Charlotte :-)

Thanks -
Bren

>Yeah, I know origami is about paper folding, but I would like to use foil
>instead. Does anyone here know of a place to purchase commercial sized
>heavy grade foil (>18 inches)? If so, please post the info on the list, or
>email me at marckrsh@pipeline.com. Thank you.
>
>Marc
>
>
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Rediscover the ancient craft of Origami, Japanese paper-folding, with
our extensive line of Origami papers and books.
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 05:45:51 -0300 (ADT)
From: Bren Riesinger <fascfold@fascinating-folds.com>
Subject: Heinz .. Folding Tape ??

OK . . . I've done the absolute unthinkable . . . . . .

Took my file of "reading" which included a treasury of wonderful email I'd
printed out to read at my leasure ?? with me on vacation last week - was
enjoying all the wonders that I'd long since forgotten - and then I placed
these wonderful snippets of information in the seatback pocket in front of
me.  Needless to say the baggage claim department is still trying to locate
this *past* treasures.

Among them were my notes on the source for the folding tape that Heinz
Strobel used for his tape folding.  Not the "ticker tape" , but the
light-weight yellow tape.  If anyone has the source, I'd really appreciate a
gentle reminder note.  We're very close to finishing with our artisan paper
project and I had hoped to be able to track down the tape so I could include
it.  (sigh)

Thanks for the help --
        Bren
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 06:04:37 -0300 (ADT)
From: Holmes David EXC IS CH <holmes@chbs.ciba.com>
Subject: Hello again

Hi everyone,

I've been absent from the list since the end of June, because I had finished
University for the year.  However I've recently started a Work Placement as
part of my degree, with Ciba-Geigy in Basel, Switzerland.  I had a few
problems with my Internet email but as you can see I managed to get them
sorted out - many thanks to Penny Groom for her patience 8-)

For those who may be interested I'm doing Internet related work (cool!)
including CGI and Perl, web page design, and Java !!!  And all on a Pentium
133 running the new Windows NT 4.

During my hiatus I designed some new models including a Seahorse.  So far
all my models have been simple to low intermediate, but I just can't get the
hang of diagramming them.  Also, because of the airline baggage restrictions
I left without any of my origami books 8-(

At the moment I am going through the archives, but I look forward to once
again participating in this list.

Bye for now,

Dave

--------------------
David M Holmes
holmes@chbs.ciba.com





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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 08:29:05 -0300 (ADT)
From: Robyn Meyer <rmeyer@netadvantage.com.au>
Subject: Thanks for the replies...

Hi everyone,

Thanks for your replies...I don't think I've met any more friendly =
people on the net!

Another question:

Would anyone like to comment about the maths involved in origami? Or =
could someone tell me places that I can find information on this =
subject? I have an assignment that I would like to use origami =
in...(about the utilitarian, cultural and aesthetic understandings of =
mathematics) I'm doing early childhood education at uni and I figure =
that origami could be very useful and so figured that doing an =
assignment on it could give me some information about it...

thanks again for all your help,

Robyn Meyer





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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 09:32:09 -0300 (ADT)
From: kkinney@med.unc.edu (Kevin Kinney)
Subject: Re: Dusty Origami(1000 cranes)

> What does everyone else do to keep their "too good to give away" origami that
     sits on the
> computer monitor, shelf, car, whatnot?
>        How big would a glass be to hold 1000 cranes?  Perhaps use many
     glasses?
> I forget where, but I remember seeing something where someone used a shadow
     box
> (like a picture frame that are used to mount butterflies) and arrange the
     cranes in a
> pattern of somehting.  Perhaps double sided tape could be used for the actaul
     mounting.
>   I mention this because it is one idea I have for my fiance's surprise
     wedding present.
> I'm also using the 1" squares, a very large savings on space when secrecy is
     desired!

I like the large glass idea, though the couple times I've done the 1000
cranes bit the bundle has been too large to fit in any any vase or glass.

My other plan for a 1000 crane wedding present, which I thought of just
too late for my sister's wedding, was to leave them individual, and hide
themin various places around her and her husband's house (in books, inder
cushions, etc), so they'd be finding the little buggers for (hopefully) years.

Kevin
kkinney@med.unc.edu





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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 09:48:24 -0300 (ADT)
From: cathypl@generation.net (Cathy Palmer-Lister)
Subject: Re: Cats, waterbombs and catnip.....

>Slightly non-origami but as we're talking about cats and such......
>
>We have tried to grow catnip for our brood of cats (25 of them) and had =

25 cats?????  God bless you!!!

    Cathy





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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 12:04:33 -0300 (ADT)
From: chall@scsn.net (Carol Hall)
Subject: Re: beckoning cat

>Just a correction on Japanese.
>
>> Anyone know of a model for manekeneko (sp?), the beckoning cat found as a
>
>It's "maneki-neko", correctly.
>           =
>
>--
>nakanish@pd.scei.sony.co.jp (NAKANISHI Ken-ichi, not Kenichi Nakanishi)
>

Thank you for the correction.  The only part I was sure of was 'neko'.
Carol Hall
chall@scsn.net





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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 12:40:30 -0300 (ADT)
From: chall@scsn.net (Carol Hall)
Subject: Re: beckoning cat (maneki-neko)

>Thanks, Nakanishi-san. Here's an update on the progress of this design.
>I've got a basic body structure (same as for my teddy bear, actually) that
>seems to work, but there are two problems. The cat is TOO fat, being almost
>as wide as it is tall, and it has a very rudimentary face. Both of those
>problems should be easy to fix. I really should get my hands on a "real"
>maneki-neko to make sure I get all of the features correct. Oh, I should
>also note that it currently has no tail...
>
>          Joseph Wu

The figurines that I have don't really have a tail.  There is a suggestion
of a tail going vertically up the back, more or less embossed there.  One
has the tail up to the collar with a curve at the tip -- this is the 'art'
version that I got at a nice craft shop.  The more usual one has a tiny
little stub of an embossed (raised) tail not even extending past the
haunches. (This may be a way of reducing the width - pleat a tail into the
back.)  Do you include the medallion it wears around its neck?  That might
be asking too much!

How neat to track the process of creation on the list!

Carol Hall
chall@scsn.net





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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 14:01:07 -0300 (ADT)
From: Gretchen Klotz <gren@agora.rdrop.com>
Subject: Teaching Opportunity: Boxes in Santa Fe

Howdy folks -

I've been in contact with a woman who owns a rubber stamp store in Santa
Fe, NM.  She has asked me to come teach there, but it's a bit of a trek
from Portland, OR ;-) and she can't pay travel expenses.  Since I'm not
going to visit there on my own anytime soon, I thought I'd see if there
was anyone out there who was interested in stepping in.  She specifically
wants an experienced teacher of Fuse boxes, and will pay.  Please email me
privately for more information.  Thanks!

- Gretchen

--
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 14:02:20 -0300 (ADT)
From: TrekDBob@aol.com
Subject: Re: Dusty Origami(1000 cranes)

I had to laugh when I read Kevin belated thought of leaving cranes all over
his sister's apartment... a friend of ours did that to his roommate - with
BEANS! He put these things everywhere!!!  Some of the first ones found were
in Mike's toothpaste - he couldn't get the stuff to squeeze out of the tube,
and in the cereal box - found it with a tooth! The last ones found were under
various pieces of furniture that weren't moves until they moved out of the
place... I kinda' thought that it was never vacuumed!! I think Mike even
found one not too long ago - something like 9 years after the fact - it was
in a box of something that had been sitting in his garage and his wife wanted
to put some things out for a garage sale! I don't know that cranes would have
the staying power of beans though... although, you never know!

Personally, I like the bottle idea -- how about a big Brill bottle!?

As for me, what do I do with pieces? I try to give them away and let my
friends worry about keeping them dusted!!! hahahahahahahahahahah!!!!

Right at the moment, I am working on some miniature pieces for a friend's
granddaughters new dollhouse. I made several flower arrangements, complete
with Saburo Kase vases (from ORU 13), a Patricia Crawford "Full Rigged Ship"
that is about and inch long, and now I am trying to find the right
proportions for a Brill Bottle to put the ship in!

I think I am getting Carpal Tunnel or something though, as my right hand
keeps going numb as I fold the small pieces... actually, it goes numb folding
larger pieces and while typing on the computer...

sigh

Dee





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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 14:33:48 -0300 (ADT)
From: RA Kennedy <kennedra@isdugp.bham.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: I have mised the boat...

>
> Patricia Crawford ship is also in Harbins "Origami: A Step by Step Guide".
> I almost always get Harbin books mixed up for all the reprintings so
> someone back me up ?
>

This is correct, but I'm afraid that this book is also out of print. I believe
that there is a version in Dutch, which may still be in print - you could try
BOS Supplies.

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





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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 15:41:55 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Priya (Kanaka priya Kalyanasundaram)" <priya@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>
Subject: Origamists in Austin

I borrowed Montrolls "animal Origami for the enthusiast" from the FAL at
UT Austin. An earlier borrower had written, "The instructions in this
book are so hard to follow that trying to make some of the models leads
I empathised with him. Are there enough entusiasts in Austin to form a
club? Then maybe the "trauma" of amateur folders like me will be enervated.
Thanks,
Priya

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               Boldness has genius, power and magic to it
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 16:35:32 -0300 (ADT)
From: jdharris@post.cis.smu.edu (Jerry D. Harris)
Subject: Re: I have mised the boat...

>>
>> Patricia Crawford ship is also in Harbins "Origami: A Step by Step Guide".
>> I almost always get Harbin books mixed up for all the reprintings so
>> someone back me up ?
>>
>
>This is correct, but I'm afraid that this book is also out of print. I believe
>that there is a version in Dutch, which may still be in print - you could try
>BOS Supplies.

        Harbin's book is out of print, but Pat Crawford's "Ship" (and
several of her other models) have been rediagrammed and reprinted in J.C.
Nolan's _Creating Origami_ which was, last I checked, still available from
Bren Riesinger's web site, Fascinating Folds.

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: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 17:12:14 -0300 (ADT)
From: Miss Emma Jane Griffiths <emmajg@cardiffcybercafe.co.uk>
Subject: I'll be away for a while

Hello All!
I won't have access to my e-mail for a while but I'll be back
with another e-mail address!!
Happy Folding until then.

Em*

P.S.  People who wish to contact me, for what ever.
      Please write to:
                        1 West Road
                        Monkswood
                        Usk
                        Monmouthshire
                        NP5 1QR
                        Wales
                        UK
P.P.S. I'm going to Waterstones the bookshop to order 3 copies of
       origami for the connoisseur.
---------------------------------------------------
             Miss Emma Jane Griffiths
      E-mail: emmajg@cardiffcybercafe.co.uk
  URL: http://www.cardiffcybercafe.co.uk/~emmajg





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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 17:23:01 -0300 (ADT)
From: Doug Philips <dwp+@transarc.com>
Subject: Crawford's Three Masted Ship.

Ok, Ok, I have made two of these in the past year or so.  Once from
photocopied diagrams from a Harbin book, and once from the diagrams in
JCNolan's book "Creating Origami".  In neither case was I able to get the
stern most sail to fit into the body nicely.  Do this step require futzing
the paper around (a technical term to be sure!), or have I just missed some
clever precrease that makes it work smoothly?
Thanks!
        -Doug





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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 19:40:51 -0300 (ADT)
From: Gordon Crane <gordonc@mnsinc.com>
Subject: Kim's Crane Has Elephant Hide Paper In Stock

Miss Emma Jane Griffiths wrote:
>
> Hello All!
> I won't have access to my e-mail for a while but I'll be back
> with another e-mail address!!
> Happy Folding until then.
>
> Em*
>
> P.S.  People who wish to contact me, for what ever.
>       Please write to:
>                         1 West Road
>                         Monkswood
>                         Usk
>                         Monmouthshire
Some of you may remember us, Kim's Crane, from the 96 Origami Convention
in New York City or from Mark Kennedy's after convention get together.
We are a small Origami business which is hoping to go on line soon.
Up to now we have been doing arts and craft fairs in the Washington D.C.
area.  We will be at the Southern Origami Festival in Charlotte.
We will have our full product line avaliable.

We have several colors of the Elephant Hide Paper avaliable for
immediate
purchase.  The paper is 25"X38" and the price is $3.50 a sheet plus
shipping
and handling.

Some of the unique papers that we will have at the convention are:
small
and large size sheets of HoloPrism papers, diverse types of foils,
washi,
Laser Print, mettalic, as well as one of the largest selection of
commercially packaged origami papers.

Kim's Crane can be contacted at:  gordonc@mnsinc.com.





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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 20:29:55 -0300 (ADT)
From: Gordon Crane <gordonc@mnsinc.com>
Subject: Elephant Hide Paper

Sorry for the mess-up on the last message.

This is Zander's Elephant Hide Paper, that Robert Lang had written
about for wet folding.

Some of you may remember us, Kim's Crane, from the 96 Origami
Convention in New York City or from Mark Kennedy's after
convention get together. We are a small Origami business which
is hoping to go on line soon.  Up to now we have been doing arts
and craft fairs in the Washington D.C. area.  We will be at the
Southern Origami Festival in Charlotte. We will have our full
product line avaliable.

We have several colors of the Elephant Hide Paper avaliable for
immediate purchase.  The paper is 25"X38" and the price is $3.50 a
sheet plus shipping and handling.

Some of the unique papers that we will have at the convention are:
small and large size sheets of HoloPrism papers, diverse types of
foils, washi, Laser Print, mettalic, as well as one of the largest
selection of commercially packaged origami papers.

Kim's Crane can be contacted at:  gordonc@mnsinc.com.





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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 22:21:54 -0300 (ADT)
From: cathypl@generation.net (Cathy Palmer-Lister)
Subject: Re: Crawford's Three Masted Ship.

 Do this step require futzing
>the paper around (a technical term to be sure!), or have I just missed some
>clever precrease that makes it work smoothly?
>Thanks!
>       -Doug
>

Is your futzing anything like my smushing?

            Cathy





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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 22:42:11 -0300 (ADT)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: Origami Day?

In the latest Tanteidan newsletter, there is an article about "Origami no
Hi" or "Origami Day" which is November 11th. Some people believe that
certain things, especially things handmade by someone, such as dolls and
origami, inherit some of the spirit of the person who made it and thus
cannot be simply thrown away. Therefore, unwanted origami are taken to a
shrine and burned so that the spirits of the origami can go to be with the
gods. Origami Day is set aside for this purpose, although other days are
also used (for example, NOA had their model burning on June 15th this
year).

          Joseph Wu           For me, a poem is the crossroads of my thoughts,
  origami@planet.datt.co.jp   my feelings, my imaginings, my wishes and my
 Webmaster, the Origami Page  verbal sense: normally these run parallel. Often
http://www.datt.co.jp/Origami two or more cross. But only when all three cross
  Webmaster, DATT Japan Inc.  do you get a poem - Bash! Whop! Klok! Doing! -
    http://www.datt.co.jp     Poem, Yippee!       --Philip Larkin, poet.





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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 23:30:20 -0300 (ADT)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: Yoshizawa's "Tanoshii Origami"

David Lister asked about why there are two different versions of "Tanoshii
Origami" with two different English translations of the name ("Joyful
Origami" and "Pretty Origami"). I don't have an answer, but I do have
some additional information.

The place where the two different translations are listed is the English
biography of Yoshizawa which can be found in "Origami Museum I: Animals"
(English version). It is very strange because the second entry for
"Tanoshii Origami" appears at the end of the list, after more recent books.
The English translation for the second entry is "Pretty Origami", but the
word "Pretty" appears in boldface and the spacing around it is strange,
making it look like it was pasted into the original page layout. It looks
very much like a mistake.

Now, as for "Tanoshii Origami" itself. I have two different editions of it.
The first one is the first origami book I ever got (at the tender age of
3). It is the English translation of the book, published by Froebel-Kan in
1969. The title is simply "Origami Vol. 1" with a cover note that reads
"Fun with ORIGAMI Paper Folding".

The second one is the Japanese version that I bought in New York. The title
reads "Tanoshii Origami" with a cover note that says "Sosaku Origami Shu"
which means "Original Creation Origami Collection". It was published by
Kamakura Shobo in 1978. This is where it gets strange. The publication
notes clearly state that this is the first edition and it was published in
1978. However, it looks almost identical to the 1969 English edition with
some extra models added! I find it hard to believe that the English edition
came first. Add to this the fact that several of the Yoshizawa biographies
(in the backs of his books) mention the fact that "Tanoshii Origami" won
the Mainichi Cultural Award in 1963, it would appear that there was a
previous "Tanoshii Origami" that was published, possibly a shorter version
than the 1978 edition. Alas, I have never seen such a book, and it would
probably be very difficult to find!

So it would appear that there ARE two different Japanese versions of
"Tanoshii Origami", probably published by two different companies (since
Kamakura Shobo claimed a "first edition" when they published it in 1978,
possibly with some additions), and also an English edition. The strange
translation of the second version as "Pretty Origami" remains a mystery.

          Joseph Wu           For me, a poem is the crossroads of my thoughts,
  origami@planet.datt.co.jp   my feelings, my imaginings, my wishes and my
 Webmaster, the Origami Page  verbal sense: normally these run parallel. Often
http://www.datt.co.jp/Origami two or more cross. But only when all three cross
  Webmaster, DATT Japan Inc.  do you get a poem - Bash! Whop! Klok! Doing! -
    http://www.datt.co.jp     Poem, Yippee!       --Philip Larkin, poet.





Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 02:33:28 -0300 (ADT)
From: Laurie Bisman <lbisman@sirranet.co.nz>
Subject: RE: Cats, waterbombs and catnip.....

>Slightly non-origami but as we're talking about cats and such......
>
>We have tried to grow catnip for our brood of cats (25 of them) and had =

25 cats?????  God bless you!!!
Thanks Cathy!

Actually most of the cats really appreciate origami. Although they prefer
to chase it around the floors and chew on it rather than admire or fold it.

I once had a large cardboard box filled with exciting and complicated
models I had collected over many years. One day, I went to this box to add
something and found that a cat (some cats!) had found it a nice place to
sleep, and had flattened most of my 3D models and generally made a mess of
things!

Cats have a way of putting life into perspective don't you think?

Laurie Bisman
lbisman@sirranet.co.nz

    Cathy





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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 04:40:55 -0300 (ADT)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: Re: beckoning cat (maneki-neko)

On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Carol Hall wrote:

> The figurines that I have don't really have a tail.  There is a suggestion
> of a tail going vertically up the back, more or less embossed there.  One
> has the tail up to the collar with a curve at the tip -- this is the 'art'
> version that I got at a nice craft shop.  The more usual one has a tiny
> little stub of an embossed (raised) tail not even extending past the
> haunches. (This may be a way of reducing the width - pleat a tail into the
> back.)  Do you include the medallion it wears around its neck?  That might
> be asking too much!

Yes, thanks, Carol. I looked at three of them yesterday. They all only have
a hint of a tail on the back. I currently don't have the medallion, but I
think that I can arrange it with a colour-change. Still working on it!

> How neat to track the process of creation on the list!

Well, sort of. None of you can see what I'm doing, though! I'll try to have
a finished design by the time I go to the SEOF in Charlotte.

          Joseph Wu           For me, a poem is the crossroads of my thoughts,
  origami@planet.datt.co.jp   my feelings, my imaginings, my wishes and my
 Webmaster, the Origami Page  verbal sense: normally these run parallel. Often
http://www.datt.co.jp/Origami two or more cross. But only when all three cross
  Webmaster, DATT Japan Inc.  do you get a poem - Bash! Whop! Klok! Doing! -
    http://www.datt.co.jp     Poem, Yippee!       --Philip Larkin, poet.





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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 07:27:05 -0300 (ADT)
From: DLister891@aol.com
Subject: Re: Yoshizawa's "Tanoshii Origami"

In his E-mail dated 28th August, Joseph Wu refers to the different editions
of Akira Yoshizawa's "Tanoshii Origami" and refers to an English translation
(which I have never seen and didn't know existed)  published by Foebel Kan,
with the apparent sub-title "Fun with ORIGAMI  Paper Folding". Joseph says it
was published in 1969.

Joseph also refers to the edition published by Kamakura Shobo in 1978, which
is, I think, the edition that most people know, a well-produced book with
paper pages, (The reason for stating the apparently obvious "paper pages" is
explained below).

Joseph is, however, puzzled that the book is stated to have won the Mainchi
Cultural Award in 1963, implying that there was an edition earlier than the
English edition.

This was indeed so. In 1963, and probably extending into the next year,
Yoshizawa produced a series of six books on Origami and other paper crafts.
According to lists on the backs of books in the series I have seen, at least
six were projected, but I have only seen four of them and the last two may or
may not have been published. I would like more information about this.

The books projected were as follows:

No 1:  Tanoshii Origami     (Happy Origami)

No2.   Tanoshii Kirigami    (Happy Kirigami or papercutting)

No.3   Tanoshii Hari-e       (Happy Paper Collage Pictures)

No.4   Origami Ehon         (Origami Picture Book)

No.5   Kirigami Ehon         (Kirigami Picture Book)

No 6    Hari-e Ehon            (Paper collage Picture Book)

I, myself, own copies of No.1 and No. 4, the only two that relate to Origami.

Nos. 2 and 3 are in the Robert Harbin Collecion in the British Origami
Society Library, where I have seen them.

As I have said, I do not know whether Nos. 5 and 6 were ever published, but I
have no reason to think they were not.

Apart from the inclusion of additional models, the content of Nos. 1 and 2
are identical with the Kamakura Shobo reprints of 1978, with large
illustrations of all of the models in full colour However, close inspection
shows that the colour photographs are not the ones in the earlier edition.
Each photograph is a carefully posed reconstruction of the original, so that
the result is indistinguishable at a casual glance. Only slight differences
in position of models  and in the shadows give the game away. Even the actual
models look as if they were the same ones.

The big difference is that the pages of the earlier books are printed on
heavy board. In other words, they were produced with young children in mind.
In addition, each book had a card slip-cover, reproducing picture on the
actual covers of the books. Each book has 24 pages and features eleven basic
models with one or two minor variants.  Others models are illustrated on the
end pages, but  without instructions. The pages go from right to left in the
traditional Japanes manner.

When the Kamakura Shobo reprint was published in 1979, it was a series of
three books on Origami. I do not know of any other books in the series, such
as reprints of the books on Kirigami. The books in this series were printed
on ordinary paper pages and do not have slip cases, but they have ordinary
dust covers instead. The pages proceed from left to right in the manner of a
Western book. Origami Ehon has become  the second of the series, while
Tanoshii Origami is relegated to no.3. These two books are joined by another
at No.1. This is Yasashii Origami (Easy Origami). So far as I know, this book
had never been published before, but that is not to say that there was not a
previous edition. Yoshizawa's books are generally big news, but this one
could have slipped the net.

The models in the new "Tanoshii Origami" and "Origami Ehon" are slighly
rearranged in order, and each book has three added models, making fourteen in
each.

I have not been able to translate the name of the publisher of the earlier
board books, but each has a drawing of a teddy bear at the foot of the spine.
Perhaps this is a clue. Perhaps too, I could send a photocopy of what appears
to be the publishing information form these two books to Joseph Wu or someone
else well-versed in Japanese in the hope that they may be able to decipher
the name of the publisher.

I can well understand why these two board books won the Mainichi Cultural
Award. They are beautiful books, more pleasing that the later reprint. My
only criticism is that the depth of focus in some of the illustrations is
insufficient, leaving some parts of main figures in  the composition slightly
out-of-focus.

The "Pretty Origami" version of "Tanoshii Origami" does seem to be a chimera.
It would not appear that "tanoshii" correctly translates as "pretty". Such
things, it seems are sent to try us, but I should like to know just how the
title came to be included in the list in "Origami Museum 1" At present we
cannot difinitely rule that it never existed..

Now, I'm left with a gap in my Yoshizawa collection that I didn't know
existed. However did I miss the English language version of "Tanoshii
Origami"? Incidentally, Froebel Kan are a very old firm of publishers
originally set up to publish books for the Froebel Kindergarten in Japan. I
have another "Origami !" of simple models  published by them, bearing the
copyright date,1972, but the author of this is Mrs. Atsuko Nakata. 1972 was
only three years after the Froebel Kan Yoshizawa book, also in English. It
all seems very puzzling. Was the series started bywith the book by Yoshizawa,
who then withdrew his permission for its further inclusion. Or did Froebel
Kan produce two distinct series of origami books in Emglish?

I am hoping to compile as  full a list of Yoshizawa's books as possible, and
intend to issue it in Origami-L. I shall be very grateful for any further
information about books by Yoshizawa, or translations or obscure reprints,
which may not be generally known or which may resolve some of the puzzles I
have referred to.

Yours bibliographically,

David Lister

Grimsby, England.

DLister891@AOL.com





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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 13:33:45 -0300 (ADT)
From: TrekDBob@aol.COM
Subject: Re: Crawford's Three Masted Ship.

Doug -

I have the Dutch version of Harbin's book and the diagrams are the same as
the English version -- the stern most sail is sort of a pain. You really have
to use foil of some sort to get the thing to stay folded over and those
little flaps to stay inside the walls of the ship -- even using foil, I have
resorted to - ahem - gluing the thing in. I am sort of assuming that is what
you mean by staying inside the body? I thonk the real help is getting the
sides folded in just right in the second step of folding that sail.

I have only seen (and drooled over - fortunately not ON) JC's book, so I
don't know his diagrams might differ from Harbin's.

btw, has anyone but JC ever done the Clown Fish in the Sea Anenome in that
book? Being a scuba diver - it is the first thing I will attempt when (if) I
ever get the book! Too cool!

Dee

PS re-reading this - it doesn't sound like too much help. Sorry. I guess it
mostly just takes practice. This is one of my favorite models so I have
actually done it quite a bit.

D





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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 14:02:34 -0300 (ADT)
From: RA Kennedy <kennedra@isdugp.bham.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Heinz .. Folding Tape ??

> Among them were my notes on the source for the folding tape that Heinz
> Strobel used for his tape folding.  Not the "ticker tape" , but the
> light-weight yellow tape.  If anyone has the source, I'd really appreciate a

This sounds like the sort of tape they use for bus tickets in cities in
England? Perhaps I should write to my bus company and see if they could supply
a few rolls for test purposes!

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





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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 14:25:05 -0300 (ADT)
From: Wayne Ko <Herman_Ko@mindlink.bc.ca>
Subject: Hoping not to miss the boat again

Jerry wrote:

>Harbin's book is out of print, but Pat Crawford's "Ship" (and
>several of her other models) have been rediagrammed and reprinted in J.C.
>Nolan's _Creating Origami_ which was, last I checked, still available from
>Bren Riesinger's web site, Fascinating Folds.

I just checked with my local bookstore yesterday and they were unable to
find the existence of this book.  Today, I just checked with our main
library and they were also unsuccessful.  It seems to be unavailable in
Canada anyways.  I noticed that at the Fascinating Folds site the book is on
back order.  If Bren Riesinger or any one can confirm that it is still
definitely available, I'd be happy to place an order.  Normally, I try to
get all my books locally, but I'm getting a little desperate.  If any one in
Canada (BC) has leads on this book also, I'd be much obliged.

Wayne





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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 14:32:11 -0300 (ADT)
From: Paul Slater <P.Slater@swansea.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Crawford's Three Masted Ship.

Hello everybody,

Dee just said:
"btw, has anyone but JC ever done the Clown Fish in the Sea Anenome
in that book? Being a scuba diver - it is the first thing I will
attempt when (if) I ever get the book! Too cool!"

What book, What Boooook?

Thanks
Paul.





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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 14:55:13 -0300 (ADT)
From: Brett Askinazi <askinazi@i1.net>
Subject: Re: Hoping not to miss the boat again

> I just checked with my local bookstore yesterday and they were unable to
> find the existence of this book.  Today, I just checked with our main
> library and they were also unsuccessful.  It seems to be unavailable in
> Canada anyways.  I noticed that at the Fascinating Folds site the book is
on
> back order.  If Bren Riesinger or any one can confirm that it is still
> definitely available, I'd be happy to place an order.  Normally, I try to
> get all my books locally, but I'm getting a little desperate.  If any one
in
> Canada (BC) has leads on this book also, I'd be much obliged.
>
> Wayne

I've never seen it in a store, It is (or was) on the OUSA Source list
though.  Also check your local library for the Harbin Book (more available
than the Nolan book) "Origami: A step by Step Guide".

Brett
askinazi@i1.net





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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 15:23:30 -0300 (ADT)
From: Yan Lau <ylau@cmscience.com>
Subject: Re: Hoping not to miss the boat again

> Jerry wrote:
>
> >Harbin's book is out of print, but Pat Crawford's "Ship" (and
> >several of her other models) have been rediagrammed and reprinted in J.C.
> >Nolan's _Creating Origami_ which was, last I checked, still available from
> >Bren Riesinger's web site, Fascinating Folds.
>
Wayne wrote:
> back order.  If Bren Riesinger or any one can confirm that it is still
> definitely available, I'd be happy to place an order.

Patricia Crawford's "Ship" is also diagrammed in the booklet "Pliages 3"
(in French) from the Origami Source (OUSA).  It also has Brill's bottle.
The booklet costs $13; I'm not sure it's still available but it was listed
in a recent catalog.

Yan.





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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 16:07:42 -0300 (ADT)
From: Abe Edlin <aedlin@closerlook.com>
Subject: Re: Hoping not to miss the boat again

Wayne Ko wrote:
> I just checked with my local bookstore yesterday and they were unable to
> find the existence of this book.  Today, I just checked with our main
> library and they were also unsuccessful.  It seems to be unavailable in
> Canada anyways.  I noticed that at the Fascinating Folds site the book is on
> back order.  If Bren Riesinger or any one can confirm that it is still
> definitely available, I'd be happy to place an order.  Normally, I try to
> get all my books locally, but I'm getting a little desperate.  If any one in
> Canada (BC) has leads on this book also, I'd be much obliged.

http://www.origamido.com/order.html is the page of the publisher of CO.
The book was
origanly published in a small run, but Michael LaFosse and J.C. Nolan
hope to re-
reliese it soon.
Abe Edlin





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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 17:07:10 -0300 (ADT)
From: Steve Woodmansee <stevew@empnet.com>
Subject: Re: Teaching Opportunity: Boxes in Santa Fe

At 02:01 PM 8/27/96 -0300, you wrote:
>Howdy folks -
>
>I've been in contact with a woman who owns a rubber stamp store in Santa
>Fe, NM.  She has asked me to come teach there, but it's a bit of a trek
>from Portland, OR ;-)

I travel to New Mexico occasionally for my company - does this lady have a
specific date in mind?

Cheers,

Steve Woodmansee,
stevew@empnet.com





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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 20:59:08 -0300 (ADT)
From: casida@ere.umontreal.ca (Casida Mark)
Subject: Re: Can you help?

Charles Knuffke wrote:

> Unfortunately, it seems like privacy concerns are going to increase as we
> become    more internet connected. Search engines like Digital's Alta-Vista
> can find every web page or Usenet posting that has your name on it.

This is true.  An uncommon name such as mine is easy to search.  When
I did this with Alta-Vista, I picked up not only things you might hope
to find, but even references to archived letters I'd sent to this and
another mailing list.  The fact that so much information about me
could be pieced together so quickly was rather intimidating and makes
me think twice now before sending messages to any list, including
this one.

                                 ... Mark

--
*-------------------------------------------------------*
|          Mark E. Casida                               |
|          casida@ere.umontreal.ca                      |





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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 21:19:17 -0300 (ADT)
From: dragon@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
Subject: Noshi-Classic Origami

Hi everybody, I have been asked to teach a class on Noshi-Classic style
of Origami.  Does anyone have some suggestions on models etc that  I
might use.  I have looked at Creative Origami by Toshie Takahama and have
found some models there.  I will be teaching a two hour class for about
5-6 people so should have enough time to teach several models.  Your help
would be appreciated.  Thanks.  Please mail me direct.
Lynda





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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 21:34:51 -0300 (ADT)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: Re: Yoshizawa's "Tanoshii Origami"

On Wed, 28 Aug 1996 DLister891@aol.com wrote:

> In his E-mail dated 28th August, Joseph Wu refers to the different editions
> of Akira Yoshizawa's "Tanoshii Origami" and refers to an English translation
> (which I have never seen and didn't know existed)  published by Foebel Kan,
> with the apparent sub-title "Fun with ORIGAMI  Paper Folding". Joseph says it
> was published in 1969.
>
> The big difference is that the pages of the earlier books are printed on
> heavy board. In other words, they were produced with young children in mind.
> In addition, each book had a card slip-cover, reproducing picture on the
> actual covers of the books. Each book has 24 pages and features eleven basic
> models with one or two minor variants.  Others models are illustrated on the
> end pages, but  without instructions. The pages go from right to left in the
> traditional Japanes manner.

Here, then is the information on the 1969 English book. It apparently is an
English edition of the earlier book that David refers to, as it is also
printed on heavy board.

Front cover: same photo as the 1979 Japanese edition; subtitle at the top
is "Fun with ORIGAMI Paper Folding", followed by the title "ORIGAMI VOL.
1", followed by "Created by Akira Yoshizawa"; at the bottom is "froebel-kan
co., ltd."

Back cover: again, same photo as the 1979 J edition; title reads

          FUN WITH   ORIGAMI   PAPER FOLDING
                     VOL. 1

Credits (page 1):

    (c) 1969
    Created, Photographed and Designed by Akira Yoshizawa
    <logo>froebel-kan co.,ltd. TOKYO JAPAN
    Printed by Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. Tokyo Japan

> When the Kamakura Shobo reprint was published in 1979, it was a series of
> three books on Origami. I do not know of any other books in the series, such
> as reprints of the books on Kirigami. The books in this series were printed
> on ordinary paper pages and do not have slip cases, but they have ordinary
> dust covers instead. The pages proceed from left to right in the manner of a
> Western book. Origami Ehon has become  the second of the series, while
> Tanoshii Origami is relegated to no.3. These two books are joined by another
> at No.1. This is Yasashii Origami (Easy Origami). So far as I know, this book
> had never been published before, but that is not to say that there was not a
> previous edition. Yoshizawa's books are generally big news, but this one
> could have slipped the net.

Now that you mention it, the 1979 edition that I have does have a number 3
on the bottom of the spine. No other indication of a series is given.

> I have not been able to translate the name of the publisher of the earlier
> board books, but each has a drawing of a teddy bear at the foot of the spine.
> Perhaps this is a clue. Perhaps too, I could send a photocopy of what appears
> to be the publishing information form these two books to Joseph Wu or someone
> else well-versed in Japanese in the hope that they may be able to decipher
> the name of the publisher.

By all means, do. I don't claim to be well-versed in Japanese (I'm
definitely not!) but the company translator here is very helpful. 8) My
mailing address is

Joseph Wu
1-15-317 N34 W8
Kita-ku Sapporo 001
Japan

> The "Pretty Origami" version of "Tanoshii Origami" does seem to be a chimera.
> It would not appear that "tanoshii" correctly translates as "pretty". Such
> things, it seems are sent to try us, but I should like to know just how the
> title came to be included in the list in "Origami Museum 1" At present we
> cannot difinitely rule that it never existed..

Yes, I would have to agree. At first, I had thought that it was a mistake,
and that they had meant "Utsukushii Origami" which is "Beautiful Origami",
but then I found that book in the list. The difference in the typeface and
spacing of the word "Pretty", however, would indicate a mistake of some sort.
The question is what the mistake actually was.

> Now, I'm left with a gap in my Yoshizawa collection that I didn't know
> existed. However did I miss the English language version of "Tanoshii
> Origami"? Incidentally, Froebel Kan are a very old firm of publishers
> originally set up to publish books for the Froebel Kindergarten in Japan. I
> have another "Origami !" of simple models  published by them, bearing the
> copyright date,1972, but the author of this is Mrs. Atsuko Nakata. 1972 was
> only three years after the Froebel Kan Yoshizawa book, also in English. It
> all seems very puzzling. Was the series started bywith the book by Yoshizawa,
> who then withdrew his permission for its further inclusion. Or did Froebel
> Kan produce two distinct series of origami books in Emglish?

I'm familiar with that series, also. In fact, book 1 of that series was the
second origami book I ever got (after the E edition of "Tanoshii"). They
are small books, about 8 inches square, and contain only about 10 models
each. I've never paid much attention to them until now, but I just realized
that that series has been continued up to now. I don't know if it is the
same publisher (I don't think so), and I know that it is not the same
author, but they are coming close to 20 books in that series. There is
another series of books that use the same format and layout, devoted to
kirigami.

> I am hoping to compile as  full a list of Yoshizawa's books as possible, and
> intend to issue it in Origami-L. I shall be very grateful for any further
> information about books by Yoshizawa, or translations or obscure reprints,
> which may not be generally known or which may resolve some of the puzzles I
> have referred to.

Yoshizawa-san will be at the Southeastern Origami Festival. If you can send
me a preliminary list before Sept. 13, I can go over it with him there (and
severely tax my Japanese skills in the process!).

          Joseph Wu           For me, a poem is the crossroads of my thoughts,
  origami@planet.datt.co.jp   my feelings, my imaginings, my wishes and my
 Webmaster, the Origami Page  verbal sense: normally these run parallel. Often
http://www.datt.co.jp/Origami two or more cross. But only when all three cross
  Webmaster, DATT Japan Inc.  do you get a poem - Bash! Whop! Klok! Doing! -
    http://www.datt.co.jp     Poem, Yippee!       --Philip Larkin, poet.





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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 22:21:01 -0300 (ADT)
From: Michael & Janet Hamilton <mikeinnj@cris.com>
Subject: Winson Chan's Rose Diagrams

Hello all!

I just got back from vacation and received the rose diagrams that I promised to
     upload to the origami ftp site
for Winson Chan.  I will need to bring VISIO home from work to make sure the
     diagrams decoded successfully
before I upload them.  I will probably upload them both in the original VISIO
     format that Winson provided, and
in EPS format (I don't remember VISIO being able to do a save-as into PS
     format).  It probably won't be until
the end of next week that I upload them - I'll post to the list when they are
     available.

Janet Hamilton
Mikeinnj@concentric.net





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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 22:27:31 -0300 (ADT)
From: Steve Arlow <yorick@conch.aa.msen.com>
Subject: ASCII Sonobe diagram (Was: ...cat toys)

Javier Cubero <jcubero@magicnet.net> writes:
>
>Carol Hall wrote:
>>
>> Toshie's Jewel (3 piece Sonobe) is a much sturdier cat toy, especially when
>> folded with office-weight paper.
>
>Where would I find this model, I'd like to try it.

The simple Sonobe module:

1)  Valley-fold, unfold:

+----------------------+
|                      |
|                      |
|                      |
|                      |
|                      |
|-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -|
|                      |
|                      |
|                      |
|                      |
|                      |
+----------------------+

2) Valley-fold edges to horizontal centerline:

+----------------------+
|                      |
|                      |
|-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -|
|                      |
|                      |
|----------------------|
|                      |
|                      |
|-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -|
|                      |
|                      |
+----------------------+

3)  Valley-fold two opposite corners and unfold:

+-----------\----------+
|\            \        |
|  \            \      |
|====\============\====|
|      \            \  |
|        \            \|
+----------\-----------+

4) Mountain-fold small corners under:

+----------------------+
|\.                    |
|  \.                  |
|====\============\.===|
|                   \. |
|                     \|
+----------------------+

5) Result:

+----------------------+
|\                     |
|  \                   |
|----+============+----|
|                   \  |
|(a)                  \|
+----------------------+

6) Re-fold valley-folds, tucking (a) underneath:

+-----------+
 \      {a}.| \
   \       .|   \
     \=====..=====\
       \   |.       \
         \ |.         \
           +-----------+

7) Mountain-fold two corners, and unfold.

+---------./+
 \      ./  | \
   \  ./    |   \
     \==========./\
       \   |  ./    \
         \ |./        \
           +-----------+

8) The vertical centerline should be folded and unfolded as
   follows:
   * Mountain-fold for assemblies smaller than a 4-unit cube
     (Toshi's Jewel).
   * No fold for a 4-unit cube.
   * Valley-fold for anything larger (30-unit sub-stellated
     icosahedron seems to be the most popular one).

Stick them together, flaps in pockets, the only way they fit.

  -- Steve

--
"I felt a strong desire to howl at the moon.   |  Steve Arlow, Yorick Software
 It was such a howlable moon.  But I           |  39336 Polo Club Dr. #103,
 restrained myself."  -- Snuff (Zelazny)       |  Farmington Hills, MI  48335
   My email is backlogged; please be patient.  |  http://www.msen.com/~yorick
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^And it's no wonder, if I am going to
   take the time to do stuff like creating ASCII diagrams of
   origami modules...  sheesh.  -- SEA





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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 22:40:01 -0300 (ADT)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: Re: Winson Chan's Rose Diagrams

On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Michael & Janet Hamilton wrote:

> I just got back from vacation and received the rose diagrams that I promised
     to upload to the origami ftp site
> for Winson Chan.  I will need to bring VISIO home from work to make sure the
     diagrams decoded successfully
> before I upload them.  I will probably upload them both in the original VISIO
     format that Winson provided, and
> in EPS format (I don't remember VISIO being able to do a save-as into PS
     format).  It probably won't be until
> the end of next week that I upload them - I'll post to the list when they are
     available.

I think it might be prudent to ask Kawasaki-san before distributing the
diagrams. It is his model, after all. Granted, by law the copyrights to the
diagrams belong to Winson, but by courtesy, I think that we should as
Kawasaki-san.

Incidentally, to make PS files from Visio, install a PS printer driver and
print to file.

          Joseph Wu           For me, a poem is the crossroads of my thoughts,
  origami@planet.datt.co.jp   my feelings, my imaginings, my wishes and my
 Webmaster, the Origami Page  verbal sense: normally these run parallel. Often
http://www.datt.co.jp/Origami two or more cross. But only when all three cross
  Webmaster, DATT Japan Inc.  do you get a poem - Bash! Whop! Klok! Doing! -
    http://www.datt.co.jp     Poem, Yippee!       --Philip Larkin, poet.





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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 22:40:14 -0300 (ADT)
From: James_Sakoda@Brown.edu (James M. Sakoda)
Subject: Re: beckoning cat (maneki-neko)

>
It occurred to me that I have an Egyptian Cat in my Modern Origami (Simon
and Schuster, 1969).  I looked it up and found that its sitting position
with two front paws in front was ideal for the Maneki-Neko.  All that was
necessary was to raise the left paw up and bend in into a beconing
position.  It is folded from an offset center bird base.  The center square
is sunken and two corners of the center square form the ears of the cat.
It is quite angular unlike the Maneki-Neko.  The book has been out of print
for some time, but may be available in the US libraries.  James M. Sakoda.





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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 22:56:17 -0300 (ADT)
From: James_Sakoda@Brown.edu (James M. Sakoda)
Subject: Re: Heinz .. Folding Tape ??

  I have found an inexpensive source of tape in  my  paper shredder (GBC
Shredmastger, 60s) that my wife gave me for Christmas.  Shredded paper is
narrow (1/4 inch) but can be used for knot folding.  If necessary shorter
segments can be glued end to end  to make longer tapes as needed.  James M.
Sakoda





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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 23:09:20 -0300 (ADT)
From: Brett Askinazi <askinazi@i1.net>
Subject: Re: ASCII Sonobe diagram (Was: ...cat toys)

> 8) The vertical centerline should be folded and unfolded as
>    follows:
>    * Mountain-fold for assemblies smaller than a 4-unit cube
>      (Toshi's Jewel).
>    * No fold for a 4-unit cube.
>    * Valley-fold for anything larger (30-unit sub-stellated
>      icosahedron seems to be the most popular one).

I learned the Sonobe unit from diagrams in a package of Origami Paper, it
showed a six unit Cube.  As a challenge it mentioned a few simple
assemblies, 3, 4, 6, 12, 24, 30.  I figured them all out except the four
unit assembly.  It makes a cube?  Is it a solid or just the outline of a
solid ?

Brett
Askinazi@i1.net





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Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 01:25:48 -0300 (ADT)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: My mistake (Yoshino-san's book)
Origami", my humblest apologies. I misunderstood the advertisement in the
Origami Tanteidan newsletter. The book is not quite ready, and will be
released in October. I just called today to see if I could get a bunch of
them to bring with me to the SEOF, and it turns out that I can't. Well, we
all have something to look out for, right?

Again, sorry for the mistake. I seem to be making a lot of them (both
mistakes and apologies) lately.

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  origami@planet.datt.co.jp   my feelings, my imaginings, my wishes and my
 Webmaster, the Origami Page  verbal sense: normally these run parallel. Often
http://www.datt.co.jp/Origami two or more cross. But only when all three cross
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Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 01:40:16 -0300 (ADT)
From: TrekDBob@aol.com
Subject: Re: Hoping not to miss the boat again

For those of you looking for JC Nolan's book you may be able to get it
directly from the publisher -- Alexander Blace. Check out www.origamido.com
-- you can send an e-mail to them...





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Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 04:54:29 -0300 (ADT)
From: Holmes David EXC IS CH <holmes@chbs.ciba.com>
Subject: Visio diagramming template

Hi all,

I mentioned before that I was having problems with diagramming my
creations.
Well I have now discovered that Visio 4 is available on my machine, and
I was wondering if anyone else who uses Visio had a template they had
made for
diagramming models.

If so, I will have a go at using Visio.

Thanks,

Dave

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