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Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 18:00:29 -0300 (ADT)
From: TrekDBob@aol.com
Subject: Re: Kawamura's Butterfly Ball tips

Cool idea with the tissue paper! I'll have to try that -- although my kids
love the butterfly so much -- I have gotten to the point where I can put one
(as long as it is a well used one) together in five minutes or so!!! ;-)

Dee





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Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 20:42:34 -0300 (ADT)
From: marckrsh@nyc.pipeline.com (Marc Kirschenbaum)
Subject: Re: Hello?

On Sep 09, 1996 15:54:01, 'PASSMOREHE@rascal.guilford.edu' wrote:

>Hi every body!
>this is a test to see if Im still on the list.  Our power on campus was
out all
>of friday due to fran, and I havent receved any messages sence.  Here in
>Greensboro NC we lost many trees and power, and had some flouding.  We
were
>extreemly lucky, many parts of the state are still without power and
water.

It is good to hear everything is okay where you are. By now you should have
realized you are still on the list. Just so you know, an easier way of
determining this is to send a message to the list processor. Send a mail
(with no subject), to listserver@nstn.ca. The body should read REVIEW
ORIGAMI-L. Usually, within a few minutes, an email will arrive with a
listing of the current members. To catch up on old mail, archives are kept
at ftp.rug.nl in the /origami, I believe in the /archives subdirectory. You
can also do a search on old articles through search engines like the one
found at Alex Bateman's page
(http://www.mrc-cpe.cam.ac.uk/jong/agb/origami.html).

Marc





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Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 21:58:01 -0300 (ADT)
From: chall@scsn.net (Carol Hall)
Subject: Re: aroma'd origami

>Well, if you read much science fiction - cinnamon would go well with a worm a
>la Dune (Arrakis -- Dune -- Desert Planet)!!!!  :-)  Although I can't think
>what the would look like, other than a cylinder with tetth at the end...
>probably not a very interesting model!

I am probably one of the few origami-l subscribers who is not into science
fiction. (Don't hurt me!!!)  Douglas Adams was about as far as I cared to
go.  I do like dragons, although I discovered that my image of them was very
different from sci-fi readers when I was thoroughly corrected one day.

>Did you know that vanilla is a very calming scent (they think because vanilla
>is a component of mother's milk... very soothing and comforting) -- I would
>imagine you could even scent things with some vanilla extract... mobiles, or
>flowers and birds...

This raises some interesting possibilities for mobiles.  You could use
vanilla pods or cinnamon sticks instead of regular dowels or skewers for the
support rods; one of the models on the mobile could be a container (even
non-paper) for scented oil or whatever; you could soak skewers or dowels in
scented oil(s) selected for their complementarity to the models.  Hmm, I
might have to do version 2 of "Constructing Mobiles" for the next
convention.  (Version 1 was what I taught this year.)  Constructing Scented
Mobiles.....

Carol Hall
chall@scsn.net





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Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 23:03:27 -0300 (ADT)
From: Richard of Foong <ryf@ecr.mu.oz.au>
Subject: Re: aroma'd origami

>
> I am probably one of the few origami-l subscribers who is not into science
> fiction. (Don't hurt me!!!)  Douglas Adams was about as far as I cared to
> go.  I do like dragons, although I discovered that my image of them was very
> different from sci-fi readers when I was thoroughly corrected one day.
>
Talking about dragons, are there any models that look like the ones in the
books like "lord of the rings" etc. The ones with the long necks, Big
wings, and long tail, with two arms... i'm sure there are, and which
books?

Thanks

Richard





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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 04:33:43 -0300 (ADT)
From: wallylynn@juno.com (Walter Lin)
Subject: looking for Kawasaki (new) Rose help

Hi all.

Well, this'll be my first post after unsubscribing for the summer, 5th
overall?  But who's counting.  Thanks for the postpone tip to the list
server.  I'll use it next time I'm away.

The diagrams are really great.  My thanks to Winson Chan, the diagrammer,
and to the one who uploaded them.  Now for the questions.

1) Any hints for #9, making the funny triangle crimps and do you flatten
in step 11?
2) I don't really understand the reason for steps 13-16.
3) Hard stuff:
        a) step 21, how tight? Like the flasher posted earlier w/ a tiny
center?  I had a  1 inch hole using 8.5 paper.
        b) I couldn't get step 25 unless I lowered the mountain crease of
step 24 one square, extending the others respectivly.  Is this correct?
Maybe I just miscounted.
        c) And for step 25, it seems like I have to fold all of these
flaps almost simultaneously.  the "reverse fold" squished the other flaps
down making it hard to fold the next one.

I'll be greatful for any help.  As for newbies, take your time.  I like
_Origami Inside-Out_), can't do super complex Lang and Montroll (e.g.
mantis) and it took me 2 hours to fold this rose.  I can do the one in
OftC quite quickly though.  I practice speed folding it while waiting for
chinese take-out to be prepared using those little contest forms at the
counters.  Usually I can finish w/ time to spare.  This new one looks
really great after folding down the flaps.

A few responses to posts from the past month if you feel like reading:

Paper:  Cheesburger wrappers from McDonalds (you all have one near you
don't you?) are great.  Pro: Thin, doesn't rip easily, very cheap (ask
for some).  Cons: like foil, creases are forever.  At step 41 of Mantis
and no rips!!  Need folding help to progress though (later :).

Waterbombs:  I also used them for an egg-drop contest, but instead of 6,
I surrounded my egg w/26, 27th w/egg in the center.  I didn't realize
that paper was so heavy.  Too bad the drop was postponed.  TV crews show
up annually to film the yearly event.  It wasn't dropped so I don't know
how well it would have done, but I got a t-shirt for creativity. Had
trouble connecting them though, used glue and staples (shudder).

Gay Gross' book: if I remember correctly, behind the cover page
(publishing info) it lists _Art of Origami_ as a title in addition to the
title of the softcover.  Sorry I can't remember correctly.

Speaking of books: I'm ashamed to say that my origami library consists of
0, yes zero.  But one's I would buy if I had money and were in print;
        OftC, Kawasaki
        Brilliant Origami, Brill
        New Origami, Biddle
        Art of Origami, Gross
I remember asking my 6th grade teacher what the word "Connoisseur" meant.
 Unfortuately, I don't think my skill has improved much since '89 and
bigger fingers don't help either.
Say, where are the skeleton diagrams located?

Recently I saw another Biddle book, orange covered.  It had a nice
traditonal crane fold that maybe could be used as a bookmark, referring
to mail before the summer.  Anyone remember the name of this book?  I
didn't get to look at it carefully.

Walter Lin
wallylynn@juno.com





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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 07:44:55 -0300 (ADT)
From: Penny Groom <penny@sector.demon.co.uk>
Subject: BOS Magazine 178 June 1996

Any overseas BOS members reading this, could you please confirm that you
have received your June issue of the magazine. I would be very grateful
if you could spare a moment to let me know either way.

Thanks

Penny
------------------------------------------
Penny Groom                :(  Membership Secretary
                           :)  British Origami Society
penny@sector.demon.co.uk
Deputy Box Office Manager,Leicester Haymarket Theatre
Haymarket Autumn/ Winter season
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/htl
Stairwell's homepage.
http://www.sector.demon.co.uk/index.htm





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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 08:16:52 -0300 (ADT)
From: gconner@modisette.COM (greg conner)
Subject: boxes or models that change

after making a couple of simple models i would like to be able to
put one in one sack and another in a second sack, hand the sacks
out to a couple of children, and when they remove their models
they would find they had changed places.

does anyone know of a shape that changes from one to another
easily?  how about one that just changes color?

greg conner





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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 08:50:29 -0300 (ADT)
From: LFHBMS@aol.com
Subject: Re: BOS Magazine 178 June 1996

Penny  I did receive my issue.  Happy folding . Laura Faller





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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 08:51:11 -0300 (ADT)
From: Sheldon Ackerman <ackerman@dorsai.dorsai.org>
Subject: Re: boxes or models that change

>
> after making a couple of simple models i would like to be able to
> put one in one sack and another in a second sack, hand the sacks
> out to a couple of children, and when they remove their models
> they would find they had changed places.
>
> does anyone know of a shape that changes from one to another
> easily?  how about one that just changes color?
>
> greg conner
>
I seem to recall a model called cube to tube. That model changes from the
shape of a cube to rectangular prism (I think that's what it's called :-)
Then there is a series of what kids love and call throwing stars. At least
one set looks like a hexagon and with a few simple movements end up looking
like the shuriken.
Sorry I can't help you at all with the creators of the models or the books
they would be in. I'm sure that other reading this will be able   to help.

--
Sheldon Ackerman.......http://www.dorsai.org/~ackerman/
ackerman@dorsai.dorsai.org
sheldon.ackerman@nycps.nycenet.edu





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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 09:03:52 -0300 (ADT)
From: zachary brown <zbrown@lynx.dac.neu.EDU>
Subject: Erotic Model web site

Hi --

I'll be maintaining the Erotic Origami Page at
http://www.anonymizer.com:8080/http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/home/httpd
      /z/zbrown/origami/erotic/

So far it only has Marc Kirschenbaum's Missionary position, but I hope
people will email me (zbrown@lynx.dac.neu.edu) diagrams of models that
have sexual content, or snail mail

Zack Brown
62 Granville Road
Cambridge, MA 02138

Model's do not have to be crisply drawn. Just get it to me in some
readable form.

Zack





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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 10:40:09 -0300 (ADT)
From: Brett Askinazi <askinazi@i1.net>
Subject: Re: looking for Kawasaki (new) Rose help

> Recently I saw another Biddle book, orange covered.  It had a nice
> traditonal crane fold that maybe could be used as a bookmark, referring
> to mail before the summer.  Anyone remember the name of this book?  I
> didn't get to look at it carefully.
>
> Walter Lin
> wallylynn@juno.com

I think that one is "Essential Origami", diagrams for the T-rex skeleton
are available through the Origami Source at OUSA.

Brett
askinazi@i1.net





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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 13:51:49 -0300 (ADT)
From: Gretchen Klotz <gren@agora.rdrop.com>
Subject: Kokigami (was Re: Alt-strip)

On Thu, 5 Sep 1996, Marc Kirschenbaum asked about Valerie Vann's
reference to "cross dressing" origami:

> As a practitioner of origami (I still find time to do that, when I am not
> hanging with my buddies at ASS-C), I have to admit to ignorance on that
> one. Do you have any more details on this interesting use of origami?

I'm not sure exactly what Valerie was referring to, but there's always
kokigami (sp?).  It's a combination of paperfolding and papercutting for,
um, male decoration.  There's a book on it, co-authored by one of the
co-authors of _Why Cats Paint_ (for what *that's* worth).  Powell's often
has it in stock, right in with the origami books, but I think the copies
they get are often pre-owned ("used" in this context is too uncomfortable
to think about).  Your mileage will certainly vary.

- Gretchen, still shaking the illusion that origami was a G-rated activity
and starting to get nervous about what people *really* mean when they say
"origami is sharing"

;^)

--
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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 15:15:45 -0300 (ADT)
From: JENEVOLD@aol.com
Subject: butterfly balls; David's story

Oh, my! I must say it raises my self-esteem to think that I can manage a
model David Lister hasn't, yet! (But I have great confidence he _can_ :)

The first time I put together the butterfly ball, it took me a couple of
hours of hard labour. Within a few times, I could manage it in a few minutes.
Then, just to humble me, my 9-year-old son came by and whipped it together in
nothing flat on the first try.

Just to prove that the current pre-adolescent generation has not been totally
jaded for simple pleasures by all the entertainment options thrown at them, I
want to report that the fifth-grade class I performed it for was awed. I'll
always treasure the memory of their faces listening to the "butterflies" in
the ball. When I came to the "shall we set them free?" rigmarole, one of the
boys exclaimed, "Wait! We need to close the windows first!"  I had expected
gullibility from the Kindergarteners but not from the older ones.

BTW, I've had quite a lot of fun designing and printing paper for these on my
color inkjet printer. Stylized butterflies are easy and fun.

Thanks, David, for retelling the bomb story. I hadn't heard it before. I'm a
little uncomfortable using the word "bomb" anyway, around children who take
so much violence so for granted.

Love, Julie





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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 16:25:49 -0300 (ADT)
From: contract@nyc.pipeline.com (Contractors Exchange)
Subject: Re: Kokigami (was Re: Alt-strip)

On Sep 10, 1996 13:51:49, 'Gretchen Klotz <gren@agora.rdrop.com>' wrote:

>.
>
>- Gretchen, still shaking the illusion that origami was a G-rated activity

>and starting to get nervous about what people *really* mean when they say
>"origami is sharing"

This reminds me of the guy who liked to engage in *full-contact origami*
(as per a college entrance paper).





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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 17:57:56 -0300 (ADT)
From: Wayne Ko <Herman_Ko@mindlink.bc.ca>
Subject: RE:  Boxes or Models that Change

I think someone mentioned this already - the star that changes to an octagon
can be found in Origami Plain and Simple by Neale/Hull.

There is also a rotating tetrahedron in various books - the one that comes
to mind is The New Origami by Biddle.  There is also a model of two
differently coloured boxes that can be put inside each other as well as
various geometric puzzles.

Origami Omnibus by Kasahara also contains several geometric type puzzles.  I
think there is one where you can turn a cube inside out so it is a different
colour.

The Hexa-flexagon (or something like that) may also be of interest.  This is
a strip of paper comprised of equilateral triangles that can be rotated to
produce 6 different patterns.  This is in some mainstream origami books, but
I can't recall any titles.  It is in a small booklet called Mathematics
Through Paperfolding by Olson(?); this is a NCTM (National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics) publication and so may not be widely circulated.

Note:  I'm doing this from memory so the above info may not be 100%
accurate.  Someone on the list may want to confirm, correct or clarify.

Wayne

>after making a couple of simple models i would like to be able to
>put one in one sack and another in a second sack, hand the sacks
>out to a couple of children, and when they remove their models
>they would find they had changed places.
>
>does anyone know of a shape that changes from one to another
>easily?  how about one that just changes color?
>
>greg conner





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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 17:59:36 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Ole A. Nielsen" <nielseno@knot.queensu.ca>
Subject: Montroll book

Howdy,

I just returned from a weekend in Toronto, after having spent at least 5
hours in the Japanese Paper Place (887 Queen Street West).
As well as origami paper, I bought John Montroll's 1996 book MYTHOLOGICAL
CREATURES AND THE CHINESE ZODIAC IN ORIGAMI
(Dover Publications, Inc.) It contains the Chinese Zodiac: rat, ox, tiger,
boar, rabbit, chinese dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster and dog, as
well as the 4 suits (hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs). The myth section
includes a sea serpant, unicorn, centaur, griffin, pegasus, cerberus,
chimera, western dragon, three-headed dragon and wyvern.
The dragons are particularly impressive!
I've maneged to squeeze in folding about 5 models, and I am throughly
enjoying the book. This is definitely a book worth getting! At only 15$
Canadian, WOW!!
Way to go John Montroll for giving us another amazing book.

Janet Nielsen

Ode to a Holstein Cow
I think bovines are very fine:
They dot the hills in northern climes.
Most often of the genus Bos,
Extremely gentle, rarely cross,
They consume large quantities of grass,
And pollute the air with methane gas.
There are many species that we can list:
>From Jerseys and Guernseys to Brown Swiss.
Yet Holsteins are a breed apart-
Black and white, origami art.
HOLSTEIN COW,
JOHN MONTROLL,
ORIGAMI INSIDE-OUT





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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 18:09:07 -0300 (ADT)
From: Steven Casey <scasey@enternet.com.au>
Subject: Re: BOS Magazine 178 June 1996

At 07:45 AM 10/09/96 -0300, you wrote:
>Any overseas BOS members reading this, could you please confirm that you
>have received your June issue of the magazine. I would be very grateful
>if you could spare a moment to let me know either way.
>
>Thanks
>
>Penny
>------------------------------------------
>Penny Groom                :(  Membership Secretary
>                           :)  British Origami Society
>penny@sector.demon.co.uk
>Deputy Box Office Manager,Leicester Haymarket Theatre
>Haymarket Autumn/ Winter season
>http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/htl
>Stairwell's homepage.
>http://www.sector.demon.co.uk/index.htm
>-----------------------------------------

Penny,

I have received the June edition of "British Origami" and the August
edition. But it always arrives late :( I think the June edition arrived late
in July and the August edition arrived in  September. Is someone missing
their copy?

 Where I live, which is a block of flats, the mail boxes are easily
accessible. One day a neighbor said he had found some mail of mine in the
laundry. It turned out to be a convention booklet which had been sent two
years earlier. He had been holding on to it!. It turned out one of my models
had been published (the rabbit eared bandicoot) so I was very pleased to
have the book returned. As this person was moving out soon I didn't say
anything further. But it was obvious he had held onto it for a while but
couldn't do any of the models. Things always return to their rightful owner !.

cheers :)

Steven Casey

PS recently their have been requests for Visa card details to be send by
email for books and subscriptions etc. Is their any way of encrypting these
messages?
Something like "Pretty Good Privacy" (PGP). To protect peoples personal
details from snooping eyes.





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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 18:45:12 -0300 (ADT)
From: Brett Askinazi <askinazi@i1.net>
Subject: Models in the Convention Books

In the back of the Source there are lists available of the models in the
convention books.

I was wondering if these lists were available on the Internet?

Anybody know  ?

Brett
askinazi@i1.net





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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 18:53:18 -0300 (ADT)
From: Steven Casey <scasey@enternet.com.au>
Subject: Re: BOS Magazine 178 June 1996

Hi,

My previous posting re: the BOS magazine was intended for Penny Groom.

Steve Casey





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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 20:22:00 -0300 (ADT)
From: Michael & Janet Hamilton <mikeinnj@concentric.net>
Subject: Re: looking for Kawasaki (new) Rose help

Walter Lin wrote:

>         b) I couldn't get step 25 unless I lowered the mountain crease of
> step 24 one square, extending the others respectivly.  Is this correct?
> Maybe I just miscounted.

I found out the same thing - I must have unfolded the model and started over
     twice, trying to make sure I had
not made a mistake up until that point.  Finally, I extended the fold and when
     the rest worked easily I assumed
that must be the correct solution.  I really liked the lock created by the
     reverse folds in step 26.

Janet Hamilton
--
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http://www.concentric.net/~Mikeinnj/





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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 20:40:47 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Ole A. Nielsen" <nielseno@knot.queensu.ca>
Subject: Origami Mags?

I t seems that there are magazines for everything: stamp collecting, cross
stitch, sports, news, crafts.....
What about origami? Apart from Origami Society magazines, are there any
others out there? (Or am I dreaming?)

Janet Nielsen

Ode to a Holstein Cow
I think bovines are very fine:
They dot the hills in northern climes.
Most often of the genus Bos,
Extremely gentle, rarely cross,
They consume large quantities of grass,
And pollute the air with methane gas.
There are many species that we can list:
>From Jerseys and Guernseys to Brown Swiss.
Yet Holsteins are a breed apart-
Black and white, origami art.
HOLSTEIN COW,
JOHN MONTROLL,
ORIGAMI INSIDE-OUT





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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 22:33:21 -0300 (ADT)
From: Michael & Janet Hamilton <mikeinnj@concentric.net>
Subject: Re: Rose Diagrams

Winson asked me to forward this message in regards to step 24 in his diagrams
     of the new Kawasaki Rose:

WINSON CHAN wrote:
>
> I'm having trouble emailing out to the list, so can you forward this email to
> the list for me.
>
> Your right about diagram 24 being incorrect, and you solution is correct.
>
> - Winson Chan

The solution is to extend the fold in step 24 to get the result diagrammed in
     step 25.

Janet Hamilton

--
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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 23:35:38 -0300 (ADT)
From: quintin@people.kayhay.com (L. Quintin)
Subject: origami clubs

I'm going to attempt to start an origami club in my area and would like
ideas on possible activities.  What do you folks who belong to clubs do at
your meetings?

Lise
quintin@peak.mountnet.com
Now newer and improved!!!   >>>   http://people.mountnet.com/~quintin/





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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 00:39:32 -0300 (ADT)
From: Yaacov Metzger <origami@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: boxes or models that change

>does anyone know of a shape that changes from one to another
>easily?  how about one that just changes color?

At the 96 convention, Jeremy Shaefer was selling a magic trick that used
his "Interlocking Rings" model to very nice effect. He started with 2
pieces of paper, one white, and one black, interlocked them, put them in an
envelope (with patter, of course) then took out the (seemingly) self-same
rings - and TA-DA! they had turned into one piece of black/white paper!
This sounds like a good fit for what you want. I think he was asking $15
for the trick (paper, patter, and envelope included) His address is (as
previously posted on origami-l):

Jeremy Shafer
1744 Virginia St.
Berkeley, CA  94703

Yaacov Metzger
origami@worldnet.att.net





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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 01:18:33 -0300 (ADT)
From: imcarrie@actrix.gen.nz (Ian Carrie)
Subject: Re: boxes or models that change

>after making a couple of simple models i would like to be able to
>put one in one sack and another in a second sack, hand the sacks
>out to a couple of children, and when they remove their models
>they would find they had changed places.
>
>does anyone know of a shape that changes from one to another
>easily?  how about one that just changes color?
>
>greg conner

The troublewit described in Eric Kenneway's 'Complete Origami' may be of
interest.

Cheers

Ian





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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 01:43:06 -0300 (ADT)
From: Steve Arlow <yorick@conch.aa.msen.com>
Subject: Re: Butterfly Balls and Bombs.

David Lister (DLister891@aol.com) writes:
>
>I  have been reading with interest the diverse instructions for putting
>together a "Butterfly Ball". I have never achieved it yet: I think my only
>hope would be a structured and integrated combination of sticky tape, paper
>clips and "bobby pins".

Try using smaller squares, say, 2".  That way, you can cup the
entire thing in one hand while adding pieces with the other.  If
you have small hands, use smaller squares.

(And now that the serious advice is out of the way...)

>What I really intended to tell you is that there seems to have been a change
>of name. "Butterfly Balls" used to be called "Butterfly Bombs" and not so
>long ago either. I see that Gay Merrill Gross calls them "Butterfly Balls"
> in "The Art of Origami", (what a wonderful book that is!) so perhaps it was
>she who gave them this innocent name.
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
A little while ago, you also wrote:

:I, myself, would ask: Is anyone ever conscious of the legs of a butterfly
:when it flits among the flowers?

I've never looked at a butterfly that closely.  ;>  As you put it,

:                                               [...] I hope that others
:will be able to perceive how much greater paperfolding is than the mere
:folding of anatonmically correct dragonflies  [...]

My sentiments exactly.  ;>

>                                      Or was this the name given by the
>designer, Kenneth Kawamura, a name which, for a time,  was displaced in
>popular usage? Anyway, I always knew it by the much more explosive name of
>"The Butterfly Bomb".

The next time we both manage to show up at the same AASO meeting,
I'll ask him.

> The name of "Butterfly Bomb" still sends shudders down my spine. During the
>last war, Grimsby, where I still live, was the target for a new type of
>experimental air raid.  [...]

So there really are "Butterfly Bombs"!  Thanks for relating your
story for us.

I also have an interesting mental association with the term
"Butterfly Bomb"; it reminds me of the late Vaughn Bode''s
"Junkwaffle" cartoons.  The characters were lizard-like soldiers,
and when they died, it was shown as a stream of butterflies
flying out of their mouths.  I think that it originally was meant
as a stylistic trick for showing the breath of life leaving the
body, but later it was clear that they (the butterflies) were
real.  In one cartoon, a soldier is really enjoying a bag of new
"Butterfly Chips", until he comes across the body of one of his
recently-fallen comrades, and realizes where they come from...

(IIRC, these were Veitnam-era cartoons.)

>I shall have the greatest pleasure in throwing up my butterfly balls and
>watching the butterflies flutter innocently to the ground.

No comment.  None whatsoever.  ;>  ;>  ;>

--
"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
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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 02:01:42 -0300 (ADT)
From: Steve Arlow <yorick@conch.aa.msen.com>
Subject: Nuclear Butterfly Bombs

All this talk of Butterfly Bombs got me thinking about other
modulars that would work the same way.  If you omit half of the
orthogonal crease of the unit, you get something that still looks
a little like a butterfly, and can be assembled into a
rhombicuboctahedron (instead of the usual cuboctahedron of Ken
Kawamura's Butterfly Bomb).  I think that 24 units are required,
but since we all know how well I can count, you'd best fold a few
extra...  :)

+-------------+
|\.         ./|
|  \.     ./  |
|    \. ./    |
|      X-- -- |    <-- Valley-fold only one side.
|    ./ \.    |
|  ./     \.  |
|./         \.|
+-------------+

This model (I've built only one) cannot be assembled without
drafting tape, and even when completed is *extremely* fragile.  I
do not think I will be able to transport it, and I expect that to
detonate it, I will only need to blow at it -- if it survives the
initial toss.

I may try using cellophane next, in the hope that if I wet the
surface slightly, I can get the units to stick to one another a
little bit better.  Failing that, perhaps just enough glue-stick
to make the surfaces tacky.

  --- Steve

(Speaking of "tacky", please note that I did not use a subject
of "Giant Butterfly Balls"...)   ;)

--
"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
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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 02:08:01 -0300 (ADT)
From: Steve Arlow <yorick@conch.aa.msen.com>
Subject: Re: Butterfly Balls and Bombs.

I wrote:
>(IIRC, these were Veitnam-era cartoons.)

s/Veitnam/Vietnam/

(There's no 'Supercede' on a mailing list...)





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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 03:53:20 -0300 (ADT)
From: Robyn Meyer <rmeyer@netadvantage.com.au>
Subject: re: boxes or models that change

Hey Greg,

the book I just recently bought ("The Origami Workshop" by Gay Merrill =
Gross - by the way people - it says that this book was originally =
published as "The Art of Origami") might have the model that Sheldon =
Ackerman was talking about...except that these are called magic stars =
(designed by Robert Neale)...they are made out of 8 pieces of paper and =
it is an octagon that changes into a star (which I'm sure my brother =
could use to throw at people and hurt them because the points are so =
sharp) so maybe it wouldn't be a good idea to give to kids...unless the =
kids you're talking about aren't as destructive as my brother which is a =
big possability!!!

In the same book by Gay Merrill Gross is a model called "Kaleidoscope =
flower" It is made using seven pieces of paper that are joined together =
and the final unit can be turned inside out...I'm not too sure how it =
works cause I haven't looked at it in detail yet - or made it...but I =
hope to soon!=20

By the way everyone, thanks for your replies to my questions about the =
butterfly ball...I haven't tried again (too scared to at the moment!!!!) =
but I hope to soon. However I have made the peacock (pg87) designed by =
Adofo Cerceda and it was a lot easier than I thought it would be...just =
goes to show that the number of steps (44) doesn't necessarily =
correspond to difficulty!!!=20

Have fun,

Robyn Meyer





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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 06:00:23 -0300 (ADT)
From: Holmes David EXC IS CH <holmes@chbs.ciba.com>
Subject: RE: boxes or models that change

>>after making a couple of simple models i would like to be able to
>>put one in one sack and another in a second sack, hand the sacks
>>out to a couple of children, and when they remove their models
>>they would find they had changed places.
>>
>>does anyone know of a shape that changes from one to another
>>easily?  how about one that just changes color?
>>
>>greg conner

>The troublewit described in Eric Kenneway's 'Complete Origami' may be of
>interest.
>
>Cheers
>
>Ian

The troublewit can also be found in Steve & Megumi Biddle's
"The New Origami", a very good book with a wide variety of
models.

Dave

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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 06:06:55 -0300 (ADT)
From: Holmes David EXC IS CH <holmes@chbs.ciba.com>
Subject: RE: Origami Mags?

>I t seems that there are magazines for everything: stamp collecting, cross
>stitch, sports, news, crafts.....
>What about origami? Apart from Origami Society magazines, are there any
>others out there? (Or am I dreaming?)
>
>Janet Nielsen

I've often thought about this myself.  In the UK, W.H.Smiths
have a computerised magazine ordering service, which includes
all the titles they can get.  Not surprisingly (?) no origami
magazines were listed.

As well as already being a member of the BOS, I think I will
soon join OUSA and perhaps the major German society.

Following recent discussions, it sounds like the Annual Collection
is something I should not be missing out on.

Bye for now,

Dave

PS. Does the quoting at the top look OK?  I'm used to Pine, but
I'm using MS Exchange here at Ciba and it simply indents the
original message -I've added the > symbols.

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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 06:28:27 -0300 (ADT)
From: Bruce Stephens <stephens@math.ruu.nl>
Subject: Re: looking for Kawasaki (new) Rose help

> I found out the same thing - I must have unfolded the model and started over
     twice, trying to make sure I had
> not made a mistake up until that point.  Finally, I extended the fold and
     when the rest worked easily I assumed
> that must be the correct solution.  I really liked the lock created by the
     reverse folds in step 26.

Obviously I've missed something.  Are these diagrams for the new rose
(the one which Kawasaki thinks of as his rose, but which he hadn't got
around to diagramming yet, but which will appear in his new book when
it's finished), or are they new diagrams of the rose in OftC?

And if they're the former, where are they?  I noticed some messages in
the archives suggesting that they were about to be put in the ftp
archives, but I can't see them.

--
Bruce Stephens           | email: B.Stephens@math.ruu.nl
Utrecht University              | telephone: +31 30 2534630
Department of Mathematics       | telefax:   +31 30 2518394
P.O. Box 80010, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands





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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 09:34:12 -0300 (ADT)
From: Dorinha Miriam Silber Schmidt Vitti <dmssvitt@carpa.ciagri.usp.br>
Subject: Re: BOS Magazine 178 June 1996

Penny, I didn't receive the BOS magazine, June. I received Abril and
August.Dorinha.
At 07:44 10/09/96 -0300, you wrote:
>Any overseas BOS members reading this, could you please confirm that you
>have received your June issue of the magazine. I would be very grateful
>if you could spare a moment to let me know either way.
>
>Thanks
>
>Penny
>------------------------------------------
>Penny Groom                :(  Membership Secretary
>                           :)  British Origami Society
>penny@sector.demon.co.uk
>Deputy Box Office Manager,Leicester Haymarket Theatre
>Haymarket Autumn/ Winter season
>http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/htl
>Stairwell's homepage.
>http://www.sector.demon.co.uk/index.htm





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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 10:01:43 -0300 (ADT)
From: Michael & Janet Hamilton <mikeinnj@concentric.net>
Subject: Re: looking for Kawasaki (new) Rose help

Bruce Stephens wrote:
> Obviously I've missed something.  Are these diagrams for the new rose
> (the one which Kawasaki thinks of as his rose, but which he hadn't got
> around to diagramming yet, but which will appear in his new book when
> it's finished), or are they new diagrams of the rose in OftC?
>
> And if they're the former, where are they?  I noticed some messages in
> the archives suggesting that they were about to be put in the ftp
> archives, but I can't see them.

Yes, the comments pertain to the new rose by Kawasaki, diagrammed by Winson
     Chan.  The diagrams are available
in the origami archives, which may be accessed at file://ftp.rug.nl/origami.  I
     uploaded them to the .incoming
directory, I don't know if Maarten has moved them over to the models directory
     yet.

Janet Hamilton

--
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http://www.concentric.net/~Mikeinnj/





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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 10:35:45 -0300 (ADT)
From: DonShall@aol.com
Subject: Re: Ken Kawamura

Re: Marcia Mau's inquiry on Ken. I believe he was born & raised in Hawaii.
However, the gental, genius now lives here in Michigan: P.O.Box 6039, East
Lansing, MI USA 48826-6039.





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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 10:51:24 -0300 (ADT)
From: bob@maggie.pentek.COM (Bob Sgandurra)
Subject: Re: Origami Mags?

On Tue, 10 Sep 1996 Janet Nielsen wrote:

>>I t seems that there are magazines for everything: stamp collecting, cross
>>stitch, sports, news, crafts.....
>>What about origami? Apart from Origami Society magazines, are there any
>>others out there? (Or am I dreaming?)

I've been collecting ORU magazine for a while.  Since the complexity of the
articles is beyond the scope of what I can translate with my Kanji-English
dictionary (good for 'repeat steps 20-25' type directions but not much more!).
I was wondering if it is produced by an independent publisher or in association
with one of the origami societies?

Bob
bob@pentek.com





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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 11:03:52 -0300 (ADT)
From: Rjlang@aol.COM
Subject: Yoshizawa exhibit in Germany

For our European readers, I just received a mailing announcing an "ORIGAMI
Kunstaustellung" (origami exhibition) by Akira Yoshizawa, to be held from 30
October to 18 November, at the JAL Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany. The opening
reception is 30 October at 18:30; Yoshizawa will also be there on 31 October
and 1 November between 16:30 and 17:30. Telephone of the gallery is
069-13600.

Robert Lang





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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 13:15:27 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jeannine Mosely <j9@concentra.com>
Subject: Business Card Butterfly Balls

Steve Arlow offered a variant of the Butterfly Ball in a recent
message, where the horizontal crease is only made halfway, and the
assembled shape is a rhombicuboctahedron.  (24 units are required.) I
made this model about a year ago, but I found it much too fragile to be
at all satisfying.

I have another version of the Butterfly Ball that is made from (what
else?) business cards.  I find they are almost the ideal size and
weight for such a model.  American business cards measure 2 by 3.5
inches, and are very nearly in the ratio of the square root of 3 to 1,
which I call the "bronze ratio". ;-) This allows you to place two
equilateral triangles back to back in the rectangle.

   +-------------+
   |\           /|
   | \         * |
   |  \       /  |
   |   \     *   |
   |    \   /    |
   |     \ *     |
   |----- X------|
   |     * \     |
   |    /   \    |
   |   *     \   |
   |  /       \  |
   | *         \ |
   |/           \|
   +-------------+

Make the horizontal crease and one of the diagonals mountain folds and
the other diagonal a valley fold. Squeeze the two corners connected by
the valley fold together to make the module 3 dimensional. Twelve of
these can be assembled to make the cuboctahedral shape of the
Butterfly Ball.  Notice that these units have handedness, and for your
model to work, you must make all the pieces the same.  If the valley
fold on one card runs from the lower left corner to the upper right
corner, then it must do so on all your cards.

The difference is this: in the original Butterfly Ball, each square
face of the cuboctahedron is made of four overlapping (large)
triangles, and each triangular face is replaced by an inverted pyramid
made of three overlapping (small) triangles.  To make the business
card Butterfly Ball, each triangular face is made of three (small)
overlapping triangles, while each square face is replaced by an
inverted pyramid made of four overlapping (large) triangles.

A warning: there are two distinct ways to assemble the business cards
into the shape described above.  When overlapping the small triangles
to make the triangular faces, they can be overlapped so that the
portions that show are either triangular (imagine connecting the
center point of the triangle by three lines to the corners) or
kite-shaped (connect the center point of the triangle by three lines
to the mid-points of the edges).  The triangular configuration is much
*less* stable that the kite-shaped one.

I hope this is clear enough for folks to follow.

        -- Jeannine Mosely





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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 18:25:01 -0300 (ADT)
From: Kristine Tomlinson <ktomlinson@platinum.com>
Subject: Re: Boxes or Models that Change

Hi,

Wayne Ko mentioned the hexaflexagon ...  This model is also in Eric
Kenneway's "Complete Origami" along with a ring variation.  I just got the
book and happened to have it at work ... what a great book!!

Kristine
ktomlinson@platinum.com





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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 18:34:33 -0300 (ADT)
From: oded streigold <benjic@netvision.net.il>
Subject: stores at Minneapolis?

 Hallo!!

 Yes! tommorow I'm relised from the army; papers, here I come!

 My aunt is comming to Israel to visit from Minneapolis MN, next month-
 Does someone know of a good paper or arts store there, where she might
 find some paper supplies?

 Thanks!

 Oded.
 benjic@netvision.net.il





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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 18:59:16 -0300 (ADT)
From: Grace Chiu <chiug@cognos.com>
Subject: OUSA Convention Pack T Missing

I finally got my OUSA "Sorry I Can't Attend" Convention Pack in the mail
today.  I thought the T-shirt would be included, as I distinctly
remember that it was offered on the order form, but it was nowhere to be
found in the massive envelope. :(

Did anyone else get or not get the T-shirt?  I need to determine if
it was an omission on OUSA's part or not.  I've got plenty of T-shirts
as it is, but I just would like to get what I paid for.

Also, thanks to Marc Kirschenbaum for including the nice diagrams of
Fluffy (the teddy bear he taught last year) in the '96 Annual
Collection.  My copy of his hand-drawn diagrams had gotten quite ragged
over the past year. And thanks too to Michael LaFosse for his penguin
diagrams (even though I bought the video). BTW... no one ever replied
about my query about how to adapt the LaFosse squirrel to be a
chinchilla -- what's up?

Regards,

Grace





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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 20:56:10 -0300 (ADT)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: Re: Origami Mags?

On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Bob Sgandurra wrote:

> I've been collecting ORU magazine for a while.  Since the complexity of the
> articles is beyond the scope of what I can translate with my Kanji-English
> dictionary (good for 'repeat steps 20-25' type directions but not much more!).
> I was wondering if it is produced by an independent publisher or in
     association
> with one of the origami societies?

"Oru" is published by Sojusha Inc. which is an independent publisher. They
do maintain strong ties with the Origami Tanteidan, and Yamaguchi-san is a
contributing editor. The next issue will be released tomorrow (Friday the
13th, for anyone out there who is superstitious) and I'll be in it!

          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 cross at
 Webmaster, DATT Japan Inc.   one point do you get a poem - Bash! Whop! Klok!
    http://www.datt.co.jp     Doing! - Poem, Yippee!   --Philip Larkin, poet.





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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 21:56:13 -0300 (ADT)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: Rights of Photographers and Photographees revisited

Found this in the Japan Times today:

French court tosses out lawsuit by bomb victims

PARIS (AP) A French court threw out a lawsuit Tuesday by subway bombing
victims who sought damages from five French publications that ran pictures
of them bloodied and stunned from the blast.
  The court ruled the suit was "incompatible" with the European Convention
for the Safeguarding of Human Rights, which guarantees freedom of
information and expression.
  The photos were taken July 25 last year when victims stumbled or were
carried out of the Saint Michel subway station in the heart of Paris after
a bomb ripped through the train, killing eight people and injuring nearly
100.
  The graphic photos were published in the French pictorial magazine
Paris-Match, the tabloid daily France-Soir and by three photo agencies.
  The suit contended that the publications violated a French law that calls
for fines for running photos of the "circumstances of a crime."

          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 cross at
 Webmaster, DATT Japan Inc.   one point do you get a poem - Bash! Whop! Klok!
    http://www.datt.co.jp     Doing! - Poem, Yippee!   --Philip Larkin, poet.





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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 22:14:47 -0300 (ADT)
From: PenneyA@aol.com
Subject: Re: Convention Pack!

I can't believe it, I actually recieved my convention pack to day!  I thought
Michigan fell off the map or something.  It was well worth the wait and I
have my cool origami shirt on now.
                          Penney





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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 22:52:19 -0300 (ADT)
From: Mark Morden <marmonk@eskimo.com>
Subject: Seattle's September PAPER meeting

This is to remind any Seattle area folders that the September PAPER (Puget
Area Paperfolding Enthusiasts Roundtable) meeting will be this Sunday,
September 15 at the University Heights Community Center, 5031 University Way
NE.  We have room 110 from 1-3 pm. Young Rob will warm us up with a
dinosaur, and then Phil will teach us Kimura-San's Dinosaur Egg. This is a
3-D colour change model of a dinosaur in an egg shell.  As always, any
newcomers and guests are welcome.  Please bring your latest folds to share
or photos or books or anything else origami. Also, a couple of bucks to help
pay for the room rental would be appreciated.  Any questions, please e-mail me.

See you Sunday

Mark

Mark Morden == marmonk@mail.eskimo.com
http://www.eskimo.com/~marmonk/
--------------------------------------------------------
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the Sun
has risen; not only because I see it, but because by it
I see everything else.
                       C.S. Lewis, "The Weight of Glory"





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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 23:14:46 -0300 (ADT)
From: Michael & Janet Hamilton <mikeinnj@concentric.net>
Subject: Re: stores at Minneapolis?

oded streigold wrote:
>  My aunt is comming to Israel to visit from Minneapolis MN, next month-
>  Does someone know of a good paper or arts store there, where she might
>  find some paper supplies?

This is the only place that has been mentioned in Minnesota - I'm afraid I
     don't even know if it is near
Minneapolis.

Triarco Arts and Crafts, Inc.
14650 28th Ave NW
Plymouth, MN  55447

Janet Hamilton
--
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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 23:31:00 -0300 (ADT)
From: Richard of Foong <ryf@ecr.mu.oz.au>
Subject: Re: Boxes or Models that Change

>
> Wayne Ko mentioned the hexaflexagon ...  This model is also in Eric
> Kenneway's "Complete Origami" along with a ring variation.  I just got the
> book and happened to have it at work ... what a great book!!

Isn't there also a site which has some information on hexaflexagons? Im
sure i`ve stumbled on one.

Richard Foong





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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 23:47:00 -0300 (ADT)
From: Rodney Grantham <rodney@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: Aikido

Well, there are those nasty little twists of the arm and wrist.  Those will get
     you
up on your toes!  But mostly used to redirect the attacker as you suggest.  Or
     restrain
him after he is neatly positioned on the ground.

   Not sure how this gets into origami, but at least as relevant as all the
     stripper
discussion in the newsgroup.

Rodney

David M. Phillips wrote:
>

> Aikido differs from other forms of martial art (in my limited
> experience) in that one does not seek to stop an attack through
> the use of counter-force, nor to injure ones attacker.  But





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Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 00:29:34 -0300 (ADT)
From: Rachel Katz <mandrk@pb.net>
Subject: Re: Boxes or Models that Change

One of the easiest and most effective models is in Florence Temko's
"Paper Masgic." She learned it at a convention a few years back and I
don't believe she attributes it to anyone other than saying that it
is Japanese. She calls it the "Magic Star." As you rotate it, it
becomes, a flower, a wheel and back to the star. It is simply made up
of eight units. Each unit is a waterbomb base with the outside folds
brought to meet the center line, front and back. (Like the step you would do
     when
making the ears of the blow-up rabbit.) Two points of each piece are
inserted into the next until the circle is complete.

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





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Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 00:44:32 -0300 (ADT)
From: Emily Hackbarth <emily@exo.com>
Subject: Re: Boxes or Models that Change

> Isn't there also a site which has some information on hexaflexagons? Im
> sure i`ve stumbled on one.

There's a couple of them.
http://www.xnet.com/~aak/hexahexa.html
and
http://auntannie.com/flexagon/flexagon.html
Beware, both of them use scissors and glue!

                    Emily Hackbarth
                    emily@exo.com

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





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Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 05:38:17 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Lauinger,p15" <Lauinger@06.bonn02.telekom400.dbp.de>
Subject: Re: Yoshizawa exhibit in Germany

Sorry, Robert J. Lang, but the mail you receiced is not
correct. There will be no Yoshizawa exhibit this year in
Frankfurt. Last year there was a Yoshizawa exhibit in
Frankfurt (the date you mentioned).
I phoned with Ms Otoma of JAL, responsible for exhibition,
and she didn't know anything about a new Yoshizawa
exhibition this year.

Sorry for all Yoshizawa fans.

Dorisris





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Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 11:08:27 -0300 (ADT)
From: Rjlang@aol.com
Subject: Re: Yoshizawa exhibit in Germany

> Sorry, Robert, but the mail you receiced is not
> correct. There will be no Yoshizawa exhibit this year in
> Frankfurt. Last year there was a Yoshizawa exhibit in
> Frankfurt...

Phooey. I was sent this from the IOC (Yoshizawa's own) organization; why he
sent year-old info, I'm a bit puzzled by. Sorry to get folk's hopes up!

Robert





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Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 14:14:09 -0300 (ADT)
From: fatboy <fatboy@main.aquanet.co.il>
Subject: Re: boxes or models that change

Greg,

> does anyone know of a shape that changes from one to another
> easily?  how about one that just changes color?
>

In the book "Complete Origami" by Eric Kenneway ISBN 0-312-00898-8 there
is a section on Flexegons which, dependong on the paper used, can change
both shape (a bit) and/or colors.

Shalom LeVine
fatboy@main.aquanet.co.il





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Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 16:18:39 -0300 (ADT)
From: TrekDBob@aol.com
Subject: Re: Rights of Photographers and Photographees revisited

I think I saw those same photos (of the subway bombing in Paris) here in the
States. I have always thought that I would really rather NOT be in newspapers
all over the world at such a time -- all the powers that be forbid the
occasion ever arise for any of us!!! Take for instance the family of the
little girl whose body is being carried by a fireman after the Oklahoma City
bombing -- I cannot imagine the anguish they must feel everytime they see
that picture somehwhere! I think I saw part of an interview with them once
where they were trying to stop the further publication of that photo -- but I
never heard whether they won or not -- I would be inclined to doubt it...

just my late night 2 cents worth...

Dee





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Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 16:45:29 -0300 (ADT)
From: Carol Martinson <carolm@stpaul.stpaul.lib.mn.us>
Subject: Re: stores at Minneapolis?

        While I am not familiar with all the art stores in the Twin
Cities and I am not familiar with Triarco Arts & Crafts another person
suggested earlier, I am a member of Origami Minnesota and know what
stores its members frequent.

        The best store we know of for both precut origami paper and
specialty papers is Wet Paint in St. Paul.  They have a very large
selection of different types of precut origami paper in many sizes, the
largest selection we know of in the area.  They also have 3-4 huge sample
books, 4 inches thick each, with 4-6 paper samples per page, of Japanese
handmade papers, marble papers, bark papers, etc.  I would guess they
have between 500-1000 specialty papers.  Their address is:

        Wet Paint
        1684 Grand Ave.
        St. Paul, MN   55105
        (612) 698-6431

        The next best store we know of is Art Materials, Inc. in
Minneapolis.  They have a decent selection of precut origami paper and
some specialty papers.  They do not have as much as Wet Paint, but maybe
local people patronize it for origami papers.  An advantage for your
aunt might be that they are in Mineapolis.  Their address is:

        Art Materials Inc.
        3018 Lyndale Ave. S.
        Minneapolis, MN   55406
        (612) 827-5301

        While Wet Paint and Art Materials Inc. may be the best sources
for origami paper in the Twin cities, they are not the cheapest.  There
are many Dick Blick outlets which are cheaper for the exact same items.
The disadvantage is that they don't have as much and they often run out
of particular papers.  Since your aunt is in Minneapolis, she may be able
to visit their main store at:

        Dick Blick
        2501 26th Ave. S.
        Minneapolis, MN   55406
        (612) 721-6421

        Hope this will be of some help.  It might also help your aunt to
know what kind of paper you are hoping to get, and she can call around to
these places before actually making a trip.

        Carol Martinson





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Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 17:14:57 -0300 (ADT)
From: Valerie Vann <75070.304@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: OUSA Convention Pack T Missing

Grace,

There should be a T-Shirt (I think we even got a size choice
this year). Mine was in the Pack (arrived yesterday/West Coast).
There is also a Convention button; list of attendees, convention
class schedule, supply center price list, a poem/song, a plastic
portfolio (like last year); and a pac of paper (big foil, 6 in foil,
kami (with OUSA "brand name"), and some large kami); plus the
Convention Annual book (see my separate post). The color of the year
is PURPLE (T-shirt, button, book cover).

--valerie





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Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 19:14:23 -0300 (ADT)
From: bminch@pcmp.caltech.edu
Subject: Michael LaFosse's F-14

Hi All,

I have seen some references to a "booklet" containing diagrams for Michael
LaFosse's F-14.  Does anyone know if this booklet is still available?  If
so, does anyone know how to go about getting it?  Thanks.

Brad Minch.
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Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 20:34:15 -0300 (ADT)
From: rita <rstevens@philly.infi.net>
Subject: Warabe Ningyo Kit

My sister returned from a vacation in Japan with an origami (?) kit to make
folded dolls.  I am very much a novice at folding but I'd like to give it a
try.  If anyone has seen these kits I would be interested in hearing from
you.   I was curious about the dimensions of the paper to start out with,
they seem a little odd given the size of the paper  included in the package.
Also are the kits available in the USA.  (Once I figure outthe diagram, I
guess it just a matter of using my  own paper.)

 Any helpful hints would be greatly appreciated.  The good news is that she
also brought home a few finished products, so I know what it's ultimately
supposed to look like.  Thanks in advanced.  I look forward to your
comments.  Rita.





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Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 21:53:54 -0300 (ADT)
From: PenneyA@aol.com
Subject: Re: Hello?

Hi Marc,
    I got a flyer from ousa that you are teaching an origami helicoper .  Is
this a diagram you might share with us on this listing?  Unfortunately
Michigan is too far to attend these sessions, darn.
              Penney
