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Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 22:47:15 -0300 (ADT)
From: Michael & Janet Hamilton <mikeinnj@concentric.net>
Subject: Re: origami sighting

Beverly D. Chiu wrote:
> I am fascinated by the idea of origami in films and wonder if there have been
     any other origami
> sightings ..

I hope the size of this message is not a problem for anyone - I have been
     collecting information posted about
origami sightings.  Here's the compilation.  Let me know if there are others to
     add.

Janet Hamilton

Origami in the Media
--------------------

Edward James Olmos' character in the movie "Bladerunner" left
origami everywhere. He was a good guy.

A group of Tokugawan assassins used to leave an origami cat in
the sleeping chambers of their victims.

The Marshall on ABC - The bad guys hide-out had several origami
models decorating the walls including an eagle, crane, and what
looked like some form of primate in the 4 seconds it was on the
screen (made by Joseph Wu).

Sitcom Ned and Stacy - Ned folds Stacy's check into a crane
because he doesn't believe the check is any good.

Movie Plain Clothes

"Blue Heaven" by Joe Keenan, on page 69 appears:
          Gilbert blithely dismissed these concerns.  He said Paris
          had told him plenty about Gunther and among the things he'd
          confided was that Gunther was all bark and no bite, a "paper
          tiger."  I replied that I'd seen his fangs at close range
          and they hadn't looked like origami to me.

The January 22 Austin American-Statesman newspaper contained a
"political" cartoon  referencing ORIGAMI.  There's a small
cottage with children playing out back on a slide.   The
cottage has a sign saying HILLARY'S IT TAKES A VILLAGE CHILD
CARE.  A likeness of Hillary Clinton is standing at the door of
the  cottage waving to a mother taking her child home.  The
child is  saying, "And we made origami out of some old files."
He is holding a  crane that says Whitewater and Rose Law on the
wings.  This cartoon is by Signe Wilkinson.

"The boy with paper wings" by Susan Lowell

Episode of 'X-files' called "Born Again". It was originally
broadcast in the US the 29 of April 1994.  A man is
reincarnated in an 8 year old child and he folds many origami
models - he planned to make all the animals in the Noah's ark
picture he had on his wall.   Apparently the fact that the
little girl knew how to fold complex models was a clue to help
them believe that she was the reincarnation of a murdered
policeman, who happened to be an ardent paperfolder. The
policeman wanted to fold every animal in a painting of Noah's
Ark, and he was killed before he got to the giraffe, the last
animal he was to fold. The girl then folded a giraffe, left in
on the doorstep of the policeman's widow, rang the doorbell and
ran off, leaving the widow to find the giraffe.

_If Lucy Fell_ - There is an Origami Swan in the movie.  It is only shown
briefly, but it is in the movie at two separate times.

Episode of the Pinky and the Brain cartoon - Brain showed Pinky
how to make a flapping bird to keep him busy.  It reappears a
few more times.  Pinky's preferred papers are newsprint and large
government checks.

In the film _Hardboiled_ (directed by John Woo, starring Chow
Yun-Fat and Tony Leung, the character Alan (played by Tony
Leung) plays a cop who's gone undercover as a gang member.  He
folds a crane for every person he's had to kill, and has them
hanging in his boat.  He also "sends" a crane to the cop he
teams up with (CYF's character) as a signal at one point.  The
cranes also figure in the very last scene of the film.

The first issue of the _Sandman Mystery Theatre_ published by
Vertigo (a DC imprint).  The main character, Wesley Dodds, folds
a number of different animals and leaves them all over the
place.

In Terry Pratchett's new book, Interesting Times, there is an evil war-lord
called Lord Hong who was good at everything, including origami. At one
scene, he interrogated one of his guards who failed in some mission.
While he was speaking to the guard he was folding some model. At the end
of the interrogation -> "He folded the last crease and opened his hands,
putting the little paper decoration on the lacquered
table beside him.
Herb and the guard stared at it.
'Guard...take him away,' said Lord Hong.
It was a marvellously constructed paper figure of a man.
But there didn't seem to have been enough paper
for a head. "

"The matrix is folding itself around me like a japanese fold"
"La matrice se replie autour de moi comme un pliage japonais"
This sentence is from a book of William Gibson (creator of
cyberpunk):  'Grave sur chrome'.

Anne McCaffrey has a series of science fiction/fantasy books
that begins with "The Rowan," followed by "Damia," "Damia's
Children," and "Lyon's Pride." The character Afra Lyon is, in
addition to being a powerful Psi, an origami Adept (he's the
one who made the "anatomically correct" bull, and later, on
request, a matching cow) (I believe that was in "Damia," to
be specific)

There is a detective in Kathleen Kurtz's SiFi series which she
co-authors with Deborah Turner Harris.  Series is called "The
Adept" and the Scots police detective is always making
origami.  In one book, someone took a piece of origami he made
and utilized it to attract some really negative energy to him,
causing him some major problems.  He is even attacked at one
point by an ensorcelled origami lynx! ("The Adept:  The Lodge
of the Lynx").  The series is set in England/Ireland/Scotland,
current day, and seems to involve interaction with various
groups that are "spiritual" offshoots of the Nazi's in their
more mystical incarnation.

On p. 203 of MISSEE LEE:
Peggy folded the paper and cut it square with her scoutknife. The she folded in
the corners so that it became a smaller square. The she folded again. It turned
into a hat, a double-ended boat, a salt cellar.
"Bother," said Peggy. "I've forgotten how."
"No, you haven't," said Nancy. "Go on. You fold and fold and then unfold and
     cut bits out."
"It's not a very good one," said Peggy a few minutes later.

Sci-Fi book - "Paper Grail" by James P. Blaylock

_North of Montana_ by April Smith.  The narrator is an FBI
agent who notes: "My work often requires me to make this type
of construction, a model of human behavior, like the origami
polyhedron that hangs on a string off Special Agent Michelle
Nishimura's desk lamp.  I have watched her make the most
amazing things out of paper, complex folds executed in
sequence, the pure logic of the desugn giving strength to the
most fragile of materials"

Movie _Robot Jox_ has a Japanese scientist who makes and leaves
little origami models lying around.

"James and the Giant Peach," uses origami as part of the movie.
James is "trapped" with two mean aunts and wants to go to New
York from England.  Alone in his room one night he draws a
picture of New York on an old bag of potato chips (crisps?)
(found paper!) and then folds it into a waterbomb-base ballon.
Using a candle from an old birthday cake he rigs it into a
hot-air ballon and sends it out his window.  Oh yes, he is
singing a song the whole time. Later the ballon shows up again
and is involved with how the peach gets so big and he becomes
animated.

In the book "Silence of the Lambs" by Thomas  Harris, there is
reference to an origami chicken which "pecked" when  the tail
was moved.

For those interested, the transcript of the Engines of Our
Ingenuity episode on origami is now on the web (actually
gopher) at: http://www.kuhf.uh.edu/engines/engines.html. Select
'transcripts', and then choose the link to episode #1110.

Three Spanish stamps (the same one different price) which have a
paper airplane printed.

The June 3, 1996 issue of Forbes has an Eddie Bauer ad w/ a
diagram for a paper airplane (Figs 1 and 2).  Figs 3 and 4 are
other completed planes.

Cable tv show on the Golden Venture refugees - a program called
Nation Within.

The Origami crane appeared in a seque for Home
Improvement.  Hands rapidly folded black paper with white fold
lines into a crane, which flapped away on its own.

"Fist of Legend", starring Li Lian-Jie (his American name is
Jet Li). There's a scene where his Japanese wife is folding
traditional cranes. She's making several and leaving them on
the table.

July 1995 issue _Threads_ magazine - folding paper article by Glenda Scott

A cute short story about a woman who learns to fold origami
from apologies that she collects through life.  "Offerings"
Marlene Buono - Book - Flash Fiction edited by James Thomas,
Denise Thomas, Tom Hazuka, - isbn #0 - 393 - 30883 - 9

On Saturday morings there is a real people show called Fudge.
It about a boy and his younger brother (Fudge). The older
brother had to spend a week with a kindergardner buddy. The
older kids were not looking forward to this.  They all were
given a picture that their buddy had drawn.  One girl only had
a piece of paper that was unfolded. She made the statement her
buddy "must not be very artistic". To end this story her buddy
is another girl that tells her it is origami and it must have
come unfolded. So the younger girl shows the older one origami
for the week. It was the traditonal swan. The older girl really
enjoy origami and is showing everone what she learned to make.

One of the Power Rangers Zord toys (Shogun Zord) has a plastic
origami crane for a helmet.

A folksong, "Cranes over Hiroshima", by Fred Small on the
cassette _No Limit_, from Rounder Records.  It was published in
1987, but may have been re-released on Compact Disc fairly
recently.  I promised to relate the count given in this song,
it's 644 -- "'Til the morning her stumbling fingers can't fold
anymore".  The song ends with a repeated chorus of the words
that are apparantly inscribed at base of the monument:  "This
is our cry / This is our prayer / Peace in the world".
        "Cranes over Hiroshima,
         white and red and gold.
         They flicker in the sunlight
         like a million vanished souls.
         I will fold these cranes of paper
         to a thousand, one by one,
         and I'll fly away when I'm done."
The address is:
        Rounder Records
        One Camp Street
        Cambridge, MA  02140
- or -  Flying Fish Records
        12304 W Schubert
        Chicago, IL, 60614
        (312) 528-5455

_Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes_ by Eleanor Coerr

"A Computational Algorithm for Origami Design," and appears in
the proceedings of the 1996 Annual Symposium on Computational
Geometry, sponsored by the Society for Computational Geometry
(SCG).

>From William Gibson's "Neuromancer":
* Beneath a green t-shirt, he discovered a flat,
origami-wrapped package, recycled Japanese paper. [chap. 3]
* Something white tumbled to the floor; Case stooped and
picked  it up. An origami crane. [chap. 12]
* But the paneled room folded itself through a dozen impossible
angles, tumbling away into cyberspace like an origami crane.

>From William Gibson's story "The Gernsback Continuum" in the collection
     "Burning Chrome":
* I nearly wrecked the car on a stretch of overpass near
Disneyland, when the road fanned out like an origami trick and
left me swerving through a dozen minilanes of whizzing chrome
teardrops with shark fins.

>From William Gibson's "Count Zero":
* It was wrapped in a single sheet of handmade paper, dark
gray, folded and tucked in that mysterious Japanese way that
required neither glue nor string, but she knew that once she'd
opened it, she'd never get it folded again. [chap. 3?]

>From Bruce Sterling's article "War is Virtual Hell", in WIRED magazine, volume
     1, number 1:
* Let's have a speculative look at the 21st-century USA. Amber
waves of grain and all that. Peaceful place; scarcely resembles
a military superpower at all. Hardly any missile silos, hardly
any tanks, hardly any concertina wire. Until the Americans need
it. Then the whole massive, lethal superstructure come
unfolding out of 21st-century cyberspace like some impossible
fluid origami trick.

>From Bruce Sterling's "Islands in the Net":
* Then she saw something opening in the sky, something
shredding and popping and, finally, unfolding stiffly like an
origami swan.

>From Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash":
* Sometimes, she worries about her mother, then she hardens her
heart and thinks maybe the whole thing will be good for her.
Shake her up a little. After Dad left, she just folded up into
herself like an origami bird thrown into a fire.

>From Douglas Adams's "Mostly Harmless":
  She shone the torch on [the black disk].
  As she did so, cracks began to appear along its apparently
featureless surface. Random backed away nervously, but then saw
that the thing, whatever it was, was merely unfolding itself.
  The process was wonderfully beautiful. It was extraordinarily
elaborate, but also simple and elegant. It was like a piece of
self-opening origami, or a rosebud blooming into a rose in just
a few seconds.

One of the Trek novels, maybe the Wrath of Khan, has Spock buying
a gift for Jim and having it packaged in an origami box.

Koi USA Magazine, July/August 1996, V 21 Is. 1, the cover
features Michael LaFosse's Koi (from the Koi and Sea Turtle
video).

Premiere of the TV show "The Pretender" 1996 season - The
figure of Onesius, the greek god of retribution, that appeared
on the Pretender was folded by Steve Matheson. The show was
filmed in Toronto in March, 1996. Onesius is actually the
product of the scriptwriter's imagination but they did want an
Icarus type figure with downswept wings. The design (with some
personal alterations) is by Gabriel Alvarez El Libro de las
Parajitas de Papel.

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Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 22:53:46 -0300 (ADT)
From: vann@tredgar.cardiff.com (VAnn Cornelius)
Subject: Re: origami sighting

>
> I am fascinated by the idea of origami in films and wonder if there have been
     any other origami
> sightings ..

        My son told me of the use of origami in a cartoon:  Jim the Worm.
        A monster was attacking "JIM". He grabbed a piece of newspaper
        and folded a rocket(?) which he threw at the monster.  The
        rocket stuck in the moster's chest and making it fall down.

        V'Ann
        vann@cardiff.com





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 00:01:36 -0300 (ADT)
From: Richard of Foong <ryf@ecr.mu.oz.au>
Subject: Re: origami sighting

> I am fascinated by the idea of origami in films and wonder if there have been
     any other origami
> sightings ..
>
I'm sure someone's already mentioned Blade Runner.

Richard





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 00:57:43 -0300 (ADT)
From: TrekDBob@aol.com
Subject: Dolphins

Are there any dolphins out there other than the ones in Lang's "Origami Sea
Life" (?) (or is is on "..Zoo"?)

A friend of a friend is looking for a dolphin...

Thanks!

Dee

TrekDBob@aol.com





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 04:09:55 -0300 (ADT)
From: Chen Jiahao <s1800017@singnet.com.sg>
Subject: Think first before you *send*, and get the titles right first!

Lisa Hodsdon wrote:

> Subject: Think first [Was: Re: erotic origami - yes or no?]
> Date: Tuesday, 24 September, 1996 06:20

> As a regular contributor to conversations about mathematics on this
> list, I know I send messages that many subscribers would rather not
> read. Math *is* a culturally taboo topic (in the USA at least). Not quite
> the same taboo as erotica, but equally unpopular in many contexts.

Also remember: the world does NOT revolve around America and Europe.
Especially so the Internet.  Bring up whatever you want, but should
empathize and be sensitive to other cultures' sense of privacy/ modesty/
dignity/ <other differences>.  All of us should be sensitive to regional
differences and should provide a blurb about local events so that everyone
can understand what you're writing about

> There are often topics discussed here that I'm not interested in. I
> tune them out. When I want to get seriously off-topic in a response,
> I send private E-mail. In my recent (and rare) opportunity to make
> a really raunchy suggestion, only two of you heard it.

IMHO, the best way to ensure that such *sensitive* or *free* topics can be
effectively filtered out from sensitive readers is to express the gist of
the message CLEARLY on the Subject: line.  I loathe to see "Subject: Read
me!" messages; they may or may not be useful, or might be downright
offensive.  As such, if the topic is mentioned clearly, readers sensitive
to such topics can just delete the message and forget about it.  Otherwise,
they should proceed only at their own risk, and cannot hold others
responsible for offending their sensitivity.

> What I will request is that we all *think* before we hit the send
> button. Your message is received by (currently) 430 subscribers.
Hear, hear!  Mentioning "pornogami" should be explicitly mentioned on the
Subject: line.  If we all state our intentions early, then every
like-minded reader will benefit from this mailing list.  This argument is
basically a waste of bandwidth which could be better spent other topics
more central to origami.

[Of course, people may not be as open-minded as I am.  I try to read
everything, but I notice that this discussion has really brought up all
sorts of ideas from previously inert readers]
==========
Chen Jiahao
<jiahao@pobox.org.sg>





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 04:58:32 -0300 (ADT)
From: Maarten van Gelder <M.J.van.Gelder@rc.rug.nl>
Subject: Re: erotic origami?  READ THIS !!!!

As said before: this list is not moderated. And 'all' messages are archived.

I maintain the archives at ftp.rug.nl. And I only delete a very small portion
of the messages from the archives (most of your messages are archived).
The only messages I don't archive are messages that:

 - complain about getting off the list and so on; that topic is already
   covered in the archives by a FAQ
 - don't have any relation with Origami whatsoever (I only deleted a very few
   of these)
 - contain discriminating text (I didn't need to, but I'll do if necessary)

And what about sex? In my eyes sex is not discriminating. Some people don't
want to see that on the list. But mind: following the Islam you may not make
any picture of a living object. So, is then all Origami forbidden, except
geometric models? In the mosquees (?spelling?) you only see geometric
decorations.

Be polite and show other members of the list what your message is about:

   ALWAYS PUT A SUBJECT IN YOUR MESSAGE.

Maarten van Gelder,           Rekencentrum RuG,  RijksUniversiteit Groningen
M.J.van.Gelder@rc.rug.nl                         Nederland





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 05:41:23 -0300 (ADT)
From: Holmes David EXC IS CH <holmes@chbs.ciba.COM>
Subject: RE: Dolphins

>From:  TrekDBob@aol.com[SMTP:TrekDBob@aol.com]
>
>Are there any dolphins out there other than the ones in Lang's "Origami Sea
>Life" (?) (or is is on "..Zoo"?)
>
>A friend of a friend is looking for a dolphin...
>
>Thanks!
>
>Dee
>
>TrekDBob@aol.com

I would also really appreciate any info on dolphin models.  I think
there is a dollar bill dolphin model by Alex Parry ?

Are there any others?

Dave

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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 06:00:42 -0300 (ADT)
From: Holmes David EXC IS CH <holmes@chbs.ciba.COM>
Subject: Robert Lang's Cuckoo Clock

Hi all,

I've been enjoying the discussion on getting the right dimensions
for Robert Lang's Cuckoo Clock model.  I bought "The Complete Book
of Origami" before I came out to Switzerland, but don't really
remember seeing the model in it.

What would be a good paper size to use, for someone first trying
the model, and what would be the best paper for the action to work
well ?

One more question 8)

Does anyone know when Robert Lang's book of action models is going
to be published ?

Thanks,

Dave

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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 06:19:06 -0300 (ADT)
From: Holmes David EXC IS CH <holmes@chbs.ciba.com>
Subject: Action models

Hello again,

Carrying on from my previous message...

I love action models.  If a list doesn't already exist, I'd willingly
compile one including:

    the name of the model
    the creater
    where the diagrams can be found (book, Annual Collection etc.)

    (suggestions for including other information ?)

Should I include models like the Butterfly Ball - it's kind of an
action model.

So how about it?  Anyone care to start the ball rolling ? 8)

Thanks,

Dave

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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 07:44:08 -0300 (ADT)
From: ejgriffi@glam.ac.UK (EMMA GRIFFITHS)
Subject: Origami For the Conissor

Sorry can't spell!

Right then I'm back!
I ordered 2 copies of this book as two people wanted copies but
I've not heard from them yet.  I need the money as I'm a highly
overdrawn student, before I can send the books.
Someone has already sent me some money so I've sent them a book.
I can order more copies of this book and I take around 3 to 4 weeks
for the book to come in.
Oh well happy folding
Em*
Email: ejgriffi@glam.ac.uk
URL: http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/6751





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 10:32:59 -0300 (ADT)
From: Rjlang@aol.COM
Subject: Re: Lang's Action Models

> Does anyone know when Robert Lang's book of action models is going
> to be published ?

Probably in the spring. The publisher has been talking about having it ready
for the '97 OUSA convention (6/97). However, publishing is notorious for
slipped deadlines (which reminds me, you can now order our oft-mentioned
origami CD-ROM from MacWarehouse).

Robert J. Lang
rjlang@aol.com

P.S. Sorry, Marc, the BFCC isn't in the action model book but will probably
be in its successor so start now on those finger-tip push-ups...





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 11:16:45 -0300 (ADT)
From: Steven Casey <scasey@enternet.com.AU>
Subject: Re: Action models

David M Holmes write:

>Hello again,
>
>Carrying on from my previous message...
>
>I love action models.  If a list doesn't already exist, I'd willingly
>compile one including:
>
>    the name of the model
>    the creater
>    where the diagrams can be found (book, Annual Collection etc.)
>
>    (suggestions for including other information ?)
>
>Should I include models like the Butterfly Ball - it's kind of an
>action model.
>
>So how about it?  Anyone care to start the ball rolling ? 8)
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dave
>
>----
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>Internet/Intranet Infrastructure
>Ciba-Geigy, Basel, Switzerland
>
>"Error: Caffeine Not Found - Programmer Halted"
>
>

To get the ball rolling here's some suggestions:

Origami the art of Origami No: 1  - Robert Harbin

Model             Action                  Creator                       Where
=====             ======                  =======                       =====

Boat              drifts/floats           unknown - trad.               p-22
Colour changer    manipulation/toy        unknown - trad.               p-24
Sampan            drifts/floats           unknown - trad.               p-46
Waterbomb         throwing toy            unknown - trad.               p-51
Flapping bird     wings flap              unknown - trad.               p-88

Fish              mouth opens & closes    Samual Randlett               p-161

More Origami the art of Origami No: 2 - Robert Harbin

Model             Action                   Creator                      Where
=====             ======                   =======                      =====

Dippy Dog         head nods                John Smith                   p-18
Ball              throwing toy             Jack Skillman                p-48
Pinwheel          spiraling toy            Phillip Shen                 p-50
Frisbee           throwing toy             Ed Sullivan                  p-74
Neolithic Man     mouth moves              Edward Megrath               p-80
Snake Charmer     snake rises from basket  Fred Rohm                    p-174
Fox puppet        talking puppet           Unknown - trad ?             p-179

Origami 3 - Robert Harbin

Model             Action                   Creator                      Where
=====             ======                   =======
=====
Catapult dart     glides                   John Smith                   p-55

Origami 4 - Robert Harbin

Model             Action                   Creator                      Where
=====             ======                   =======                      =====

Glider            glides                   C. Plowman                   p-25
Sycamore seed     twirls                   John Smith                   p-28
Ball in Ball      throwing toy             Iris Walker                  p-38
Dog Barking       Barks                    Clive Beeks                  p-45
Match box         tray pushes in & out     Martin Wall                  p-89
Flapping bird     wings flap               Paul Jackson                 p-95

Secrets of Origami - Robert Harbin

Model             Action                   Creator                      Where
=====             ======                   =======                      =====

Flapping bird     wings flap               unknown - trad.              p-88
Pop-Up Bunny      Hops/springs              Ed Sullivan                 p-67
Scissor Bill      opens & closes           Ed Sullivan                  p-67
Tumbling Chan     Tumbles                  Harry Weiss                  p-77
Gargoyle          mouth opens & closes     Samual Randlett              p-80
Flapping bird     wings flap               Ligia Montoya                p-115
See-Saw           rocks                    Fred Rohm                    p-201
Maple seed        twirls                   John M. Nordquist            p-153
Parakeet in Flight wings flap              Robert Neale                 p-233

That's all for now, time to get some sleep!

cheers,

Steven Casey





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 11:44:52 -0300 (ADT)
From: Sy Chen <sychen@leatherback.nist.GOV>
Subject: Re: Dolphins

At 12:57 AM 9/24/96 -0300, you wrote:
>Are there any dolphins out there other than the ones in Lang's "Origami Sea
>Life" (?) (or is is on "..Zoo"?)
>

Lang has one dolphin model in "Origami Zoo";
Montroll has one dolphin model in "Origami Sea Life"

Lang's model is an action one (for those action fan?)

I have not tried any of them. I should fold one of them to test if my
3-yr-old can recognize the model.

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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 12:43:48 -0300 (ADT)
From: "S. Wenger" <wenger@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>
Subject: Taking a vacation-

I like reading about all of the different topics on this list, but I will
be going on vacation for a couple of weeks and I was wondering how I
temporarily unsubacribe so that I don't have an overwhelming amount of
messages when I return.

Thanks for your help.





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 12:47:56 -0300 (ADT)
From: Doug Philips <dwp+@transarc.com>
Subject: Re: Dolphins

+Lang has one dolphin model in "Origami Zoo";
+Montroll has one dolphin model in "Origami Sea Life"
+
+Lang's model is an action one (for those action fan?)
+
+I have not tried any of them. I should fold one of them to test if my
+3-yr-old can recognize the model.

There is a dollar bill dolphin in one of the OUSA Annual Convention books and
it also appears in the OUSA publication "Making More with Money".  I don't
have any of them handy, but I think it is by Stephen Weiss(???).

-Doug
(96.09.24.11.47.localtime)





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 13:24:49 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Pam, Namir, or Dima" <pgraben@umich.edu>
Subject: Re: Accurate dimensions

>>>Hi folks, gotta question:
>>>
>>>I'm attempting R. Lang's Cuckoo Clock out of large paper.....
>
>OK, is this the very impressive Cuckoo Clock in "Complete Book of Origami" or
>the mind altering Cockoo Clock featured in the first issue of ORU?? (It's
>worth the $35 price of ORU just for the picture!)  And if it is the later,
>where are the diagrams published??
>
>Thanks,
>Bob

This would be the one in  "Complete Book of Origami".  I'd like to get a look
     at the
 other one, though.  Is there a picture on the Web on in the archives somewhere?


     -Namir
!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-
     !-!-!-!
Pamela Graben:     Thinking... what a concept!
Namir Gharaibeh:  "If you choose not to decide, you still
              have made a choice."
Dima Gharaibeh:   So what do you think of my Buddha?
          pgraben@umich.edu





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 13:25:17 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Pam, Namir, or Dima" <pgraben@umich.edu>
Subject: Chinese Brush Painting paper

>I've folded this model twice, once life-size and once as a minature. For the
>life size model, I bought a roll of Chinese Brush Painting paper and used
>it. Since it comes in a roll, I only had to cut one short side.
>Good Luck
>Janet Nielsen

               How does the Chinese Brush Painting paper fold?  Is it like
     washi?


     -Namir
!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-
     !-!-!-!
Pamela Graben:     Thinking... what a concept!
Namir Gharaibeh:  "If you choose not to decide, you still
              have made a choice."
Dima Gharaibeh:   So what do you think of my Buddha?
          pgraben@umich.edu





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 13:50:10 -0300 (ADT)
From: Sheila Davis <sew@hpfisew.fc.hp.com>
Subject: Re: origami sighting

Janet Hamilton wrote:
>
> Origami in the Media
> --------------------
>
> Episode of the Pinky and the Brain cartoon - Brain showed Pinky
> how to make a flapping bird to keep him busy.  It reappears a
> few more times.  Pinky's preferred papers are newsprint and large
> government checks.
>
        This particular episode leads to the all-time greatest
        origami "excuse".  When Pinky first tries to fold a bird,
        he ends up with a crumpled ball.  Brain chastises him
        and Pinky protests that it *is* a bird, "it's a *round*
        bird".

        Ever since, my husband's and my failed attempts at
        origami have been designated "round birds".  :-)

Regards,

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





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 14:03:20 -0300 (ADT)
From: Pat Slider <slider@ims.mariposa.ca.us>
Subject: Natural History Origami Xmas card.

Just got around to going through my junk mail. I got some mail from the
Museum of Natural History with samples of their Christmas cards this year
(lots of duplicates of the cards for the Sierra Club).

There is one of the origami tree! Lots of silver star mobiles. (I wonder if
they all turned at once?) The picture on the card won't win any photo awards
methinks, but I had fun looking at the models on the tree and trying to
identify them all. Think I shall put it up on my fridge.

The box of cards seem somewhat expensive. 25 "Holiday Origami Tree" cards
for $22. But if you are interested the toll-free number is 1-800-324-9689
and the card number is 1860. Perhaps you can just call to get the mailing of
samples?

So watch your junk mail? I like to save some of these card samples to tape
on packages to spruce them up a bit....

pat slider.





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 14:06:37 -0300 (ADT)
From: Pat Slider <slider@ims.mariposa.ca.us>
Subject: origami calender?

Thinking of Christmas cards made me wonder if anyone had ever done an
origami calender? Maybe a nice photo with diagrams per month.

I would buy one :->.

oh, and how about this one? How about an origami advent calender? Fold one
small model a day....

pat slider.





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 14:13:08 -0300 (ADT)
From: Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com
Subject: Re: origami calender?

Pat Slider said:
>oh, and how about this one? How about an origami advent calender? Fold one
>small model a day....

And end up with a nativity scene!
Would this work for other holidays/religions?





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 14:19:36 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jae Hyuk Lee <jaelee@WPI.EDU>
Subject: Origami Enterprise

I'm about to attempt to fold Jeremy Shafer's Enterprise model, and had
a few questions.  I've tried the list archives already.

(1) what size and type of paper should I use?

(2) How big is the final model in relation to the original paper size?

(3) any general advice from people who've folded this model?

(4) How do I contact Jeremy Shafer?  He doesn't seem to be in the list
    of (unconcealed) list members.  I'd like to let friends know how
    to get the Summer '95 issue (with the Enterprise model), and want
    to verify his address and back-issue price.  From a mesages in the
    archive, it also seemed like one person who ordered the issue hadn't
    received it after a few months.

Thanks.

Jae





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 15:08:57 -0300 (ADT)
From: Doug Philips <dwp+@transarc.com>
Subject: origami calendar!

A few folks have mentioned thematic/dioramic origami calendars.  I think a
Halloween calender would be GREAT!  And one for Valentine's day, Easter,
4th of July, Labor day....  hmmm, the possibilities seem to be endless!

Speaking of Calendars, has anyone else seen "The Mathematics Calendar 1997"
by Theoni Pappas?  (World Wide Publishing/Tetra, ISBN 1-884550-08-8) Each
day has a math puzzle of some kind, and each month focusses on a specific
topic (the monthly focus and daily puzzles do not seem to be related, oh
well!).  ANYWAYS, February's topic is "Mathematics & Paper Folding."  There
are crease patterns shown and references to the 2nd Int'l Meeting of Science
and Scientific Origami (IMOSSO) Nov/94.  Koryo Miura, Thomas C.  Hull, and
William T. Webber are mentioned.  Tom is quoted from the Jan. 21, 1995
Science News article: "There are lots of interesting problems here, with
links to other kinds of mathematics".

-Doug
(96.09.24.14.09.localtime)





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 15:40:09 -0300 (ADT)
From: Eric Andersen <Eric_Andersen@brown.edu>
Subject: Re: origami calendar!

At 03:09 PM 9/24/96 -0300, you wrote:
..
>Speaking of Calendars, has anyone else seen "The Mathematics Calendar 1997"
>by Theoni Pappas?  (World Wide Publishing/Tetra, ISBN 1-884550-08-8)

Yes, I saw it at the Brown University Bookstore, here in Providence, RI!

>Each
>day has a math puzzle of some kind, and each month focusses on a specific
>topic (the monthly focus and daily puzzles do not seem to be related, oh
>well!).  ANYWAYS, February's topic is "Mathematics & Paper Folding."

Maybe we should declare February "Mathematics & Paperfolding Month"!

It was great to see Tom Hull quoted as one of the experts on mathematics and
origami; however it seemed that the puzzles in the calendar itself were
quite simple (I'm sure Tom wasn't responsible for this). I don't want to
ruin anything, but from what I remember, once you figured out the answers
for the first few days of the year, you would know the answers to every
other puzzle for the rest of the year!

But still worth a good look :-)

-Eric  :-P

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
      A                   A
     /|\            \    /|\
    / | \            \\ / | \ /7\            /-\.
   /__|__\            \/__|__\/            a miniature
   \  |  /             \_/ \_/               Kawahata
    \ | /             Flapping                stegosaurus
     \|/                bird
      V                       Eric Andersen   origami@brown.edu
  Bird Base             http://www.netspace.org/~ema/origami.html





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 17:51:27 -0300 (ADT)
From: Wayne Ko <Herman_Ko@mindlink.bc.ca>
Subject: My Meeting with Joseph Wu

During the weekend, I had a chance to meet Joseph Wu when he was in town.
This was the result of my search for the diagrams of Patricia Crawford's
ship.  He showed me his copy of J C Nolan's Creating Origami and I cannot
wait until I get my hands on the reprint of this book.  Anyways, in the
meantime, I can start on my miniature Napoleonic fleet (BTW, the game is
called Wooden Ships and Iron Men - I now refer to it as Paper Ships and
Paper Men).

On to the meeting.  It may not be a big deal to a lot of you, but here in
Canada, we are not fortunate enough to have massive conventions etc.  It is
truly inspirational to actually see and touch magnificent models up close.
There is a certain life and magic in an artist's work that can never be
truly conveyed by diagrams or pictures.  Also, the interaction and
discussion of ideas and knowledge is vital to the development and interest
of Origami.  I am extremely grateful to the willingness and desire of people
like Joseph who give so much to Origami.

Up until this point, I've basically just recreated other people's work via
books or, in the rare instance when I get a sudden flash of brilliance, I
would create something simple.  However, since talking with Joseph and
seeing his work up close, I actually stayed up late the last couple of
nights to try my hands (and fingers) in creating.  After numerous attempts,
I came up with a complicated winged dragon, appendages and all that I never
thought I could do on my own.  Of course, it is not as nice and elegant as
Joseph's but it sure feels great to create something complicated by myself.
I will no longer look at a square sheet of paper the same way again.

In summary,  I just want to encourage everyone to continue reaching out and
sharing and to thank all those who give so much of themselves to promote
Origami (via discussions, books etc.).  It does make a big difference.

Wayne

P.S.  Does any one know who made the ship in David Brill's bottle in Origami
for the Connoisseur?  It does not look like it is from one sheet of paper
but it sure is nice.  Are diagrams available?  I thought that this was
Patricia's ship but evidently it isn't. Any help would be appreciated.





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 18:41:57 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Ole A. Nielsen" <nielseno@knot.queensu.ca>
Subject: Chinese Brush Painting paper

>I've folded this model twice, once life-size and once as a minature. For the
>>life size model, I bought a roll of Chinese Brush Painting paper and used
>>it. Since it comes in a roll, I only had to cut one short side.
>>Good Luck
>>Janet Nielsen
>
>               How does the Chinese Brush Painting paper fold?  Is it like
washi?
>
>
-Namir

It has a smooth side and a "fuzzy" side, making for an interesting
combination. I would not say it is like washi, but it is beautiful to fold
with, as it offers wonderful possibilities for both sharp and soft creases.
Janet
(Steve, any comments?)





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 18:48:27 -0300 (ADT)
From: nienhuis@westworld.com (Bob Nienhuis)
Subject: Re: erotic origami - yes or no?

 There IS a solution to this problem. There are screening programs that will
 pre-filter messages or Web sites for content. These should be in place in
 ALL school situations, and can be used by individuals.

 Sorry, I don't have names or sources for such programs, but I have seen
 them advertised.

 Bob Nienhuis





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 19:13:00 -0300 (ADT)
From: Paul Slater <P.Slater@swansea.ac.uk>
Subject: Counciling/ relaxation therapy..ideas?

Hello everybody,

I have been approached by my university's counciling office to teach
some origami models to clients who wish to use a relaxation room.
These would include both students and lecturers alike, who would book
a stress-busting device, (smell cartridges, music, crayons, smoothing
lights etc...) for half an hour or so to beat the blues.

I've told the supervisor I would be more than happy to teach some
models. What I need however, are some suggestions on relaxing models
or objectives, and if there are any books/papers that have been
written on the theraputic qualities of origami, these references
would also be greatly appreciated.

I've thought about the crane, and using it as a tool for anybody
requiring relaxation or a diversion from work stress. The idea being
a collective effort throughout the academic year to produce a
thousand cranes. This objective being so different from normal work,
I thought it help people to forget, (at least momentarily) about
problems by seeking to complete an unusual goal.

Obviously I'm out of my depth when it comes to psychology, so any
help or ideas would be cool.

Thank you for reading this!!

Paul.

Paul Slater
EPSRC Mass Spectrometry Service Centre
University of Wales.
Swansea.





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 19:23:23 -0300 (ADT)
From: Michael & Janet Hamilton <mikeinnj@concentric.net>
Subject: Re: Origami Enterprise

Jae Hyuk Lee wrote:
>
> I'm about to attempt to fold Jeremy Shafer's Enterprise model, and had
> a few questions.  I've tried the list archives already.
>
> (1) what size and type of paper should I use?

I used regular origami foil paper, 10 inches square.  I did get a small tear at
     a stress point where many folds
come togther in the middle, and reinforced that area with a small bit of tape
     on the inside.  You might benefit
from sturdier paper than standard foil.

>
> (2) How big is the final model in relation to the original paper size?

With 10" paper, the model was 6.5" long.

>
> (3) any general advice from people who've folded this model?
>

Use foil or wetfold.  The model benefits if you are able to shape the
     paper/foil to round out the hull and
engines.

Janet Hamilton

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





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 19:35:49 -0300 (ADT)
From: CThackeray@aol.com
Subject: Re: origami sighting

the awesome destructive power of origami"





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 20:25:21 -0300 (ADT)
From: "MARGARET M. BARBER" <mbarber@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu>
Subject: Re: Think first before you *send*, and get the titles right first!

On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Chen Jiahao wrote:
>
> > Subject: Think first [Was: Re: erotic origami - yes or no?]
> > Date: Tuesday, 24 September, 1996 06:2

snip snip

> What I will request is that we all *think* before we hit the send
> button. Your message is received by (currently) 430 subscribers.
> Hear, hear!  Mentioning "pornogami" should be explicitly mentioned on the
> Subject: line.  If we all state our intentions early, then every
> like-minded reader will benefit from this mailing list.  This argument is
> basically a waste of bandwidth which could be better spent other topics
> more central to origami.

Here Here!

Peg Barber
mbarber@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 20:56:16 -0300 (ADT)
From: Laurie Bisman <lbisman@sirranet.co.nz>
Subject: RE: Dolphins

There is a 'boy on a dolphin' model in one of Harbins paperbacks (early ones,
     vol1 or vol2 I think) - the model should be easily adapted.

Laurie Bisman
lbisman@sirranet.co.nz





Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 21:17:51 -0300 (ADT)
From: Allen Parry <parry@eskimo.com>
Subject: Re: Dolphins

Steven Weiss has an excellent dolphin made out of a dollar bill.  Its
really a great model....features of the dollar bill give the dolphin
eyes.  I do not know if it is diagrammed and/or published.....if so, it
would probably be found in past issues of OUSA convention books. I learned
how to do it by chance, by running across someone at a party who knew
how to do it, and we exchanged models.

> Are there any dolphins out there other than the ones in Lang's "Origami Sea
> Life" (?) (or is is on "..Zoo"?)
>
> A friend of a friend is looking for a dolphin...
>

Allen Parry
parry@eskimo.com





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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 22:08:00 -0300 (ADT)
From: Basyrett@aol.com
Subject: Re: Counciling/ relaxation therapy?

Hi Paul,

How about doing a modular piece?  I find the repetitive folding to be very
relaxing and the completed model fulfilling.  I am thinking about Toshie and
Fuse models.  Good luck, this project sounds very interesting.  You should
check the Convention of Origami in Education and Therapy '91 and '95 journals
for articles on this topic.  I'm not sure which articles would be helpful,
but they seem a logical place to start.   Let me know how it goes!  Barbara





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Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 09:25:36 -0300 (ADT)
From: cathypl@generation.net (Cathy Palmer-Lister)
Subject: Re: Dolphins

>At 12:57 AM 9/24/96 -0300, you wrote:
>>Are there any dolphins out there other than the ones in Lang's "Origami Sea
>>Life" (?) (or is is on "..Zoo"?)
>>
>
>Lang has one dolphin model in "Origami Zoo";
>Montroll has one dolphin model in "Origami Sea Life"
>
>Lang's model is an action one (for those action fan?)
>
>I have not tried any of them. I should fold one of them to test if my
>3-yr-old can recognize the model.
>

Hi!  I have folded both, several times and love them.  One is more realistic
than the other, but both have their merits.  I stuck a couple of the "zoo"
dolphins in a wad of foil so that they lookek like they were leaping from
water--solved the problem of not having flukes.  It pleases me because it
looks so much like the constellation which leaps like that out of the Milky
Way.  The other by John Montroll is  a real dolphin, a little harder to
fold, but your 3-yr old will surely recognize it!

     Cathy





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Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 09:34:08 -0300 (ADT)
From: cathypl@generation.NET (Cathy Palmer-Lister)
Subject: Re: origami sighting

>>
>        This particular episode leads to the all-time greatest
>        origami "excuse".  When Pinky first tries to fold a bird,
>        he ends up with a crumpled ball.  Brain chastises him
>        and Pinky protests that it *is* a bird, "it's a *round*
>        bird".
>
>        Ever since, my husband's and my failed attempts at
>        origami have been designated "round birds".  :-)
>

Hi ! I always said I was folding popcorn.  It's an action model--flies
across the room.

                                                                        Cathy





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Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 09:54:11 -0300 (ADT)
From: longsand@singnet.com.sg
Subject: origami flowers

hello people!

i'm very interested in origami flowers & was wondering if there're any books
out there on 'origami flowers' alone.  i'm afraid there aren't much (in
fact, any!) books that i've come across in my country (Singapore) that deals
with this topic.  if any of u have any info, pls. reply to this mail.  THANX
A BILLION!!!

ps. btw, are there any websites with diagrams on how to fold flowers? mail
me 'kay? thanx!

                                                                     ~john~





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Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 10:16:37 -0300 (ADT)
From: "C:WINSOCKKA9QSPOOLMAIL" <nick@homelink.demon.co.UK>
Subject: happy seals

zbrown@lynx.dac.neu.edu writes:

> It is a seal with a big erection. Enjoy.

If I was another seal it might be feasible.....

cheers!

Nick Robinson

email           nick@homelink.demon.co.uk
homepage        http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk/nick
BOS homepage    http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk/bos/
RPM homepage    http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk
DART homepage   http://www.shef.ac.uk/~oip/dart/email





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Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 10:36:31 -0300 (ADT)
From: Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.COM
Subject: Re: Counciling/ relaxation therapy..ideas?

Paul Slater asked about "relaxing" origami and mentioned cranes as
one possibility. Barbara (Basyrett@aol.com) suggested folding modulars.

I feel the need to issue a caution here. I fold cranes to relax and find
it meditative. BUT I found folding cranes *extremely* frustrating until
I had folded quite a few of them. This is common--the petal fold is
stressful for new folders.

Same goes for modulars. The individual pieces may be relaxing to fold.
Putting together the pieces is nearly always frustrating.

Make sure (some of) your suggestions will be relaxing for beginners!
Maybe:
business card jumping frog (You get to be silly, too.)
the blow-up bunny (Stuffing the tabs into the pockets takes some getting
     used to. Some people are disturbed by where you blow. But I could
     certainly see excuses for folding 1000 bunnies...)
pajarita (This has reverse folds, may be frustrating for some.)

Look for things that have enough folds that repetition won't make them
too boring, but that don't have difficult folds--maybe you should look for
pureland folds. By all means, teach the crane. But tell people that it
takes some practice to get to the point where this is a relaxing fold.

I have seen the traditional crane bring a person to tears of frustration.
This would not be good for a "relaxing" endeavor.

Lisa
Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com

Does your university have an attached hospital or is there a local hospital
that you could donate models to? In Ann Arbor, the hospital puts donated
models on children's meal trays. This could add the feeling of doing
something nice for someone else while relaxing for oneself.





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Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 10:44:25 -0300 (ADT)
From: casida@ere.umontreal.CA (Casida Mark)
Subject: Re: Counciling/ relaxation therapy?

Barbara wrote :

> How about doing a modular piece?  I find the repetitive folding to be very
> relaxing and the completed model fulfilling.

I have to second this.  I am new to modulars (the recent discussion about
Sonobe modules perked my interest.)   I've been folding stellated dodecahedra
and find the process to be very relaxing --- possibly because the basic
module is very easy to fold, yet there is a sense of accomplishment in
watching the compound model grow.  Incidently, my wife immediately became
interested in what I was doing and joined in with the folding and building.
So it seems to be addictive.

                                     ... Mark

P.S. I'm planning on giving one of the stellated dodecahedra to the
     X-ray crystallography lab here.  Too bad real crystals can't
     ever have 5 fold symmetry!

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





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Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 10:09:02 -0300 (ADT)
From: Steve Woodmansee <stevew@empnet.com>
Subject: Re: More origami sightings

At 10:47 PM 9/23/96 -0300, you wrote:
>I hope the size of this message is not a problem for anyone - I have been
collecting information posted about origami sightings.  Here's the
compilation.  Let me know if there are others to add.
>
>Janet Hamilton
>
>Origami in the Media
>--------------------
>
(snip snip)

You can add another sighting to this list.  I recently saw an episode of
"Home Improvement" where one of the scene seques was a blueprinted diagram
of the famous crane, which folded itself into the traditional model and
sailed off down a stream, taking the screen contents with it.  (Hope
everyone gets a chance to see this one, it was really cool!)

"Origami: Welcome to the Fold!"

Steve Woodmansee,
stevew@empnet.com





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Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 12:01:40 -0300 (ADT)
From: chall@scsn.net (Carol Hall)
Subject: Re: Counciling/ relaxation therapy..ideas?

>Does your university have an attached hospital or is there a local hospital
>that you could donate models to? In Ann Arbor, the hospital puts donated
>models on children's meal trays. This could add the feeling of doing
>something nice for someone else while relaxing for oneself.
>
What a wonderful idea!  It would be great to include action models -- except
that usually someone has to show folks how they work...

As for relaxation-
I second Lisa's comment about the frustrating nature of the petal fold, at
least until you get the hang of it.  But even with that in mind, let me
suggest as a relaxing toy the bird base toy.  I can't remember right off
what it is called.  It is in one of Paul Jackson's books.  Simply a bird
base with creases for folding each flap up as you would for a crane.  Hold
with center point down, two opposite flaps up, two down.  As you take the
top flaps down, the bottoms ones move up by themselves -- a "perpetual
motion" (infinitely recursive) movement.  Great for mindless moments!

Carol Hall
chall@scsn.net
