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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 09:33:37 -0300 (ADT)
From: Derek Stottlemyer <dereks@ic.net>
Subject: Re: Swiss Army Knife

Sheldon Ackerman wrote:
>
> I don't have that knife memorized yet although I've completed it more than
> once. It is an easy model...almost. The first time I attempted it I said to
> myself that it is impossible to complete. I was wrong! However, as much as I
> try I can not complete the can opener following his directions. I end up
> with a can opener but I have to tell people that it is a can opener :-)
> If you ever manage it let me know.
>
> --
> Sheldon Ackerman.......http://www.dorsai.org/~ackerman/
> ackerman@dorsai.dorsai.org
> sheldon_ackerman@fc1.nycenet.edu

        I had that same problem!  I've only done the model once, but it came out
pretty good except for the opener.  It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be,
     though
it looks impossible, but it was a fun model.  The first couple sink folds are
different than just about anything I've done, and that sets the shape for the
     rest.
I'd recommend trying it to everyone.
        Good Luck,
               Derek





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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 11:08:41 -0300 (ADT)
From: Brett Askinazi <askinazi@i1.net>
Subject: Re: Out of Print Book List?

> I am wondering if we should keep a list of "Out of Print" books so if any
of
> us finds one we could buy it for those who may want it.  I am thinking
that
> we would also keep names of those people who would be willing to buy the
> book, this way we would not buy a book that we could not sell.  Let me
> explain, we keep a list of "out of print" books and next to each book we
> have the name and email address of those people who are looking for each
> book.  Someone would have to be in charge of this list and keep it up to
> date.

I think that on the Fascinating Folds pages there is a list of people
looking for certain books.  You could check there.  Or maybe you could
express your ideas to Bren Riesenger (sp?) on how it could be improved (not
implying that it's bad or anything;)

Brett
askinazi@i1.net





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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 12:15:54 -0300 (ADT)
From: Sheldon Ackerman <ackerman@dorsai.dorsai.org>
Subject: Re: Swiss Army Knife

>
>       I had that same problem!  I've only done the model once, but it came out
> pretty good except for the opener.  It wasn't as hard as I thought it would
     be, though
> it looks impossible, but it was a fun model.  The first couple sink folds are
> different than just about anything I've done, and that sets the shape for the
     rest.
> I'd recommend trying it to everyone.
>       Good Luck,
>            Derek
>

Is it possible that there is an error in the diagrams for that opener. I am
not looking at the diagrams now, but I seem to recall that what is described
as a simple reverse fold is just impossible the way paper is situated. I've
completed the model atleast 5 times and really spent lots of time opener.

--
Sheldon Ackerman.......http://www.dorsai.org/~ackerman/
ackerman@dorsai.dorsai.org
sheldon_ackerman@fc1.nycenet.edu





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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 12:55:34 -0300 (ADT)
From: Kristine Tomlinson <ktomlinson@platinum.com>
Subject: Re: Historical Module and Model Reference (1832)

Hi Douglas, Lisa, Kim, Rachel, and all you others,

Yes, it sounds as though we are all talking about the same thing.  Last
night, the library sent me some more xeroxes including what looks like a
video liner for a video on  making this basket module.

The text is a bit confusing, but I think it calls it both a May Day basket and
a star.  It goes on to say "The star shape has been made with palm
leaves perhaps from Africa, and it can be seen in Moravian art."  I also
have a Persian rug with the same shape.  I'll be contacting the author for
more details and to see if the video is available.  I've made two stars
now, and the finishing of 4 of the ends still eludes me, 'though I
understand that they are woven into the other modules. And, yes they
do have "pockets". The pictures on the xerox are so small I can't tell a
thing!  The 1832 book says you can put them 3,4,or 5 deep whatever that
means.   In some ways, this strikes me as being more closely related to
weaving than origami, but it is still historical, and why not have overlap
(like napkin folding)?

The text also says that the *earliest* mention of this basket was in the
same book, but published in 1830 -- a year earlier than my earliest
reference.  It's located at Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts, USA
-- a living-history museum and library.  I'll also contact them to verify.  The
*last* copy of Child's book I know of was cited in my first e-mail (don't
have it with me), but that isn't to say it hasn't appeared elsewhere since.

Many of the other projects in Lydia Child's book came from American
reprints of English books.  Perhaps some of our British readers
recognize its source, or perhaps it was brought to the United States by
another group?

Thanks for all your input,

Kristine
ktomlinson@platinum.com
Waltham, MA, USA





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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 13:18:44 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Sergei Y. Afonkin" <sergei@origami.nit.spb.su>
Subject: We need international news!

Dear friends,

One page of our Russian Origami Magazine writes about ori-news
including international ones. We take them from other ori-mag (France,
Italy, Netherland, England, Germany, USA, Spain...) but usually it takes
so long time to include them to new number and most of them become not
"fresh" ones. I, as the main editor of the magazine, will be deeply
grateful for everybody who could send us some news that we could receive
via origami-l. Russian paperfolders (there are many of them!) don't want
to live in bear's corner. Help!

Your Sergei Afonkin (Russia)
sergei@origami.nit.spb.su





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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 13:51:38 -0300 (ADT)
From: jtweres@lucent.com
Subject: Re:  *Flying* Bats / Rave Book Review

Jennifer "It's a BUNNY!" Andre writes:

     "Wings & Things: Origami That Flies" - Stephen Weiss w/line drawings
     by THE Paul Jackson.  St. Martin's Press.  ISBN 0-312-88228-9

     I discovered and bought this book last Sunday, and I've had fun with
     it ever since.  There are lots of cool airplanes, birds, and even a
     "Flying Nun."  (So far, no one's taken religious offense...I won't
     push it by posting my name for her, but you may ask me privately.
     Don't worry; it's clean!)

     Fun fun fun!  Whoosh!

that "Flying Nun" is GREAT!!!
and even real life nuns get a kick
(or at least the nuns that have given them to)

all of the models i've folded
have flown exceptionly well
(to my surprise considering the classic paper dart airplane
 doesn't fly too well IHMO)

  /-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-///plieur de papier\\\-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-\
 /=-= jack thomas weres                         jtweres@lucent.com =-=\
/=======================\\\================///=========================\
"Let Go and Let Fold"                             "One Crease At A Time"





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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 15:45:38 -0300 (ADT)
From: John Smith <jon.pure@paston.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Historical Module and Model Reference (1832)

At 12:16 10/10/96 -0300, you wrote:
>Douglas Zander said in response to Kristine Tomlinson (sp?):
>>Kristine, this sounds very familiar!  Many years ago I was at our local
>>public museum and bought diagrams for a "christmas star".
>
>There is a star in Jay Ansill's _Lifestyle Origami_* (probably out
>of print**) that I think is the one Douglas is talking about.

I have been trying to move to Windows95 and I think I have missed something
importanr. Can someone give me the details of the sources for the 1832
Module, I would like enought information to see if I can locate the orginal
article or book, thanks.  John.
John Smith
Norwich
England
e-mail  jon.pure@paston.co.uk





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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 16:31:53 -0300 (ADT)
From: rita <rstevens@philly.infi.net>
Subject: Alex Barber's Adobe Diagrams

I have tried for several days to get into the PDF files on Alex Barber's
Homepage.  Has anyone else had any luck?  I downloaded a postscript viewer
to see some of the files in ps format but I haven't quite figured out how to
use them (GhostScript and RoPS).

Thanks in advance.
Rita





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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 17:28:12 -0300 (ADT)
From: Howard Portugal <howardp@fast.net>
Subject: Neal Elias' "Man in Black and White"

I'm trying to complete Neal Elias' "Man in Black and White" model
(diagrammed in the BOS "Neal Elias Selected Works 1964 ~ 1973" booklet
by Dave Venables) on page 10 and I am having trouble with the initial
collapse. Has anyone done this model before? The diagrams are confusing
in that he asks for a 12x12 square but only shows 1/2 of it for
precreasing and then the 2nd diagram doesn't really show if the
precreases were done on both halves of the paper. In addition, it
doesn't show  if they've been collapsed together or what. As well, it's
somewhat unclear as to which side of the paper is which.

Help!
--
Howard Portugal
howardp@fast.net





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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 17:51:19 -0300 (ADT)
From: flylo@juno.com (Martha E Wells)
Subject: Re: Historical Module and Model Reference (1832)

<<It's located at Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts, USA
-- a living-history museum and library.  I'll also contact them to verify.>>

I thought I had Old Sturbridge address, but can be retrieved from the
Smithsonian:
Association of Living Historical Farms and Museums
c/o The Smithsonian
Washington D C 20560

I'm sure Smithsonian has a website with this information, too.

martha





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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 19:24:35 -0300 (ADT)
From: Michael Wareman <mwareman@admin.oldscollege.ab.ca>
Subject: Contents of OrigamiUSA Convention books?

Hello:

Can anyone tell me or point to me to information concerning the contents
of The OrigamiUSA Convention books?  Any suggestions to which one is the
best to purchase.  I am an intermediate to advanced folder.

Mike Wareman





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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 21:55:51 -0300 (ADT)
From: Marc Kirschenbaum <marckrsh@pipeline.COM>
Subject: Re: Contents of OrigamiUSA Convention books?

At 07:24 PM 10/11/96 -0300, Michael Wareman
<mwareman@admin.oldscollege.ab.ca> wrote:

>Can anyone tell me or point to me to information concerning the contents
>of The OrigamiUSA Convention books?  Any suggestions to which one is the
>best to purchase.  I am an intermediate to advanced folder.

In the last few years, the high quality of the Annual Collections has been
fairly consistent. One of the goals of the model selection team is to get an
even blend of styles and difficulty levels. For this reason, it is difficult
to say one year is better than the next. The good news is that an index is
being developed by V'Ann Cornelius; I understand she will upload it to the
archives when she is ready.

Marc





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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 22:14:33 -0300 (ADT)
From: Marc Kirschenbaum <marckrsh@pipeline.COM>
Subject: Re: Neal Elias' "Man in Black and White"

At 05:28 PM 10/11/96 -0300, Howard Portugal <howardp@fast.net> wrote:

>I'm trying to complete Neal Elias' "Man in Black and White" model
>(diagrammed in the BOS "Neal Elias Selected Works 1964 ~ 1973" booklet
>by Dave Venables) on page 10 and I am having trouble with the initial
>collapse. Has anyone done this model before? The diagrams are confusing
>in that he asks for a 12x12 square but only shows 1/2 of it for
>precreasing and then the 2nd diagram doesn't really show if the
>precreases were done on both halves of the paper. In addition, it
>doesn't show  if they've been collapsed together or what. As well, it's
>somewhat unclear as to which side of the paper is which.

This would be an example of diagraming that is perhaps too efficient (but as
indicated in the notes, this was meant as an example of Elias' personal
notes). The only precreasing I would do for this model is to divide the
sqare into 12ths, both horizontaly and verticaly. With the coloured side up
(if I remember correctly), I would fold down one 12th, as suggested in step
one. Then, follow the crease pattern depicted in step 1 on the right side of
your sqaure. As you are doing this, form the same folds in mirror image at
the left.

Marc





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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 22:45:17 -0300 (ADT)
From: Michael & Janet Hamilton <mikeinnj@concentric.NET>
Subject: Re: Historical Module and Model Reference (1832)

Rachel Katz wrote:
>
> I believe the star made from weaving strips of paper is known as the
> Moravian or Swedish star. Several of these stars are then joined (woven?)
     into a
> basket.

Can you give a little more detail on how the stars are joined?  I made some
     stars a few years back, and I
remember the triangular flaps all around.  I assume they slip into pockets on
     the other units.  Is there some
locking mechanism that would hold a basket together?

Janet Hamilton

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





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Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 11:48:06 -0300 (ADT)
From: Mark Morden <marmonk@eskimo.COM>
Subject: Re: What groups exist

The Seattle area folding group is called PAPER (Puget Area Paperfolding
Enthusiasts Roundtable).  We have been meeting once a month, usually the
third Sunday.  There are about 10 of us in the group.  Announcements about
the meetings are posted on my web page.  The URL is in my .sig file below.

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: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 19:32:27 -0300 (ADT)
From: halgall@netverk.com.ar
Subject: Exposition in Buenos Aires

Hello,

In november 18 will realize in Buenos Aires, Origami exposition in Cultural
Center of Embassy of Japan. The exposition will last 2 weeks and will divided
by categories,  beginners, intermediate and advanced. During the same will
realize 2 seminars one about nativity folds and another about geometric folds.
It is the second great exposition  of "Amigos del Origami".

If some of you would like to participate I would be delighted.
If wish most information please send me mail privately. Thanks!!

Happy Folds!!!

Patricia Gallo
La Plata-Argentina
halgall@netverk.com.ar





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Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 22:40:15 -0300 (ADT)
From: Valerie Vann <75070.304@compuserve.COM>
Subject: Re: Alex Barber's Adobe Diagrams

PDF files are not Postscript files; they are a special format
viewable and printable from a program by Adobe called Acrobat.
Acrobat is available for MAC and PC for free in various locations,
notably Adobe's Web site (www.adobe.com)

Once the Acrobat program is installed on your computer, you
can view, zoom in on etc the files and print them using virtually
any printer supported by your system (Windows, Mac, etc.), even
by non-Postscript printers such as HP laserjets and inkjets, which
is one of the main reasons Alex and others of us are making diagrams
available in the PDF format.

--valerie
Valerie Vann
75070.304@compuserve.com





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Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 23:16:27 -0300 (ADT)
From: bc808@lafn.org (Karen Liebgott)
Subject: Re: Alex Barber's Adobe Diagrams

Valerie wrote:
>
>PDF files are not Postscript files; they are a special format
>viewable and printable from a program by Adobe called Acrobat.
>Acrobat is available for MAC and PC for free in various locations,
>notably Adobe's Web site (www.adobe.com)
>
There are actually two separate programs, Adobe Acrobat, which is
commercial and is used to view and create the files, and there is Acrobat
Reader, which is free and is view-only.

Karen
bc808@lafn.org





Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 00:09:23 -0300 (ADT)
From: Laurie Bisman <lbisman@sirranet.co.nz>
Subject: RE: Alex Barber's Adobe Diagrams

Valerie spoke of .PDF format files....

Once the Acrobat program is installed on your computer, you
can view, zoom in on etc the files and print them using virtually
any printer supported by your system (Windows, Mac, etc.), even
by non-Postscript printers such as HP laserjets and inkjets, which
is one of the main reasons Alex and others of us are making diagrams
available in the PDF format.

quite correct. As a matter of interest, the latest versions (6.0 and on I
think) of PageMaker, allow saves in .PDF format. So if you need to create
something for others, that is how you can do so.

(Oh, incidentally, if I owe anyone a reply to a message and haven't done
so, please resend to me as my provider has had a problem with their mail
server [yet again!])

Laurie Bisman
lbisman@sirranet.co.nz





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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 10:51:48 -0300 (ADT)
From: Tim Rueger <rueger@areaplg2.corp.mot.COM>
Subject: Triangular popper?

Hi, all,

I got some email asking about a triangular model that "popped" when you
swiped it thru the air.  I'm familiar with the model, but I've never
folded it.

A quick perusal thru the origami index shows these models:

  Paper Cracker                    Creator: Isao Honda
     World Of Origami, p. 102  By: Honda
     Begin w/ a rec  folding into blintz base.
     level: S  #/steps: 6
     This model works well with newspaper paper.

  Pop Star                         Creator: traditional
     Magic of Origami, p. 87  By: Gray/Kasahara
     Begin w/ a sq  folding into blintz base.
     level: M  #/steps: 6
     A modular form needing 2 uniform units.
     Glue is helpful.

The Honda reference sounds close - I'll have to check it out when I
get home.  Does either of these sound familiar?  Thanks...

-Tim
--
Tim Rueger             Motorola CCRL IC Design Laboratory, IL02-2921
Fax  : (847) 538-4593  Internet: rueger@areaplg2.corp.mot.com





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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 11:17:54 -0300 (ADT)
From: Brett Askinazi <askinazi@i1.net>
Subject: Re: Triangular popper?

>
> I got some email asking about a triangular model that "popped" when you
> swiped it thru the air.  I'm familiar with the model, but I've never
> folded it.

I used to make these in grade school, and I think it was made from 8 1/2 x
11.  But, for the life of me I can't remember how it was folded.

The Honda reference is very close to the grade school one, although it's
made from a square.

Please chime in, I would love to recapture the mischief of my grade school
daze of popping a good one in the hallway and listening to the echo . . .

Brett
askinazi@i1.net





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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 12:30:56 -0300 (ADT)
From: VVOrigami@aol.com
Subject: Re: Alex Barber's Adobe Diagrams

Karen writes:

<< There are actually two separate programs, Adobe Acrobat, which is
 commercial and is used to view and create the files, and there is Acrobat
 Reader, which is free and is view-only.
 >>

Since the original message was about "outputing" (printing and/or viewing)
PDF files, and was confusing PDF format files with PS (Postscript) files,
I didn't want to confuse the issue by bringing up the various components of
the Acrobat/PDF file system; but yes there are more programs in the system.

When people refer to "Acrobat" however, they usually mean the free program
that enables you to view and PRINT the PDF files.

The non-free programs include Acrobat Pro, which creates PDF files by acting
like a special printer driver, capturing and converting the output from other
programs such as word processing, graphics and desk-top publishing programs;
though more and more of the latter are enabled to make PDF files themselves.
Also, PDF files can now be Web enabled with embedded web links, fully
indexed, contain thumbnail views of each page to aid navigation and a number
of other conveniences.

Other components of the Acrobat system include Distiller, a program that
converts
Postscript programs to PDF format, and a high level indexing program used to
create a fully indexed searchable document on a CDROM.

The current PC version of Acrobat Pro, which includes Distiller, is about
$200US.

--valerie
75070.304@compuserve.com
valerivann@aol.com





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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 12:36:58 -0300 (ADT)
From: Kristine Tomlinson <ktomlinson@platinum.com>
Subject: Re: Historical module ... (1832)

On 10/10/96, John Smith wrote asking about the 1832 star module
reference.  Briefly, the Paper Rosette Basket was found in:

Child, Lydia Maria Francis (1802-1880)

[Little Girl's Own Book]  The Girl's own book, [Boston: Carter and
Hendee, 1832?]  Editions listed in the National Union Catalog show it was
in print from at least 1831 to 1846.  Sorry, I don't have the page numbers
at work.

Many people have written here or to me privately saying they know of it
by other names: Christmas star, Moravian, or Swedish star and as a
single model, not as a basket.  (The loose ends from at least four points
are woven into another module.)

Some NEW INFORMATION: The author edited The Juvenile Miscellany
starting in 1826. I haven't seen it yet, but it may be possible her book
reprints things that appeared earlier in the magazine.  I have also learned
that Child's book was "very popular on both sides of the Atlantic."  So, it
is possible that (for once) 19th century diagrams went from the US to
Britain :-).

John, any input you have would be most welcome, feel free to contact
me off line about details, full citations, etc. -- this is just one of several
items about folding and kirigami that I turned up on a one-day library visit.
Stay tuned!

Kristine
ktomlinson@platinum.com
Waltham, MA, USA





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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 12:36:47 -0300 (ADT)
From: vann@tredgar.cardiff.COM (VAnn Cornelius)
Subject: Re: Triangular popper?

> >
> > I got some email asking about a triangular model that "popped" when you
> > swiped it thru the air.  I'm familiar with the model, but I've never
> > folded it.

        The only one I've seen is the rectangular one from Honda's book.

        But

        AT the Southwest Festival Paul Jackson, and three cohorts
        (Bren, Tom, Norm)  made them of different size papers and
        used them to perform a percussion music piece.

        V'Ann





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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 12:52:45 -0300 (ADT)
From: bob@maggie.pentek.COM (Bob Sgandurra)
Subject: Homepage?

Hi all,

A friend of mine is trying to get the address of Meredith Hilary Trauner's
homepage.  He's downloaded diagrams from her page before but lost the address
and can't seem to find it with the usual search tools.
Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Bob
bob@pentek.com





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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 12:59:27 -0300 (ADT)
From: Pat Slider <slider@ims.mariposa.ca.us>
Subject: Re: Triangular popper?

>
>I got some email asking about a triangular model that "popped" when you
>swiped it thru the air.  I'm familiar with the model, but I've never
>folded it.
>

Sounds like the "Banger" in Kenneway's "Complete Origami". Also Toshie
Tokahama diagrams it in "Creative Life with Origami I."

I think maybe I've seen elsewhere too....Perhaps a Paul Jackson book. The
one with party decorations, hats, etc. "Festive Folding" I think is the title.

pat slider.





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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 13:48:30 -0300 (ADT)
From: chall@scsn.net (Carol Hall)
Subject: Paper Music

>       AT the Southwest Festival Paul Jackson, and three cohorts
>       (Bren, Tom, Norm)  made them of different size papers and
>       used them to perform a percussion music piece.
>
>       V'Ann

This Paper Music piece deserves more attendtion.  I wish that Paul were
online so he could explain more about the origins...

The first section used various sizes of paper, cardboard, posterboard.
These were rattled and vibrated to produce different pitches of sound.  A
piece of posterboard, held by one end and shaken back and forth, will
produce something akin to "thunder" (backstage sound effect type).  Using
different sizes and weights of paper produces a wonderful variety of music.

The second section used the poppers made from newsprint and other large
sheets of paper and from smaller office-type paper.  The four paper
musicians formed a dialog of pops, back and forth, challenges and responses.

This piece was choreography as well as music - visual and aural.  It was a
wonderful, new and different look at the medium which we all use daily.

(Paul seemed quite taken with the idea of composing a paper music piece as
accompaniment to a modern dance work.  I hope we have something to look
forward to along this line!)

Carol Hall
chall@scsn.net





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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 13:48:12 -0300 (ADT)
From: Holmes David EXC IS CH <holmes@chbs.ciba.com>
Subject: RE: Homepage?

Hi,

> From:         bob@maggie.pentek.com[SMTP:bob@maggie.pentek.com]
>
> Hi all,
>
> A friend of mine is trying to get the address of Meredith Hilary
Trauner's
> homepage.  He's downloaded diagrams from her page before but lost the
address
> and can't seem to find it with the usual search tools.
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
> bob@pentek.com

Meredith's home page is at http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~trauner/
but there didn't seem to be any diagrams there.

Dave

----
David M Holmes <holmes@chbs.ciba.com>
Internet/Intranet Infrastructure
Ciba-Geigy, Basel, Switzerland

"Error: Caffeine Not Found - Programmer Halted"





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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 14:07:53 -0300 (ADT)
From: contract@nyc.pipeline.COM (Contractors Exchange)
Subject: Re: Homepage?

On Oct 14, 1996 12:52:45, 'bob@maggie.pentek.com (Bob Sgandurra)' wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>A friend of mine is trying to get the address of Meredith Hilary Trauner's

>homepage.  He's downloaded diagrams from her page before but lost the
address
>and can't seem to find it with the usual search tools.
>Any help is appreciated.

Try:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~trauner/





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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 14:35:45 -0300 (ADT)
From: contract@nyc.pipeline.com (Contractors Exchange)
Subject: RE: Homepage?

On Oct 14, 1996 13:48:12, 'Holmes David EXC IS CH <holmes@chbs.ciba.com>'
wrote:

>
>Meredith's home page is at http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~trauner/
>but there didn't seem to be any diagrams there.

One of the links on the page leads to a section dedicated towards an
origami alphabet; diagrams are provided.





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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 15:22:36 -0300 (ADT)
From: bob@maggie.pentek.com (Bob Sgandurra)
Subject: RE: Homepage?

Thanks for the homepage info.  I'll forward it to my friend.

Bob
bob@pentek.com





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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 16:09:44 -0300 (ADT)
From: rita <rstevens@philly.infi.net>
Subject: Re: Alex Barber's Adobe Diagrams

I guess I wasn't as clear as I could have been, and I apologize, but I have
acrobat, I've gotten into Alex Barber's page before and viewed some files.
I just have had problems lately getting into the pdf section of his page and
was wondering if something was wrong with the site.  So I tried to view the
post script files instead with both ghostscript and RoPS, neither of which I
could figure out.

Sorry for the confusion.
Rita

At 10:40 PM 10/13/96 -0300, Valerie Vann wrote:
>PDF files are not Postscript files; they are a special format
>viewable and printable from a program by Adobe called Acrobat.
>Acrobat is available for MAC and PC for free in various locations,
>notably Adobe's Web site (www.adobe.com)
>
>Once the Acrobat program is installed on your computer, you
>can view, zoom in on etc the files and print them using virtually
>any printer supported by your system (Windows, Mac, etc.), even
>by non-Postscript printers such as HP laserjets and inkjets, which
>is one of the main reasons Alex and others of us are making diagrams
>available in the PDF format.
>
>--valerie
>Valerie Vann
>75070.304@compuserve.com





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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 16:42:19 -0300 (ADT)
From: Gretchen Klotz <gren@agora.rdrop.com>
Subject: Re: Paper Music

Howdy Everyone -

I got to hear some "paper music" of a similar sort this weekend.  Warning,
this is a longy, so if you're not interested in paper in performance,
origami musicians, and the sci-fi connection, delete this message now. ;^)

You may recall that Todd Barton posted here a few weeks ago looking for
some advice on incorporating "large origami" into a dance performance.  I
noticed that he was from Ashland, Oregon (right above the California
border -- a mere 300 miles from Portland, and home to the Oregon
Shakespeare Festival).  Since we are practically neighbors and interested
in at least 2 of the same things (dance and ??? ;-), I sent him some
private email.  In true 'net fashion, I made a couple of assumptions about
Todd, primarily that he was a student at the university down there (hey,
it's my main connection to Ashland, since my brother-in-law is enrolled
there).  I figured he was working with other students on some sort of
experimental performance piece (having heard or read similar stories about
Michael LaFosse's college days).  Silly me for projecting. :-}

It took until about our third message exchange to hear the little click in
my brain: "'Todd Barton,' why is that name so familiar from another
context?"  A quick trip downstairs to check a cassette and a quick visit
on Netscape to Todd's homepage and I put it all together: Todd is the
composer of "Music and Poetry of the Kesh," the companion tape to Ursula
K. LeGuin's novel _Always Coming Home_ (and I *know* I'm not the only
sci-fi/fantasy reader on this list, so I'm sure a few of you have this
tape too!).  I have been a fan of his since that tape came out, and even
planned to ask the women's choir I sang with in Philadelphia to perform
some of it (I left before that could happen).  Todd is also the music
director for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and well-experienced in
origami.  So maybe this is only news to me, but I was delighted to put it
all together!  Todd told me that although the "large origami" and dance
performance was only in the planning stages, he did have a performance
coming up that included some origami.

Having set aside this last weekend for a trip to Orcas Island that got
cancelled, getting an urgent phone call from my brother-in-law's (now ex-)
girlfriend that they were moving, and having an origami-related dance
performance to go to, I convinced Don that we needed to pop down to
Ashland for the weekend.  And I am so glad we did!

*Finally* -- to the paper music!  Well, first a little about the
performance in general.

The performance was a collaboration among Todd as musician/composer, Jamie
Peck as mask and mime artist, and Susan Potticary and XedeX as dancers and
choreographers.  There were several themes that reappeared throughout.
The first noticeable one was butterflies: the program had lines drawn on
it and directions for folding it into a butterfly.  While I was busy
trying to guess whether they were mountain or valley folds, my
origami-inexperienced brother-in-law tidily completed his pureland
butterfly, turning the abstract loops and lines on the program into the
design on the wings that looked like a human face.  The butterfly theme
was revisited in a piece called "Transformation," inspired by a story
about Chuang Tsu, who "awoke from the dream and asked, 'Am I a man who
dreamed I was a butterfly or a butterfly who is dreaming it is a man?'"
As a lead-in from the music piece immediately prior, the mime folded the
same butterfly as was "in" the program.  When the piece began, the dancers
started out as butterflies, later adding masks on the backs of their heads
that resembled both butterflies and human faces.  The mime started out as
a man, later donning a butterfly mask on his face and holding a staff with
another butterfly mask.  All this illustrated the blurry boundary between
dreams and reality.

I should tell you a little about how the stage was set up before I can
really describe the paper music.  Todd had his instruments and
synthesizers set up downstage left, and started the program officially by
speaking into a microphone attached to his synthesizer/sequencer which
distorted his voice into a deep wizard-like tone.  The first word he said
was "Welcome," after which he picked up a lovely large piece of chiyogami.
"Origami paper," he explained.  He proceeded to fold it into a cone, and
then extracted a scarf and a string of butterflies.  "Magic," he intoned,
and repeated "origami paper" for those who didn't get the connection.
"Music," he announced, and launched into a wonderful composition.  The
instruments Todd used included a keyboard synthesizer, a wind synthesizer,
bells, chimes, shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute), and eventually rocks,
scissors and paper (he also brough out his Theremin for one piece, the
only instrument played by not touching it -- anybody else as fascinated by
them as I am?).  Todd is a very versatile performer, and used his
sequencer to record layers upon layers of sound, adding different
melodies, textures, rhythms.  He used different instruments/objects as
starting points for each piece, using various combinations of sounds and
synthesizer distortions.  I don't know who to compare it to -- you'll have
to check out his homepage yourself and download some of his sound samples
(http://www.mind.net/music/).

Anyhow, "Transformation" segued into "Paper Chase" by Todd recording
himself cutting a paper ribbon of butterflies.  After the basic snipping
sounds were playing back from the synthesizer, he added the rhythmic sound
of rubbing the edge of the paper across the microphone.  Next, he crushed
the paper in several different ways, adding a completely different sound
each time.  Then came the sound of snapping it open in a couple different
directions.  I think he tore the paper eventually, but I was watching the
dance by then, all accompanied simply by the sounds of paper -- but
"simply" is inaccurate, because it was a very complex layered piece,
performed on the spot by one musician.  "Paper Chase" turned into a great
paper fight between the audience and the performers, with pieces of
crumpled paper and even some airplanes being tossed back and forth.  (I
should mention that the whole evening was called "XS[squared] = Hocus
Pocus," and was directed toward the kid in all of us, and all of the kids
sitting in front of me had a *marvelous* time -- as did the adults!)

Um, let's see, to finish up...  Rock/paper/scissors was another theme,
with Todd using rocks to start the music for a dance piece called
"Rocketeers."  I'll mention that the dancing was highly energetic
throughout the evening, the choreography was delightful for the most part,
and the miming was very engaging.  I'm really glad we went, and will make
the 5 hour drive again for Todd's eventual performance with large origami!

- Gretchen

P.S.  I didn't take notes, so this is all from memory.  I'm sure there are
a few things I remembered incorrectly; please forgive me.  Also, although
I am also a musician, I don't know a lot about synthesizers, so I hope I
used various terminology correctly.

--
gren@agora.rdrop.com         http://www.ogi.edu/~gren/





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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 21:51:01 -0300 (ADT)
From: James_Sakoda@brown.edu (James M. Sakoda)
Subject: Re: Alex Barber's Adobe Diagrams

>The current PC version of Acrobat Pro, which includes Distiller, is about
>$200US.
>
>--valerie
>75070.304@compuserve.com
>valerivann@aol.com

I tried to get either the older Acrobat Exchange or Acrobat Pro, but
couldn't find any.  They were both replaced by Adobe Acrobat 3.0, which
replaced both of the above and was selling for $189.95 or $199.95.   I
ordered it toward the end of September, when it was promised by October 1.
I received a notice from MacConnection that the order was back ordered, and
I have yet to get it.  I don't know what Adobe is trying to attempt by
creating this shortage of a crucial product for creating PDF documents.
James M. Sakoda





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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 22:16:37 -0300 (ADT)
From: J Armstrong <jcanada@clark.net>
Subject: black and white dancers

I recall a model at last years usa origami convention, a bride and groom
made from a single peace of paper such that the groom is dressed in
black and the bride in traditional white.  Is this diagrammed anywhere?
I mentioned this to my father who said he would like one and as this
will be a Christmas of little money I thought it would make a good gift.
Suggestions please.  Thanks,  Jessica





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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 23:14:20 -0300 (ADT)
From: Marc Kirschenbaum <marckrsh@pipeline.com>
Subject: Re: black and white dancers

At 10:16 PM 10/14/96 -0300, J Armstrong <jcanada@clark.net> wrote:
>I recall a model at last years usa origami convention, a bride and groom
>made from a single peace of paper such that the groom is dressed in
>black and the bride in traditional white.  Is this diagrammed anywhere?
>I mentioned this to my father who said he would like one and as this
>will be a Christmas of little money I thought it would make a good gift.

This sounds like Neil Elias' *The Last Waltz.* It can be found in the BOS
publication, *Neal Elias Selected Works 1964-1973.* To my knowledge, this
booklet is currently out of print, but the BOS is making an effort to
revitalize this important work.

Marc





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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 01:06:00 -0300 (ADT)
From: jtweres@lucent.com
Subject: lunch bag folds: beyond "crunch and roll" folding

fellow folders,,,

my wife and i dined at a local chinese restaurant
(cilantro in arlington heights)
and our leftovers found themselves into
a regular paper lunch bag
which had an "origami" fold which "locked" the top of the bag

we've seen discussion on letter/envelope folds
but haven't seen discussion on this particular aspect of origami

has anyone else seen/experienced/heard of lunch bag folds
besides your basic "crunch and roll" folding method???

  /-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-///plieur de papier\\\-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-\
 /=-= jack thomas weres                         jtweres@lucent.com =-=\
/=======================\\\================///=========================\
"Let Go and Let Fold"                             "One Crease At A Time"





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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 01:51:13 -0300 (ADT)
From: Charles Knuffke <knuffke@sirius.com>
Subject: Re: black and white dancers

At 6:14 PM -0800 on 10/14/96, Marc Kirschenbaum wrote:

> At 10:16 PM 10/14/96 -0300, J Armstrong <jcanada@clark.net> wrote:
> >I recall a model at last years usa origami convention, a bride and groom
> >made from a single peace of paper such that the groom is dressed in
> >black and the bride in traditional white.  Is this diagrammed anywhere?
> >I mentioned this to my father who said he would like one and as this
> >will be a Christmas of little money I thought it would make a good gift.
>
> This sounds like Neil Elias' *The Last Waltz.* It can be found in the BOS
> publication, *Neal Elias Selected Works 1964-1973.* To my knowledge, this
> booklet is currently out of print, but the BOS is making an effort to
> revitalize this important work.
>
> Marc

The Last Waltz is also diagrammed in ORU Magazine's issue number 12. This
model is called "Shall we Dance" or "The Last Dance" in the magazine.

Past issues of ORU can be ordered for the Ney York Kinokuniya Bookstore in
NYC or thru Sasuga Bookstore in MA. (Sasuga can also be reached thru the
web at http://www.terra.net/sasuga/ )

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Charles Knuffke       "Amen the Thunderbolt in the Dark Void"
153 Divisadero                                  -Jack Kerouac
San Francisco CA 94104
mailto://knuffke@sirius.com





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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 02:03:41 -0300 (ADT)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: Re: black and white dancers

On Tue, 15 Oct 1996, Charles Knuffke wrote:

> The Last Waltz is also diagrammed in ORU Magazine's issue number 12. This
> model is called "Shall we Dance" or "The Last Dance" in the magazine.

The mistake in the name is probably due to the fact that at the time ORU 12
was published, there was a popular movie here in Japan called "Shall We
Dance?".

          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: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 07:51:25 -0300 (ADT)
From: Gisela Schneider <giselas@hrz.uni-bielefeld.DE>
Subject: Christmas (already)

With the weather growing colder and colder I can't help but think of
Christmas. Those who cannot think farther than Hellowe'en - skip
this! ;-)
Has anyone ever attempted/managed to fold the Twelve Days of
Christmas?
I'm on my way to check the archives for a partridge and a pear tree
but I'd appreciate any help.
I also have the impression that the lyrics I have are mixed up.
It says "nine drummers drumming". Isn't it "Twelve drummers
drumming"?
And: is it really "four colly birds"? What exactly is a colly bird?
Mail me privately if you don't want to bother the list with Christmas
topics at this early stage.

Gisela
giselas@hrz.uni-bielefeld.de

You create your own reality and leave mine to me.
                                     Bad Religion





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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 09:37:52 -0300 (ADT)
From: Derek Stottlemyer <dereks@ic.net>
Subject: Re: Christmas (already)

> And: is it really "four colly birds"? What exactly is a colly bird?
> Mail me privately if you don't want to bother the list with Christmas
> topics at this early stage.
>
> Gisela
> giselas@hrz.uni-bielefeld.de
>       I think that if I were to try this, I'd end
up with cranes for "colly birds" (I always thought
it was calling birds, but why not singing birds?),
for the partridge, for the turtle doves, etc.
        I wish you luck.
        Derek





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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 09:42:11 -0300 (ADT)
From: Greg Cymbalist <ae565@freenet.toronto.on.CA>
Subject: Re: Christmas (already)

> And: is it really "four colly birds"? What exactly is a colly bird?

I think it is "four calling birds".  Hopefully that is more meaningful. ;)

|    Greg Cymbalist                                              |
| ae565@freenet.toronto.on.ca                                             |





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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 09:55:50 -0300 (ADT)
From: oz@nettally.com (Nitschke, Florence) (by way of Rene Besamusca
      <renebe@knoware.nl>)
Subject: PLEASE HELP!!!!!

My 9 year old daughter and I are looking for an origami Praying Mantis
for a science project she is doing.  She wants her project to be unlike
everyone elses.....most of the other kids are doing theirs in clay or
paper mache.  Will you PLEASE help us out with a praying mantis and
perhaps attach directions or the URL easy enough for a 9 year old to
complete?  We want to make it fairly large..
PLEASE HELP AND RESPOND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!
Thank you,
Florence and Ivy





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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 10:22:53 -0300 (ADT)
From: origami <origami@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: a new use for business cards

Here's an item from the September 30 NY Times Patents column, by Teresa
Riordan:

Have Business Card, Will Tee Off

Robert J. Veylupek and George Wallace Jr. of Las Vegas, Nevada have
patented a "combination business card golf tee".
The golf tee is formed when a perforated tab is locked into an opening at
one end of the card. "The tee comprises the card in an arched form, with
the ends of the card acting as legs for the tee, and the absence of the
body portion of the tab forming a saddle elevated above the ground into
which the ball may be placed," the patent states.
Patent# 5,503,396





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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 10:44:42 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jose Tomas Buitrago <buitrago@maxwell.univalle.edu.co>
Subject: What groups exist...

Hello!
Here in Colombia, most exactly in Cali Valle, we have a group named
Asociacion Vallecaucana de Origamistas (Origamists Vallecaucan
Asociation), our group has about ten active members. Since three years ago
we're meeting every saturday in the morning, we haven't a fixed
meeting place, the meetings are in the members' home. We have a weekly
scheduling, the activities include, origami games, readings from origami
books and magazines, to fold models by topic and so forth.

This is our technical data:

The group's name is : Asociacion Vallecaucana de Origamistas
The Address : Carrera 11H 33A-57, Cali-Valle, Colombia SA
(The address and the phone belong to Jose Arley Moreno)

e-mail : (The access is mine) buitrago@maxwell.univalle.edu.co
And I'm working in a Home Page of the association:
 http://maxwell.univalle.edu.co/~buitrago/origami.html (It's about
                                                         origami)
 http://maxwell.univalle.edu.co/~buitrago/asociacion.html (It's about the
                                                              group)

The home page (like anymore) is not completed yet, it's in a permanent
metamorphosis...

I hope you use this information. (you can publish the address in your
newsletters or/and magazines... we need international comunications)

Thank you and good fold.

Jose Tomas Buitrago Molina
buitrago@maxwell.univalle.edu.co
http://maxwell.univalle.edu.co/~buitrago





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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 10:51:06 -0300 (ADT)
From: origami <origami@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: More Origami in the news

The September 30 issue of the Stamp Collector newspaper has an article
titled "Japanese origami makes unique first-day covers". It describes the
work of Michigan artist Hideaki Nakano, who creates first day covers in
origami. The items pictured are:

 a sailboat, with a stamp showing a skipjack sailboat, comemmorating the
Constitution Bicentennial in 1988

 a whale, with a stamp showing a whaling ship, the Charles W. Morgan,
also for the Constitution Bicentennial

 Philadelphia's Independence Hall, with a stamp showing same, also for
the Constitution Bicentennial

A koala head, for an Australia Bicentennial stamp

A frigate, made of three envelopes with 8.4 cents stamps printed on,
each showing the US frigate Constitution. The envelopes are arranged so
one cancellation covers all three stamps!

The other 4 items seem to be made from paper (but I'm not sure).

Nakano won an American First Day Cover Society best esoteric cover award
for a first-day cover of a 32 cents Liberty bell stamped envelope.

Nakano can be reached at 630 Merrick Ave 603, Detroit, MI, 48202

Thanks to my stamp collector friend, Mark Sommer, for showing me the
article.

Yaacov Metzger
origami@worldnet.att.net





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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 10:16:18 -0300 (ADT)
From: origami <origami@worldnet.att.NET>
Subject: Golden Venture Inmate released thanks to Origami skill

To All -

Following is an aryicle from Friday's NY Times (reprinted w/o permission)
concerning the release of a Golden Venture inmate for being an "alien of
extraordinary ability". This item was also on "World News Tonight" with
Peter Jennings on ABC Monday night. Now the next time
a friend/relative/significant other derides your origami for being a
waste of time, you'll have an answer!

October 11, 1996

Commentary: Paper Trail From Jail to Liberty

By CLYDE HABERMAN

   NEW YORK -- This is the weekend for remembering Columbus' coming to
America by ship in 1492. Wu Lu Zhong also came to America by ship, five
centuries later, but instead of having a day named after him he landed in
prison for three years. His mistake was to live in an age when
immigration policies are not as lax as they were for those who sailed on
the Spanish monarchy's tab.

   Wu was among the 286 Chinese illegal immigrants who packed themselves
in 1993 into the infamous smuggling ship called the Golden Venture, only
to fall 200 yards short of the New World when the freighter ran aground
off the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens.

   You recall that tale of desperation and heartbreak. Ten men died
trying to reach shore. A few made it to shore and escaped. Thirty others
were granted asylum, and nearly 50 were released for one reason or
another, many moving on to other countries.

   But most, nearly 200 people, were either deported to China or packed
off to jails around the United States, which had become fed up with
illegal immigrants.

   Wu went to the York County Prison in southern Pennsylvania, where
local officials have made a cottage industry of boarding prisoners under
a contract with the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Now his
odyssey has taken a new turn, suggesting that the Golden Venturers will
make their mark on the United States for some time to come.

   On Tuesday evening he left his cell a free man, thanks to an I.N.S.
decision reclassifying him as an "alien of extraordinary ability." As a
skilled artist in Chinese paper sculpture, he was deemed to have a gift
that can enrich American cultural life.

   He is the first Golden Venture passenger to receive this special
designation. Indeed, three immigration lawyers working in his behalf --
John Assadi, Jun Wang and Helen Morris -- say he may well be the first
person ever to earn this status from prison.

   "I feel elated," said Wu, a slender man of 34, on Thursday in his
lawyers' office. Dressed in a borrowed sport shirt and jeans, he had
traveled by bus from York to New York, marveling at the towns he whizzed
past. "I feel," he said, as Wang translated, "that living conditions are
much better here than in China." Obviously a master of understatement.

   With his new status he may apply for permanent residence, the coveted
green card. If he gets it, and there is every reason to assume he will,
he will be able to bring over his wife and young son from Fujian province
in China. And because his is a test case, success could pave the way to
an American life for many of the 45 Golden Venture Chinese who remain in
York County Prison.

   Like Wu, once a set designer for the Fujian Operatic Company, they
have become skilled in the Chinese folk art of paper-cutting. They have
created thousands of pieces of art: remarkable sculptures of eagles,
dragons, pagodas and ships, remarkable not just for their high quality
but for the fact that they were crafted painstakingly out of scraps of
toilet paper, magazines and threads from prison towels.

   For dyes, the prisoners sometimes used tea and grape juice. It took a
while before prison officials trusted them with scissors, and then they
did so only with close supervision.

   "But the guards gave us full support," Wu said. So did a long line of
museum curators, who wrote letters to the INS supporting the argument
that here was a person of special talent who would benefit the United
States in freedom far more than in prison.

   On a separate track, like others from the Golden Venture, Wu had
appealed for asylum, on the argument that he and his family had suffered
persecution because of China's rigid one-child-per-couple controls. A few
years ago his wife underwent a forced abortion and sterilization.

   Until now, U.S. immigration authorities have rejected claims that
China's family-planning policy of itself justifies political asylum. That
may change, for the new immigration law includes a little-noticed
provision inserted by anti-abortion forces in Congress specifying that
"resistance to a coercive population-control program" qualifies one as
having been persecuted.

   It is clearly aimed at China (although to avert a tidal wave of
Chinese immigration, the law also limits application of this provision to
1,000 refugees a year).

   To Wu, asylum claims are important, but not as critical for now as his
search for a green card as an artist. Indeed, he said Thursday, he has
questions even more pressing than what he will sculpture: where he will
live and how he will eat.

Copyright 1996 The New York Times





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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 10:57:23 -0300 (ADT)
From: Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.COM
Subject: Re: lunch bag folds: beyond "crunch and roll" folding

It's not exactly a lunch bag fold, and you can't get diagrams, but

L.L.Bean uses a special fold to turn the tops of shopping bags into
handles. It only  seems to work with a new bag (so, theoretically,
they know if you've opened your bag in the store because you
cannot refold the "handle.") I've heard that it's patented, but that
may be a legend. It does seem to be a trade secret.

I've never been able to duplicate the fold, but the employees do it
very quickly--it can't be difficult, just a good trick that requires
crisp, unfolded paper.

Lisa
Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com





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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 11:07:12 -0300 (ADT)
From: zachary brown <zbrown@lynx.dac.neu.edu>
Subject: ANNOUNCE: new model on Underground Origami Page

The Underground Origami Page
http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/home/httpd/z/zbrown/origami/underground

Now has ``The Lonely Man'' by Alasdair Post-Quinn. It is a man
masturbating.

Zack





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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 12:41:59 -0300 (ADT)
From: Holmes David EXC IS CH <holmes@chbs.ciba.com>
Subject: RE: PLEASE HELP!!!!!

Hi,

> From:         oz@nettally.com (Nitschke, Florence)[SMTP:oz@nettally.com
(Nitschke, Florence)]
>
> My 9 year old daughter and I are looking for an origami Praying
Mantis
> for a science project she is doing.  She wants her project to be
unlike
> everyone elses.....most of the other kids are doing theirs in clay or

> paper mache.  Will you PLEASE help us out with a praying mantis and
> perhaps attach directions or the URL easy enough for a 9 year old to
> complete?  We want to make it fairly large..
> PLEASE HELP AND RESPOND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!
> Thank you,
> Florence and Ivy

There is a Praying Mantis model by Robert J. Lang in the origami-l
archive.
The Postscript files (there are 7 of them) can be found in the
directory:

    ftp://ftp.rug.nl/origami/models/mantis/

It is also available in PDF format (1 file) from Alex Barber's
homepage:

    http://www.nol.net/~barber/origami/pdf/mantis.pdf

I don't think a 9 year old would be able to fold it though. Heck, I thi
nk
most people on this list would have trouble folding it!  Apart from
Robert
himself of course 8)

Dave

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