




Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 04:37:27 -0400 (AST)
From: Rjlang@aol.com
Subject: Re: Digitizing Tablets

Robin Macey wrote that he was thinking of

> ...doing some origami diagrams on computer. I am thinking about
> purchasing a digitizing tablet to make this easier and wondered if
> anyone with experience of using such a device for diagrams could
> let me know what features I should look out for...Are they a very
> big time saver over using a mouse alone?

When I first started doing computer diagrams back in '88, I used the mouse
that came with my Mac SE for drawing (I started with Cricket Draw, then
switched to Freehand, both on the recommendation of John Montroll). After a
year or two (and after diagramming my half of _Origami Sea Life_) I bought a
Kurta digitizing tablet because I thought it would make diagramming more like
what I was used to -- my drafting experience, and previous two books had been
pen-and-ink -- and I thought it would let me trace step folds. But in fact,
the tablet sits on my shelf gathering dust, and I still diagram with the
mouse. I found the tablet awkward and imprecise. Using it for tracing didn't
work very well because the position of the cursor on the screen depended
strongly on the angle I was holding the pen, so my supposedly "traced"
figures came out very distorted. Another of the awkwardnesses was that on a
Mac, a menu only stays down as long as you hold down the mouse button.
Normally, this is a great convenience, but with the pen that came with the
tablet, it was easy to momentarily release pressure while making a menu
selection and have the menu go zipping away and the program runs off and
executes the random menu command ("Delete All") that the mouse happened to be
over when you relaxed. On a Windoze machine, the tendency of clicked menus to
hang around is actually a help in this regard.

So I'm still using a mouse. I'll admit, though, that (1) the state of
digitizing tablets (like everything else computer-related) has come a long
way in the past 8 years, so my experience is probably not representative of
the state of the art, (2) an awful lot of talented graphic artists swear by
the current crop of pressure-sensitive tablets, (3) I'm probably biased
because I had already gotten used to diagramming with a mouse (had I bought a
DOS machine, I might be extolling the virtues of a command-line interface for
drawing). But _Origami Sea Life_, _Origami Animals_, _Origami Insects_, and
_Origami In Action_ (the latter to be available at OUSAcon this June!), as
well as all of John Montroll's books, of which I've lost count, provide
evidence that one can do perfectly good diagrams without a tablet.

In fact, I would suggest that a more useful tool for diagramming is a macro
utility, such as CE Software's QuickKeys. I have assigned keystrokes to menu
selections, palette clicks, and all of my line styles, so that I never have
to move the cursor to the menu bar or to any palettes. I draw with one hand
on the mouse, and select tools, menu commands, and assign styles with the
other hand on the keyboard, and diagramming goes very fast.

Robert J. Lang
rjlang@aol.com





Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 04:46:54 -0400 (AST)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: Origami House and Origami Tanteidan

I forgot to add that for any orders made to Origami House, and for membership
applications to Origami Tanteidan, the preferred method of payment is by
international postal money order. I realize that this is not possible is some
countries, but it presents the least amount of headaches for them. Otherwise,
choose a large bank to do your transfers. That will mean less headaches on
this end. Yamaguchi has told me of cases where the bank fees were higher than
the value of the cheque sent.

 Joseph Wu - origami@planet.datt.co.jp - http://www.datt.co.jp/Origami
> It's your privilege as an artist to inflict the pain of creativity on
yourself. We can teach you how WE paint, but we can't teach you how YOU
paint. There's More Than One Way To Do It.
> Have the appropriate amount of fun.    --Wall, Christiansen, Schwartz





Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 07:52:30 -0400 (AST)
From: Nick Robinson <nick@cheesypeas.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: cat models

"Jerry D. Harris" <jdharris@post.cis.smu.edu> sez

>   I keep hearing about Herman von Goubergen's "Cat" model as one of
>the best around, but I have yet to see it for myself.

It's in the latest "Der Falter", a wonderful magazine. The fold looks
good, but I haven't tried it yet. There's a fair degree of subtle
shaping/sculpting...

all the best,

Nick Robinson

personal email  nick@cheesypeas.demon.co.uk
homepage        http://www.cheesypeas.demon.co.uk - all new look!
BOS homepage    http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk/bos/
RPM homepage    http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk





Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 09:51:53 -0400 (AST)
From: jdharris@post.cis.smu.edu (Jerry D. Harris)
Subject: Re: My torment has ended!!!!  & MORE

>8-Z   cross person with glasses (I think...)

        Actually, it's a person with their mouth twisted into half of a
smile, half of a frown.  Also:  8-S  Kind of the equivalent of an emoticon
shrugging it's shoulders.

Jerry D. Harris                       (214) 768-2750
Dept. of Geological Sciences          FAX:  768-2701
Southern Methodist University
Box 750395                            jdharris@post.smu.edu
Dallas  TX  75275-0395                (Compuserve:  102354,2222)

"Science _does_ have all the answers -- we just don't have all the
science."
                        -- James Morrow





Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 10:41:48 -0400 (AST)
From: Daddy-o D'gou <dwp+@transarc.com>
Subject: Re: FW: Hershey Nugget "chocolate with almonds" candy wrappers

Ken Lehner wrote:
+I have the Lang Ant made from a Hershey's Cookies and
+Mint miniature wrapper sitting on my workstation.  The paper-backed
+foil  was square.  And preparing the foil was a heck of a lot more fun
+than gluing foil to paper :-)

;-)  Of course!

I've been making the traditional crane from Giardelli wrappers.  A co-worker
brought them back from SF, so in exchange for eating them I've been folding a
crane family. ;-)

-D'gou





Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 10:38:01 -0400 (AST)
From: JStranzl@aol.com
Subject: Dollar Bill Origami

Greetings!!!

     I am looking for detailed diagrams (*.PDF) of dollar bill folds. I like
keeping new and interesting ones in my wallet and leaving them as tips. The
response of the waiters/waitresses is pretty amazing ("WOW! You made my
day!"). I have the "Klutz" book which contains several models( peacock, bow
tie, rings, etc.), and a few I've received from friends who are members of
OrigamiUSA. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

John

P.S. I've also downloaded a few from various Origami sources on the Internet.
The pickings for dollar bills folds was pretty slim.

Thanks again!





Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 11:04:04 -0400 (AST)
From: Daddy-o D'gou <dwp+@transarc.com>
Subject: Re: Digitizing Tablets...

Several folks have written their (negative) experiences with these, so
I figured I'd chime in with mine (positive).

I have a small WACOM tablet for my Mac (A powerbook 160).  It plugs in
via the ADB port with a passthrough connector, so there is no loss of
"ports" as some have reported with other devices.  This is a pretty
standard Mac connection technique.  I can't speak for the DOS/Windows
world.

Before getting my tablet, I talked to a friend who had a large one
(12x12) with which he does architectural and construction drawings.  As
with monitors, the price of tablets is very non-linear, and I was
concerned that I would not be happy with a small tablet, but that I
wouldn't be happy with (the price of) a large one.  He told me that for
what I wanted to do (drawing), that I wouldn't want a large tablet,
because then I'd be doing "large" movement (arm) to reach various parts
of the tablet and that I would find a smaller tablet actually more
convenient.  He uses only a small portion of his tablet for drawing,
the rest is configured as a ton of AutoCad buttons and what-not.

I have done several drawings and tests with the tablet and find that I
VERY VERY VERY VERY much prefer it to drawing with a mouse or
trackball.  I have my tablet configured to map proportionaly to the
screen, so that horizontal and vertical movements feel natural.  It
probably only took me about 20 minutes to get addicted to the absolute
nature of the tablet.  I like always knowing exactly where to go to get
to the menu bar, etc.  And I don't seem to have the
premature-menu-selection problem that Robert Lang wrote of, though I
can see that would be very annoying.  I have a 4x6 tablet which I can
easily use with just finger and wrist motions.  Joseph Wu wrote of
wanting to look in two places at once.  I have no problem with that.
In fact, most of the time I am making small motions that are no
different that small trackball or mouse movements.  And for the larger
motions (say I want to work in a different part of the screen), it
didn't take me long to adjust to the absolute nature of the tablet.

But then I NEVER got used to drawing with the trackball (built in to the
PB160), because it was too "stroke-y" -- to get very far required too many
strokings - and mice have the same trade-offs requirement.

I use CADintosh (registered version), which while it doesn't have
custom line types, does have a ressonable dash-dot line for indicating
mountain folds.

As Robert Lang mentioned, I too usually work with one hand holding the
pen and the other hand operating accelerators on the keyboard.  One
nice thing about CADintosh is that by using shift and other "prefix"
keys, one can get various functions from the pen (mouse), such as
pop-up graphical menus for tool selection, moving and magnifying the
workspace.

I have tried Canvas (V5.xxx) but find that it is soooooooo slooooooooow
as to be useless.  Maybe if I would upgrade to a PowerPC...

-D'gou

P.S.  I'm not affiliated with CADintosh or Lemke Software except as a
satisfied customer.  You can find them on the web at:
    http://members.aol.com/lemkesoft/index.html





Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 11:28:43 -0400 (AST)
From: Lisa.Hodsdon/McDougal/hmco@Owl.nstn.ca
Subject: Re: about 100 traditional models

Thanks to everyone who responded. I'm still interested, if you have
anything to add.

David Lister asked about the math text I quoted. It's a book I'm working on
a revision of, so the quote in question will be corrected. I may ask the
author/previous editor whether they know the source of the information,
but I'm just starting work on this chapter, so I can't ask just yet. I don't
know what the copyright date &/or ISBN of the revised text will be, so
I'm not going to tell you what it is. Sorry. I will let you know the details
when it's published.

The *cool* thing is that one of the chapters I'm working on has an origami
theme. (Guess who got to assign chapters! Guess what chapter I picked
for myself!) The theme gets picked up in an exercise in almost every
lesson in the chapter and in a couple of other places. The students do a
project related to the theme---in this case, folding several very simple
(and I believe "traditional"*) models and analyzing the geometry of them.

I hope that I will be able to include lots of great photos of modern origami.
The designer and I talked about including a model of every real-life object
we mention, but we don't have the budget for that. There's a mosaic from
the Alhambra on the first page of the chapter. Now what origami image
might I be able to use for that....  (That reminds me to hassle my supervisor
about whether the dept. will  pay for me to go to Art & Math this year...)

Lisa
Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com

*a cat, dog, and swan that typically appear on the direction sheets that
come with origami paper. A sailboat: 1)white side up, 2) one diagonal,
3) "airplane fold" (bring two adjacent raw edges to the crease), 4) fold
the white triangle up 5) fold the bottom up so that it doesn't completely
cover the triangle from step 4.





Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 14:52:16 -0400 (AST)
From: Peter and Mary Ansoff <Peter_Ansoff@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: [NO] "From" Address Compuserve

Valerie, thanks for the help.  I've left a message for the CIS folks; if it
unearths anything I'll report it to the list.

The really weird thing about this problem is that it 's not consistent.
MOST of the messages that I get from origami-l have the list address in the
" from" block, *but not all*.  I've compared the routing headers for the
two types and can't see any difference.

I subscribe to two other LISTSERV lists.  One always gives the list name in
the "From" and the other one always gives the real sender's name.  Both
gave the real sender's name before I switched my address.

I notice that you are still using your old numerical COMPUSERVE address --
how does your "from" line work?  Has anyone else (particularly COMPUSERVE
users) noticed this problem?

Foldingly,

Peter Ansoff
peter_ansoff@compuserve.com

---------- Forwarded Message ----------

From:   INTERNET:origami-l@nstn.ca, INTERNET:origami-l@nstn.ca
DATE:   3/30/97 2:05 PM

RE:     Re: [NO] "From" Address Compuserve

From: Valerie Vann <75070.304@compuserve.com>

Peter,

I discussed this with Compuserve's techies, and got
as usual conflicting signals. They're constantly
tinkering with the mail server, trying to get it to
a point of being fully internet standard without losing
the old user software compatibility.

I don't like it either; it was sort of a nuisance to have
to manually change the address of replies to the origami-L
back to the listserver address, but at least you could scan
your mail box by sender as well and subject. Maybe they'll
change back; AOL's mail box shows the original sender on
origami-L traffic.

GO to feedback on compuserve and complain about it; you'll
get a really dumb response, but at least they'll have heard
from one more of us. (Do it in the WinCim support forum too.)

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





Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 17:45:45 -0400 (AST)
From: ROBINMACEY@aol.com
Subject: Re: Origami Stamps

Further to the request for details of Origami stamps recently I don't think
the following 2 have been mentioned yet.

  Approx August 1990 there was a Japanese postage stamp issued which had an
origami modular cube on. From memory I think it was Takahamas's cube. I have
a copy somewhere at home. I believe it was part of a set of stamps
publicising a mathematical conference.

  The back page of 'The Origamian' dated Autumn 1962 has a photo of a charity
gift stamp issued in 1956 by UNESCO. Stamp shows the traditional crane and
has some Japanese text on it together with name Unesco and the year 1956. It
has perforated edges just like a postage stamp but was issued as a receipt
for donations to Unesco.

I don't know if the chap asking about stamps also wants to know about origami
available featuring an origami snake by Yoshizawa. I have a copy which
Yoshizawa gave me during my first visit to Japan in 1990. Does anyone else
know of any other origami phone cards etc?

Many thanks to folks who posted replies to my enquiry about digitising
tablets. (as I get origami-l in digest form I may not have read them all
yet!). My enquiry was posted after I saw a cordless pen and pad in PC World
at the weekend. It is called the Wacom ArtPad II and sells for 129 UK pounds.
Does look like it would be a lot easier to draw lines than with a mouse. If
anyone else has any knowledge or experience of these things then I would be
pleased to hear from you. My previous experience of doing computer drawings
is nearly zero  but I am keen to learn!

Cheers

Robin Macey

Nottingham, England
email   robinmacey@aol.com





Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 19:33:58 -0400 (AST)
From: "James M. Sakoda" <James_Sakoda@brown.edu>
Subject: Re: Dollar Bill Origami

>Greetings!!!
>
>     I am looking for detailed diagrams (*.PDF) of dollar bill folds. I like
>keeping new and interesting ones in my wallet and leaving them as tips. The
>response of the waiters/waitresses is pretty amazing ("WOW! You made my
>day!"). I have the "Klutz" book which contains several models( peacock, bow
>tie, rings, etc.), and a few I've received from friends who are members of
>OrigamiUSA. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
>John
>
>P.S. I've also downloaded a few from various Origami sources on the Internet.
>The pickings for dollar bills folds was pretty slim.
>
>Thanks again!

Try Kitty Vallley Cyber Home Page which I have set up with the help of my
son Bill:
http://idt.net/~kittyv  James M. Sakoda

James M. Sakoda.  Web Page for origami drawings in compact PDF form:
http://idt.net/~kittyv  .
Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 which can be downloaded free from
http://www.adobe.com/acrobat





Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 20:05:48 -0400 (AST)
From: halgall@netverk.com.ar
Subject: Re:  Digitizing Tablets

At 20:42 29/03/1997 -0400, you wrote:
>Robin said: "I am planning to have a go at doing some origami diagrams on
>computer. I am thinking about purchasing a digitizing tablet to make this
>easier and wondered if anyone with experience of using such a device for
>diagrams could let me know what features I should look out for . . ."
>
Hi Robin,

I've been using now an  version of CorelDRAW 6.0 to make origami
diagrams,before CorelDraw 3.0,
and 5.0.
I do not know very much computation, in a first time I drew (much time, and
before to PC), with my
rotring pen in vegetal paper.But diagramming with CorelDRAW is fascinating,
because the program
is not difficult NOW :).
 I don't know how a digitizer would make creating the diagrams.
In my country, Argentina exist  "Asoc. Amigos de Corel Draw" by Martin M.
Sotelano
Buenos Aires - Argentina
http://www.sicoar.com/amigoscorel
If you like see this page.

Best wishes, good luck!!!

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





Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 20:15:37 -0400 (AST)
From: Marc Kirschenbaum <marckrsh@pipeline.com>
Subject: ORU #16 is out

I do not think this was mentioned before, so here it goes. I just received
in the mail today the latest ORU issue (and sadly, the last). I was not
sure (from all of the talk of their recent folding), they would have enough
funds to produce one more. This issue's theme is on simple origami (so
naturaly, they asked me for some of my work for inclusion). There is also
some complex fare, and as always, the photography is very inspiring. It is
tough to pick a favorite, but I flipped out seeing Kasahara's incredibly
cute pair of pandas. I do not have details on when this issue will be
available to purchase (mine was a complinmentary copy), but I am sure
orders can be placed though Sasauga, and other Japanese bookstores.

Marc





Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 21:08:10 -0400 (AST)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: Re: about 100 traditional models

ReSent-Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 10:04:45 -0600 (cst)
ReSent-From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
ReSent-To: Origami Mailing List <origami-l@nstn.ca>
ReSent-Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.3.96.970401100445.-771C@origami.datt.co.jp>
ReSent-X-X-Sender: origami@planet.datt.co.jp

On Mon, 31 Mar 1997 Lisa.Hodsdon/McDougal/hmco@Owl.nstn.ca wrote:

=I hope that I will be able to include lots of great photos of modern origami.
=The designer and I talked about including a model of every real-life object
=we mention, but we don't have the budget for that. There's a mosaic from
=the Alhambra on the first page of the chapter. Now what origami image
=might I be able to use for that....

One of Chris Palmer's tessellations, of course. If I remember correctly, he
lived for 6 months in a cave near Alhambra so that he could go there daily to
study the mosaics there.

 Joseph Wu - origami@planet.datt.co.jp - http://www.datt.co.jp/Origami
> It's your privilege as an artist to inflict the pain of creativity on
yourself. We can teach you how WE paint, but we can't teach you how YOU
paint. There's More Than One Way To Do It.
> Have the appropriate amount of fun.    --Wall, Christiansen, Schwartz





Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 21:18:04 -0400 (AST)
From: Kimberly Crane <kcrane@kimscrane.com>
Subject: Kim's Crane April Special - No Fooling

Kim's Crane has their Monthly Special Page for April up at
http://www.kimscrane.com/Monthly.html .  Please come have a look.

In addition, we have added a historical write up on chiyogami papers
http://www.kimscrane.com/CHIYOGAMI.html and washi papers
http://www.kimscrane.com/OWASHI.html and their relationship to origami.

A whereabouts page listing the 1997 arts and crafts shows we will be in
attendence at.  Please feel free to stop by and say "hi".
http://www.kimscrane.com/where.html

Sincerely,

Gordon and Kimberly Crane
http;//www.kimscrane.com





Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 21:21:50 -0400 (AST)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: Phone cards and Tablets (was Re: Origami Stamps)

On Mon, 31 Mar 1997 ROBINMACEY@aol.com wrote:

=I don't know if the chap asking about stamps also wants to know about origami
=phone cards. If so he might like to know that there was a Japanese phone card
=available featuring an origami snake by Yoshizawa. I have a copy which
=Yoshizawa gave me during my first visit to Japan in 1990. Does anyone else
=know of any other origami phone cards etc?

He did a whole set of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac. I saw them when I
was there a few days ago.

=Many thanks to folks who posted replies to my enquiry about digitising
=tablets. (as I get origami-l in digest form I may not have read them all
=yet!). My enquiry was posted after I saw a cordless pen and pad in PC World
=at the weekend. It is called the Wacom ArtPad II and sells for 129 UK pounds.
=Does look like it would be a lot easier to draw lines than with a mouse. If
=anyone else has any knowledge or experience of these things then I would be
=pleased to hear from you. My previous experience of doing computer drawings
=is nearly zero  but I am keen to learn!

I've got the ArtPad II's bigger brother, if that helps to put my previous
comments into context. Doug's comments were most helpful, too. Maybe I
should've bought the smaller one... Anyway, the only real way to know if you
like it is to try it.

 Joseph Wu - origami@planet.datt.co.jp - http://www.datt.co.jp/Origami
> It's your privilege as an artist to inflict the pain of creativity on
yourself. We can teach you how WE paint, but we can't teach you how YOU
paint. There's More Than One Way To Do It.
> Have the appropriate amount of fun.    --Wall, Christiansen, Schwartz





Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 01:28:21 -0400 (AST)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: Tokyo visit, installment 1: Yoshizawa's place

Here's the first installment of my report. Comments welcome.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

It should have worked out just fine. But did it? No...not until the very end.
Let me start from the beginning.

I woke up at 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 27, 1997. Why so early? Well, I
didn't sleep on Tuesday night, so I went to bed early on Wednesday night (7
p.m.) and decided to wake up early on Thursday to pack for my trip to Tokyo.
Well, as so often happens in the early morning, I managed to forget a few
things. Map of Tokyo? Oops. Foreshadowing future calamities? You bet.

Getting to the airport wasn't too much trouble. I live close enough to the bus
terminal from which the airport shuttle bus leaves that I only had to run a
little bit to catch the 6:30 bus. The 45-minute ride was uneventful (if a
little warm from the running) and I easily made my 8:00 a.m. flight. The
flight was also uneventful: I folded one of my winged pigs, and one of Winson
Chan's maple leaves. Getting from Haneda airport into Tokyo was quite easy,
too, as there's only one monorail line in. No problem, right?

It was 10:30 a.m. when I reached Tokyo. No problem. I was to meet Yoshizawa at
noon. First, I'd stop off at Gallery Origami House to drop off my luggage. It
shouldn't take more than half an hour, I thought. Wrong!  Suffice it to say
that I got lost. My forgotten map had come back to haunt me. By the time I got
hour to get to Yoshizawa's from there. Ack! Well, after a quick phone call to
apologise in advance, I made seemed to be the longest one hour journey in my
life (I got lost again, and I had to backtrack a little to retrieve my camera
from Origami House). It started to rain, too, and I realised that I'd left my
umbrella back at Origami House. Sigh.

Mrs. Yoshizawa was at the bus stop waiting for me, and we walked a short way
to their house. For some reason I couldn't quite understand, they have two
houses: one to work in and one to sleep in. It was to the former house that we
went. Yoshizawa must have been at the window watching for us, because he
opened the door just as we walked up to it. After exchanging greetings, I was
ushered into sit and to have lunch. Sandwiches and salad were brought out, and
we were joined by Kikukawa-san, Mrs. Yoshizawa's younger sister. She
remembered me from the First Southeastern Origami Festival, three years ago.
She wasn't sure that I'd remembered her, though, so we had a chuckle as, at
the same time, we both tried to explain where we'd last met.

Lunch was good, and Yoshizawa commented on how full he now felt as compared to
his hunger before. I apologised again for being late, and everyone laughed
because he had not meant to rebuke me and also because I had used the polite
form of apology ("o-matta shitsurei shimashita," literally "sorry [you] had to
wait [so long]") that, for example, a restaurant hostess would use when
leading you to a table after a long wait. During and after lunch, we chatted
about my current situation (questions about work, about Hokkaido, about
Vancouver, etc.) and about origami around the world. We talked a bit about the
Internet and I think that I'll be able to show some more of Yoshizawa's work
on my homepage soon.

Then, the moment I was waiting for: I was invited upstairs to see his work.
And such work! I was too transfixed to take too many pictures. I was both awed
by the work and preoccupied with trying to understand what he was saying to
me. I saw so many things that to try to describe them all would take forever.
But several pieces stood out: mother and child owls that are full-bodied and
that use open holes into the hollow centre to show the darkness of the eyes,
charging bulls, and a kappa (a mischievous water spirit in Japanese mythology)
folded out of money.

Actually, Yoshizawa chose to spend a large portion of our time there showing
me money folds. But I'd never seen money folds like these before. Each one was
moulded and sculpted in that distinctive Yoshizawa fashion: the twelve animals
of the Chinese zodiac, followed by various other animals, birds, and objects
(manmade). He showed me a series of money rings, each one folded so that a
different feature printed on the bill was featured as the centre of the stone
of the ring. There were other models, too, including things that I'd never
seen in his books: rhinoceroses, wolves, and hats (dozens of styles including
many with animal heads on them). But, as I said, his talk (what I could
understand of it) was also fascinating.

He told me about his philosophy in regards to his workhow he prays before
working and allows the spirit (I'm not sure if he said "of God" or "of the
paper") to guide his hands. That's why, he said, he can do the work that he
does, bringing life to his subjects. He also spoke about his own
mortalityhe's 86 years old this yearand what he will do with his work when
he passes on. It will all go to UNICEF if I understood him correctly. As he
spoke about these things, he suddenly burst into tears. "Why," he cried, "are
there so many terrible things in the world? More calm is neededit is from
calmness that I create my art. Why is there no peace? WE are all under the
same Sun, living on the same Earth. We should be friends. No, we should be
brothers."

After we stopped to share a quiet moment, he continued to show me his work,
opening boxes in his storage cabinets and carefully unwrapping each one from
its protective unryu tissue. He made a point of showing me his "sexual" pieces
such as models of mating animals, mermaids with distinct breasts, and a divine
couple in a suggestive embrace. "Sex," he emphasised, "is a natural part of
life. It is not dirty." There were a few pieces that he showed me that he
asked me not to photograph as they were still works in progress. These were
some sea shell designs, with sculpted spirals, and many sharp points.

When I had arranged the visit, Mrs. Yoshizawa had told me that we'd have to
finish at 3:00 p.m. because they were going to be teaching a class that night
and would need to prepare. So, when 3 o'clock rolled around, I brought that
fact to Yoshizawa's attention.  "Are you in a hurry?" he asked. "No?  Then
let's continue. It's okay." No complaints from me, as we continued to examine
his beautiful origami!

It was past 3:30 when we went back downstairs. Mrs. Yoshizawa served tea and
sweets (an interesting Japanese dessert consisting of red bean paste, dough,
and a pickled cherry leaf), and presented me with two posters as a gift. The
more recent poster features a photograph of the famous model of Romulus and
Remus being suckled by a she-wolf that Peter Engel had mentioned seeing. We
chatted some more, talking about the "Living National Treasure" designation,
and the sad fact that origami is not included. I mentioned the idea that had
come up in origami-l about a "Living World Treasure"  designation (thanks to
Bob Nienhuis) and he seemed flattered by the idea.

As I was putting my camera away, I dropped the winged pig that I'd made on the
airplane, and Mrs. Yoshizawa asked about it. They both examined it carefully,
and then, to my surprise, Yoshizawa asked me to sign it so that he could keep
a piece of my work. It was my turn to be flattered, and I gladly did so, using
both my English and Chinese names. When we finished eating, I signed the guest
book, and then Mrs. Yoshizawa saw me on my way.

All-in-all, I had a wonderful time. I had been an hour late, and they had
graciously extended my stay by an extra hour to make up for my bumbling. It
was not an experience of visiting royalty. It was more like going to visit a
grandfather or a great-uncle. I have met Yoshizawa the man, not the master
(although he undoubtedly is), and my life is richer for it.

 Joseph Wu - origami@planet.datt.co.jp - http://www.datt.co.jp/Origami
> It's your privilege as an artist to inflict the pain of creativity on
yourself. We can teach you how WE paint, but we can't teach you how YOU
paint. There's More Than One Way To Do It.
> Have the appropriate amount of fun.    --Wall, Christiansen, Schwartz





Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 02:46:20 -0400 (AST)
From: Daddy-o D'gou <dwp+@transarc.com>
Subject: Re: ORU #16 is out

Marc Kirschenbaum wrote about the latest and last ORU (#16) being out.
I received my copy (paid sub. via Sasuga) last Friday.
It is indeed a sad thing that they have to cease publication.
I haven't had the time to do more than flip through it though, so I'll save
my comments for later.
Except to say "Congrats!!!" to Marc and all the other folks whose work
appeared in it!

-D'gou





Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 02:53:02 -0400 (AST)
From: "DAVID.E.HOWARD" <howarde3@wfu.edu>
Subject: Re: Tokyo visit, installment 1: Yoshizawa's place

I must say I found Joseph Wu's rendezvous with Mr. Yoshizawa, both
informative and very interesting.  I look forward to the next installment.

By the way, I met Mr. Yoshizawa at the National Origami Convention in NYC
when I was in eighth grade (1988 or 1989--I think) and had him autograph
one of his books I bought from the display that Alice Gray was overseeing.
The problem is that I have never been able to use the book because the
instructions are all in Japanese.  Does anyone know if any English
instructions were ever made available as a supplement to his works, if so I
would be interested.

Also, I have not been active in the origami scene since that Convention
(and the fact that high school brought other endeavors) and was wondering
what has happened to the Friends of the Origami Society, and to Alice Gray,
Lillian Oppenheimer, and Michael Shall.  I remember them all well, and
would like an update if anyone knows about the Society or any of them.
Thanks

David Howard





Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 03:16:14 -0400 (AST)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: Re: Tokyo visit, installment 1: Yoshizawa's place

On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, DAVID.E.HOWARD wrote:

=I must say I found Joseph Wu's rendezvous with Mr. Yoshizawa, both
=informative and very interesting.  I look forward to the next installment.

Thank you. I'm writing as fast as I can. 8)

=By the way, I met Mr. Yoshizawa at the National Origami Convention in NYC
=when I was in eighth grade (1988 or 1989--I think) and had him autograph
=one of his books I bought from the display that Alice Gray was overseeing.
=The problem is that I have never been able to use the book because the
=instructions are all in Japanese.  Does anyone know if any English
=instructions were ever made available as a supplement to his works, if so I
=would be interested.

As far as I know, only two of his books have been translated into English: an
old one simply entitled "Origami" (I believe that the Japanese title was
"Origami Ehon"), and "Origami Museum I: Animals". David Lister is the person
to ask about Yoshizawa's books. (David: Yoshizawa remembers you fondly and
said that he wishes he had more time to respond to all of your questions.
Unfortunately, it takes them a long time to deal with correspondence in
English.)

=Also, I have not been active in the origami scene since that Convention
=(and the fact that high school brought other endeavors) and was wondering
=what has happened to the Friends of the Origami Society, and to Alice Gray,
=Lillian Oppenheimer, and Michael Shall.  I remember them all well, and
=would like an update if anyone knows about the Society or any of them.

The Friends have since changed their name to "OrigamiUSA" and continue to hold
conventions each year. I'm sad to have to tell you that all three of the
people you mentioned have passed away. Their legacy lives on, however, and the
current OrigamiUSA board (and members) work to keep their memory alive.
Comments from OUSA board members?

 Joseph Wu - origami@planet.datt.co.jp - http://www.datt.co.jp/Origami
> It's your privilege as an artist to inflict the pain of creativity on
yourself. We can teach you how WE paint, but we can't teach you how YOU
paint. There's More Than One Way To Do It.
> Have the appropriate amount of fun.    --Wall, Christiansen, Schwartz





Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 03:22:37 -0400 (AST)
From: AnToi@aol.com
Subject: Re: cat models

Adolfo Cerceda's book, Fascinating Origami, has a really cute cat. It does
require two pieces of paper and - dare I say it - GLUE!
Purists will shudder, no doubt, but it IS cute.

If for no other reason, this book (published by Dover) is worth checking out
for it's very interesting section on Cerceda's life and his approach to his
art. The diagrams are distressingly brief, and in many cases wrong, but the
finished models are quite satisfying.

Ngay Mai An Toi





Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 07:34:23 -0400 (AST)
From: Allen Parry <parry@eskimo.com>
Subject: Re: Dollar Bill Origami

The best printed source for "quality" dollar bill folds are old convention
annuals which can be purchased
through the Origami Source.  They also have a selection of dollar bill
folding books, but most of the designs
are fairly simplistic.  Some of my favorite designs, out of old convention
books are:  the man playing the guitar,
the airplane, the donkey, and of course anything designed by Steven Weiss
(he does some excellenct models,
his cat is a real winner!)

Then for more advance folding, adapt Lang's six pointed deer to a dollar
bill (from The Complete book of Origami)
or Engel's Crab (from Folding the Universe) where step 11 is to put the
model in a vise.

I warn you though, about leaving folds as tips.  I have one restaurant, I
use to frequent, but I found the waiters began
pressured to fold them something from the crisp
brand new bill they had been saving for me.  And then there is the
frustration of the unappriciative waiter who only sees
it as a dollar and it is unfolded immediately without even being looked at
(this happened to me tonight with a matchbox
{Brill's from Brilliant Origami}).

There is alot out there in dollar bill folds....I would guess there are
about 300 to 400 different dollar bill
folds.  Many are simple, like the myriad of variants on the bowtie, but
others are incredible.  I personally
have a little over 250 different models in my collection.

Good luck in your quest in discovering the many bill folds.....again, check
out the OUSA convention annuals,
they're the best source.

Allen Parry
parry@eskimo.com





Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 10:36:49 -0400 (AST)
From: Mark Morden <marmonk@eskimo.com>
Subject: Re: Dollar Bill Origami

At 10:38 AM 3/31/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Greetings!!!
>
>     I am looking for detailed diagrams (*.PDF) of dollar bill folds. I like
>keeping new and interesting ones in my wallet and leaving them as tips. The
>response of the waiters/waitresses is pretty amazing ("WOW! You made my
>day!"). I have the "Klutz" book which contains several models( peacock, bow
>tie, rings, etc.), and a few I've received from friends who are members of
>OrigamiUSA. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
>John
>
>P.S. I've also downloaded a few from various Origami sources on the Internet.
>The pickings for dollar bills folds was pretty slim.
>
>Thanks again!
>
>
Check out my dollar bill page at the Origami Olio.  There you will find
about half a dozen original folds with diagrams.  Only one is in .pdf
format.  The others are .gif files.

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"





Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 11:20:49 -0400 (AST)
From: Daddy-o D'gou <dwp+@transarc.com>
Subject: Re: Dollar Bill Origami

Allen Parry wrote:
About wait-staff withholding his food until he folds a new model, and
about wait-staff that ignores the model and unfolds it.

Sigh.  I would definitely be ticked off if I had to wait for my food
like that.  Luckily I've not had that happen.  As for unappreciative
waiters, I always give a shirt first, and if they don't react to that
(assuming that I wait around for a reaction), I don't bother with
anything more elaborate.  At one or two places I've frequented
regularly, with another folder, the staff would have a friendly dispute
over who got to work our table. ;-)  Sadly I no longer have the time
for the leisurely lunches at that place and don't get to the other one
for dinner as much as I usta.

-D'gou





Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 14:57:24 -0400 (AST)
From: Pat Slider <slider@stonecutter.com>
Subject: Yoshizawa book at Amazon?

Squeezing in some birthday shopping at amazon.com I just discovered the
following listing:

Origami Masterpieces

by Akira Yoshizawa

Hardcover, 96 pages
List: $19.95 -- Amazon.com Price: $19.95
Published by Heian Intl Pub Co
Publication date: May 1,1997
ISBN: 0893468444

Not Yet Available: You may still order this book. We will ship it to you
when it is released by the publisher.

Could this be an English translation of "Inochi Yutaka na Origami"?

pat slider
slider@stonecutter.com





Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 16:37:10 -0400 (AST)
From: Brett Askinazi <brett@hagerhinge.com>
Subject: Re: [NO] "From" Address Compuserve

Look below,

My email reader (internet mail for '95) pops your NAME from the name field
in your Email reader, and associates that with the email address.  When I
pick a name out of my list it puts the NAME in the TO: box.  But when it
does a send it actually uses the fully qualified EMAIL address.

So alot of this depends on the EMAIL reader you are using AND the ISP you
are using as well.  Some ISP's do not pass the NAME field.  And in the case
of my last ISP they didnt even pass along the original senders (in the case
of mailing lists) email address.

Brett
brett@hagerhinge.com

----------
> From: Valerie Vann <75070.304@compuserve.com>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <origami-l@nstn.ca>
> Subject: Re: [NO] "From" Address Compuserve
> Date: Sunday, March 30, 1997 12:41 PM
>
> Peter,
>
> I discussed this with Compuserve's techies, and got
> as usual conflicting signals. They're constantly
> tinkering with the mail server, trying to get it to
> a point of being fully internet standard without losing
> the old user software compatibility.
>
> I don't like it either; it was sort of a nuisance to have
> to manually change the address of replies to the origami-L
> back to the listserver address, but at least you could scan
> your mail box by sender as well and subject. Maybe they'll
> change back; AOL's mail box shows the original sender on
> origami-L traffic.
>
> GO to feedback on compuserve and complain about it; you'll
> get a really dumb response, but at least they'll have heard
> from one more of us. (Do it in the WinCim support forum too.)
>
> --valerie
> Valerie Vann
> 75070.304@compuserve.com
> valerivann@aol.com





Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 17:01:12 -0400 (AST)
From: rita <rstevens@philly.infi.net>
Subject: Origami in Wash, DC?

Does anyone have any tips for interesting origami paper/books/sitings in the
DC area.  I'll be attending a conference there in the Rosslyn Westpark area
(looks like it's near Georgetown) next week and I'd appreciate any/all feedback.
Thanks.
Rita





Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 18:42:56 -0400 (AST)
From: Robby/Laura/Lisa <morassi@zen.it>
Subject: Re: Tokyo visit, installment 1: Yoshizawa's place

David,

At 02.53 1/4/1997 -0400, you wrote:

>The problem is that I have never been able to use the book because the
>instructions are all in Japanese.  Does anyone know if any English
>instructions were ever made available as a supplement to his works, if so I
>would be interested.

"Origami Dokuhon I" (the one with a pink peacock on a green cover, Kamakura
Shobo, 1967) has an English translation of the text included with the 1973
reprint. The first Yoshizawa book ever published in a Western language (I
think still the only one) is "Origami Hakubutsushi I" (Kamakura Shobo, 1979)
which has an Italian edition promoted and edited by myself, with the title
"Antologia di Origami: animali" (Origami Anthology: animals, Il Castello
1983) on occasion of Yoshizawa's visit to Italy in 1983.

Roberto





Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 20:37:07 -0400 (AST)
From: Robby/Laura/Lisa <morassi@zen.it>
Subject: Webpage of Centro Diffusione Origami

Hi all !

I am pleased to announce that the Italian Association, Centro Diffusione
Origami (founded by myself and Giovanni Maltagliati, 19 years ago) now has
its own webpage ! Notice of this has already been sent to a few people for
updating the links, and the URL can now be made public. Here it is:

http://www.essenet.it/cdo

The language is mostly Italian with English subtitles, and full English
versions of the main articles. There is still a bit of "work in progress"
(it wouldn't be a true webpage without this.... :-)), but we hope to fill
the missing pages as soon as possible.

Have a look and enjoy it ! Comments will be appreciated.

Roberto

<morassi@zen.it>





Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 21:24:42 -0400 (AST)
From: Marcia Mau <marcia.mau@pressroom.com>
Subject: Model Search

I'm looking for the following models:

a 3-D ice cream cone
pendulum
box w/ attached lid (any models besides Dave Brill's in Brilliant Origami?)

Please reply direct by telling me if these models exist and cc the origami list.

Thanks.

Marcia Mau
Vienna, VA USA
marcia.mau@pressroom.com





Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 22:50:14 -0400 (AST)
From: Robert Allan Schwartz <notbob@tessellation.com>
Subject: 4 questions

1. When/where is the 1997 Origami USA convention?

2. How can I download old digests of this email list?

3. Where can I purchase a copy of the COET conference proceedings?

4. Where can I purchase a copy of the ICOST conference proceedings?

Thanks in advance,

Robert

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Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 23:22:36 -0400 (AST)
From: Mike and Janet Hamilton <mikeinnj@concentric.net>
Subject: Re: Model Search

Marcia Mau wrote:
> I'm looking for the following models:
> box w/ attached lid (any models besides Dave Brill's in Brilliant Origami?)

There are several boxes with attached lids in Fuse's "Origami in One
Piece".  The boxes are various differents shapes - triagular, hexagonal,
rectangular, etc.

Janet Hamilton

--
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Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 23:23:58 -0400 (AST)
From: "Shi-Yew Chen (a.k.a. Sy)" <sychen@erols.com>
Subject: Re: Yoshizawa book at Amazon?

Pat Slider wrote:
>
> Origami Masterpieces
>
> by Akira Yoshizawa
>
> Hardcover, 96 pages
> List: $19.95 -- Amazon.com Price: $19.95
> Published by Heian Intl Pub Co
> Publication date: May 1,1997
> ISBN: 0893468444
> Could this be an English translation of "Inochi Yutaka na Origami"?
>

I doubt. "Inochi Yutaka .." costs $6x.xx from Sasuga with 198 pages. It
would be a steal for that price in English version.

|------------------------------------------------------\
|  _     Shi-Yew Chen (a.k.a. Sy) <chens@asme.org>     |\
| |_| Folding http://www.erols.com/sychen1/pprfld.html --\





Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 00:49:33 -0400 (AST)
From: vicky@infoarch.com
Subject: New Orleans folders??

New Orleans folders??

Hi all -

I'm visiting New Orleans for business from Wed. April 2 -
Sun. 6th.  Anyone out there to connect with?  Suggestions
for sights and fabulous food?

BTW, my visit to Atlanta was great - caught the origami mtg
there and taught our PCOC mascot (the Kasahara peacock) and
talked about the upcoming event in San Francisco.  Thanks to
all for the suggestions for food & fun.  Unfortunately did
not get to the paper museum - rats.

keep folding!

Vicky Mihara Avery
vicky@infoarch.com

Pacific Coast Origami Conference (PCOC pronounced peacock!)
November 8 & 9, 1997 in San Francisco
 website:  http://www.sirius.com/~knuffke/PCOC.html





Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 00:59:10 -0400 (AST)
From: Marc Kirschenbaum <marckrsh@pipeline.com>
Subject: Re: 4 questions

At 10:50 PM 4/1/97 -0400, you wrote:

You are a few weeks too early for Passover (and they are the wrong
questions at that), but here it goes.

>1. When/where is the 1997 Origami USA convention?

This convention has been held at the Fasion Institute of Technology for the
last few years in New York City. This year's Convention will run from June
27th throughthe 30th. If you are a member of OrigamiUSA, you will receive
information in the mail. If you are not a member, you can send an SASE to:

OrigamiUSA
15 West 77th Street
New York, NY 10024

>
>2. How can I download old digests of this email list?
FTP over to ftp.rug.nl in the /origami directory, and you can find archives
of everything. I belive the archives are in the  /origami/archives
directory. Thre are ziped versions of the files that are downloadable

>
>3. Where can I purchase a copy of the COET conference proceedings?
>
>4. Where can I purchase a copy of the ICOST conference proceedings?
>

I am not certain about the latter, but COET should be easily available
through The Source (the supplies center of OrigamiUSA). If you send them an
SASE, they will send you a supplies list (among other things).

Marc





Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 01:18:13 -0400 (AST)
From: Marc Kirschenbaum <marckrsh@pipeline.com>
Subject: Re: Model Search

At 09:24 PM 4/1/97 -0400, Marcia Mau <marcia.mau@pressroom.com> wrote:
>I'm looking for the following models:
>
>a 3-D ice cream cone
Never seen this one.
>pendulum
Seen this as part of Robert Lang's clock models.
>box w/ attached lid (any models besides Dave Brill's in Brilliant Origami?)
If you fold Max Hulme's "Jack in the Box" sans Jack, you will get what you
are looking for. I have done this many times. Instaed of starting with a
2x1 rectangle, begin with a square, and ignore the folds that occur at the
far end of the rectangle. This model was in the 1981 Annual Collection from
Origami USA, and an even older BOS magazine. It was republished, but I do
not know where off-hand.

Marc





Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 02:40:00 -0400 (AST)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: Origami (The Secret Life of Paper) sighting

The "PERSONALmac" column (by Christopher Breen) in MacUser magazine contains a
short review of O:TSLoP. Mr. Breen is talking about products to help you relax
and included O:TSLoP in his line up. Here's the relevant portion:

CloudRunner Software's Origami: The Secret Life of Paper ... not only teaches
you how to fold the included origami paper into such objects as cranes,
octahedrons, and frogs but it additionally presents an exhaustive overview of
origami, accompanied by numerous examples of the finest the craft has to offer
from the ranks of international artists. The program's interface is a delight.
You navigate through a traditional Japanese house and click on pictures of
origami artwork to learn about particular artists and view other examples of
their delicate craft. There's even an area that teaches you how to make your
own paper out of junk mail. Brilliant!

 Joseph Wu - origami@planet.datt.co.jp - http://www.datt.co.jp/Origami
> It's your privilege as an artist to inflict the pain of creativity on
yourself. We can teach you how WE paint, but we can't teach you how YOU
paint. There's More Than One Way To Do It.
> Have the appropriate amount of fun.    --Wall, Christiansen, Schwartz





Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 04:02:28 -0400 (AST)
From: mplewinska@earthlink.net (Magdalena Cano Plewinska)
Subject: Re: FW: Hershey Nugget "chocolate with almonds" candy wrappers

On Fri, 28 Mar 1997 16:57:25 -0400 (AST), Kenneth Lehner
<lehner@lznj2.lincroftnj.ncr.com>  wrote:

>I have the Lang Ant made from a Hershey's Cookies and
>Mint miniature wrapper ... And preparing the foil was a heck of a lot more fun
>than gluing foil to paper :-)

I have a whole bunch of tiny red-and-gold fish made from foil
chocolate wrappers. They came from yummy Belgian chocolates I used to
eat while studying for exams. The only reason I am not spherical now
is that I spent some of my time folding the wrappers. :)

   - Magda Plewinska
     Miami, FL, USA
     Email: mplewinska@earthlink.net





Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 04:01:55 -0400 (AST)
From: mplewinska@earthlink.net (Magdalena Cano Plewinska)
Subject: Re: Psychological profile

On Wed, 26 Mar 1997 18:42:32 -0400 (AST), tabitha@bws.bws.com (tabitha
c. whiteside)  wrote:

>..... Are many people on this list cat-lovers...?

I must be, since my three cats are still alive after "hunting and
killing" innumerable models. ;)

   - Magda Plewinska
     Miami, FL, USA
     Email: mplewinska@earthlink.net





Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 05:35:05 -0400 (AST)
From: Daniel Say <say@sfu.ca>
Subject: Newish origami books (Temko, Yoshizawa)

From: "We've Found the Books You're Looking For" <eyes@amazon.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 00:33:37 -0800 (PST)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Money Folding 2 (Origami Favorites)"
by Florence Temko

List: $5.95 --

Publisher: Heian
Binding: Paperback
Expected publication date: April  1,1997
ISBN: 0893468428
------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Origami Masterpieces"
by Akira Yoshizawa

List: $19.95 --

Publisher: Heian
Binding: Hardcover
Expected publication date: May  1,1997
ISBN: 0893468444





Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 10:16:22 -0400 (AST)
From: Jean Villemaire <boyer@videotron.ca>
Subject: Re: Model Search

At 09:24 PM 4/1/97 -0400, Marcia Mau <marcia.mau@pressroom.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for the following models:
> box w/ attached lid (any models besides Dave Brill's in Brilliant Origami?)

David Brill's "lidded cube box" can be found in Kasahara's Origami for the
connoisseur, p.20.  Quite handy.

Jean Villemaire





Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 10:20:14 -0400 (AST)
From: Fred Gullatt <kaduku@cdepot.net>
Subject: Hello and advice

Hello everyone,
   I have been reading all the past  and present archive e mail on origami
from this group and finally decided to join.I shall first introduce my self
my name is Frederick, i am 23 years old, I was introduced to Origami as a
young child watching my mother and grandmother make simple models for the
tanabata fest. as i got older , i helped my mother make kusudma for the
.My father met my mother while he was stationed in Japan during his tour of
duty in the navy.

I recently got the diagrams of the late Mr. Issei Yoshino's T-rex diagrams
any advice on the type of paper to use  will be helpful. I also ordered
Origami Fantasy from Sasuga book store in Ma, about 3 months ago , and i
still have not received my book, i was wondering if anyone else was facing
similiar problems in obtaining this book?

Your advice and input would be grealty apperciated, thank you
fred.





Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 12:44:31 -0400 (AST)
From: Robert Allan Schwartz <notbob@tessellation.com>
Subject: Un-digest

Right now I receive this list in digest form. How can I return to receiving
individual messages?

Thanks,

Robert

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Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 12:53:03 -0400 (AST)
From: Brett Askinazi <brett@hagerhinge.com>
Subject: ORIGAMI FANTASY

I know there has been too much talk about this book of late but . . .

I got my copy today from OUSA.  On the dust jacket of the book are a T-REX
and a STEGOSAURUS.  However, the T-REX and STEGOSAURUS diagrammed in the
book appear to be different than the ones on the dust jacket.

Has anyone noticed this?  Am I nuts?  Or was it a printing revision.

And if I am not nuts can anyone point me to the source of the diagrams if
they exist

Brett
brett@hagerhinge.com





Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 13:33:43 -0400 (AST)
From: John Marcolina <jmarcoli@cisco.com>
Subject: Re: ORIGAMI FANTASY

At 12:53 PM 4/2/97 -0400, you wrote:
>I know there has been too much talk about this book of late but . . .
>
>I got my copy today from OUSA.  On the dust jacket of the book are a T-REX
>and a STEGOSAURUS.  However, the T-REX and STEGOSAURUS diagrammed in the
>book appear to be different than the ones on the dust jacket.
>
>Has anyone noticed this?  Am I nuts?  Or was it a printing revision.
>
>Brett
>brett@hagerhinge.com
>
>
Hmm, the pictures on the dust jacket of my copy match the diagrams, I'm sure.

John Marcolina
San Jose, CA.
jmarcoli@cisco.com





Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 14:37:16 -0400 (AST)
From: Jeannine Mosely <j9@concentra.com>
Subject: ORU #16

I picked up my copy of ORU #16 from Sasuga Monday night (just before
the storm hit -- 18 inches of snow for April Fool's day!).  I
discussed the magazine's demise briefly with the American woman who
works there (Karen?).  She said that at the beginning of the issue
there was a letter from the publishers about their decision to stop
publishing, and that they are promising to resume publication when
they can figure out how to do it more profitably -- presumably some
change of format.  She plans to translate the letter into English and
adding it to their web site.

I can think of two things the magazine might do to improve
circulation.  Adding more diagrams might give them wider appeal, and
they are probably less expensive to produce than all the beautiful
photographs.  I'm not saying I want fewer photographs -- I love them
and find them very inspirational -- but a number of people have said
to me that they only buy the issues that have directions for a model
they particularly want.

But the change that might have a real impact on circulation would be
to provide more (some?) English text.  The international origami
community is large, and of course, not all speak or read English, but
a lot more people know English than Japanese.  I don't know how
expensive a good translator's services are, though, so this might not
be a very practical option.

        -- Jeannine Mosely
