




Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 18:28:24 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Shi-Yew Chen (a.k.a. Sy)" <sychen@erols.com>
Subject: Re: Jun Maekawa

hull@MATH.URI.EDU wrote:
>
> ALTHOUGH, you gotta admit that these are most likely not shoulder
> horns!  If you look at the text accompanying the last step of the
> diagrams, there are arrows pointing to the wings, with dotted x-ray
> lines, which seem to indicate that the layers inside can be used
> to make something. (Like shoulder horns!)  At the base of these arrows
> is a single kanji (sp?) Japanese character.  I too thought
> that these were shoulder horns, until Courtney Spooner pointed
> out to me that in all likelyhood, Japanese does NOT have a single
> kanji character for "shoulder horns".  "Ears" would be a better guess,
> wouldn't you think?

I am not an addictive complex model folder. Just don't have real time and drive
     to
fold that devil yet.  Well as a native Chinese speaker I can't help chiming in
     ...

Here are my Kanji, hiragana (shown as big ASCII) translations:

 ````|``````|````
     |,,,,,,|
     |      |
     |,,,,,,|
     |      |
     |,,,,,,|````
 `````      |
            |
-- ear

         ,    ,         |
    ````|`    |,    ,,,,|,,,         |        ,
      ,|`     |`|,     |    ,,,,,    |        `|,
     ,|       |  ``   ,|             |          |,
     |        |       |              |           |
     |       ,|      |`              `| ,|       `
     `|,   ,,|      ,|     |,         `|`
       `````        `       ``````
 -- forhead

       ,
     ,|`````|`
  ,,`|,,,,,|,,,,
     |    |    |
     |````|````|
     |,,,,|,,,,|
    ,|         |
   ,|          |
  ``         ```
-- horn

  ``|```| ``|```|
   ,,|``|  ,,|``|
    ,,,,,,,,,,,,
    |,,,,|,,,,,|
    |,,,,|,,,,,|
   ,,,,|,,,,|,,,,
  ,,,,,|,,,,|,,,,,
   ,,`        `,,

-- wing

      ,,,|,,,,,,
      |,,,,,,,,|
      |,,,,,,,,|
    ,,|,,,,,,,,|,,
    |,,,,,|,,,,,,|
    |,,,,,|,,,,,,|
   ,,,,|,,,,,,|,,,,
    ,,`       |

-- nose

        ,,,,|`
   `````|
        |
 ```````|````````
        |
    |````````|
    |        |
    |,,,,,,,,|

-- tongue

    |   |    ,,,
    |   |`````
 ```|`` |,     ,|
    |    ```````
 ,,,|`` ,,,,,,,,
    |   |      |
    |   |``````|
  ,,|   |,,,,,,|

-- finger

   ,,,,,,,,,,
   |        |
   |        |
   ````|`````
   ,   |
   |   |``````
  |`|, |
,|`  ``|,,,,,,,,

-- foot

    |```````````|   |```````````|
    |,,,,,,,,,,,|   |,,,,,,,,,,,|
    |    ,          |       ,,,
    | ,,,|,,,,,     |  ```|``
    |    |    |     | ````|`````
   ,|   ,|    |    ,|`````|``````
  ,|   ,|     |  |,|      |,    ,|
     ```       ```         ``````
-- tail

       ,                      , ,
   ,,,,|,,,,,,      ,,,,,,,,, ` `
      |   ,
    ,,|```|`|,,
   |` |   |   |,
  |`  |  |     |   ,
  |   |,`     |`   `|,,
   ```    ,,|``       `````````

-- jaw

Hope this helps your diagram reading!

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





Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 20:23:12 -0300 (ADT)
From: alasdair@staff.feldberg.brandeis.edu
Subject: Re: NO Laptops at con

At 02:04 PM 6/3/97 -0300, you wrote:
>Alasdair,
>
>Where did you find a utility to enable MACs to read PC formated
>ZIP disks & vice versa? Is it usable with a regular MAC (not
>a Power PC?)

I was referring more to Powermacs, which are able to do this naturally. For
older Macs, there was a utility called Apple File Exchange that could do
that. For PCs there's a shareware program called TransMac that can do it.

peace,
alasdair





Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 21:01:01 -0300 (ADT)
From: Olivier Crete <oliviercrete@videotron.ca>
Subject: Re: [no]Re: NO Question re file format

Gzip, tar and .Z format are also handled by winzip...the most popular
windows compression utility.

At 23:12 97/06/02 -0300, you wrote:
>Sebastian Kirsch wrote:
>>
>> GNU Zip (gzip for short) also exists for DOS/Windows and can uncompress
>> compress'ed files. Unfortunately I do not know where you can get it. I
>> fancy that it might be available from ftp.leo.org, under the name gzip,
>> but I'm not sure of that. Just ask Archie where to get it. I use GNU Zip
>> under Linux.
>>
>
>Yep! GZip does handle old unix compressed .Z format. Try GZip homepage
>for source codes and executables for different platforms:
>
>http://w3.teaser.fr/~jlgailly/gzip/
>
>Good luck!
>
>|------------------------------------------------------\
>|  _     Shi-Yew Chen (a.k.a. Sy) <chens@asme.org>     |\
>| |_| Folding http://www.erols.com/sychen1/pprfld.html --\
>|---------------------------------------------------------|
>
>
---------------

Olivier Crte
oliviercrete@videotron.ca
http://pages.infinit.net/crete





Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 21:17:14 -0300 (ADT)
From: nienhuis@westworld.com (Bob Nienhuis)
Subject: Re: Chinese Origami Sightings

>I am collecting Chinese joss paper folds.  A cousin in Hawaii sent me one
>made from 18 units which are glued and cut.  They form a flat sunflower or a
>lampshade.  For those of you who belong to CHAOS, this is the model I
>brought when I visited a few years ago.
>
>In Malang, Indonesia last month I made a donation at a temple to acquire a
>"flower" made of 18 units.  The priest used a rubber band to hold them
>together. The step of easing the folds to make the units 3-d reminds me of
>folding the sampan.
>
>I wonder if there is any significance to the number of units (18).  I'm also
>curious about the purpose of these modular creations.  I don't think they're
>meant to be burned but I'm not sure.
>

We have a young Chinese exchange scholar working with us at the moment. She
tells me that she has seen Chinese modulars folded from the old yellow Chinese
one cent and green five cent bills, similar to the ones done by the Golden
Venture people.

A model of a ship would often be given to a person starting a new shop or
business, and would be displayed in the window. Apparently, the message to
be conveyed is to say symbolically, "May your golden ship come in!".

We are currently trying to re-create one of these modulars- a pineapple, and
know how to do the units, but don't know how to put the rings of units together.
Is it your understanding that they are simply glued together?

Incidently, she brought with her from China a few samples of some
brilliantly colored templates for some cut paper figures which she calls Wei
Shin Gin Su
or, paper cutting from the town of Wei Shin. Apparently, this is an old art
form and was revived during the time of the cultural revolution.

Anyway, my interest here is to get some pictures or examples of these Chinese
money fold modulars for my web page. Have you knowledge of these or access
to some pictures or instructions? I will include the paper cutting templates
on the page as well.

Bob Nienhuis
nienhuis@wgn.net
Dollar bill origami page:
http://www.wgn.net/~nienhuis/





Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 01:41:44 -0300 (ADT)
From: Doug Philips <dwp+@transarc.com>
Subject: Re: Bird base patterns.

John Smith, writing about the Bird base, says:
+It seemed to me that the Bird base had the following characteristics:-
+
+Four free points, that is to say projections which can be manipulated
+without involving other points or the Central cone.
+All points equal
+All points to have exactly two layers of paper.

Uhm, aren't these true of the waterbomb base too?

+The longest equal free points with two layers of paper, or,
+four equal triangular points with two layers of paper. (I appreciate that
+the bird base has in fact 5 points if we include the central cone but this
+arises as a consequence of requiring four points ).

Actually, I'm not sure I'm following this.  I have played with a version of
Robert Lang's TreeMaker program, and when I asked it to make a four-equal
flaps model, it came up with the waterbomb base.  I asked Mr. Lang about it,
to see if it had special knowledge of the traditional bases, and he said it
didn't, they just "fell out" of the math!

+If these constraints are sufficient and necessary to determine uniquely the
+Bird base it is then possible to see what happens if one changes the
+constraints.

I followed the rest of this fine, it was just the "Bird base" uniqueness
criteria that got me.  It seems to me that the Bird base uniqueness is that
the flaps have their planes-of-freedom (that is, the hinges) perpendicular to
those of the Waterbomb base, and that fifth central point is the price paid
for that.  Several models I know of sink and fold that point out of the way,
making me wonder if there couldn't be a better way to attain that
structure with less waste.

+I can hear people saying " oh go back to sleep! " so I will shut up.

Not at all!  Rigorous exploration is interesting to me, because it examines
(and often reformulates or even discards "truths" that have been assumed but
never examined).

+PS At the New York convention why don't we just have an "L" displayed, then
+we shall no who belongs and who doesn't very simply. ( Of course it may be
+taken to be that we are learners, which in my case is certainly true).

;-)

-Doug





Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 04:36:30 -0300 (ADT)
From: Rjlang@aol.com
Subject: Re: Laptops at con

>>>>
Just wondering if anyone was planning on bringing a pC/ laptop to
convention.  I was going to bring along my Casio digital camera, and was
looking for a temporary "dumping ground" for pics as I take them and
exhaust the cameras memory.  Anyone who can help, please e-mail privately.
<<<<

I'll second that: if anyone is bringing a Power Mac (portable or otherwise)
I'll bring a beta version of TreeMaker 4 and let folks try it out to
compute/construct origami bases. E-mail me privately if you've got & can
bring a _Power_ Macintosh (sorry, I've quit supporting the 680x0 version,
which was too slow anyhow to be useful).

Robert
rjlang@aol.com





Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 08:58:13 -0300 (ADT)
From: skirsch@t-online.de (Sebastian Kirsch)
Subject: Re: Jun Maekawa

On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, Shi-Yew Chen (a.k.a. Sy) wrote:
>  ````|``````|````
>      |,,,,,,|
>      |      |
>      |,,,,,,|
>      |      |
>      |,,,,,,|````
>  `````      |
>             |
> -- ear

That seems to be closest to the character that is on the crease pattern.
Hm --- these points are a bit low for ears. Anyway, ears, shoulder horns,
it's all the same.

Yours, Sebastian               sebastian_kirsch@kl.maus.de,skirsch@t-online.de





Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 10:25:50 -0300 (ADT)
From: Marcia Mau <marcia.mau@pressroom.com>
Subject: Ribbon Fish

Here's an edited updated reply to Dana about ribbon fish.  I can bring some
copies of the article to the OUSA convention along w/ my collection of
ribbon fish and birds if anyone is interested.  If you won't be in NYC but
would like a copy of the article by snail mail, please email me your snail
mail address privately.

I have a copy of an article "Ribbon Weaving" by Willard and Elma Waltner w/
instructions for making a fish and  a bird.  It is from the September 1978
issue of The Workbasket.  I found the directions to be incomprehensible and
so did another origami friend.  However, a cousin who gave me the article
successfully made the bird so it can be done.  They are made from shiny gift
wrap ribbon.  Using two colors is helpful. (Maybe someone can interpret the
instructions for me)
>
>A few years ago we went to New York for a wedding.  The favors were
chocolate candy sticks tied to ribbon birds.  The next day we went back to
the same restaurant for dim sum.  The waiters were giving the leftover
favors to children - but they wouldn't give me one!
>
>I bought a hanging fish w/ lucky stars which was made by Chinese senior
citizens in San Francisco.  It is made from a thin maroon ribbon w/ narrow
gold bands on the outside.  Another mobile from New York has a woven goldfish.
>
Annie's Attic, a craft place in Texas, which has a web site may have some info.
Marcia Mau
Vienna, VA USA
marcia.mau@pressroom.com





Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 11:29:41 -0300 (ADT)
From: David Jacobs <daj@powerup.com.au>
Subject: Re: of pigs and rabbits

<SMALLER>One of the best rabbits (complete with white tail) was
designed by Edwin Corrie and was published in BOS booklet 33. There
are actually three rabbit models in this booklet. Another one of his
booklets has my favourite pig (As far as I know Edwin has published
three Booklets and has had several of his models published in other
collections

If you do not have any luck getting hold of a copy try the BOS web
sight, it may be long out of print, send me a personel email and I'll
see what I can do.</SMALLER>





Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 10:22:22 -0300 (ADT)
From: Daddy-o D'gou <dwp+@transarc.com>
Subject: [NO] Re: Laptops at con

Robert Lang wrote:
+I'll second that: if anyone is bringing a Power Mac (portable or otherwise)
+I'll bring a beta version of TreeMaker 4 and let folks try it out to
+compute/construct origami bases. E-mail me privately if you've got & can
+bring a _Power_ Macintosh (sorry, I've quit supporting the 680x0 version,
+which was too slow anyhow to be useful).

Well, now I _have_ to upgrade to a Power Mac.  1/2 ;-)

-D'gou





Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 14:00:34 -0300 (ADT)
From: skirsch@t-online.de (Sebastian Kirsch)
Subject: Re: Jun Maekawa

On Mon, 2 Jun 1997, Devin McPherson wrote:
>   Thanks for the reference but unfortunately I can't find the book
> anywhere. Is there any chance you could email me and image of that file
> you mentioned?

My photocopies have been scaled down, so I would have to use a high
resolution, and the resulting files would be so big I could hardly send
them via email.

There are certainly other members on the list who own that book and are
willing to make photocopies of these pages.

Yours, Sebastian               sebastian_kirsch@kl.maus.de,skirsch@t-online.de





Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 16:38:32 -0300 (ADT)
From: skirsch@t-online.de (Sebastian Kirsch)
Subject: biz card folding

You were right, Jan, biz card folding is extremely addicitive. Thanks for
"hooking me"!

I just went to a copy shop to cut 360 biz cards, in addition to the 120 I
made yesterday which are practically used up by now. (Biz cards are not
standardized in Germany, so I have to cut up the cardboard myself.
Fortunately, with the copy shop's guillotine cutting machine, 1000 biz
cards are a matter of a few minutes.)

At the moment, I'm trying to make polyhedra from the cards. I have made a
tetrahedron, but have failed to find a way of paneling it. The paneled
octahedron was relatively easy. It requires 4 cards, plus 8 cards for
paneling.

Has anyone made an icosahedron from the basic units? I cannot seem to find
a way of paneling the middle section, and the form doesn't hold together
without paneling.

I can understand now how one can start a projekt requiring over 66.000 biz
cards, namely the Menger's Sponge. I'm on the brink of starting a Menger's
Sponge myself. :-)

Yours, Sebastian               sebastian_kirsch@kl.maus.de,skirsch@t-online.de





Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 19:51:56 -0300 (ADT)
From: Amy <ahuang@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
Subject: Re: Chinese Origami Sightings

Hi there!

On Mon, 2 Jun 1997 DRAPY1@aol.com wrote:

> Hello everybody.  This is only my second response on the list--mostly I
> absorb info.  Don't have much to contribute.--But Marcia Mau's reference to
> woven ribbon fish makes me hope someone can point me in the right direction
> to find out more about this technique.  Years ago I saw some ribbon fish
> decorating a Christmas tree in a local restaurant, and again in a display at
> a paper supply store--but no one could tell me anything useful about them.  I
> didn't even know what to call them.  Any source for instructions to make such
> things?  I love all kinds of paper crafts, and would love to try my hand at
> something like this.  I'd appreciate any help in learning more about
> this.--Thanks!--Dana Rapisardi
>
        I've seen some small booklets on how to make a variety of ribbon
crafts. Such ribbon crafts include models like the fish, grasshopper,
boxes etc. However, I do not know what the publisher is because there is
none indicated.

        Anyway, I found the small booklets in Chinatown. Perhaps you can
look into some Chinese gift shops? Usually they will sell lots of origami
paper, star paper and other cute things.

        Good luck,
        Amy

            \\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//
            ||                               ||
            ||    ------     Amy Huang                  ||
            ||   ||||||||    ahuang@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca     ||
            ||   ||||||||    http://www.ualberta.ca/~ahuang ||
            ||  /        \                             ||
            ||  |   _    |   Faculty of Pharmacy            ||
            ||  |  |_)   |   University of Alberta          ||
            ||  |  | \   |   Edmonton, Alberta, Canada          ||





Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 20:01:32 -0300 (ADT)
From: Doug Philips <dwp+@transarc.com>
Subject: Rabbit review.

The reviews of rabbit models that I posted to this list recently are
now also on the web.  I used tables, but even with an old-ish 'lynx'
browser they look OK.  You can get to the review page from my main
origami page:
        http://www.pgh.net/~dwp/origami/Origami.html

I'll probably start to create other model review pages.

I would appreciate pointers to models that I haven't reviewed on the
existing pages (so far I only have the Rabbits page)...  Without diagrams, or
some other way of folding the model though, I won't be able to do the review.
However, as a few folks have already pointed out, I can sometimes miss a model
in a book or collection that I already have and just didn't know it!

If there is any interest, I'd be willing to include reviews of models
from other folks there too...

-Doug (posted on 6/4/97 @ 17:00 prevailing eastern time)





Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 20:14:48 -0300 (ADT)
From: Dennis Brannon <brannon@jamin.enet.dec.com>
Subject: Modular Pineapple building directions

Bob Nienhuis (nienhuis@wgn.net) posted
>We are currently trying to re-create one of these modulars- a pineapple, and
>know how to do the units, but don't know how to put the rings of units
     together.
>Is it your understanding that they are simply glued together?

Only a few flat rings to hold the base upright are glued.  The pineapple itself
     is
not glued.  I'll give directions below.
I'm intrigued by the idea of making modular ships out of these units.  Thanks!

A good friend's Taiwanese mother-in-law gave me a modular pineapple and with
verbal directions, some reverse engineering, a lot of time, and a few magazines
to cut up, I was able to build a pineapple.

Directions:
1. Build more modular units than you'll ever think you'll need.
   Then build some more.  When you get tired of it go to step 2.
   ftp://rugcis.rug.nl/origami/models/chinunit.ps  (Postscript) or
   http://admin.the-village.com/origami/pdf/chinunit.pdf (Adobe Acrobat)
   These are from a 1x2 rectangle - The units I was taught were from a 1x4
   rectangle.  The folding is similar and produces a larger unit.

2. Build the pineapple.  Plan on it taking days to complete.
    Each unit has two pockets and two points.  Hold two units side by side
    with all 4 points pointed up.  Slid a third unit down on to the two inner
    points with each point going into a separate pocket.  Build a connected
    ring of 13 of these units.  Then start on the next layer using the same
    technique - connect together two units at the same height with a
    third unit.   Eventually it will take on a pineapple shape with the top
    spreading out and the bottom getting closer together as you add more
    units.  For pineapple leaves, you can either cut out some leaf shapes
    or use inverted linked units - Green, of course.

3. Build the base rings.
    The pineapple balances on the points of the circle, so its not very stable.
    Create a circle of flat units by inserting the two points into the two
     pockets
    of another unit and repeating until you have a circle of the right size for
    your pineapple.  Then carefully glue each unit together.
    Two or three of these base rings should hold the pineapple upright.

Have fun,
dennis

----
Dennis Brannon
brannon@jamin.enet.dec.com
Littleton, Massachusetts USA





Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 20:18:04 -0300 (ADT)
From: Amy <ahuang@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
Subject: Re: of pigs and rabbits

Hi there!

        Since we are on the topic of rabbit foldings, I'd like to add
another suggestion.

        There's a 3-D looking rabbit in David Brill's book, "Brilliant
Origami". Here's the info for the book:

        ISBN 0-87040-896-8
        Japan Publications
        Brilliant Origami
        David Brill

        Hope this helps,
        Amy

            \\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//
            ||                               ||
            ||    ------     Amy Huang                  ||
            ||   ||||||||    ahuang@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca     ||
            ||   ||||||||    http://www.ualberta.ca/~ahuang ||
            ||  /        \                             ||
            ||  |   _    |   Faculty of Pharmacy            ||
            ||  |  |_)   |   University of Alberta          ||
            ||  |  | \   |   Edmonton, Alberta, Canada          ||





Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 20:30:39 -0300 (ADT)
From: DMAWolf@aol.com
Subject: Re: sightings

I have missed a few days so I don't know if the new Hersery Nugget Origami
commercial has been reported.  I caught it while waiting for new Grandchild.
 I folded a million of Michael LaFosses' butterflies that my daughter gave to
all the doctors and nurses.  They all loved the butterflies and thought they
fit for a maternity unit.
I also took Langs' new book( Found it at B Daltons so must be  in there
distribution system now) and couldn"t focus well enough for Lang in the
waiting room.  Of course many times I have trouble with Lang but that's my
excuse and I'm sticking to it.
Diana Wolf
Rock Scissors & Paper





Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 20:37:19 -0300 (ADT)
From: Amy <ahuang@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
Subject: Japanese Paper dolls

Hello!

        Some days ago, someone posted the first message about Japanese
Paper Dolls and mentioned that one could obtain the following book:

        ISBN 4--07-975380-2
        Shigeo & Shiquko Suwa
        1976 8th Printing 1992
        Japanese Paper Dolls

        Could the original poster of the message or anyone who has this
book give me more information about the book? For example, I'd like to
know what kind of paper dolls are diagrammed in it.

        Also, does anyone know of any other books that teach one how to
make these dolls? I'd be very interested in knowing which books are
excellent sources for this purpose.

        Thanks,
        Amy

            \\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//
            ||                               ||
            ||    ------     Amy Huang                  ||
            ||   ||||||||    ahuang@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca     ||
            ||   ||||||||    http://www.ualberta.ca/~ahuang ||
            ||  /        \                             ||
            ||  |   _    |   Faculty of Pharmacy            ||
            ||  |  |_)   |   University of Alberta          ||
            ||  |  | \   |   Edmonton, Alberta, Canada          ||





Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 20:53:51 -0300 (ADT)
From: Dennis Brannon <brannon@jamin.enet.dec.com>
Subject: RE: biz card folding

I agree, biz card modulars can be very addicting.

In the past, I avoided modulars since I'd rather use 30 sheets of paper to
fold 30 models instead of just one.  But Jeannine Mosely's business
card cube web page changed my mind.
http://world.std.com/~j9/sponge/cubes.html
Thank you, Jeannine!

If you've ever rejected doing modulars, please just try making a few
of these cubes.  You'll be amazed, and even hooked.

After begging other people for their old business cards, and
even fishing through the trash for cards...
I tried building a dragon, but due to structural issues, it ended up
looking like a dog.  Then I recently demolished it and build a
Puppeteer (Larry Niven's Ringworld).  Its standing on top of my bookcase
at work peering over the cubicle wall.

Thanks,
dennis
----
Dennis Brannon
brannon@jamin.enet.dec.com
Littleton, Massachusetts USA





Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 21:13:48 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jeannine Mosely <j9@concentra.com>
Subject: Re: biz card folding

I seem to have missed the start of this thread.  We had some internet
connection problems last week, and I got bumped from the list.  Oh
well.

As mentioned on my web site, I acquired a nearly inexhaustible supply
of business cards by making friends with a printer.  After convincing
him to let me rummage through his recycle bin for colored cards, I
presented him with a five-color stellated rhombic triacontahedron made
from his own discards.  After that, he carefully instructed his
employees to put the misprint colored cards in a special bin set aside
for me.  Not all printers will be as sympathetic as my friend, but if
you try a few shops in your area, you should be able to find someone
willing to help.

And don't forget, every telephone area code split obsoletes millions
of cards.  They're just waiting to be collected by someone who wants
them.

        -- Jeannine Mosely





Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 21:24:13 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jeannine Mosely <j9@concentra.com>
Subject: Re: biz card folding

Sebastian asks:

   Has anyone made an icosahedron from the basic units? I cannot seem to find
   a way of paneling the middle section, and the form doesn't hold together
   without paneling.

I have made an icosahedron, once.  It was hard.  It does hold
together, but not terribly well.  Five of the units have to be right
handed, and the other five have to be left handed.

   I can understand now how one can start a projekt requiring over 66.000 biz
   cards, namely the Menger's Sponge. I'm on the brink of starting a Menger's
   Sponge myself. :-)

Shall I send you some cards?  You'll be sorry ...

        -- Jeannine Mosely





Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 23:13:43 -0300 (ADT)
From: terryh@lamg.com (Terry Hall)
Subject: Re: Re: Chinese Origami Sightings

Bob,
If you had come to our 5th Saturday of the month meeting,last Saturday, at
Carol Steven's house you could have personally examined some of these modular
models. Carol has made some of them and has them on display. Suggest that you
contact her. See inside cover of newsletter for phone number and address.

Terry Hall





Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 23:21:50 -0300 (ADT)
From: Robert Allan Schwartz <notbob@tessellation.com>
Subject: Re: Chinese Origami Sightings

[snip]
>cut paper figures which she calls Wei
>Shin Gin Su
>or, paper cutting from the town of Wei Shin.
[snip]

Is this the origin of "Ginsu knives"? :-)

Robert

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Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 00:01:27 -0300 (ADT)
From: Dale Liikala <lmtn@ncweb.com>
Subject: Woven Fish

Directions for woven fish which can be made from paper or ribbon can be
found on page 63 in PAPER DREAMS by Lorraine Bodger (Universe Books, New
York) ISBN0-87663-964-3
Sorry to say, this book was published in 1977 so may be hard to find.
Good luck.
As long as I'm sending this I will also ask a question unrelated to the
above response...
Can anyone point me in the right direction for finding information about
Omega stars and/or St. George's star?
(In an earlier posting I asked for sources of favorite star diagrams and
have since continued my quest.  Thanks to all who responded.  Any more
suggestions would be gladly accepted.  I appreciate your input!)
Amy :)





Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 01:18:50 -0300 (ADT)
From: DORIGAMI@aol.com
Subject: Re: Chinese Origami Sightings

I had directions for ribbon fish and couldn't figure them out.  The ribbon
was wound around the fingers and then the ends woven in and out.  My friend
figured it out and made many of them.  Also Lillian Oppenheimer sent me
instructions with sort of plastic strips.  I think maybe I figured it out but
found it too complicated for me.    If I run across the instructions will
copy them for you.  Look in craft stores near the ribbons and perhaps you
will find instructionss there.  Just keep looking....you'll will be sure to
find them. Good luck, Dorigami





Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 01:22:24 -0300 (ADT)
From: Valerie Vann <75070.304@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: Chinese Origami Sightings

Aren't these modules - the ones used to make pineapples
and vases and things, the same as used in the Golden
Venture refugee objects?  I believe diagrams of those
modules are in the origami-L archive ftp site; and
you can use the search site to find the messages about
it all at:

http://www.mrc-cpe.cam.ac.uk/jong/agb/origami.html
Alex Bateman's origami search page

Try searching on "Chinese" "Golden Venture" and
"pineapple" (there was also some other discussion of
folded paper pineapples traditional in the Far East,
including as I recall a video - in Tagalog, was it??-
about making pineapples and swans.)

And somebody has photos of these models on a web page;
If you check out the links on Joseph Wu's web pages,
it's probably there (if the owner doens't pop up and
identify themself here...)

--valerie





Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 01:47:24 -0300 (ADT)
From: Valerie Vann <75070.304@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: Japanese Paper dolls

I posted the original message.
I found a copy at a used/remaindered book store.

It doesn't really have "diagrams", as it is not
an origami book, and not about the flat origami
"paper dolls" that you sometimes see in current
origami books and as "kits" with origami supplies,

This book is about the fully three dimensional dolls
with fancy kimonos and headdresses that are
traditionally displayed on "Girl's Day" in
Japan, like the doll in the photograph on the cover
of Kenneway's Origami book.

The authors are experts and some sort
of designated regional or national (I forget)
"cultural treasures".

The book is more in the style of a typical
craft book, with directions and photos showing
how the dolls are made, and about materials, etc.
The paper used for the hair and clothing is the
handmade almost cloth textured paper; the clothing
of course uses the beautiful Japanese paper with
the same sort of block printed designs as are
used on traditional kimonos. The black paper
for the hair is krinkled or "distressed" in a special
way, so it actually looks like hair. (Fascinating Folds
has this black paper for sale.)

I believe the authors of the books are also (or originally?)
makers of the textured papers used to make these dolls.

Valerie Vann
75070.304@compuserve.com





Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 02:28:46 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jamaro@aol.com
Subject: Re: Ribbon Fish

I, too, am interested in copies of the articles.  Please mail to:

Joe Amaro
39120 Argonaut Way, Suite 343
Fremont, CA 94538

I would be more than happy to return any instructions I am able to figure out
from the figures.  (Someone had shown me how to do one a long time ago, so
the diagrams may help me remember, or vise versa.)

Thanks.





Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 07:54:20 -0300 (ADT)
From: reeds@openix.com (Reeds family)
Subject: Re: Yoshizawa visit to Salem, MA

What dates will they be on display and what hourswill museum be open?

>I have just returned from the Peabody Essex Museum after installing the
>display of master Yoshizawa's origami in preparation for his arrival to
>Salem, Massachusetts.  I must tell you that these works are absolutely
>INCREDIBLE!!!  You should not miss the chance to see these origami
>masterpieces.  Even if you do not sign up for classes you should come to
>the museum and see this collection: he has sent us animals, masks,
>dancers, ships, abstracts, and Buddhas; the scope is amazing. He covers
>natural history, Japanese culture, religion, and the Chinese zodiac.  We
>are honored at his generosity.
>
>Along with several classics from his repertoire, Yoshizawa has sent to
>us some of his creations that have never been shown outside of Japan.
>As I unwrapped each piece I was truly awestruck by the artistry and the
>significance of this collection.  Even though I have been to Japan to
>visit sensei at this home, and have seen many examples of Yoshizawa's
>origami "in person", I was unprepared for the thrill of seeing these
>creations and the honor of managing the exhibit.
>
>Yoshizawa sent much more than we anticipated for this workshop weekend
>event so we have created a display of his best work, in the entrance
>area of the main building, where anyone can view it without having to
>pay admission to the museum.  Even though we had to squeeze this display
>into an odd area, the artworks are commanding and show well.  More of
>the work will be on display later, in the teaching room, where Yoshizawa
>will conduct his classes.
>
>The classes are just about full, just a few spots left, so if you have
>been putting off registering call the Peabody Essex museum now:   (508)
>745-1876.
>
>CLASS Schedule:         Saturday, June 21 -- 10 am-noon (adults) $35
>                        Saturday, June 21 -- 2-4 pm (12 years and under) $15
>                        Sunday, June 22  --  1 - 3:30 pm (adults) $35
>
>Classes are limited to 25 participants each.
>
>If you have any questions you can call me at (508) 373-5645 or e-mail
>me.
>
>
>Michael LaFosse
>michael@origamido.com





Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 11:10:48 -0300 (ADT)
From: havener3@delphi.com (geoline)
Subject: Re: Japanese Paper dolls (geoline kamikazi style)

Valerie wrote:
>The black paper
>for the hair is krinkled or "distressed" in a special
>way, so it actually looks like hair. (Fascinating Folds
>has this black paper for sale.)

When I want to create more natural textured hair, I use a special black
tissue paper with flecks of chopped gold tinsel (specialty art paper used
in collages and found in art stores in large poster sized sheets), lightly
rubbed with an old tooth brush.  One small square of brushed black tissue
and one same sized square of white or beige paper are folded together to
create the hair and face.

When I want to create the shiny, stiff pomaded hair-dos, I use shiny, black
gift wrap paper (found in craft stores) which is white on the inside and
shiny black on the outside.

If you want the face, hair or kimono to be less flat, you fold all the
creases first and then use a thumb nail (use yer own thumb nail as a
significant other may not appreciate you commandeering their thumb) to
lightly curl and dent areas in the paper to suggest arms, rounder face,
breasts or fuller hair-do.

I got diagrams for my own kimono fold with feet (feet remain down for
angels or folded  90 degrees forward for stand-up paper dolls...the feet
look like little tabi shoe feet) along with accessories (*gasp* accessories
need to be anchored with glue for permanancy, or carefully balanced if you
are at that lucky mental age where you play dress-up with paper dolls)
ready to send out or put on the web.  But I need to write a little bit of
instructions.  The stand-up kimono doll pivots on her tabi and folded-back
edge of her kimono.

I was not feeling well the past couple of days, so I did not get a chance
to  annotate instructions for the scanned, partially drawn diagrams.  I
feel a little coherent today, so I can hash-out the written stuff.
Although the diagrams are sort of self-explanatory, I still need to
calculate various paper ratios for accesories to match kimono size.
Depending on the head-to-kimono size, larger, wider head suggest a little
girl, while smaller, narrow head suggest a woman (use more somber or plain
colored paper, different set of accesories, and paper doll can become a
Samurai) Except for the special thumb nail detailing (which takes lots of
practice to perfect, especially if you're not using your own thumbs...hey,
so I'm a little nuts with or without this debilitating neurological
disorder), my kimono paper dolls are very easy to make and look elegant.

Smiles and other mischief,
Geoline
havener3@delphi.com
http://www.geocities.com/~jaspacecorp/momsai.html
(my mad scientist bonsai page...kamikaze origami site coming soon)





Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 11:14:16 -0300 (ADT)
From: Carlos Alberto Furuti <furuti@ahand.unicamp.br>
Subject: Re: Rabbit review.

Hi Doug and other rabbit-lovers,

Don't forget to check these:

- Jackrabbit by Montroll in North American Animals in Origami (Antroll/Dover);
  Four legs, full of straight lines, IMHO too `geometric' for a bunny - I also
  prefer Montroll's rabbit in Mythological Creatures..., with much smoother
  features and head detail; also better result/effort ratio.
- Rabbit by Lang in The Complete Book of Origami (Dover); a rather abstract,
  strikingly 3D model - imagine a short pyramid (head) and a longer truncated
  pyramid (body) attached base-to-base, with short legs and two long flaps
  for ears.
- Conejo by Eduardo Clemente in Papiroflexia (Saber Mas, Spain); no legs and
  several folds lack landmarks. However, the model strongly suggests a
  fluffy and cute bunny, almost like Yoshizawa's.
- Yoshizawa's rabbit in Origami Museum I; a standing bunny with only
  suggested front paws (your review mentioned Yoshizawa rabbits with
  a ??? book title - I could not check whether the ISBN matches Origami
  Museum I).
- Browsing OrigamiUSA collections presents several rabbit models, but at
  the moment I do not remember particular authors and year; there are at
  least models by Corrie and Jerry Harris

Carlos
furuti@ahand.unicamp.br www.ahand.unicamp.br/~furuti

P.S.: a few nitpicks about mispellings:
Cerceda.. FaScinante ... ViCENTE Palacios
GIUnta, Alfredo





Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 12:50:34 -0300 (ADT)
From: havener3@delphi.com (geoline)
Subject: Chinese Folding Arts/Lukang Festival

Here's a little couple of paragraphs I found on the web relating to Chinese
Paper Folding:

----------------------------------------------------
PAPER-FOLDING

     Paper-folding originated in China, where Tsai Lun invented paper in
105 A.D. during the Eastern Han dynasty (25-221 A.D.).  The art of
paper-folding was first applied to religious articles.  Fans, houses and
figurines of folded paper were buried with the dead.  Traditional Chinese
paper-folding includes images of pagodas, goldfish and ink brush washers.

     In Lukang you will find artists making all sorts of delicate and
surprisingly complex creations such as a horse, beetle or a mother crane
with several babies.

http://www.houstoncul.org/festival/lukang.txt

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

I think, while Tsai Lun maybe creditted as the inventor of Chinese paper
folding, folding art existed before the Qi-Han dynasty.  Before paper,
there was weaving techniques with palm leaves and other basketry materials,
and also folding art with stiffend silk fabric.  Silk fabric is almost as
old as China itself.  Silk or Sin or Chin fabric is a couple thousand years
older than Chinese paper making.

Twisted in Memphis,
Geoline
havener3@delphi.com
http://www.geocities.com/~jaspacecorp/momsai.html
(my mad scientist bonsai page...kamikaze origami site coming soon)





Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 16:08:31 -0300 (ADT)
From: Nick Robinson <nick@cheesypeas.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Rabbit review.

Doug Philips <dwp+@transarc.com> sez

>The reviews of rabbit models that I posted to this list recently are
>now also on the web.

They're probably out of date already - every time I revisit a site with
rabbit designs on, there seem to be more rabbits than before.

Strange isn't it?

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 - now with real Audio clips!





Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 18:01:05 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Goveia, William P" <wgoveia@indiana.edu>
Subject: Origami Sighting...Nancy Comics in daily newspaper

Did anyone happen to notice the Origami refence in Nacy in today's
comics pages?  Nancy asks her Aunt Fritzi what she thinks of her origami
birds, to which Aunt Fritzi replies by asking for help folding
laundry...the laundry ends up folded like Nancy's Origami birds...

Wow.  My first original ORigami sighting...pretty heady stuff   ;-)





Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 22:47:46 -0300 (ADT)
From: Marcia Mau <marcia.mau@pressroom.com>
Subject: National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC has a freestanding counter of
origami merchandise in the West Bldg gift shop.  Notecards, kusudama kits,
paper, Discovering Origami software, kits of simple models, and best of all,
the 1000 crane jigsaw puzzle from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.  If
you're near the Mall to see the Early Picasso, Calder, or Amber exhibits
stop in at the West Bldg to see the Vermeers and the shop.
Marcia Mau
Vienna, VA USA
marcia.mau@pressroom.com





Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 23:14:00 -0300 (ADT)
From: "James M. Sakoda" <James_Sakoda@brown.edu>
Subject: Re: What did I buy?

     Kristine Tomlinson asks about a book which she bought at the
Sasuga

Bookstore.  I had lost my copy of Takagi's book,<bold> Origami, Koten
no miru origami</bold> (Origami, as seen in old documents), but have
found it buried among other books.  As David Lister, who is an expert
on the history of origami has mentioned, the book is a valuable
collection of documents illustrating the existence of origami as we
know it.  Being able to read Japanese helps to understand its content,
but even with little or no knowledge of Japanese it is possible to make
good use of the book.  One cannot learn how to fold new figures, but
one can get a good idea of kind of origami which was available and to
attach a date to some of them.

     At the end of the book there is a chart of the history of the Edo
Period. starting in 1603, and there is a listing of the yea, origami
found in old documents, Japanese historical events, and world history.

     Of particular interest are the entries which are marked with red
circles, particularly the older ones, since they help to establish the
state of orgami early on.  Unfosrtunately, the page number of the
articles are not given, and there may be difficulty in identifying the
entries.  But here are a few of the early ones:

    1682  Page 4.  Left column. <bold> Koshoku Ichidai Otoko.</bold>
Publication of a novel by Ibara Saikaku.  Early on as a child the boy
folds a Orisue bird and flower and gives it to a little girl.  This is
the first known use of the word for origami (then called orisue)
folding in print.  The nature of the creations are  not known, but this
is a valuable indication that origami folding for fun had already begun
by then.

     1700-1716   Page 6-7.  Publication of the kimono patterns.
Scattered among the patterns are Orizuru (traditional folded cranes),
treasure boat (looks a little like the Chinese junk), Hat boat, Komoso
(Flute playing monk).  Provides pictures showing a variety of foldings
foldings based on triple blintz folds as well as the popular bird base
orizuru.

     1717  Page 9-10.  <bold>Keisei Orisue Tsuru</bold>.  This is a
book with illustrations which tells the following story in the first
volume tells the story of Osetsu, the only daughter of Rokuhei.  She
folds the Komoso (flute playing wandering priest) which she learned
from the teacher of the temple school using Kiyogakigami (type of
writing paper) and gives it to a fellow named Monshiro.  Monshiro
folded a tsuru (crane) and returns it to her.  Osetsu wrote on the wing
of the crane "I want to be <italic>sui</italic> (pure in thought ?) and
will therefore will release this crane."  and threw it up in the air,
when the crane rode on a gust of wind and flew  up high.

     The story of Osetsu continues through a variey of events, but when
it became known that she passed on some bad idea to a<italic> Keisei
</italic> (female enertainer) and she was hard pressed, the voice of
Monshiro called  her from the sky and an orizuru (folded crane) came
flying down.  Osetsu got on the tsuru and disappeared high into the
sky.  (End of story)

     Takagi was greatly impressed when he was able to find this book in
a library.  As he points out it not only shows visually what the folded
crane looked like, but the story also indicates that children were
learning orisue in a temple school using writing paper, indicating that
paper had become available for common people to use.

    This is as far as I've covered with any degree of concentration.
One can look at the illustrations and get some idea of how origimi
figures were used.  Two notable books are mentioned later on:
Sembazuru Orikata (One Thousand Crane Foldings) and Kayaragusa from the
Kannomado, which involves a lot of cutting.  Enough for now.  James M.
Sakoda, origami dollar bill foldings in pdf form:
http://idt.net/~kittyv





Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 04:38:15 -0300 (ADT)
From: Rjlang@aol.com
Subject: Re: Bird base patterns.

Doug Phillips sez:
>>>>
I have played with a version of Robert Lang's TreeMaker program, and when I
asked it to make a four-equal flaps model, it came up with the waterbomb
base.  I asked Mr. Lang about it, to see if it had special knowledge of the
traditional bases, and he said it didn't, they just "fell out" of the
math!...It seems to me that the Bird base uniqueness is that the flaps have
their planes-of-freedom (that is, the hinges) perpendicular to those of the
Waterbomb base, and that fifth central point is the price paid for that.
<<<<

I'll add to the mathematical perspective: if you simply specify "4 equal
flaps of maximal length", you get a Waterbomb Base, which TreeMaker
obligingly creates as the simplest solution. The Waterbomb Base is a 4-sided
molecule; if you fracture this molecule into four 3-sided molecules (sorry
for the jargon: "3-sided molecule" means a triangle whose crease pattern is a
rabbit ear), then the unique solution is the Bird Base. From a TreeMaker
point of view, the 5th point of a bird base is the price you pay to force the
crease pattern to consist entirely of triangular molecules, a process I call
"triangulation" of a crease pattern.

It's interesting that all of the "classic bases" fall out of fairly simple
mathematical conditions: i.e.,

1 point + all triangular molecules = kite base
2 equal points + all triangular molecules = fish base
4 equal points = waterbomb base
4 equal points + all triangular molecules = bird base
5 equal points + all triangular molecules = frog base
9 equal points + all triangular molecules = blintzed bird base

Something I find interesting is that the missing numbers in this sequence --
4, 6, 7, 8 equal points -- result in very interesting and elegant, but
previously little- or un-known bases, some of which are quite useful.

See y'all in NY,

Robert





Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 13:20:28 -0300 (ADT)
From: tait@earthlink.net
Subject: German Convention Book

Does anyone know how one can go about purchasing a copy of the model
book from the recent convention in Germany? I recently spoke to Gay
Merrill Gross and she said it was a nice thick book!

Regards,
Tricia Tait





Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 13:39:35 -0300 (ADT)
From: skirsch@t-online.de (Sebastian Kirsch)
Subject: Re: biz card folding

On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Jeannine Mosely wrote:
> I have made an icosahedron, once.  It was hard.  It does hold
> together, but not terribly well.  Five of the units have to be right
> handed, and the other five have to be left handed.

I have already managed to build the caps from the five left-handed and
five right-handed cards. I can also panel the caps, but I have not found a
way of paneling the strip between the caps. :-(

One "solution" of course is to give up paneling the icosahedron and
make two lucky diamonds from the caps instead. :-)

> Shall I send you some cards?  You'll be sorry ...

Oh, I certainly wouldn't be sorry. But I'm worried about the postage, both
for you sending me the cards, and for me sending you the finished parts.
(Oversea mail is especially expensive in Germany --- much more expensive
than in the US.)

Well, I must agree that I would really like to have participated in such a
project. :-)

Yours, Sebastian               sebastian_kirsch@kl.maus.de,skirsch@t-online.de





Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 13:46:29 -0300 (ADT)
From: skirsch@t-online.de (Sebastian Kirsch)
Subject: Re: Rabbit review.

On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Nick Robinson wrote:
> They're probably out of date already - every time I revisit a site with
> rabbit designs on, there seem to be more rabbits than before.

That's probably why we say in Germany, "die vermehren sich wie die
Karnickel", ie. they breed like rabbits.

Yours, Sebastian               sebastian_kirsch@kl.maus.de,skirsch@t-online.de

PS: Did I miss the joke, and such a proverb also exists in English? :)





Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 14:21:11 -0300 (ADT)
From: Doug Philips <dwp+@transarc.com>
Subject: Re: Rabbit review.

Sebastian Kirsch wrote:
+On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Nick Robinson wrote:
+> They're probably out of date already - every time I revisit a site with
+> rabbit designs on, there seem to be more rabbits than before.
+That's probably why we say in Germany, "die vermehren sich wie die
+Karnickel", ie. they breed like rabbits.

+PS: Did I miss the joke, and such a proverb also exists in English? :)

That was the joke, it is the same in English. ;-)

I've reformatted the rabbits page slightly and added links to make it
slightly easier to email reviews, additions, corrections, etc.
(And I fixed a few typos, Thanks Carlos!)

-Doug





Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 16:07:40 -0300 (ADT)
From: nienhuis@westworld.com (Bob Nienhuis)
Subject: Re: Chinese Origami Sightings

On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Robert Allan Schwartz wrote:

>[snip]
>>cut paper figures which she calls Wei
>>Shin Gin Su
>>or, paper cutting from the town of Wei Shin.
>[snip]
>
>Is this the origin of "Ginsu knives"? :-)
>
We wondered the same thing.

Bob Nienhuis
nienhuis@wgn.net





Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 17:13:51 -0300 (ADT)
From: skirsch@t-online.de (Sebastian Kirsch)
Subject: Re: German Convention Book

On Fri, 6 Jun 1997 tait@earthlink.net wrote:
> Does anyone know how one can go about purchasing a copy of the model
> book from the recent convention in Germany? I recently spoke to Gay
> Merrill Gross and she said it was a nice thick book!

Not as thick as the OUSA Annual Collection, but it nonetheless contains a
few very nice models, for example models by one of the most creative
german folders, Klaus-Dieter Ennen, and models by Lionel Albertino.

You can probably get it from the Viereck Verlag:

Viereck Verlag
Silke Schrder
Postfach 1922
85319 Freising
Germany
Tel: +49 8161 41787
Fax: +49 8161 41785

Hope this helps, Sebastian  sebastian_kirsch@kl.maus.de,skirsch@t-online.de





Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 18:26:22 -0300 (ADT)
From: Cathy Palmer-Lister <cathypl@generation.net>
Subject: Re:links--was rabbits

>
>I've reformatted the rabbits page slightly and added links to make it
>slightly easier to email reviews, additions, corrections, etc.
>(And I fixed a few typos, Thanks Carlos!)
>
>
>-Doug

BTW, speaking of links, what became of the web ring idea?  Or maybe I
shouldn't ask.....





Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 18:48:19 -0300 (ADT)
From: Amy <ahuang@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
Subject: Re:links--was rabbits

Hello!
>
>
> BTW, speaking of links, what became of the web ring idea?  Or maybe I
> shouldn't ask.....
>
>

        The webring STILL exists and is STILL open to anyone who would
like to become a part of the ring. I've gotten some e-mail from people who
are interested, but no one has gone through the entire 3 steps outlined on
the ring homepage (http://www.angelfire.com/la/Lal). The HTML code has to
be displayed on sites in order for me to officially add people to the
ring.

        Anyway, I encourage people with origami sites to join the ring!
        Amy

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Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 22:22:43 -0300 (ADT)
From: Michael Bobrow <bobrow@earthlink.net>
Subject: Origami in the movies

Hey,
I hear that Nicholas Cage is an origami fanatic in the new movie "Con Air".
Should be interesting...

Mike

____________________________________________________________
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Date: Sat, 07 Jun 1997 03:22:05 -0300 (ADT)
From: skirsch@t-online.de (Sebastian Kirsch)
Subject: Re: German Convention Book

I forgot one caveat: The '97 convention book is lumbecked, ie. the pages
are glued together at the back. Of course, when I first opened mine, the
whole thing broke apart, leaving me with a stack of loose pages. By now I
have cut off the back and have spiral-bound it, so now it won't fall apart
again. :-)

Yes, I know that spiral binding is much more work than just glueing it
together. But --- hey, that thing is to last centuries! I would certainly
volunteer for binding the next convention book if it only were
spiral-bound.

Yours, Sebastian               sebastian_kirsch@kl.maus.de,skirsch@t-online.de





Date: Sat, 07 Jun 1997 09:19:18 -0300 (ADT)
From: Zachary Brown <zbrown@lynx.dac.neu.edu>
Subject: Re: Origami in the movies

> Hey,
> I hear that Nicholas Cage is an origami fanatic in the new movie "Con Air".
> Should be interesting...

I just saw that last night. If anyone doesn't want to hear anything about
the movie, stop reading now.
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He's not exactly a fanatic, but I'd guess a lot of people will start
doing origami because of the scene that has it. He actually holds and
demonstrates the flapping bird (a completely unembellished version) as
he's sitting on his prison bunk.

I wonder who folded the model. It looked like a first attempt, so I'd
guess whoever designed that scene knew something about origami. It would
have been nice to show him progressing over the years of his sentence to
the point where he was doing Lang insects and Kawahata dinosaurs. Then
during the final transfer to freedom, when the other prisoners took over
the plane, his origami skills could help save the day.

For instance, the leader of the 'bad guys' might have a terrible fear of
insects. Bingo! Nicolas Cage at the crucial moment folds a number of
Samurai Helmet Beetles from memory and stows them in the cockpit where
they will fall out at an opportune time and scare the leader into dropping
his guard.

Then at another point, when he's being held at gunpoint by one of the
prisoners, he could start idly folding some piece of paper to pass the
time, and realize that he is inventing something. It has multiple action
parts, and becomes an elaborate structure that attracts the interest of
the prisoner guarding him, to the extent that Cage is able to sneak away
while the other fellow plays with the model he has invented, and tries to
duplicate the process with another piece of paper that happens to be lying
around.

Cage by now would be realizing that his origami skills are more valuable
than his army training, and quickly fills his pockets with air charts and
maps. He feels the paper to see how well it will fold, and is impressed.
"Nothing like the US government," he says under his breath, "for making
paper that takes a fold."

But there is no time for these thoughts. He needs a weapon, and the only
gun is in the hands of the head bad guy. Wait! He quickly folds a paper
noise-maker. If he can make the sound from a hidden position, he can get
the bad guy to waste the rest of his bullets.

"Hey, Virus!" he calls from behind a handy steel drum, "looks like
there's another gun on the plane!" And he snaps the paper cracker.
'Virus' jumps for cover, and fires a few bullets, barely missing Cage by
a few inches. Cage snaps the cracker again. 'Virus' fires a couple more
bullets. Cage is counting how many shots have been fired. When he knows
the last bullet has been spent, he steps out from behind the drum.
'Virus' clicks the empty gun. Cage holds up the paper cracker for all to
see, and snaps it. 'Virus' looks at him incredulously. One of the
convicts says, "how did you make that thing?" Cage walks up to the chief
bad guy and punches him out.

The credits roll as many paper birds fly across the screen, birds of
freedom. He's going home.

                            The End

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