




Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 00:04:39 -0300 (ADT)
From: "James M. Sakoda" <James_Sakoda@brown.edu>
Subject: Re: whistle that works

This is a followup on my search for an explanation of why whistles work
when a blast of air is directed at the edge of the whistle, such as the one
by Vicente Palacios, who taught it recently at the New York Convention.  I
had learned that the trick was to make sure that the air from the
mouthpiece hits the edge of the opening to the air chamber.  I looked in
the Encyclopedia Britannica under "sound" and found the following:
     "Organ Pipes.-=-One of the most important applications of the
vibration of air columns is found in the organ pipe.  This usually takes
the form of a cylindrical metal tube or a wooden pipe of a square section.
One end of the tube is specially constructed so that a suitable blast of
air will set up resonant vibrations in the column of air.  In the open
"flue" organ pipe the blast of air impinges on a thin lip which forms the
upper edge of a narrow slit opening into the tube.  When the blast is
correctly adjusted the pipe "speaks" and the air column resonates.  The
fundamental tone is sounded when the blast is moderate, and by increasing
the power of the blast the harmonics can successively be produced....Fifes,
flutes, oboes, etc. are other examples of musical instrumenets employing
resonant air columns."
     This makes it a little clearer that the blast of air causes the column
of air in the chamber to resonate.  It is still not clear to me what the
function of the edge  is.  I had a tin whistle which would not make a
sound.  The passage way from front to end was ample for the passage of air.
When I narrowed the passage on the end facing the edge, the whistle began
to work.  Evidently, the concentration of a narrow stream of air hitting
the edge is crucial to the production of sound.
James M. Sakoda, origami dollar bill foldings in pdf form:
http://idt.net/~kittyv





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 00:27:22 -0300 (ADT)
From: Steven Casey <scasey@enternet.com.au>
Subject: Re: Model for crucifixion

At 04:31 PM 30/07/97 -0300, you wrote:

>> > You might want to check out pages 77 to 81 of Robert Harbin's Origami 4,
>> > where the entire model is diagrammed.
>>
>> I have Harbin's "Secrets of Origami", thanks to interlibrary loan and
>> photocopiers, but I couldn't find the bull anywhere. Perhaps you are
>> confusing two books here?
>
>Origami 4 is a VERY hard to find paperback. I think the reference is to
>an elephant rather than a bull.
>
>Richard K
>(R.A.Kennedy@bham.ac.uk)

Origami 4 was the last in series of popular paperbacks by Robert Harbin and
contained another source of diagrams for the elephant with tusks included in
the BOS booklet 35, (which neglects to explain the base used , which is from
a 2 x 1 rectangle).

Secrets of Origami is an earlier work by Robert Harbin that included old and
new origami, and sections devoted to contemporary folders of the time,
including Neal Elias, Fred Rohm, and Ligia Montoya (one of my favorite folders).

Neal's section (for the benefit of the list) contained two versions of a
"fisherman in a boat" (one by Robert Harbin one by Neal) , "Hiawatha, an
indian in a canoe" (from a bird base), a "sitting scottie" and "reclining
scottie" ( both from the bird base), a "stork with baby" from a two squares
joined together (one large, one small, folded into bird bases), a "bird
bath" ( Bird base , reformed), a "goat"  from a 2 x 1 ( an early favorite
model) and "Dove Cote" (altered bird base).

The Bull was published in "Focus on Neal Elias" BOS booklet No. 10. Diagrams
of the bull are available from the B.O.S. library.

regards,

Steven Casey,

scasey@enternet.com.au





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 00:38:08 -0300 (ADT)
From: Kenny1414@aol.com
Subject: Re: Bookbindings

> I mean, I buy a book that's not particularly cheap, and then have to spend
>the same amount again to make it usable?

Sounds a lot like a computer, or a camera. *sigh*.

Imagine a scanner whose input device was a fiber-optic array in the form of a

thin sheet, so it could be slid between the pages of a book or magazine,  to
copy without damaging the binding.

Kenneth Kawamura   kenny1414@aol.com





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 02:19:05 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Dr. Manuel Reina" <porthos.bio.ub.es@porthos.bio.ub.es>
Subject: Re: new book

Hello

I had the same problem.

The right address is

http://members.aol.com/judithrcns/

Best regards

Manuel Reina

> Date:          Wed, 30 Jul 1997
14:20:44 -0300 (ADT)
> From:          Cathy Palmer-Lister <cathypl@generation.net>
> Subject:       new book
> To:            Multiple recipients of list <origami-l@nstn.ca>
> Reply-to:      origami-l@nstn.ca

> Hello, Janet!
>
>         I tried the URL you suggested for getting more news of Origami in
> King Arthur's Court, but got a message saying that URL wasn't on that
> servor.   Do I have the address right?
>
>                                 Cathy
>
> >There is an excellent web site about this book.  See
> >http://members.aol.com/judithrcns/home.htm.
> >
> >Janet Hamilton
> >
>
>
>
>
==================================================
Dr. Manuel Reina
Cell Biology Dept.
University of Barcelona
Diagonal 645 08028 Barcelona
Spain
e-mail : mreina@porthos.bio.ub.es
tel. 34 (9) 3 4021630
fax. 34 (9) 3 4112967





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 06:06:11 -0300 (ADT)
From: Katharina Grif <Katharina.Grif@uibk.ac.at>
Subject: russian origami magazins

Hi all!
 I'd like to share with you my impressions about origami
magazins,that i got from Sergei Afonkin (the chairman of
St.Petersburg Origami Center). I have 5 last numbers and they are
extremally interesting! You can find there many diagrammed new
russian origami creations,short reports about origami clubs in
different parts of Russia,articles about the world famouse folders
with their fotos and some models(diagrammed) as an examples, a lot of
information about origami activity all over the world.There are a
several pages devoted to readers discussion about origami and its
place in morden russian cultural life ...and so on.In every issue you
can find an article about Japanise art,traditions,way of
life,mentality and also some phylosophical aspects of origami. Very
interesting! What was very surprisingly for me is that most of
russian authors of origami models are children in the age from 6
(!!!) up 13 years old!  Their models have not only simple level,but
also intermediate. Some lucky schools in big cities have an origami
lessons as a regular disziplin! As i remember T.Hull taught some of
russian models in OUSA Convention this year.
 I wish you can see and read all of that magazins! May be we should
ask Sergei about some translation from them?

with best wishes, Katharina :))





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 06:19:00 -0300 (ADT)
From: javier homs <jhoms@redestb.es>
Subject: (sin asunto)

Friends of  Origami :
CENTELLES   (Barcelona)   (Spain)  28-7-97

I would like to know about my lastest rcord.

      LLUS VALLDENEU  watch maker  has folded

A   KAWASAKI  ROSE   diameter    1,3mm

Using a 20 times magnifications lens , and two pairs of tweezers.

http:/www.redestb.es/personal/jhoms.





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 06:19:17 -0300 (ADT)
From: javier homs <jhoms@redestb.es>
Subject: (sin asunto)

Friends of origami,

I would like you to know about my latest creations, which as you will
see, I have experimented on during the last 10 months in material
different to paper. I believe the experience has been worth the effort
as the result is bearing fruit, plus the satisfaction when you overcome
any dificulties you meet, it also helps you to carry on towards the
future more clearly.

The work began last august when the summer holidays ended. I started
folding "little birds" from soft drink cans (such as coca-cola cans). I
obtained gratifying results and was able to improve piece by piece I
then managed to make, from 1 can, a row of 8 "little birds" linked
together in a closed circumference. Later I made 2 rows of birds in the
style of our friend Jose Felipe (Hiden  sembapajarita  orikato) Later I
constructed this piece in another material-wire, but this time with 3
rows of birds, 5 on the bottom, 3 in the middle and 1 on the top, all
this from 1 sheet of wire mesh. Then  it occured  to me to make models
of differente sizes of a ball that  I constructed with 10 cans, the same
as constructed with paper, without cutting or sticking. I now have 7
balls and I was able to demonstrate them on television of Catalunya TV3
with a good reception received. This work I left to one side to continue
another time.

I am now on my latest project which is to make our "little bird" from
the maximum amount of possible materials you can think of. In reality I
have reached the never imagened number of 70 little birds, as an
indication I can tell you some of them: gold, silver, steel  of 0,5 mm.
thinkness, as well as other metal materials, followed by other material
such as ravioli, bread, orange peel, etc.  plus snake skin, lizard skin,
pig skin, the rind of ham parchment eggshell, the skin of cod, etc.
Other materials include: clay cotton, beeswax, rope, fibers, wicker,
soap, cloth, etc.

I have placed them in glass cases ans the total is 70, as I have told
you. I hope to reach 100 anytime now.

I will continue working on this project but I will return to paper as I
have established that it is the best material as it is not limited in
its folding capacity. It has been 10 hard months but I am happy to have
done it, the same has when I made the smallest little bird in the world
0,3 mm. x 0,36 mm., as well as the cats face from 10375 papers and the
tyranosaurus rex 2m. 12 cm. high by 3m. 60 cm. long.

Thats all for the moment and if you would like to see some of this on
the Internet the adress is:
http:/www.redestb.es/personal/jhoms.





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 06:45:27 -0300 (ADT)
From: Nick Robinson <nick@cheesypeas.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: modular origami

>> I am particularly interested on MODULAR origami (polyhedron, 3-dimensional
>> aspects of paper folding...).

Have a look at David Mitchells new book "Mathematical Origami" on
Tarquin Press - it's full of fascinating modular origami, with lots of
new ideas to explore. You can order it from BOS Supplies....

all the best,

Nick Robinson

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 RealAudio clips!





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 08:32:00 -0300 (ADT)
From: skirsch@t-online.de (Sebastian Marius Kirsch)
Subject: Re: Model for crucifixion

On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, RA Kennedy wrote:
> > I have Harbin's "Secrets of Origami", thanks to interlibrary loan and
> > photocopiers, but I couldn't find the bull anywhere. Perhaps you are
> > confusing two books here?
> Origami 4 is a VERY hard to find paperback. I think the reference is to
> an elephant rather than a bull.

Ah yes, so _I_ was confusing two books here. :-) I thought that "Secrets
of Origami" was referred to as "Origami 4" as well, because it's the
fourth book Harbin made. But now I'm thoroughly confused. %-P

Yours, Sebastian               sebastian_kirsch@kl.maus.de,skirsch@t-online.de
(offline 07/31--08/24)
(oops, 07/31, that's today! I think I should be going now. :-) )





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 14:53:39 -0300 (ADT)
From: reeds@openix.com (Reeds family)
Subject: Re: Thank you! And tut tut! (Was Teaching Origami)

Another consideration is whether or not your
>students want to "master" the model to fold it independently or not.  If
>that is their/your goal, allowing time to fold it over and over, perhaps
>in different size paper saves you a lot of preparation time.  I spent at
>least 2 hours on students "mastering" the butterfly.  We ended up with a
>finished, lacquered, wearable pin as a final product and everyone was
>very happy.
>
>Good luck and aloha, Jan
>--
><http://www.gotomymall.com/hawaii/origami/>
>Origami by Jan website...the Fodor folder

Thanks very much. This is a very good point. My workshops run only 2 hours,
so I do have to think hard about the time difference between "introducing"
and "mastering."
Looking forward to the class outline,
Karen
reeds@openix.com





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 14:55:52 -0300 (ADT)
From: fold4wet@juno.com (Rosalind F Joyce)
Subject: Re: Thank you! And tut tut! (Was Teaching Origami)

Insulted, huh?
I do lots of teaching and storytelling with origami, but missed this
thread when I was suddenly unsubscribed from the list.  I didn't get back
on until very recently.  If you got info from Rachel, etc, I'm sure you
got enough excellent direction.  If you need more, don't hesitate to
post.  Ros Joyce





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 14:56:18 -0300 (ADT)
From: hull@MATH.URI.EDU
Subject: Re: russian origami magazins

Hey there, everyone!  Katharina wrote:

>>>
What was very surprisingly for me is that most of
russian authors of origami models are children in the age from 6
(!!!) up 13 years old!  Their models have not only simple level,but
also intermediate. Some lucky schools in big cities have an origami
lessons as a regular disziplin! As i remember T.Hull taught some of
russian models in OUSA Convention this year.
<<<

Yep.  And you all have something else to look forward to:  St. Martin's
Press will be publishing a book called "Russian Origami", written
by Sergei Afonkin and myself, containing all sorts of Russian
invented models.  The book will be in English and describe the
current origami scene in the former Soviet Union.  It should be coming
out in March or April of 1998.

----- Tom "never enough to do" Hull
      Hull@math.uri.edu
      http://www.math.uri.edu/~hull





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 14:56:41 -0300 (ADT)
From: Valerie Vann <valerie_vann@compuserve.com>
Subject: RE: Annual Collection '98

<<we could spend a few hours scanning in
<<an Annual Collection, and post it to the website. This would, in essence,
<<be giving away our publication for free. As the Annual collection series
<<are a major source of money for OrigamiUSA, I doubt we will ever make them
<<that freely accesable.

I don't have my original message in front of me, but I
believe what I said was:

Post TEMPLATES ON THE WEB SITE (for free)

Make the COLLECTION available (in electronic form) on CDROM
and/or the web site AS SHAREWARE, requiring REGISTRATION AND
PAYMENT.

Or just $$SELL$$ the CD through the Source.

Only the TEMPLATES, in one or more select formats were
suggested for short term implementation (i.e. 1999, as I
recall.)

And if you have a Freehand template, why not post it on the
web site so anyone who wants to use it, can?

PS. the QC on the binding and printing of this year's
collection was vastly better than last years! Nice clean
holes, minimal paper dust, etc.

Valerie_Vann@compuserve.com





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 14:57:16 -0300 (ADT)
From: Cathy Palmer-Lister <cathypl@generation.net>
Subject: Re: new book

Many thanks to you and others who got the URL for me.  This time I got right
on site without a hitch.  Looks like fun!

                    Cathy

At 02:20 AM 1997-07-31 -0300, you wrote:
>Hello
>
>I had the same problem.
>
>The right address is
>
>http://members.aol.com/judithrcns/
>
>Best regards
>
>Manuel Reina
>
>> Date:          Wed, 30 Jul 1997
>14:20:44 -0300 (ADT)
>> From:          Cathy Palmer-Lister <cathypl@generation.net>
>> Subject:       new book
>> To:            Multiple recipients of list <origami-l@nstn.ca>
>> Reply-to:      origami-l@nstn.ca
>
>> Hello, Janet!
>>
>>         I tried the URL you suggested for getting more news of Origami in
>> King Arthur's Court, but got a message saying that URL wasn't on that
>> servor.   Do I have the address right?
>>
>>                                 Cathy
>>
>> >There is an excellent web site about this book.  See
>> >http://members.aol.com/judithrcns/home.htm.
>> >
>> >Janet Hamilton
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>==================================================
>Dr. Manuel Reina
>Cell Biology Dept.
>University of Barcelona
>Diagonal 645 08028 Barcelona
>Spain
>e-mail : mreina@porthos.bio.ub.es
>tel. 34 (9) 3 4021630
>fax. 34 (9) 3 4112967





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 14:57:43 -0300 (ADT)
From: Contractors Exchange <contract@pipeline.com>
Subject: Do you know these people?

I am trying to get the addresses for the following people:

Eugeny Fridrikh
Neil Maclean

Neil is in England, and I might have his address in an old BOS directory.
Eugeny is from Russia, and is much more difficult for me to track down (Tom
Hull or Sergei Afonkin, perhaps you might know them?). Any help would be
greatly appreciated. You can reply to my private e-mail
<marckrsh@pipeline.com>. Thank you.

Marc





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 14:58:13 -0300 (ADT)
From: Dino Andreozzi <andreozzi.a@botkyrka.mail.telia.com>
Subject: NOA (was Re: Kawasaki's Rose)

vpenner@geocities.com wrote:
  What is NOA 262?  How can
> I get a copy of it?
>
> Ellen

Hi Ellen,
NOA 262 is the monthly magazine of the Nippon Origami Association.

Dino

Origami Homepage: http://hem.passagen.se/dion
E-mail: andreozzi.a@botkyrka.mail.telia.com





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 14:58:37 -0300 (ADT)
From: Robby/Laura/Lisa <morassi@zen.it>
Subject: Re: (sin asunto)

Javier,

At 06.19 31/7/1997 -0300, you wrote:
>
>I am now on my latest project which is to make our "little bird" from
>the maximum amount of possible materials you can think of.

Thanks for all these amazing info's.

Have you tried FORBON ? It's a special type of cardboard (mentioned by James
Sakoda in Modern Origami) which becomes leather-like and foldable when wet,
then stiff and very hard after drying. VERY interesting !

Roberto

=========================
Roberto Morassi
Via Palestro 11
51100 PISTOIA
ITALY
tel & fax (+)39-573-20436
E-mail <morassi@zen.it>
=========================
Please DON'T quote my full
message in reply... I KNOW
what I have written ! :-)





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 14:59:07 -0300 (ADT)
From: Dennis Walker <d_and_m_walker@compuserve.com>
Subject: Which book to choose?

Hello Richard

>>What would be the best book to order (thats still in print)?
>>Something hard. I need a challenge.

        I'd recommend David Brill's 'Brilliant Origami'. A challenge and a
pleasure!

                                Dennis Walker

Brilliant Origami by David Brill
Japan Publications
ISBN 0870408968





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 18:24:22 -0300 (ADT)
From: lavin@mit.edu
Subject: Re: whistle that works (NOT MUCH ORIGAMI in here)

On Wed, 30 Jul 1997 23:03:45  "James M. Sakoda" <James_Sakoda@brown.edu> said:
>This is a followup on my search for an explanation of why whistles work
>when a blast of air is directed at the edge of the whistle
>
>...info about organ pipes...
>
>...It is still not clear to me what the
>function of the edge  is.  I had a tin whistle which would not make a
>sound.  The passage way from front to end was ample for the passage of air.
>When I narrowed the passage on the end facing the edge, the whistle began
>to work.  Evidently, the concentration of a narrow stream of air hitting
>the edge is crucial to the production of sound.

I've been kind of busy for ages, now, and haven't kept up much with the
list, but I do have a comment about this one, as Aeronautics was my major
in college...That said, however, take this with a grain of salt, as I've
not seen any actual discussion of this, I'm making it up from what I know.

Basically, when an airstream hits a sharp edge, it will (usually) shed a
sequence of vortices downstream.  (A vortex is like a tiny hurricane, an
eddy, etc.)  The size, strength and behavior of the vortices (if any) will
depend on the speed of the airstream, the angle of the airstream to the
edge, the fluid involved, etc.  To an observer downstream in the airstream,
as each vortex goes by, it sets up a fluctuation in pressure which can be
felt, or if it's fast enough, could be heard as sound.  (Sound is just a
series of pressure changes in air, after all.)

To make a chamber resonate, you must set up a fluctuation of the right
frequency within the length of the chamber (this is the organ pipe thing.)
This frequency depends on the length of the chamber, so long pipes make
deep sounds - low frequency sound waves - and short pipes make high sounds
- high frequency waves.)

So my guess is that if you blow at the right speed over the edge of the
whistle, it will shed vortices at the right frequency to make the whistle
chamber resonate, and therefore make noise.  If you don't blow hard enough
or too hard, the frequency of the shed eddies isn't right, and it won't
make any sound.

How's that?

Oh, to make this mildly appropriate to the list - to get good vortex
formation you need a sharp edge, so you must fold the whistle so the edge
is quite crisp and strong.  Also, you have to make sure the resonating
chamber is pretty tightly closed (except for one exit) so that it can
resonate.  In fact, it's pretty amazing that you can make one out of paper
at all!

Anne LaVin
lavin@mit.edu





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 20:38:24 -0300 (ADT)
From: Mike and Janet Hamilton <mikeinnj@concentric.net>
Subject: Re: new book

Cathy Palmer-Lister wrote:
>
> Hello, Janet!
>
>         I tried the URL you suggested for getting more news of Origami in
> King Arthur's Court, but got a message saying that URL wasn't on that
> servor.   Do I have the address right?
>
>                                 Cathy
>
> >There is an excellent web site about this book.  See
> >http://members.aol.com/judithrcns/home.htm.
> >
> >Janet Hamilton
> >

Cathy,

I double checked, and the web page comes up OK for me.

Janet

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





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 20:44:02 -0300 (ADT)
From: Kenny1414@aol.com
Subject: Re: whistle that works

In a message dated 97-07-31 02:19:05 EDT, you write:

<< Evidently, the concentration of a narrow stream of air hitting
 the edge is crucial to the production of sound. >>

I don't know enough hydrodynamics and chaos theory for
an exact explanation, but my understanding was that,
within a certain range of speeds, a column of fluid will switch
from smooth "laminar flow" to a chaotic flow. The switch is
easier if it's a thin column, I think, and the  chaotic flow
looks like spiraling eddies alternating back and forth, like
a stream of smoke when it stops going straight up, and
starts moving around. Plus, the flowing column tends to
"attach" to nearby walls when it's flowing smoothly. When
it is moving too fast to keep up the smooth flow, the
attachment breaks, reforms, breaks, ...

The end result is a vibration. The thin stream makes it
possible, otherwise there's no room and it takes too
much energy to set up the motion..

There's probably a better explanation.

Aloha,

Kenneth Kawamura    kenny1414@aol.com





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 21:37:04 -0300 (ADT)
From: Allen Parry <parry@eskimo.com>
Subject: Re: whistle that works (long theory)

Anne,

I want to thank you for the information on the whistle.  I am currently
trying to design a slide whistle out of a couple of dollar bills....I am
really close.....  I really appreciate your insights into the designs of
these whistles.  I'm not an aeronautical engineer, nor a physicist and I
appreciate anything you can tell me that will assist me in my design.

I wanted to quote an excerpt from a book in my private library, "Music,
Physics and Engineering".  This is my current understanding of how these
whistles work.  (The book is fairly old and I am not sure if this book's
understanding of the theory of whistles still holds up and if not could you
let me know.)  The explaination is interesting though....

WHISTLES AND FLUE ORGAN PIPE.  The whistle and flue organ pipe consist of a
cavity, a closed or open pipe coupled to an air reed actuated by a steady
air stream.  The pipe is actuated by the air stream which teeters from the
inside to the outside of the pipe.  When the air stream enters the pipe, it
compresses the air in front of it.  Ultimately the pressure in the pipe is
built up to the equilibrium point and no more air will enter the pipe.  The
excess pressure in the pipe forces the air stream out.  This causes the
excess pressure to be relieved and finally causes a rarefaction or
decreased pressure due to inertia of the outrushing air.  Then the air is
again pulled in by the decreased pressure, and the cycle of four events is
repeated at the resonant frequency of the system.  The frequency of the
complete cycle of events occurs at the resonant frequency of the closed
pipe.  The odd harmonics are also produced because the closed pipe
resonates at these frequencies as well as the fundamental and, therefore,
controls the teetering air stream at these frequencies.  The action is the
same for the fundamental frequency described above.  The action of the open
pipe is the same as for the closed pipe save that all the harmonics, both
even and odd, are produced.

A whistle blown by the breath and used by policemen, athletic officials,
etc., is shown in Fig.... The action is the same as that of the flue organ
pipe.  The construction differs in that the resonating chamber is not a
cylindrical pipe, but a Helmholtz resonator, that is, a chamber with a
narrow neck.  The resonant frequency of the whistle can be computed from
the volumn of the cavity and the area of the sound-radiating hole coupling
the chamber to the outside air.  The sound emitted by a whistle is almost
pure tone corresponding to the fundamental resonant frequency of the
resonator, because the dimensions of the hollow body are small compared to
the wavelength at the fundamental frequency.  Therefore the overtones which
are due to resonances within the small body when the dimensions are
comparable to the wavelength occur at a relatively high frequency.  As a
result, the overtones are highly suppressed by the inertance of the sound
radiating hole, and this accounts for the pure tone of the whistle.

A whistle, blown by steam, air, or some other gas and used as a signal
device in locomotives, steam tractors, power plants, etc., and in the
musical instrument termed the calliope is shown in Fig.  The action is the
same as the flue organ pipe.  The construction differs slightly in that the
lip extends around the entire periphery.

Any futher thoughts on this.....I am all ears....

Allen Parry
parry@eskimo.com





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 21:38:19 -0300 (ADT)
From: Paul & Jan Fodor <origami@aloha.net>
Subject: new Yoshizawa book

Does anyone know if the Yoshizawa book entitled LIVING NATURE, and the
new book listed in Sasuga catalog INOCHI YUTAKA NA ORIGAMI is the same
book?
--
<http://www.gotomymall.com/hawaii/origami/>
Origami by Jan website...the Fodor folder





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 21:51:27 -0300 (ADT)
From: Bryan Feir <jenora@istar.ca>
Subject: Re: Bookbindings

On Thu, 31 Jul 1997 Kenny1414@aol.com wrote:

> Imagine a scanner whose input device was a fiber-optic array in the form of a
> thin sheet, so it could be slid between the pages of a book or magazine,  to
> copy without damaging the binding.

   That's a little beyond our current technology, unfortunately... at
least with any sort of useful resolution.

   Closest thing I've seen was a rare book photocopier in which you placed
the book facing up on the platform, and an overhead digital camera takes a
high-resolution picture of the book.  At the same time another scanner
reads the shape of the spine of the book from the far edge of the
platform, and uses that to digitally correct for the distortions caused by
the non-flat placing of the book.  The result: near-perfect double-page
copies without having to force the book to lie flat.

   Unfortunately the thing was priced in the tens of thousands of dollars.

---------------------------+---------------------------------------------------
Bryan Feir           VA3GBF|"Every man has somewhere in the back of his head
bryan@sgl.ists.ca          | the wreck of a thing which he calls his
jenora@istar.ca            | education."              -- Stephen Leacock





Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 21:59:29 -0300 (ADT)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: Re: new Yoshizawa book

On Thu, 31 Jul 1997, Paul & Jan Fodor wrote:

> Does anyone know if the Yoshizawa book entitled LIVING NATURE, and the
> new book listed in Sasuga catalog INOCHI YUTAKA NA ORIGAMI is the same
> book?

Should be. Other translations are, "Full of life origami", "Life affluent
origami", and "Origami Masterworks".

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





Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 08:43:41 -0300 (ADT)
From: Chinh Nguyen <chinhsta@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
Subject: F. Kuwahata

Fascinating Folds offers a book by Kawahata dealing with Origami
dinosaurs.  Are these models any different than the ones offered in "I
Love Fantasy Origami?"

--Chinh Nguyen chinhsta@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu

"I was never more hated than when I tried to be honest.  Or when, even as
        just now I've tried to articulate exactly what I felt to be the
        truth."  -- Ralph Ellison, _The Invisible Man_





Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 08:48:08 -0300 (ADT)
From: Nick Robinson <nick@cheesypeas.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Maclean

Contractors Exchange <contract@pipeline.com> sez

>Neil is in England

He's left the BOS but is still at his old address AFAIK.

1 Chesterhill COttage
Waren Mill
Belford
Northumberland
NE70 7EF

Did you know the BOS have a new booklet of his work? He printed it
himself & it costs UKP5 - full of his unique & stylish artwork &
designs.

all the best,

Nick Robinson

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 RealAudio clips!





Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 12:52:38 -0300 (ADT)
From: Marcia Mau <susu@bellatlantic.net>
Subject: Secret is out!

The Dover edition of Harbin's Secrets of Origami is in the bookstores.
ISBN 0-486-29707-1
Priced at $12.95.
Inside the front and back covers is a listing of Dover books on
papercraft and origami.

Thanks to David Lister for the introduction and revised bibliography.





Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 13:23:14 -0300 (ADT)
From: JacAlArt@aol.com
Subject: Re:  F. Kuwahata

ORIGAMI FANTASY is a great book with mega-complex models! The two other
dinosaur books by Kawahata (as well as his newer Wild Animals Of The World
and Imaginary Animals Of The World) are nowhere near the complexity of
FANTASY. If complexity is your thing -- like FANTASY or ISSEI'S SUPER COMPLEX
ORIGAMI -- you will be disappointed with the other Kawahata books.

~Alec





Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 14:35:21 -0300 (ADT)
From: John Marcolina <jmarcoli@cisco.com>
Subject: FORBON (was Re: (sin asunto))

At 02:58 PM 7/31/97 -0300, you wrote:
(snip)
>Have you tried FORBON ? It's a special type of cardboard (mentioned by James
>Sakoda in Modern Origami) which becomes leather-like and foldable when wet,
>then stiff and very hard after drying. VERY interesting !
>
>Roberto
>
Has anyone? As an avid wet-folder, this does indeed sound interesting.

Tell me more!

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





Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 16:08:14 -0300 (ADT)
From: Cathy Palmer-Lister <cathypl@generation.net>
Subject: forbon

>Have you tried FORBON ? It's a special type of cardboard (mentioned by James
>Sakoda in Modern Origami) which becomes leather-like and foldable when wet,
>then stiff and very hard after drying. VERY interesting !
>
>Roberto

Well, I'm interested!  Where does one go looking for this forbon?

                                Cathy





Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 22:28:05 -0300 (ADT)
From: JacAlArt@aol.com
Subject: Shall's Statue

Where can I find instructions for Shall's Statue of Liberty? OUSA says there
are no written diagrams, but he put it on a video. Of course, that video in
not listed in their list of stuff they sell! HELP!

~Alec





Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 22:50:12 -0300 (ADT)
From: "James M. Sakoda" <James_Sakoda@brown.edu>
Subject: Re: FORBON (was Re: (sin asunto))

>At 02:58 PM 7/31/97 -0300, you wrote:
>(snip)
>>Have you tried FORBON ? It's a special type of cardboard (mentioned by James
>>Sakoda in Modern Origami) which becomes leather-like and foldable when wet,
>>then stiff and very hard after drying. VERY interesting !
>>
>>Roberto
>>
>Has anyone? As an avid wet-folder, this does indeed sound interesting.
>
>Tell me more!
>
>John Marcolina
>San Jose, CA.
>jmarcoli@cisco.com

For large foldings heavier folding material, such as Forbon, is desirable.
Forbon is used for commercial purposes, I believe, but at one time was
promoted for artistic use, when I became aware of it.  I have not seen it
for many years, but I believe that it is still available.  You might write
to the company directly to see where it is available.  It is manufactured
by NVF Company, Parsons Paper Division, Wilmington, Delaware.
James M. Sakoda, origami dollar bill foldings in pdf form:
http://idt.net/~kittyv





Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 23:37:14 -0300 (ADT)
From: Perry Bailey <pbailey@mtayr.heartland.net>
Subject: Re: whistle that works

I was unable to attend the convention and I notice that the whistle
everyone is talking about isn't in the annual, can someone tell me where
to get a copy of it?
Perry
--
>From pbailey@mtayr.heartland.net

***************************************
* Hey, no matter where you go, there  *
* you are.  B. Bonzai :?)'            *





Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 12:50:19 -0300 (ADT)
From: Eric Andersen <ema@techhouse.cis.brown.edu>
Subject: Sydney Opera House (fwd)

Hi everyone...I got this email today...anybody heard of this model?

-Eric  :-P
origami@brown.edu

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 22:11:24 +1000
From: ozrobby@ca.com.au
Subject: Sydney Opera House

I have a Japanese freind who once saw amodel of the Sydney opera house
but she cant remember where she saw it and I was hoping maybe you might
have an idea or even the template for such a model as she now wants to
learn how to make it.
Any assistance you may be able to offer would be greatly appreciated
regards
Ian





Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 14:50:09 -0300 (ADT)
From: chall@scsn.net (Carol Hall)
Subject: Re: Bookbindings

>   Closest thing I've seen was a rare book photocopier in which you placed
>the book facing up on the platform, and an overhead digital camera takes a
>high-resolution picture of the book.  At the same time another scanner
>reads the shape of the spine of the book from the far edge of the
>platform, and uses that to digitally correct for the distortions caused by
>the non-flat placing of the book.  The result: near-perfect double-page
>copies without having to force the book to lie flat.

A few years ago the local Kinkos had photocopiers which allowed one side of
the book to hang off the edge.  The page you copied was correctly positioned
when the edge of the copy glass was along the inside edge of the spine.  It
was great for copying pages from books you didn't want to damage the binding
on.  For some unknown reason, all of those machines have now been removed
from the copy shop, and I have never seen one any other place.  I can't
imagine that I was the only one to find the design of that machine
magnificent....

Carol Hall
chall@scsn.net





Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 15:55:54 -0300 (ADT)
From: Maldon7929@aol.com
Subject: Re:(NO) Tut tut and all that. (Was: Teaching Origami)

Ros wrote:

>Insulted huh?

No, just disappointed with a dash of lost respect. I am very pleased with the
response I did get, including yours.

MW





Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 15:57:21 -0300 (ADT)
From: Maldon7929@aol.com
Subject: Re: Class Outline (Was: Teaching Origami)

Karen wrote:

> I missed the original posting--but I'd certainly be interested in seeing
> the origami class outline . Could you share the outline with the whole
list,
> please? Thanks!

Karen, thank you. I found your request very flattering.

I will be happy to share this privately with all  who express an interest,
but not to the entire list. The reason is, many of us have requested postings
be as short as possible. Because this is a five hour class the outline is two
pages (or frames) long now. By the time I add student bios, speakers notes
and tailor it to fit the class there could be 3 to 5 pages. October is still
a few months away.

MW





Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 10:45:03 -0300 (ADT)
From: Kenny1414@aol.com
Subject: Re: Sydney Opera House (fwd)

In a message dated 97-08-02 11:53:06 EDT, ema@techhouse.cis.brown.edu writes:

<< Hi everyone...I got this email today...anybody heard of this model? >>

Is that one of the "origamic architecture" paper sculptures, maybe?
Check the books by Chatani.

Aloha,
Kenneth Kawamura    kenny1414@aol.com





Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 10:48:40 -0300 (ADT)
From: JacAlArt@aol.com
Subject: Kirschenbaum's Biplane II

Help! How the heck do you do step 34 (pg. 116) in the Annual Collection '97
for this thing?! Is there anyway to pre-crease these mountains and valleys?

~Alec





Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 10:52:44 -0300 (ADT)
From: jdharris@post.cis.smu.edu (Jerry D. Harris)
Subject: Re: Bookbindings

>A few years ago the local Kinkos had photocopiers which allowed one side of
>the book to hang off the edge.  The page you copied was correctly positioned
>when the edge of the copy glass was along the inside edge of the spine.  It
>was great for copying pages from books you didn't want to damage the binding
>on.  For some unknown reason, all of those machines have now been removed
>from the copy shop, and I have never seen one any other place.  I can't
>imagine that I was the only one to find the design of that machine
>magnificent....

        We have one of these at our university library.  I suspect that
they will be found most frequently at places that have large collections of
old books and journals, since those are the ones that require the gentlest
handling when being copied.  So large branches of public libraries and
larger university libraries may have them.

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Dallas  TX  75275-0395                (Compuserve:  102354,2222)

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





Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 10:56:09 -0300 (ADT)
From: Steven Casey <scasey@enternet.com.au>
Subject: Re: Sydney Opera House (fwd)

At 12:51 PM 2/08/97 -0300, you wrote:
>
>Hi everyone...I got this email today...anybody heard of this model?
>
>-Eric  :-P
>origami@brown.edu
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 22:11:24 +1000
>From: ozrobby@ca.com.au
>To: origami@brown.edu
>Subject: Sydney Opera House
>
>I have a Japanese freind who once saw amodel of the Sydney opera house
>but she cant remember where she saw it and I was hoping maybe you might
>have an idea or even the template for such a model as she now wants to
>learn how to make it.
>Any assistance you may be able to offer would be greatly appreciated
>regards
>Ian
>
>

An Opera House can be found in "Aussiegami" by Saunders, Canpbell &
Mackness. Pages 27 to 29. Described as "a non-traditional piece of origami
that requires a number of different sized models to be brought together to
achieve the desired result". ISBN 0-85091-344-6

Regards,

Steven Casey
scasey@enternet.com.au





Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 11:00:08 -0300 (ADT)
From: VVOrigami@aol.com
Subject: Re: whistle that works (NOT MUCH ORIGAMI in here)

Anne writes:

"It's pretty amazing you can make one of paper at all..."

Hmmm. I've not tried one as an organ pipe or whistle, but
there is an old draftsman's trick of taking one of those large
cardboard tubes that drawing paper comes rolled up on
and sealing/unsealing one end in rapid succession, to
produce a nice deep resonating boom. I forget what you
do with the other end. Hold it closed against the floor maybe.
Have to experiment.

And don't organ pipes have a notch cut in the side? Or am
I thinking of steam engine whistles?

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





Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 11:06:03 -0300 (ADT)
From: Kimberly Crane <kcrane@kimscrane.com>
Subject: Kim's Crane Monthly Special

Hello Everyone:

We have our August Monthly Special Page up.  Please stay tuned as we are
in the process of greatly expanding our Artisan Paper Selection.  We
would like to thank each of you who have support Kim's Crane.  We
appreciate your continued suggestions on papers and/or books we should
carry.

Sincerely,
Kimberly and Gordon Crane
Kim's Crane
http://www.kimscrane.com





Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 11:09:48 -0300 (ADT)
From: Richard of Foong <ryf@ecr.mu.oz.au>
Subject: Re: Which book to choose?

On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Sebastian Marius Kirsch wrote:

> But for a library, OIaTK is probably a little too focused on one
> particular subject. I'd recommend "Brilliant Origami" by Dave Brill as a
> book with a wide range of model, geometric and figurative, and of a high
> difficulty level. I don't know the ISBN, but the publisher is my hated
> Japan Publications. (Treat that book carefully, or, even better, have it
> hard-bound before you use it.)
>
> Yours, Sebastian               sebastian_kirsch@kl.maus.de,skirsch@t-online.de
> (offline 07/31--08/24)
>

One of the uni librarys already has that. I too have that book. Its a very
nice book indeed... Hmm, I should have it hard bound. The one thing i find
about origami books in libraries, is that they have too many easy books
for beginners, and there aren't too many complex books available.

Richard.





Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 11:30:35 -0300 (ADT)
From: Katharina Grif <Katharina.Grif@uibk.ac.at>
Subject: Maekawa demon

 Hi all!
Some time ago i got a diagram of Maekawa demon from Sebastian.It is a
copy from Tantedian issue'92,i think. ... Yes,i try to fold it-and i
made it up to the last step in the diagram-BUT there are no proposal
how to fold hands with 5 fingers or how to fold a tail(and also how
to fold a head with all details-but it is not so difficult,i folded
it). Now i have the folded model with pieces of paper instead hands
and tail. Does anybody know how to fold thies parts,or URL were i can
find the picture of this model?
 with best wishes, Katharina





Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 11:36:02 -0300 (ADT)
From: Nick Robinson <nick@cheesypeas.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Origami - Bow Tie

Can anyone help this man?

  ------- Forwarded message follows -------

Dear Sir:

I am interested in finding a diagram for a bow tie.  I intend to send out
formal invitations to a business seminar and would like to fold a U.S. dollar
bill into a bow tie and attach it to the invitation.  Can you please point me
in the right direction.

I look forward to your speedy response.

Jim Bremer, President
P.O.S. Solutions
email POS.SOLUTIONS@USA.NET

all the best,

Nick Robinson

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 RealAudio clips!





Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 11:48:02 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jeannine Mosely <j9@concentra.com>
Subject: Glue for kusudamas

I realize that glue is a four letter word, but its use is traditional
in assembling kusudamas.  Can anyone tell me what their favorite glue
is?  I once made the kusudama that has 12 pentagonal blossoms, each
made of 5 separate petals (a lot of work) and glued it up with Elmer's
white glue.  The water content of this glue is high, and when it dried
the paper was rippled.  I have just finished folding the modules for a
second try at this model, and I don't want to repeat that mistake.

        -- Jeannine Mosely





Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 11:56:25 -0300 (ADT)
From: g_r@mda.ca (Garry Robertson, Fenco MacLaren, MCDV Project)
Subject: Toronto Stores

Hi,

I'm going to Southern Ontario (Canada) for a wedding on 16 Aug
and am looking for directions to some stores in the Hamilton/Toronto
area.

Please repsond privately to g_r@mda.ca

Thanks,

Garry Robertson
Surrey, B.C.





Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 12:29:03 -0300 (ADT)
From: Brett Askinazi <brett@hagerhinge.com>
Subject: RE: whistle that works (NOT MUCH ORIGAMI in here)

Organ pipes do have a notch, so do steam whistles, recorders, penny whistles,
     and most other whistles that work from a top down perspective.

Brett

-----Original Message-----
From:   VVOrigami@aol.com [SMTP:VVOrigami@aol.com]
Sent:   Wednesday, August 06, 1997 9:00 AM
To:     Multiple recipients of list
Subject:        Re: whistle that works (NOT MUCH ORIGAMI in here)

And don't organ pipes have a notch cut in the side? Or am
I thinking of steam engine whistles?





Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 15:22:26 -0300 (ADT)
From: Daddy-o D'gou <dwp@transarc.com>
Subject: Re: Glue for kusudamas

+I realize that glue is a four letter word, but its use is traditional
+in assembling kusudamas.  Can anyone tell me what their favorite glue
+is?

+white glue.  The water content of this glue is high, and when it dried
+the paper was rippled.  I have just finished folding the modules for a
+second try at this model, and I don't want to repeat that mistake.

I prefer PVA - Polyvinyl Acetata - The name is scary sounding, but the stuff
isn't toxic.  You can either get it mail order or at an arts/crafts store.  I
got mine locally at the Carnegie Mellon Art Store.  You don't need to use very
much.

I've also seen people use hot/mild glue guns, but I have no experience with
that.  It seemed to work, but I think you would have to pay close attention to
how thick your glue got.  I have seem some "glue gun stick" heating pots, that
will just give you a pool of hot glue that you can either dip things into or
that you can dip tooth picks into.

I strongly suggest that you experiment with whatever you want to use first!!

-D'gou





Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 15:33:49 -0300 (ADT)
From: Lisa Hodsdon <Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com>
Subject: Re: Glue for kusudamas

Jeannine Moseley asked about glue for kusudamas.

I almost said my piece about Elmer's a while back when
someone else asked about glue, but I was too busy with
other things, so here goes. . .

You might give Elmer's another try. I always use Elmer's All
Purpose glue unless I'm glueing large expanses of paper to
paper. The trick is to use *very little* glue. If the dry paper
slides against the glue when you put it on the glued piece,
you've used to much glue. It should be thin enough to be
tacky almost immediately and you shouldn't have to hold it
for more than a few seconds (10-15 max) before the pieces
hold together on their own. I haven't had problems with my
kusudamas or (cut & glue) polyhedra either falling apart or
rippling.

I have a very small Elmer's glue bottle (if I recall correctly,
it's about 2.5 in. tall and 1.5 in. across) which I use to apply
the glue in the thinnest possible line. I use the point of the
dispenser to spread it out. Others have suggested using a
paintbrush but I find I don't get even coverage as easily with
a brush, because the glue dries & the brush gets stiff & if
you rinse it out you add even more water to the mix.

I buy my glue in a larger bottle and use it to keep my small
bottle around half full. I find I have better control if the
bottle isn't completely full. And it's annoying if the bottle's
too empty because you have to wait for the glue to get
Then you get tempted to twist the hole open too far & get
those ugly, destructive blobs.

Don't bother with rubber cement---it dries out and the model
will fall apart. It was very sad to see the hours of work I put
into making one of the stellations of the icosahedron (in my
pre-origami days) fall apart at a touch after the cement
dried up.

Lisa
Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com





Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 15:45:05 -0300 (ADT)
From: "James M. Sakoda" <James_Sakoda@brown.edu>
Subject: Re: Glue for kusudamas

>I realize that glue is a four letter word, but its use is traditional
>in assembling kusudamas.  Can anyone tell me what their favorite glue
>is?  I once made the kusudama that has 12 pentagonal blossoms, each
>made of 5 separate petals (a lot of work) and glued it up with Elmer's
>white glue.  The water content of this glue is high, and when it dried
>the paper was rippled.  I have just finished folding the modules for a
>second try at this model, and I don't want to repeat that mistake.
>
>       -- Jeannine Mosely

I would suggest using poster putty, which holds reasonably well, but can
also be loosened.  I think it words better than Post-it glue, which is also
not permanent.   That way you can have your cake and eat it too and you can
feel that you're really not cheating.   They're available for one thing at
CVS drugstores.  Jim Sakoda
James M. Sakoda, origami dollar bill foldings in pdf form:
http://idt.net/~kittyv





Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 15:49:56 -0300 (ADT)
From: chall@scsn.net (Carol Hall)
Subject: Re: Glue for kusudamas

>
>I realize that glue is a four letter word, but its use is traditional
>in assembling kusudamas.  Can anyone tell me what their favorite glue
>is?  I once made the kusudama that has 12 pentagonal blossoms, each
>made of 5 separate petals (a lot of work) and glued it up with Elmer's
>white glue.  The water content of this glue is high, and when it dried
>the paper was rippled.  I have just finished folding the modules for a
>second try at this model, and I don't want to repeat that mistake.
>
>       -- Jeannine Mosely
>

Even if glue is a four letter word, it pays to do some research... :-)
Water content is a big problem when using glue on paper.  To start at the
high end, there is a glue called Yes which is archival quality and will not
ripple paper.  That is what it is marketed on.  It is available at art
supply stores and is relatively expensive.

For regular craft variety (less expensive, non-archival) glue:  There are
several brands of a very thick craft glue.  Aleene's makes one; Velverette
makes one; there are probably others.  This stuff looks and feel like cake
icing.  It will not drip, and things adhere immediately although it takes a
while to dry completely.  That is what I'd recommend for kusudamas.

The craft stores have what seem like hundreds of varieties of glues anymore.
One reason for this is that people don't know much about glues and seem to
be willing to buy a different one for each project.  The companies are
capitalizing on this and labelling what is essentially the same glue for
different specific uses.  Most are PVC (acrylic); look white when wet and
dry clear.  Formulas do change when the finished appearance needs to be
different, but many times the formulas don't change all that much....

Glues which are liquid in the bottle, like Elmers, have a lot of water in
them.  School glues and pastes are made to wash out.  Craft glues and tacky
glues have less water.  Fabric glues are designed to be flexible when dry
and are generally washable (as opposed to wash-out-able!) Non-acrylic glues
(non-water-soluble) include things like rubber cement and epoxy.
Traditional glue formulas are based on animal hides as a the major
ingredient (thus all the old jokes).

There is a book out, _Crafter's Guide to Glues_ which purports to cover all
of the major craft glues.  While it does have some information, what it
actualy is is a project book suggesting buying all the different companies
glues for different projects....

Obviously, this is not complete, but maybe it will help some.

Carol Hall
chall@scsn.net





Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 16:03:21 -0300 (ADT)
From: Fran Manion <fmanion@capecod.net>
Subject: Dragons And The Like

Hello everyone!

I'd like to thank everyone for all this great information! I haven't
been reading my e-mail, and I finally decided to read it. (99 messages
in all!) But after all is said and done, I'm left with many
questions...I'd very much appreciate it if these could be answered!

1) Akira Yoshizawa
I recently attended a class with Yoshizawa, and I was a bit disapointed,
but I was still very happy to have met the wonderful folder. At the end
of the class, Lafosse was there selling Yoshizawa's book. I am not sure
which one it was, because it was in Japaneese. I picked up the book, and
was about to buy it. I asked how much it was......$60. Is that the
normal price for Yoshizawa's books? I'd really like to obtain some, but
I cannot afford the price.

        I was very inpressed by Yoshizawa's dragons. (sort of half sea serpant)
Does anyone have the directions for these creatures? I'd very much
appreciate a response.

2)  Is the Book "Creating Origami" by, J.C. Nolan out of print?

        I have heard rumors that this is true, but I don't know. I would very
much like to own this book. If anyone has info on it, please say so!

3) Does anyone know of the book "Viva Origami"?

        I have forgotton the author, but I know the book is out of print. I
would really like to get it for a friend. If you have the book, and
you're willing to sell it-please e-mail me!

4) Dragons?

        Could someone recommend a good dragon model? I have come across many,
and I'm still looking for more!

        Ok, I think that's it. I'm looking forward to the response. Thanks
again.

*arah*

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Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 16:09:07 -0300 (ADT)
From: Joseph Wu <origami@planet.datt.co.jp>
Subject: Re: Success report: Tiger by Nishikawa Seiji

On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Sebastian Marius Kirsch wrote:

> Hi Joseph!

Howdy! 8)

> On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, Joseph Wu wrote:
> > Nishikawa now has an easier tiger. It looks like a low intermediate model
> > due to its shape, but manages to look like a tiger without the detail.
> > It's obviously not a low intermediate model, though, because of the
> > colour-changed stripes.
> I've not been much into color-changing recently (double work for someone
> who makes his own paper :-) ), but I'd certainly like to see that one. Can
> you tell me where it is published?

It's not, as far as I know. It may appear in a future issue of the
Tanteidan newsletter. Don't hold your breath, though, as Nishikawa is
very busy these days with running the Tanteidan (he took over after
Yoshino passed away).

> > KOMATSU Hideo has a tiger that is astounding. It has a detailed face like
> > Nishikawa's tiger, and many colour-changed stripes like Montroll's tiger.
> > I tried to talk him into submitting his diagrams to be published in the
> > PCOC collection, but he declined since they are already being published
> > in the Origami Tanteidan newsletter (starting in the current 97/6/11
> > issue and continuing in the next few issues).
> <greed>Any way of getting those diagrams?</greed>

Well, you could subscribe to the newsletter...

> > Don't quite know how to respond to this one, but thanks for the
> > compliment. I certainly look forward to seeing your version!
> this will still take some weeks, since I'm now going on holiday and have
> not yet had the time to scan them in. Sorry for the delay.

Take your time. 8)

          Joseph Wu           It's your privilege as an artist to inflict
  origami@planet.datt.co.jp   the pain of creativity on yourself. We can
 Webmaster, the Origami Page  teach you how WE paint, but we can't teach
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                              To Do It. Have the appropriate amount of fun.
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Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 16:23:35 -0300 (ADT)
From: William D Krebs <krebsw@winnie.fit.edu>
Subject: Re: Origami - Bow Tie

Peter Engle's Folding the Universe (Origami from Angelfish to Zen) has a
good dollar bill bow tie.

                                 Will Krebs
                                 krebsw@fit.edu

On Wed, 6 Aug 1997, Nick Robinson wrote:

> Can anyone help this man?
>
>   ------- Forwarded message follows -------
>
> Dear Sir:
>
> I am interested in finding a diagram for a bow tie.  I intend to send out
> formal invitations to a business seminar and would like to fold a U.S. dollar
> bill into a bow tie and attach it to the invitation.  Can you please point me
> in the right direction.
>
> I look forward to your speedy response.
>
> Jim Bremer, President
> P.O.S. Solutions
> email POS.SOLUTIONS@USA.NET
>
>
> all the best,
>
> Nick Robinson
>
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