




Date: Thu, 02 Oct 1997 21:05:30 -0300 (ADT)
From: Michael Montebello <florafauna@classic.msn.com>
Subject: NO RE: Hawaii,Thanks

THANKS!!!
----------
Aimee Miura; Paul & Jan Fodor; Mike and Janet Hamilton
WE Had a super time in Hawaii:):)
Did not get to a lot of shops but was totally delighted with MASAKO'S, I'll
not need any washi ANY time soon, stayed half a day and she is very nice,
thanks:) I found MASAKO'S, with grate directions from Jan- Enjoyed meeting
Paul & Jan and seeing Jan's super jewelry.  I shared models with folks in lots
of places. Sorry:( did not see you Aimee got your number when I got back.
Maybe I'll see you on  another trip- to shop for clothing- my size in Honolulu
is NORMAL!!!:)
Thanks
Susan Dugan, RED hat





Date: Thu, 02 Oct 1997 21:25:35 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jeff Kerwood <jkerwood@usaor.net>
Subject: Re: Summarys

Douglas Zander wrote:
>
> Will you summarize the responses you got to this summarizing topic?   :-)
>
> --
>  Douglas Zander                |
>  dzander@solaria.sol.net       |
>  Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA     |

You bet I will if they contain useful origami info (and the consensus is
that summaries are desired).

BYE :) Jeff Kerwood jkerwood@usaor.net





Date: Thu, 02 Oct 1997 22:56:02 -0300 (ADT)
From: Mr & Mrs Owen <djowen@pcl.net>
Subject: Re: Summarys

Sure.  I already collect topics I think are useful.
Joyce Owen





Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 00:38:58 -0300 (ADT)
From: Paul & Jan Fodor <origami@aloha.net>
Subject: Re: NO RE: Hawaii,Thanks

Michael Montebello wrote:
>
> THANKS!!!
> ----------
> Aimee Miura; Paul & Jan Fodor; Mike and Janet Hamilton
> WE Had a super time in Hawaii:):)
> Did not get to a lot of shops but was totally delighted with MASAKO'S, I'll
> not need any washi ANY time soon, stayed half a day and she is very nice,
> thanks:) I found MASAKO'S, with grate directions from Jan- Enjoyed meeting
> Paul & Jan and seeing Jan's super jewelry.  I shared models with folks in lots
> of places. Sorry:( did not see you Aimee got your number when I got back.
> Maybe I'll see you on  another trip- to shop for clothing- my size in Honolulu
> is NORMAL!!!:)
> Thanks
> Susan Dugan, RED hat

Hi Susan,
        It was really nice meeting you and your parents.  Origami-L has been a
source of delight what with meeting fellow travelers in the origami
realm.  I'm looking for people to share the "change of heart"
with...it'll be a nice surprise.  Come back to Hawaii anytime, hopefully
we'll be around next trip.
               Aloha, Jan
--
<http://www.gotomymall.com/hawaii/origami/>
Origami by Jan website...the Fodor folder





Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 08:05:02 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jeff Kerwood <jkerwood@usaor.net>
Subject: Re: Origami email summaries

Joyce Owen wrote:
>
> I already collect useful email about origami.  I will try to collect the
> next topic I see that's useful.  I'd like to send the first to you.  I
> plan to just stick one under another,etc.  What do you thinlk?  Before I
> say I'll do this I'd like to try just one to see if it is as appealing
> as it sounds.
> Joyce Owen
> mother of the folder
>
> ______________________________________________________
> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

What you offer is very kind and I think most everyone would find it
valuable. What it seems that you are offering (to catch someone elses
thread and summarize it) is above what I was thinking, although still a
wonderful thing to do. My thought was that who ever posts the question
(and presumably retains the info from the replies) would collect, cull
and codify the info into a concise summary.  That being said, sure send
it on. I can't act as final judge for everyones thoughts but I'll be
glad to give you mine.

BYE :)  Jeff Kerwood  jkerwood@usaor.net





Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 13:47:00 -0300 (ADT)
From: Origami <origami@origami.net>
Subject: Re: end of origami-l archive search.

Hi,

I have been really, really busy lately, and had some problems
with postcards.com and InterNIC, so missed about 2 weeks of
archives mid september.

Hopefully Origami.net is functioning well.  I assume (ass-u-me)
that if I don't hear anything, things are going well.

Last report was that Joseph Wu's feedback form was finally
fixed (a very small perl bug) and things were going fine.

I was sent a copy of this (the post quoted below).

If someone wants to tell me what's involved with the archives
and search functions, I'd entertain the thoughts of hosting
them.

Also, please update from postcards@postcards.com to the
Origami@origami.net ID --

It will get sorted more quickly into this reply folder.

-rsp-

At 01:55 PM 10/1/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Alex Bateman wrote:
>>Dear all,
>>         I have ended my origami-l archive and model database searching
>>services. There are a number of reasons for this, which I will not bore
>>you with.  I am very sorry that I have not been able to give more
>>notice.  Alex Barber also runs an alternative search service at
>
>
>Oh no! That's really sad. The search function was one of the most useful
>thing I've ever seen. Thanks for all the good work, Alex!
>Maybe the origami.net can provide this service from now on?
>Or will Alex Barber soon get a complete archive on his site?
>The origami-l archive is such a valuable resource, and I think
>a good search function is the only manageable way to access the archive.
>Let's hope someone has time&energy for this!
>
>Matthias
>
>---------
>Why is it called "the free world" when it is so damned expensive?





Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 13:52:14 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jorma Oksanen <tenu@sci.fi>
Subject: RE: Help with origami exhibit wanted

On 03-Oct-97, MATTHEW SPARKS 05-025 (MSPARKS@pinkertons.com) wrote:

>Jorma,

>Where is
> Hmeenlinna library
>and where should we send models.

Hmeenlinna is located in the southern part of Finland (which still means
pretty north). Santa Claus, btw, lives here in Finland, not at North Pole.

You can send models to

Jorma Oksanen
Hmeentie 6-8 A 4
13200 HMEENLINNA
FINLAND

If your e-mail program shows some crap between 'H' and 'm' then go and
configure it correctly - set character set to 'ISO'-something. Anyway,
what should be there is 'a' with two dots over it, but you can ignore
the dots and use 'a' instead. Finnish mail will get it to me, even if
it *will* arouse some amusement.

I'd like to know the creator of the model and the book where people
can find it, if any. Also remember to tell if you want your model
back. You will be credited as folder, and naturally also as creator,
if that's the case.

I was putting some honny to my tea when I remembered another of my
favorite faery tales - Winnie the Pooh. That should be even easier
than Alice books. But how can I fold a donkey with detachable tail
from one piece of paper? :)

--
Jorma "it's child's play" Oksanen   tenu@sci.fi

They say I'm negative and indifferent, but I refuse to care.





Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 16:48:02 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jorma Oksanen <tenu@sci.fi>
Subject: Balloons (Was: Re: poppers)

On 30-Sep-97, Jeannine Mosely (j9@concentra.com) wrote:

>Now here's a challenge: The balloons with the best loft are spherical
>because this maximizes the ratio of volume to surface area.  This
>ratio is important because the volume determines the amount of
>lighter-than-air gas (assuming we consider hot air to be
>lighter-than-air!) available to provide lift and the surface area is
>directly proportional to the weight of the balloon that needs to be
>lifted.  So, starting with a square piece of paper, the surface area
>is constant.  What shape can you fold that maximizes the volume?

My guess for any practical use is cube. Fold the basic vase from
square divided into thirds horizontally and vertically and you get
cube with volume

     3
(a/3)  where a is original square side.

You can get slightly larger volume if you don't fold exact kite
folds to corner squares, but then the corners won't lock as well
as before.

If this is to be taken theoretically, you can do better. One way
is to use one flap of waterbomb base to lock it to triangular
pyramid, which has bigger volume than cube. It doesn't work as a
balloon, because the load will bend corners and hot air escapes
from sides. The bottom is also too open to hold the hot air.
(Please don't start making jokes about bottoms passing hot air :)

I bet someone can do better than me. Just think about it.

--
Jorma "prrrt" Oksanen   tenu@sci.fi

They say I'm negative and indifferent, but I refuse to care.





Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 16:56:28 -0300 (ADT)
From: Matthias Gutfeldt <Tanjit@bboxbbs.ch>
Subject: Re: end of origami-l archive search.

Daddy-o D'gou wrote:
> Whoa, there is still a search function available via email!

Ye gods! And I thought I knew how that dang listserver works!

Matthias The Eternal Newbie





Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 16:57:33 -0300 (ADT)
From: Matthias Gutfeldt <Tanjit@bboxbbs.ch>
Subject: Re: Summarys

I like Jeff Kerwood's idea of somebody keeping track of what is
going on in here... it would be a true Digest, unlike the one we
get with the "digest" option, which is nothing more than several
messages copied into one large e-mail.
But I'd hate to have to re-read everything I have read already (or
written myself), even if it is compacted. And I suppose not everybody
is interested in every subject, and since summaries on an interesting
topic could become LARGE they might be a a real pain for someone who
pays for e-mail volume, or hates unnecessary traffic.
Wouldn't these digests, or summaries, best be made available in a
different way? This could be something for a Web- or maybe the
FTP-site; or a different mailing list; or whatever works best with
as little work as possible (I'm a lazy slob <g>).

Matthias

P.S.: Standard disclaimer about this being my own opinion
and everybody being entitled to her/his own opinion applies.





Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 17:35:42 -0300 (ADT)
From: casida@ere.umontreal.ca (Casida Mark)
Subject: Re: hot air balloons (was:Re: poppers)

> And if anything goes wrong, a balloon catching
> fire on its voyage is a spectacular sight, esp. at night :-).
> And if you launch in an open area, it's not dangerous at all.
> Unless you do this in summer in California!

Please don't even think about doing this during summer (or any
other season) in California.  Brush fires burn fast and are not fun.
Have fun but have fun safely.

                            ... Mark

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





Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 19:00:34 -0300 (ADT)
From: Carol Martinson <carolm@library.stpaul.lib.mn.us>
Subject: Jewish Origami

        I have been asked to summarize the suggestions I received for
Jewish origami decorations.  Most of the suggestions came from Kenneth
Kawamura and comprise the first part of the list below.  Most of the
suggestions from other people were for Stars of David.  Those suggestions
which were not covered by Kenneth Kawamura comprise the second part of
this note.  The final section is a listing of the models included in
Jewish Origami I, Jewish Origami II, and the three tapes by Dorothy
Kaplan.

I.  Kenneth Kawamura's List

Judaism
    {30, tapes}
    {32, book}
     Ark of the Covenant, The (I think I saw this somewhere, if not, two
        kneeling angels on a box might do)
     Dreidel, (4-sided top used to play children's game at Passover, I
            think)
            (27, of 1989, pg. 126-128, by Sherri Bush}
    Menorah, {27, of 1990, pg. 276-277, by Reuben Copen}
    Scroll (The Torah)
        Arnold Tubis' "Torah Scroll"
        Torah Scroll ($ Bill), {27, of 1988, pg. 201-203, by Paul H.
            Krueger,
            variation of Arnold Tubis' "Torah Scroll"}
    Star of David
        simple one by Lewis Simon from an equilateral triangle (3, pg.
            117)
        Fred Rohm's $ Bill Star-of-David, one triangle over another w/hole
            in center
            {27, of 1989, pg. 183-188, by Fred Rohm}
        Fred Rohm's Star of David</B> {27, of 1990, pg. 257-261, from a
            hexagon, beautiful}
        John Montroll's Star of David from a square w/ hole in center and
            in each point
        Star-of-David $ Bill Ring, triangle over triangle {27, of 1990,
            pg. 90-94, by Kenneth Kawamura}
        Star-of-David $ Bill Ring, based on Fred Rohm's Star-of-David from
            a hexagon
            {unpublished prototype, by Kenneth Kawamura}
        Modular Woven Star-of-David {24, #22, 12/1990, by Lewis Simon}
        Star of David Napkin Fold {24, #22, 12/1990, Beth Glogovcsan}
        six point star {29, by Paul Jackson}
        Stella di David {31}
        Succah ("BTW one of the Jewish holidays that best lends itself to
            Origami is coming up quite soon--Succoth. One of these days,
            er...years...when I have the time I look forward to decorating
            my Succah exclusively with origami models!"
            -- Sheldon Ackerman.......http://www.dorsai.org/~ackerman/
                                                 ackerman@dorsai.org
                                                 sheldon_ackerman@
                                  fc1.nycenet.edu
(In no particular order. Sorry, I can't find all my books and newsletters

3 - The Magic of Origami, Alice Gray and Kunihiko Kasahara, 1977.
24 - West Coast Origami Proceedings, newsletter of the West Coast Origami
        Guild.
27 - convention programs/books of  the annual New York Origami Convention
        put on by the Friends of the Origami Center of America (FOCA),
        which changed its name to Origami USA.
29 - Origami 1-2-3 (title?) by Paul Jackson
    "There is a great six pointed star (described as a Christmas
        decoration) in a Paul Jackson book (whose name I don't exactly
        remember but which is a sort of Origami course), which is a
        pleasure to fold. I once made one for every member of my staff at
        school for Christmas, (about 30), and loved folding it. It has a
        precrease pattern which is rhythmic and flows nicely and then it
        almost folds itself. I also think that it would lend itself to
        larger paper because it has a decent locking mechanism and a
        little depth which gives it a slight three dimensionality. (maybe
        the book is called Origami 1-2-3, but I know that someone else
        will know the correct title." (citation from NIGEL POTTLE, TEACHER
        LIBRARIAN, JAMES FOWLER SENIOR HIGH, npottle@cbe.ab.ca)
30 - "Kim's Crane Supplies is selling my three tapes on Jewish Origami.
        Check them out at their web site.  Dorigami"
31 - <There is a modular origami model of a Star of David in the archive
    of "Centro Diffusione Origami" (home page http://www.essenet.it/cdo/)
    This is the "Stella di David", and the model's page is
    http://lorien.sissa.it/CDO/mese0697.html>
    (citation from Eric Eros, eros@mohawk.engr.sgi.com )
32 - "Florence Temko did a book on Jewish origami (don't have reference at
        moment), Arnold Tubis taught it at convention, would be good
        source." (citation from Joanne Ortman, of CHAOS,
        jortman@enteract.com )

II.  Other suggestions

        Dreidl
               by Meredith Trauner in 1995 OUSA Annual Convention, p. 72.

        Menorah
               Modular one by Sherri Bush in 1989 OUSA Annual Convention

        Stack of Coins by Jeremy Shafer

        Star of David
               9 styles of 6-pointed stars by Florence Ow in 1990 OUSA
                     Annual Convention
               6-piece Harlequin Star by Francis Ow in Biddles' New
                     Origami
               Star of David in 1996 OUSA Annual Convention, p. 285

        Succoh
               some modulars

III. Specialized books and tapes

Temko, Florence.
        Jewish Origami
        Torrance, Ca.: Heian International, 1991
        0-89346-335-3

        Grogger Noisemaker
        Shofar for the New Year (ram horn shape)
        Star of David - from equilateral triangle
        Plague of Frogs        - business card jumping frog
        Matzoh Cover for Passover
        Torah Scroll
        Hanukkah Dreidl (2-dimensional)
        Joseph's Coat of Many Colors (needs patterned paper)

Temko, Florence.
        Jewish Origami 2
        Torrance, Ca.:  Heian Internation, 1992
        0-89346-375-2

        Flag of Israel (requires cutting, rolling, & decorating)
        Purim Basket - simple star basket
        Royal Crown
        Rabbi's Hat
        Sabbath Candles - rolled
        Queen Esther's Jewelry - pleated at a diagonal
               Bracelet, Ring, Earrings
        Shauvot Flowers by Dorothy Kaplan
        Noah's Ark - simple boat with simple house
        Dove of Peace

Videos- unpreviewed

Dorothy Kaplan's Passover Paperfolding Projects: Jewish Origami: Easy and
        Fun-Filled Projects for Children Thru Great-Grandparents, 1988

        Paper Flowers
        Matzoh Trays
        Haggadah Book Marker
        Stars of David
        Slippers
        Envelope for Afikomen
        And Other Projects

Dorothy Kaplan's Chanukah Paperfolding Projects: Jewish Origami: Easy and
        Fun-Filled Projects for Children Thru Great-Grandparents, n.d.

        Paper Dreydle
        Chanukah Menorah
        Chukah Decorations
        A Mobile
        Chanukah Gelt Holder
        Gift Wrapping
        And More

Dorothy kaplan's Rash Hananah, Succoth & Simchat Torah Paperfolding
        Projects: Jewish Origami: Easy and Fun-Filled Projects for
        Children Thru Great-Grandparents.  Instruction Sheets Included,
        1988

        New Year's Cards
        Honey Dish
        Pushka
        Slippers for Yom Kippur
        Decorations for the Succah
        A Lulav
        An Esrog
        Beautiful Flores (this may have been flowers - I can't read my
               notes)
        Sefer Torah

All three videoa are available from Kims Crane.





Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 19:02:53 -0300 (ADT)
From: Mr & Mrs Owen <djowen@pcl.net>
Subject: Re: Summarys

How is it done?





Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 19:04:10 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jeff Kerwood <jkerwood@usaor.net>
Subject: Re: Summarys

Matthias Gutfeldt wrote:
>
> I like Jeff Kerwood's idea of somebody keeping track of what is
> going on in here... it would be a true Digest, unlike the one we
> get with the "digest" option, which is nothing more than several
> messages copied into one large e-mail.
> But I'd hate to have to re-read everything I have read already (or
> written myself), even if it is compacted. And I suppose not everybody
> is interested in every subject, and since summaries on an interesting
> topic could become LARGE they might be a a real pain for someone who
> pays for e-mail volume, or hates unnecessary traffic.
> Wouldn't these digests, or summaries, best be made available in a
> different way? This could be something for a Web- or maybe the
> FTP-site; or a different mailing list; or whatever works best with
> as little work as possible (I'm a lazy slob <g>).
>
> Matthias
>
> P.S.: Standard disclaimer about this being my own opinion
> and everybody being entitled to her/his own opinion applies.

=========

I'm for whatever is easy and works too. But it would have to be
something that people would get into the habit of doing. If they were
posted here people would see them and be used to them - when it was
their turn they'd be more likely to remember to post their summary too.
Maybe put the summary "where ever" and post to Origami-L saying "Summary
of whatever topic posted to xxxx and can be accessed by you with the
following procedures .....". I don't know enough about how this stuff
works to offer a solution. If there is a better answer than posting to
Origami-l someone else will have to think of it and let us know how to
do it.

BYE :) Jeff Kerwood  jkerwood@usaor.net





Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 21:44:52 -0300 (ADT)
From: Mr & Mrs Owen <djowen@pcl.net>
Subject: Re: Jewish Origami

I think I've got all the email about this if it's wanted. (It is not in
order.  I haven't figured out how to automatically delete my deleted email
in my browser so I have 160 deleted messages to delete.)
Joyce Owen





Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 23:12:21 -0300 (ADT)
From: Mike & Janet Hamilton <Mikeinnj@concentric.net>
Subject: Origami Sighting (sort of)

In the October 1997 issue of FamilyFun magazine there is a review of a
book called "The Five Sisters" by Margaret Mahy.  The sisters are five
connected paper dolls.  At the start of the story, only the first doll
has a face.  The others are filled in by humans that they meet along
their adventures, until each has her own unique look.  At the end, the
sisters set off in a paper boat seeking a magical island.  The cover is
pictured in the magazine, and shows a canoe shaped boat made out of
newspaper.

Janet Hamilton

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





Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 02:56:52 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jeff Kerwood <jkerwood@usaor.net>
Subject: Re: Summarys

Mr & Mrs Owen wrote:
>
> How is it done?

===

Well others have had other thoughts about maybe having a better way to
do this. But my idea was just that when someone asks a question and gets
several "meaty" replies they would take the important info from the
several emails and combine them into a "summary email" of the question
they asked. They would then post that email to origami-L.

I am not sure that it is a good idea to pursue this. Personally I think
its a great idea but no one except you has spoken in favor if it (one
other person said it was a good idea but didn't care for my
implementation). So, it won't work unless many people think it is worth
doing and will participate.

Thanks for helpfulness.

BYE :) Jeff Kerwood  jkerwood@usaor.net





Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 03:02:37 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jeff Kerwood <jkerwood@usaor.net>
Subject: (Thanks) Re: Jewish Origami

Carol Martinson wrote:
>
>         I have been asked to summarize the suggestions I received for
> Jewish origami decorations.
>
> ....
>
>         Beautiful Flores (this may have been flowers - I can't read my
>                 notes)
>         Sefer Torah
>
> All three videoa are available from Kims Crane.

============

Thanks Carol, this is GREAT!!!
BYE Jeff Kerwood   jkerwood@usaor.net





Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 08:39:41 -0300 (ADT)
From: RPlsmn@aol.com
Subject: Re: poppers

In a message dated 97-09-30 13:30:07 EDT, you write:

>Start with one full section of newpaper closed along the vertical crease,
>oriented with the long sides vertical, short sides horizontal.
>Book fold and unfold in both directions.
>Fold the corners in so the short edge lies on the vertical bookfold crease.
>Fold the model in half on the horizontal bookfold crease so the two points
>created in the lst step come together.
>Orient the model with the points up, and the straight edge on the bottom, so
>it
>looks like a house.
>Fold the two bottom corners on a crease that extends from the center of the
>bottom edge to the point where the vertical edge meets the angled edge (the
>house
>wall meets the roof).
>Unfold the two crease just make, and make them into reverse folds so the
>corners
>are now inside the model.
>Fold in half vertically.
>
>That's it.  Hold by the top point with the long folded spine facing up.
 Whip
>it
>down quickly.
>
>Janet Hamilton
>
>

Thank you very much for the instructions ...it took a while to recall the use
of verbal instructions, but it reminded me of when I first started folding;
the encrypted hints of encouragement, the perspective checks, the sharing of
a child-like joy of creation:  just what the doctor ordered.  ......rgr ...

                        time is money, only to those who love money





Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 09:38:10 -0300 (ADT)
From: Matthias Gutfeldt <Tanjit@bboxbbs.ch>
Subject: Re: Summarys

Geez, I was being overly complicated and fussy again. You are right,
the best solution is to simply post the summary on origami-l.
If we could agree on a standard subject line, like you suggested
(e.g. SUMMARY: <subject>), it would be easy to see and sort the
summary e-mails.
I'm all for this summary idea, and from now on will try to make
summaries of the threads I'm very interested in.

Matthias

Jeff Kerwood wrote:
> I'm for whatever is easy and works too. But it would have to be
> something that people would get into the habit of doing. If they were
> posted here people would see them and be used to them - when it was
> their turn they'd be more likely to remember to post their summary too.





Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 09:39:28 -0300 (ADT)
From: Matthias Gutfeldt <Tanjit@bboxbbs.ch>
Subject: Re: hot air balloons (was:Re: poppers)

Casida Mark wrote about hot air balloons:
> Please don't even think about doing this during summer (or any
> other season) in California.  Brush fires burn fast and are not fun.
> Have fun but have fun safely.

I realize that the poor Californians don't have the luck to live
in the miserably cold and wet climate we have here in Switzerland,
and which is so perfect for ballooning...
Because of the physics involved, hot air balloons fly best when it's
rather cold outside. Therefore, we usually flew them in winter, when
everything is wet or snowed over; so even when the balloon landed in
a tree (which they usually did if they didn't catch fire first) there
was no risk at all.

Matthias





Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 10:37:24 -0300 (ADT)
From: Wayne Fluharty <wflu@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Summarys

How do you know when a topic is over? Old topics get brought up
constantly and new ones seem to disappear before they even get goin'
good. A summary would have to be updateable as new information came in.
You wouldn't want to keep e-mailin' a summary every time new information
was added...

Wayne "IMHO" Fluharty
wflu@hotmail.com

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Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 10:44:07 -0300 (ADT)
From: Wayne Fluharty <wflu@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Summarys

>I am not sure that it is a good idea to pursue this. Personally I think
>its a great idea but no one except you has spoken in favor if it (one
>other person said it was a good idea but didn't care for my
>implementation). So, it won't work unless many people think it is worth
>doing and will participate.

I think it's a good idea, and like most good ideas that are presented, I
immediately play "devil's advocate" to try to figure out how to make it
work. This is one of those ideas that should probably be done, but there
are so many possibilities for doin' it, and so many ways to, with so
many plusses and minuses to doin' each, that we will probably end up
with lots of different ideas and opinions without everybody bein' able
to agree on one. BUT, whatever we do, the general list receiver will
probably enjoy it (unless we go with e-mail summaries, I don't like that
one :) )

Wayne "IMHO again" Fluharty
wflu@hotmail.com

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Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 10:47:42 -0300 (ADT)
From: Wayne Fluharty <wflu@hotmail.com>
Subject: Origami sighting

The local news (Little Rock, AR USA) did a brief segment ("Travelin'
Arkansas") on a folder in NorthWest Arkansas (Sorry, I was half asleep
and didn't catch his name...)

Wayne Fluharty
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Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 11:06:11 -0300 (ADT)
From: Zachary Brown <zbrown@lynx.dac.neu.edu>
Subject: Re: Summarys

> I'm all for this summary idea, and from now on will try to make
> summaries of the threads I'm very interested in.

Generally on usenet it is the person who originally raises the issue who
is given the choice of posting a summary. Maybe for an email list there
are different factors. But you might find yourself the designated
summerizer of all threads you participate in. One different way to
encourage summaries is to ask the originator of a given thread to post a
summary.  That is how it goes on usenet (at least I've occasionally been
asked to post a summary of some question I asked). One good reason to
leave it to the originator, is that often people reply privately by email,
and those replies can only be included in the summary if the originator
is the one doing the summary.

I'm also all for summaries, when there's interest. Some threads don't
need summaries, such as threads that become long wandering discussions.

Zack

> Matthias





Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 11:49:08 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Michael J. Naughton" <mjnaught@crocker.com>
Subject: FOCA, OUSA, & Lillian Oppenheimer

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RPlsmn wrote:
> Origami USA ... is that wha it's called now. About a decade ago I went to
> "Freinds of Origami" somewhere around Union Square, I had wondered on
> occasion where Lillian Oppenheimer's impetus had led. Museum of Natural
> History you say?

I, too, am one of the lucky ones who had a chance to visit Lillian Oppenheimer
     in
Union Square. I am not an expert on the details, but for those interested, a
     brief
history is this: during the 1950s (or maybe 60s) Lillian Oppenheimer's interest
     in
origami led her to found The Origami Center of America, which was essentially a
collection of models, diagrams, and other materials at her apartment in Union
Square. She corresponded with folders around the world, and many visited her in
New York. For a time there were also regular meetings (weekly?) of more local
folders at her apartment (interestingly, she also put on weekly puppet shows).
She knew many of the giants of paperfolding during that period, and in her
     efforts
to connect people in the origami world I think it is fair to say she
     singlehandedly
formed the origami community which is still expanding today.

At some point she teamed up with Alice Gray, an entomologist (her specialty was
cockroaches?) at the American Museum of Natural History. I once heard Alice
describe Lillian's apartment as containing "boxes and drawers full of origami",
     and
Lillian was looking for someone to help organize it. "Well, organization and
     classification
is what we do at the Museum", Alice remarked, and she set to it. Out of this
collaboration The Friends of the Origami Center of America was born - an
     organization
dedicated to preserving and expanding both the collections and the community
     that
Lillian had begun. Its headquarters remained at the Union Square apartment for a
while, but eventually they moved to Alice's office at the Museum (it was an odd
experience to visit there and find one side full of origami and the other side
     full of
bugs!).

A couple of years ago, the Board of Directors of The Friends of the Origami
     Center of
America decided to change the name to Origami USA. I personally feel that a link
with the past has been lost, the good work continues, and that is the important
     thing.

I hope that fills in some of the blanks - maybe some others on the list who
     know more
than I do can help fill in the details. . . .

Mike Naughton

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Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 13:33:02 -0300 (ADT)
From: Cathy Palmer-Lister <cathypl@generation.net>
Subject: Re: Summarys

I like the idea.  Often, a question is asked that interests me, but the
responses go straight to the party who first posed the question.  This list
is so active,one hesitates to "clutter" it with a pile of responses, many of
which might be duplicates.  Why don't we just leave it up to the "askers" to
decide whether or not to summarize the responses?

                                                        Cathy

At 02:59 AM 1997-10-04 -0300, you wrote:

>
>Well others have had other thoughts about maybe having a better way to
>do this. But my idea was just that when someone asks a question and gets
>several "meaty" replies they would take the important info from the
>several emails and combine them into a "summary email" of the question
>they asked. They would then post that email to origami-L.
>
>I am not sure that it is a good idea to pursue this. Personally I think
>its a great idea but no one except you has spoken in favor if it (one
>other person said it was a good idea but didn't care for my
>implementation). So, it won't work unless many people think it is worth
>doing and will participate.
>
>Thanks for helpfulness.
>
>BYE :) Jeff Kerwood  jkerwood@usaor.net
>

****************************
Cathy Palmer-Lister
Ste. Julie, Quebec
Canada





Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 17:35:31 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jeff Kerwood <jkerwood@usaor.net>
Subject: Re: Summarys

Wayne Fluharty wrote:
>
> How do you know when a topic is over? Old topics get brought up
> constantly and new ones seem to disappear before they even get goin'
> good. A summary would have to be updateable as new information came in.
> You wouldn't want to keep e-mailin' a summary every time new information
> was added...
>
> Wayne "IMHO" Fluharty
> wflu@hotmail.com
>
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That's a very good point. I think a thread is "over" when the topic
poster waits a while and email replies stop being posted. Hopefully
before a person posts a question they will review any "summary" emails
and, if one is found, will either find their answer or will be looking
being said they would just include, then expand or clarify the info from
the original "summary" email into a new and expanded "summary" email. It
would seem proper to cite the poster of all emails being summarized in
any "summary" email in the body of that text (that would include saying
that part of the info in the new "summary" email originated in a prior
"summary" email).

That sure came out wordy but I think I did actually say something.

BYE :) Jeff Kerwood  jkerwood@usaor.net





Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 17:45:56 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jeff Kerwood <jkerwood@usaor.net>
Subject: Re: Summarys

Wayne Fluharty wrote:
>
> >I am not sure that it is a good idea to pursue this. Personally I think
> >its a great idea but no one except you has spoken in favor if it (one
> >other person said it was a good idea but didn't care for my
> >implementation). So, it won't work unless many people think it is worth
> >doing and will participate.
>
> I think it's a good idea, and like most good ideas that are presented, I
> immediately play "devil's advocate" to try to figure out how to make it
> work. This is one of those ideas that should probably be done, but there
> are so many possibilities for doin' it, and so many ways to, with so
> many plusses and minuses to doin' each, that we will probably end up
> with lots of different ideas and opinions without everybody bein' able
> to agree on one. BUT, whatever we do, the general list receiver will
> probably enjoy it (unless we go with e-mail summaries, I don't like that
> one :) )
>
> Wayne "IMHO again" Fluharty
> wflu@hotmail.com
>
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I am VERY open to any ideas you, or anybody has.  Let's hear some
specific proposals for alternative implementations. ;)

BYE :) Jeff Kerwood  jkerwood@usaor.net





Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 17:46:26 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jeff Kerwood <jkerwood@usaor.net>
Subject: Re: Summarys

Zachary Brown wrote:
>
> > I'm all for this summary idea, and from now on will try to make
> > summaries of the threads I'm very interested in.
>
> Generally on usenet it is the person who originally raises the issue who
> is given the choice of posting a summary. Maybe for an email list there
> are different factors. But you might find yourself the designated
> summerizer of all threads you participate in. One different way to
> encourage summaries is to ask the originator of a given thread to post a
> summary.  That is how it goes on usenet (at least I've occasionally been
> asked to post a summary of some question I asked). One good reason to
> leave it to the originator, is that often people reply privately by email,
> and those replies can only be included in the summary if the originator
> is the one doing the summary.
>
> I'm also all for summaries, when there's interest. Some threads don't
> need summaries, such as threads that become long wandering discussions.
>
> Zack
>
> > Matthias

Maybe that's a very fine and easy solution. Is truly proper etiquette to
ask for the summary, I'm not sure?

BYE :)  Jeff Kerwood  jkerwood@usaor.net





Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 17:55:47 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jeff Kerwood <jkerwood@usaor.net>
Subject: Re: Summarys

Putting Cathy Palmer-Lister's and Zachary Brown's together here are what
I think.

Looks like the answer to all this, pending someone's proposal for
another approach, is just this. If you ask a question and you think it
warrants a summary then write one (maybe we can standardize on "(SUMMARY
of:) <topic>" as the SUBJECT for summary emails). Or if you have seen a
thread that interests you but you didn't keep track of it just ask the

Is that good with everybody?

Bye :) Jeff Kerwood  jkerwood@usaor.net





Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 23:26:55 -0300 (ADT)
From: Douglas Zander <dzander@solaria.sol.net>
Subject: Re: Summarys

>
>
> I am not sure that it is a good idea to pursue this. Personally I think
> its a great idea but no one except you has spoken in favor if it (one
> other person said it was a good idea but didn't care for my
> implementation). So, it won't work unless many people think it is worth
> doing and will participate.
>
> Thanks for helpfulness.
>
> BYE :) Jeff Kerwood  jkerwood@usaor.net
>
 Yes, I think this is a good idea.  There are two ways to do this, either
 one person does every summary or each person does his/her own topic that
 they brought up.  The thing is though that with some topics the information
 may become dated (locations of shops or suppliers).

 I think everyone should do their own summary when they bring up a question.

--
 Douglas Zander                |
 dzander@solaria.sol.net       |
 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA     |





Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 01:19:37 -0300 (ADT)
From: Chinh Nguyen <chinhsta@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
Subject: Preserving models

Having gone to a crafts fair today, I was just wondering: how many ppl out
their use envirotech to give their kami/koma models more life?  It doesn't
seem to get discussed very much... we usually talk about wet-folding when
it comes to giving a model life...

2ndly, being a violinist, I'm really interested in doing Lang's various
musician models.  How does one cut out the rectangles to the correct
proportions?  The ratios are somewhat bizarre (1 x 1.414, or something
like that), and it would seem impossible to cut something out exactly.

--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: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 11:07:14 -0300 (ADT)
From: Cathy Palmer-Lister <cathypl@generation.net>
Subject: Re: Preserving models

What do you mean by "envirotech"?

                                        Cathy

At 01:20 AM 1997-10-05 -0300, you wrote:
>Having gone to a crafts fair today, I was just wondering: how many ppl out
>their use envirotech to give their kami/koma models more life?  It doesn't
>seem to get discussed very much... we usually talk about wet-folding when
>it comes to giving a model life...

****************************
Cathy Palmer-Lister
Ste. Julie, Quebec
Canada





Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 14:15:29 -0300 (ADT)
From: Lisa Hodsdon <Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com>
Subject: paper to watch for

 Calling all dragon folders in the States who have a Marshalls nearby:
 you might want to check out their Christmas wrap. I just picked up a
 roll of green foil wrapping paper that is embossed like snakeskin! It's
 30 in. wide, 11 ft long, I paid $3 (US). Most important: the color does
 not flake off when I run my fingernail along a crease that I've bent back
 and forth several times..

 Marshalls seems to carry the same stuff throughout the Northeast,
 so I would be surprised if there weren't some more of this elsewhere
 in the country.

 The Boston store only had one roll, so, no, I can't buy a roll for you.
 Sorry.

 The gory details, in case someone wants to pursue it:

 Marcel Schurman Co.
 A division of Schurman Fine Papers
 Fairfield California
 (Imported from Switzerland)
 Bar code: 7 34524 21682 0

 Lisa
 Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com





Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 15:00:59 -0300 (ADT)
From: Lisa Hodsdon <Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com>
Subject: Re: Summaries

 My first reaction to the suggestion about summarizing long threads
 was "well, I guess that would be nice for someone, but I don't think it
 would do me any good." Typical American "what's in it for me?" response,
 eh? But having thought about it some more, I have this wonderful image:

 Are any of you familiar with alt.folklore.urban (afu)? When they say "read
 the FAQ" (generally with more picturesque language than that), they can
 refer you to a wonderful set of pages that summarize previous knowledge
 and discussion on a legend updated with new information as it becomes
 available.

 I don't think we need to go that far, (and I certainly would not want to
 adopt afu's attitude towards newbies) but wouldn't it be marvelous if
 when someone new joins the group and asks "how do you feel about
 selling other designer's models?" or "any suggestions for adding a stem
 to Kawasaki's rose?" we could point to a web page & say "read the
 summary."

 It's not that I never want to discuss these (or other perennial) topics
 again, but sometimes we work ourselves up into a fury of e-mails, say
 everything we have to say, and then the topic reappears before
 anyone has  anything new to say---leaving the questioner feeling that
 the topic is unimportant.

 If the summaries are only posted to the group, I don't think they will
 live up to their potential value. I don't think *every* summary would
 need to be archived, but many of them could prove to be useful
 references. (David Lister's postings alone could prove to be the
 authoritative book on the history of the art.) Could these have a
 home? (on the web ring perhaps? or the archives?) Personally, I've
 stopped keeping much origami mail because I know I can find it in the
 archives. I probably wouldn't read the summaries *when posted* but
 would look for them when searching the archives for a topic. Some
 of this has been done: (sorry I can't remember names) the hows and
 whys of wet folding, the list of paper & book sources, the summary
 of paper sandwiching (paper, foil, plastic wrap, foil, tissue is great
 for. . . .), and several postings to the group explaining copyright law
 & it's application to origami, but these are not easily accessible to
 anyone who doesn't know they exist. And, while I know I can find them,
 it would take a little searching. It would be nice to avoid the search.

 OK. That's enough to chew on for now.

 Lisa
 Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com





Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 17:03:19 -0300 (ADT)
From: Matthias Gutfeldt <Tanjit@bboxbbs.ch>
Subject: Re: paper to watch for

They didn't happen to know where in Switzerland they got this?
I'd love see this paper :-).

Matthias from Bern, Switzerland

Lisa Hodsdon wrote:
>  The gory details, in case someone wants to pursue it:
>  Marcel Schurman Co.
>  A division of Schurman Fine Papers
>  Fairfield California
>  (Imported from Switzerland)





Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 18:08:12 -0300 (ADT)
From: Rjlang@aol.com
Subject: Re: "Bizarre" rectangles for instrumentalists

> 2ndly, being a violinist, I'm really interested in doing Lang's
> various musician models.  How does one cut out the rectangles to
> the correct proportions?  The ratios are somewhat bizarre (1 x
> 1.414, or something like that), and it would seem impossible to cut
> something out exactly.

The proportion 1:1.414 is that of European letter paper (A4). The others are
not so friendly. Here's how  to cut a rectangle when the proportion is given
as "1 : X". You need a ruler and optionally, a calculator.

1. Decide on the length of the short side of your rectangle (e.g., 20 cm).

2. Multiply that by the "bizarre" number (20 cm x 1.414 = 28.28 cm) to get
the long side.

3. Cut your rectangle (20 cm x 28.28 cm).

Alternatively, if you're trying to fit the rectangle into a given sheet of
paper, do the following:

1. Pick the long side of your rectangle as the length of the sheet (e.g., 20
cm).

2. Divide the length of the long side by the "bizarre" number to get the
short side (20 cm / 1.414 = 14.14 cm).

3. Cut your rectangle (20 cm x 14.14 cm).

But if you really want to fold an entire orchestra, you probably want all the
people to come out the same size. Here's a set of rectangle dimensions for
all of Lang's instrumentalists that will make the people come out the same
size when you're done and which are a convenient size for folding.

(Complete Book of Origami)

Violinist - 20 x 14.14 cm
Bassist - 20 x 24.14 cm
Pianist - 20 x 77.48 cm

(Origami in Action)

Guitarist - 20 x 20 cm
Bassist - 28.28 x 28.28 cm

You can scale these up or down by multiplying each number by the same scaling
factor.

Good luck,

Robert





Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 18:14:21 -0300 (ADT)
From: DLister891@aol.com
Subject: Re: Summarys - Summaries - Sumriz?

I shouild love to have expertly compiled summaries for every subject,
carefully edited and presented in an attractive and easily digestible way.
The trouble is that someone has to do the summarising and willing horses
among a group of volunteers, especially such a nebulous one as the
subscribers to Origami-L are not to be found in every corner of the Internet.

My own solution is a drastic one and I save all Origami-L postings on a  zip
disc. The particular one I have is Syquest, but any will do. Topics are
usually discussed over limited periods, so it isn't difficult to find what I
want. I always intend to go through what I have saved to delete trivial and
useless postings, but I never get round to it.

I have to confess, too, that I print a lot of hard copies, especially on
subjects that really interest me. I may be criticised for not relying on the
computer alone to preserve my archives, but despite what everyone says, I do
not find information contained in a computer so easy or so convenient to
access as that printed on paper. I can, too, file copies in the various files
of information (gained from a wide variety of sources) that I build up on
 many facets of the folding art and science.

One thing that would help identification of postings would be a more
intelligent use of headings. I can quite see the value of standardising the
heading for a discussion that keeps to the subject, but too often, we tend to
drift and after a bit of drifting, the heading sometimes bears not the
slightest resemblance to the heading. If you go off at a tangent, please
concoct an new and suitable heading. Or use the "Formerly" convetion. (e.g.
Bats, formerly Belfries.)

Can I say that I immensely value Origami-L for the vast amount of information
about every aspect of paperfolding that I have gained from it during the Year
and a half or so that I have been a subscriber?

David Lister,

Grimsby, England.
DLister891@AOL.com





Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 18:17:49 -0300 (ADT)
From: DLister891@aol.com
Subject: Re: FOCA, OUSA, & Lillian Oppenheimer

Origami-L    re:FOCA, OUSA and Lillian Oppenheimer.  5th, October, 1997.

In his reply to RPismn's posting about The Friends and Origami USA, Michael
Naughton gives a brief outline of the way The Origami Center, the Friends of
the Origami Center and Origami USA evolved. He is very fortunate in having
been able to visit Lillian Oppenheirmer in Union Square.

May I express the hope that Mike will write an account of his recollections
of the Origami Center? The more people that can be persuaded to do this (and
the accounts do not have to be literary masterpeiceces), the better future
generations will understand how things began and will be able to get to know
something of Lillian herself. I had the pleasure of a long correspondence
with Lillian and of meeting her on several occasions, but I was never able to
visit her at either Union Square or her subsequent addresses and I for one,
have to rely on what others have written about what always seems to focus my
imagination as a magical Aladdin's cave.

Michael's very brief summary of what the Origami Center was is pretty correct
as far as it goes, but I think it was much more than just the collection of
models, diagrams and other materials which he suggests, even if they formed
part of it. The Origami Center _was_ Lillian, and for a few years she became
the focus for Origami in North America, Europe and beyond. Lillian loved
people and she gathered them round her like an amiable queen bee. Someone
said that her motivation was that she loved to collect people.

Alice Gray came later and it was only gradually that her office at the Musum
of Natural History became a focus for paperfolding. However, the flaw in the
whole system was that it was just Lillian and a group of people round her.
There was no formal organisation and no structured society. An informal group
of "Associates" began to gather round Lillian, growing out of the "Origami
Mondays" which she regularly held.

One of these Associates was Michael Shall and it was he who was the driving
force behind the formation of the Friends of the Origami Center out of the
Associates. He talked Lillian (initially against her will) into agreeing that
a formal society should be set up in parallel with the Origami Center. As it
gathered strength, this organisation would be able to take over some of the
functions of the Origami Center, such as th organisation of Conventions.
Michael also persuaded Alice to agree to his proposals and together they
called a meeting to form the Friends. The new name seemed to exp[ress what
they intended better than the word "Associates". After the formation off the
frieds, the Origami Center continued to exist and for the time being retained
its functions under lillian's leadership.Much continued to be done from
Lillian's own home. Gradually this became less and less as functions were
gradually transferred to the new body.The gravity passed to Alice's office
and the organisation was taken up by Michael and Alice.

But this is, of course only the barest outline of the story. At the end of
his posting, Michael Naughton writes: "I hope that fulls in some of the
blanks - maybe some others on the list who know more than I do can hel fill
in the deatails".

I feel this is a challenge, because I have written at length about the the
Origami Center in a series of papers which I rather obliquely called "The
Origins of the Origami Center". They were written for successive issues of
the late lamented amateur press alliance (or collaborative private magazine)
FOLD of which Michael naughton was a member. There are ten articles in all,
which, despite the rather inadequate title, cover the history oF Western
paperfolding from the middle of the 19th Century, the long period leading up
to the formation of the Origami Center by Lillian, the actual fomation of the
Origami Center and then the formation of the Friends. I suppose they amount
to a book in length and it would be impossible to summarise everything for
Origami-L. Lillian read the articles as they were written and she told me
that she enjoyed of them.

The problem is to get the articles published. No commercial publisher would
look at such a project and it has been suggested that it might be done by the
BOS. However, everything needs considerable revision and it would also be
better if the work could be illustrated with photographs and diagrams.
Selecting illustrations would itself be a major task. I am conscious of the
fact that many of my friends, some of them subscribers to Origami-L ahave
been urging me for some time to get on with it.

Earlier this year, I wrote a shorter summary covering the ground of a talk I
gave at the OUSA Convention at New York and this is in the hands of OUSA. But
I don't know what they propose to do with it. This only covers the period of
the formation of the Origami Center itself, and does not include the
Friends.However, when eventually it is published, it will go some way to
answering RPismn's questions. Incidentally, can you let us know who you are,
RPismn?

I'm sorry not to be more helpful.

David Lister,

Grimsby, England.
DLister891@AOL.com





Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 18:24:15 -0300 (ADT)
From: Jeff Kerwood <jkerwood@usaor.net>
Subject: Re: Preserving models

Chinh Nguyen wrote:
> How does one cut out the rectangles to the correct
> proportions?  The ratios are somewhat bizarre (1 x 1.414, or something
> like that), and it would seem impossible to cut something out exactly.

Well, 1 x 1.414 sounds bizarre but this ratio is just what the
bookmakers and other print people ordered. It just so happens that paper
of this proportion can be evenly quartered multiple times and the pages
will always have the same proportions (experts please correct me if I
don't have this exactly right). Paper of this proportion is often
referred to as "A-sized" paper. There has been a major thread lately
about A and B and C (etc) sized papers but I lost track of the details
(hint to originator of that thread: I'd sure love to see a summary of
that thread).
on this subject mentioned an online place to find this info but I don't
recall where it was. This info can also be found in book "The New
Origami" by Steve and Meguim Biddle (ISBN 0-312-08037-9). There are
several ways to do this but here is one way to do it starting from a
square.

1. Lay the square down with a flat side at the top
2. Valley fold a diagonal by taking the upper right corner to the lower
left
3. Unfold
4. Valley fold by putting the left edge of the paper along the diagonal
created in step 2
5. Make a vertical valley fold by pulling the right edge over as far as
it will go (until the crease you are making touches the lower right
corner of the paper, which is now lying on the diagonal created in step
2)
6. Cut along the fold made in step 5
7. You are done

Bye :) Jeff Kerwood   jkerwood@usaor.net
