




From: Wayne Fluharty <wflu@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 06:13:25 -0700 (
Subject: Teaching Boy Scouts

I had my first try at teaching origami recently. I am a den leader in
the Buy Scouts (Wolves, 7-9 year olds) and decided to let them try their
hand at origami.

I started off, showing them some of my works, explaining unit origami,
action origami, pureland, etc... Then, I gave them plain white paper and
we all folded a cup. I had brought a bottle of water with me and filled
each child's cup (while they held it over their heads!) to let them see
a useful aspect of origami. Then, I handed out 9" x 9" colored foil
(ooh, aah) and taught them the peace crane. I also demonstrated a water
bomb, jumping frog, and the one-fold stegasaurus. Unfortuanately, I only
had an hour to work with them.

The best part was the fathers. Some of them stay during the meetings
instead of leaving and coming back. They were engrossed in the whole
process and "oohed" and "aahed" as much as the kids did. They helped me
work with the kids so that I didn't have to work individually with each
child. Unfortuanatly, most of them talked about how they could never do
that. "It takes too much patience, and I don't have that!" Even after
seeing the kids fold, the parents still didn't think they had the
patience for it. Oh well....

That was about two weeks ago. The last meeting that we had, the boys
were still talking about origami and several have asked their dads for
books! This thrilled my heart to learn that they had actually taking a
liking to it. It's hard to get these kids excited about anything.

Things I will do different next time:
   1. Have large printed diagrams for the boys to see so they can
      learn more about how origami is "documented" and so they
      have something easier to look at than my fingers and a
      different perspective
   2. Use a much larger piece of paper myself. 9x9 worked fine for
      them, but I needed one twice as big to make it easier for
      them to see
   3. Have some of the internet diagrams (non-copyrighted) printed
      up for them to take with them afterwards
   4. I won't worry about it so much. It really was not as big a
      challenge as what I expected and everyone was more excited
      than what I thought they would be!

Thanks, for listening to my ramblings. I had to tell someone and who
would understand better than you guys...

Flu (Wayne Fluharty)
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From: Robert Allan Schwartz <notbob@TESSELLATION.COM>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 08:48:54 -0400
Subject: Re: assembly help

>One notable exception is the "throwing (Ninja) star) that is made from two
>Sonobe units of different handedness.

Where is this published/diagrammed?

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From: Robert Allan Schwartz <notbob@TESSELLATION.COM>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 08:51:34 -0400
Subject: Re: assembly help

>BTW, from your list of models it sounds as if you're working from a
>sheet I've used at the past few OUSA conventions for my "Sonobe
>Workshops". If not, perhaps you'd like one?

Would you be willing to "publish" that sheet here?

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From: Rick Bissell <rick@TRIDELTA.COM>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 10:49:16 -0400
Subject: Re: Teaching Boy Scouts
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Wayne wrote:
>I had my first try at teaching origami recently. I am a den leader in
>the Buy Scouts (Wolves, 7-9 year olds) and decided to let them try their
>hand at origami.

Thanks for sharing that story with us.  I bet some of those kids (and dads)
will never forget that experience - you should be thrilled about that too!

I often hear the "I'd never have enough patience" remark.  Although I take
it as a compliment, it saddens me to think that a person would avoid trying
something because they think that they don't have the patience.  Patience
comes from an interest and a desire to obtain a result.  I am *not* a
patient person but I have no problem with sitting down for a few hours to
work on a model because the thrill of the accomplishment makes it worthwhile.
Ask the dads and kids if they like to fish, or watch baseball.  You
certainly need patience for those activities!

--Rick Bissell





From: Carlos Alberto Furuti <furuti@AHAND.UNICAMP.BR>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 11:07:36 -0300
Subject: Re: roadrunner

>>From: Elizabeth George <emgeorge@MSN.COM>
>>
>>American Animals in Origami. There's also some cacti in there too... a
...
>>to (try to) take out the roadrunner). The roadrunner is not the cartoon guy,
>>but he looks pretty cute.

Yes, both the bird and coyote in A.A.i.O. are more realistic** than
cartoonish. You could try the roadrunner in Lang's and Weiss's
Origami Zoo (St. Martin). It is even more realistic IMHO, but
paradoxically, may be closer than the cartoon one, since it has
longer legs and neck, and even a crest (absent in Montroll's
model).

Anyway, since the Looney Tunes bird is quite caricatural, with
exaggerated legs and flaring tail, maybe you could get better
results thinking of an ostrich (don't laugh, the male ostrich
has a large plumed tail). Montroll's model in O. for the
Enthusiast could be a good inspiration, since its tail is
greater than in most ostrich models. A couple of reverse folds
could pose the legs Z-flexed as in the cartoon (remember the
classic "slow motion" takes?). Shorten the neck near the head,
using the extra length to make the crest. Don't shorten the
tail. Maybe it should work.

No suggestion for a cartoon coyote yet...

Footnote unrelated to the thread:

**realistic? as an aside, IMHO John's latest books are departing
O.S. and O.S.L. Starting from B.i.O. and M.C.a.C.Z.O. he looks
more prone to "foldable" than "wow-able" models (don't misunderstand
me, we could only applaud him). But such "simplification" has its
costs---for instance, his technique for creating legs in M.C.a.C.Z.O.
and F.A.i.O. is overworked, and leads to thick appendages which must
be pinched (instead of reverse-folded or double-rabbit-eared) in order
to make knees and ankles.





From: Doug Philips <dwp@TRANSARC.COM>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 12:06:34 -0400
Subject: Patience (was: Re: Teaching Boy Scouts)

Rick Bissell wrote:

> I often hear the "I'd never have enough patience" remark.  Although I take
> it as a compliment, it saddens me to think that a person would avoid trying
> something because they think that they don't have the patience.  Patience
> comes from an interest and a desire to obtain a result.  I am *not* a
> patient person but I have no problem with sitting down for a few hours to
> work on a model because the thrill of the accomplishment makes it worthwhile.
> Ask the dads and kids if they like to fish, or watch baseball.  You
> certainly need patience for those activities!

Indeed, though as you note, patience requires interest.  I've come to the
conclusion that when people give the "not enough patience" excuse they are
really saying that they think it is neat, but they aren't interested enough to
want to do it themselves.  It could simply be a polite way of saying "I think
the result is cool, but not worth the time put in to obtain it."  Same could be
said of any craft.  I think that is partly why crafts sell so cheaply.  I think
most people understand how much time it takes to make a quilt, or do a nice
cross-stitch sampler, or carve a large candle, but in the end the final result
is simply not worth that much, in and of itself, so the market pressure drives
the cost down.  There may be a "Oh, I could do that if I really wanted to, its
not that hard, just tedious" kind of devaluation going on as well.  Its
probably a pretty tangled thing in all, but I'm willing to simplify it to a
polite "not really interested" excuse that is a perfect excuse because you
can't really challange it - not all kinds of patience are equal to start with.

-Daddy-o D'gou
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From: Paul & Jan Fodor <origami@ALOHA.NET>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 17:15:52 -1000
Subject: Re: Patience (was: Re: Teaching Boy Scouts)

I know what Daddy-o D'gou means about patience.  I meet lots of people
in my craft booth who praise my patience...I have about a thousand items
in my inventory.  I tell them I learned my patience teaching school for
29 years...paper folding is easy to be patient with.  The funniest
remark came from one lady who asked if I was the one who did all this.
When I said yes, she answered, "Why?!!!".     Aloha, Jan





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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 22:33:30 +0200
Subject: Sv:Video replacement

Roberto Morassi
----------
> PS:
> >please have a look at:
> >  http://www.bornholmershoppen.dk/videorig.html
>
> I've purchased the video, and it's really GREAT ! Some "tracking"
problems
> in the copy, though.

Just send the copy with the "tracking" problem to

VIDEO BORNHOLM
Vystebyvej 5
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Then they will send you a copy without errors.

Service with a smile

Greetings Thok 98





From: Edith Kort <ekort@MCLS.ROCHESTER.LIB.NY.US>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 00:39:44 -0400
Subject: Re: Teaching Origami

I agree that having a large model and large piece of paper for yourself
is helpful.  I also have created posters with models for each step of
the item folded (usually using small paper).  Sometimes I don't mount
the steps on posters so people can handle them, but make sure you label
them clearly.  I think this works best with beginners and fairly simple
models.  I don't know if you want to show each step of a 20 or more step
process.

Much of my work is with girls ages 8 - 12 (I run a summer math, science
and computer camp).  I sometimes have the girls work in groups of 4 or
so.  Usually one of the girls in the group learns the model fairly
quickly and can help her team-mates.  This also serves as a good
team-building activity when they go on to other projects.

--
  Edith M. Kort
  Director, Math, Science and Computer Camp
  University of Rochester, Warner School
  Rochester NY





From: Jim Cauble <jimc@SESSIONWARE.COM>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 00:43:35 -0700
Subject: Re: Foil or Paper

I know this is a little late, but...
        >I wonder if someone who is not so much a folder as an outside
observer may >be
        >allowed to comment on the present discussion about the merits
of foil as
        >opposed to paper for folding. - and vice versa.

        I think I qualify as more of an outside observer.  I am, as far
as I know, little more than a beginning folder. (skill wise, I started
when I was around 4, and haven't progressed farther than Montroll's
Animal Origami for the Enthusiast.)

                If you are talking about regular foil, like what you
wrap leftovers in, then I believe that paper does work much better.  It
is too easy for unwanted creases to creep in, and for a beginner, I just
wouldn't recommend it. (master the model with paper first, anyway).  I
have found success with pre-backcoated paper, however. (In packets of
origami paper, there is usually one or two sheets of this), which works
nicely for beginning models.  Candy wrappers can also work well, such as
Andes Mints (although the wrappers are small, it is still possible to
make a crane, and other models a little more advanced).  Generally, I
prefer regular kami for all my folding, and candy wrappers (whatever is
available)

        Hope this is what you were looking for! -Mel :)





From: Jim Cauble <jimc@SESSIONWARE.COM>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 00:43:36 -0700
Subject:

  I went to the Cherry Blossom Festival on the 23rd.  There was an
origami display/workshop along with paper dolls, etc.  I have seen
pictures of the very detailed and intricate models, obviously amazing.
At the festival, though, I got to see a couple models in person.  WOW!
There was a whole display case of money folds, which, although I have
heard of, have never previously seen.  Most eye catching, though, was a
model with an all new style (at least to me).  It was a skull.  The top
half (eye sockets, skullcap) was plainly visible on the model.  The nose
and jaws, however, could only be seen by reflection in the mirror the
model was sitting on.  From the right angle, it makes a complete skull.
I can't imagine how long it must take to engineer something like that.

-Mel





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From: Steve Woodmansee <stevew@EMPNET.COM>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 05:43:03 -0700
Subject: Re: The Skull?

On 12:43 AM 5/1/98 -0700, Jim Cauble wrote:
>  I went to the Cherry Blossom Festival on the 23rd... <snip>  Most eye
catching, though, was a
>model with an all new style (at least to me).  It was a skull.  The top
>half (eye sockets, skullcap) was plainly visible on the model.  The nose
>and jaws, however, could only be seen by reflection in the mirror the
>model was sitting on.  From the right angle, it makes a complete skull.

Anybody know more about this?  I'm very interested in finding this model,
it sounds amazing!

Steve Woodmansee
stevew@empnet.com





From: John Sutter <sutterj@EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 06:31:50 -0700
Subject: Re: Teaching Origami

Greetings,
     I've been following the latest thread about teaching origami and
needed to learn it and do it.  After my enthusiast survey and from my
experience as a substitute teacher,
I think I'd have to agree with D'Ogou that it's more a question of interest
and perseverance not patience
or attention span.  Another thing about origami is that children feel
empowered when they master a model,
as my friend Emma Craib describes it on her website called How to fold a
Swan and other stuff.  It's also
the reason I'm such a popular substitute with the kids.  They know me as the
"origami lady" and one of the
teachers calls me the "origami queen".  I don't mind.  Seeing kids take home
a model of and animal, box, or
flower etc. gives me a feeling of satisfaction because I've taught them a
little geometry, culture and at
times a story in the process.  Also they learn to work together and help
each other.  All in all I've made
friends through the years every time I teach origami and it's something I
never get tired of learning.  For
others on the list who teach it or would like to start, I discovered Tips
for Teaching Origami on the OUSA
web page, so you might want to check them out.
Ria Sutter





From: Troy Tate <troy.tate@JUNO.COM>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 09:00:11 -0500
Subject: Re: assembly help

This is some cool info! And your unit book is
WONDERFUL!!!!

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On Wed, 29 Apr 1998 14:24:41 -0400 GURKEWITZ@WCSUB.CTSTATEU.EDU writes:
>The icosahedron is made from equilateral Sonobe units, 10 altogether
>and five of each handedness.
>
>Rona
>

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From: Marc Kirschenbaum <contract@PIPELINE.COM>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 09:23:11 -0400
Subject: Re: The Skull?

At 05:43 AM 5/1/98 -0700, you wrote:
>On 12:43 AM 5/1/98 -0700, Jim Cauble wrote:
>>  I went to the Cherry Blossom Festival on the 23rd... <snip>  Most eye
>catching, though, was a
>>model with an all new style (at least to me).  It was a skull.  The top
>>half (eye sockets, skullcap) was plainly visible on the model.  The nose
>>and jaws, however, could only be seen by reflection in the mirror the
>>model was sitting on.  From the right angle, it makes a complete skull.
>
>Anybody know more about this?  I'm very interested in finding this model,
>it sounds amazing!

This is by Herman Van Goughberghen. It might be taught at the next
OrigamiUSA convention. Marc





From: "Dr. Joel M. Hoffman" <joel@EXC.COM>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 11:05:00 -0400 (
Subject: Teach Yourself Origami

I just got my copy of Teach Yourself Origami.  I don't know how useful
it would be for self-teaching, but as someone who teaches beginning
origami every summer, I'm glad to have the book.  There are also some
really nice models in it, including a cat and camel that look
promising.

Almost all of these models are good for beginners because they don't
depend on lots of fine-tuning at the end, which, I've found, people
tend to find difficult.

And his 5- and 6-sided square bases look very useful.

-Joel
(joel@exc.com)





From: DGS - Kevin Kinney PhD <kkinney@CAROLINAS.ORG>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 11:08:13 -0500
Subject: Re: The Skull-Another question

>>>It was a skull.  The top
>>>half (eye sockets, skullcap) was plainly visible on the model.  The nose
>>>and jaws, however, could only be seen by reflection in the mirror the
>>>model was sitting on.  From the right angle, it makes a complete skull.

>This is by Herman Van Goughberghen. It might be taught at the next
>OrigamiUSA convention. Marc

Now I have another question about this model, which I don't know if anyone
can answer:

A few years back the various "pop-science"/museum stores that are springing
up in U.S. malls had a device called a "mirage."  Basically a pair of
concave mirrors that fit tgbether, with a hole in the upper one.  Because
of the optics of the thingy, if you put a small object into the apparatus,
it created an illusory image of the object floating above the whole
contraption.  Anyone else have one?
        (Interesting paragraph.  I should have tried to work in "doohickey"
and "thingamajig" also.)

So the by now obvious question:  what if we put one of these nifty skulls
into the mirage?  Do we get a floating half skull?  A floating whole skull?
If just the half, is there a way to get the whole image?

Anybody able to test this?  I have the mirage chamber, but not the model
(or diagrams, which I believe are not yet available, true?).  If an
interested party has a model but not the mirage, you could send it to me
and I'll test it.

Kevin Kinney
kkinney@carolinas.org

Kevin Kinney
kkinney@carolinas.org





From: Eric Andersen <ema@NETSPACE.ORG>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 11:27:14 -0400
Subject: Cherry Blossom Festival?

On Fri, 1 May 1998, Jim Cauble wrote:

>   I went to the Cherry Blossom Festival on the 23rd.

Hi Mel, was this the Cherry Blossom Festival in Newport, Rhode Island?
Did you catch any of the names associated with the origami artwork?

-Eric :-P

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From: DORIGAMI <DORIGAMI@AOL.COM>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 11:31:17 -0400 (
Subject: Re: skull

I watched Tony Cheng at the Origami Center making the skull that was
mentioned. It is really a neat model but it didn't look easy.  If you come to
convention maybe Tony will teach it to you.  Dorigami





From: Charles Knuffke <knuffke@SIRIUS.COM>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 11:38:30 -0700
Subject: Re: San Francisco Cherry Blossom Festival

Jim Cauble wrote:

>   I went to the Cherry Blossom Festival on the 23rd.  There was an
> origami display/workshop along with paper dolls, etc.  I have seen
> pictures of the very detailed and intricate models, obviously amazing.
> At the festival, though, I got to see a couple models in person.  WOW!
> There was a whole display case of money folds, which, although I have
> heard of, have never previously seen.  Most eye catching, though, was a
> model with an all new style (at least to me).  It was a skull.  The top
> half (eye sockets, skullcap) was plainly visible on the model.  The nose
> and jaws, however, could only be seen by reflection in the mirror the
> model was sitting on.  From the right angle, it makes a complete skull.
> I can't imagine how long it must take to engineer something like that.
>
> -Mel

Hmm, maybe I should give a report on the San Francisco Cherry Blossom Festival:

This years festival took place during the weekends of 4/18, 19 and 4/25, 26 in
San Francisco's Japantown. As in years past, Vicky Mihara Avery arranged to have
an Origami presentation available in one of the conference rooms in the Radisson
Miyako Hotel.

This years origami presentation was different from those of years past due to a
contingent of folders from the Nippon Origami Association (NOA). 18 ladies and 1
gentleman from Japan had arranged a tour of SF (and Yosemite and San Diego) to
coincide with the first weekend of the festival. They came equipped with their
own wonderful origami models to exhibit  - from simple 1 piece displays to
origami floral scenes where about a hundred separate flowers/plant models are
combined in one picture. Also included were a small herd of Origami reindeer
folded out of tea bag wrappers, and my personal favorite, a complete origami
cheesecake cut into pieces.

The folders from Japan were wonderful and extremely giving. Two tables were set
up in separate locations so that anyone interested could sit down and learn to
fold a simple model from them. Quite a few people took advantage of this
opportunity - all thru the festival I saw people with an Origami cranes,
helmets, and flowers.

Special events arranged for our NOA visitors included a dinner at Sam Wong's
(aka The Best Chinese Food in Japantown) made all the more special by the fact
that Robert Lang was able to attend. Jeremy Shafer also gave them an off the
cuff performance that showcased his juggling abilities. And after the second day
of the festival, I led all the NOA folders thru the construction of Valerie
Vann's "Magic Rose Cube". Trying to teach this model to 19 people who only
understood a little bit of english was challenging, but very fun, and I'm proud
to report that everyone completed the model (although I had to help one women
while running to catch her tour bus to re-orient the pieces). And Susan Schoen,
who helped out at the festival, managed to find a NOA member who's addiction to
all things penguin (models, socks, pins, etc...) rivaled her own.

During the second weekend of the festival, the NOA folks were no longer in town,
but Vicky made up for it by arranging a presentation of  OrigamiUSA's Origami by
Children collection. The collection wowed the visitors that weekend as they
tried to figure out how all these wonderful models could be folded by kids from
7 - 17.

Local folders showing off models during the entire festival included Jeremy
Shafer with his awe inspiring collection of flashers - including an enormous
brightly decorated flasher/hat, Eric Tend's fantastic showcase of Origami Dollar
Bill folds, Linda Mihara's delightful multi-crane models, and Vicky's Origami
clippings of pieces that she's done for various press pieces and advertisements.
Valerie Vann and John Marcolina were also kind enough to send models for display
although they couldn't attend personally.

Eric Tend was the one who brought his rendition of Herman Van Goubergen's Skull
- a reflected origami model. By itself, the skull doesn't look like anything,
but when placed on a mirror, the model combines with the reflection of it's
underside to create the image of a complete Skull. As far as I know, this model
has not been diagrammed - Eric learned it during a class at the Pacific Coast
Origami Conference, but I believe Tony Cheng has also taught the model at a
OrigamiUSA NY Folding Festival.

Vicky also had high hopes of working on Issei Yoshinos (sp?) T-Rex skeleton
during the second weekend, but after trying to do that and teaching visitors
simple origami models, the T-Rex didn't get to far along (2 pieces down, 19 to
go!). Maybe next year???

So there's my Cherry Blossom Festival report. Its my 3rd festival now, and
they've all been a blast.





From: Marc Kirschenbaum <contract@PIPELINE.COM>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 11:40:04 -0400
Subject: Origami sighting

Hi all,

I saw a nice advertisement for Lakewood Paper that featured two origami
giraffes. It looks like the one by Dr. James Sakoda, but there is another
one that looks like it which I always confuse with that one. The
advertisement appeared in a trade journal (Walden's Convention Daily), and
will probably not been seen by the general public. Does anyone know who
consulted for this advertisement? Marc





From: Sheldon Ackerman <ackerman@DORSAI.ORG>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 12:02:35 -0400
Subject: Marc K's Chess Board

Marc K or anyone else :-)
I love that chess board of yours, Marc, that appears in the latest issue of
The Paper. I had no problem completing Montroll's and am enjoying being
frustrated by yours :-)
I started with a 10 inch sheet. I like the torture. I am now up to step 27
where it says flip the square. I have no idea what I am supposed to do. What
makes it more difficult is that the model's appearance does not seem to
change from step 27 to 28 so I have no contrast that can show me what is to
be done. HELP! No idea at all if this step can be explained online. I will
continue staring at the diagram and see if it pops into my head.

As an aside, I am amazed when I see a model like this. It boggles the mind,
atleast my puny mind, how you managed something which seems so intricate.
--
---
Sheldon Ackerman.......http://www.dorsai.org/~ackerman/
ackerman@dorsai.org
sheldon_ackerman@fc1.nycenet.edu





From: "Katherine J. Meyer" <kathy@SILENTWORLD.COM>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 13:11:29 -0500
Subject: Re: chat room

I am interested in a Origami chat room also. Russell (rgs467@aol.com) is
     thinking
of setting one up.
Lets all give him some encouragement!  Say Yes to an Origami Chat Room!

DORIGAMI wrote:

> Would love to participate in a chat room for Origami.  Does anyone know how to
> start one up?  I think it would be great fun to have ongoing discussions.





From: "Katherine J. Meyer" <kathy@SILENTWORLD.COM>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 13:24:35 -0500
Subject: origami sightings

Hope this qualifies.
I find myself singing it now, ever since I started Origami. Anyway it's
a great song.

Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)
Gypsy - music & lyrics by Stevie Nicks

To a room with some lace and paper flowers.
Back to the Gypsy that I was.   To the Gypsy...that I was.





From: Jim Cauble <jimc@SESSIONWARE.COM>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 13:27:43 -0700
Subject: Re: Cherry Blossom Festival?

> Hi Mel, was this the Cherry Blossom Festival in Newport, Rhode Island?
> Did you catch any of the names associated with the origami artwork?
>
        No, it was the one in Japantown, San Francisco.  I looked for
names, and ther were some, but not on all of them.  Most of the most
impressive ones (to me) did not have them.  As I am not a truly
dedicated folder, I did not recognize many of the names, although a few
of the models were designed by John Montroll.

        -Mel





From: "Katherine J. Meyer" <kathy@SILENTWORLD.COM>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 14:15:11 -0500
Subject: way too cool

Hi All

I folded my first streched bird base. Is that neat how the middle of the
paper just snaps down beween the model, or what. This Origami stuff is
just way too cool!!

Please tell me...What is your favorite fold?

Kathy <*))))><





From: "Katherine J. Meyer" <kathy@SILENTWORLD.COM>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 14:26:23 -0500
Subject: Year of the Tiger

Hi All:

I looked at a page several days ago with a tiger model for "The Year of
the Tiger" and there were subsequent pages listing the years and the
coresponding model (animal) for that year.

I wish I would have bookmarked it because now I can't find it. It's a
very nice site.

If anyone knows what I'm talking about please send me the URL

Thanks so very much.

Kathy <*))))><





From: Lisa Hodsdon <Lisa_Hodsdon@HMCO.COM>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 14:31:38 -0400
Subject: Re: The Skull-Another question

Kevin Kinney (kkinney@carolinas.org) wrote:

>So the by now obvious question:  what if we put one of these
>nifty skulls into the mirage?  Do we get a floating half skull?
>A floating whole skull? If just the half, is there a way to get
>the whole image?

I suspect you'll just get the half skull. Here's a test using
available diagrams: In the OUSA 1996 annual collection
(I believe) there is a model called "over and under" that from
above is swans & in the mirror image shows fish (or something
like that---I'm at work & the book is at home & I never actually
folded it). If I recall correctly, it was in the medium difficultly
section of the model menu, so it shouldn't be too difficult to
fold small enough to try out in the mirage.

Lisa
Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com





From: Dennis Walker <d_and_m_walker@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 14:41:43 -0400
Subject: Magic Rose Cube (again!)

Hello all,

        The Magic Rose Cube has now reached Scotland (Thanks Colin!).

        That is a very satisfying model! (Thanks Valerie!) My friends at
work were all very impressed by it.

                                Dennis Walker





From: Marc Kirschenbaum <contract@PIPELINE.COM>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 15:26:35 -0400
Subject: Re: Marc K's Chess Board

At 12:02 PM 5/1/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I started with a 10 inch sheet. I like the torture.

I once folded it from a 10" sheet; I would hate to inflict such torture on
ayone else.

>I am now up to step 27
>where it says flip the square. I have no idea what I am supposed to do. What
>makes it more difficult is that the model's appearance does not seem to
>change from step 27 to 28 so I have no contrast that can show me what is to
>be done.

From memory, that step converts the indicated square from hving a seam run
down the center to having no seam at all. The original corner of the
starting paper gets pulled duwn from behind, while what is the bottom
corner of the square we are working on will be valley folded to the top.

>As an aside, I am amazed when I see a model like this. It boggles the mind,
>atleast my puny mind, how you managed something which seems so intricate.

Thanks! This is one of those many models I can reflect back upon and wonder
how  I was able to do that. I followed John Montroll's advice of first
designing a 4x4 board, then a 6x6, and finally the chessboard (the
odd-squared boards have a very different sort of symmetry). I had the idea
of just producing a quarter of the board from each corner of the square,
and then pleating them into position. You can divide a chessboard into
loads of other types of shapes other than squares (Steven Casey, who also
has an excellent chessboard, has done this). Depending on how you break up
your chessboard, you will have different sorts of preoblems to overcome.
For me, the outer squares were not too difficult to form, but I had to do
some weird stuff to form the inner squares. Good luck for when you get up





From: Ourldypeac <Ourldypeac@AOL.COM>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 15:37:59 -0400 (
Subject: Can you help me?

Hello everyone,
       I am a big fan of John Montroll and I am wondering if anyone has his E-
mail address(if he has one). Thanks!
                                             -Ian





From: "Daniel J. Byrne & Candice Bradley" <djbyrne@POP.ATHENET.NET>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 15:58:20 -0400
Subject: Sighting -- Dr. Dobb's Journal

The cover of the June 1998 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal (topic: "Patterns &
Object Oriented Design") features an origami book open to a page with diagrams
for (what appears to be) a flapping bird.  On top of the book are several folded
objects -- a crane, a box, perhaps a hat, and a couple of other shapes -- all
neatly folded from plain solid paper.

The photo appears again on page 21, next to an article titled "Automating
Design- Pattern Identification."   I skimmed the article (hey, it's my husband's
journal) and didn't find anything about origami in it.  I don't recognize the
book either.

Candice
--
             Candice Bradley and Daniel J. Byrne
                John, Mark and Camille Byrne
                     Appleton, Wisconsin
                 email:  djbyrne@athenet.net
                 candice.bradley@lawrence.edu
             http://www.lawrence.edu/~bradleyc/





From: Jeff Kerwood <jkerwood@USAOR.NET>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 18:40:10 -0400
Subject: Re: chat room

> From: Katherine J. Meyer <kathy@SILENTWORLD.COM>
> To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: chat room
> Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 2:11 PM
>
> I am interested in a Origami chat room also. Russell (rgs467@aol.com) is
thinking
> of setting one up.
> Lets all give him some encouragement!  Say Yes to an Origami Chat Room!
>
> DORIGAMI wrote:
>
> > Would love to participate in a chat room for Origami.  Does anyone know
how to
> > start one up?  I think it would be great fun to have ongoing
discussions.

I would be interested too. I think because of the limited number of
participants it would work best if major discussions could be pre-scheduled
(pre-announced) here and in rec.arts.origami.

Them's my thoughts,
Jeff Kerwood
jkerwood@usaor.net





From: JacAlArt <JacAlArt@AOL.COM>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 18:57:02 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Marc K's Chess Board

Me too! Same confusion! What does "Flip the square" mean? I AM glad to see a
complex model in an OUSA newsletter!

~Alec





From: Sebastian Marius Kirsch <skirsch@T-ONLINE.DE>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 21:06:24 +0200
Subject: Re: The Skull?

On Fri, 1 May 1998, Steve Woodmansee wrote:
> >model with an all new style (at least to me).  It was a skull.  The top
> >half (eye sockets, skullcap) was plainly visible on the model.  The nose
> >and jaws, however, could only be seen by reflection in the mirror the
> >model was sitting on.  From the right angle, it makes a complete skull.
> Anybody know more about this?  I'm very interested in finding this model,
> it sounds amazing!

That's Herman van Goubergen's model for 1997. It is utterly amazing, much
more incredible than anything else I've seen by him. He taught me at the
OD convention at Wuerzburg.

As far as I know, no diagrams for this model exist yet. I have made some
sketches for my own use, but I doubt it very much that anyone else could
decipher them.

Yours, Sebastian                                       skirsch@t-online.de
                        /or/ sebastian_kirsch@kl.maus.de (no mail > 16KB!)





From: RGS467 <RGS467@AOL.COM>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 21:55:03 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Year of the Tiger

Kathy,
    It may be my site you are referring to...check it out...
<A HREF="http://lonestar.utsa.edu/dcamaril/INDEX.HTM">Paper Wonders</A>

Russell





From: Chinh Nguyen <chinhsta@GWIS2.CIRC.GWU.EDU>
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 23:10:08 -0400
Subject: Q on Lang Blue Crab

Does this thing require paper colored on both sides?  I get a two-toned
work...

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

"Life is hard... and life is good."  -- Splinter, _TMNT_
        (Yes, it's a cliche.  Sometimes things are cliches because they're
        *true*!)





From: Dr ibalz <Dribalz@AOL.COM>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 00:27:31 -0400 (
Subject: skull optics

The doohickey described by Kevin Kinney is just 2 concave mirrors mated to
each other.  They both have the same focal length, so when you put an object
at bottom of one mirror you get an imaginary image of that object at the focus
of the other mirror.  So in answer to the question, if you put that half skull
thingamajig in you get a floating half skull image.

Andrew Hans

(see, 4 years of Optometry school finally paid off)





From: eeeteee <tend2it@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 02:15:34 -0700
Subject: Re: Skull
At 05:43 AM 5/1/98 -0700, Marc wrote:
>>On 12:43 AM 5/1/98 -0700, Jim Cauble wrote:
>>  I went to the Cherry Blossom Festival on the 23rd... <snip>  Most
eye
>>catching, though, was a
>>model with an all new style (at least to me).  It was a skull.  The
top
>>half (eye sockets, skullcap) was plainly visible on the model.  The
nose
>>and jaws, however, could only be seen by reflection in the mirror the
>>model was sitting on.  From the right angle, it makes a complete
skull.

>This is by Herman Van Goughberghen. It might be taught at the next
>OrigamiUSA convention. Marc

Hi all,
That model was taught by Herman at PCOC last year and folded by
me ;o).  The Cherry Blossom Festival in SF was held on two consecutive
weekends and featured a fine origami exhibit organized in conjuction
with
Vicky Mihara-Avery and BARF.  This year we were honored by a visit
from 19 members of the Nippon Origami Association for the first weekend.

They brought enough models and beautiful compositions to cover an entire
wall
of the exhibit!  The language of origami was indeed universal ... they
took on
most of the instruction demos and didn't even speak much English.
Robert Lang
even dropped by for a dinner feast to say hi.  Valerie Vann fedexed some
models
for display (including her famous magic rose cubes).  Also exhibiting
were Mark
Morden(wet folds), Linda Mihara (multi-crane arrangement shaped like a
heart
from a single piece of paper), Vicky Mihara(various boxes, animals,
units),
Charles Knuffke(36 piece intersecting triangle unit), Kayo
Kurata(tricerotops
skeleton), Jeremy Shafer(heart attack action model, flashers, misc BARF
classics),
Hoan Bui(micro origami, $ folds),  me($ folds and skull), etc...  On the
2nd weekend,
Vicky somehow got her hands on the Origami By Children NY exhibit to
replace
the NOA wall.  Overall, the event is always a lot of fun and judging
from all of
the foot traffic, the public enjoyed it as well.

--Eric Tend--





From: Perry Bailey <pbailey@MTAYR.HEARTLAND.NET>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 04:05:52 -0500
Subject: new model

I finally got the diagrams finished for the Martian bouncing spider! it is on
     my web page.

Perry

Paper, scissors, stone.....
Origami, Kirigami, bludgeon....
pbailey@mtayr.heartland.net
http://www.afgsoft.com/perry/





From: "Katherine J. Meyer" <kathy@SILENTWORLD.COM>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 12:45:59 -0500
Subject: Re: Thanks Russell

Yes, that's the one! Thanks for the URL Russell.

I had to check what animal I was born under....I'm a Bore....I mean a
Boar.  :)

Now I'm going to check everyone in my family and (if I can) fold a model
for them and include a note card with a brief history and some
characteristics. FUN! FUN! FUN!

Kathy <*))))><

RGS467 wrote:

> Kathy,
>     It may be my site you are referring to...check it out...
> <A HREF="http://lonestar.utsa.edu/dcamaril/INDEX.HTM">Paper Wonders</A>
>
> Russell





From: Jane Rosemarin <jfrmpls@SPACESTAR.NET>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 13:01:57 +0100
Subject: Re: Sv: way too cool

>my favourite model is the hexagonal box by Fujimoto

Dear Thoki,

Is this model published? I could not find it in the OUSA model index.
Thanks.

-Jane, still folding roses





From: "Katherine J. Meyer" <kathy@SILENTWORLD.COM>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 13:30:55 -0500
Subject: party favors

Hi All:

Does anyone know any Origami for a Graduation? That hat thingy or the
robe maybe?  Any other ideas? I appreciate any suggestions.

Kathy <*))))><





From: Ourldypeac <Ourldypeac@AOL.COM>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 14:35:52 -0400 (
Subject: Re: diagrams Mickey & Minnie

Dear Patricia,
   I am the one who wanted the Mickey and Minnie diagrams. My address is:

                                     Ian McRobbie
                                      2300 Avalon Court
                                     Waldorf, MD 20603

Thank you very much!!





From: Gallo P & H <halgall@NETVERK.COM.AR>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 15:25:38 -0300
Subject: diagrams Mickey & Minnie

Hi to all!!!

Please, the person which like the diagrams send me your  personal address,
no the email address.

Thanks.

Patricia Gallo

http://www.netverk.com.ar/~halgall/





From: Gallo P & H <halgall@NETVERK.COM.AR>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 15:26:49 -0300
Subject: Help!!

Hi all !
Apologize to the list, but I can not to send email to Roberto Morassi.

Hi,

At 16:27 19/03/1998 , you wrote:

>Write to Sara Giarrusso (papersar@tin.it), she will be glad to help you on
>any detail you need. We would be glad to meet you, if you can make it !

>Saluti !
>
>Roberto.
>--
Please send me the email of Sara, because this is not correct.

Tante gracie.
Saluti!!!
Patricia Restivo de Gallo





From: Robby/Laura/Lisa <morassi@ZEN.IT>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 15:30:46 +0200
Subject: (Not) Guiseppe Baggi....

Hi all !

In a few recent messages I see once again that Baggi's name is misspelled.
Curiously, this happens most of the times with this particulare name.....
who knows why ??
It is NOT Guiseppe or Guisseppe - it's _Giuseppe_ ! The "Giu" is pronounced
soft like in its English equivalent (Joseph), not hard like in Guiseppe or
Gwen or Goofy....

Just for the sake of truth.

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





From: Paul & Jan Fodor <origami@ALOHA.NET>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 16:47:24 -1000
Subject: publishing

Thanks Thomas & Doug for your contributions to the publishing theme.  My
friend came to show me her creations and they were wonderful.  She has
19 models among which I saw, an orchid, protea, mongoose, gecko, hula
dancer, double hull outrigger canoe, whale with baby attached, monk
seal, all very realistic.  She also worked on color by gluing sheets of
paper together, this too to be explained in her book.  I suggested she
do two volumes so she can get one book out in the near future since only
half of her diagrams are ready.  I think I talked her into sharing her
models one to one to people who might be going to the OUSA convention.
She's not on the internet.  I'm sure she will be a big hit when she's
published.
        I wish I could get her into the hands of one who could help hasten her
publishing.  She started creating within a year of first folding, yet
her models are so neat.  She's a very gifted person who is really worthy
of a mentor so if anyone out there knows someone who can help...please
contact me and I will put you in touch with Jodi Fukumoto.
                Aloha, Jan
--
<http://www.gotomymall.com/hawaii/origami/>
Origami by Jan website...the Fodor folder





From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?THORKILD_S=D8NDERG=C5RD?= <thokiyenn@GET2NET.DK>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 18:17:21 +0200
Subject: Sv: way too cool

Dear Kathy

I like your typed little fish

> Please tell me...What is your favorite fold?
>
> Kathy <*))))><

my favourite model is the hexagonal box by Fujimoto

I admire your enthusiasme over the streched birdbase
how you tried the POPSTAR - its in The Magic of ORIGAMI
by Alice Gray and Kunihiko Kasahara - ISBN 0-87040-390-7

Thoki Yenn

 e-mail: thokiyenn@get2net.dk
 have a look at
 http://www.bornholmershoppen.dk/videorig.html





From: JacAlArt <JacAlArt@AOL.COM>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 19:58:03 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Mickey & Minnie in Web Page

In a message dated 5/2/98 4:45:54 PM, you wrote:

<<I included them in my site>>

HELP! The 1st image for Minne doesn't load!

~Alec





From: Gallo P & H <halgall@NETVERK.COM.AR>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 20:43:10 -0300
Subject: Mickey & Minnie in Web Page

Hi to all,

I have received more than 40 asks for the Mickey & Minnie diagrams, so to
avoid to send long time to download files, I included them in my side. On
that way everybody can see them.
If somebody have any questions about the diagrams, drop me a line.
Thank you for the interest.

Happy Folding!!!

Patricia Restivo de Gallo

http://www.netverk.com.ar/~halgall/





From: Jane Rosemarin <jfrmpls@SPACESTAR.NET>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 21:20:46 +0100
Subject: That hexagonal box

Thoki, Jane (I) and Sebastian wrote:

>> >my favourite model is the hexagonal box by Fujimoto
>> Is this model published? I could not find it in the OUSA model index.
>The model is published in _Complete_Origami_ by Eric Kenneway.

Thanks, Sebastian!

I keep putting my electronic foot in my electronic mouth. (I think Thoki
likes English idioms.) I own Complete Origami, although I had never
noticed the hexagonal box. You are right that the book is still in print
in English: I happened to see it at Barnes & Noble today.

Well, Thoki, it seems you no longer need to send me diagrams, although if
they are very different from the Kenneway version, I imagine they would
be most interesting to see. Thanks for your generosity.

One other note: at Barnes & Noble I also saw Montroll's new book, and it
has all those models he had us try in his class at the OUSA 1997
convention. It was fun to see them in print.

Now I will shut down the computer and make a box.

-Jane

P.S. I just got new e-mail software with a spelling checker. This device
says I should replace Thoki with "thwack."





From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?THORKILD_S=D8NDERG=C5RD?= <thokiyenn@GET2NET.DK>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 21:37:18 +0200
Subject: Sv: Sv: way too cool

Dear Jane

>my favourite model is the hexagonal box by Fujimoto

Is this model published? I could not find it in the OUSA model index.
Thanks.

I can not give you the name of Fujimoto's Book, I only have it in Japanese,

and there is no ISBN No. in it.
It is also published in one Kasahara's books, - I think it is in TOP
ORIGAMI or VIVA ORIGAMI
-I don't have these books - shame om me to lend them out.
But I have with permission from Fujimoto made a diagram of the way I fold
it,
which was published in "der Falter" No. 4 -Dec. 90, and if you will send me
your snail mail address to my e-Mail address, then I will send you a copy
of it.

You will enjoy folding it, it is a master piece, and it gave me the idea of
how to fold my DNA-4 molecule.

Have fun.

Thoki Yenn





From: Sheldon Ackerman <ackerman@DORSAI.ORG>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 22:16:00 -0400
Subject: Re: Marc K's Chess Board

>
> >I am now up to step 27
> >where it says flip the square. I have no idea what I am supposed to do. What
> >makes it more difficult is that the model's appearance does not seem to
> >change from step 27 to 28 so I have no contrast that can show me what is to
> >be done.
>
> >From memory, that step converts the indicated square from hving a seam run
> down the center to having no seam at all. The original corner of the
> starting paper gets pulled duwn from behind, while what is the bottom
> corner of the square we are working on will be valley folded to the top.

Perfect! You should have said that right away :-)
I now even undsterstand how the arrows in the diagram are showing this.
My difficulty was that I was not thinking of the lonly black
square as the square you were referring to. After the squash in 26 you
obtain two little white squares and two little black squares. Here I was
thinking of those 4 as one unit, and trying to figure out how to flip them.

Thanks!

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





From: Sheldon Ackerman <ackerman@DORSAI.ORG>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 22:17:46 -0400
Subject: Re: Marc K's Chess Board

>
> Me too! Same confusion! What does "Flip the square" mean? I AM glad to see a
> complex model in an OUSA newsletter!
>
> ~Alec
>
Hopefully you've seen Marc's response by now and managed that step :-)

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





From: Sy Chen <sychen@EROLS.COM>
Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 22:52:16 -0400
Subject: Re: That hexagonal box

>Thoki, Jane (I) and Sebastian wrote:
>
>>> >my favourite model is the hexagonal box by Fujimoto
>>> Is this model published? I could not find it in the OUSA model index.
>>The model is published in _Complete_Origami_ by Eric Kenneway.
>

You can find it using "six-sided box" in model index search. Fuse's one
piece box book also has diagram and variation. My favorite paper for that
model is 3x7 based bill such as US $ bill. It is so easy to get 7 evenly
distributed division from $ bill.

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





From: Sebastian Marius Kirsch <skirsch@T-ONLINE.DE>
Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 00:45:13 +0200
Subject: Re: Sv: way too cool

On Sat, 2 May 1998, Jane Rosemarin wrote:
> >my favourite model is the hexagonal box by Fujimoto
> Is this model published? I could not find it in the OUSA model index.

The model is published in _Complete_Origami_ by Eric Kenneway. I have a
German translation of this book, but I believe that the English edition is
still in print. The book is more an encyclopedia of paperfolding than a
collection of models; it is sorted alphabetically and contains many short
articles about different aspects of paperfolding.

Yours, Sebastian                                       skirsch@t-online.de
                        /or/ sebastian_kirsch@kl.maus.de (no mail > 16KB!)





From: eeeteee <tend2it@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 02:23:36 -0700
Subject: Re: The Cherry Blossom Festival in SF

Eric Tend Wrote:
>Also exhibiting were Mark Morden(wet folds)

Opps ... I goofed ... This was supposed to be John Marcolina ...
"Dave, my mind is going ... daisey, daisey, ..."

--Eric Tend--





From: "Katherine J. Meyer" <kathy@SILENTWORLD.COM>
Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 06:49:35 -0500
Subject: Congratulations!

Hi Sarah:

Congratulations!!

Mortar-board, that's it, I couldn't think of the name of it. Is that in
"New Origami" by S&M Biddle? My local library has that book, I remember
a storytelling section.

Go for it. That would be so funny to see you in life-size Origami garb.
You will have to scan a picture for us all to see. But what paper would
you use?   :)

Thanks for the party favor idea.

Kathy <*))))><





From: John Sutter <sutterj@EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 07:33:13 -0700
Subject: party favors

Greetings:
     Kathy Mey wanted an idea for graduation favors and I think Yakko San
would be a good model.  Any
other ideas?  I sent a personal e mail but it was returned because of a
typing error so I decided to use
the list to make sure she got the message.  This  model is on pg. 190 in
Complete Origami by Kenneway.
All Kathy needs to add is a tiny diploma and a bead and tiny tassel.
Ria Sutter





From: Jeff Kerwood <jkerwood@USAOR.NET>
Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 09:10:12 -0400
Subject: Re: Mickey & Minnie in Web Page

> Patricia wrote:
>
> I have received more than 40 asks for the Mickey & Minnie diagrams, so to
> avoid to send long time to download files, I included them in my side. On
> that way everybody can see them.
> If somebody have any questions about the diagrams, drop me a line.
> Thank you for the interest.

I love these diagrams but when I print them out they are very fuzzy and
impossible to read (text that is not part of the diagram is fine). I don't
have this problem with other things I print out and am wondering if others
are having the same problem. I wouldn't bother the group with this except
these models are soooo nice.

Thanks, Jeff Kerwood
jkerwood@usaor.net

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Patricia, VERY nice Mickey & Minnie. I also love the Santa diagrams!!!
Thanks for making them available.





From: "Michael J. Naughton" <mjnaught@CROCKER.COM>
Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 09:36:13 -0700
Subject: Re: assembly help (Sonobe sheet)

Robert Allan Schwartz asked:
Would you be willing to "publish" that sheet here?

Unfortunately, it only exists electronically in a somewhat
oddball format (Aldus IntelliDraw, if anyone is familiar with
that), and I haven't had much luck converting it to something
more general. On my "to do" list is to try my hand at
scanning some of my stuff and putting it into the archives,
but (like many things on the list) it hasn't reached the top yet.
Also on my list is to get in step with the 90's and set up a
web page, but right now the actual fastest way of getting one
is to send me a SASE (Michael Naughton, P.O. Box 239,
Lake Pleasant, MA, 01347) and I'll send you one. (NB: if
you'd like the entire handout, make sure the envelope has
55 cents postage for the US and for this one I ask $1 to
cover copying costs (it's eight pages, mostly double-sided).

Mike Naughton
