




From: Mookie Itoh <mookie_itoh@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 22:04:05 -0700 (
Subject: Re:Origami Tanteidan 4th Convention Book
From:    Mookie

>
> On Aug 1 Mr. David Lister wrote:
>>
>>My 4th copy of the fourth Origami Tanteidan Convention Book, for 1998
arrived this morning and I felt that I must write and tell everyone
about it.
>For those of you dedicated to complex folding it is an absolute MUST.
But >for anyone who has any interest in Origami, it is sheer fascination
and there is a wide variety of models, some of which should not be
beyond the scope of intermediate folders.
> (part of Mr. Lister's posting)
>>
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 Hello everyone .
I was one of the 150 participants at the two day convention on July 25th
and 26th held at the Toyo University in Tokyo.  I'd like to write about
the show.  As English being my second language, please bear with my
limited vocabulary.

 On Origami Tanteidan:
For those who are not familiar with the group, Origami Tanteidan is a
well-known origami group in Japan(at least among origami fans) of mostly
creators, and advanced folders. Tanteidan literally means detectives or
researchers which I think well describes how enthusiastic the members
are.
The group members include T Fuse, T Hojo,  K Kasahara, T Kawasaki,
J Maekawa, S Nishikawa, M Yamaguchi,  and other well-known creators.
Here's their address which provides articles written in English:
Origami Tanteidan : http://www.ask.or.jp/~origami/t

You can also find some of their models at the Origami House
where the Origami Tanteidan holds regular meetings.
Origami House: http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~origamih/eindex.html

  The 4th Origami Tanteidan Convention:
The convention is held every year and it is available for members and
non-members like myself. This year, they invited Mr. Jeremy Shafer of
B.A.R.F. as the special guest. Most of the 150 (or more?) attendants
were origami creators, teachers, group leaders and keen enthusiasts. I
think there were hardly any beginners like myself.  (yikes!) Therefore,
obviously the classes were for intermediate and advanced folders.

Saturday, July 25th (first day of the convention) :

1.  Registration(in the morning):
This was one of the hottest and muggiest days of the month.
If you ever plan to visit Japan from other parts of the world between
June to August, I recommend you not to.  If you must, remember it is
VERY HUMID. Anyway, registration for the classes started at 10A.M.  Due
to the delay of my train, I arrived at 10:15. Participants were required
to reserve their attendance in advance, but somehow my name was not on
the reception list.But they let me in anyway (phew). In front of the
reception desk were some great models which were to be taught later (the
diagrams are in the convention book) entered the university's auditorium
and recognized many faces that I had seen in books and on TV.  I
original pin, an original pen, and 7 sets of origami.  Although I knew
it was included in the 4,500 yen I paid (about 35 US$) I was happy to
find a set of 35cm square origami.  A group member was yelling, "Buy the
convention book now ! If you don't buy it, you won't be able to fold the
models !". I saw Mr. Jeremy Shafer folding "The Glancer"and found a seat
behind him so I could peek on him working. Someone called out my number.
Tomoko Fuse's class was unfortunately already full .

2. Seminars (from12:30 to 2 P.M)

Jeremy Shafer's performance:   The convention started with Jeremy
Shafer's show which I thought was the most entertaining event this
day.All attendants were delighted to see his "Flasher", "Flasher Hat",
"Gremlin","T-Rex","Heart Attack", "Moon","Nail Clipper" (please excuse
me if the names are not correct) and other models.  With the help of an
interpreter,he explained about each work and he even amused us by
juggling for us.BTW after the first day ended, I saw him riding his
monocycle on a street and disappearing into the night of Tokyo. After I
saw him, It started to rain very heavily, I hope he was alright.
Here's where you can see some of his great work:
http://www.krmusic.com/barf

Seminar by Professor Kunio Suzuki of Toyo University titled "Origami
folded by insects": He talked about how an insect called "otoshibumi"and
"itarihamachokkiri" ( sorry, I couldn't find these English words in my
dictionary) that habitate in mountains were naturally born folders.  He
showed us several slides of insects folding leaves in order to make a
"cradle"  or hanging nest
for its eggs. It was interesting to find out about one particular insect
capable of repeating mountain fold and valley fold thus making a
fan-like model. One particular insect even made small cuts on the leaf
as a preparation of creating the nest.
These cuts make the leaf flexible (like chiyogami?) that is to say,
softer for the eggs to be laid in.  Professor Suzuki also noted that
insects never make mistakes and they never have to"practice" because the
act of folding is in their genes. (YIKES!  I want to be an
itarihamachokkiri !)

Speech by Ms. Tomoko Fuse:
She showed us pictures of an origami exhibition recently held in Paris
(sorry,I didn't get the name of the show) and talked a little about the
differences of models designed by Japanese and by foreign creators and
the differences of domestic and international origami shows.

3.  Origami classes(from 2:10 to 5 P.M.)

The great thing about the classes was that most models were taught by
the creator him/herself.  The classes held on Saturday included a
pentagon box taught by Tomoko Fuse, a Buddhist figure. by Takashi Hojo,
a pyramid by Jun Maekawa and Pegasus by Seiji Nishikawa and a seminar by
T. Kawasaki titled "Origami and geometry".
I wasn't able to attend the next day, but here are some classes written
on Sunday's program:  "Flasher hat"by J Shafer, "A witch flying on a
broom" by N Miyajima, "The Alien, Glay" by S Sasada, "Snow flake" by
Professor Suzuki, "Reindeer" by T Kamiya, "Signal and rail" by I
Kinoshita and many more.
On the program sheet were stars(from one star to four stars) showing the
level of each class. BTW the class teaching a Kawasaki Rose had two
stars, a Fuse box, two and J Shafer's Flasher Hat, four.
Here's where you can see some of the pictures of the models taught at
the convention and printed in the convention book:
Makoto Anzai's origami page: http://www.cnet_sb.ne.jp/anzai/con4.html
There are 36 pictures of the convention. The description is in
English.Number 18 to 36 show the photographs of the models. T. Fuse's
picture is number 3, J Shafer is in photos nos. 6, 7 and 8.

On Sunday,the second day of convention(which unfortunately I couldn't
attend):
Registration for classes started at 9:30 in the morning. I read in the
group's site that there was a long ling or participants already. Classes
were offered from10 to3:30 with a one hour lunch break where many people
ate "bento", lunch in a box. The closing ceremony included a charity
auction (of origami models, perhaps?).  And the whole fair ended with a
party at a restaurant.
Makoto Anzai's pictures show the people having a good time.

It took some time for me to write this message. I just wanted to say
that although the classes were quite, no, I won't lie, VERY hard for me
and there were some moments when I thought they could use more staff, I
had a great time.  I wish they had more time for each of the 50 minute
class and I felt a little disappointed not being given a copy of the
diagram in one particular class, so most attendants were confused and
time left us with an unfinished model  and a sense of dissatisfaction
but it has given me a goal to improve my origami skills, therefore I
intend to participate in next year's
convention again.
For origami enthusiasts who plan to visit Tokyo around this
time of year I recommend you to bring many handkerchieves.

( ' ' ; )  (That's you sweating. I emphasize that it can get pretty
  muggy.)
Also, seminars and classes were all spoken in Japanese so perhaps you
can ask Origami Tanteidan for in advance for an interpreter. I think
some of the members are bilingual or multilingual. They also provide
accommodation information at a reasonable inn nearby.

I would also like to thank the people who gave me great suggestions on
my last posting "Drug store origami ?".  I will let you know what
happens at my aunt's pharmacy. Please note that my address has changed.

Thank you for reading and best wishes to you from Japan.

Mookie
Mookie_Itoh@hotmail.com  (new address)

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From: Valerie Vann <valerie_vann@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 23:11:19 -0400
Subject: Origami by Children Exhibit

I've just received the annual announcement/invitation
(all OUSA members get it) of "Origami by Children",
a non-competitive traveling exhibit by folders under
18 that OUSA puts together every year.

I'm curious: the entry form asks the "SEX" of the
applicant. What is the relevance of the entrant's
gender to an exhibit of origami?

Valerie Vann





From: Marc Kirschenbaum <marckrsh@PIPELINE.COM>
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 00:48:12 -0400
Subject: Re: Origami evolution , a bit long.

At 08:17 PM 8/4/98 +0100, John Smith <jon.pure@PASTON.CO.UK> wrote:

>I want to divide up the evolution of Origami into four categories.
>Classical
>Neo classical
>Modern
>Hyper-Modern.

I know how difficult it can be to categorize things, and despite all of
that, I think your discourse helped clarify how origami has evolved
throughout the years. Still, I fell compelled to nit pick at some aspects
of what you had said. For starters, i have always hated categories that
employ the word"modern" in them.  It does not take too long for anything
deemed modern to be suddenly regarded as "classic" (to employ another
misused term).

In a broader sence, I have to say that I always thought of origami as going
through much more gemneral periods of evolution. Sorry, I do not have fancy
names for my periods, but I guess the first one started right after the
advent of paper when origami was strictly a ceremonial craft. It was
limited by the means to teach a fold to a fellow person. Diagrams were
non-existant (let alone standardized), so the notion of memorizing 200+
step models would have been laughed at.

Credit must certainly be given to Yoshizawa (an the others who followed) to
help standardize the dissemination of models, and more importantly, to
treat origami like an art form. From what little I know, I am sure
Yoshizawa would have regarded even his earliest works as being art.

The next period I think we are still going through, which is the
cultivation of technique. Once origami has been accepted as an art, and we
know have a means of recording and sharing our ideas, we must now work on
ways to expand our ideas. All established art forms have standard ways of
evoking certain things, and origami is still very immature in this respect.
One we can get to the point where we can teach with the equivalent
comprehensiveness of lets say a music theory class, then I can say we have
arrived. In the last fifty years or so, different artists have explored new
ideas and techniqes, but a significant chunk of that (in my opinioin) was
for the exploration of techniques (in the context that this is for asthetic
expression. Ideas explored include box-pleating, iso-area folding,
sculpting techniques, single-fold expression, and the list goes on and on.
I never really thought of each of these things as periods, but rather just
a s one big tecnical revolution. A really important occurance was when
algorythims began to be developed for many of these ideas (some of which
were so well formed, computer programs have been written to execute them -
thanks Robert Lang). Still this great leap in origami technology is only
available to those whoi have acces to the Mac, so....

Seriosly, I guess in a generation or so, we will have gotten this whole
technical revolution out of our system, and we will concentrate on making
art representive of our times. Once this occurs, i think the developments
and spririt of origami will run parralel to all of the other forms of art
out there.

Marc





From: Robby/Laura/Lisa <morassi@ZEN.IT>
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 00:51:39 +0200
Subject: Re: [NO] All in One -- Backcoating?

Tommy,
At 01.42 5/8/1998 -0500, you wrote:

>As far as spray adhesives are concerned they can be pretty dangerous. I
>have a can of Elmer's Acid Free Craft Bond and the side label on it
>reads like a horror story. Maybe there are safer spray adhesives but
>mine contains acetone, n-heptane, and dimethyl ether.

Well, I'm a chemist and have used acetone, heptane, dimethyl ether and
several more "horror" solvents for over 35 years, with no apparent harm....
None of these is really "so" dangerous, provided you use the spray under a
well ventilated fume hood, or simply in the open air !

>Be careful out there.

Right. But, be also careful not to believe that anything containing
"chemicals" would hopelessly kill you.... :-)

Roberto





From: DLister891@AOL.COM
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 04:52:53 -0400 (
Subject: Origami Evolution: a Postscript.

After my long and, I am sure, tedious posting on this subject yesterday, I
wonder if I may be permitted to add a further point which came to me (as
points always do)  immediately after I had pressed the "Send" Button?

In his posting, John Smith treated the subject from a historical point of view
and tried to identify "Classic Origami" as the folding of a particluar period,
namely the  period before Yoshizawa revolutionised folding.

But there is another kind of use for the expression "Classic Origami". It is
used as a term for what might be otherwise called "ordinary" or "normal" or
"mainstream" Origami; in other words, it means what everyone immediately
thinks of when they hear the word "Origami". It probably covers ninety per
cent of all folding  and is Origami without any frills: common or garden
origami.

Classic Origami falls quite close to the centre of John Smith's Origami
Profiles. It usually starts with a square piece of paper, which may be
coloured. The angles of Classic origami are mainly 45 degrees of 22 1/2
degrees. It may include cutting, but not too much of it. It may be two-
dimensional or three-dimensional. It freely employs reverse folds, sinks,
crimps, rabbit ears, squash folds and petal folds. Limited damp folding may be
acceptable. Simple forms of box-pleating are probably included. Its usual
subjects are animal, birds, plants and simple everyday objects.

It is really easier to say what "Classic Folding " is not than what it is. It
does not include modular folding, or extensive cutting of the paper before or
after folding. It may include rectangular or triangular paper but only in
limitation. It does not include paper strip folding or pop-ups. It does not
include the more advanced kinds of paper scultpture, such as that of Eric
Joisel. Origami Tessellations are outside its scope. More advanced forms of
box-pleating, such as Mooser's train, Hulmes's double-decker bus, Brill's
matchbox and certainly Lang's cuckoo clocks are likely to be considered to
produce results that are outside the field of mainstream origami. It does not
include paper pleating.

All this does not mean that all these deciations are not Origami. It merely
means that they are not likely to be considered form part of "Classic" or
"Mainstream" Origami.

Of course, all this is subjective and different individuals will react
differently and have different ideas of what "Classic" or "Mainstream" Origami
comprises. But this is exactly the point that John Smith's concept of "Origami
Profiles" was intended to demonstrate.

I often advise people to keep their feet on the ground even if their heads are
in the clouds. Keep your feet on the ground and you should have no difficulty
in recognising what Classic Origami, in this use of the term, may mean. In
fact,I suggest that this use of the term "Classic Origami" may have been at
the back of Paul Jackson's original request for a defnition.

Origami has expanded in many different directions and it is useful to keep
tabs on what was meant by "Origami" in the early days of the Origami Center.
Hence the use of a term like "Classic" Origami. But the term "Classic Origami"
can have other meanings as discussed in the previous postings on this subject.

I have now read Marc Kirschenbaum's contibution. I think he makes some very
telling points and throws another light on the discussion. Thank you Marc.

David Lister.

Grimsby, England.

DLister891@AOL.com





From: Steve Woodmansee <stevew@EMPNET.COM>
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 06:26:57 -0700
Subject: Re: Origami by Children Exhibit

Dorothy Engleman wrote:

"[quoted from Valerie Vann] I'm curious: the entry form asks the "SEX" of
the applicant. What is the relevance of the entrant's gender to an exhibit
of origami?[end Vann quote]"
>
>Yes, what indeed is the relevance of the "SEX" of the applicant?
>
>Unless it was a typo and OUSA is trying to weed out pornigami by
>requesting that applicants list any "SEX" depicted by their models.
>
Yuk yuk yuk!

My first thought was that it was so OUSA could list some demographics
later, like 'x' number of participants were boys under the age of 18 while
last year we only had 'y' number of participants in that bracket.  Maybe?

"Peace In Creases"

Steve Woodmansee
stevew@empnet.com





From: "Katherine J. Meyer" <kathy@SILENTWORLD.COM>
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 08:27:59 -0500
Subject: Help, Crawford Ship
Hi all:

I'm still working on that "Ship In Bottle" for my boyfriends brother,
the SIB builder.

I just received my copy of "Origami Step by Step" by Robert Harbin. I
love Patricia Crawford's "Full-rigged Ship" (thanks for the tip)

I'm stuck on the front sail (Jib, I believe) and I would truely
appreciate it if someone could help me. If anyone could please help me
with some more detailed information on how to get from step 15 to 16, I
do not understand how it reversed the color?

Thanks,
Kathy <*))))><





From: Gareth Morfill <gmorfill@REDBRICK.COM>
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 08:52:35 -0400
Subject: Re: Origami by Children Exhibit

Maybe they have a prize for girls and a prize for boys?
Maybe they made a mistake and reused an non-pc old form?
Maybe we are reading too much into nothing?
Just $.02 - ;)
Gareth

At 09:47 PM 8/5/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Valerie Vann wrote:
>
>"I've just received the annual announcement/invitation (all OUSA members
>get it) of "Origami by Children", a non-competitive traveling exhibit by
>folders under 18 that OUSA puts together every year.
>
>I'm curious: the entry form asks the "SEX" of the applicant. What is the
>relevance of the entrant's gender to an exhibit of origami?"
>
>Yes, what indeed is the relevance of the "SEX" of the applicant?
>
>Unless it was a typo and OUSA is trying to weed out pornigami by
>requesting that applicants list any "SEX" depicted by their models.





From: Dahlia Schwartz <dahlias@BU.EDU>
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 09:04:25 -0400
Subject: Re: Origami Puzzles (was Origami Games)

Valerie Vann wrote:

> what book?

Eep! Sorry.  "Brilliant Origami"

-Dahlia





From: Mookie Itoh <mookie_itoh@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 09:23:36 -0700 (
Subject: Thank you for your message.

>In a message dated 8/5/98 9:16:05 PM, you wrote:
>
><<I was one of the 150 participants at the two day convention on July
25th
>and 26th held at the Toyo University in Tokyo.  I'd like to write about
>the show. >>
>
>What an interesting and enjoyable description of the Tanteidan
Convention.
>Mookie, you did a great job sharing your experiences with everyone.
Thank
>you, Barbara

Dear Barbara,

Thank you for your kind words. I'm new on the list and "Re:Origami
Tanteidan" was my second posting. You're the first person to respond to
my message. Checking each posting on the list has become a delightful
routine in my daily life.
BTW I'm Japanese female living in the Tokyo area.

Best wishes to you, Barbara

Mookie Itoh, Japan
Mookie_Itoh@hotmail.com

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From: Mookie Itoh <mookie_itoh@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 10:22:18 -0700 (
Subject: sorry about my last posting
From   : Mookie

I sent my last message to the Origami subscribers by mistake.I'm sorry
you all had to receive a message with an unspecific subject,"Thank you
for your message". I meant to send it privately to Barbara san.

Gomen-ne (sorry in my language)

Mookie Itoh,Japan
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From: Barbra0336@AOL.COM
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 10:40:09 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Origami Tanteidan 4th Convention Book

In a message dated 8/5/98 9:16:05 PM, you wrote:

<<I was one of the 150 participants at the two day convention on July 25th
and 26th held at the Toyo University in Tokyo.  I'd like to write about
the show. >>

What an interesting and enjoyable description of the Tanteidan Convention.
Mookie, you did a great job sharing your experiences with everyone.  Thank
you, Barbara





From: Valerie Vann <valerie_vann@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 10:46:46 -0400
Subject: Re: Origami by Children Exhibit

<<Maybe they have a prize for girls and a prize for boys?
Maybe they made a mistake and reused an non-pc old form?

The form is new. There are no prizes, its not a competition.

<<Maybe we are reading too much into nothing?

I don't know about "we", but I'm not reading anything into it;
I'm asking the relevance.

Valerie





From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 11:19:16 -0700
Subject: Re: Origami Tanteidan 4th Convention Book

At 10:04 PM 98/08/05 -0700, you wrote:
>Here's where you can see some of the pictures of the models taught at
>the convention and printed in the convention book:
>Makoto Anzai's origami page: http://www.cnet_sb.ne.jp/anzai/con4.html
>There are 36 pictures of the convention. The description is in
>English.Number 18 to 36 show the photographs of the models. T. Fuse's
>picture is number 3, J Shafer is in photos nos. 6, 7 and 8.

Just a correction here: the URL should be
<http://www.cnet-sb.ne.jp/anzai/con4.html>. I could not find English
descriptions there. Having seen the photos, I believe that the model by
Sasade-san that is being called "The Alien, Glay" or "The Arien Glay"
should really be something like "the gray alien" since it is one of those
bulbous-headed skinny guys with big eyes. Thanks for the information about
the convention, Mookie!
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From: Jorma Oksanen <tenu@SCI.FI>
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 17:50:43 +0200
Subject: Re: Origami by Children Exhibit

On 06-Aug-98, Valerie Vann (valerie_vann@COMPUSERVE.COM) wrote:

>I'm curious: the entry form asks the "SEX" of the
>applicant. What is the relevance of the entrant's
>gender to an exhibit of origami?

Useless statistics?

--
Jorma Oksanen   tenu@sci.fi

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From: Michael Gibson <mig@ISD.CANBERRA.EDU.AU>
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 21:33:33 +1000
Subject: shopping in London

Hello all,

I have a relative travelling to London in September, and I thought it a
perfect time to load them up with some origami book requests. I remember
reading a while back that a particular bookshop (was it "Bookends"?) was
the BOS supplier and had a good range of stock. I have tried searching my
own saved messages, and also searching for the bookstore on the web, so
far no luck.

I am hoping to get my hands on such delectables as Origami Fantasy, and/or
Tomoko Fuse's Cranes and Fans. Does my emmissary have a chance of finding
things like this? Any information that sheds light on my murky knowledge,
or offers alternatives would be well appreciated ie. other bookstores.

Thanks in advance,

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
Michael Janssen-Gibson                 e-mail: mig@isd.canberra.edu.au
ISD, Library                   phone/voice mail: +61 6 (06)  201 5271
University of Canberra
PO Box 1 Belconnen, ACT 2616





From: Chris Miller <Chr1sM@AOL.COM>
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 22:27:05 -0400 (
Subject: Origami Sighting!  (And in the most UNLIKELY movie!)

Hi alls,
        I was, of course, going to see Halloween: H20 yesterday, when in the
beginning of the movie I saw one thing I would NEVER have thought seeing in a
movie like that:  The shadow of an origami crane!  I'm pretty sure it was a
crane shadow, i have made enough of them to spot it while only haphazardly
looking.. but if any other ppls on the list have seen this too-short horror
film, verify or deny my assumption!

   --- Chris Miller (my first substantial post in about 5 years)
   --- chr1sm@aol.com





From: "James M. Sakoda" <James_Sakoda@BROWN.EDU>
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 23:33:46 -0400
Subject: Re: Origami Evolution

     It seems to me that the naming of periods of origami  leads only to
confusion--classic, primitive, modern, etc.  As I see it the only useful
historical distinction is vested in the term "traditional", meaning origami
which has always been around and was developed way back when.  For the
Japanese historical records make it clearwhat is included under
traditional--including  figures such as yakkosan, hakama, orizuru (sitting
crane), frog from the frog base, etc.  It also includes sembazuru (one
thousand cranes). For westerners there are the newspaper hat, boat from a
hat. as well as borrowings from Japan.
     For the newer trends it seems to me to be more useful to refer to
definite deviations from the past.  Yoshizawa trend in the direction of
greater realism achieved through pushing the paper around rather than
folding, using wet folding to make this rounding process easier.  Another
trend has been modular  origami, whose present day leader is Tomoko Fuse.
A related trend is multipiece origami with different folded shapaes used to
achieve a more complex figure.  A modern trend which perhaps can be better
called the engineering approach involves the use of mathematics,
calculators and computer programs to develop more intricate objects, often
with the aim of adding realistic details.  Tke outstanding leader is Robert
Lang.  Another trend has been to seek other shapes of paper than the
traditional square, including the rectangle, strips of narrow paper, dollar
bills.   Another approadh has been to put folded parts together to form a
picture or collage, which is represented by Kyo Origami by Kyo Araki.
There are other approaches, all of which are being developed
simultaneously, and cannot be fit into different historical periods.
James M. Sakoda





From: Tony O'Hare <tohare@CABLEINET.CO.UK>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 01:55:00 +0100
Subject: Shopping in London

Michael Gibson wrote:
> I have a relative travelling to London in September, and I thought it
a
> perfect time to load them up with some origami book requests. I
remember
> reading a while back that a particular bookshop (was it "Bookends"?)
was
> the BOS supplier and had a good range of stock.>
> I am hoping to get my hands on such delectables as Origami Fantasy,
> and/or
> Tomoko Fuse's Cranes and Fans. Does my emmissary have a chance of
> finding
> things like this? Any information that sheds light on my murky
> knowledge,
> or offers alternatives would be well appreciated ie. other bookstores.
>
Michael - the bookshop you're looking for is indeed called "Bookends",
its address is: 1-3, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2HE.
Tel: (English dialing code) + (0)171 589 2285.
It's about 50 yards from the South Kensington tube station, and has a
very good stock. I managed to buy Tomoko Fuse's "Fans & Cranes" from
there myself a month or so ago - don't know about the others mentioned.
They also operate a mail order service if you're interested.
Good luck.
Tony
tohare@cableinet.co.uk





From: Dr Stephen O'Hanlon <fishgoth@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 03:16:47 -0700 (
Subject: Re: Origami Evolution

To James M. Sakoda et al,

I've got my name back on the list, eventually, having moved to a new
job. My withdrawl symptoms are vanishing...

A few comments regarding the above posting:

What exactly would you call the distinction between multi unit and
modular origami? Until your last post, I grouped them as the same sort
of thing, but you seem to imply that they are different.

You also start to talk about pioneers of folding different shapes. I
think a lot of people will agree that David Brill has developed some
beautiful folds from an equilateral triangle, some of which are seen in
his first book. Now if only such a shape was easier to prepare, Im sure
its popularity with folders would be assured.

Yours,
Stephen

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From: DLister891@AOL.COM
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 04:27:49 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Origami Evolution

In his posting sent yesterday, James Sakoda expresses doubt about the naming
of periods of Origami.

Yes, I really do agree with him and like him I am more interested in building
up a substantial knowledge of the many intermingling strands in the historical
development of paperfolding. This should have come out in my own posting. The
designation of historical periods can have a limited use, but in the end
distorts the way we look at history. The conventional division of history into
Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern is so ingrained in us that we tend to put these
periods into rigid compartments, which of course, is nonsense. There is a lot
to be said, for instance for extending the Middle Ages to the start of the
French Revolution in 1789. People who come after us may feel that the Middle
Ages should be extended to 1914 or to 1945. But whatever they say, it will
only be an exercise in taxonomy.

To be fair to the discussion, it arose because John Smith was asked how he
would define  "Classic Origami". It has also provoked a discussion about the
history of origami as evidenced by James's own posting, which for me has
thrown new light on the subject.

In short, I am all in favour of discussion and argument. What I do not like is
the imposition of rigid conclusions which may distort or suffocate further
objective discussion.

With apologies to all the people who want no more than to fold paper.

David Lister.

DLister891@AOL.com





From: Dr Stephen O'Hanlon <fishgoth@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 05:08:02 -0700 (
Subject: Brothers comments and Montroll books

At a recent folding demonstration, my brother and his finacee came along
to visit(annoy) me.

'You reckon you can fold anything then?', Mark asks.
'I'll give it a go...', I reply.
'Fold a toilet then.', he slurrs, drunkenly.

This, I decline. However, his next statement was a little more
appropriate towards Origami - to fold a Duck Billed Platypus. After
scratching my head, I modified a version of a crocodile I know to come
up with something that resembled the said creature. My brother grunted,
said it was very nice, and that he would have prefered a toilet.

It got me thinking about a few things. Has anyone got an 'Austrailian
Origami book' planned? It seems Montroll likes to come up with this sort
of thing, anyone know if this is one of his books in the pipeline? Or
does anyone else know what he is up to? I have seen plenty of Kangaroos
in books, but precious few Koalas, Bandicoots, Wallabies, Emus (NZ),
Kiwis (NZ), etc, nor anything else from Oz. If there exists such a glut,
perhaps I could crumple up a few such models...

Secondly, does anyone have any plans or diagrams for a toilet so that I
can shut the little twit up?

Yours,
Stephen

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From: Nick Robinson <nick@CHEESYPEAS.DEMON.CO.UK>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 07:57:34 +0100
Subject: birthday messages requested... (NORM)

I hope you can forgive this Non Origami Related material, but it's my
daughter's 13th birthday tomorrow (a teenager! AAAAArgh!) & I wondered
if anyone had the time, could they send a short message to her? She gets
very little email usually & it would make her day.

BTW, the BOS highlights page has been revised somewhat. Watch out for
the forthcoming gallery of "is that really me?" photos of origami
notables (contributions welcomed!)

thanks,

Nick Robinson

email           nick@cheesypeas.demon.co.uk
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BOS homepage    http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk/bos/
RPM homepage    http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk - now with RealAudio clips!





From: Nick Robinson <nick@CHEESYPEAS.DEMON.CO.UK>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 15:05:38 +0100
Subject: birthday messages

Thanks for those who've already responded & sent a birthday message to
my daughter Daisy - I should have mentioned she has her own address:

daisy@cheesypeas.demon.co.uk

More new highlights at the bos site....

all the best,

Nick Robinson

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RPM homepage    http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk - now with RealAudio clips!





From: Steve Woodmansee <stevew@EMPNET.COM>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 11:16:56 -0700
Subject: More OZ Animals for John to do...

Dr. O'Hanlon wrote:

(snip) "It got me thinking about a few things. Has anyone got an
'Austrailian Origami book' planned? It seems Montroll likes to come up with
this sort of thing, anyone know if this is one of his books in the
pipeline? Or does anyone else know what he is up to? I have seen plenty of
Kangaroos in books, but precious few Koalas, Bandicoots, Wallabies, Emus
(NZ), Kiwis (NZ), etc, nor anything else from Oz. If there exists such a
glut, perhaps I could crumple up a few such models..."

And let's not forget the echidna, the dingo (that one should be a
no-brainer!  Just a modified dog), the wombat, the cockatoo, the goana (a
big sort of lizardy thing), and the 10 foot earthworms on St. Phillips
island (hope I got that location right).  I can't even begin to think of
all the stuff you'd have to include if you focused on the Barrier Reef
alone, though some are already in Origami Sea Life.

And maybe while John's at it he could throw in a couple of bonus Aussie
models, you know, like Nicole Kidman and Elle McPherson...

"Peace In Creases"

Steve Woodmansee
stevew@empnet.com





From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 12:17:54 -0700
Subject: Re: Brothers comments and Montroll books
At 05:08 AM 98/08/07 -0700, you wrote:
>It got me thinking about a few things. Has anyone got an 'Austrailian
>Origami book' planned? It seems Montroll likes to come up with this sort
>of thing, anyone know if this is one of his books in the pipeline? Or
>does anyone else know what he is up to? I have seen plenty of Kangaroos
>in books, but precious few Koalas, Bandicoots, Wallabies, Emus (NZ),
>Kiwis (NZ), etc, nor anything else from Oz. If there exists such a glut,
>perhaps I could crumple up a few such models...

Koalas are legion, and there area few kiwis around. Bandicoots, wallabies,
and emus do seem to be a little scarce, though. Mind you, I've done a weta
(big scary-looking insects from NZ), so there are some people looking at
strange creatures from down under. 8)

>Secondly, does anyone have any plans or diagrams for a toilet so that I
>can shut the little twit up?

Yes, a toilet exists. It's in one of my Japanese books/magazines. I'll try
to find it.
----------------------------------------------------------------
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From: Valerie Vann <valerie_vann@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 12:48:05 -0400
Subject: Re: Origami Puzzles (was Origami Games)

<Brilliant Origami

Had to dig that one out, almost forgot I had it.
So you're building the double star flexicube.
There is a way to make a single cube with a
hinge, that unfolds into two halfs, that fit together
again into a cube. You have to make one half of
the hinge with the flap pointing in the opposite
direction, and it takes six of the cube modules.)

If you are wondering where to (shhhh!) glue, I'd
just glue the hinges onto the cube modules in the
area where both hinge and module have the narrow
rectangle. Also, since the rectangular tabs get
inserted under a fold in the cube module at the
end of the tab that has two layers, it might help
to glue the layers together so you don't have the
possibility of one of those flaps popping out from
under.

It also helps to tip the sides of the finished half
cubes in toward the inside to sharpen up the outside
creases on the edges of the cube.

In any case, you need to fold accurately, and use
slightly heavy paper.

valerie





From: Terrence Rioux <trioux@WHOI.EDU>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 16:53:57 -0400
Subject: Re: Brother's Comments

Stephen O'Hanlon said:

>Secondly, does anyone have any plans or diagrams for a toilet so that I
>can shut the little twit up?

I hope this isn't politically incorrect for the squeamish among
us (I most certainly don't wish to rekindle a recent thread), but
there is a photo of an origami toilet designed by Go Kinoshita at
the following site:

http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~origamih/tenji/ehpj22.htm

Terry Rioux
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From: Rona Gurkewitz <GURKEWITZ@WCSUB.CTSTATEU.EDU>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 17:58:55 -0400
Subject: Re: Origami Evolution

Stephen O'Hanlon writes

"if only such a shape [equilateral triangles] was easier to prepare"
it would be more popular.

The equilateral triangle is easier to prepare than most people realize.
You do not have to use one square per triangle. You can even start with
a rectangle. The idea is to make a grid of triangles from a single sheet.

There is a diagram from our book on Fascinating Folds web site under
origami for the classroom, math, 3D Geometric Origami, which shows the
idea.

Rona





From: tommy <tomkat@DALLAS.NET>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 18:26:57 -0500
Subject: Brill's Double Star Flexicube (was Origami Puzzles)

I haven't ventured to fold this particular model because I was worried
about it's sturdiness.  (I'm not a glue hating purist, I just prefer
sturdy locks and joins) However...

In the introduction to the section on modular origami in
_Brilliant_Origami_ David Brill mentions that Francis Ow has come up
with a "neat method of locking the units by folding alone". He further
states that the diagrams were already drawn up when he received the
suggestion.

This bit of information sparks my interest. Has this method ever been
made public? (There was a thread on the mailing list in August of 1996
in which several folders expressed frustrations over trying to fold the
flexicube without glue.) I wonder if only one of the two units is
modified or if they are both modified.

Tommy





From: Chris T Durham <gandalf_15@JUNO.COM>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 20:12:23 -0400
Subject: Re: Brill's Double Star Flexicube (was Origami Puzzles)

I have folded this w/out glue, and unfortuantely, it was a little bit
difficult to handle. If anyone knows about this, I would be interested
to.

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From: Robert Vandeberg <rvandeberg@SPRYNET.COM>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 21:05:38 -0600
Subject: Re: Bah Humbug-- The Departure

Chris T Durham wrote:

> I agree tottaly.
>

--
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From: "Michael J. Naughton" <mjnaught@CROCKER.COM>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 22:07:48 -0400
Subject: Re: Origami by Children Exhibit

Valerie Vann wrote:

> I'm curious: the entry form asks the "SEX" of the
> applicant. What is the relevance of the entrant's
> gender to an exhibit of origami?

If this is a serious question, perhaps it would more
appropriately be addressed to someone at OUSA, since
I'm not sure that most people on the list would have
any better idea than yourself.

If it's not a serious question,
well, then, I have nothing to suggest. . . .

Mike Naughton





From: "James M. Sakoda" <James_Sakoda@BROWN.EDU>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 22:41:15 -0400
Subject: Re: Origami Evolution

>To James M. Sakoda et al,
>
>What exactly would you call the distinction between multi unit and
>modular origami? Until your last post, I grouped them as the same sort
>of thing, but you seem to imply that they are different.
>

>Yours,
>Stephen

The difference between modular and multipiece origami, I believe, is an
important one.  The two are similar in combining multiple pieces.  In
modular origami generally the same design is used for all of the pieces,
generally resulting in geometric designs.  In multipiece origami different
shapes are put together.  For example, in early examples the front and back
of animals are folded separately, which is useful for dealing with
beginning folders.  In a slightly more complex situation a limited number
of pieces of different shapes are folded and the fun is in putting them
together to make different products.  This is somewhat like origami scenes,
except that the pieces are folded specifically to present a whole scene.
In my origami flower arrangement flowers, stems, leaves and container are
folded separately and then put together to arrange stems of flowers in a
container.   James M. Sakoda





From: Peter Mielke <peter@DOE.UTORONTO.CA>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 22:47:48 -0400
Subject: Re: Origami toilet
Gnu-Emacs: because one operating system isn't enough.

> Secondly, does anyone have any plans or diagrams for a toilet so that I
> can shut the little twit up?

NOA 255 (Nov 1996) has a toilet with cover and working seat (it is shown in
the down position :-)





From: Peter Mielke <peter@DOE.UTORONTO.CA>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 22:59:32 -0400
Subject: Re: Brill's Double Star Flexicube (was Origami Puzzles)
Gnu-Emacs: the prosecution rests its case.

> I have folded this w/out glue, and unfortuantely, it was a little bit
> difficult to handle. If anyone knows about this, I would be interested
> to.

I folded it a while ago as well without glue and remember (i gave it away a
few months ago so i can't verify it) finding the hinge unit rather bulky so
i just cut it in half lengthwise (the resultant is NOT an A7 rectangle). I
found that this slid in easier than the shown hinge unit.





From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 23:01:05 -0700
Subject: Re: Origami By Children's Exhibit

In response to Valerie Vann's question about OUSA's entry form:

"I'm curious: the entry form asks the "SEX" of the applicant. What is
the relevance of the entrant's gender to an exhibit of origami?"

I wrote:

"Yes, what indeed is the relevance of the "SEX" of the applicant?

Unless it was a typo and OUSA is trying to weed out pornigami by
requesting that applicants list any "SEX" depicted by their models."

I was poking fun at the possibility that this was yet another gratuitous
gender question.

I asked Linharda Balinsky, the coordinator of the Origami By Children's
Exhibit, for the official OUSA explanation.  Here is her reply:

"In the past, (and I expect to do this again for '98) I write an article
for the local newspaper announcing that a local child's model has been
selected for the exhibit. I do the best I can within my own volunteer
time constraints to individualize each article. It's easier to be able
need to use generic substitutes such as "s/he".

And how do the children feel about this question?   A friend wrote:

"My students usually fill that blank in with frequency, preference, or,
"Yes, please."





From: Vicky Mihara Avery <vavery@WENET.NET>
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 23:04:05 -0700
Subject: Aussie Origami (was Brothers Comments)

Hi all -
I just dug out of my library a copy of "Aussiegami", by Richard
Saunders, Campbell Morris, Brian Mackness.  ISBN 0 85091 344 6.
Published 1988 in Australia.

Includes a Fairy Penguin, a kangaroo, kookaburra, a two piece
frilled-lizard, a modular Opera House (read g***), a shark, a Gannet
(bird), Slouch Hat (not bad), emu, koala, Goanna (looks like a Komodo
Dragon), green turtle, fruit bat, The Dog on the Tucker Box
(multi-piece), and soldier crab.

IMHO - not a must-have, but has interesting models to fit the theme.
The models lack technical elegance but make up for it by being quite
original and fun.  I like the penguin, the hat, the bat and the Goanna,
but better kangaroo and koala can be found elsewhere.

Vicky Mihara Avery

> Dr. O'Hanlon wrote:
>
> Has anyone got an'Austrailian Origami book' planned?





From: Unafolder@AOL.COM
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 00:54:50 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Bah Humbug-- The Departure

Come one come all!  Join Origami-Unleashed, the alternative origami mailing
list.  No copyright discussions allowed!  No topic policing allowed!  Subject
lines permitted, but not particularly engineered!

Send mail to origami-unleashed-subscribe@makelist.com

We have just begun.  I don't know how stable the list software is, I don't
know how stable our members are!  Join!

(note: you don't have to unsubscribe from this list, either- you don't have to
choose!  However, you may consider the advantages to fewer messages!)

Una





From: Marc Kirschenbaum <marckrsh@PIPELINE.COM>
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 02:35:53 -0400
Subject: Re: Help, Crawford Ship

At 08:27 AM 8/6/98 -0500, Katherine J. Meyer" <kathy@SILENTWORLD.COM> wrote:
>
>I just received my copy of "Origami Step by Step" by Robert Harbin. I
>love Patricia Crawford's "Full-rigged Ship" (thanks for the tip)
>
>I'm stuck on the front sail (Jib, I believe) and I would truely
>appreciate it if someone could help me. If anyone could please help me
>with some more detailed information on how to get from step 15 to 16, I
>do not understand how it reversed the color?

This step contains a neat trick for colour changing. With typical reverse
folds, we often evenly distribute the layers, but when we have more layers
on one side than on the other, interesting things can happen. In this case,
by spreading apart the point (as one always does prior to reverse folding)
with one extra layer on one side, the resulting flap will reveal its inner
colour.

Marc





From: DLister891@AOL.COM
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 05:43:52 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Origami by Children Exhibit

Suggestions have been made that an individual's sex is irrelevant. I'm not
sure whether this is limited specifically to the Exhibition of Childre's
Origami. If so, then I agree that a child's sex has nor bearing upon the
judgement of the entries.

On a wider basis, however, I think that knowledge of a person's sex is
desirable and it applies particularly on the Internet, where corespondents
often identify themselves only by an Internet address, and without signing a
name.

Whatever we may like to think, there really is a difference between males and
females and this does not only apply to our physical characteristics. Even
after peeling off layers and layers of social stereotyping, there are still
inherited differences in the way males and females think, feel and behave.

So when I am corresponding with a person on the Internet, I do like to know
whether I am addressing  a male or female. Otherwise, I tend to feel that I'm
corresponding with an indeterminate shape. I am sure, too that the organisers
of the Origami by Children exhibit, once the judging has been done, will wish
to know whether they are to present the prizes to boys or girls.

David Lister.





From: Bernie Cosell <bernie@FANTASYFARM.COM>
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 08:28:00 -0400
Subject: Re: Bah Humbug-- The Departure
Priority: normal

On  8 Aug 98 at 0:54, Unafolder@AOL.COM wrote:

> ...  No copyright discussions allowed!  No topic policing allowed! ...

Gee, maybe only the 'unafolder" can't see the glaring contradiction in the
first two phrases describing this daring new list.

  /Bernie\
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From: Nick Robinson <nick@CHEESYPEAS.DEMON.CO.UK>
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 09:06:19 +0100
Subject: makelist
Unafolder@AOL.COM sez

>We have just begun.  I don't know how stable the list software is, I don't
>know how stable our members are!  Join!

I run a list from there for RPM records & it works great. Much better
than coollist...

all the best,

Nick Robinson

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From: Mike and Janet Hamilton <Mikeinnj@CONCENTRIC.NET>
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 09:56:43 -0400
Subject: Origami Sightings

The August 1998 issue of Better Homes and Gardens Magazine has a couple of
origami projects in the BH&G Kids section.  The projects include folding a
simple paper airplane and a simple kite.

For those of you that get the OUSA newsletter and read the Origami Sightings
column, please ignore the end of the article where the sightings topic of
the next issue is listed.  The articles ended up getting published out of
sequence.  The newest issue lists sightings on stamps and says the next
issue will cover sitcoms.  Actually, sitcoms was published in the last
issue.  The articles ended up out of order when the winter/spring issues
were combined.  I am not going to be putting the "next issue" information in
the articles anymore to prevent further confusion.

Don't forget to send in your sightings!

Janet Hamilton

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





From: JacAlArt@AOL.COM
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 12:00:18 -0400 (
Subject: lost Tanteidan URL

Someone posted a URL featuring photos from the last Tanteidan convention, but
I lost it. I think Joseph Wu posted a correction (changing a  _  to a  -  ).
Can someone post it again please?

~Alec





From: Unafolder@AOL.COM
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 12:21:52 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Bah Humbug-- The Departure

Allow me to qualify that.  Perhaps I should have said, "given the mission and
"manifesto" posted earlier, within those boundaries, No topic policing
allowed!"

Please allow me to summarize my main gripe in two points:

1) Most of the "spam" and excess messaging in this group seems directed at
preventing spam and "off-topic" and "inappropriate" subjects
2) There should be an alternate place for "off-topic" and "inappropriate"
subjects.  Copyright doesn't seem like an "off-topic" or "inappropriate
subject"  I personally find the same discussions repeated over and over to be
droll, but that's my opinion.  That is one of the reasons I started the new
list.

Excuse the apparent contradiction . I hope this clarifies the situation.  I
don't deny that there is a place for "origami-l" I dont' encourage a mass
exodus to my group; I'm not competing. I'm offering an environment for
expression which doesn't seem appropriate here.

Better said??

Una





From: Valerie Vann <valerie_vann@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 13:31:22 -0400
Subject: Re: Origami by Children Exhibit
David, the Origami by Children Exhibit is
an exhibit only; it is not a competition,
and there are no prizes. I believe the idea
there, and I totally agree, is that origami
should not be competitive, especially among
children. (Most USA kids get enough competitive
sports to last 3 lifetimes anyway).

Also, most entries are mailed in, so I doubt
there's any type of "presentation". Later in
the year the exhibit travels around all over
to libraries & museums, whereever anyone
can arrange to have it.

As for needing to know the gender of the
child, why not just use the old circle
one option (M F) and mark
it optional; better yet, if its a problem
for the local newspaper, let them get one
of their star investigative reporters on
it. :)

Valerie Vann





From: "Dr. Joel M. Hoffman" <joel@EXC.COM>
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 15:01:00 -0400 (
Subject: multi-sides square bases

John Montrol has published designs for 5- and 6-sides square bases,
and they are lots of fun to play around with.  5- and 6-sided flowers
(or I suppose 10- and 12-sided flowers, but I haven't tried that yet)
cranes with two legs, things like that.

Are there square bases with more sides?

-Joel
(joel@exc.com)





From: Jorma Oksanen <tenu@SCI.FI>
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 21:39:43 +0200
Subject: "From Heart to Heart" fair

I want to tell you about the local one-day fair before it slips out of
my head.  Ten hour teaching/talking session powered by a very fast
breakfast and later a cup of coffee - I won't remember anything myself
if I don't write it up!

I got to the postcard gallery (only one in Finland as far as I know)
at 8.30 AM, an hour and half before the fair opened.  The first thing
that struck my head when I entered the room was "Where are my tables".
I had been promised quite a lot of table space, and all I got was one
1*2 meter table for teaching and three 50*90 cm display cases.  Ok,
I showeled some models on top of the case, and then some more where
they were supposed to be, under the glass top.

I filled half of the available space before Sadi Sandell arrived with
a horseload of models.  We unloaded some of them, filling the rest of
horizontal space we had, excluding the floor.  Then we hung some
models on the walls.  Only five minutes before doors opened we decided
we definitely needed some more space.

If you want to make sure you have more tables for your next exhibit,
ask for tables at the last minute.  We witnessed a poor reception girl
losing two of her three tables.  We only got one so someone else
wanted more tables next time, too.

So we got our table, but it could have been bigger.  A lot of bigger,
actually.  50*50 cm really doesn't count as a table.  We filled it
before the doors opened, with half a horseload of models still in
boxes.  Their loss, they never saw everything we got.

Luckily rain had stopped, and we had a constant flow of people coming
in (and eventually going out, but we tried to delay them as long as we
could.)  We didn't do that much teaching, but compensated that by
talking a lot.  The result:  one sore throat, a pair of sore feet, lot
of smiles and couple of potential teaching job offers.

Sadi had to leave soon after 4 PM, I stayed two hours later before
packing all those models and heading home. And then back to get those
two bags I couldn't carry on the first trip.

Highlights of the day:

Sadi's pop-up cards.  They were so awesome I really didn't care they
were basically just cuts.  (Sadi stole the show at my exhibit this
spring with his t-rex skeleton.  I should ask him to bring some of his
worst stuff next time :)

Joisel's rat (BOM 189) folded by me.  Unlike Eric's rats in the
picture, which seem humorous to me, my rat looks like it has a serious
attitude problem.  Maybe that's because I had to dry it in oven (100
degrees Celsius, 30 minutes) after wetting it too much in a hurry.

60cm Montroll vulture, from OftE or AOftE.  Actually folded from blue
paper, but darkened with drawing coal to have a dirty, matt-black
color.  Even with several layers of fixative it smudges everything it
comes in contact with.

Two older ladies, saying "This was the best exhibit we saw here" as
they left.

I have to do that again next year. With enough tables, that is.

--
Jorma "slightly tired" Oksanen   tenu@sci.fi

Weyland-Yutani - Building Better Worlds





From: Dennis Walker <d_and_m_walker@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 07:45:30 -0400
Subject: Origami correction

Hello all,

        I've just discovered a small error on page 41 of Origami Design by
Tomoko Fuse. If you follow the diagrams for  model C, the modules won't fit
together as shown. This is for a 30 diamond solid. (I don't know the
correct name, but it's a dodecahedron with the middle of each face pulled
(stellated?) until the triangles formed by this process create a flat face
across what was an edge. Does that make sense?)
        I've put a corrected diagram on my web page for those who are
interested.

        http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/d_and_m_walker

                                        Dennis





From: mSaliers <saliers@CONCENTRIC.NET>
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 11:12:40 -0700
Subject: Re: adquisicion de la informacion,origamia

Hello everyone,

Periodically, people coming to the "Dimensions" web site request information
     about Origami.  Such is the case of the following submission:

> saludo cordial:
> estoy interesado en adquirir las instrucciones de como ejecutar estas
> maravillosas figuras de papel,siempre e aorado aprender,si son tan
> amables y me dicen que tengo que hacer?.
>
>
> ATT:Luis Enrique Moreno
> Edison Moreno [SMTP:edison.moreno@usa.net]

I know enough Spanish to know what this person wants, but would be pretty rough
     around the edges to respond.

Its always a puzzle when I get these kind of missives, because to get to me
     they very likely passed  through the world's best Origami site (Joseph's)
     with lots of links to sites that *DO* provide instructions, diagrams, and
     other resources.

Would any Spanish speaking devotees be interested in replying?

Gracias, amigos.
