




From: Lynn & Ahliana Byrd <lnahbyrd@ONRAMP.NET>
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 11:51:39 -0500
Subject: Japanese Festival at the Children's Museum

I had seen on the morning news here in Houston, Texas, that the Children's
Museum is having a Japan festival, including someone teaching origami. We
went yesterday in hopes of meeting another Houston folder.

The teachers were very nice, we got there at a slow time so it was perfect.
They were teaching crane, star box, and fortune-teller. I spoke with a
couple of the people at the booth, and I started showing them the American
frog from Kenneway's Complete Origami, they were very pleased. I showed
them the butterfly from Origami Treasure Chest (fortunately I had the books
in my briefcase, which my wonderful husband kindly retrieved from the car),
and the pocket in it for a finger. One lady there is a teacher, and she
teaches origami to 1st and 3rd graders locally. They were all quite
impressed, as I (with my seriously meager skills of about 2 years) seem to
know more origami than they do, as well as being more precise in my
folding. The leader even wrote down the names of a couple of books,
apparently to purchase them for teaching children. After showing them some
of Fuse's books and describing a castle I made from Origami in King
Arthur's Court and the Western Dragon from Mythical Creatures and the
Chinese Zodiac, they asked if I might be willing to help with a fund-raiser
put on by the Japanese society here for the nearby Japanese Gardens! We
exchanged cards, phone numbers, email addresses, and they seemed quite
anxious that I should stay in touch. We'll see if anything happens or not.

This seems a pleasant contrast to some of the attitudes experienced by
others with Japanese, although this was not strictly a group of folders.

I will probably be asking soon for ways to contact several creators for
permission to possibly use their works, though the first to pop to mind are
Fuse, Lang, and Montroll. If anyone has a way to contact them (I know Mr.
Lang is on this list, I have his email), please email me PRIVATELY at
lnahbyrd@onramp.net with the information. Many thanks in advance.

I also had the honor of being shown some of the japanese calligraphy,
including how to hold the brush and how to create some of the strokes. She
was kind enough to allow me the use of one of the proper brushes instead of
the little artist's paintbrushes used by the other children. I have had a
set for some time, but never the courage to use it. Perhaps now I will, at
least a bit.

Ahliana Byrd
lnahbyrd@onramp.net





From: Valerie Vann <valerie_vann@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 13:09:41 -0400
Subject: Origami correction

Dennis, it would be helpful if you would include
the ISBN number of the Fuse book you are referring
to; there are multiple translations of many of her
titles, and there are 35-40 books, so the ISBN number
is the best identification for non-Japanese readers.

I think I remember the error you are talking about,
but I just made the corrections in my copy, and
don't have time at the moment to look it up.

valerie





From: Elizabeth George <emgeorge@MSN.COM>
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 13:31:48 -0400
Subject: Re: multi-sides square bases - where are they?

    I have quite a few Montroll books, am I missing some? Where can I find
these gems? (especially the 5/6 sided flowers?)

>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





From: "Dr. Joel M. Hoffman" <joel@EXC.COM>
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 13:53:00 -0400 (
Subject: multi-sides square bases - where are they?

>   I have quite a few Montroll books, am I missing some? Where can I find
>these gems? (especially the 5/6 sided flowers?)

Both the 5- and 6-sided square bases are in his Teach Yourself Origami
books.  He uses the 5-sides one to make a flower, and the 6-sided one
to make a crane with legs.





From: Pat Slider <slider@STONECUTTER.COM>
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 14:00:59 -0700
Subject: Another origami sighting?

Last night I was watching  "Great Expectations" (the new release starring
Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow). In a later scene when Robert DeNiro and
Ethan Hawke are standing in an art studio, look over Ethan's right
shoulder. There's a mobile of green birds. Looks like origami to me, but I
don't recognize the model. They look more like geese than cranes.

Someone else will have to confirm this, my movie-watching companion
wouldn't let me rewind and rewatch in slow motion :->.  I didn't catch
enough detail to be absolutely sure these birds are paper.

If you watch the mobile, you'll get to see one of those entertaining
congruity errors.  In one face shot, the mobile gets bumped, and the birds
are jumping up and down. A few seconds later they are perfectly still and
Ethan is standing further away from them as well.

pat slider
slider@stonecutter.com





From: Gareth Morfill <gmorfill@REDBRICK.COM>
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 23:00:58 -0400
Subject: Re: Origami correction

What is the point of this reply?

At 01:09 PM 8/9/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Dennis, it would be helpful if you would include
>the ISBN number of the Fuse book you are referring
>to; there are multiple translations of many of her
>titles, and there are 35-40 books, so the ISBN number
>is the best identification for non-Japanese readers.
>
>I think I remember the error you are talking about,
>but I just made the corrections in my copy, and
>don't have time at the moment to look it up.
>
>valerie





From: Magdalena Cano Plewinska <mplewinska@MINDSPRING.COM>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 06:58:30 +0000 (
Subject: Re: Origami correction

On Sun, 9 Aug 1998 23:00:58 -0400, Gareth Morfill
<gmorfill@REDBRICK.COM> wrote:

>What is the point of this reply?
>
>At 01:09 PM 8/9/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>Dennis, it would be helpful if you would include
>>the ISBN number

The point is exactly what Valerie said: you need the ISBN to make sure
that you and whoever you are talking to are referring to the same
book. The titles of Japanese books are inconsistently translated and
most of us don't have the means of writing the title in Japanese
characters. So the ISBN is the only way to be sure.
--
Magda Plewinska                   mplewinska@mindspring.com
Miami, FL, USA





From: Robert Allan Schwartz <notbob@TESSELLATION.COM>
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 16:37:17 -0400
Subject: Re: multi-sides square bases - where are they?

>>   I have quite a few Montroll books, am I missing some? Where can I find
>>these gems? (especially the 5/6 sided flowers?)
>
>Both the 5- and 6-sided square bases are in his Teach Yourself Origami
>books.  He uses the 5-sides one to make a flower, and the 6-sided one
>to make a crane with legs.

I am not familiar with this book. Is it new? What is the ISBN?

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From: Thomas C Hull <tch@ABYSS.MERRIMACK.EDU>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 09:37:22 -0400
Subject: Re: Imagiro

Heeeey --- Matthias wrote:

>>>
There seems to be a magazine/ezine called Imagiro. The latest reference
I found was from March 97. Is this magazine still around, and where can
I find it?
<<<

There was a posting on this list not too long ago explaining it all.
Imagiro is not really a magazine, but an "ametuer press alliance" -
a zine kind of thing with a limited membership where people write
what they like and respond to each other, kinda like a round-robin
letter but more chaotic.

There's information about Imagiro on my web page:
http://chasm.merrimack.edu/~thull
Look there for the current membership list and how you can get
on the waiting list to join.

---- Tom "emerging from sleep deprevation..." Hull





From: Matthias Gutfeldt <tanjit@BBOXBBS.CH>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 11:07:51 +0200
Subject: Imagiro

There seems to be a magazine/ezine called Imagiro. The latest reference
I found was from March 97. Is this magazine still around, and where can
I find it?

On a related note, has someone ever compiled a list of origami
magazines? I suppose almost all of the national societies have one; but
besides that, are there any other regularly published magazines about
Origami?

Matthias





From: Katharina Grif <Katharina.Grif@UIBK.AC.AT>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 11:40:43 +0100
Subject: visit - Paris
Priority: normal

hallo, origami friends!
in two weeks i fly to Paris. I stay there one week and of course
would like to visit some bookstores, which sell origami books. I've
read in "Falter" about wonderful origami exhibition in Paris-is it
still open?

with best wishes, Katharina





From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 11:45:11 -0700
Subject: Re: Origami Dictionary

At 11:47 AM 98/08/10 +0200, you wrote:
>while I was preparing my origami class, I realized that I don't even
>know the german and french expression of many english names of folds.
>E.g. what do you call a reverse fold, a double-unsink, etc. etc. ...
>
>A simple table with the diagram and its name in as many languages as
>possible shouldn't be too much work:  a simple example below:
>
>Diagram     English          German       French         Italian
>           mountain fold    Bergfalte    pli montagne      ?
>
>etc. etc.; in addition to the languages above, I'm thinking of Spanish,
>Japanese (Romanji writing, not Hiragana!), Dutch.
>
>Maybe there already is a dictionary for all this. If not, is anybody
>interested in creating one? All we have to do is fill in the blanks in
>our mothertongue (unless, like me, we don't know the expressions in our
>mothertongue, which is precisely how I got the idea for this
>dictionary...).

I've been working on an English-Japanese glossary at the request of some of
the list members. It's still in process. I've got most of the words
translated, but still need to typeset it.
----------------------------------------------------------------
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t:604.730.0306 x 105   f: 604.732.7331   e: josephwu@ultranet.ca





From: Matthias Gutfeldt <tanjit@BBOXBBS.CH>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 11:47:14 +0200
Subject: Origami Dictionary

Hi all,

while I was preparing my origami class, I realized that I don't even
know the german and french expression of many english names of folds.
E.g. what do you call a reverse fold, a double-unsink, etc. etc. ...

Finding the translation is not the problem; however, double-unsink =
doppelt- unversenkt just doesn't sound so great, so what I'm looking for
is not the translation but the equivalent words used in german.

While I'm at it, how about a
german-english-french-italian-spanish-japanese-dutch-etc.  dictionary?
It would be very handy at conventions, meetings, for teaching, or any
other occasions with international attendance.

And then there are many expressions like the book fold, rabbit's ear,
blintz base, "minor miracle" etc. that certainly have an equivalent in
other languages, but not necessarily a direct translation.

A simple table with the diagram and its name in as many languages as
possible shouldn't be too much work:  a simple example below:

Diagram     English          German       French         Italian
           mountain fold    Bergfalte    pli montagne      ?

etc. etc.; in addition to the languages above, I'm thinking of Spanish,
Japanese (Romanji writing, not Hiragana!), Dutch.

Maybe there already is a dictionary for all this. If not, is anybody
interested in creating one? All we have to do is fill in the blanks in
our mothertongue (unless, like me, we don't know the expressions in our
mothertongue, which is precisely how I got the idea for this
dictionary...).

Matthias





From: Dennis Walker <d_and_m_walker@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:30:21 -0400
Subject: Re: Origami Correction

Whoops!

        Sorry! I thought that I had put the ISBN in the message. What I had
done was put the ISBN on the description at my site, but then of course you
wouldn't know whether or not to go there if you didn't know the ISBN (or
could read Japanese!).

        So here it is all again!

        A correction for a diagram on p41 (C) of 'Origami Design' by Tomoko
Fuse
        ISBN 4-480-87264-7
        can be found at my website.
        http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/d_and_m_walker

        If anyone spots any errors in my correction, please let me know!

                                        Dennis Walker





From: Jeannine Mosely <j9@CONCENTRA.COM>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 14:27:30 -0400
Subject: U.S. copyright law and origami

I've just returned from vacation to find that copyright issues are
being discussed again. Bernie asked me a question about copyright law
in a private email a couple of weeks ago, and I forwarded his
questions to my father, who has been practicing patent and copyright
law for over 40 years now.  His reply is below.

        -- Jeannine Mosely

------- Start of forwarded message -------
Jeannine

I can't tell how this discussion started but here is my view as an Intellectual
Property lawyer of the law as it would apply to origami.  There are three areas
     of
protection (1) copyright; (2) design patent and (3) patent (also called utility
patent)

Copyright of origami is possible for the written description and drawings; and
     for
the finished product as a paper (or other sheet material) sculpture.  Copyright
     of
the written material and drawings woul be infringed by copying the description
     and
drawing.  Copyright of the sculpture would be infringed by reproduction of the
sculpture in any medium including solid form which would not be formed of paper.
however it would not protect the forming of the blanks and their assembly.

Patent would protect the finished product and method of manufacture.

Design patent would protect a defined product made in an origami shape.  A paper
weight made of sheet metal formed in an origami shape.  A calendar made in an
origami shape.  a greeting card made in an origami shape.  a design patent
     covers a
new and  ornamental design for a specified product.

Love

Dad (Neal J. Mosely Reg. No. 16,246 Patent Attorney)





From: Paul & Jan Fodor <origami@ALOHA.NET>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 14:58:45 -1000
Subject: Contacting Mike Thomas

Hi Is Mike Thomas, member of CHAOS on the list?  Does anyone have an
address or email whereby I can reach him?   Thanks in advance.

Aloha, Jan





From: "Askinazi, Brett" <brett@HAGERHINGE.COM>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 16:21:42 -0500
Subject: Re: All in One -- Backcoating?

I got mine at Walmart it is labeled as wallpaper paste but if you read
the ingredients it is almost purely Methyl-cellulose.  And it is very
effective for PAPER TO PAPER only.  If foil is involved some type of
spray adhesive is needed.

B R E T T

                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Sam Kendig [mailto:neuro_mancer42@YAHOO.COM]
                Sent:   Tuesday, August 04, 1998 10:52 PM
                To:     ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
                Subject:        Re: All in One -- Backcoating?

                Well, I know of one source of methol cellulose off the
top of my head,
                but it's sold in quantities too small to be useful, as a
product
                called ProtoSlow (or maybe ProtoSlo). It's used by
biologists (I just
                finished 9th grade biology) to slow down microscopic
organisms,
                allowing them to be observed without moving away too
fast. However,
                it's sold in tiny bottles, and I can't imagine it would
be useful in
                backcoating.

                Just a thought,
                Sam
                Neuro_Mancer42@yahoo.com

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From: Robby/Laura/Lisa <morassi@ZEN.IT>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 17:03:34 +0200
Subject: Re: Origami Dictionary

Matthias,
At 11.47 10/8/1998 +0200, you wrote:

>While I'm at it, how about a
>german-english-french-italian-spanish-japanese-dutch-etc.  dictionary?

Sounds like a good idea ! I would also suggest to add the pronunciation of
each word, using the standard phonetic symbols.

>Diagram     English          German       French         Italian
>           mountain fold    Bergfalte    pli montagne      ?

Italian: piega a monte.....

>etc. etc.; in addition to the languages above, I'm thinking of Spanish,
>Japanese (Romanji writing, not Hiragana!), Dutch.

OK for all, but would the Romanji Japanese be useful ? If you read a book
you need the Hiragana + Kanji......

Roberto





From: Robby/Laura/Lisa <morassi@ZEN.IT>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 17:05:42 +0200
Subject: Re: Imagiro

Matthias,
At 11.07 10/8/1998 +0200, you wrote:
>There seems to be a magazine/ezine called Imagiro. The latest reference
>I found was from March 97. Is this magazine still around, and where can
>I find it?

I don't know, but I suppose it's an enizagam, not a magazine..... :-)

Roberto





From: DLister891@AOL.COM
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 17:27:33 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Origami Dictionary

Matthias Gutfeldt asks about an origami dictionary.

Many years ago, it must have been in the 1970s, Brian Bishop, who was then a
member of the British Origami Society spent much time compiling a multi-
language dictionary of origami.

He carefully compared existing terms in various languages and asked native
speakers for the terms they used. His work was most painstaking, but
unfortunately it was never published.  He spoke several languages and I think
his failure to bring his dictionalry to completion is an indication of the
great difficulty of such a project.

Brian also did some research on paperfolding in the British Library, but was
handicapped becuse the section of the library where the relevant books were
kept was badly bombed in the war.

Brian is no longer a member of the BOS and I have not heard from him for a
long time.He used to work as a civil servant in Whitehall. I suppose it might
be possible for a determined person to search for him. I'm sure he would be
delighted if anyone got in touch with him to ask about his proposed
dictionary.

I wonder if any of the British subscribers to Origami-L know his present
whereabouts.

David Lister





From: Kim Best <kim.best@M.CC.UTAH.EDU>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 19:13:00 -0600
Subject: Re: Bah Humbug-- The Departure

> 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.

Oh, I think I'm starting to get it!  As long as it is "off-topic" or
"inappropriate" it's OK.  But if it "on-topic" or "appropriate" it's taboo.  So
if I want to talk about last Sunday's football game, or talk dirty, it's all
right.  But if I want to talk about origami copyrights or reverse folds, my
message will get bumped.  In less of course I want to say obscene things about
what reverse folds look like.  In other words the only things that belongs on
     the
list, are things that don't belong on the list.  But if inappropriate material
     is
OK on the list, wouldn't that make it appropriate?  So, then I wouldn't be able
to post it anymore.  My head is starting to hurt!

Actually, it sounds kind of refreshing not having the same old subjects repeated
ad nausium, now we will have new subjects repeated ad nausium.  The most common
will probably be complaints about the fact that nothing is on topic.

Oh, by the way.  What kind of mail, am I suppose to send to
origami-unleashed-subscribe@makelist.com

Am I suppose to send any kind of mail?  Do I tell it dirty jokes.  Or do I send
it:
subscribe origami-unleashed Kim Best
or something else?  Is the subject line blank, or is there some specific subject
I need?  Or do I just pick any subject that doesn't accurately reflect my
message.

And what about when I get bored, and want to get off the list.  Do I have one
address for mail and another to unsubscribe.  Or do I just send demands to be
taken off the list to the same address that everyone else its using.  That ought
to anger everyone on the list.  Which sounds like a deliciously inappropriate
thing to do.

They terminated your account yesterday.  Didn't they?   So your not seeing a
single thing I say.   Oh, great!

--
Kim Best                            *******************************
                                    *          Origamist:         *
Rocky Mountain Cancer Data System   * Some one who thinks paper   *
420 Chipeta Way #120                * thin, means thick and bulky *
Salt Lake City, Utah  84108         *******************************





From: Marc Kirschenbaum <marckrsh@PIPELINE.COM>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 22:29:36 -0400
Subject: Re: Bah Humbug-- The Departure

At 07:13 PM 8/10/98 -0600, Kim Best <kim.best@M.CC.UTAH.EDU> wrote:

>Oh, by the way.  What kind of mail, am I suppose to send to
>origami-unleashed-subscribe@makelist.com

Send any sort of mail to that address, and the listserver program will
automatically extract your address and include it into the orihami-unleshed
list. That is, this particular listserver subscribe function ignores the
body and subject line of your e-mail.

>They terminated your account yesterday.  Didn't they?   So your not seeing a
>single thing I say.   Oh, great!

I am sure he is seeing everything you say under one of his/her many alias's.

Marc





From: Sam Kendig <neuro_mancer42@YAHOO.COM>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 07:43:25 -0700
Subject: Re: Lord Vader

---Cathy <cathypl@GENERATION.NET> wrote:
>
>         I would like to hear from somebody who has made the Lord
Vader model in
> the OUSA publication.  What on earth happens at steps 13-14?  I have
> squished and squashed paper every which way and cannot get anything
> remotely resembling that hexagon with the flap at the bottom.  If I
get the
> flap, there's no hexagon and vice versa.  Is this hexagon white or
> coloured?  Do the spokes radiating from the centre of the hexagon
represent
> creases or folds?
>
>                                 Cathy, dangerously frustrated
Klingon folder

Well, having folded the model somewhat successfully, I realized that
there was a trick to these steps. From step 14 through 17, the top of
the model is not flat. That hexagon is really just the paper
surrounding the flap you make in step 14. In step 17, you collapse the
flap with two rabit-ears, and the model again lies flat.

Hope this helps,
Sam
Neuro_Mancer42@yahoo.com

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From: Cathy <cathypl@GENERATION.NET>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 10:22:18 -0400
Subject: Lord Vader

        I would like to hear from somebody who has made the Lord Vader model in
the OUSA publication.  What on earth happens at steps 13-14?  I have
squished and squashed paper every which way and cannot get anything
remotely resembling that hexagon with the flap at the bottom.  If I get the
flap, there's no hexagon and vice versa.  Is this hexagon white or
coloured?  Do the spokes radiating from the centre of the hexagon represent
creases or folds?  I can receive attachments, so if some kind person has a
better diagram of what happens here, I would be grateful to hear from him/she.

                                Cathy, dangerously frustrated Klingon folder
******^^^^^*****^^^^^*****

Cathy Palmer-Lister
Ste. Julie, Quebec
Canada
cathypl@generation.net





From: Sheldon Ackerman <ackerman@DORSAI.ORG>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 11:47:30 -0400
Subject: Re: Lord Vader

>
>         I would like to hear from somebody who has made the Lord Vader model
     in
> the OUSA publication.  What on earth happens at steps 13-14?  I have
> squished and squashed paper every which way and cannot get anything
> remotely resembling that hexagon with the flap at the bottom.  If I get the
> flap, there's no hexagon and vice versa.  Is this hexagon white or
> coloured?  Do the spokes radiating from the centre of the hexagon represent
> creases or folds?  I can receive attachments, so if some kind person has a
> better diagram of what happens here, I would be grateful to hear from him/she.
>
After much frustration I also managed to almost complete the model. I was
not happy with the model nor with the folding instructions.
My model met up with the force -- the force of my hands ripping him in half
and throwing him away :-)

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





From: Norman Budnitz <nbudnitz@DUKE.EDU>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:03:59 -0400
Subject: MoreMetteUnits

Just a note to announce that Mette Pederson has finished her second book:
MORE METTE UNITS.  (This follows hard on the heels of her first book, METTE
UNITS.)  Both of these books are filled with lots of modular origami
models--polyhedra, tapestries, spirals, and more.  I helped a bit with
trying out some of the models and with the proof-reading, so I can say
first-hand that there is a lot of fun to be had here.  For more
information, or to order a copy of either book, you can go to Mette's web
site at:

http://members.aol.com/MetteUnits/MoreMetteUnits.html

(Disclaimer:  I get nothing from promoting this book except smiles from my
friend Mette.)

Norm

***************************************************************
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PO Box 2573                                     4115 Garrett Drive
Charlotte NC 28247-2573                 Durham NC 27705
Fax:    704-542-3991                            Fax:    919-684-6168
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From: Jose Tomas Buitrago Molina <buitrago@EIEE.UNIVALLE.EDU.CO>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:29:52 -0500
Subject: Origami Colombia '98
We are invite you to the Colombian Convention, ORIGAMI COLOMBIA '98. It
will be on november 13th, 14th and 15th in Santiago de Cali, Colombia.

We know about you special interest in origami. For the convention and for
us, your participation will be very important.

During the convention you can exchange models, share questions and
practice with many origami people. In addition you will the opportunity
of:
To appreciate and enjoy the wonderful exhibition from colombian and
foreign folder. You could send your models to the exhibition.
To learn very interesting models. All origami levels.
To obtain diagrams of new models and send your diagrams to publicate in
the model collection.
To buy origami related stuff.
And more things...!

This meeting is the second. The last year were about 60 people from
Colombia and overseas.

The cost of the meeting is US$50. This cost includes, snacks, packs of
paper, a button and a attendance certification.

Further Information:

JOS ARLEY MORENO
Calle 58 7N-68 Cali - Valle
Director
Tel. (572) 6801010

Email:
JOS TOMAS BUITRAGO
buitrago@eiee.univalle.edu.co
http://eiee.univalle.edu.co/~buitrago/asociacion.html

The registration form is in the page:
http://eiee.univalle.edu.co/~buitrago/ficha.doc
The form is in Word 6.0 format. You can fill it and return via email to
me.

We are waiting your soon answer. We will appreciate you can spread this
information to everyone you know practice the paper folding.

Best regards,

ASOCIACION VALLECAUCANA DE ORIGAMISTAS





From: Pat Slider <slider@STONECUTTER.COM>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:53:55 -0700
Subject: Origami Sighting.

In the "The Man in the Iron Mask" (new version with Gabriel Byrne, Jeremy
Irons, etc.) about a quarter of the way into the film, the camera looks
down from above into the bastille cell holding the masked prisoner. Above
the chalked word "luna," you see the prisoner adding one more to a small
line of paper boats.

I'm beginning to wonder if there is some kind of origami fad in Hollywood....

pat slider
slider@stonecutter.com





From: "Margaret A. Rioux" <mrioux@WHOI.EDU>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:10:32 -0400
Subject: Re: All in One -- Backcoating? and another question

Another source for pure methyl cellulose is University Products,
Inc., a company which sells archival quality materials for
conservation, preservation, etc.  A 1-pound jar of powder (a
lifetime supply probably) is $35.85. The company also sells
archival quality storage and display boxes and other things.
Their phone number is 1-800-532-9281.
 And now a question - I'm looking for some fairly small origami
clipart to use as an image on homemade bookplates. Does anyone
know of a place on the web to find some simple images which would
translate well to black-and-white?
 Thanks, Maggie
--
*********************************************************************
* Maggie Rioux                   | Email:
mrioux@whoi.edu           *
* Information Systems Librarian  | Voice:
508/289-2538              *
* MBL/WHOI Library               | Fax:
508/457-2156              *
* Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. | Foot:  Clark Lab, Room
135       *
* Woods Hole, MA 02543           |        Quissett Campus,
WHOI     *
*********************************************************************
** Progress is wonderful, but it has gone on too long - Ogden
Nash **





From: Kim Best <kim.best@M.CC.UTAH.EDU>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:11:50 -0600
Subject: Re: Lord Vader

Cathy wrote:

>         I would like to hear from somebody who has made the Lord Vader model
     in
> the OUSA publication.  What on earth happens at steps 13-14?  I have
> squished and squashed paper every which way and cannot get anything
> remotely resembling that hexagon with the flap at the bottom.  If I get the
> flap, there's no hexagon and vice versa.  Is this hexagon white or
> coloured?  Do the spokes radiating from the centre of the hexagon represent
> creases or folds?  I can receive attachments, so if some kind person has a
> better diagram of what happens here, I would be grateful to hear from him/she.

 Perhaps your having the same problem I had the first time I tried to fold
     this, at
the convention.   As I looked down on the opened up top of the mode, I just
     could
not get it to collapse as shown in the diagrams.  I even had some of my fellow
folders help me, they couldn't figure it out either.  Then finally,  I turned
     whole
thing around 180 degrees and it all made perfect sense!
--
Kim Best                            *******************************
                                    *          Origamist:         *
Rocky Mountain Cancer Data System   * Some one who thinks paper   *
420 Chipeta Way #120                * thin, means thick and bulky *
Salt Lake City, Utah  84108         *******************************





From: "Sonia Wu (NC)" <swu@VIRTU.SAR.USF.EDU>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:16:11 -0400
Subject: Re: More Mette Units

Will Mette's new book be available from other sources?  I'm
especially interested to know if it would be available from Kim's Crane,
OUSA, and Fascinating Folds (because it gives me yet another reason to
write off for another self-indulgent order).

I enjoyed the first book.  It helped me through a very long wait in the DC
airport.

Sonia Wu
(Florida)





From: Peter Budai <peterbud@MAIL.DATATRANS.HU>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 19:36:14 +0200
Subject: NO: Personal notice for those whom I correspond with (and are on the

Hi,

Just some words informing you that I came back from Portugal and that soon I
will reply, just wait a bit.

Happy folding,

Peter "many letters to reply" Budai





From: John Smith <jon.pure@PASTON.CO.UK>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 20:09:32 +0100
Subject: Re: Origami Dictionary

-----Original Message-----
Date: 10 August 1998 10:38

>
I realized that I don't even know the german and french expression of many
english names of folds.
>E.g. what do you call a reverse fold, a double-unsink, etc. etc. ...

In June 1991 we had a marvellous convention in Bad Blankenberg (The Froebel
Museum). To help the English whose mastery of other languages is notorious
Christoff Mangutsch from Austria prepared a list of useful expressions with
a German translation and a rough idea of how to pronounce them. Included in
this list were origami terms but I do not know whether these are accepted in
german origami circles now or not. I still have my copy of this splendid
document.
I particularly liked the section which gave the translation of such
expressions as...
Did you create this model?
It's
Interesting
I like your models

I could not resist suggesting we added :-
I like it , what is it ?
Have I got it the right way up?
Did you have to use cutting?

No doubt many other choice expressions could be added to this list.

I think the idea of an Origami dictionary is fine, Matthias, but I am afraid
I am a broken reed when it comes to making a contribution

John Smith





From: Robby/Laura/Lisa <morassi@ZEN.IT>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 12:53:00 +0200
Subject: Re: Origami Dictionary (long)

David,
At 17.27 10/8/1998 EDT, you wrote:

>Many years ago, it must have been in the 1970s, Brian Bishop, who was then a
>member of the British Origami Society spent much time compiling a multi-
>language dictionary of origami.
>He carefully compared existing terms in various languages and asked native
>speakers for the terms they used.

Aha !! I had nearly forgotten about this, but now I have checked my
archives.... ;-)

I was in correspondence with Brian for five years, and the last letter I
got from him is dated 19/1/1979: I've not heard from him since then. He was
a very friendly and meticulous person who spoke good Italian, Esperanto and
other languages. Also, he helped me a lot with the search and translation
of old documents on napkin folding and pre-historic paperfolding. It was he
who contacted me in 1974, asking for help in the Italian translation of his
dictionary of origami terms. A couple of years later I suggested to compile
a synoptic table of terms arranged by language, as stated in this list, and
also to make the dictionary (nearly completed, I think) available to BOS
members through the BOS library, but I don't know if this has been done.
What I have here is his original list of symbols and terms, plus my Italian
translation, and the Foreword which is reported hereafter. I think Mick Guy
may offer some advice about this matter, perhaps even his present address,
and Brian Goodall could be contacted to inquire on the BOS Library (David,
you have their e-mail addresses). Hope this helps.

Roberto

----------------------------------
BRIAN BISHOP - BASIC VOCABULARY OF PAPERFOLDING (1974)

     This "basic multilingual terminology oif paperfolding" arises from two
observations. Firstly, it is frustrating to find a publication on
paperfolding which is wholely or largely unintelligible because it is in a
foreign language, although the words essential to its understanding are
mainly a limited number of technical ones. However, even students and
perhaps even natives of the foreign language are unlikely to be familiar
with this technical vocabulary. Secondly, I wish to introduce paperfolding
to the Esperanto world; but, before doing so, it is necessary to establish
the technical vocabulary in Esperanto, and this is helped by comparison of
practices in various national languages.
     It is inevitable and desirable that such a vocabulary as this should
never be either standard or complete. No one can ever arrogate to himself
the task of standardizing words or symbols across the world or even within
a country, because individuals and groups will always prefer their own
equivalents whether or not there is a valid difference. In fact, a standard
could be a bad thing because of the danger that it would apply conscious or
unconscious restraints or invention. Moreover, any art form must be
dynamic, and its terminology has to develop with it: thus any list will
always be incomplete as well as containing idiosyncracies.
     Within these constraints I hope that these lists will help
paperfolders to gather at least the gist of publications in their languages
and thereby assist the international understanding and spread of the art.
     To keep this list to a minimun size, words not specific to
paperfolding (such as colours) have been omitted: they can be found in
ordinary dictionaries. Where equivalent alternatives are given ( = ), the
order does not necessarily reflect any preference. The symbols are based on
conventions largely accepted by the British Origami Society and the
American Origami Center.
     I thank all my paperfolding friends for their unstinted help and advice.





From: Michael Gibson <mig@ISD.CANBERRA.EDU.AU>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:24:52 +1000
Subject: Re: multi-sides square bases - where are they?

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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
\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

On Sun, 9 Aug 1998, Robert Allan Schwartz wrote:

> I am not familiar with this book. Is it new? What is the ISBN?
>

The info you asked for is as follows:

Dover Pubns;
ISBN: 0486401413

The book was published in May of this year, and is available (among other
places I'm sure) from Amazon.com.

Regards,

Michael Janssen-Gibson





From: Tom Hill <tomh@GROUPWORKS.COM>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:40:47 -0500
Subject: Re: CHAOS members? (Was: Contacting Mike Thomas)
Hey, while we're asking about specific CHAOS members, let me ask a more
general question: Are there any CHAOS members on the list? Does CHAOS
have a web site? Does anyone have more info about CHAOS?

Thanks.

Tom

Paul & Jan Fodor wrote:

> Hi Is Mike Thomas, member of CHAOS on the list?  Does anyone have an
> address or email whereby I can reach him?   Thanks in advance.
>
> Aloha, Jan





From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:55:13 -0700
Subject: Re: multi-sides square bases

At 06:16 PM 98/08/12 +0200, you wrote:
>>Are there square bases with more sides?
>
>Actually you can make any-sided squares, I suppose, because all you do is
>(desribed by a non native English-speaker and neither a mathematician) that
>you crumple up the paper's center (by folding) in a way that you have "n"
>equal lenght edge-parts. The "how much you ned to crumple the center"-factor
>depends on how big "n" is. The more "n" is, the more paper goes into the
>center (the more fat your paper will be if you want to fold it into a -for
>example- bird base).

That's about right. You can find 5, 6, 7, and 8-sided "squares" in J.C.
Nolan's "Creating Origami".
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From: Cathy <cathypl@GENERATION.NET>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 10:34:35 -0400
Subject: Re: Lord Vader

At 04:11 PM 98-08-11 -0600, you wrote:
>
> Perhaps your having the same problem I had the first time I tried to fold
this, at
>the convention.   As I looked down on the opened up top of the mode, I
just could
>not get it to collapse as shown in the diagrams.  I even had some of my
fellow
>folders help me, they couldn't figure it out either.  Then finally,  I
turned whole
>thing around 180 degrees and it all made perfect sense!
>--
>Kim Best                            *******************************

Yes, that might explain the meaning of the funny arrow head.

>
>Well, having folded the model somewhat successfully, I realized that
>there was a trick to these steps. From step 14 through 17, the top of
>the model is not flat. That hexagon is really just the paper
>surrounding the flap you make in step 14. In step 17, you collapse the
>flap with two rabit-ears, and the model again lies flat.
>
>Hope this helps,
>Sam

Thanks, I will try your suggestions and let you know how it goes.  The Dark
Side of the Force will not win!  (I hope...)

                                        Cathy
******^^^^^*****^^^^^*****

Cathy Palmer-Lister
Ste. Julie, Quebec
Canada
cathypl@generation.net





From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 16:36:56 -0700
Subject: Emiko Kruckner

Emiko Kruckner lost her battle with cancer on Saturday. A quiet, gentle
person, she was best known in her role as the translator for the Yoshizawas
when they visited the United States. Indeed, she was a student of
Yoshizawa-sensei when she was still living in Japan. She is survived by her
husband, Ray, and her son, Douglas. The memorial service has already been
held (on Tuesday). The family requests that, in lieu of flowers or other
gifts, a donation be made to a cancer society.

(I received this information from Jan Polish via telephone. The connection
was not good, so I apologise in advance for any details which may be
erroneous.)
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From: "Sonia Wu (NC)" <swu@VIRTU.SAR.USF.EDU>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 18:08:33 -0400
Subject: Re: New Book Recommendations?

The fervor has been roused.

Does anyone have more news of new books?  I'm ordering Mette Pederson's
second book and have just looked through Kim's Crane's catalog (where I
was excited to see books of modulars from Italy--Libroggetto #1 & #2;
Origami Modulari).

How about any rumors of books in the works?  Just knowing the
Origami Omnibus and Origami for the Connoisseur are coming back soon
brightens up my day....

Sonia Wu





From: Peter Budai <peterbud@MAIL.DATATRANS.HU>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 18:16:45 +0200
Subject: Re: multi-sides square bases

At 03:01 PM 8/8/98 EDT, you wrote:

>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.

I also "discovered" (isolatedly from Montroll) the 6-sided square and I can
add some more: 3-headed dragon a' la Peter, 6-leafed palm tree and bugs.

>Are there square bases with more sides?

About two or three years ago I made a 10-sided square (now I don't remember
what way but it was something like a blintzed-like five-sided square) to
make a 7-headed dragon, but it came out very thick and awkward.

Actually you can make any-sided squares, I suppose, because all you do is
(desribed by a non native English-speaker and neither a mathematician) that
you crumple up the paper's center (by folding) in a way that you have "n"
equal lenght edge-parts. The "how much you ned to crumple the center"-factor
depends on how big "n" is. The more "n" is, the more paper goes into the
center (the more fat your paper will be if you want to fold it into a -for
example- bird base).

Perhaps someone will improve me clumsy description :)

Happy folding, Peter Budai





From: Rachel Katz <mandrk@PB.NET>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 22:58:18 +0000
Subject: Re: New Book Recommendations?
Priority: normal

>
> The fervor has been roused.
>
> Does anyone have more news of new books?  I'm ordering Mette Pederson's
> second book and have just looked through Kim's Crane's catalog (where I
> was excited to see books of modulars from Italy--Libroggetto #1 & #2;
> Origami Modulari).
>
> How about any rumors of books in the works?  Just knowing the
> Origami Omnibus and Origami for the Connoisseur are coming back soon
> brightens up my day....
>
> Sonia Wu

Michael La Fosse's GORGEOUS book "PaperArt" has been showing up at libraries
and bookstores. It isn't exclusively origami and there are very few
instructions for models but the book is a must see! There are wonderful
pictures of works by Michael, Chris Palmer, Herman Van Goubergen, Robert Lang,
Tomoko Fuse, Paul Jackson and Eric Joisel.

Rachel Katz
Origami - it's not just for squares!





From: Peter Mielke <peter@DOE.UTORONTO.CA>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 23:13:30 -0400
Subject: Phone folding aka IRC folding
Gnu-Emacs: if SIGINT doesn't work, try a tranquilizer.

Last night on the origami chat i tried and failed to explain Kasahara's
penguin. There were a few crumpled pieces of paper created in the United
States and in Japan. I went through the steps again and i think that i have
come up with better instructions. Tell me if they if they can be understood
and if you do end up with a penguin.

1. Colour side up fold one corner to the opposite corner
2. Orient the paper so that the long side is toward you
3. Fold and unfold the left 45 degree corner to the top 90 degree corner
4. Inside reverse fold the you did in step 3
5. Fold the diagonal right raw edge from the right corner and about half
   way down the left top diagonal such that the raw edge points to the left
   90 degree corner. repeat behind
6. A long coloured triangle is now showing; fold one layer of paper along
   the shortest side of this triangle. Create another fold by bisecting the
   smallest angle in the triange just created. Repeat behind.
7. Pull out the flap of the triangle we just folded over. fold the shortest
   edge to the longest edge and unfold partially. repeat behind.
8. Outside reverse fold the long point to create a head for the penguin
   (judgement fold).

Are there any tips for phone folds that people have?

I do have one story about a failed fone phold. I was trying to explain
LaFosse's Alice Gray butterfly to someone. A variation can be folded from
automated teller receipts. So i try and explain it to my friend and after a
while it doesn't seem like i am getting past the third step. After a few
minutes of wondering why my friend can't get to step 4, i realize that we
are using different sized automated teller reciepts (same bank, just older
machines and different dimensions). After all the energy required to
explain step 4 for a wrong size paper, i didn't have the energy to
continue.





From: DLister891@AOL.COM
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 05:14:20 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Origami Dictionary

Dear Roberto,

On 12th August you wrote what appeared to be a letter to me but posted it to
the List. I don't know if this is what you intended, but no harm has been done
and i'm sure subscribers (some of them at any rate!) would be interested, as I
was, to read Brian Bishop's Preface to his "Basic Vocabulary of paperfolding".

I have retrieved my file of correspondence with Brian Bishop, but it doesn't
contain the papers he sent me about his Vocablulary of Paperfolding. They must
be buried with my papers. Unfortunately they are getting very voluminous and
hard to search, but I will look for them when I have time.

Perhaps now it would be possible to get Brian's dictionary in print. It will
be interesting to see how much it needs revising after the passage of time. We
need to find Brian, too. I don't have a list of all BOS members' E-mail
addresses, but Penny Groom was compiling one and she will have them.

David Lister.





From: DLister891@AOL.COM
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 05:14:21 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Emiko Kruckner

I was very saddened to read Joseph's note that Emiko Kruckner had died.

I met her at the OUSA Convention in 1997 and enjoyed her company on several
occasions.

She was kind enough to act as interpreter when I met Mr. Yoshizawa to ask him
for information about his early life for my proposed article. It soon became
obvious that Emiko's voice was beginning to give way as a result of the strain
of the weekend's translating and we cut short our interview. I knew she was
having difficulties, but I had no idea how serious they were.

I am now doubly grateful to her for the way she helped me, and also for the
way she helped Mr.Yoshizawa right through the Convention.

David Lister.





From: Valerie Vann <valerie_vann@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 09:28:21 -0400
Subject: Phone folding aka IRC folding

there's another project for the under-occupied
and over motivated among the list members
collecting and standardizing "phone folds"
(ASCII "diagrams") for various models, i.e.
saving directions that have been tested successfully.
:)
valerie





From: Jeff Kerwood <jkerwood@USAOR.NET>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 09:48:42 -0400
Subject: Re: Phone folding aka IRC folding

> From: Valerie Vann
>
> there's another project for the under-occupied
> and over motivated among the list members
> collecting and standardizing "phone folds"
> (ASCII "diagrams") for various models, i.e.
> saving directions that have been tested successfully.

Good idea!!! Maybe with both the graphic diagrams and the phone diagrams I
might be able to make it through some models :-)  (as of late I've been
getting stuck on just about everything I try ;-( ).

Jeff





From: "Chamberlain, Clare" <Clare.Chamberlain@HEALTH.WA.GOV.AU>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 10:53:11 +0800
Subject: Origami Dictionary

        I'm just back on the list after a few weeks holiday - the notion of
a dictionary is great, although I have managed to teach and be taught using
sign language without much difficulty.
        However, there is already a book called Origami Dictionary (in
Japanese), which is a dictionary of models (mostly simple) written by Mr
Yamaguchi of Origami House (or is it Gallery) in Tokyo.
        Being one of those people who can never remember folds, I find it
useful when doing public demos as I can almost always find a model to meet
requests.   Just my few measly Aussie cents worth..........

clare





From: Dahlia Schwartz <dahlias@BU.EDU>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:17:50 -0400
Subject: Re: Lord Vader

Cathy wrote:                                 Cathy, dangerously frustrated
     Klingon
folder

A day later & I'm still chuckling to myself at the image of a female Klingon,
batleth by her side, folding Darth Vader out of paper.  K'plach!

-dahlia (living with a wannabe Klingon warrior who actually owns a batleth!)





From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 14:20:08 -0700
Subject: Re: Query: Paper for Maekawa's devil, other scaly creations...

At 03:42 PM 98/08/13 -0400, you wrote:
>I was wondering if anyone knew of a slightly-glossy paper with a bumpy,
>scaly pattern that I can make into lizardy, scaly creatures? I had sent
>this email to rec.arts.origami, and referred to a picture from the cover
>of _Viva! Origami_. When someone (I believe Matthias) graciously replied,
>I realized that that picture wasn't showcasing the paper I was looking
>for.
>
>For instance, in ORU#13 where they show Maekawa's Devil, there is a bumpy
>paper that he uses. I haven't found an example on the web yet.

The paper used for the devil in ORU#13 and on the cover of "Viva! Origami"
is the same paper. Indeed, it may even be the same model that appears in
those two photos. I have never seen that particular paper outside of Japan.
I do not know what it is called, either. However, there are several papers
that have a "bumpy, scaly pattern" that you might want to look at. I've
seen one called "lizardskin", and another one called "alligator hide".
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From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 14:48:17 -0700
Subject: Klingon Weapon models (was Re: Lord Vader)

At 03:23 PM 98/08/13 -0400, you wrote:
>Thanks, and my greetings to your warrior companion.  Does he know about
>KAG?   I don't care for the weaponry, unless somebody knows how to fold
>leveks and bathelths from paper--the levek should be easy, actually, in
>fact I like the sound of it--anyone out there looking for a challenge? I'd
>be happy to test it  :-)

I've made a few attempts at a bat'telh. Not too bad, but I've not yet found
away to do the triple handle (just one handle so far). What's a levek?
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From: Cathy <cathypl@GENERATION.NET>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 15:23:28 -0400
Subject: Re: Lord Vader

At 12:17 PM 98-08-13 -0400, you wrote:
>Cathy wrote:                                 Cathy, dangerously frustrated
Klingon
>folder
>
>
>A day later & I'm still chuckling to myself at the image of a female Klingon,
>batleth by her side, folding Darth Vader out of paper.  K'plach!
>
>-dahlia (living with a wannabe Klingon warrior who actually owns a batleth!)

Thanks, and my greetings to your warrior companion.  Does he know about
KAG?   I don't care for the weaponry, unless somebody knows how to fold
leveks and bathelths from paper--the levek should be easy, actually, in
fact I like the sound of it--anyone out there looking for a challenge? I'd
be happy to test it  :-)

                                                Cathy  (AKA:  K'athee
     GhojmoHwi' qup yab)

******^^^^^*****^^^^^*****

Cathy Palmer-Lister
Ste. Julie, Quebec
Canada
cathypl@generation.net





From: Carmine Di Chiara <cadichia@MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 15:42:00 -0400
Subject: Query: Paper for Maekawa's devil, other scaly creations...

Hi everyone.

I was wondering if anyone knew of a slightly-glossy paper with a bumpy,
scaly pattern that I can make into lizardy, scaly creatures? I had sent
this email to rec.arts.origami, and referred to a picture from the cover
of _Viva! Origami_. When someone (I believe Matthias) graciously replied,
I realized that that picture wasn't showcasing the paper I was looking
for.

For instance, in ORU#13 where they show Maekawa's Devil, there is a bumpy
paper that he uses. I haven't found an example on the web yet.

Thanks,

Carmine

---------
Carmine Di Chiara
cadichia@mit.edu
        Beyond each corner new directions lie in wait.
                - Stanislaw Lec





From: Bugly <amyg@AZSTARNET.COM>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 15:58:27 -0700
Subject: Re: New Books

I don't know much about the other books, but as for the ones listed below,
they are, as far as I could tell when browsing through them, just the easy
models collected from various books and assembled in one volume for
beginning folders.

        Amy Goncharsky

>There were also some extremely cheap Montroll books (Please notice that the
>prices are in Deutsche Mark!):
>
>   ___   Montroll, J: Easy Origami
>   DM 6,30; Dover Pubns; PAP; 11.1992
>   ___   Montroll, J: Favorite Animals in Origami
>   DM 5,30; Dover Pubns; PAP; 07.1996
>   ___   Montroll, J: Fun With Bird Origami
>   DM 8,90; Dover Pubns; PAP; 09.1995
>   ___   Montroll, J: Fun With Easy Origami
>   DM 8,90; Dover Pubns; PAP; 04.1993
>
>Do you know about their history and/or contents? Are they worth buying, or do
>they only contain material that is also published in the regular Montroll
>books?
>
>Well, this is enough for today. I'll ask about all those other books (like a
>whole series of books by Florence Temko about religious topics ... ?) some
>other time.
>
>Yours, Sebastian                                       skirsch@t-online.de
>                        /or/ sebastian_kirsch@kl.maus.de (no mail > 16KB!)





From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 15:58:54 -0700
Subject: Re: Klingon Weapon models (was Re: Lord Vader)

At 02:48 PM 98/08/13 -0700, you wrote:
>I've made a few attempts at a bat'telh. Not too bad, but I've not yet found
>away to do the triple handle (just one handle so far). What's a levek?

I forgot to add that these were attempts at folding it from a square. It's
fairly trivial to design a bat'telh from a long strip.
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From: Sebastian Marius Kirsch <skirsch@T-ONLINE.DE>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 21:53:18 +0200
Subject: New Books

Hi,

I was browsing amazon.de yesterday, and noticed a few origami books I had
never heard of, but which seemed very interesting. Perhaps some of you
have these books and can tell me more about them:

   ___   Yoshizawa, A: Origami Masterpieces
   DM 35,90; Heian Intl Pu; TRD; 05.1998
   ___   Cerceda, A: Fascinating Origami
   DM 17,90; Dover Pubns; PAP; 02.1997

Both books are rather new, and since I believe that there are few diagrams
available of either of the authors, I think they may be very interesting.  Are
they translations of other books? Who made the diagrams for the Cerceda book?
(I believe that Cerceda drew few to none diagrams himself -- I certainly have
never seen one.)

What do you know about the publisher "Heian International Publications", which
seems to publish an awful lot of origami books, but of which I have never
heard before?

There were also some extremely cheap Montroll books (Please notice that the
prices are in Deutsche Mark!):

   ___   Montroll, J: Easy Origami
   DM 6,30; Dover Pubns; PAP; 11.1992
   ___   Montroll, J: Favorite Animals in Origami
   DM 5,30; Dover Pubns; PAP; 07.1996
   ___   Montroll, J: Fun With Bird Origami
   DM 8,90; Dover Pubns; PAP; 09.1995
   ___   Montroll, J: Fun With Easy Origami
   DM 8,90; Dover Pubns; PAP; 04.1993

Do you know about their history and/or contents? Are they worth buying, or do
they only contain material that is also published in the regular Montroll
books?

Well, this is enough for today. I'll ask about all those other books (like a
whole series of books by Florence Temko about religious topics ... ?) some
other time.

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