




From: Julie Rhodes <kettir@GEOCITIES.COM>
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 13:24:21 +0000 (
Subject: Re: ORIGAMI Digest - 5 Nov 1998 to 6 Nov 1998

I'm looking for a diagram to fold a small box to hold gum card sets.  The
box should be about the size of a "hard" pack of cigarettes and cover the
cards completely (fold closed on them).  Thanks for any help on this, or on
finding a program that will let me enter the size of the box and will
create a cut-out template for a box.
----------------------------------------------------------------<*>---
kettir at           /\ /\   | "History shows again and again
geocities dot com  = o_o =  |  How Nature points up the folly of men."





From: Rachel Katz <mandrk@PB.NET>
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 18:35:58 +0000
Subject: butterflies
Priority: normal

OUSA members... I just handed in my butterflies and I understand they are
flying in rather slowly. So, if you can fold a few extra of those La Fosse
butterflies, I know they will be appreciated.

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





From: ROCKYGROD@AOL.COM
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 18:43:27 -0500 (
Subject: Santa Boot

Any one know of a cut 3D Santa Boot?

Thanks in advance,

Patty





From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 21:00:05 -0800
Subject: Re: Santa Boot

Why not try the traditional dollar bill Elfen Boot in red paper?

I believe OUSA has published diagrams for this model in one of their
Convention books.

Dorothy





From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 21:19:37 -0800
Subject: Re: butterflies

Dana,

Do what I did...call OUSA's office. They will dispatch Michael LaFosse's
Butterfly diagram to you on gossamer wings.

Dorothy





From: DRAPY1@AOL.COM
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 21:35:14 -0500 (
Subject: Re: butterflies

Rachel Katz wrote:

<< OUSA members... I just handed in my butterflies and I understand they are
 flying in rather slowly. >>

I'm a OUSA member & haven't rec'd any instructions to date.

Dana Rapisardi





From: Black Eagle <rbe@FLASH.NET>
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 21:40:31 -0600
Subject: Re: who's the creator? (was kirigami?)
Priority: normal

I think you can chalk this one up to the public domain.  My wife got
it from her mother (aged 83), who got it from her mother who says she
got it from her mother when she was a child.  That makes it at least
100 years old.

The original involved a person who had died and got on a train to the
"Hereafter."  The person got on the train and sat by another
passenger.  The person forgot his ticket, so his couchmate said he'd
tear his ticket and give him part of it.  The conductor took both
parts and separated them out.  The couchmate's ticket formed a cross
and the newcomer's ticket, when laid out, spelled "HELL."

Black Eagle

> Yup.  The storyline I heard doesn't involve origami, but I like your
> version better. Do you know where the folding originated?  I learnt
> it from my brother who learnt it through his co-worker who learnt it
> through his pastor...  so I really don't know to whom should the
> credit be given.  I'm going to wait and see if someone can provide
> the name of the creator (so I can give proper credit) before I scan
> in the diagrams and send it to those who've requested it.  If I
> don't hear from anyone, I'll get it scanned this weekend and send it
> out.  Thanks.
>
> Keropi
> keropi@vt.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kim Best <kim.best@M.CC.UTAH.EDU>
> To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> Date: Friday, November 06, 1998 3:09 PM
> Subject: Re: karigami?
>
>
> >Keropi wrote:
> >>
> >> I recently diagramed how to fold a rectangular sheet (preferrably 2 or
> >> greater to 1 ratio) which when cut/torn into equal thirds would produce
> the
> >> cross and pieces left over to form the word "hell".
> >
> >Isn't there a store that goes along with that. Something like...
> >
> >I man makes a living writing origami books.  But instead of creating his
> >own models he steals other peoples creations and passes them off as his
> >own.  So one day he dies and goes up to heaven.  Saint Peter meets him
> >at the gate, and says, "Here is where we will determine your fate.  In
> >order to do it in an appropriate fashion, you must tell me what you did
> >for a living."
> >
> >The man replied, "I was a creator of origami. And a writer of books on
> >the subject."
> >
> >"Very well.  Since you lived by paper, we will let paper determine your
> >fate."
> >
> >Peter then takes out a piece of paper and starts folding.  He then takes
> >out a pair of scissors and looks up at the man.  He see's no reaction.
> >So, he starts cutting. Still no reation.  Finally, he cuts a piece
> >completely off.  Seeing that the man doesn't even wince he cuts the
> >paper a second time.  He then lays the pieces of paper on a table and
> >says, "These pieces will determine your eternal reward."
> >
> >The man unfolds the pieces and finds a cross, and shouts out with joy.
> >But Saint Peter shakes his head and takes the remaining pieces and
> >spells out the mans true final residence.
> >
> >Ok, so that's not exactly how it went.  But it's close.
> >
> >--
> >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         *******************************
>
Black Eagle
Ask ab. Poly Ft Worth (TX) Pot Lucks
Ask for my PGP public key
bus web site: http://www.desertsilver.com
Use the H.A.M.R. at http://www.hamr.com





From: "James M. Sakoda" <James_Sakoda@BROWN.EDU>
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 22:40:21 +0100
Subject: Re: bag closing clarification

>-----Original Message-----
>From: James M. Sakoda <James_Sakoda@BROWN.EDU>
>To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>Date: Friday, November 06, 1998 9:40 PM
>Subject: Re: Closing bags
>
>
>>     Mirjam and others have covered the topic pretty well.  Her solution
>>needs a little addition to make the instructions more complete.
>
>Thanks you for the clarification on Mirjam's folding.  I'm some what
>confused though, it this folding for a paper bag ie. the kind you get at
>grocery stores? Doggy bags?  If this is so, then the method is very good for
>locking the opening.  However, I had mentioned in an earlier posting to the
>list that I was originally thinking about a flat plastic bag when I pose the
>question.  Do you know of a method to fold/lock flat plastic bags ie potato
>chip bags, M&M candy bags, etc...
>
>>     I have worked out a number of variations of pocketbook and knife
>>holder from letter size paper.  One of thse I use to carry five inch dor
>>six inch square paper folded in half.  James M. Sakoda
>
>I would be very interested to know the folding methods for the pocket book
>and knife holder you've described above.  Maybe you would place it on your
>website for other folders (myself included) who would enjoy some practical
>folds.   Again, thank you for the extended instructions to Mirjam's folding
>method.
>
>Keropi
>keropi@vt.edu

The problem that I described applies to a plain flat bag.  When the top
side is folded the ends as well as part of the bottom side will be moved
along and this can be solved by allowing the ends to be squash folded.  For
the plastic bag the best chance for success is to follow the approach used
in folding thenewspaper hat, which has an open side and the mountain
folding of the sides is done strictly at 90 degrees to the horizontal
folds.  The result of this is that the tucked in bottom layer needs to be
tucked tightly into the corner of thd top layer which is folded irst.  This
leaves less room for the tucked in portion to open out, as it wants to do.
Here is the complete instruction for closing a flat plastic bag
successfully.
     1.  Slit the sides about two inches to open the sides.
     2.  Valley fold the top layer twice inward, one inch at a time.
     3.  Valley fold inward about an inch or two of the sides at a right
angle to the top side.  The rest of the fold will probably take care of
itself.
     4.  Valley fold the lower edge and tuck under the fold on top, taking
care to push the end corners in as far as possible.  Hope it works for you.

Paper Garbage Bag Closing
     Once a week I fold the end of the paper bag to be picked up at the
curb.  As with paper bags generally the sides are folded in, and expand as
the bag is filled.  Leave about three or four inches at the top.  Put the
front and back sides of the opening together and fold over twicd together.
Then crimp the ends by bending down and under the sides.  This provides
handles for picking up the bag and keeps the bag closed as well.

Soap Box Closing
     This morning I found an empty hand soap box with the using short flaps
on the side  and flaps on the sides.  I bent the side flaps in half and
stuck themout parallel to the top.  I folded in the two folded side flaps
and tucked the two flaps on the top uder them.  This made a fairly secure
and attractive lock.

Pocket Book for Five Inch Paper.
     I will be publishing some material on origami flower arrangement on my
web page when Dover comes out with the printing of Origami Flower
Arrangement, probably late this year. This includes material which did not
get into the book and is based on making an entire flower arrangement from
five each square foil paper which can be carried around in a folded pocket
book.  James M. Sakoda  http://idt.net/~kittyv





From: "James M. Sakoda" <James_Sakoda@BROWN.EDU>
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 22:49:44 +0100
Subject: Re: bag closing clarification

>Keropi
>keropi@vt.edu

Sorry, I sent your message by mistake.  Here is my reply.  The problem that
I described applies to a plain flat bag.  When the top side is folded the
ends as well as part of the bottom side will be moved along and this can be
solved by allowing the ends to be squash folded.  For the plastic bag the
best chance for success is to follow the approach used in folding
thenewspaper hat, which has an open side and the mountain folding of the
sides is done strictly at 90 degrees to the horizontal folds.  The result
of this is that the tucked in bottom layer needs to be tucked tightly into
the corner of thd top layer which is folded irst.  This leaves less room
for the tucked in portion to open out, as it wants to do.  Here is the
complete instruction for closing a flat plastic bag successfully.
     1.  Slit the sides about two inches to open the sides.
     2.  Valley fold the top layer twice inward, one inch at a time.
     3.  Valley fold inward about an inch or two of the sides at a right
angle to the top side.  The rest of the fold will probably take care of
itself.
     4.  Valley fold the lower edge and tuck under the fold on top, taking
care to push the end corners in as far as possible.  Hope it works for you.

Paper Garbage Bag Closing
     Once a week I fold the end of the paper bag to be picked up at the
curb.  As with paper bags generally the sides are folded in, and expand as
the bag is filled.  Leave about three or four inches at the top.  Put the
front and back sides of the opening together and fold over twicd together.
Then crimp the ends by bending down and under the sides.  This provides
handles for picking up the bag and keeps the bag closed as well.

Soap Box Closing
     This morning I found an empty hand soap box with the using short flaps
on the side  and flaps on the sides.  I bent the side flaps in half and
stuck themout parallel to the top.  I folded in the two folded side flaps
and tucked the two flaps on the top uder them.  This made a fairly secure
and attractive lock.

Pocket Book for Five Inch Paper.
     I will be publishing some material on origami flower arrangement on my
web page when Dover comes out with the printing of Origami Flower
Arrangement, probably late this year. This includes material which did not
get into the book and is based on making an entire flower arrangement from
five each square foil paper which can be carried around in a folded pocket
book.  James M. Sakoda  http://idt.net/~kittyv





From: Jane Rosemarin <jfrmpls@SPACESTAR.NET>
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 23:37:33 -0600
Subject: Re: Santa Boot

>Any one know of a cut 3D Santa Boot?

There is a cute 3-D Santa boot in Tomoko Fuse's Yu Yu Festival,
ISBN4-900747-05-X, which is available at Fascinating Folds. The boot is
three dimensional, but open on the bottom, so you would have to put it on
a table or hang it low on the tree for the underside not to be visible.

Among other items, the book has a one-room dollhouse with some furniture
and some twist-folded stars. I'm glad to have learned the boot, but the
book overall does not appeal to me.

-Jane





From: DRAPY1@AOL.COM
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 00:22:01 -0500 (
Subject: Re: butterflies

<< Do what I did...call OUSA's office. They will dispatch Michael LaFosse's
 Butterfly diagram to you on gossamer wings.

 Dorothy>>

ok, will do.  thanks!

dana





From: Perry Bailey <pbailey@OPENCOMINC.COM>
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 02:26:54 -0600
Subject: Re: butterflies

Rachel Katz wrote:

> OUSA members... I just handed in my butterflies and I understand they are
> flying in rather slowly. So, if you can fold a few extra of those La Fosse
> butterflies, I know they will be appreciated.
>
> Rachel Katz
> Origami - it's not just for squares!

I mailed in a cookie tin full of them, didn't they arrive yet?

Perry

--
pbailey@opencominc.com
http://www.afgsoft.com/perry/  <----Web Page with Diagrams!





From: Rob Moes <robert.moes@SNET.NET>
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 16:17:13 -0500
Subject: folding phyllo

Speaking of practical origami....

Has anyone ever folded anything fun out of phyllo pastry and baked it
(either filled or unfilled)?  I thought this might be a nice idea for a
party.

I know that you have to work the dough very quickly as it will dry out and
crack, and obviously it does have limitations with regard to thickness.
Ideas appreciated!  (Yes, I do know how to do the triangular wrap-ups with
filling...that's my one sure thing.)

Rob
robert.moes@snet.net





From: Peter Budai <peterbud@MAIL.DATATRANS.HU>
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 17:17:01 +0100
Subject: PICTURES from the 1st Scandinavian Origami Meeting !!!!

Dear All,

Watch out for pictures from the 1st Scandinavian Origami Meeting at
the following URL:

http://www.origami.net/homes/sweeden/meeting/pictures.htm

"Little birds" told me be that it will be completed on Monday 9th November.

Please look at them, either to bring back the times you were there, or to
regret you weren't there and decide to go next year.

Happy folding and picture-looking,

Peter Budai





From: Elaine Rhodes <elaine@SSI.NET>
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 18:07:08 -0600
Subject: butterfly call

After folding and mailing the butterflies in, I pitched the address. Where
do we send the extras?





From: Larry Finch <LarryFinch@AOL.COM>
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 19:03:39 -0500 (
Subject: Re: butterflies

In a message dated 98-11-07 21:37:04 EST, DRAPY1@AOL.COM writes:

> Rachel Katz wrote:
>
>  << OUSA members... I just handed in my butterflies and I understand they
are
>   flying in rather slowly. >>
>
>  I'm a OUSA member & haven't rec'd any instructions to date.
>

Likewise.

Larry





From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 21:52:33 -0800
Subject: Re: folding phyllo

Lori wrote:

The Seattle Origami Convention, August 13-15, 1999.

Holy cannoli, I can't wait!

Dorothy





From: Barbra0336@AOL.COM
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 22:14:51 -0500 (
Subject: Help for a colored message area

Have an origami message that is purple and one that is black and cannot read
the print.  Can anyone help without being too technical?  Thanks, Barbara





From: Jane Rosemarin <jfrmpls@SPACESTAR.NET>
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 22:45:47 -0600
Subject: Re: Wedding Butterflies

Dear Joyce,

I received your instructions on Friday. I had gotten the male butterfly
almost right, but it is far easier to fold using Momotani's instructions.
And Kenneway's drawings turned out to be simplified in the head area, so
I felt particularly insecure about the correctness of my copy, which
seemed to have too many folds.

Also, now I know which is the male and which is the female. My
entomologist husband was unable to identify the sex of the models (of
course), so I am glad Momotani chose to do so (and in English), which
Kenneway did not.

I brought my completed models to an Origami Minnesota meeting this
afternoon, and everyone was excited to see so old a design. I hope the
kids find some reason to be fascinated by these butterflies tomorrow.

Momotani's book seems to be out of print, so I am even more grateful to
you for your generosity.

Thanks so much!

-Jane





From: "Lori Gregory." <LBGregory@AOL.COM>
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 00:41:03 -0500 (
Subject: Re: folding phyllo

Rob:

This may not be quite folding but...

There's a fun looking recipe for phyllo called "Moneybags" in a book called
"Basic Baking Chocolate" (ISBN 0-7624-0079-X).  I have not tried it yet, but
have tried others from the book and have been quite pleased.

The phyllo is cut into 7" squares, 3 layers thick, filled with a chocolate &
chestnut mixture, then the edges are gathered up and twisted just above the
filling, with the edges flared outward to resemble a moneybag, and baked.

Good luck,
Lori
Seattle Origami Convention
August 13-15, 1999





From: Jane Rosemarin <jfrmpls@SPACESTAR.NET>
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 09:21:22 -0600
Subject: Oops

Sorry about the private message I accidentally posted. I wish I could
always get it right. Perhaps one shouldn't fool with technology after
being up most of the night with a sick child.

-Jane





From: Mirjam Van Vroonhoven <mirjamv@THEOCHEM.KUN.NL>
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 09:31:31 +0100
Subject: Re: bag closed

On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Keropi <keropi@VT.EDU> wrote:

>Mirjam Van Vroonhoven:  Was the mountain fold parallel to the 2 valley
>folds, except further down the bag?  It didn't hold too well, but maybe I'm
>folding it wrong.  When I was done, the result was a pleat, does that sound
>right? Please explain further.  Thanks.

No, it was not parallel... I mean't to fold the corners with a mountain fold
backwards, to lock the valley folds:
    -------.-----------
    |     /
    |    .  <- mountain fold corner backwards.
    |   /
    ---.----------------
    | /
    |.
    |

Don't make the corner to small, if the corner is small and the bag large, the
lock will not hold.

I can imagine that a pleat doesn't hold very well...

Mirjam.





From: Herman Lau <hlau@ARB.CA.GOV>
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 12:11:52 -0800
Subject: Re: karigami?

Keropi wrote:

> I recently diagramed how to fold a rectangular sheet (preferrably 2 or
> greater to 1 ratio) which when cut/torn into equal thirds would produce the
> cross and pieces left over to form the word "hell".

  This has been in print in the past.  One of the books it is in is "Winter
Nights Entertainment" published in 1932 and republished by Dover back in the
50's or 60's under the title of "Entertaining Diversions with..." (I don't
remember the exact title right now). And I think I've also seen it in other
books.

Herman





From: Kenny1414@AOL.COM
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 13:31:54 -0500 (
Subject: Re: butterfly call

In a message dated 98-11-08 19:19:01 EST, you write:

> After folding and mailing the butterflies in, I pitched the address. Where
>  do we send the extras?

Aloha Elaine (and rest of origami list),

"Send your butterflies, carefully packaged, by Friday November 13 to
our Home Office address marked ATTENTION: ANNUAL GIFT."

Oops, that's all the cover letter said. Just a minute (choto matte kudasai)
while I dig out my back-issues of The Paper and find the Home Office Address.

Ok, it's the same as the address in small print at the bottom of the
Butterfly request cover letter, so you want to send to:
    OrigamiUSA
        ATTENTION: ANNUAL GIFT
    15 West 77th Street
    New York, NY 10024-5192

Ok?

And no, I haven't sent mine in yet. Hopefully I'll post the box today.

Aloha,
Kenny1414@aol.com    (Kenneth M. Kawamura)





From: Kenny1414@AOL.COM
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 13:32:09 -0500 (
Subject: Re: Help for a colored message area (NO)

(This is Not Origami-related (NO), but is an answers
to a question from the origami list, and there are a
number us who use AOL, so this may help others
on the list. My apologies to the non-AOLers.)

Hi Barbara,

(In the following directions, the stuff in square brackets
    "["    "]"
are the keyboard shortcuts, for people like me who
have trouble mouse-clicking. I'm using these
because I don't know whether the underline and bold
work for everybody else.

The slash "/" separates progressive menu selections.)

Open the e-mail, and wait for it to finish opening,
you know, when it stops blinking and all that.

Go up to your AOL menu bar and choose
    [Alt]    [E]dit / [S]elect All     (to grab the message)
then do
    [Alt]    [E]dit / {C]opy            (to copy to the clipboard)
then do
    [Alt}    [F]ile / [N]ew              (to create a new file
                                                in an EDIT window)

(this is because the EDIT windows have special buttons
for setting/re-setting the text color, background color,
font size (Reduce, Reset, Enlarge),
text highlighting (Bold, Italic, Underline), and
justification
(Left, Center, Right, and Left-and-Right even margins) )

and do
    [Alt]    [E]dit / [P]aste            (to copy clipboard to new file)

then left-mouse-click on the second button from the right,
the white A on  a colored (blue?) background,

choose (left mouse click on) the lower right Basic Color
(it's the white square, because you want to make the
background white)

left mouse click on the OK button.

That should take care of your color problem.

I don't understand why these controls (buttons)
aren't available on the viewing windows, probably
a design flaw.

Fortunately replies and forwards use EDIT windows
instead of VIEW windows.

I notice that after I view a message with a messed
up background color, when I go to reply or forward,
the background choice has been mucked up,
and I have to reset it to white as above. *sigh*.

This can be avoided, I think, if I close the view window
and open the next e-mail, but that is too much work,
especially if you get as much junk mail as I do.

In addition, I notice that after receiving a message
with odd font size, in AOL, the font size change
persists thru later messages, and I have to close
my viewing window and re-open the next e-mail
message, to get back to normal viewing.

I really wish the VIEW windows had these buttons.

Some of the stuff, like the LockerGnome newsletter
uses font sizes that are hard to read, as well as
strange background colors that map to black on
my setup, and it would have been nice to be able to
adjust for that without having to go thru the bother
of cutting and pasting into a new window.

AOL has been around so long, you'd think it'd
be more usable. (grumble, grumble, ...)

Hope this helps some. Sorry for bothering
you non-AOLers.

By the way, I'm still using AOL 3.0 for Windows
in Windows 95. AOL 3.0 for Windows 95 would
not run on my machine. I have downloaded
AOL 4.0 and it looked like it installed all right,
but when I went to run it, it didn't connect to
the Dial Up Networking, and said it couldn't
find my modem. I'm not techie enough  to fix it.

(Posted to the list, and Barbara (so she gets this),
and cc:-ed to my family and ohana (extended family) so
they'll know I'm alive and doing something.)

Aloha,

Kenneth





From: Rob Moes <robert.moes@SNET.NET>
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 15:10:27 -0500
Subject: Re: Ears of the Jun Maekawa Devil

This is a repost from 5/18.  Now that more people have the book (I hope!)
you can see for yourself.

If you look at the wings, you will see that they are made up of multiple
layers of paper (six, I think).  Pull out (and pull downward as far as you
can) everything but a single outer layer for both the front and the back
aspect of the wings.

What you can do is fashion these four inner layers into an eartip, pulling
it in front of the wing and then inward as close to the face as possible.
The excess paper can be hidden by pushing it into the model, just behind
the paper layer that makes for the demon's body.

With a finishing crimp along each side of the ear to make it appear
spade-shaped, you will have a result that rivals the photo.  A couple of
nice pointy ears adds character to the demon, so do give this a try!

Rob





From: Keropi <keropi@VT.EDU>
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 15:37:53 -0500
Subject: kirigami in print

Thanks Herman for sharing this information.  Would you let me know the exact
title and ISBN?  Do you know whether there is the history or additional
information on this model in the text besides what information Black Eagle
provide (that the model is at least 100 yrs old)?  I would love to read up
on it and I'm sure others are interested as well.  Thanks again.

Keropi
keropi@vt.edu

-----Original Message-----
Date: Monday, November 09, 1998 3:07 PM

>  This has been in print in the past.  One of the books it is in is "Winter
>Nights Entertainment" published in 1932 and republished by Dover back in
the
>50's or 60's under the title of "Entertaining Diversions with..." (I don't
>remember the exact title right now). And I think I've also seen it in other
>books.
>
>Herman





From: Maarten van Gelder <VGELDER@KVI.nl>
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 16:19:25 +0100
Subject: Ears of the Jun Maekawa Devil

This is in response to a question by 'Ariel'. I think it is also
interesting to you members of the Origami List.

Ariel,

>               Dino Andreozzi told me ( please correct me if I am wrong), that
     you have
> folded Jun Maekawa's devil as it is in the pictures...with those strange
> sharp things going out and up from his shoulders.
>
>               Do you have any diagrmas or any drawing telling how to do it ?

No I don't have diagrams, But ...

In diagram 46 (page 165; VIVA ORIGAMI) you see two dashed lines just
above the wings. These show where the paper for the ears (those sharp
things) is (inside the wings). You can reverse fold these very far (the
crease is running through the shoulders to the side of the neck), but
you need to reverse the tip again and that makes the ears.

---
Maarten van Gelder    KVI - Groningen, Netherlands    vgelder@kvi.nl





From: Paul & Jan Fodor <origami@ALOHA.NET>
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 17:20:56 -1000
Subject: Re: straw folding...

Chong Kwai Fun wrote:
>
> hello everybody. This is the first time i'm writing to u all coz' i've just
     joined in the big family of origami. I would like to know whether  there's
     anyone heard before about straw folding. I don't think this is considered
     as origami but more to handi

Hi Chong Kwai,
        There is a hand craft here called "Wheat Weaving".  I bought some books
many years ago at a craft store so I don't know where to get it but it
seems Amazon books is a good source for books so maybe you could have
them do a search for you on that topic.
Aloha, Jan
--
<http://www.gotomymall.com/hawaii/origami/>
Origami by Jan website...the Fodor folder





From: Paul & Jan Fodor <origami@ALOHA.NET>
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 17:27:39 -1000
Subject: Re: traditional shirt.

Hi y'all,
        Does anyone have the folding instructions on their website of the
traditional shirt?  There's a gal asking to do my aloha shirt but she
needs the initial instructions for the traditional first.  Her hawaii
club wants to teach hawaiian origami at their luau.  I gave her a book
name but its a relatively new book and I'm not sure if its in the
library yet.  I'm also going to send her a folded model and hopefully
she can follow it but I thought it might be helpful if she can see some
diagrams.     Thanks in advance, Jan





From: Teresa Ford <TesaFord@AOL.COM>
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 17:30:14 -0500 (
Subject: Re: ORIGAMI Digest - 5 Nov 1998 to 6 Nov 1998

> I'm looking for a diagram to fold a small box to hold gum card sets.  The
> box should be about the size of a "hard" pack of cigarettes and cover the
> cards completely (fold closed on them).  Thanks for any help on this, or on
> finding a program that will let me enter the size of the box and will
> create a cut-out template for a box.

Julie,

There is a diagram in Fantastic Folds by Stoker and Williamson for a cover for
a deck of cards.  It is custom sized by the cards.  It is pretty easy.  I was
able to successfully fold it!  Hope this helps.

Teresa





From: Douglas Zander <dzander@SOLARIA.SOL.NET>
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 17:55:21 -0600 (
Subject: Re: butterfly call

  If there are any OUSA volunteers reading this;
  I have a question, how many should we send in?  I can make a few dozen
  more before Friday, should I just make a whole bunch and send them in?
  Do they run out of models during the Christmas season hand-outs?
  I remember one season we had to make butterflies (several years ago) and
  I folded about 200!  Unfortunately, many of those butterflies I had folded
  had a tear down the back (IIRC) that was very noticable; I wonder if they
  handed those out or if they just threw them out?  Does anyone remember
  that specific model?  Did anyone else have the tearing problem (on that
  butterfly model from several years ago)?

  The only problem I am having with this year's model is with the head.  It
  is rather hard to squash-fold the head then fold behind.  I am just
  skipping the squash-fold and simply flattening the head (kind of like a
  squash-fold) before folding the paper behind.  I also puff out the body
  and make it three dimensional.  Tonight I found some nice flower patterned
  duo paper almost like the paper the home office sent out; should make some
  pretty butterflies!  :-)

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





From: DORIGAMI@AOL.COM
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 20:07:36 -0500 (
Subject: MEETING at Monmouth Cty. Library, Manalapan

Origami meeting tomorrow night at Mon. Cty. Hdqs. Library, 7 to 9 oclock.
Symmes Rd., Manalapan....  (Turn at Value City off of Rte 9) Bring paper and
try to come....We are trying to resusitate the group.





From: Sjaak Adriaanse <S.Adriaanse@INTER.NL.NET>
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 21:59:30 +0100
Subject: origami sighting

There is now a commercial on Dutch television for the new brand of Japanese
spices of Conimex, in which you see an animation of a piece of yellow paper
folding itself into a cow (?). I do not know the model, it is fairly
complex. After that, another piece of paper folds itself into the package
of the product.

Greetings,
Sjaak

Sjaak Adriaanse
email: S.Adriaanse@inter.NL.net
----------------------------------
We perform the miracles
Kate Bush





From: Sjaak Adriaanse <S.Adriaanse@INTER.NL.NET>
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 21:59:34 +0100
Subject: Re: folding phyllo

At 16:17 08-11-1998, Rob Moes wrote:
>Speaking of practical origami....
>
>Has anyone ever folded anything fun out of phyllo pastry and baked it
>(either filled or unfilled)?  I thought this might be a nice idea for a
>party.

I have not tried it myself, but Eric Kenneway recommends (Complete Origami,
p. 44) using puff pastry instead of file pastry, and roll it as thin as you
can and then cut the desired square or rectangle.

Greetings,
Sjaak

Sjaak Adriaanse
email: S.Adriaanse@inter.NL.net
----------------------------------
We perform the miracles
Kate Bush





From: "James M. Sakoda" <James_Sakoda@BROWN.EDU>
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 22:39:31 +0100
Subject: Closing Cat Litter Bag

As long as we have touched on bag closing, I might as well add closing a
cat littler bag, which has a little different twist.  I use Tidy Cat bags
witha  regular cat litter box.  The box is placed inside the plastic  bag
and the top side of the bag  pushed down into the inside of the box,
leaving only a few inches plastic left at one end of the box.  I have tried
closing the few inches of plastic left over to try to make it more
attractive, but with mixed results trying to tuck the corners into the
pockets at the side of the box.  This time I noticed that there was a
groove under the lip of the box along the top edges.  I folded over the
ends of the bag a couple of times and tucked them under the lip on the side
next to the open end of the bag before tucking in the corners into the
pockets on the sides.  This time the end did not open out, and it looks as
though it might stay put until I need to change the bag again.  James M.
Sakoda





From: Kenny1414@AOL.COM
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 01:07:27 -0500 (
Subject: Joanne Ortman is out of the hospital

Aloha,

I've been meaning to tell you, as of last Tuesday,
Joanne Ortman is back in her house, being looked
after by her friend Don Hargraves. She is still
going thru "rehabilitation" after her stroke, and
appreciates all the mail, phone calls, visits and
other help.

Her current address is:
    J. R. Ortman
    7619 Forest
    Munster, IN  46321

Aloha,
kenny1414@aol.com  (Kenneth M. Kawamura)





From: Chong Kwai Fun <jasmine@DLSJUBM.COM.MY>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 08:29:26 +0800
Subject: straw folding...

hello everybody. This is the first time i'm writing to u all coz' i've just
     joined in the big family of origami. I would like to know whether  there's
     anyone heard before about straw folding. I don't think this is considered
     as origami but more to handicr





From: Douglas Zander <dzander@SOLARIA.SOL.NET>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 06:09:33 -0600 (
Subject: Re: ORIGAMI USA url

1)  I do not know, but it seems that only paid members get the instructions
    and request for help.

2)  http://www.origami-usa.org/

> Is this something limited to members of the organization?  Is there an URL
> talking about the organization?  Thanks for any info.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------<*>---
> kettir at           /\ /\   | "History shows again and again
> geocities dot com  = o_o =  |  How Nature points up the folly of men."
> -------------------   ^  ---------------------------------------------
>
>
>

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





From: Black Eagle <rbe@FLASH.NET>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 09:47:35 -0600
Subject: Re: MEETING at Monmouth Cty. Library, Manalapan
Priority: normal

> Origami meeting tomorrow night at Mon. Cty. Hdqs. Library, 7 to 9
> oclock. Symmes Rd., Manalapan....  (Turn at Value City off of Rte 9)
> Bring paper and try to come....We are trying to resusitate the
> group.
>
In what country is this meeting being held?

Black Eagle
Ask ab. Poly Ft Worth (TX) Pot Lucks
Ask for my PGP public key
bus web site: http://www.desertsilver.com
Use the H.A.M.R. at http://www.hamr.com





From: Maarten van Gelder <VGELDER@KVI.nl>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 11:03:27 +0000
Subject: Re: ET from developmental plans
Priority: normal

In the Orison (magazine of the OSN; Origami Societeit Nederland) I had
a column about difficult folding. In April 1992 I took the crease
pattern for ET from TOP ORIGAMI (in Japanese; later published in
English as Origami for the Connoiseur). And in the next issue of our
magazine we published the diagrams.

It was quite a puzzle to fold ET from the crease pattern and the
photo. But I succeeded and made the step folds. Then the diagrammer of
our magazine made the diagrams.

You may find these diagrams (and some explaining text) in the
archives at:

   http://www.rug.nl/rugcis/rc/ftp/origami/models.bin/et/index.htm

Maarten van Gelder    KVI - Groningen, Netherlands    vgelder@kvi.nl





From: Julie Rhodes <kettir@GEOCITIES.COM>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 11:49:32 +0000 (
Subject: Re: ORIGAMI Digest - 8 Nov 1998 to 9 Nov 1998

On Mon, 9 Nov 1998 16:00:02 -0500, you wrote:

>> After folding and mailing the butterflies in, I pitched the address. Where
>>  do we send the extras?
>
>Aloha Elaine (and rest of origami list),
>
>"Send your butterflies, carefully packaged, by Friday November 13 to
>our Home Office address marked ATTENTION: ANNUAL GIFT."

Is this something limited to members of the organization?  Is there an URL
talking about the organization?  Thanks for any info.

----------------------------------------------------------------<*>---
kettir at           /\ /\   | "History shows again and again
geocities dot com  = o_o =  |  How Nature points up the folly of men."





From: DORIGAMI@AOL.COM
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 11:56:25 -0500 (
Subject: Re: Closing Cat Litter Bag

Hi James..... how are you...the kitty litter idea sounds like a good idea to
send into the mfg of the kitty litter bags.......I once worked as a consultant
at Colgate Palmolive and they sent me into the kitty litter bag department to
try to design some kind of folds for a new bag...I cant remember what it was
and only was called in once but this sounds like just the kind of ideas they
are looking for....maybe they will pay.......Dorigami (Dorothy Kaplan)





From: Jason C Troye <troyejas@PILOT.MSU.EDU>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 12:01:40 -0500
Subject: rose problems

  I have been working day and night on Kawasaki's rose.  I am following the
diagram from the web and I am having trouble passing from step 24 to
step 25.  The folds in step 24 don't appear to match up with the finished
product in 25.  Maybe I am just dizzy from looking at it for countless hours.
I am trying to fold 12 roses for my girlfriend's B-day, so far I have zero.
Please help.
Thanks in advance,
Jason Troye.

p.s.  I was told that folding was a relaxing activity.
I don't have any fingernails left.





From: Perry Bailey <pbailey@OPENCOMINC.COM>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:45:07 -0600
Subject: Re: ET from developmental plans

Maarten van Gelder wrote:

> In the Orison (magazine of the OSN; Origami Societeit Nederland) I had
> a column about difficult folding. In April 1992 I took the crease
> pattern for ET from TOP ORIGAMI (in Japanese; later published in
> English as Origami for the Connoiseur). And in the next issue of our
> magazine we published the diagrams.
>
> It was quite a puzzle to fold ET from the crease pattern and the
> photo. But I succeeded and made the step folds. Then the diagrammer of
> our magazine made the diagrams.
>
> You may find these diagrams (and some explaining text) in the
> archives at:
>
>    http://www.rug.nl/rugcis/rc/ftp/origami/models.bin/et/index.htm

Thankyou Martin! I think you just made life alot easier for all of those
people who are buying the new edition of OFTC.

Perry

--
pbailey@opencominc.com
http://www.afgsoft.com/perry/  <----Web Page with Diagrams!





From: Perry Bailey <pbailey@OPENCOMINC.COM>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:53:35 -0600
Subject: Re: rose problems

Jason C Troye wrote:

>   I have been working day and night on Kawasaki's rose.  I am following the
> diagram from the web and I am having trouble passing from step 24 to
> step 25.  The folds in step 24 don't appear to match up with the finished
> product in 25.  Maybe I am just dizzy from looking at it for countless hours.

That's because you are right! there is an error, I'm very sorry but I didn't
write down in my copy who found and documented it, but this is one of those
things that should repeat every so often shift the valley and mountain folds
     down
one square diagonaly.  This should cure your problem.  Also check the Origami
archives from this listserve, and find where the error and erata info is now
being stored,  Unless someone else remember where to find this and would speak
up?

Perry
--
pbailey@opencominc.com
http://www.afgsoft.com/perry/  <----Web Page with Diagrams!





From: Anne R LaVin <lavin@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 14:32:41 -0500 (
Subject: Holiday Origami Workshops at Sasuga in Cambridge, MA (free!)

Sasuga Japanese Bookstore is hosting a series of holiday (Christmas,
actually) Origami workshops on four Sundays between now and
mid-December.  We'll do the following various holiday-themed models
(I'll be teaching!):

Nov. 15:
2-3 pm Wreath with Bow (beginner)
 (Modular Wreath by Michael LaFosse;
  Bow from "Quick and Easy Origami Christmas" by Toshie Takahama)
3-4 pm Star and Angel (intermediate)
 (8-pointed flat modular star, creator unknown;
  Angel from "Origami Omnibus" by Kunihiko Kasahara)

Nov. 22:
2-3 pm Father Christmas (advanced)
 (from "Essential Origami" by Steve and Megumi Biddle)
3-4 pm Star and Angel (intermediate)
 (see Nov. 15)

Dec. 6:
2-3 pm Wreath with Bow (beginner)
 (see Nov. 15)
3-4 pm Santa Face & Boots (intermediate)
 (both from "Origami de Christmas" by Nippon Origami Assoc.)

Dec. 13:
2-3 pm Santa Face & Boots
 (see Dec. 6)
3-4 pm Father Christmas
 (see Nov. 22)

The workshops are free, but you *must* sign up in advance to attend.
You can call them at (617) 497-5460 to put your name in.  If you have
any questions about the classes - more details on the models,
whatever, feel free to send me mail.  Hope to see some of you there!

Anne R. LaVin                       "Say, Pooh, why aren't YOU busy?" I said.
lavin@mit.edu                           "Because it's a nice day," said Pooh.
(617) 258-7940                                                  "Yes, but---"
MIT Foreign Langs & Lits                              "Why ruin it?" he said.





From: DLister891@AOL.COM
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 14:49:21 -0500 (
Subject: Straw Folding

Straw folding (or better, "straw craft") is a well-developed craft in its own
right and is widespread throughout the world. It falls into several
catagories, the most important of which are straw plaiting, often for the
purpose of staw hat making, straw mosaics, and, most characteristic of all,
the weaving or twisting of corn dollies.Corn dollies were traditionally made
out of the last sheaf of corn to be cut and were kept as a fertility sympol
until the sowing of the next crop, to carry into it the spirit of the corn.
The word "corn" here refers, in the English sense to any grain crop, such as
wheat or barley and not to Indian corn or maize, although there is a strong
tradition of weaving maize leaves and making dollies from them. The Mexicans,
in particular, have a folk tradition for weaving dollies.

Interest in corn dollies was undoubtedly stimulated by Sir James Fraser's book
"The Golden Bough", with its investigation into agricultural symbols and
fertility rites. However, in England, the tradition of making corn dollies
declined  sharply during the early 20th Century and had practically died out
by the end of the Second world War. Nevertheless, in 1949, when I was doing my
National Service in the RAF in Norfolk I was looking round a country church
and found my way into a small dim room at the foot of the tower. There,
hanging behind the door, I found a small corn dolly. I have been interested in
the subject ever since then.

It was about this time that a tiny group of country people started to revive
the craft. One of the most important was Mary Lambeth, who wrote several books
about the subject, the first being !"A Golden Dolly", which not only gave
instuctions for folding a variety of dollies, but also investigated the
foldklore aspects. Mary was very much an "ordinary" countrywoman, who yet
turned out to be extraordinary. She was followed by a whole succession of
people, including Alex Coker, Emmie White and Lettice Sandford. The subject
was adopted by the Women's Institutes whcih were (and still are) clubs for
women living mainly in the country villages.

Straw figures were not restricted to straw dolls in the form of human figures,
but included many symbolic and decorative figures, often peculiar to a
particular part of the country, such a Lantern from Herefordshire, the Suffolk
Horseshoe, the Herefordshire Fan, the Durham Neck, and Handbells from
Cambridgeshire. As in Origami, people began to create their own designs, some
of them very elaborate. Eventually a society, The Guild of Straw Craftsmen was
founded  and the Corn Dolly Newsletter started publication.

Only this last week my wife, Margaret, has brought out a new tea towel from
the store that she keeps in reserve. It depicts fourteen traditional patterns
of straw figures.

Straw craft is not at all restricted the the British Isles, but is found
throughout the world, including both advanced and undeveloped societies. Each
country has its own style of manipulating the straw or other plant product,
and the styles differ widely. As Jan Fodor has said, it is widely practised in
the United States and straw craftworkers visit each other across the Atlantic
and exchange ideas.

There is a close parallel with Origami. Both have a mathematical basis and
both use simple materials. Both have their roots in ancient tradition and yet
both can be developed by the designing of new creations. Both bring friendship
across frontiers and seas and oceans and between people of widely differing
races. Each person uses the materials locally at hand. An interesting variant
in some countries, particularly in the tropics is leaf folding, and in
particular the folding of palm fronds. Here, straw  folding merges into
paperfolding.

For weaving figures from straw, it is prefereable to use suitable straw.
Modern wheat varieties have been bred to have short stems, to resist the wind,
but in England, specialist wheat growers have taken up gain the growing of the
old traditional varieties of wheat with long stems. But for beginners, it is
possible to use paper drinking straws for practice.

While there have not been so many books written about straw craft as about
Origami, many books have still been written. My own add up to fifity, but
there are many more.. But sadly most are out-of-print. (I do know a second-
hand book dealer in England who sometimes has books on straw craft in her
catalogues.) One of the most recent books on straw craft, which may still be
in print, is "The Complete Book of Straw Craft and Corn Dollies" by Doris
Johnson and Alec Coker. Alec Coker was an Englishman and Doris Johnson was
American, so it should be available in the United States.

I think it would be best to search the lists of good craft bookshops in the
United States and also the lists of the large general bookshops like Barnes
and Noble, Borders and Amazon. One American Bookshop I used to obtain craft
books from was The Unicorn Craft and Hobby Book Service, Box 645, Rockville,
MD 20851, but that was twenty years ago and they may have changed their
address since then.

Straw weaving merges into related crafts, including rushwork, plaiting,
basketry, string figures, macrame, weaving, tatting, crochet, lacemaking,
string figures and general knots and splices. How sad that one lifetime is not
enough to encompass them all! But sraw crafts, like origami is a good place to
make a start.

David Lister.

Grimsby, England.

DLister891@AOL.com

I





From: Jessica Mann <jessmann74@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 18:47:20 -0800 (
Subject: photo transfers to paper?

Okay, I *know* that ways exist to transfer photos or slides to paper
(aside from scanning) or cloth, because I've seen workshops advertised
to teach the technique.  Can anyone tell me how, so I can finally get
started on an (already belated) birthday present idea?  Thanks!  :)

Jessica Mann
jessmann74@hotmail.com

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From: David Chow <Davegchow@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 22:22:42 -0500 (
Subject: Modular Soccer Ball Question

Greetings.
        I am attempting to make a realistic soccer ball (truncated
     icosahedron).  I
am usually a purist, but decided that a purist soccer ball may prove
troublesome (I haven't really seen any), so now I'm deciding between modular
styles.  The two I have available to me are the Sonobe units from OftC and the
polygonal style from Origami Omnibus.  However, it seems that for the former,
the resulting ball would really be covered in a series of pyramids, which was
not quite the effect I wanted. As such, I'm looking more closely at the
latter, which seems to require very specific ratios of paper size for the
hexagons to fit with the pentagons and the joining tabs.  How does one obtain
large amounts of such specifically sized paper (a paper cutter, I suppose, may
be my last resort, but even then the cuts are not exact)? Also, does anyone
know of any other, realistic modular soccer balls besides these two? Thanks
for any help.

Have fun!
David C.





From: Andy Carpenter <Andy.Carpenter@MCI.COM>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 22:59:38 -0700
Subject: New web page
Importance: Normal

Having spent countless hours surfing many of your Webpages I have finally
decided to publish my own. It can be found at:

http://carpo.home.mindspring.com/AndysOrigamiPage

Currently there are some photo's and a couple of diagrams of my own models
along with photo's of models by real origami folk. Over time I hope to add
to the contents but I guess that depends on if I manage to create any more
models. Any comments are welcome.

Thanks.

Andy.Carpenter@mci.com





From: Allen Parry <parry@ESKIMO.COM>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 23:03:09 -0800
Subject: Re: photo transfers to paper? (NO)

Jess,

To do this you need to make a color copy of the photo. Its best to make
the copy on mylar, made for making copies.

Toner, used in copy machines, is finely powdered plastic.  You can
transfer the image from the mylar to cloth by remelting the toner
(plastic) with an iron on the highest setting.  The reason you use this
type of mylar, is that the flash point (temperature it burns) is higher
than paper.  An iron, on it high setting, is approximately 400 degrees F.
The flash point of paper is 451 F (if I remember right)....thus the name
for the classic book.

I use this process often, in making prototype curcuit boards.  Smaller
images work best.  Experiment with it a few times first.  The biggest
issue is making sure you get even coverage with the iron, to refuse the
entire image.  This takes practice.

Allen Parry
parry@eskimo.com





From: DLister891@AOL.COM
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 04:42:30 -0500 (
Subject: Re: Straw Folding

Jasmine Chong wrote:

<< I'm sorry to make everybody mistaken that the straw folding was actually
folding from drinking straw, not the other type of straws that some of you
might have mentioned it to me. So now that the thing is cleared, does anyone
has any idea where to get books about drinking straw folding.??? Thanks in
advance.
  >>

I'm sorry to have misunderstood and sincerely apologise for a long-winded and
inappropriate diversion.

Obviously, straws, whether natural or made of paper cannot be folded in the
same way as a sheet of paper. The folding of paper drinking straws is,
however, no different from the folding or weaving or plaiting of staws of
wheat and similar cereals.

Three books specifically on the plaiting of paper straws and on related straw
crafts are three comb-bound books with the title: "Paper Straw Craft", written
by Gordon Message and published by Mills and Boon of 17-19 Foley Street,
London W1A  1DR, England in 1972.

They are:  Set 1  Weaving             !SBN  0  263  05348  2   Price One
pound.
                Set 2  Toys and Decorations   0  263  05350  4            One
pound.
                Set 3  Constuctions                0  263  05352  0
One pound.

Set one is about the traditional corn dolly style of plaiting or weaving
straws. Sets 2 and 3 contain some folding and weaving, but are mainly of other
straw techniques including models that could be described as constructional.

Another paperbacked book, also published by Mills and Boon, in 1973 is "Paper
Straw Craft" by Anne Stone. Then priced at two pounds 5p.
To my mind, this is a better book than those of Gordon Message.

Sadly, after twenty six years, these books must be out of print, but they may
be available in libraries.

A search in the Amazon web site in America lists eight books on straw crafts,
but seven of them are out of print. The only one shown to be in print is the
following:

Doris Johnson and Alec Coker;  The Complete book of Straw Craft and Corn
Dollies.   Paperback.  Published 1987.  Amazon's price:  Three Dollars 96c
(This is the book I mentioned in my first posting and i recommend it.)

A search  in the Amazon Web Site, UK, and other bookseller's web sites in the
UK  reveals that the following three books on straw crafts are in print at
pressent:

M. Lambeth    Discovering Corn Dollies  Paperback  Published in 1974.  One
pound 75p.

Doris Johnson and Alex Coker: The Complete book of Straw Craft and Corn
Dollies.
Paperback Published 1986  Two pounds 65p.

Peter Shelley   Handful of Straw: Beginner's Guide to Corn Dollies.
Hardback  Published 1995. Seven pounds 50p.

I hope this helps.

David Lister
