




From: "Jerry D. Harris" <102354.2222@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 22:19:27 -0500
Subject: A few small things...

Hi All! -

        Here's a couple of things that I thought list members might like =
to
know!

        First, for those of you who are in search of used copies of
out-of-print books and have access to the WWW, try:   www.bibliofind.com =
 =

.  They are a search service to which hundreds of used book dealers all
over the world subscribe; you can simultaneously search them all from thi=
s
site, and even place orders on the web.  Last time I checked there for
origami books, they had a copy of Harbin's _Origami 3_ for sale!

        Second, for all of you in search of good hardeners/preservatives
for origami models, I have found your solution:  superglue.  Not just any=

superglue, though, and certainly not the stuff they sell in hardware
stores.  As a fossil preparator, I deal with a lot of hardeners and
preservatives, though ones more specifically for fossils than for paper. =

There is a company called Uncommon Conglomerates that manufactures a seri=
es
of superglues called Paleo Bond.  These differ from hardware store
superglues in that they come in a variety of viscosities, from thinner th=
an
water to very, very thick.  Of interest here is their Penetrant Stabilize=
r,
which is extremely thin -- its intended purpose is to soak into hairline
cracks as well as tiny pores remaining open in fossilized bones and shell=
s
(and even rock).  =

        I recently made a few pair of tiny origami dinosaur earrings for =
my
girlfriend, and went through my usual slew of ideas about hardeners, but
for some reason I connected the superglues I use at work with the origami=
. =

So I took them in and coated them in the Penetrant Stabilizer, then hung
them to solidify (depending on the ambient humidity, it can take from a
minute to 10 or so).  The resultant models are almost rock hard -- even o=
n
very thin appendages -- and quite waterproof!  (The models I did this two=

are either wet-folded from Marble paper or made of tissue foil -- I haven=
't
tried this on regular kami yet.)  So I would like to recommend this
material to the list!  You can check out Uncommon Conglomerate's web site=

(the Paleo Bond part in particular) at:  =

http://www.uncommonconglomerates.com/paleobond/index.html   .

        Some words about this that may be of immediate interest:

* the Penetrant Stabilizer is rather expensive -- $10 for a 2 ox. bottle;=

$50 for a 16 oz. bottle;

* all superglues, and the very thin Penetrant Stabilizer in particular,
require some special requirements to use!:
        - the fumes it gives off aren't good to breath, so use in a very
well ventilated area;

        - ALWAYS wear eye protection when using it!!!!  (I can't emphasiz=
e
this enough -- I've destroyed one $90 contact lens when an errant drop we=
nt
into my eye, and I daren't think what would've happened if I hadn't had t=
he
lens on!)  You may also wish to wear ample skin protection:  cyanoacrylat=
e
(the ingredient in superglue) was invented a few decades ago specifically=

for use as an emergency wound-closer -- that's why it bonds to human skin=

so well, and with the liquidy Penetrant Stabilizer in particular, it's ve=
ry
easy to glue fingers together or to glue yourself to your model! =

(Cyanoacrylate can be dissolved in acetone, available at any hardware
store, or in less potent form in nail polish remover, but it's a slow
process that usually requires long soakings.  If the glued area is small,=

it can be gently worked apart by muscular effort alone, but there's a ris=
k
of tearing the skin.);

        - Although not made or sold by Uncommon Conglomerates, special
applicator tips for the glue bottles can be gotten, but it's easiest to
apply the glue drop-by-drop to a paintbrush (cheap, small plastic ones ca=
n
be obtained in most grocery stores) and then applied to the model; this
minimizes the risk of misapplication, and also minimizes the chance that
you'll inadvertently apply too much to one area.

        - Uncommon Conglomerates also markets an accelerator for their
superglues (it causes them to solidify almost instantly), but this takes =
a
little skill to use properly (if applied too heavily, it causes the glue =
to
crystallize and turn opaque -- the chemical reaction it induces is also
highly exothermic and can cause bad burns if on the skin and could
theoretically cause a paper model to burst into flame), so I don't
recommend it's use for hardening origami models.

        All those caveats aside, it is pretty much what I've always dream=
ed
of in a model hardener, although it seems best suited (per cost) for
smaller models -- I wouldn't want to coat a life-sized elephant model in
it!  ;-D  I hope this is of use to some people on the list.  Oh, one last=

thing:  while at the last Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting abou=
t
two months ago, my girlfriend made a point of showing off her glue-harden=
ed
earring models to the owner/proprietor of Uncommon Conglomerates, so he i=
s
aware of this particular use!  If you're going to order some, mention tha=
t
tidbit to jog his memory -- maybe he'll contemplate opening a new line of=

glues specifically aimed at origami!  ;-D

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From: Foldmaster@AOL.COM
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 07:55:59 -0500 (
Subject: Fwd: 1000 Cranes

Dear Friends,

I just received the following letter regarding the young Korean Boy with
cancer.  Apparently our prayers and your origami cranes are working!  Keep up
the good work, everyone.  It is greatly appreciated!

Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 23:01:06 -0500 (EST)
From: PaulBek670@aol.com
Subject: 1000 Cranes

        Dear June:

I had an E mail from Jay's mother.  He had surgery last week and they removed
a golf ball size tumor from his brain stem.  They were able to get 98% of it
and he was able to go home for Thanksgiving.  He is feeling much better than
before surgery and getting stronger.  The prayers must be working.

Today I had a wonderful surprise in the mail.  Cranes have started to arrive.
I received envelopes from Kenneth in Michigan and Arlene in Baltimore.  Please
thank your origami friends for responding.  Your help is truly appreciated.

Kathleen





From: Foldmaster@AOL.COM
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 08:19:31 -0500 (
Subject: OUSA WEBSITE

Dear V'Ann Cornelius,

Do you know who is in charge of the OUSA website?  Toby told me she thought it
was Steve Matheson but he's away on holiday right now.  Then she gave me your
name and e-mail address as another source.  (I tried to send this letter to
you three times using various addresses I was given without success -- so gave
up and decided to send to the list in hopes that you or someone who knows will
read this and help me)

I have photographs of the Origami Holiday Tree which is on display at the
American Museum of Natural History.  The photos were scanned by Larry Finch
and they are now apparently stored in the archives by Maartin Van Gelder.  I
would like them to be posted in the OUSA website and am trying to find the
person who can do this.  Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Yours,

June Sakamoto





From: Maarten van Gelder <VGELDER@KVI.nl>
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 09:39:33 +0100
Subject: Pictures of the OUSA tree 1998

The pictures of the OUSA tree 1998 are in the archives at:

http://www.rug.nl/rugcis/rc/ftp/origami/photos/ousatree1998/index.htm

They are all JPG files.

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





From: ali redhead <acredhea@PINE.SHU.AC.UK>
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 10:31:14 -0500
Subject: hello

Hello everyone
I'm a student at Sheffield Hallam University and I'm
studying Origami for my dissertation. I wonder if any of
you would mind answering some questions, you can answer as
few or as many as you like. I would be grateful of any help
you could give me.

1. Do you consider origami to be - an art
                                 - a pastime
                                 - geometry
                                 - something else?
                                 Why?

2. Have you read any interesting literature on the topic of
the above question? If so what was it?

3. Do you think origami is taken seriously enough?

4. Do you think that people's perception of origami differs
from East to West? If so in what way? Is this changing?

Also does anyone know anything about origami's link with
the shinto religion and zen?

Thankyou very much
Ali x
If you would like to reply personally my e-mail address is
Alison.C.Redhead@student.shu.ac.uk





From: Larry Finch <LarryFinch@AOL.COM>
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 11:13:30 -0500 (
Subject: Re: Pictures of the OUSA tree 1998

In a message dated 98-12-02 03:41:03 EST, VGELDER@KVI.NL writes:

> The pictures of the OUSA tree 1998 are in the archives at:
>
>  http://www.rug.nl/rugcis/rc/ftp/origami/photos/ousatree1998/index.htm
>
>  They are all JPG files.
>
>  ---
>  Maarten van Gelder    KVI - Groningen, Netherlands    vgelder@kvi.nl
>

Maarten,

Thank you for attending to these photos so quickly.

Larry





From: Terrence Rioux <trioux@WHOI.EDU>
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 16:32:06 -0500
Subject: Re: Pictures of the OUSA tree 1998

> The pictures of the OUSA tree 1998 are in the archives at:
>
>  http://www.rug.nl/rugcis/rc/ftp/origami/photos/ousatree1998/index.htm

WOW! Spectacular! Congratulations to all who have participated in
setting up the tree.  Are the decorations made up specially each
year, or are some/most/all reused each year?

Cheers,

Terry Rioux





From: Perry Bailey <pbailey@OPENCOMINC.COM>
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 19:43:11 -0600
Subject: new model

Just put a new model on my web page, called Puppy Pounce.
Hope you like it.

Perry

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





From: Rachel Katz <mandrk@PB.NET>
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 21:16:51 +0000
Subject: Re: Paleo Bond

Jerry,

Thanks for sharing your discovery of the Paleo bond as a hardener. Does it
leave a shine of does the model still look like paper?

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





From: "Jerry D. Harris" <102354.2222@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 23:33:12 -0500
Subject: Re: Paleo Bond

-------------------- Begin Original Message --------------------

Message text written by Origami List

"Thanks for sharing your discovery of the Paleo bond as a hardener. Does it
leave a shine of does the model still look like paper?"

-------------------- End Original Message --------------------

        There is a slight shine (moreso on the tissue foil models than the
wet-folded ones); superglue is a polymer -- a chain of molecules that form
in lines and/or sheets, and so would be expected to have some reflective
properties, as most polymers do.  Although I haven't tried it, I suppose
that a quick wipe with some acetone might disrupt the surface layer of the
glue enough to remove a shine.  I'll have to play with that next time I'm
gluing a model solid!

                _,_
           ____/_\,)                    ..  _
--____-===(  _\/                         \\/ \-----_---__
           /\  '                        ^__/>/\____\--------
__________/__\_ ____________________________.//__.//_________

                     Jerry D. Harris
                 Fossil Preparation Lab
          New Mexico Museum of Natural History
                   1801 Mountain Rd NW
               Albuquerque  NM  87104-1375
                 Phone:  (505) 899-2809
                  Fax:  (505) 841-2866
               102354.2222@compuserve.com





From: Foldmaster@AOL.COM
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 00:09:49 -0500 (
Subject: Re: Pictures of the OUSA tree 1998

Dear Terry,

In response to your question regarding the origami models on display on the
tree at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC:

Every year the tree is decorated using about 75% existing models and 25% new
models.  The existing models are not all reused yearly since the tree design
is changed frequently and a new "look" or "theme" may be deemed appropriate.
Most models are kept stored in a storage room in boxes until the following
year when certain pieces are selected for use.  Some models, however, do not
survive the process of being attached and removed from the tree and they go to
"origami heaven".  :(

Next year's tree design is already being developed and extra help will be
required to fulfill our goal of a totally new look for the tree.  I will let
the list know details later once they are finalized.

Yours,

June





From: Andrew Daw <andrewd@REDAC.CO.UK>
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 08:23:35 +0000 (
Subject: Re: Help needed for the 'Praying Mantis'

> I decided to fold the 'Praying Mantis' (found on the web). But I can't
     understand what to do in step 17

If you completely open out the petal fold you made in steps 15 and 16 you
will be able to pull down the top flap (white side showing on top) to reveal
the coloured side. Re fold the bottom part of the (now larger) flap as in
steps 15 and 16. There will be creases already in the paper to help.
This will result in the picture shown in step 18.

If you are struggling at this stage in the model, we shall expect many more
postings from you for the later stages, I expect ;)

Don't worry if you don't finish the model on the first attempt with your first
piece of paper.  It is quite tough on paper and many times the model can fall
apart along the creases.

Keep trying, it's worth it.





From: Jerome RAULIN <Jerome.Raulin@SOCGEN.COM>
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 09:02:08 +0100
Subject: Help needed for the 'Praying Mantis'

I just bought "Origami Insects and Their Kin" from Amazon a few days ago.
     Waiting for its delivering,
I decided to fold the 'Praying Mantis' (found on the web). But I can't
     understand what to do in step 17
('Unwrap a single layer'). I asked to a friend of mine to help me but he also
     got stuck at the same step.

I would be very pleased if somebody could help us.

Jerome Raulin
jerome.raulin@socgen.com





From: Chinh Nguyen <chinhsta@GWIS2.CIRC.GWU.EDU>
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 15:02:28 -0500
Subject: Re: Help needed for the 'Praying Mantis'

When you get the book, try folding the orb-weaver first, which goes
through the more difficult steps of the praying mantis on a slightly
larger scale.

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

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





From: Martin Liu <mliu@C031.AONE.NET.AU>
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 12:01:21 +1100
Subject: Pictures of the OUSA tree 1998

hi
many thanks to June Sakamoto and Larry Finch for letting
the origami people of the world see this Christmas tree
I have downloaded the pictures and are now part of my slide show
that is used as screensaver on my laptop computer

regards from downunder
martin liu





From: Meristein@AOL.COM
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 20:42:12 -0500 (
Subject: Re: Paleo Bond

I must have missed the original post regarding this miracle stuff; can
somebody repeat the information for me? Does it seal and harden?

Thanks in advance, Merida





From: Dr Stephen O'Hanlon <fishgoth@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 07:14:57 -0800 (
Subject: Origami sighting / Up and coming designs

I have become hopelessly addicted to the Playstation game 'Final Fantasy
VII'. In it is a 'cute ninja' call Yuffie, whos weapons up to a certain
point in the game had been shuriken and throwing stars. However, her
latest weapon 'The Orikata' is a rather fat crane model that does rather
a nice lot of damage. Strange.

Also in the game are a race of mutant chicken/ostriches called 'chocobo'
and I have come up with a rather nice and simple design for one.

Also coming soon (my mother has replaced her burgled scanner, so I can
start again) are a few folds that some of you lot have expressed an
interest in: A rhino (H-I), a Great White Shark (I), a T rex complete
with toes and 3D body and head (C), My ass (L-I) (as in donkey, that
is...) and possibly a design piece, a complex, six piece dragon model.
Expect a photo of this...Im dead proud of it :)

Laters,
Stephen

______________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com





From: Perry Bailey <pbailey@OPENCOMINC.COM>
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 14:02:25 -0600
Subject: Re: Origami sighting / Up and coming designs

Dr Stephen O'Hanlon wrote:

> start again) are a few folds that some of you lot have expressed an
> interest in: A rhino (H-I), a Great White Shark (I), a T rex complete
> with toes and 3D body and head (C), My ass (L-I) (as in donkey, that
> is...) and possibly a design piece, a complex, six piece dragon model.
> Expect a photo of this...Im dead proud of it :)

I'm looking forward to it, and don't forget to fix the dimetrodon #2 at
least I think that was one missing, well 9/10 ths missing actually. :)

Thanks

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





From: Foldmaster@AOL.COM
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 17:31:52 -0500 (
Subject: Re: Pictures of the OUSA tree 1998

Dear Martin,

Thank you for the compliments on the OUSA Origami Holiday tree at the museum.
I am particularly flattered that you selected the photos to be a part of your
screensaver program!  When I was working on the tree, it never occurred to me
that photos of it would be used in such a manner -- just goes to show you how
far modern technology and one's creativeness can take you!

Thanks again and enjoy!

Yours,

June Sakamoto





From: John Sutter <sutterj@EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 13:17:32 -0800
Subject: Help with Ian's Dragon diagrams

Hi All,

I got sidetracked and should have asked for help earlier, but I'd be
grateful for any response I get on behalf of a boy in my origami club.  The
club meets tomorrow,so help with the dragon, please!  He's stuck on the steps
that come after I showed him how to do the sink fold and the rabbit ear
fold.  I couldn't figure out what the
instructions meant to do after the rabbit ear fold and I think that was in
step#10.  We don't have any advanced
folders in our club so it's hard to get through some diagrams without
finding help from somewhere else.   I am
just an intermediate level folder, but an enthusiastic one!

If somebody from the origami chat room sees this message please contact me
via email so we can arrange a chat to try and finish this model called Ian's
Dragon.  Now, I'll go find those diagrams for it.

Thanks,
Ria    ^   ^





From: Michael LaFosse <info@ORIGAMIDO.COM>
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 15:18:03 -0500
Subject: Re: New origamido.com site

 Hi all!

The primary focus, for Richard and I, in the past two years has been on
developing our Origamido Studio, and our family of products and services.
We have had a fun time producing new origami videos, writing books, and
building exhibits.  At last, we have turned our attention to our website.
Since we did not actually write the old website, it was difficult and
expensive to have regular changes made.  The new http://www.origamido.com
website is 100% ours, and we hope we incorporated all of your suggestions.
Please log on and take a look.  It has all of our current products, services
and activities, and I intend to update it monthly, now that I have learned
more about authoring web pages.  For those of you who might miss it, our
Links page will be re-applied soon.  We are proud of the improvements; let
us know what you think.

NOTE: Our products order page is up-to-date for the NON-secure order as of
today.  We do have a secure server, but the
changes to the order page there have to be installed by our host, which will
be done in a few days.

Enjoy!

Michael LaFosse
michael@origamido.com





From: Cathy <cathypl@GENERATION.NET>
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 16:46:08 -0500
Subject: Re: Pictures of the OUSA tree 1998

At 05:31 PM 98-12-04 EST, you wrote:
>Dear Martin,
>
>Thank you for the compliments on the OUSA Origami Holiday tree at the museum.
>I am particularly flattered that you selected the photos to be a part of your
>screensaver program!  When I was working on the tree, it never occurred to me
>that photos of it would be used in such a manner -- just goes to show you how
>far modern technology and one's creativeness can take you!
>
>Thanks again and enjoy!
>
>
>Yours,
>
>June Sakamoto

        I am also thinking of using the pictures on the school's computers.  It
will, I'm sure, inspire some of my students.  I taught them the Neale
dragon, and now there are more dragons around than we know what to do with.
 I don't know what dragons have to do with Christmas, but I'm sure they'll
think of something!
        Back when I taught this particular group in grade four, I told them how
folders took special pride in folding tiny models, esp if they didn't use
tools like tweezers.  I created a monster!  Two years later, the kids who
don't remember having been taught long division are now competing to see
who can fold the tiniest dragon ever.  One of the dragons has to be
displayed in a pill bottle, it's so small.  It never ceases to amaze me how
some kids can remember every step in so complicated a design.  They're
folding at home from memory, I never got around to drawing diagrams for
them, and I only spent a couple of hours on this project at school.  Why
can't they remember long division??!!

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

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





From: John Sutter <sutterj@EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 17:22:08 -0800
Subject: IAN'S DRAGON I based on WPGWAF by J.WU

Greetings list members,

Please help me explain this model dragon ( see subject abv.) from step #7
and beyond to a boy in my origami
club.  I don't see the flap within the rabbit ear.  If you see this, Joseph,
please e mail me.  This is the
first of two dragons by Ian Mitchell from a birdbase with rabbit ears.

To repeat an earlier plea for help from the origami chat room group:  please
e mail me to arrange a time before
tomorrow afternoon!

Thanks in advance,
Ria Sutter





From: Elaine Strain <us4@EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 19:39:20 -0800
Subject: origami star

Hi there!
        I would like to make some folded white stars for hanging on my
Christmas tree, but I can't find a site that gives instructions for a
simple origami star.  Can somebody point one out to me?
        I have done a bit of origami, but I need illustrations.  I'm looking
for something not too flat, 3-D is best.

        Thanks, in advance!

                                Elaine in so cal
                                us4@earthlink.net





From: Kimberly Crane <kcrane@KIMSCRANE.COM>
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 21:56:45 -0500
Subject: Re: New Papers From Kim's Crane

 Hello Everyone:
As promised several weeks ago, more new papers are now on line. Please
go to our Homepage and click on, To view the latest additions to Kim's
Product line Click Here.
(They begin on page two.)

Sincerely,
Kimberly Crane
http://www.kimscrane.com





From: Elaine Strain <us4@EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 11:44:11 -0800
Subject: Re: origami star/HI NICK!

Hi Nick!
        Thanks for responding--and all the way from England!  The net is neat,
yes?
        Well, I went to your sight.....love cheesypeas!  Is this really an
edible product?  HHHmmmm......kinda like vegamite huh, something
EXOTIC?  :)
        Okay...must get serious, now.  I found your "click on" for A Neat Star,
but when I clicked on it, I got a blank page......hhmmm.....am I doing
something wrong?  Could you check it out and give me a "call" back?
        BTW, I do like your sight very much.  I intend to go back later today
to read more of the info there.  You really do have alot of origami
under your belt!  I'll enjoy it, I know.
                                TTYL.......Elaine in southern California

Nick Robinson wrote:
>
> Elaine Strain <us4@EARTHLINK.NET> sez
>
> > I would like to make some folded white stars for hanging on my
> >Christmas tree,
>
> If you nip to my homepage, there's a copy of diagrams for a a modular
> star I created some years ago - Tomoko Fuse discovered the same design
> independantly. You can adjust the creases to give a 30 degree star
> instead of a 45 degree.
>
> It's very simple & holds together well...
>
> all the best,
>
> Nick Robinson
>
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From: Nick Robinson <nick@CHEESYPEAS.DEMON.CO.UK>
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 12:03:47 +0000
Subject: Re: origami star

Elaine Strain <us4@EARTHLINK.NET> sez

> I would like to make some folded white stars for hanging on my
>Christmas tree,

If you nip to my homepage, there's a copy of diagrams for a a modular
star I created some years ago - Tomoko Fuse discovered the same design
independantly. You can adjust the creases to give a 30 degree star
instead of a 45 degree.

It's very simple & holds together well...

all the best,

Nick Robinson

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From: Torsten Drees <torsten.drees@T-ONLINE.DE>
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 14:47:26 +0100
Subject: Re: origami star

Nick Robinson wrote:
>
> Elaine Strain <us4@EARTHLINK.NET> sez
>
> > I would like to make some folded white stars for hanging on my
> >Christmas tree,
>
> If you nip to my homepage, there's a copy of diagrams for a a modular
> star I created some years ago - Tomoko Fuse discovered the same design
> independantly. You can adjust the creases to give a 30 degree star
> instead of a 45 degree.
>
> It's very simple & holds together well...
>
> all the best,
>
> Nick Robinson

Tomoko Fuse published in her book "Multidimensional transformations -
Unit Origami" many modules you can connect to three dimensional stars.
It is possible to make a very nice star with 12 double wedge modules.
It is very nice and interesting. theese modules and the book.

Torsten





From: John Sutter <sutterj@EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 15:21:28 -0800
Subject: New Biddle Origami Book

Hi Everybody,

I was browsing in a museum gift store when I came across a beautiful museum
quality origami book.  The models in it are paired with wonderful color
plates of Japanese block prints for inspiration.  One wonderful thing about
this book is that is spiral bound and stays open to the page you want when
you're folding a certain model.  Another feature of it is the clever top
pouch that contains a supply of origami paper to go with the models.  With
tax it came to approx. $23.00  I would have gotten it if I didn't already
know many of the models in it.  It would make a great Christmas gift for a
beginner since it starts out easy and gets to intermediate models.  The
diagrams and the art history info. are good too.  It's not that big a book,
but it's the kind of
"coffee table book" that invites exploration.

Another book by Steve and Megumi Biddle is Planet Origami- It has wonderful
models of rockets and aliens and
astronaughts.  I can't wait to try the models in it.  One boy in my club has
made most of them already.

Ria Sutter  ^   ^





From: "Michael J. Naughton" <mjnaught@CROCKER.COM>
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 17:35:12 -0500
Subject: Re: origami star

Elaine Strain wrote:

> I would like to make some folded white stars for hanging on my
> Christmas tree

The Sullivan/Shen "Omega Star" (3-D, extremely stable, 12 points)
is very nice -- published in "The Flapping Bird" by Sam Randlett.
(I also have my own diagrams, but I'm not sure snail mail would
get them to you on time)

Mike Naughton





From: Elaine Strain <us4@EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 19:03:34 -0800
Subject: Re: origami star

Hi Mike!
        Thanks for the tip!  Will see if I can locate the book.  I've found a
number of diagrams online, but for one reason or another, they wouldn't
work.  Complicated, or diagrams unreadable, etc.  I've about decided
that I can use something else in place of the stars--I found a nice
celtic wreath made of separate units joined together.  I can use that if
nothing else.  Will keep looking.  One year, I made a big bunch of white
cranes and put them all over the tree.  It was breathtaking!
Have a nice holiday!

                                        Elaine in so cal

Michael J. Naughton wrote:
>
> Elaine Strain wrote:
>
> > I would like to make some folded white stars for hanging on my
> > Christmas tree
>
> The Sullivan/Shen "Omega Star" (3-D, extremely stable, 12 points)
> is very nice -- published in "The Flapping Bird" by Sam Randlett.
> (I also have my own diagrams, but I'm not sure snail mail would
> get them to you on time)
>
> Mike Naughton





From: Elizabeth George <emgeorge@MSN.COM>
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 21:15:47 -0500
Subject: Reply to Dorothy

I sent this last night to the FoldingCA@webtv.net address. I must have
messed up because it was returned to me as undeliverable. I'm trying again,
using the list, (sorry everyone!) hope you get it... (I wish I could call
but I can't find your number!)

Dear Dorothy,
    I got your message this a.m., and I've been searching my brain (and also
baskets, boxes, etc. of misc. origami models) for prototypes of the models I
folded for you. I've found a lion, panda, gazelle, Pegasus, raccoon (not
sent, replaced with another model, I think), Canadian goose,  the two train
cars (with packages), and the rocket ship. I can't find notes I made from
our first several conversations when we discussed what you'd like me to
fold, (I believe I tossed them in a recent house cleaning... paper has a bad
habit of overwhelming my work space). Truth be told, most days my memory is
a memory... but I can't remember doing any bird/fowl other than the Canadian
Goose, if it is the Canadian goose, it is a Montroll, from Origami Inside
Out. I realize this is not the definitive answer you expected, I also think
I may have folded at least one other 'critter' than those I mentioned, by
right now, I haven't a clue what it was... I will continue to hunt through
my stash of models and see what I can come up with... I seem to recollect
that the goose (one of them at least) was folded from a brown/tan mottled
kind of paper, I think it was called Lotka by the Fascinating Folds people.
    Let me know if I can be of any more help (help, you call this help?). If
you can add anything that will jog my memory, I'll try again... I leafed
through my Montroll books and remembered the ones I had found in my
baskets/boxes, but the ostrich was not one of them... Holler if I can do
anything to help...
    Good luck with these last minute finishing up things.
-e.





From: Elizabeth George <emgeorge@MSN.COM>
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 21:21:09 -0500
Subject: Reply to Dorothy

I sent this last night to the FoldingCA@webtv.net address. I must have
messed up because it was returned to me as undeliverable. I'm trying again,
using the list, (sorry everyone!) hope you get it... (I wish I could call
but I can't find your number!)
Dear Dorothy,
    I got your message this a.m., and I've been searching my brain (and also
baskets, boxes, etc. of misc. origami models) for prototypes of the models I
folded for you. I've found a lion, panda, gazelle, Pegasus, raccoon (not
sent, replaced with another model, I think), Canadian goose,  the two train
cars (with packages), and the rocket ship. I can't find notes I made from
our first several conversations when we discussed what you'd like me to
fold, (I believe I tossed them in a recent house cleaning... paper has a bad
habit of overwhelming my work space). Truth be told, most days my memory is
a memory... but I can't remember doing any bird/fowl other than the Canadian
Goose, if it is the Canadian goose, it is a Montroll, from Origami Inside
Out. I realize this is not the definitive answer you expected, I also think
I may have folded at least one other 'critter' than those I mentioned, by
right now, I haven't a clue what it was... I will continue to hunt through
my stash of models and see what I can come up with... I seem to recollect
that the goose (one of them at least) was folded from a brown/tan mottled
kind of paper, I think it was called Lotka by the Fascinating Folds people.
    Let me know if I can be of any more help (help, you call this help?). If
you can add anything that will jog my memory, I'll try again... I leafed
through my Montroll books and remembered the ones I had found in my
baskets/boxes, but the ostrich was not one of them... Holler if I can do
anything to help...
    Good luck with these last minute finishing up things.
-e.





From: David <tamagotchi@MINDSPRING.COM>
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 22:10:12 -0500
Subject: Re: origami star

Elaine,

Where did you find the folding instructions for a celtic wreath?  Sounds like an
interesting project.  Thanks!

David in North Carolina

Elaine Strain wrote:

> Hi Mike!
>         Thanks for the tip!  Will see if I can locate the book.  I've found a
> number of diagrams online, but for one reason or another, they wouldn't
> work.  Complicated, or diagrams unreadable, etc.  I've about decided
> that I can use something else in place of the stars--I found a nice
> celtic wreath made of separate units joined together.  I can use that if
> nothing else.  Will keep looking.  One year, I made a big bunch of white
> cranes and put them all over the tree.  It was breathtaking!
> Have a nice holiday!
>
>                                         Elaine in so cal
>
> Michael J. Naughton wrote:
> >
> > Elaine Strain wrote:
> >
> > > I would like to make some folded white stars for hanging on my
> > > Christmas tree
> >
> > The Sullivan/Shen "Omega Star" (3-D, extremely stable, 12 points)
> > is very nice -- published in "The Flapping Bird" by Sam Randlett.
> > (I also have my own diagrams, but I'm not sure snail mail would
> > get them to you on time)
> >
> > Mike Naughton





From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 10:13:23 -0800
Subject: Re: Reply to Dorothy

At 21:15 98/12/06 -0500, you wrote:
>a memory... but I can't remember doing any bird/fowl other than the Canadian
>Goose, if it is the Canadian goose, it is a Montroll, from Origami Inside

As a proud Canadian, I need to point out that the correct name of the bird
is "Canada goose", not "Canadian goose". 8)

>my stash of models and see what I can come up with... I seem to recollect
>that the goose (one of them at least) was folded from a brown/tan mottled
>kind of paper, I think it was called Lotka by the Fascinating Folds people.

For future reference: "lotka" is the Nepalese name for the Daphne tree. In
this case, it refers to a handmade Nepalese paper made from the bark fibre
of this tree. It's much like washi in many ways.

----------------------------------------------------------------
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From: Gabriel <jperezanda@GEOCITIES.COM>
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 13:40:50 -0800
Subject: Re: origami star

Hi Julius!

I try to enter the link you suggested, but I couldn't.

The right link is:
http://pcwww.uibk.ac.at/s06user/csaa009/origami/stern.ssi

Regards,
Gabriel.

At 02:38 PM 07-12-98 +0100, you wrote:
>On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Elaine Strain wrote:
>
>> Hi there!
>>         I would like to make some folded white stars for hanging on my
>> Christmas tree, but I can't find a site that gives instructions for a
>> simple origami star.  Can somebody point one out to me?
>There is also a star at
>
>http://pcwww.uibk.ac.at/s06user/csaa009/origami/origami.htm
>
>never tested it,
>hope that helps
>        Julius





From: Julius Kusserow <juku@MATHEMATIK.HU-BERLIN.DE>
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 14:38:03 +0100
Subject: Re: origami star

On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Elaine Strain wrote:

> Hi there!
>         I would like to make some folded white stars for hanging on my
> Christmas tree, but I can't find a site that gives instructions for a
> simple origami star.  Can somebody point one out to me?
There is also a star at

http://pcwww.uibk.ac.at/s06user/csaa009/origami/origami.htm

never tested it,
hope that helps
        Julius
