




From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 11:34:45 -0700
Subject: Re: Plain Human Figure model?

At 15:25 99/05/25 -0300, you wrote:
>A recent OUSA annual (I think it's the one with the green OUSA sailboat,
>probably 96) has good generic athletic figures appropriate for acrobatic
>dance poses --- I can check it tonight.

I believe that's the one by Luigi Leonardi of Italy. He did a series of
gymnasts with that figure.

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From: Tiffany Tam <origamiwing@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 12:14:26 -0700 (
Subject: Re: question about the cranes

It would be fine for me if I will be able to send the cranes, but can you
please tell me the address of Dee Lynch, thank you!  I really would love to
be a part of this project.  THank you!
Wing

>From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
>Reply-To: Origami List <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: question about the cranes
>Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 21:24:46 -0700
>
>Hi Wing!
>
>You wondered whether you could send your cranes to Dee Lynch in August.
>
>I think that would be fine and thanks for your inquiry!
>
>Dorothy

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From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 13:10:55 -0700
Subject: Re: Engel's giraffe

At 16:47 99/05/25 -0300, you wrote:
>kami is the japanese word for paper, so properly speaking
>expensive washi and ordinary newsprint are both "kami".
>However, in common talk "kami" means the most usual kind
>of paper printed and precut in squares for origami, sold
>in packs. It's lighter than copier (bond) paper and  does not
>include foil, washi, tissue or "plastic" papers.
>I don't know (help please!) the "proper" technical name
>for what we call "kami"; unfortunately, some papers are
>described in function of it ("that foil is kami-weight, but
>stronger").

You are correct, Carlos. In Japan, this paper is often simply called
"origami" ("folding paper"), or sometimes (seldom) "origami no kami" ("paper
for origami").

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From: "Juan P. Fernandez" <jpf@DAISY.PHAST.UMASS.EDU>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 14:37:48 -0400
Subject: Re: Engel's giraffe

> > I beg to differ.  I have folded Engel's giraffe many
> > times, with all kinds and sizes of paper, and all of
> > them still look the same after months of standing
> > there.
>
> With kami?

Please excuse my ignorance regarding kami.  Does the
term refer to "professional" folding paper, like that
sold by Aitoh?  I have used that one to fold the gir-
affe, with very good results; I have folded it using
little square notepads -- like Post-Its without the
glue -- with good results (and the sheets I have used
are so old and brittle that they easily tear for very
thick folds -- i.e. the Cocker Spaniel featured on
V. Palacios's "La creacion en papiroflexia"); I have
folded it with junk-mail glossy paper with good res-
ults; I have folded it using the thick, fibrous paper
that is used for my pay statements; plus a long etc.
The only problem I find with the giraffe is that it
will fall on its face if made from a very big sheet.

jp





From: Perry Bailey <pbailey@OPENCOMINC.COM>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 14:38:29 -0500
Subject: Re: Working whistle

Leeh McArthur wrote:
>
> Hello everyone--
>
> I have seen mentioned a couple of times something about an origami whistle
> that works. I have tried doing a search on this in the archives with no luck.
> Maybe I misunderstood the reference and an origami whistle was not what was
> being discussed. Can anyone assist me with this question? Where to look,
> maybe in a book or on a website. Thanking you in advance--This list is
> wonderful!

Hi Leeh!

Try Ogoku Origami by Tomoko Fuse Sorry but I don't know the ISBN
but I know it had several in it!

Perry

--
pbailey@opencominc.com
http://www.afgsoft.com/perry/  <---- Origami Web Page with
Diagrams!
ICQ 23622644





From: Carlos Alberto Furuti <furuti@AHAND.UNICAMP.BR>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 15:16:16 -0300
Subject: Re: Engel's giraffe

>>From: Chinh Nguyen <chinhsta@GWIS2.CIRC.GWU.EDU>
>>On Tue, 25 May 1999, Juan P. Fernandez wrote:
>>
>>> I beg to differ.  I have folded Engel's giraffe many
>>> them still look the same after months of standing
>>With kami?

I mostly use ordinary kami and my models (with a little post-folding
moistening) usually keep shape indefinitely. That certainly applies
to the mentioned giraffe and kangaroo.

        Sincerely,
                Carlos
        furuti@ahand.unicamp.br www.ahand.unicamp.br/~furuti





From: Carlos Alberto Furuti <furuti@AHAND.UNICAMP.BR>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 15:25:31 -0300
Subject: Re: Plain Human Figure model?

>>From: Chinh Nguyen <chinhsta@GWIS2.CIRC.GWU.EDU>
>>
>>On Tue, 25 May 1999, Valerie Kull wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone out there know of a likely model?
>>
>>try the Adam & Eve in Kasahara's Origami Omnibus.  Not sure of their
>>"self-standing" potential, though--will likely need some kind of prop.
Nice suggestion. These are elegant two-piece models, intermediate level.
Very subtle nudity, not offensive and easily omitted (er, "omitting
nudity" is probably an oxymoron).
A recent OUSA annual (I think it's the one with the green OUSA sailboat,
probably 96) has good generic athletic figures appropriate for acrobatic
dance poses --- I can check it tonight.
Don't forget Jeremy Shafer's double dancers, featured in a recent issue
of OUSA's The Paper and probably elsewhere.

        Sincerely,
                Carlos
        furuti@ahand.unicamp.br www.ahand.unicamp.br/~furuti





From: Edward Crankshaw <ejcranks@HIWAAY.NET>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 16:11:47 -0500
Subject: Wanting to form a new group in Huntsville, AL

Greetings,

I'm looking at trying to form a group in the the Huntsville, Alabama
area and I am wondering if there is anyone in the area interested in
helping, joining, etc...

I going to post signs at the local libraries and anywhere else that
people have had good luck at advertising their clubs. I'd like to have
the first meeting in a few weeks.

Also, I've looked at several group sites on the web but haven't found
much on what actually goes on during a meeting. Has anyone set up rules,
bylaws, etc. that I can look at and use as a basis?

Please email me directly at mailto:ejcranks@hiwaay.net

Thanks,

 Ed





From: Carlos Alberto Furuti <furuti@AHAND.UNICAMP.BR>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 16:47:58 -0300
Subject: Re: Engel's giraffe

>>From: "Juan P. Fernandez" <jpf@DAISY.PHAST.UMASS.EDU>
>>
>>Please excuse my ignorance regarding kami.  Does the
>>term refer to "professional" folding paper, like that
kami is the japanese word for paper, so properly speaking
expensive washi and ordinary newsprint are both "kami".
However, in common talk "kami" means the most usual kind
of paper printed and precut in squares for origami, sold
in packs. It's lighter than copier (bond) paper and  does not
include foil, washi, tissue or "plastic" papers.
I don't know (help please!) the "proper" technical name
for what we call "kami"; unfortunately, some papers are
described in function of it ("that foil is kami-weight, but
stronger").

So "kami" usually means inexpensive (although specialized
for origami), certainly not "professional" paper.

        Sincerely,
                Carlos
        furuti@ahand.unicamp.br www.ahand.unicamp.br/~furuti





From: Leeh McArthur <Lamms@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 16:53:54 -0400 (
Subject: Working whistle

Hello everyone--

I have seen mentioned a couple of times something about an origami whistle
that works. I have tried doing a search on this in the archives with no luck.
Maybe I misunderstood the reference and an origami whistle was not what was
being discussed. Can anyone assist me with this question? Where to look,
maybe in a book or on a website. Thanking you in advance--This list is
wonderful!

Leeh in Seattle
lamms@aol.com





From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 17:15:54 -0700
Subject: Re: question about the cranes

Hi Wing!

You can send your cranes for the Columbine High School students to:

Dee Lynch
1350 East Easter Avenue
Littleton, Colorado 80122

We are asking people to send 6 inch paper in blue (prints or solids) or
silver, which are the high school colors. Also, please identify from
where you're sending the cranes and, if you like, write your name on the
wing of the bird.

The cranes will be presented to the students when they return to school
in the fall.

Dorothy





From: Tiffany Tam <origamiwing@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 17:38:37 -0700 (
Subject: Re: question about the cranes

Hi Sorothy, thank you very much! I will start my little project as soon as
school finishes!
Wing

>From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
>Reply-To: Origami List <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: question about the cranes
>Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 17:15:54 -0700
>
>Hi Wing!
>
>You can send your cranes for the Columbine High School students to:
>
>Dee Lynch
>1350 East Easter Avenue
>Littleton, Colorado 80122
>
>We are asking people to send 6 inch paper in blue (prints or solids) or
>silver, which are the high school colors. Also, please identify from
>where you're sending the cranes and, if you like, write your name on the
>wing of the bird.
>
>The cranes will be presented to the students when they return to school
>in the fall.
>
>Dorothy

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From: "Wu, Sonia" <swu@BANSHEE.SAR.USF.EDU>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 17:40:01 -0400
Subject: Re: Working whistle

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leeh McArthur [SMTP:Lamms@AOL.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 4:54 PM
> To:   ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      Working whistle
>
> Leeh in Seattle asked about a working origami whistle.
>
> Vicente Palacios has diagrammed one.  It is in one or two of his books
> (available through kimscrane.com).
>
> I remember it's made from a rectangle of cardstock (I think from a
> biggish index card, cut to size).  He taught it at the '97 OUSA
> Convention.  I got mine to whistle a bit, but his, of course, worked
> great!  The book might be in Spanish, by the way, but his diagrams are
> very clear.
>
> Sonia Wu
> Florida





From: "Dr. Joel M. Hoffman" <joel@EXC.COM>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 17:44:00 -0400 (
Subject: Working whistle

>> Leeh in Seattle asked about a working origami whistle.
>>
>> Vicente Palacios has diagrammed one.  It is in one or two of his books
>> (available through kimscrane.com).

Do you know which one?  Do you have a title?

Thanks.

-Joel





From: Carlos Alberto Furuti <furuti@AHAND.UNICAMP.BR>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 17:57:55 -0300
Subject: What's kami WAS Re: Engel's giraffe

>>From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>

>>>I don't know (help please!) the "proper" technical name
>>>for what we call "kami"; unfortunately, some papers are

>>"origami" ("folding paper"), or sometimes (seldom) "origami no kami" ("paper
>>for origami").
Or literally "origami's paper", i.e., "paperfolding's paper" or "paper
to use when folding paper". Not only programmers like recursive
definitions....





From: Doug Philips <dwp@TRANSARC.COM>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 18:17:19 -0400
Subject: Re: Working whistle

> Do you know which one?  Do you have a title?

Using the archive search engine on the web (http://www-japan.mit.edu/origami)
I found the following information in old articles on the whistle.  I have
editted them down to reduce the duplication that will result when this message
is stored in the archive.  To see the full article, or other related articles,
you'll just have to search the archive yourself (either through the web
engine, or via email requests).

Where can you get the books mentioned?  Depending on the book...
        Origami USA's store     http://www.origami-usa.org/
        Fascinating Folds       http://www.fascinating-folds.com/
        Kim's Crane             http://www.kimscrane.com/
        Sasuga bookstore        http://wwww.sasugabooks.com/

Since titles seem to be translated differently at different sites, use the
ISBN to be sure you have the book you think you do.

-D'gou

P.S. Allen, how did you dollar bill slide whistle turn out?

Start of archive message _extracts_.

--++--++--++--++--

       Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 08:40:12 -0300 (ADT)
       From: Marcia Mau <marcia.mau@pressroom.com>
       Subject: Whistle Diagrams

       There are diagrams by Vicente Palacios of a Whistle (Strengthened
Version)
       by Angel Ecija on pg 270 in the BOS London '92 25th Anniversary
Convention book.

--++--++--++--++--

       Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 10:52:03 -0300 (ADT)
       From: DMAWolf@aol.com
       Subject: Re: ORIGAMI-L digest 781

       Hi All,
          The diagrams for the whistle are in
         Papiroflexia facil by Vicente Palacios
       ISBN 84-7210-776-0
       I purchased it from the OUSA supply center

--++--++--++--++--

       Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 17:16:34 -0300 (ADT)
       From: RA Kennedy <kennedra@isdugp.bham.ac.uk>
       Subject: Re: whistle that works (diagram source)

       A set of diagrams appear in the book:

       Vicente Palacios, "Papiroflexia Facil", isbn 84-7210-776-0.

       They are on page 67.  The model is called "Pito que pita", and it is
       credited to Angel Ecija.

--++--++--++--++--

       From: Terry Rioux <trioux@WHOI.EDU>
       Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 18:00:07 -0400
       Subject: Moving Origami

       ...
       "Moving Origami," by the incomparable Tomoko Fuse, ISBN 4-416-39210-9,
       published in 1992.
       ...
       and even two versions of the working whistle taught by Vicente Palacios
       at the 1997 OUSA convention (one by Angel Ecija Blanco and the other by
       Masatsugu Tsutsumi).

--++--++--++--++--

        END OF MESSAGE.





From: Robby/Laura <morassi@ZEN.IT>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 19:28:38 +0200
Subject: Re: Paper-coating, also Octopus

Kevin,
At 10.53 25/5/1999 -0400, you wrote:

>Now for my question:  I have a model which is, essentially either a coffee
mug or a wine goblet (depending on a few variations).  I'd like to make one
that is waterproof and a little more durable than foil-backed paper.  Does
anyone have any suggested a coating substance that is clear, able to impart
water-proof-ness and some added durability (say to make it washable) that
is, importantly, non-toxic?

You might try Tyvek. It's not a coating substance nor paper but a woven
plastic foil with long fibers, partly made from recycled material, which
can be folded neatly. It's widely used for airmail bags, has a very high
mechanical strength (cannod be torn with bare hands !), is totally
waterproof, and I believe it's made with some kind of polyethylene so
should be non-toxic.

Roberto





From: Paul Jackson <Mpjackson@BTINTERNET.COM>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 20:07:41 +0100
Subject: Re;Origami Capitalism (long)

I've been lurking for too long on the list and am now want to contribute to
this interesting debate about the responsibilities of origami professionals
towards creators and others.

I've been an origami professional since 1982 (is this a record?) earning
money in three ways: media commissions, books and teaching.  I handle the
issue of fees/royalties differently in each of these categories.

Media commissions.
Unlike perhaps any other creator of origami for advertisemants,
commercials, brochures, etc, I don't create an origami model. Instead, I
create a collaged model, glued and taped together which looks like origami
only from the position of the camera.  In this way I can subtely change
proportions to get what I or the art director or the client consider is the
right *look*.  It also means that I can thin out the paper and make a
bigger model (which pleases the photographer, keen to light it well).
Importantly, it also means that I don't have the pressure of having to
create the subject from one piece, or go through complex negotiations with
another creator whose model I want to use.  Thus, in addition to its
technical advantages, my collage technique neatly side-steps the quagmire
of fees, royalties, jealousies, etc.

Books.
There's no point writing an orgami book if you want to be rich.  Unlike
some authors, I prefer to use the work of as many creators as possible,
rather than heavily feature my own creations.  The deal I have with
creators is that they will receive a credit and a free book, but no money.
To pay every contributor a respectful sum -- say -- #25 (about $40) would
quickly make a book financially unviable for me.  It is the custom in the
Far East to pay contributors to books/magazines.  How the heck they can
afford to do this defeats me!

Teaching
I do a lot of paid teaching in Art & Design Colleges but I teach folding
techniques and principles, not origami models, so fees and royalties aren't
an issue here.  It would bother me greatly to always be teaching someone's
model in a  paid conventional origami class that was a personal favourite,
without paying the creator, but such a situation has not arisen.  The
simple models I teach at the beginning of a class are traditional, after
which I improvise a schedule of models from a pool of maybe 50 committed to
memory, depending on the ability and *feel* of the group.  I feel that to
pay a creator in these circumstances or to seek permission to teach
something already in the public domain is unworkable.  I do though, laud
the model and the creator to the skies, and say where it was published,
which I hope is sufficient recompense for the non receipt of a #10 ($15)
cheque (not to mention the bank charges I'd have to pay) for use of a
model.

Throughout, I try hard to be fair, to listen to the wishes of creators and
to be responsive, but I admit to making the occasional mistake, for which I
hope I have always sincerely apologised.  But, being the middle-man between
the gloriously indulgent world of the amateur and big bad Capitalism.is
never easy, and nor can it be.  In disputes I've always taken the side of
the creator, never the client, sometimes losing money (once, a lot).  I
hope to have been the propogater of origami creativity, not the exploiter.
This is the only attitude worth having if we professionals are to remain on
friendly terms with creators and others in the origami community, but
remain professional.  We need each other.

Apologies for the length of this rant!  Tomorrow I'll disagree with
everything I've written.

Paul Jackson





From: Ariel <ariel@DATAPHONE.SE>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 20:20:14 +0200
Subject: Re: Monstruos de Papel

No, he made himself the book, and for the short term future, I don't think
he will get it published by a big, commercial publisher.

You can. however, contact him, send him the money, and that's it.

You can send him the money in a non-translucid envelope ( but you run the
risk of the envelope being stolen at the post office), or you can use any
agency doing private transfers, like western union.

Additionally you can come to the Scandinavian meeting, and buy the book
yourself directly from him and have a lesson on how to fold his amazing
Demon/Satan. he will be attending it this october.

I will try to take pictures of the devil ( the one I have) this week and
put it in the origami Sweden homepage ( http://welcome.to/origami.sverige )

If you want the information on how to contact him, you can email me privately.

Cheers,

                Ariel

At 01:30 PM 5/25/99 -0400, you wrote:
>On Tue, 25 May 1999, Ariel wrote:
>
>> I had a lesson with him (Fernando Gilgado Gomez) at the Scandinavic
>> Convention and he taught me how to fold his Satan. It is the most
impressing
>> model of Satan I have ever seen. Even after having seen Maekawa's devil.
>
>I'm sold.  How can I go about getting his book?  Will Fascinating
>folds/Kim's Crane/OrigamiUSA/Sasuga be getting it any time soon, or
>writing him directly the only way to do it?





From: Ariel <ariel@DATAPHONE.SE>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 20:32:13 +0200
Subject: Re: Plain Human Figure model?

I was asking on the list about human figures about one year ago. The
information that I basically got is:

- David Brill - "Brillant Origami" - A great book, including even nice cats
( which was a subject also of a recent query to the list)

-  Quaoting Dino Andreozzi from one year ago:
        "there is a model of a gymnast in Quadrato Magico No.12. The model was
        created by Luigi Leonardi. With some changes could be transformed to the
        military figure you are looking for.
        BTW Luigi Leonardi has done a lot of models representing human figures
     so
        you will certainly find something that could be usefull for your
     project."

- Quoting Russell
        "I also have the diagrams for Luigi's "gymnast figure" that Dino
suggested...It
        was included in Origami USA's '88 Annual Collection) I have made this
     model
        several times and have found it to be very adaptable. Russell."

- quoating Alasdair

        "also, if you can get your hands on the BOS booklet by Neal Elias, i
     believe
        there's a generic standing human figure in there that could easily be
adapted.
        peace,
        alasdair"

- If you do a search on the Origami USA index you will get also another hit
not mentioned here ( which I do not have here to cut and paste into this email

Cheers,

                Ariel

At 11:52 AM 5/25/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi, fellow folders!
>
>I'm new to the list, and I've really been enjoying the origami
>cross-chat. At last, other people who are interested in folding paper!
>Now I have a question of my own, that perhaps some knowledgeable person
>can help me with.
>
>I'd like to make a mobile for a dancer friend. I thought it would be
>nice to find a model for a plain human figure that I could fold into
>various poses -- somersault, high kick, jumping, etc. Most models for
>human figures seem to be for a specific person, for instance, a
>ballerina or a wizard. I'm looking for something general, more like the
>classic nude of sculpture (acceptable for public display, of course).
>Maybe this will be my opportunity to try wet-folding, like I've been
>claiming I would for the last year or so. Any level of difficulty except
>super-complex/diabolical is fine.
>
>Does anyone out there know of a likely model?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Valerie





From: Paul Chabot <OrKman15@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 21:58:44 -0400 (
Subject: Sabertooth Diagrams posted

I'd just like to let everyone know that my very first diagrams are up at Mike
Wareman's Site. I'd like to thank him profusely for the patience he had in
dealing with my crude sketches (which reminiscent of Mark Kirschenbaum's
scrawlings) They aer quite easy to understand and I hope you all enjioy them.
Hopefully I will have some of my future models(gryphon + dragon particularly)
up on his site too.

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Nook/4062/Sabertooth.html

Happy Folding
Paul Chabot





From: Paul Chabot <OrKman15@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 21:58:44 -0400 (
Subject: Sabertooth Diagrams posted

I'd just like to let everyone know that my very first diagrams are up at Mike
Wareman's Site. I'd like to thank him profusely for the patience he had in
dealing with my crude sketches (which reminiscent of Mark Kirschenbaum's
scrawlings) They aer quite easy to understand and I hope you all enjioy them.
Hopefully I will have some of my future models(gryphon + dragon particularly)
up on his site too.

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Nook/4062/Sabertooth.html

Happy Folding
Paul Chabot





From: Marc Kirschenbaum <marckrsh@PIPELINE.COM>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 00:31:16 -0700
Subject: Re: Plain Human Figure model?

At 11:52 AM 5/25/99 -0400, <VKull@ENVIRONCORP.COM>  wrote:

>I'd like to make a mobile for a dancer friend. I thought it would be
>nice to find a model for a plain human figure that I could fold into
>various poses -- somersault, high kick, jumping, etc. Most models for
>human figures seem to be for a specific person, for instance, a
>ballerina or a wizard. I'm looking for something general, more like the
>classic nude of sculpture (acceptable for public display, of course).
>Maybe this will be my opportunity to try wet-folding, like I've been
>claiming I would for the last year or so. Any level of difficulty except
>super-complex/diabolical is fine.

Okay, here is one:

1 white side up, valley sides to center
2 reverse fold the 4 corners
3 top 3 points are head and legs; reverse bottom center point into model to
make legs
4 mountain model in half
5 reverse the flap between the legs up to make legs longer.
6 all appendages can be rabbit eared, sunk, crimped, ect to form a variety
of poses

This is the sort of thing Neil Elias would design if he were in a very lazy
sort of mood (i.e., his models are much better).

Marc





From: "Wu, Sonia" <swu@BANSHEE.SAR.USF.EDU>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 08:18:21 -0400
Subject: Re: Working whistle (book title)

Joel Hoffman hoped for a title of the Palacios book with the working
whistle.

It's in Sr. Palacios' newish book, Origami for the Beginner (which is an
English translation of one of his books in Spanish).  I like it a lot.
It's much more interesting than the usual beginner-type book, being
chock full of different kinds of models (not just the traditional ones).
Many of the models are by Spanish creators, models which I haven't seen
in other books.

Available through kimscrane.com.  At least, that's where I got mine!

Sonia Wu
Florida





From: Doug Philips <dwp@TRANSARC.COM>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 10:28:25 -0400
Subject: Re: Origami Collages...

Paul Jackson indited:

> Media commissions.
> Unlike perhaps any other creator of origami for advertisemants,
> commercials, brochures, etc, I don't create an origami model. Instead, I
> create a collaged model, glued and taped together which looks like origami
> only from the position of the camera.  In this way I can subtely change
> proportions to get what I or the art director or the client consider is the
> right *look*.  It also means that I can thin out the paper and make a
> bigger model (which pleases the photographer, keen to light it well).
...

Thanks for your "lengthy rant" (I didn't find it too long at all, and it was
interesting, thanks!).

I have a question about the collage technique you described.  What do you do
when the photographer/art director/client decides that they want to shoot from
a different angle?  Doesn't that put you back to the drawing board to revise
your collage piece?  Do you bring materials and tools with you to the shoot
and "fix" the model on the spot?  Ok, so I it wasn't just 'a' question after
all!

Thanks,
                -D'gou





From: Carlos Alberto Furuti <furuti@AHAND.UNICAMP.BR>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 11:16:19 -0300
Subject: Re: Human Figure + Whistle

>>From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
>>
>>At 15:25 99/05/25 -0300, you wrote:
>>>A recent OUSA annual (I think it's the one with the green OUSA sailboat,
>>>probably 96) has good generic athletic figures appropriate for acrobatic
>>>dance poses --- I can check it tonight.
>>
>>I believe that's the one by Luigi Leonardi of Italy. He did a series of
>>gymnasts with that figure.

That's right, the gymnast models by Leonardi. High intermediate,
basically a bird base with many spread squashes for thinning limbs.
Easy and relatively well-proportioned, but final result depends
on folder's creativity. BTW I got the original mention wrong, the
model's in OUSA Annual 95, not 96. The same book includes two
other human figures, Joy of Origami by Tal Cinader and Human
Figure by Jessie Seto. Other models of note are Koi, Dove
and Good Luck Bat (LaFosse), 81-point sea urchin (Birkeland),
rattlesnake and gorilla (Goubergen), and armadillo (J. Wu).

The double dancers by Jeremy Shafer are diagrammed in The Paper
56, Fall 96.

And finally, there's a working whistle by a Japanese author in
ORU 9, an edition with focus on action and toy models.

        Sincerely,
                Carlos
        furuti@ahand.unicamp.br www.ahand.unicamp.br/~furuti





From: Binzi <binzi@MUENSTER.DE>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 11:55:07 +0200
Subject: Re: Sabertooth Diagrams posted

Hi Paul,

if you make the teeth a little bit smaller, it becomes a nice Bullterrier
dog model. :o)

Thank you for the diagrams. I'm already curious about your gryphon and
dragon. Keep on designing, please.

Happy folding!
Evi





From: Maarten van Gelder <VGELDER@KVI.nl>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 12:07:35 +0200
Subject: Re: Plain Human Figure model?

Valerie,

> I'd like to make a mobile for a dancer friend. I thought it would be
> nice to find a model for a plain human figure that I could fold into
> various poses -- somersault, high kick, jumping, etc. Most models for
> human figures seem to be for a specific person, for instance, a
> ballerina or a wizard.

Maybe you may use my model for a human. It is made from two pieces of
paper.
I had a look for other human figures. But they all have legs and arms
that are too short.
The only design I could make then was to use two sheets.
This human has real proportions for the limbs (they are mine!).

I designed it specially for a dancer: a wheel chair dancing couple.
Have a look at:

http://www.rug.nl/rugcis/rc/ftp/origami/models/humans/wheelchr/human/index.htm

for diagrams and a picture.

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





From: Emmajg <emmajg@CUSTARD.ORG>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 19:29:45 +0100
Subject: Re: Space for trekfolds wanted.. (forward)

It now uploaded to my site
http://chocolate.custard.org/origami/uss.html
If anyone else would like me to put their work on my web site just Email me
:o)
Happy Folding
Emmajg*
http://chocolate.custard.org/
-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Robinson <nick@CHEESYPEAS.DEMON.CO.UK>
To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 21 May 1999 19:37
Subject: Space for trekfolds wanted.. (forward)

>Hi  -can anyone help this man out?
>
>  ------- Forwarded message follows -------
>Hello
>
>A really good site!
>
>I don't want to publish a book but I have been kicking around a few folds
and
>have come up with a USS Enterprise from Star Trek and a Millenium falcon
from
>Star Wars. I am interested to know if there is any way to get these on the
>net for others to have a look and to see what they think. I would be most
>grateful if you have any sites that would like to recieve drawings and
>digital photos.
>
>If you have any ideas I would be grateful if you could email me at
>Leigh451@aol.com
>
>Thanks
>
>
>all the best,
>
>Nick Robinson
>
>email           nick@cheesypeas.demon.co.uk
>homepage        http://www.cheesypeas.demon.co.uk - now featuring soda
syphons!
>BOS homepage    http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk/bos





From: Jose Tomas Buitrago Molina <buitrago@EIEE.UNIVALLE.EDU.CO>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 17:08:04 -0500
Subject: Re: Working whistle

The whistle is in a book named, I think, "Papiroflexia Facil" by Vicente
Palacios. The whistle is a creation of Angel Ecija. It uses bristol board
(for a good effect), I folded with a hard paper, and it is good. My friend
Jose Arley Moreno folded it with metal sheet and the sound is excellent!
and the best part, it is durable, not the paper ones.
It begins with a piece of 8x3 and the size of the square is 1/2 o 3/4
inch. The secret is in the square number eight, to cut one third. This
makes the hole and the whistle could sound. You should precrease the model
to have better results. I do not remember the remaining sequence of
folding.

I remember when I went to make publicity our origami convention in a radio
station. The only model I show was the whistle and it sounded very well
(It was a live broadcasting).

Good luck,

     Jos Tomas Buitrago Molina M.Sc.
     buitrago@eiee.univalle.edu.co
     http://eiee.univalle.edu.co/~buitrago

     "Origami y Robtica"





From: "Ewen,Tony (Aust)" <Tony_Ewen@AVCO.AFCC.COM>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 15:26:49 -0700
Subject: Kawasaki rose

Many and public thanks to Michael for his assistance with this project. I
couldn't have done it without him!

Being able to actually see and handle the fold made a huge difference - and
I now have a number of completed roses scattered around.

Now, how do I send a beer via email????? ;p

Tony Ewen

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Janssen-Gibson [mailto:mig@isd.canberra.edu.au]
> Sent: Monday, 24 May 1999 11:59 am
> To: Ewen,Tony (Aust)
> Subject: Package coming
>
>
>
> Hi Tony,
>
> I have just sent off a parcel including to Kawasaki roses and the
> instructions for the Sonobe unit (from "Origami for the
> Connoisseur"). One
> of the roses is completed (my wife folded this - she has
> achieved a nice
> lock on the base), the other has each of the four reverse
> folds finished.
> The paper quality is not great (too harsh for my liking), but
> for teaching
> and pulling-apart purposes it should suit. Good luck :}
>
> regards
>
> /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
> /\/\/\/\/\/
> Michael Janssen-Gibson                 e-mail: mig@isd.canberra.edu.au
> ISD, Library                   phone/voice mail: +61 6 (06)  201 5271
> University of Canberra
> PO Box 1 Belconnen, ACT 2616





From: Perry Bailey <pbailey@OPENCOMINC.COM>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 15:44:14 -0500
Subject: Re: Plain Human Figure model?

Edith Kort wrote:
>
> In Modern Origami, Jim Sakoda has a human figure model that can be posed
> as a dancer or skiier (shown in the book).  It is a Dover publication
> ISBN 0-486-29843-4 and is widely available and about $10.  I think you
> can also get an autographed copy from him.

Sorry to interject here, but for all of those who are talking
about supporting the artist how many of you bought the book
direct from the good doctor to support him in his origami
endeavors?  Sort of a hypocrisy test if you will did you buy it
form Dr. Sakoda or your local bookstore?  And yes I realize that
a lot of us already had it in its first edition.  Though when my
daughter wanted his flower book, she ordered it form him.  If he
writes another new book that is in my area of interest I will buy
form the author direct.  There are more ways to support the
artists than have been discussed so far.

Perry (Pain pills just hit so if this sounds odd I have an
excuse!)

--
pbailey@opencominc.com
http://www.afgsoft.com/perry/  <---- Origami Web Page with
Diagrams!
ICQ 23622644





From: Perry Bailey <pbailey@OPENCOMINC.COM>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 15:46:45 -0500
Subject: Re: Plain Human Figure model?

Marc Kirschenbaum wrote:

> Okay, here is one:
>
> 1 white side up, valley sides to center
> 2 reverse fold the 4 corners
> 3 top 3 points are head and legs; reverse bottom center point into model to
> make legs
> 4 mountain model in half
> 5 reverse the flap between the legs up to make legs longer.
> 6 all appendages can be rabbit eared, sunk, crimped, ect to form a variety
> of poses
>
> This is the sort of thing Neil Elias would design if he were in a very lazy
> sort of mood (i.e., his models are much better).
>
> Marc

Yup, in fact I did design one and got all happy about it and then
got involved with the Neal Elias project and discover I had
reinvented the wheel, though I may post it anyway someday, but it
will credit Neal when I do!

Perry
--
pbailey@opencominc.com
http://www.afgsoft.com/perry/  <---- Origami Web Page with
Diagrams!
ICQ 23622644





From: Valerie Kull <VKull@ENVIRONCORP.COM>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 17:09:45 -0400
Subject: Plain Human Figure model: THANKS!

Wow, what a super response. I have enough material for quite a few
mobiles now, and as a bonus, I now know about some of the available
internet sources. Guess I'll be folding all weekend, trying these out.
;-)

Thank you all very much. I owe you one.

Valerie





From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 19:14:31 -0700
Subject: Re: Origami Sighting

There was a Millenium episode with origami playing a central key.  It was
just a few weeks ago.  Agent Hollister's /*I'm not sure if I spelled it
right*/ father was folding various folds of flowers, palm trees, and
possibly others from photocopies of his dead daughter (Agent's sister) and
then sending them in boxes to Hollister.  In the beginning he was folding
something the camera focused on, but I don't remember it might have been a
rose.  It's been too long for my feeble memory, does anybody know about
that episode?
      What was the X-files episode about?  That is, in relation to origami.
I can just imagine Mulder saying "I think this has something to do with
origami" after looking at the crime scene, and Scully replying "Mulder,
there is absolutely no scientific evidence to support such a claim"  and
then twenty minutes later we see that Mulder's right, but Scully still
doubts.  :)

Well now back to horrible C programming

David

>        Just saw a film John Woo film called "Hard Boiled"
>in which a secondary character folded an origami crane for
>every man he killed and hung them in his sail boat. Other than
>that, the film is really violent(makes "Saving Private Ryan"
>and "Braveheart" look like "It's a Wonderful Life"), and
>definately not recommended for people who don't like
>Peckinpah films.
>        Hmmm....remembering the X-files episode in which origami
>was featured prominently, I wonder if there is a link to origami
>and violence(at least in the world of cinema and television).
>
>
>                                Jeffrey DeHerdt





From: Jeff DeHerdt <jadeherd@IUPUI.EDU>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 20:02:19 -0500
Subject: Origami Sighting

        Just saw a film John Woo film called "Hard Boiled"
in which a secondary character folded an origami crane for
every man he killed and hung them in his sail boat. Other than
that, the film is really violent(makes "Saving Private Ryan"
and "Braveheart" look like "It's a Wonderful Life"), and
definately not recommended for people who don't like
Peckinpah films.
        Hmmm....remembering the X-files episode in which origami
was featured prominently, I wonder if there is a link to origami
and violence(at least in the world of cinema and television).

                                Jeffrey DeHerdt





From: "Lotus Entertain You, Inc." <info@LOTUSENTERTAINYOU.COM>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 22:26:02 -0400
Subject: Lotus Entertain You, Inc.

HI,

I'm Jeff Block
http:\\www.lotusentertainyou.com

need help on current project - mortgage company
wants ideas for money folds for cruise giveaway.
I've seen sailboat.  Can anyone do a house?
boat? Other ideas?????

Jeff





From: Dino Andreozzi <dion@HEM.PASSAGEN.SE>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 22:33:54 +0200
Subject: SV:      Plain Human Figure model?

----- Ursprungligt meddelande -----
Frn: Valerie Kull <VKull@ENVIRONCORP.COM>
Till: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Skickat: den 25 maj 1999 17:52
mne: Plain Human Figure model?

>Most models for
> human figures seem to be for a specific person, for instance, a
> ballerina or a wizard. I'm looking for something general, more like the
> classic nude of sculpture (acceptable for public display, of course).

A very wonderful model of a human figure is "The Nude" by Tony O'Hara, the BOS
     just reprinted a booklet of Tony's models, the nude is included.

Regards

Dino





From: Mark Morden <marmonk@ESKIMO.COM>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 06:19:29 -0700
Subject: Re: Lotus Entertain You, Inc.

Do you pay a royalty to the artist?  On the lotus web site there is a gift card
     with Fred Rohm's Star of David.  The card sells for $49 plus the cost of
     the bill used.  While that is a good price, if you can get it, how much
     will you pay for someone to cr
 ate a fold for you?   If you sell the model at that price, the original design
     should be worth four figures.  Or do you pay a royalty to for each model
     sold?

-----Original Message-----
From:   Lotus Entertain You, Inc. [SMTP:info@LOTUSENTERTAINYOU.COM]
Sent:   Wednesday, May 26, 1999 7:26 PM
To:     ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject:        Lotus Entertain You, Inc.

HI,

I'm Jeff Block
http:\\www.lotusentertainyou.com

need help on current project - mortgage company
wants ideas for money folds for cruise giveaway.
I've seen sailboat.  Can anyone do a house?
boat? Other ideas?????

Jeff





From: Nick Robinson <nick@CHEESYPEAS.DEMON.CO.UK>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 07:51:19 +0100
Subject: SV: Plain Human Figure model?

Dino Andreozzi <dion@HEM.PASSAGEN.SE> sez

>A very wonderful model of a human figure is "The Nude" by Tony O'Hara, the BOS
>just reprinted a booklet of Tony's models, the nude is included.

Readers may wish to know that this is a Female nude. Tony did make a
male version, but there just wasn't enough surplus paper for a "real"
man. Several of us had a go at the nude at about 11.30pm at the recent
convention - a variety of mutated figures resulted, none more so than
mine, which had its head facing the wrong way ;)

all the best,

Nick Robinson

email           nick@cheesypeas.demon.co.uk
homepage        http://www.cheesypeas.demon.co.uk - now featuring soda syphons!
BOS homepage    http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk/bos





From: Emily Brunson <janissa@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 08:13:56 -0400
Subject: Unit origami

I've become very interested in modular origami, and recently I bought _Unit
Origami_ (Fume).  Although I've been happily folding some of what I've
found, some of the diagrams have turned out to be a little hard to follow,
so I thought I would ask on the list if there is anyone who would be
willing to answer a few questions in private about specifics.  I think it's
a matter of understanding some of the conceptual ideas in the later models
more than any one specific question.

Many thanks in advance.

Best,
Emily





From: "Chamberlain, Clare" <Clare.Chamberlain@HEALTH.WA.GOV.AU>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 08:25:01 +0800
Subject: teaching origami

Just a note of caution for those intending to teach courses or lengthy
workshops in origami.  I have offered to teach at local adult education
courses and various other venues.  Often these courses have been cancelled
as there was not enough response.  The word of caution is to ensure the
organisers let you know well in advance.  I recently had a 6 hour workshop
cancelled 3 days beforehand, when I had already spend hours collating paper,
designing the 'curriculum' etc.
As an aside, my Japanese folding friends generally refer to origami paper
(the square, coloured on one side stuff) as IROGAMI (coloured paper).  I
recall CHIRIGAMI as well, which I think is the decorated paper often used
for doll making (but I could well be wrong).
('m still waiting for those origami psychiatrists to come and comfort all my
poorly folded and abused models!)

Clare





From: Spider Barbour <spider@ULSTER.NET>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 08:36:38 -0500
Subject: Re: teaching origami

-- [ From: Spider Barbour * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --

Hi Clare and Matthias --
        Having a workshop cancelled due to insufficient registration happened
     to me
, also.  At the New York state museum in Albany, I was scheduled to teach a
bear, which I had designed specifically to go along with their bear theme
exhibits.  Only two people signed up!  Very frustrating.
        Even giving a talk on origami is no sure thing -- scheduled for April
     for
the women's club in the town I live in, it was changed to October.  We'll
see what happens then!       Anita Barbour





From: Doug Philips <dwp@TRANSARC.COM>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 08:44:09 -0400
Subject: Re: Unit origami

> I've become very interested in modular origami, and recently I bought _Unit
> Origami_ (Fume).  Although I've been happily folding some of what I've
> found, some of the diagrams have turned out to be a little hard to follow,
> so I thought I would ask on the list if there is anyone who would be
> willing to answer a few questions in private about specifics.  I think it's
> a matter of understanding some of the conceptual ideas in the later models
> more than any one specific question.

Yes, but I would also suggest that you ask the questions on the list.  Several
other folks probably have the same questions, but haven't asked.  And there is
also the possibility of having another discussion or discussions branch off.
This kind of topic is just as valid as the more philosophical topics of recent
discussion!

-D'gou





From: "Juan P. Fernandez" <jpf@DAISY.PHAST.UMASS.EDU>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 09:42:28 -0400
Subject: Re: Lotus Entertain You, Inc.

> need help on current project - mortgage company
> wants ideas for money folds for cruise giveaway.
> I've seen sailboat.  Can anyone do a house?
> boat? Other ideas?????

There is a traditional sequence of folds from
Spain that starts with the Pajarita and ends
with with a rowboat.  The models it generates
are:

Pajarita -> Table -> Sailboat -> Wallet ->
Box -> Cap -> Portrait Holder -> Rowboat

It has two really nice aspects.  The first and
obvious one is that it bypasses all the royalty
trouble that has been haunting this list in the
recent past.  The second one, that should be
obvious by now, is that it is sequential:  that
is, every model follows logically from the pre-
ceding one.  As far as I can tell, this is unique
in paperfolding, where usually every fold is just
means to an end.

Can anybody think of another sequence like that?

jp





From: Terrence Rioux <trioux@WHOI.EDU>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 10:08:51 -0400
Subject: Re: Working Whistle

Just a few things to add to the wealth of information others have sent:

I found a copy of Fuse's "Origami in Action" (ISBN 0-312-15618-9) at
Sasuga Japanese Bookstore (http://world.std.com/~sasuga) for $18.65.
Since it's an older book, published in 1992, they may have to special
order it, though.

James Sakoda from Brown University, who is a frequent contributor to
this list, has developed his own modification of Angel Ecija's whistle.
There was a flurry of messages from July and August, 1997 about the
whistle.  Look in the archives, especially at the following messages:

Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 23:31:43 -0300 (ADT)
 From: "James M. Sakoda" <James_Sakoda@brown.edu>
 Subject: whistle that works

Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 00:04:39 -0300 (ADT)
     From: "James M. Sakoda" <James_Sakoda@brown.edu>
     Subject: Re: whistle that works

Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 18:24:22 -0300 (ADT)
     From: lavin@mit.edu
     Subject: Re: whistle that works (NOT MUCH ORIGAMI in here)

Cheers,

Terry Rioux





From: Edith Kort <ekort@MCLS.ROCHESTER.LIB.NY.US>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 11:10:08 -0400
Subject: NO  On-Line Abbreviations & copyright

Someone recently asked about on-line abbreviations.  This list was
compiled for another hobby - rubber art stamp crafting, but most of them
are relevant here.

http://littlebit.com/abbre.htm

Incidently, that group faces some similar problems as far as copyright.
Some companies that manufacture rubber stamps permit stampers to use
images stamped with their stamps in greeting cards for sale.  Other
companies do not.  Some companies do not permit the display of cards
made from their images to be posted on-line.

Companies that permit sale of their stamped images are referred to as
angel companies, or companies that fly.  Most of these angel companies
do not, however, allow sale of their images that are mechanically
reproduced (for example, someone stamps the image, and then photocopies
it).

Wouldn't it be nice if origami book authors and web site managers put a
statement in the introduction of the book indicating if they permit the
sale of models folded from their diagrams?
--
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Edith M. Kort
    Rochester Origami Club

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
               Before you can be eccentric
          You must know where the circle is





From: Jorma Oksanen <tenu@SCI.FI>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 11:54:08 +0200
Subject: Re: SV: Plain Human Figure model?

On 27-May-99, Nick Robinson (nick@CHEESYPEAS.DEMON.CO.UK) wrote:

>Readers may wish to know that this is a Female nude. Tony did make a
>male version, but there just wasn't enough surplus paper for a "real"
>man. Several of us had a go at the nude at about 11.30pm at the recent
>convention - a variety of mutated figures resulted, none more so than
>mine, which had its head facing the wrong way ;)

"Watch your back!" her mother always told her.
--
Jorma Oksanen   tenu@sci.fi

Weyland-Yutani - Building Better Worlds





From: Matthias Gutfeldt <tanjit@BBOXBBS.CH>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 12:35:06 +0200
Subject: Re: teaching origami

Hi Clare,

I'm familiar with this problem. I'm teaching origami courses (3 x 2
hours) at the "COOP Freizeitcenter" here in Berne (COOP is a supermarket
chain that also has a cultural program), and I am usually told only a
week in advance when a course is cancelled. Since my next courses are
starting in June, I now always have a few flyers with me and give them
to any potential customer- that means, everybody I meet, be it in the
bus, on the playground, or at work <g>. Hope it works out.

Since these courses are essentially repetitions of courses I've taught
before, it isn't too much work preparing them; but I spent HOURS
preparing the first series of classes and was really frustrated when
those were cancelled.

Matthias

Chamberlain, Clare schrieb:
>
> Just a note of caution for those intending to teach courses or lengthy
> workshops in origami.  I have offered to teach at local adult education
> courses and various other venues.  Often these courses have been cancelled
> as there was not enough response.





From: Yurii and Katrin Shumakovs <origami@AAANET.RU>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 12:48:33 +0300
Subject: Virtual Guest-room of Oriland

Hello, friends!

We have opened a virtual Guest-room.
You want to know more about other origamists?

Welcome to the Guest-room of ORILAND!
www.origami.aaanet.ru
Read dialogue with them, look their works and fold their models.

Our first guest - Ronald Koh with his amazing models.

Yurii & Katrin

ORILAND - THE PAPER'S WORLD
www.origami.aaanet.ru
Yurii and Katrin Shumakovs,
Origami artists and psychologists
origami@aaanet.ru





From: Module Nut <origamifreak@YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 10:59:57 -0700
Subject: Re: teaching origami -> cancelled events

Yup, it's a familiar story to me, too.

I used to help out with the CT State Museum of Natural
History Family Days when I was a grad student at
UCONN.  One Saturday a month they'd have a theme day
for visitors (plants, herps, fossils, birds, mammals,
etc).

I'd round up a group of 5-10 victims, er *volunteers*
among my friends, teach 'em the folds for that month,
and we'd spend the day helping kids and their parents
make them.  Most of the time it was really fun and we
all had a blast doing it.  The kids usually did better
than the adults, especially when they weren't getting
"help" from them!  :-)

It was intensely annoying when they'd cancel without
telling us. I felt awful having imposed on my friends
to spend time learning models and to give up a
precious weekend day on the museum's behalf for
NOTHING.  We usually didn't find out until we actually
showed up to volunteer!  It wasn't as if they were
paying us.  If we stuck around until the end we got
pizza, which was fine with us.  (Like cockroaches grad
students will do anything for food...)

After this happened twice I refused  do it any more.

anja

--- Spider Barbour <spider@ULSTER.NET> wrote:
> -- [ From: Spider Barbour * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --
>
> Hi Clare and Matthias --
>         Having a workshop cancelled due to
> insufficient registration happened to me
> , also.  At the New York state museum in Albany, I
> was scheduled to teach a
> bear, which I had designed specifically to go along
> with their bear theme
> exhibits.  Only two people signed up!  Very
> frustrating.
>         Even giving a talk on origami is no sure
> thing -- scheduled for April for
> the women's club in the town I live in, it was
> changed to October.  We'll
> see what happens then!       Anita Barbour
>

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From: Module Nut <origamifreak@YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 11:03:24 -0700
Subject: Re: Unit origami

My favorite author, and one of my favorite books...

Ask Away!  :-)

anja

--- Emily Brunson <janissa@IX.NETCOM.COM> wrote:
> I've become very interested in modular origami, and
> recently I bought _Unit
> Origami_ (Fume).  Although I've been happily folding
> some of what I've
> found, some of the diagrams have turned out to be a
> little hard to follow,
> so I thought I would ask on the list if there is
> anyone who would be
> willing to answer a few questions in private about
> specifics.  I think it's
> a matter of understanding some of the conceptual
> ideas in the later models
> more than any one specific question.
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Best,
> Emily
>

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From: Larry Finch <LarryFinch@AOL.COM>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 13:17:06 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Lotus Entertain You, Inc.

In a message dated 5/27/1999 9:44:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
jpf@DAISY.PHAST.UMASS.EDU writes:

> There is a traditional sequence of folds from
>  Spain that starts with the Pajarita and ends
>  with with a rowboat.  The models it generates
>  are:
>
>  Pajarita -> Table -> Sailboat -> Wallet ->
>  Box -> Cap -> Portrait Holder -> Rowboat
>
>  It has two really nice aspects.  The first and
>  obvious one is that it bypasses all the royalty
>  trouble that has been haunting this list in the
>  recent past.  The second one, that should be
>  obvious by now, is that it is sequential:  that
>  is, every model follows logically from the pre-
>  ceding one.  As far as I can tell, this is unique
>  in paperfolding, where usually every fold is just
>  means to an end.
>
>  Can anybody think of another sequence like that?
>

This sounds a lot like a sequence my German-American grandmother taught me 50
years ago or so. (I didn't know it was called Origami until much later.<g>)
There are actually a lot more intermediate models you can include, and you
can go one step further from the rowboat and make a Chinese junk. I think the
fold has also been discussed in this list as the "blintz fold run." It's
really a fun project, and is something a 5 year old can learn (at least
that's how old I was when I learned it).

Larry





From: "Juan P. Fernandez" <jpf@DAISY.PHAST.UMASS.EDU>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 14:45:13 -0400
Subject: Re: Lotus Entertain You, Inc.

> This sounds a lot like a sequence my German-American grandmother taught me 50
> years ago or so. (I didn't know it was called Origami until much later.<g>)
> There are actually a lot more intermediate models you can include, and you
> can go one step further from the rowboat and make a Chinese junk.

You're right; I should have said rowboat 1 -> rowboat 2...

> I think the fold has also been discussed in this list as the "blintz
> fold run." It's really a fun project, and is something a 5 year old can
> learn (at least that's how old I was when I learned it).

Sound like my own story, except my grandmother is Spanish, and this
happened more like 25 years ago...

> Larry

jp





From: madawson <madawson@SPRYNET.COM>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 11:37:41 -0700
Subject: Re: [NO]  Net Lingo

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THX    : - )

MASD
-----Original Message-----
From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Monday, May 24, 1999 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: [NO] Net Lingo

Hi MaryAnn!

AFAIK, this should help you:

http://www.netlingo.com/

Have fun and don't forget to LOL!

Dorothy





From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 13:52:21 -0700
Subject: Re: Teaching Origami

For those of you who teach origami, could you share with us a
description of your curriculum and what models you teach.

On a related note, have any videos been produced that teach people how
to teach origami?

Dorothy
