




From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 13:59:33 -0700
Subject: Re: Origami Sighting on Millenium

At 15:45 99/05/27 -0700, Jennifer wrote:
>The story was about the young girl who escaped from a mental hospital and
>decapitates men because she was abused by her father.  A side line to the
story
>is Agent Hollister's father who's dementia is becoming increasingly worse.  He
>was folding palm trees and flowers from paper which was his dead daughter's
>picture.  He folded the palm trees out of the eyes of the face which led the
>viewer to believe that the killings by the young girl were not actually
done by
>the young girl but by some government conspiracy.  Does anyone know how to
fold
>those palm trees?

Yes. I designed them. I don't have diagrams, though. Basically, it's a three
piece model.

1. Fold a square in half 3 times in one direction until you have a rectangle
that is 1/8 the width of the square. Crimp to make the trunk.

2. Make another one and slide one into the other to make a longer trunk.

3. For the leaves, make a frog base. Tuck the small corners inside. Inside
reverse fold the long points as far as they go (using the extra range of
motion made possible by tucking in the small corners). Crimp the leaves and
spread them out. Insert the thick point into the top of the trunk.

It doesn't actually hold together all that well, so we used some tape for
the movie. Besides, the images were not actually colour photocopies, but
colour printouts on clay coated paper ("inkjet paper" as it's sometimes
called). That made it really gritty and slippery as the clay cracked off in
the folding. Tape was necessary to keep things from falling apart.

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From: Tiffany Tam <origamiwing@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 14:40:33 -0700 (
Subject: Re: Unit origami

I am interested in doing unit origami too, my first English origami book is
a book on unit origami and I think the author is Fume.  I love that book but
I agree that some the the diagrams are hard to understand.

>From: Doug Philips <dwp@TRANSARC.COM>
>Reply-To: Origami List <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: Unit origami
>Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 08:44:09 -0400
>
> > 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

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From: Jennifer <jsgerrish@YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 15:45:06 -0700
Subject: Re: Origami Sighting on Millenium

The story was about the young girl who escaped from a mental hospital and
decapitates men because she was abused by her father.  A side line to the story
is Agent Hollister's father who's dementia is becoming increasingly worse.  He
was folding palm trees and flowers from paper which was his dead daughter's
picture.  He folded the palm trees out of the eyes of the face which led the
viewer to believe that the killings by the young girl were not actually done by
the young girl but by some government conspiracy.  Does anyone know how to fold
those palm trees?

david whitbeck wrote:

> 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

--
Jennifer Gerrish-Lampe
The James Law Firm, P.C.





From: Emily Brunson <janissa@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 16:06:02 -0400
Subject: Re: Unit origami

Ok, asking ON the list now. *grin*  I must be a very linear person, but in
any case I am struggling with the small dish model on pp. 38-41.
Specifically the top of p. 40, where the model kind of turns 3-D on me, I
am just completely lost.  There seem to be a lot of steps in this one
diagram, and I can't see which to do first, or if indeed the order matters
-- and worse than that I can't really tell *what* to do, either.

I've folded other models in this book without too much struggle (just a few
origami boulders made along the way!), but I'm stumped.  Anyone who can
explain what has to happen with the step 1 on page 40, I would very much
appreciate guidance.

Em





From: Kyle Barger <kbarger@NAVPOINT.COM>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 16:43:08 -0400
Subject: Business Card folds

Can anybody point me to some simple business card folds on the net, or
recommend a book?  All the ones I've found so far have been multi-unit
designs.





From: Paul & Jan Fodor <origami@ALOHA.NET>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 17:50:59 -1000
Subject: Re: Teaching Origami

Dorothy Engleman wrote:
>
> 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

Very helpful tip with young children.  I gave each child 5 sheets of
paper so they did each step 5 times before advancing to the next step.
At the end of the lesson, they each got another sheet of paper to see if
they could do the entire thing all the way through.  More kids got it
this way than folding all the way through just once...more true with the
more complex models.  I also gave them 5 sheets to take home to fold for
members of their family.  They were overjoyed to have such wonderful
homework.

Another way was to use cooperative learning.  Children were
partnered...one person A, other person B.

  "A" is responsible for learning step 1 so he/she could teach step 1 to
"B".  "B" kicks back and relaxes but cannot disrupt "A's" learning in
anyway. He must let "A" receive instructions from the teacher.

1. "A"s teach their "Bs" step 1 after learning it from the teacher.

2. Reverse "A/B" teacher/learner positions.  (Of course the kick-back
person was also paying attention but giving each child the
responsibility of verbalizing and teaching the step focuses attention on
memorizing steps.

3. Proceed taking turns as teacher/learner till the model is finished.

Up to teacher to make sure the "teachers" of each step knows the step
well enough to teach their students.  Key is giving the "teacher" words
to use so his student knows what to look at, calling attention to where
to place fingers; etc. basically providing the model for the children as
to "how to be a teacher".

It really sharpened my direction-giving skills as well.

Got other suggestions but I won't hog the stage.  There are lots of good
teachers out there.   Aloha, Jan





From: James B Raasch iii <jraasch@MAILHOST.TCS.TULANE.EDU>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 18:04:34 -0500
Subject: Re: Business Card folds

I have diagarams for a frog on my web page, currently

http://www.spd.louisville.edu/~jbraas01/

I think I refer to a waterbomb base though, so my terminology may
complicate the fold unneccesarily.  Good luck.

J.B. Raasch

>
> Can anybody point me to some simple business card folds on the net, or
> recommend a book?  All the ones I've found so far have been multi-unit
> designs.





From: Michael and Janet Hamilton <mikeinnj@CONCENTRIC.NET>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 18:47:02 -0400
Subject: Re: Origami Sighting

David,

Here is the info on the X-Files episode from my Origami Sightings column in
the Fall 1998 OUSA Newsletter:

In an episode of "The X-Files" called "Born Again", originally broadcast in
the US on 4/29/94, a policeman plans to fold all the animals in the Noah's
ark picture on his wall, but he is murdered and reincarnated as an 8-year
old girl.  The fact that the girl knew how to fold complex models was a clue
to help them believe that she was the reincarnation of the murdered
policeman.  He was killed before he got to the giraffe, the last animal he
was to fold.  The girl then folded the giraffe, left it on the doorstep of
the policeman's widow, rang the doorbell and ran off, leaving the widow to
find the origami model. [This episode of the X-files was also broadcast in
Japan.  Maekawa-san says they are KAWAI Toyoaki's models.]

Janet Hamilton

mailto:Mikeinnj@concentric.net
http://www.concentric.net/~Mikeinnj
----- Original Message -----
From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
To: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: Origami Sighting

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





From: "Dolphin G." <dolphing@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 19:15:04 -0700 (
Subject: Re: Lotus Entertain You, Inc.

>From: Larry Finch <LarryFinch@AOL.COM>
>Reply-To: Origami List <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: Lotus Entertain You, Inc.
>Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 13:17:06 EDT
>
>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
>Here's a rough outline of the story I learned when I was about eight: It
>starts with a triple blintz...  the subsequent "models" are:  Hat, boots,
>shirt, pants, pants folded in half, (the hero broke a leg...) Jackets,
>stylized hospital, table, sailboat, shark (action model), rowboat, moneybox
>("Now that I've told you this wonderful story, give me some money or
>else...") police hat ("I'll call the police".)  I haven't tried it on
>anyone in a very long time, but I think I got a smile out of everyone I
>showed it to.

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From: Jesse Everett <caeden@ALTAVISTA.NET>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 02:16:38 -0400
Subject: Maekawa's Winged Devil

Hi, I have a couple of somewhat related questions, about life, the universe,
     and everything (  JK :)  )

First, does the Winged Devil model (illustration in Origami from Angelfish to
     Zen) have diagrams anywhere?
Second, is there any more of the Maekawa theory published besides in the
     Origami Omnibus?
And lastly, on a totally unrelated note, anyone know where to find anything by
     Yoshizawa?

I'd appreciate any help anyone out there can give me.

Sincerely,  One obsessed college student paper folder.

                                        Jesse Everett
                                        Caeden@altavista.net

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From: John Sutter <sutterj@EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 06:11:04 -0700
Subject: Re: teaching origami

My thanks to Jan FOdor for her teaching tips, and I'm
looking forward to more from the other experts on the list.

Ria





From: madawson <madawson@SPRYNET.COM>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 10:17:17 -0700
Subject: Re: a must/ thank you

Dear Evi -

I have several books that I have purchased and still just look at!!!!!
Perhaps an indication that I have too many books ............ nah!!!!  You
can never have too many origami books or too much paper!!!!!!! <g>

MASD

-----Original Message-----
From: Binzi <binzi@MUENSTER.DE>
To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Friday, May 21, 1999 12:31 AM
Subject: a must/ thank you

>Hi folders,
>
>thank you for recommending your favorite books.
>So far I ordered the Connoisseur and from Japan Dokuhon2.
>
>I already got
>Lang insects (which I like very much, difficult)
>Lang/Weiss origami zoo (nice)
>Montroll/African animals and animal for enthusiast (interesting)
>Origami Boxes/Tomoko Fuse (nice)
>Peter Engel Angelfish to Zen (very good)
>
>Since I am a beginner I just like looking at the diagrams. Just folded few
>of them yet. May be one fine day in the future I'll manage to fold the
>difficult ones too.
>Hope, you are not bored to death now. :o)
>
>Happy folding!
>Evi





From: Maxim Candries <Maxim.Candries@NCL.AC.UK>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 10:54:58 +0100
Subject: Re: Maekawa's Winged Devil

Hi,

I recently joined the list and I like it. I have the same problem as Jesse: I
     would like to fold more of
Yoshizawa, but have a problem finding books of him. I know there are some in
     Japanese, but are there any
translated?

Also, is the beautiful caterpillar shown on Joseph Wu's magnificent site
     explained anywhere?

Keep on folding!

Maxim Candries

Jesse Everett wrote:

> Hi, I have a couple of somewhat related questions, about life, the universe,
     and everything (  JK :)  )
>
> First, does the Winged Devil model (illustration in Origami from Angelfish to
     Zen) have diagrams anywhere?
> Second, is there any more of the Maekawa theory published besides in the
     Origami Omnibus?
> And lastly, on a totally unrelated note, anyone know where to find anything
     by Yoshizawa?
>
> I'd appreciate any help anyone out there can give me.
>
> Sincerely,  One obsessed college student paper folder.
>
>                                         Jesse Everett
>                                         Caeden@altavista.net
>
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From: Module Nut <origamifreak@YAHOO.COM>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 11:07:01 -0700
Subject: Re: Fuse's Small Icosahedral Dish

Hi Em,

I can see how that step could be frustrating,
especially since the particular model doesn't lock
together as securely as some of the others...

Anyway, here's a stab at explaining it:

When folding things like this I find it helps to know
where subunits are going to end up in the finished
model.

The triangle where all three "a" units come together
in step 1 on page 39 is going to be the bottom of your
dish.

All three "b" units serve as sides.

Steps 2 and 3 on page 39 tell you how the "b" units
interlock with each other and with the "a" units.

In step 1 on page 40 the idea is to repeat the
interlocking of "b" units you learned on page 39.

It might help to know that in step 1 you are looking
at the bottom of the dish from the outside, and that
all of the interlocking goes on on the outside sides
of the dish, which are folding away from you in the
picture.

When I get to steps like 1-3 on page 40 I don't
necessarily go in the order listed, but rather just
kind-of fit the units together based on how I've been
shown they work.  It's a gestalt thing for me, but it
works.

Once the dish is together it's not very satisfactorily
secure.  You didn't do anything wrong, it's just how
the model was designed.  If you don't plan on making
two and linking them for an icosahedron, you might
like to reverse the side and bottom folds and turn the
dish inside out.  It's a little stronger that way.

Hope this helps?
Let me know if it doesn't, and I'll try explaining it
a different way.

anja

--- Emily Brunson <janissa@IX.NETCOM.COM> wrote:
>
>  I am struggling with the small dish model
> on pp. 38-41. [of _Unit_Origami_ by Tomoko Fuse]
>
> Specifically the top of p. 40, where the model kind
> of turns 3-D on me, I am just completely lost.
There > seem to be a lot of steps in this one diagram,
and I > can't see which to do first, or if indeed the
order
> matters -- and worse than that I can't really tell
> *what* to do, either.  Anyone who can explain what
> has to happen with the step 1 on page 40, I would
> very much appreciate guidance.

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From: Spider Barbour <spider@ULSTER.NET>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 11:26:34 -0500
Subject: Re: teaching tips (longish)

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

Dear Dorothy and Ria -
        I don't have vast teaching experience, and was totally terrified the
     first
time I ever had to teach!  Over time, however, it grew to be something I
loved doing.
        Last year, when I taught at a school for emotionally disturbed --
     pardon me
, challenged -- youngsters, I taught four easy models:
        boat, fox puppet and rabbit finger puppet from Florence Sakade's
     "Origami
2"  (my first origami book)
        weaver's shuttle box (I think that's the name) from James Sakoda's
introduction in his "Modern Origami."

        The kids loved the models.  There was only one boy for whom they were
     too
easy -- he folded a crane for me and signed it!   The only problem I had was
that I tried using construction paper for the box.  I thought, since
construction paper was so readily available in schools, the box would be
something they could fold again and again.  The construction paper may have
been old, and it was brittle and split unless the kids were careful, which
some could not be.  So it was frustrating for them, and I had to tape up the
boxes which cracked.

        At the local clubs, I teach a lot of my own models, but also those by
published authors that I particularly like.  As Jan Fodor wrote, choosing
and explaining all terms carefully is important.  Leave plenty of time for
all the folders to do each step, allowing more experienced folders to help
the less experienced ones.  Plenty of patience is of the utmost importance.
I saw a teacher lose his patience, get sarcastic and make a kid feel like a
fumbling idiot.  The kid never came back to the group.
        At home, practice the models you plan to teach so you are comfortable
     with
them and you know the sequences of steps. Demonstrate carefully, with large
pieces of paper so all can see what you're doing.  I do a fold once, flat on
the table, and then undo it and refold it in the air, oriented so that it
matches the way people are holding their paper.
        At my main club, the members like to have the diagrams to read as they
     fold
.  (They often make notes on the diagrams to help them recreate the models
later.)  This was discouraged in an OUSA publication that I read, to keep
people from racing ahead.  But I find it more of a help than a hindrance,
and only one experienced folder in our group finishes the "repeat" steps
ahead of the rest.  Then he waits for the others.

        Teaching origami is a great way to share it and spread it, and
     enthusiasm,
patience and clarity of instruction are most important.  With good
demonstrations, even less experienced folders can usually get through models
they might not really be ready to attempt on their own.  (Be careful not to
teach something too far beyond their abilities.)  Their sense of
accomplishment on completing such a model is enormous.                  Anita
     Barbour





From: Leeh McArthur <Lamms@AOL.COM>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 12:52:47 -0400 (
Subject: Rabbit--Year of the Rabbit

In a message dated 99-05-28 10:15:39 EDT, you write:

<< Hope this helps! Now I have to fold a rabbit for my Japanese friemd, this
 year being the Year of the Rabbit.

 Richard K >>

And what rabbit might this be? Inquiring minds want to know.

Leeh in Seattle





From: DORIGAMI@AOL.COM
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 14:04:40 -0400 (
Subject: Re: new modular book

Rona, I want one of your autographed books. Can you please send me one and I
will send you a checkas soon as I get it.  I am so rushed this weekend.  I
can't wait to see it.  Congratulations on having another book published.  Are
you selling it on the internet?  I think I will try selling my booklet and
tape that way.  What do you think? My invite still stands for you to come see
me.  There will be two meetings in Princeton this summer so ask Laura when
they are and try and come then......Love Dottie Kaplan.





From: Richard Kennedy <r.a.kennedy@BHAM.AC.UK>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 15:13:25 +0100
Subject: Re: Japanese book

> > > Anyway, the ISBN is 4537014938, and I can't give you the title because I

> purchase! Any ida of the name?

I showed the book to a Japanese woman at work, and she has kindly provided
the follwing information, starting from the top:

2 characters of kanji = sai shin = newest or latest

long curved title line, with 2 kanji (= origami) in the middle

 = ya sa shi i origami no su be te = easy origami all ( i.e. all of easy
                                                             origami)

So the title is loosely translated as

"Latest Collection of Easy Origami"

there are then a couple of lines of smaller lettering,

line 1 = jyu ni shi / su i zo ku ka n = the twelve (animal) signs of the
Japanese zodiac / aquarium

line 2 = do u bu tu e n = zoo

The author's name (confirmed as Kunihiko Kasahara) appears in kanji at the
bottom of the cover.

Hope this helps! Now I have to fold a rabbit for my Japanese friemd, this
year being the Year of the Rabbit.

Richard K
(R.A.Kennedy@bham.ac.uk)





From: Allan findlay <a_findlay@EXCHANGE.CREATIONS.CO.UK>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 15:55:00 +0100
Subject: Re: Maekawa's Winged Devil

Is that Maarten Van Gelders caterpillar?

If it is then its good to fold but I couldn't get the head right at all.
(Took me a long time though).
--------------------------
        Allan           (a_findlay@exchange.creations.co.uk)

> ----------
> From:         Maxim Candries[SMTP:Maxim.Candries@NCL.AC.UK]
> Reply To:     Origami List
> Sent:         28 May 1999 10:54
> To:   ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      Re: Maekawa's Winged Devil
>
> Hi,
>
> I recently joined the list and I like it. I have the same problem as
> Jesse: I would like to fold more of
> Yoshizawa, but have a problem finding books of him. I know there are some
> in Japanese, but are there any
> translated?
>
> Also, is the beautiful caterpillar shown on Joseph Wu's magnificent site
> explained anywhere?
>
> Keep on folding!
>
> Maxim Candries
>
> Jesse Everett wrote:
>
> > Hi, I have a couple of somewhat related questions, about life, the
> universe, and everything (  JK :)  )
> >
> > First, does the Winged Devil model (illustration in Origami from
> Angelfish to Zen) have diagrams anywhere?
> > Second, is there any more of the Maekawa theory published besides in the
> Origami Omnibus?
> > And lastly, on a totally unrelated note, anyone know where to find
> anything by Yoshizawa?
> >
> > I'd appreciate any help anyone out there can give me.
> >
> > Sincerely,  One obsessed college student paper folder.
> >
> >                                         Jesse Everett
> >                                         Caeden@altavista.net
> >
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From: Nick Robinson <nick@CHEESYPEAS.DEMON.CO.UK>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 18:40:51 +0100
Subject: Rabbit--Year of the Wabbit

Leeh McArthur <Lamms@AOL.COM> sez

>And what rabbit might this be? Inquiring minds want to know.

A scwewy wabbit!

all the best,

Elmer Fuld





From: Deborah Miller <jpm14@CORNELL.EDU>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 17:00:35 -0400
Subject: Re: Teaching Origami/capitalism (sort of long)

At 01:52 PM 5/27/99 -0700, you wrote:
>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
>

        There are many others on this list who are much more highly qualified
     than
me to teach origami.  My depth and breadth of the subject is shallow and
narrow.  That said, in the last 18 months I taught three fabric origami
classes and have another scheduled. With permission from Glenda Scott
(http://www.owt.com/gdscott/index.html),     I use info from her website
for a box and an ornament class.
        I teach teens and adults at a quilting store.  Classes of 8-12--do not
wish for more.  Initial large amount of planning time as for all teaching,
significantly less when a class repeats.  In a three hour class we cover
two types of boxes or 3-5 ornaments.  Start with paper and then move to
stiffened fabric.  The teens tend to have done origami, the adults have
not.  I give handouts showing the folds, demonstrate them (one fold at a
time) from the front, then go around and help people individually as they
need/desire--one step at a time.
        Initially took some boxes I had made in to show store owners (women).
They asked me to teach class.  Added an ornament class for Christmastime.
Have made less than $250.  Have had one commission for two boxes come from
having samples in the store.  Also have the local county museum asking me
to come up with shirts folded from area map,treated with varnish or
acrylic, and with pin on back.  Am currently working on that.
        As a stay at home mom these are additional activities to supplement the
family income (giving piano lessons, making cards, judging spinning and
weaving at a county fair, a small cleaning job and wildlife nuisance
trapping are others.) Looking at the longer term, for me effort for classes
and commissions (like the map shirts) are worth the effort.  Initially a
large amount of time and effort, but if I can continue to teach these
classes or sell these pins for a few years then I get a larger rate of
return for time put in. And has enabled me to fund a couple new Origami
books for myself!

Deborah Miller





From: Allen Parry <parry@ESKIMO.COM>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 17:36:52 -0700
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?????

I quickly slapped together a cruise ship.  Take a look at it and tell me
what you think.  It is as simple as I could make one.

Look at   http://www.eskimo.com/~parry/cruise.jpg

Allen Parry
parry@eskimo.com





From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 17:40:03 -0700
Subject: Re: Lotus Entertain You, Inc.

At 17:36 99/05/28 -0700, you wrote:
>I quickly slapped together a cruise ship.  Take a look at it and tell me
>what you think.  It is as simple as I could make one.
>
>Look at   http://www.eskimo.com/~parry/cruise.jpg

Looks nice, Allen. However, our friendly neighbourhood entrepreneur has left
the list. You'll have to email him directly.

----------------------------------------------------------------
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t: 604.730.0306 x 105   f: 604.732.7331  e: josephwu@ultranet.ca
w: http://www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca





From: Howard Portugal <howardpo@MICROSOFT.COM>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 17:51:16 -0700
Subject: Re: Lotus Entertain You, Inc.

Hey Allen, that's pretty awesome for a slap together!

Howard Portugal
Critical Problem Resolution - NT Escalation (CPR/NT)

> * howardpo@microsoft.com
> *Wk: 425/704-4078
> *Pgr: Urgent V-Mail
>
A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allen Parry [mailto:parry@ESKIMO.COM]
> Sent: Friday, May 28, 1999 5:37 PM
> To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> 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?????
>
> I quickly slapped together a cruise ship.  Take a look at it
> and tell me
> what you think.  It is as simple as I could make one.
>
> Look at   http://www.eskimo.com/~parry/cruise.jpg
>
> Allen Parry
> parry@eskimo.com





From: Doug Philips <dwp@TRANSARC.COM>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 18:05:29 -0400
Subject: OUSA Convention '99 forms online.

I don't know if this is news to anyone else, or if maybe I missed a previous
note to the same effect, but I noticed today that the OUSA Convention '99
forms are now up on their web site (www.origami-usa.org).  [I just filled them
out (sooo much nicer than the paper forms, fast and easy!) so hopefully
everything will go well.]

-D'gou





From: Richard Kennedy <r.a.kennedy@BHAM.AC.UK>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 19:35:50 +0100
Subject: Re: Rabbit--Year of the Rabbit

> << Hope this helps! Now I have to fold a rabbit for my Japanese friemd, this
>  year being the Year of the Rabbit.
>
>  Richard K >>
>
> And what rabbit might this be? Inquiring minds want to know.

The running rabbit which appears on p.55 of the book on which my friend
provided title information. She looked through the book, as well as at
the cover.

Richard K
(R.A.Kennedy@bham.ac.uk)





From: Susan Johnston <supersuzy2000@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 19:36:22 +0100 (
Subject: Japanese Exams!

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.





From: madawson <madawson@SPRYNET.COM>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 21:00:26 -0700
Subject: Re: Human Figure + The Human Condition

To cross two threads of conversation, it seems that the human figure model
"Joy of Origami" by Tal Cinader in the OUSA  '95 Annual Collection is one of
those models that expresses "The Human Condition"  [joy] quite well!

MaryAnn Scheblein-Dawson
madawson@sprynet.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Carlos Alberto Furuti <furuti@AHAND.UNICAMP.BR>
To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 7:20 AM
Subject: Re: Human Figure + Whistle

Carlos Furuti wrote:

>................................... 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 ...................
>

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





From: Krystyna i Wojciech Burczyk <burczyk@MAIL.ZETOSA.COM.PL>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 23:31:21 +0200
Subject: web page update

We have just updated our origami gallery

Start from our home page:
http://www1.zetosa.com.pl/~burczyk
then follow "assorted modulars" link
or "something new" link.

We appreciate any comments

Wojtek





From: Krystyna i Wojciech Burczyk <burczyk@MAIL.ZETOSA.COM.PL>
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 23:35:41 +0200
Subject: web page update

oops, wrong starting point in the sent post, try this one

We have just updated our origami gallery

Start from our home page:
http://www1.zetosa.com.pl/~burczyk/index-en.html
then follow "assorted modulars" link
or "something new" link.

We appreciate any comments

Wojtek





From: DORIGAMI@AOL.COM
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 01:10:57 -0400 (
Subject: Re: new modular book

There, Ive done it again.  Sorry my mail to Rona Gurkewitz was private to
her.  Sorry.





From: Module Nut <origamifreak@YAHOO.COM>
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 08:51:52 -0700
Subject: Re: Allen's Money-Folded Cruise Ship

Wow, that one would be GREAT for an editorial
statement about a country's economy, especially if you
left it in a bowl of water with the stern torn off,
crumpled, and resting some distance from the bow...
Nice rendition!

(This is how my mind works after being up all night
playing with Fuse's _Spirals_ book because it just
arrived yesterday.  Sorry!  :-)

anja

--- Allen Parry <parry@ESKIMO.COM> wrote:
> I quickly slapped together a cruise ship.  Take a
> look at it and tell me what you think.
>
> Look at   http://www.eskimo.com/~parry/cruise.jpg

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From: Rona Gurkewitz <GURKEWITZ@WCSUB.CTSTATEU.EDU>
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 09:41:29 -0400
Subject: Re: new modular book

Dottie,
  What is your address?
  Did you want Bennett's autograph too? That will take a little time
because he lives in California.
  I'm working on a web page but won't sell my book through it since
the web page is at work.
  Good luck with all of your projects.

Rona





From: Isa Miller <-isa-@EXCITE.COM>
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 10:17:20 -0700 (
Subject: Re: Origami Sighting

On         Wed, 26 May 1999 19:14:31 -0700, david whitbeck wrote:

<snip>
>
> Well now back to horrible C programming
>
> David
</snip>

I've been lurking on this list for a couple of weeks now. I've learned so
much that I'm still overwhelmed, but I've seen a few references to
programming. Since I'm one of those strange people myself, I'm just
wondering if there is a correlation between minds that like to play with
zeroes and ones and minds that like to work out new and different ways to
fold paper?

*laughing*
Isa

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From: Spider Barbour <spider@ULSTER.NET>
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 14:44:13 -0500
Subject: Re: Origami Sighting

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

Dear Isa --
You asked
++a correlation between minds that like to play with zeroes and ones and
minds that like to work out new and different ways to fold paper?++

Perhaps, but we math-phobes also like to fold and design origami!

Anita





From: Nick Robinson <nick@CHEESYPEAS.DEMON.CO.UK>
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 19:17:29 +0100
Subject: animating folds on computer...

Can any of you "techies" help out?

  ------- Forwarded message follows -------

Dear Nick:
I was given your address by David Brill... I have a particular 'problem'.
I would like to animate [3D] a series of 'folding' techniques on the
computer.
I have Infini-D and 3D StudioMax on my computer, but am having a singular
lack of success at the moment.
Can you advise please?
Many thanks.
Janet Nabney
101233.3557@compuserve.com

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: Nick Robinson <nick@CHEESYPEAS.DEMON.CO.UK>
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 19:19:12 +0100
Subject: Bookends online

If you visit the BOS supplies page, there's now a link to the
comprehensive Bookends list of origami books, certainly the best
selection in England. There's also a map & contact details - if you're
in London, you'll regret not dropping by!

Try some of Larry Hart's bagels as well - excellent!

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: madawson <madawson@SPRYNET.COM>
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 21:21:38 -0700
Subject: LaFosse Origami Exhibit on Cape Cod

For those of you who may be traveling through the New England (USA) area in
the near future, The Origami Art of Michael LaFosse is on exhibit at the
Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, Massachusetts through June 26, 1999
(on Cape Cod).

4676 Falmouth Road
Cotuit, MA 02635
(508) 428-7581
www.cahoonmuseum.org

Museum hours: Tue through Sat 10-4     Free Admission

(Also, don't forget about Michael's Origamido Studio in Haverhill, MA , not
far from the New Hampshire border.  I visited him there this week and it was
wonderful to see what he has done.  He is a very gracious host.   His web
site is www.origamido.com and is also a good place to "visit" .)

MaryAnn Scheblein-Dawson
madawson@sprynet.com





From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 01:32:11 -0700
Subject: shell

I've folded Kawasaki's shell yet another time, and after thinking about it
I realized something.  You don't have to do that sink.  Why is it even
there since it's undone?  It's not hard to fold those four points in the
sequence to make the top of the shell in the air instead of on a flat
surface, so why did the instructions have that sink fold?  In fact I found
that the top becomes more three dimensional and looks better.  Does anyone
have any thoughts on the matter?

David

"They can all sense that the boy is dangerous, why can't you?"





From: Magdalena Cano Plewinska <mplewinska@MINDSPRING.COM>
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 05:10:15 +0000 (
Subject: Re: Maekawa's Winged Devil

On Fri, 28 May 1999 10:54:58 +0100, Maxim Candries
<Maxim.Candries@NCL.AC.UK> wrote:

>I would like to fold more of Yoshizawa, but have a problem finding
>books of him. I know there are some in Japanese, but are there any
>translated?

I'm not sure but once you have some experience with following
diagrams, Japanese books aren't that hard to follow. In the few cases
when there is an explanation that goes with the diagram and you can't
figure the fold out without reading it, there's always this list :)

Have fun,
--
Magda Plewinska                   mplewinska@mindspring.com
Miami, FL, USA





From: Jane Rosemarin <jfrmpls@SPACESTAR.NET>
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 10:31:17 -0500
Subject: Re: shell

David wrote:
>I've folded Kawasaki's shell yet another time, and after thinking about it
>I realized something.  You don't have to do that sink

I agree. It's just a little easier to make the spiral folds precisely
when the piece is flat. I may teach the shell at the OUSA convention, and
I have been trying to discover the easiest way to uncollapse the squash
fold, but so far, I don't think there is a real trick. I do know that
some papers pop back more readily than others. (I like to use
hand-decorated washi, the decorating for appearance, not ease of folding.)

In any case, it's a beautiful shell.

-Jane





From: Emmajg <emmajg@CUSTARD.ORG>
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 15:47:12 +0100
Subject: Re: shell

Umm I know what you mean as the sink fold has to be re"pop" back up for the
end but I find it easier to make the "curly" bit when it is all flat.

Emmajg*
-----Original Message-----
From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 30 May 1999 09:31
Subject: shell

>I've folded Kawasaki's shell yet another time, and after thinking about it
>I realized something.  You don't have to do that sink.  Why is it even
>there since it's undone?  It's not hard to fold those four points in the
>sequence to make the top of the shell in the air instead of on a flat
>surface, so why did the instructions have that sink fold?  In fact I found
>that the top becomes more three dimensional and looks better.  Does anyone
>have any thoughts on the matter?
>
>David
>
>"They can all sense that the boy is dangerous, why can't you?"





From: Paul & Jan Fodor <origami@ALOHA.NET>
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 08:29:49 -1000
Subject: Those with diagrams

Kaushik Patel wrote:
>
> can you please send me examples of how to make oragami ... for example
> a little creature or a camelia??
> kuni

Those you with diagrams on your website, would you please respond. Thank
you, Jan





From: Paul & Jan Fodor <origami@ALOHA.NET>
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 08:41:01 -1000
Subject: Re: interested

Catbob1255@aol.com wrote:
>
> Could you send some samples or instructions on your work im very interested
> in oragami and would like to learn more.
>
>                                                    Thanks,
>                                                              Bob Spence =-)
>                   P.S if you know of any good web sites send them too please
> thanks again

Help for another prospective folder please.





From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 12:31:47 -0700
Subject: Re: shell

>David wrote:
>>I've folded Kawasaki's shell yet another time, and after thinking about it
>>I realized something.  You don't have to do that sink
>
>I agree. It's just a little easier to make the spiral folds precisely
>when the piece is flat. I may teach the shell at the OUSA convention, and
>I have been trying to discover the easiest way to uncollapse the squash
>fold, but so far, I don't think there is a real trick. I do know that
>some papers pop back more readily than others. (I like to use
>hand-decorated washi, the decorating for appearance, not ease of folding.)
>
>In any case, it's a beautiful shell.
>
>-Jane

One thing I did discover about popping it back up: if I focus on one side
to just reform the two mountain folds that bound it the rest of it will
fall back into place, then I just go from side to side taking out those
lower mountain folds and it's done.  That's the easiest way I can think of
to uncollapse it.

David

"I will not condone a course of action that will lead us to war."





From: "Dolphin G." <dolphing@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 14:01:13 -0700 (
Subject: Re: Origami Collage

>
>The angle is decided well in advance of the shoot. It is usually considered
>important whether an animal (for example) is looking left or right, up or
>down, turning, etc, what the mood of the lighting will be, where the
>viewer's eye should come to rest, and so on, so there isn't usually a
>problem here.  Nevertheless, I consider it professional to give the
>photographer as much choice as possible regarding just where the camera is
>positioned, so I try to push the tape, clips, wire, etc that hold the
>pieces togerther as far to the back as possible.
>
><Do you bring materials and tools with you to the shoot and ''fix'' the
>model on the <spot?
>
>Yes.  Always.  In fact, for ease of transportation, I take the model to
>pieces and re-assemble it under the camera.  I rehearse how it all joins up
>so that I can re-assemble it quickly ('time is money'), with some
>confidence (to try to appear professional!) and with minimum handling of
>the model (to minimise the risk of damage).  If a piece is damaged or if
>something looks wrong through the lens, it is generally an easy matter to
>replace it with a copy or with something that works better, without having
>to re-fold the model from scratch.
>
>Over the years, I suppose I've developed a number of 'tricks' for collaging
>apparently *pure*-looking origami models.  This may horrify the purist, but
>then, how many pure origami models -- particularly the complex ones -- do
>you KNOW have been folded from a single uncut square when you look at
>them?!  Very few models retain the sense of an uncut square in them, even
>to an expert.  In fact, one could argue that the less like an uncut square
>a model looks, the less point there is in creating it from an uncut square.
>  One may as well make it from many pieces, since this is how it appears to
>have been made.  OK, so this is a provocative idea (particularly on this
>List!), but it makes sense when working commercially, because the process
>is so much more versatile than creating a one piece model (at least, to
>me).
>
>I hope this answers your questions.  I'll be pleased to answer others.
>
>Paul Jackson

I'm not exactly horrified, but I wouldn't want to be a purist who's not on
this list and see one of your models-  "How the heck did they do THAT???"

I doubt you wet-fold your models;  that would make them much harder to
adjust.  What type of paper do you use?

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From: hecht <hecht@CWIX.COM>
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 18:50:23 -0700
Subject: New diagram available ($ heart-and-arrow)

Been a while, I guess.

I've placed diagrams for my "$ Heart-and-Arrow" model on my site:

The URL is:  http://www.serve.com/hecht/origami/origami.htm

I appreciate feedback regarding:
    A.  problems browsing the site
    B.  clarity of the diagrams (graphical and textual)
    C.  errors and oversights
    D.  ideas for improvements/variations in the models

--Steve Hecht





From: Tiffany Tam <origamiwing@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 19:35:04 -0700 (
Subject: Re: Maekawa's Winged Devil

I agree, usually I don't read the words and explanations when following the
diagrams because the diagrams explain evrything =-)

>From: Magdalena Cano Plewinska <mplewinska@MINDSPRING.COM>
>Reply-To: Origami List <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: Maekawa's Winged Devil
>Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 05:10:15 GMT
>
>On Fri, 28 May 1999 10:54:58 +0100, Maxim Candries
><Maxim.Candries@NCL.AC.UK> wrote:
>
> >I would like to fold more of Yoshizawa, but have a problem finding
> >books of him. I know there are some in Japanese, but are there any
> >translated?
>
>I'm not sure but once you have some experience with following
>diagrams, Japanese books aren't that hard to follow. In the few cases
>when there is an explanation that goes with the diagram and you can't
>figure the fold out without reading it, there's always this list :)
>
>Have fun,
>--
>Magda Plewinska                   mplewinska@mindspring.com
>Miami, FL, USA

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From: Module Nut <origamifreak@YAHOO.COM>
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 20:03:12 -0700
Subject: Re: shell

It's a gorgeous model.  I used to hate that putrid
solid pink that comes in paper assortments until I
figured out that it looks amazing on that shell, with
the white side out.  Just enough color shows through
to make e finished model look like porcelain.

I actually prefer to fold it the way Fuse describes in
her _Spirals_ book which doesn't bother with the
flattening step.  I was playing with it again last
night and figured out how to do it without showing any
raw edges and with a sharper, more natural opening
than I've seen anywhere else.

anja
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From: Paul Jackson <Mpjackson@BTINTERNET.COM>
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 20:04:33 +0100
Subject: Re: Origami Collage

on 26/05/99 D'gou wrote:

<I have a question about the collage technique you described.  What do you
do <when the photographer/art director/client decides that thay want to
shoot it from a <different angle?

The angle is decided well in advance of the shoot. It is usually considered
important whether an animal (for example) is looking left or right, up or
down, turning, etc, what the mood of the lighting will be, where the
viewer's eye should come to rest, and so on, so there isn't usually a
problem here.  Nevertheless, I consider it professional to give the
photographer as much choice as possible regarding just where the camera is
positioned, so I try to push the tape, clips, wire, etc that hold the
pieces togerther as far to the back as possible.

<Do you bring materials and tools with you to the shoot and ''fix'' the
model on the <spot?

Yes.  Always.  In fact, for ease of transportation, I take the model to
pieces and re-assemble it under the camera.  I rehearse how it all joins up
so that I can re-assemble it quickly ('time is money'), with some
confidence (to try to appear professional!) and with minimum handling of
the model (to minimise the risk of damage).  If a piece is damaged or if
something looks wrong through the lens, it is generally an easy matter to
replace it with a copy or with something that works better, without having
to re-fold the model from scratch.

Over the years, I suppose I've developed a number of 'tricks' for collaging
apparently *pure*-looking origami models.  This may horrify the purist, but
then, how many pure origami models -- particularly the complex ones -- do
you KNOW have been folded from a single uncut square when you look at
them?!  Very few models retain the sense of an uncut square in them, even
to an expert.  In fact, one could argue that the less like an uncut square
a model looks, the less point there is in creating it from an uncut square.
 One may as well make it from many pieces, since this is how it appears to
have been made.  OK, so this is a provocative idea (particularly on this
List!), but it makes sense when working commercially, because the process
is so much more versatile than creating a one piece model (at least, to
me).

I hope this answers your questions.  I'll be pleased to answer others.

Paul Jackson





From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 22:57:23 -0700
Subject: Re: shell

>It's a gorgeous model.  I used to hate that putrid
>solid pink that comes in paper assortments until I
>figured out that it looks amazing on that shell, with
>the white side out.  Just enough color shows through
>to make e finished model look like porcelain.
>
>I actually prefer to fold it the way Fuse describes in
>her _Spirals_ book which doesn't bother with the
>flattening step.  I was playing with it again last
>night and figured out how to do it without showing any
>raw edges and with a sharper, more natural opening
>than I've seen anywhere else.
>
>anja
>_________________________________________________________
>Do You Yahoo!?
>Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

So what is it?  Those edges drive me crazy because they look so unnatural.
If you remember what you did, please describe to me.  Now I've got to fold
it from a pink/white origami paper.  How cool!

David

"It's so wonderful Annie!  You've brought hope to those that have none."

"See through you we can."

"You were right about one thing Master, the negotiations were short."

the Phantom Menace mania continues has anyone ever thought of folding a
Darth Maul face from red and black paper?  I challenge all of you origami
masters out there to fold a Darth Maul face.  I've seen some of those
amazing origami faces out there so I know it can be done.  The red and
black patterns would make it interesting.





From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 23:06:03 -0700
Subject: wet folding

I acquired some elephant hide paper recently.  I tried to wetfold for the
first time.  Unfortunately I acted very foolishly: I thought I would start
with one of my favorite fold's Lang's Elephant.  Everything was going well
until I got to the part where I was folding the legs and trunk right before
opening the model, instead of keeping the model flat I kept the trunk out
instead of lying it flat and folded the legs (how I would if I were just
normally folding) anyhow, the paper didn't care too much to collapse back
into the creases that were formed that I partially unfolded while folding
the legs (that's a bad habit of mine, I like to unfold alot when I do some
interesting folds then collapse the whole thing back again) anyhow the
result was I let the elephant die in peace and turned his remains in to a
crane which I will keep for a long while as a lesson: don't just jump in!
  I hope this story has been an amuzing one.  Any comments on how to
wetfold so I won't blunder up and waste expensive paper?

Humbly yours,

David

"Well Master you were right about one thing, never fold a Gungun from a
bird base, it irritates them into speaking incoherently about nothing."
