




From: Rjlang@AOL.COM
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 00:29:01 -0400 (
Subject: Scorpion (was: wet folding!)

David Whitebeck wrote:

>>>>
I see nobody replied back with any tips on that yucky fold on Lang's
scorpion.  I guess I'm to assume that you guys have no tricks up your sleaves
regarding that.  Those legs are a pain in the ass, and properly folding the
body at the end is hard as well.  Well I'm off to my Astrophysics final, if
anyone has any advice on that scorpion step let me know, because it took me
like ten minutes last night to get it right.
<<<<

Actually, our sleaves are so bulging with tricks that they have prevented us
from typing due to pressure upon our carpal tunnels, but having recently
undergone a delicate trickeotomy in the sleaval regions, I hereby supply you
with the following verbal directions for a (trial-and-error)-free start to
the Scorpion.

1. Begin with a unit square, lower left corner at (0,0), upper right corner
at (1,1). Fold the paper in half from side to side and unfold.

2. Fold the upper left corner to the middle of the top edge, making a pinch
at (1/4,1).

3. Bring the lower right corner to (1/4,1), making a pinch along the right
side. Call this point A.

4. Bring the lower left corner to point A, making a pinch along the bottom
edge. Call this point B.

5. Fold the lower right corner over to point B, making a pinch along the
bottom edge. Call this point C.

6. Mountain-fold the top half of the paper behind.

7. Make a crease that runs from the middle of the folded edge to point C.
This is one of the "spokes" of the division into sevenths.

8. Bring the upper right edge to this crease, bisecting the angle. This makes
another spoke.

9. Bisect each of the two angles you just created, making two more spokes.

10. Make the other two spokes in the obvious way.

Good luck,

Robert





From: Edith Kort <ekort@MCLS.ROCHESTER.LIB.NY.US>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 01:10:32 -0400
Subject: NO Reading messages

I use Netscape 3.0 (I think) on a Mac to read my messages.  I have no
trouble with most of the ASCII graphics, but sometimes I get a message
that doesn't word wrap and I have to scroll horizontally.  Sometimes it
is 5 or so screens.  I haven't found a setting that could control that,
but I figure there must be.

Also, with all the concern about viruses, worms, etc. is there a way to
delete a message without first reading it?
--
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Edith Kort

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





From: Christopher Holt <Ella-mae@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 01:42:59 -0700
Subject: Re: Serial Killer Origami

>
> On second thought, not being a serial killer may be a definite strike
> against you.
>
The Origami Zodiac Killer. Isn't that a book already?





From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 02:07:38 -0700
Subject: Re: Serial Killer Origami

I'm afraid my post to the mailing list may have come across as a
gratuitous wisecrack when what I really meant to convey was my utter
disgust at Ebay for auctioning off a serial murderer's origami.

Dorothy





From: Douglas Zander <dzander@SOLARIA.SOL.NET>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 04:19:06 -0500 (
Subject: Re: Serial Killer Origami

Don't blame the company, Ebay, the powers that be probably don't even know
half the stuff that is being auctioned off of their web site.  It is the
responsibility of the individual person(s) to check themselves.  If you
know the history of Jeffery Dahlmer, whom I lived just three blocks from,
many people had a big huff over the movie that was made of him and the
potential auctioning off of his belongings. (I think the auction was
cancelled IIRC).  It got a lot of people disturbed.

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





From: Sandra P Hoffman <ghidra@CONSCOOP.OTTAWA.ON.CA>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 05:45:55 -0400
Subject: Re: SV:      Re: paper matters

On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Kimberly Shuck wrote:
> The concern for me, when choosing paper, is not what I
> am trying to fold, but rather who my intended audience is.
> I have always found
> that origami has a rather surreal appeal... and the surrealists encouraged
> taking the familiar and making it strange. It might be interesting to fold
> roses
> out of the rose page from a gardening catalog, for example. And Fuse's spirals
> are interesting when folded out of paper with words on it because the words
> become broken up and mysterious. But then, I like tin can art too, not really
> very sophisticated.
> Kim

I've never thought of origami in this way. I've noticed also that I seem
to be out of step with many on this list because I have little concern
with the finished piece, and no concern with who might see it or own it.
My pleasure in origami is entirely based in the process of folding. I
don't care at all what happens to the finished piece. I have none on
display anywhere. I only rarely give any away. My children save, and play
with the pieces they like.

Part of the appeal of origami for me, is it's ephemeral nature. It is
paper. I expect it to not last. I want it to not last. I was surprised
when we moved in March to find a more complex piece I had made years ago
among my son's plastic animals. It was still holding up well and he still
wanted to keep it. But for me, once the fold is complete, and I am
satisifed I have done it well, there  is no attachment to the finished
piece.

Oddly enough, being focused on the process of folding still makes me
desire truly fine and unusual papers to fold with. I mostly use common
easily available origami papers, I can't really afford to do otherwise,
but when I can get truly wonderful paper to work with; paper that feels
good in my hands, folds well, and suits the subject and the folds, I am
very, very happy. Though that fine paper could as easily be candy wrappers
as one of a kind hand made paper.

sph

Sandra P. Hoffman ghidra@conscoop.ottawa.on.ca
http://www.flora.org/sandra/
----------------------------
The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due,
not a garden swollen to a realm;
his own hands to use,
not the hands of others to command. --Sam Gamgee





From: Kimberly Shuck <atsina@HOOKED.NET>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 11:26:06 -0700
Subject: Re: gum wrappers

I love that one... An elderly Japanese woman I often fold with showed me that
when I had become really frustrated with a particularly challenging piece she
was trying to teach me. But my mumble year old Polish grandma knew it too, and
says she learned it from an American soldier who was giving her gum... This same
individual taught her to make match rockets with foil and strike anywhere
matches. Thanks for reminding me of it.
Kim

Karen Reeds wrote:
>
> \\
> >of my favorites is to fold Kawasaki roses out of Beechnut gum wrappers.
>
> To go from the sublime (Kawasaki rose) to the ridiculous, my 14 year old
> recently showed me this simple trick she'd learned from a classmate. It
> uses 1 foil gum wrapper--I doubt the brand matters.
>
> Roll the foil around your index finger--your finger should rest parallel to
> the short edge, about halfway in, so the long edge wraps snugly around,
> shiny side out.
> Twist the loose foil above the tip of your finger to close off the open end.
> Take out your finger.
>  Put the round open end of the foil cylinder to your lips and blow hard. It
> will shoot out with quite startling force and speed .
>
> Has this one been around for a long time? Does it have a traditional name?
> I'd never seen it before.
>
> Karen           6/17/99
> reeds@openix.com





From: Karen Reeds <reeds@OPENIX.COM>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 12:02:07 -0400
Subject: Re: gum wrappers

\\
>of my favorites is to fold Kawasaki roses out of Beechnut gum wrappers.

To go from the sublime (Kawasaki rose) to the ridiculous, my 14 year old
recently showed me this simple trick she'd learned from a classmate. It
uses 1 foil gum wrapper--I doubt the brand matters.

Roll the foil around your index finger--your finger should rest parallel to
the short edge, about halfway in, so the long edge wraps snugly around,
shiny side out.
Twist the loose foil above the tip of your finger to close off the open end.
Take out your finger.
 Put the round open end of the foil cylinder to your lips and blow hard. It
will shoot out with quite startling force and speed .

Has this one been around for a long time? Does it have a traditional name?
I'd never seen it before.

Karen           6/17/99
reeds@openix.com





From: Kimberly Shuck <atsina@HOOKED.NET>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 13:07:38 -0700
Subject: Re: was gum wrappers, now match and foil  rockets

You wrap the business end of a match with aluminum foil. Set the wrapped match,
wrapped end up on something that will not catch fire, and facing something that
will not catch fire. A large slab of concrete is really good for this. Making
sure that no part of you is in the line of fire of the match, you heat the
wrapped end with another match. When it gets hot enough to flash, the wrapped
match takes off like a rocket. Not incidentally spewing flames out the
back/stick end. I remember this being infinitely entertaining as a child. As a
parent of children I wonder what we were thinking. But, Grandma taught us all to
do it. It is really easy to burn yourself with these. In my experience they fly
a bit better when made out of paper matches. The wrapping bit is a little
tricky, because if you wrap them too tightly the just explode (spraying bits of
very hot aluminum foil) if they are wrapped to loosely the aluminum sails off,
leaving you with a burning match. The other alternative, and I guess that this
represents wrapping it unevenly, is that the thing spins in crazy circles. This
is in no way a safe activity.

Kim

Karen Reeds wrote:
>
> >says she learned it from an American soldier who was giving her gum...
> >This same
> >individual taught her to make match rockets with foil and strike anywhere
> >matches. Thanks for reminding me of it.
> >Kim
> >
>
> So how do you make match rockets with foil?
>
> Karen  6/17/99
> reeds@openix.com





From: "Wu, Sonia" <swu@BANSHEE.SAR.USF.EDU>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 14:28:22 -0400
Subject: Re: (NQO) Gum Wrappers and Foil/Match Rockets

Luckily I had a gum wrapper in my desk.  I made one of the "bullets"
right away but will need to wait for an appropriately lighthearted
moment in the office to try it out.

We made foil/match rockets when I was very young (6 or so) and really
should NOT have been playing with fire (Smokey's friends...).  It's a
wonder we don't all kill ourselves off in childhood!  I remember it was
great fun but of course my ADULT self is suitably penitent.





From: Karen Reeds <reeds@OPENIX.COM>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 15:05:10 -0400
Subject: Re: was gum wrappers, now match and foil  rockets

>says she learned it from an American soldier who was giving her gum...
>This same
>individual taught her to make match rockets with foil and strike anywhere
>matches. Thanks for reminding me of it.
>Kim
>

So how do you make match rockets with foil?

Karen  6/17/99
reeds@openix.com





From: Ken Lehner <klehner@LUCENT.COM>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:21:54 -0400
Subject: Re: was gum wrappers, now match and foil  rockets

Karen Reeds wrote:

> >says she learned it from an American soldier who was giving her gum...
> >This same
> >individual taught her to make match rockets with foil and strike anywhere
> >matches. Thanks for reminding me of it.
> >Kim
> >
>
> So how do you make match rockets with foil?

Materials needed:
paper matches
paper clip
aluminum foil
pin
target

Take a paper match from a book of matches.  Lay a pin on the match such
that the point of the pin touches the combustible part of the match (the
"tip").
Wrap the tip half of the match with aluminum foil (perhaps two or three
layers),
but don't completely cover the length of the pin.
Remove pin.  The channel where the pin was is now the exhaust pipe.  Take a
paper clip and bend the inner loop up at a 45 degree angle.  Place the paper
clip on a non-combustible surface (like your desk at work :-) with the outer
loop on the surface and the inner loop pointing at something non-combustible
(like your officemate :-).  Place the match on the inner loop, such that the
torn
end of the match rests against the bent part of the paper clip and the tip of
the
match rests on the end of the inner loop (like a rocket launcher).  Hold a lit

match under the tip of the rocket until it shoots!

Ken "misspent youth" Lehner





From: Hatori Koshiro <hatori@JADE.DTI.NE.JP>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 22:24:55 +0900
Subject: Re: Think Quest Junior Contest Winner

Hello members,

I take part in the Think Quest Junior Contest this year as a coach.
We already have a web site in Japanese, which is a prize-winning one
in Think Quest @Japan Contest 1998.
English version for TQJ1999 will be coming soon.
I will appreciate it if you would give us your opinion.

For those who can read Japanese, Japanese version is at
http://contest.thinkquest.gr.jp/tqj1998/10072/

Thank you in advance,

 _ _ _ _ _
|         |  Hatori Koshiro (Koshiro is my first name.)
|_._._._._|          hatori@jade.dti.ne.jp
|         |      http://www.jade.dti.ne.jp/~hatori/
|_ _ _ _ _|_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
 If they keep on risking failure, they're still artists. (S.Jobs)





From: Ronald Koh <ronkoh@SINGNET.COM.SG>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 00:17:01 +0800
Subject: Re: Serial Killer Origami

A few years ago, Charles came across a photo of my stegosaurus in an
issue of the FOCA Newsletter. He wrote to me, care of FOCA. That letter,
requesting for some diagrams, was forwarded to me. I responded. The next
letter followed, requesting for origami paper and more diagrams, but no
more than five sheets per envelope. This went on for about a year and a
half, during which he sent me, through his lawyers, a small package
consisting of five pieces of neatly folded and very precise origami.

>From the beginning, I knew Charles was an inmate: That was obvious from
the address, the identification number and restrictions on incoming
mail. But I did not know why he was in prison, and never asked him. It
was sometime later that I came across a brief article on Charles in the
local press. By then, we were no longer in touch.

When I examine Charles' origami, I see a gentle and caring side to the
man. It seems painfully amazing that this same man has now been found
guilty of the most heinous of crimes that man can commit against man. He
remains answerable to society for his deeds, and to God. I would like to
remember him as a man who is able to appreciate the wonders of origami
and be able to fold the models, which are still with me, as well as the
most practised origamists, within the harsh environment of Folsom
Prison.

And if this by chance is being read by Ebay, the origami from Charles is
definitely not for sale.

Russell Sutherland wrote:
>
> I came across this bizarre listing on Ebay under origami today.  I couldn't
> resist cutting and pasting the text to the list.
>
> <CLIP>
>
> CHARLES NG. California's infamous serial killer. Two color origami (paper
> folding) by Charles Ng. A pair of hearts, nicely folded and well detailed,
> approx. 3"x1.25" in size, uncommon and typically hard to obtain, unsigned,
> INCLUDES our deluxe 3 color, hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity.
> Absolutely guaranteed authentic for life, or DOUBLE your money back!
> [$1 Shipping!] TERMS OF SALE: Winner pays with money order and includes $1
> shipping. Payment is due upon notice from seller and must be received within
> 7 days, or negative feedback will be left. We reserve the right to cancel
> bids from users with no or negative feedback.
>
> [-FREE-] Overnight Delivery for single or multiple auction wins of $100 or
> more.
>
> THE BEST TRUE CRIME-CRIMINAL AUTOGRAPH AUCTIONS ON EBAY! No reserve prices,
> low minimum bids, and only $1 shipping. See more of our auctions now, by
> clicking above. Thanks everyone!
>
> </CLIP>
>
> Ng currently has two pieces of origami for sale... HEARTS and the word "LOVE"
> ... isn't it ironic..... don't you think? Note the LIFE-TIME GUARANTEE.
>
> LoneFolder
>
> DARE TO FOLD!!!!!!!!!!





From: Ronald Koh <ronkoh@SINGNET.COM.SG>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 00:17:17 +0800
Subject: Re: Scorpion (was: wet folding!)

Hmmmm.... Great after-sales service, this is .......

Rjlang@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> David Whitebeck wrote:
>
> >>>>
> I see nobody replied back with any tips on that yucky fold on Lang's
> scorpion.  I guess I'm to assume that you guys have no tricks up your sleaves
> regarding that.  Those legs are a pain in the ass, and properly folding the
> body at the end is hard as well.  Well I'm off to my Astrophysics final, if
> anyone has any advice on that scorpion step let me know, because it took me
> like ten minutes last night to get it right.
> <<<<
>
> Actually, our sleaves are so bulging with tricks that they have prevented us
> from typing due to pressure upon our carpal tunnels, but having recently
> undergone a delicate trickeotomy in the sleaval regions, I hereby supply you
> with the following verbal directions for a (trial-and-error)-free start to
> the Scorpion.
>
> 1. Begin with a unit square, lower left corner at (0,0), upper right corner
> at (1,1). Fold the paper in half from side to side and unfold.
>
> 2. Fold the upper left corner to the middle of the top edge, making a pinch
> at (1/4,1).
>
> 3. Bring the lower right corner to (1/4,1), making a pinch along the right
> side. Call this point A.
>
> 4. Bring the lower left corner to point A, making a pinch along the bottom
> edge. Call this point B.
>
> 5. Fold the lower right corner over to point B, making a pinch along the
> bottom edge. Call this point C.
>
> 6. Mountain-fold the top half of the paper behind.
>
> 7. Make a crease that runs from the middle of the folded edge to point C.
> This is one of the "spokes" of the division into sevenths.
>
> 8. Bring the upper right edge to this crease, bisecting the angle. This makes
> another spoke.
>
> 9. Bisect each of the two angles you just created, making two more spokes.
>
> 10. Make the other two spokes in the obvious way.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Robert





From: Kimberly Shuck <atsina@HOOKED.NET>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 14:33:50 -0700
Subject: Re: was gum wrappers, now match and foil  rockets

Wow Ken,
Way more evolved than mine.
Kim





From: Kimberly Shuck <atsina@HOOKED.NET>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 20:00:01 -0700
Subject: Re: Scorpion (was: wet folding!)

Thanks for the very clear "tricks" on the scorpion. I have evidently been
blissfully making the same mistake over and over.

Thanks again,
Kim





From: Robby/Laura <morassi@ZEN.IT>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 00:17:53 +0200
Subject: Re: NO Reading messages

Edith,
At 01.10 17/6/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>I use Netscape 3.0 (I think) on a Mac to read my messages.  I have no
>trouble with most of the ASCII graphics, but sometimes I get a message
>that doesn't word wrap and I have to scroll horizontally.  Sometimes it
>is 5 or so screens.  I haven't found a setting that could control that,
>but I figure there must be.

I use Netscape 3.0 for Windows. In the Mail section, there is an option
"Wrap long lines" in the "View" menu: I suppose you should have it in the
Mac version as well.

>Also, with all the concern about viruses, worms, etc. is there a way to
>delete a message without first reading it?

WHY ? A virus / worm will NEVER be activated by just reading a message,
only by deliberately EXECUTING an attached file or opening it with another
program (e.g. a DOC file in Word). Anyway, when messages are retrieved from
your provider, only the subjects will be shown: if you select and trash
these (then empty the trash folder to delete the messages from disk) you'll
never read them......

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

             Before you can be infected
       You must know where the virus is !

..... WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WORM...... LA LA LA LA LAAAAAA.....

Roberto





From: Robby/Laura <morassi@ZEN.IT>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 00:54:37 +0200
Subject: Re: Serial Killer Origami

Dorothy,
At 23.18 16/6/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>Why don't you contact Ebay and offer them some of your origami for
>auction?

WOW !! That's an idea. I'm NOT a serial killer, but I'm a veteran eBay
user.... Don't be surprised if one of these days some of my (own !) models
will be on auction..... ;-)
>
>On second thought, not being a serial killer may be a definite strike
>against you.

That's an interesting problem. Let's see: if somebody offers money for my
models, then it will be for their intrinsic value, not because they are
"something" made by a serial killer !

Roberto

PS Of course I agree that offering those items for sale is disgusting, but
it's not eBay's fault: sellers have full responsibility of their offers.





From: Kimberly Shuck <atsina@HOOKED.NET>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:14:16 -0700
Subject: Re: paper matters

> I believe that origami is about enjoying a process not creating a
> possession. It's a journey rather than an arrival.
>
> Nevertheless I still find it virtually impossible to throw away any of the
> many beautiful pieces of origami I've been given over the years! Or even
> those of lesser beauty I've folded myself.
>
> Something oddly contradictory here!
>
> Dave Mitchell

Maybe you just like to keep the souvenirs...

Kim





From: Dave Mitchell <davemitchell@MIZUSHOBAI.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 11:30:02 +0100
Subject: Re: paper matters

Sandra P Hoffman wrote:

<<Part of the appeal of origami for me, is it's ephemeral nature.>>

I'd just like to record that I wholeheartedly agree with this!

I believe that origami is about enjoying a process not creating a
possession. It's a journey rather than an arrival.

Nevertheless I still find it virtually impossible to throw away any of the
many beautiful pieces of origami I've been given over the years! Or even
those of lesser beauty I've folded myself.

Something oddly contradictory here!

Dave Mitchell





From: "Kennedy, Mark" <KennedyM@DNB.COM>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 21:30:00 -0400
Subject: Pre-Convention Field Trip

To All:

For the last several years, I have made a preconvention Field Trip to the
Today Show in Rockefeller Plaza. Mostly we have just been "Banner Wavers,"
however Robin Macey made it on TV briefly a couple of years ago. On Fridays,
they Today show has a musical guest and convert. The musical guest next
Friday are the Pretenders. The Today Show staff - generally Al Roker - comes
out on the half hour to interview the crowds. This is our Chance to Get
OrigamiUSA on the air.

The bad news in all of this is that you need to get to Rockefeller Plaza
before 6:20 to get a good spot by the crowd control devices (barracades).
The good news there is a subway near FIT that stops within a few blocks of
Rockefeller Plaza. I am not sure if the Pretenders are Popular enough to
make us adjust the time earlier.

I will arrive some time on Thursday. Generally, I plan to get there in the
early afternoon and arrive in the early evening. We would have to assemble
in the lobby of Suites dorm for the field trip. Bring an Origami Sign for
better visibility if you can.

The Show ends at 9 am. There is a good and resonable priced cafeteria near
the Today Show for Breakfast after the show. By the time, we finish
breakfast, Kinokuniya opens up and you can be one of the first customers of
the Day. Rob Hudson has been talking about leading an origami shopping tour
of NYC. This will allow you to get to the Kinokuniya before the Hoard. Rob
does not wake early!

PUN ALERT!!!!

The idea I have for the sign is something  that I use when I am teaching
kids.

The definition of Origami - Ori means "fold" and Gami means "paper."

 So what do you get if you fold a letter "O"

An ORI - O!!!

I will have a box of Oreo's taped to the back of the sign because Al Roker
can not resist free food especially if it is sweet and fattenoming.

For the non north Americans: OREO is a chocolate cookie with cream filling
made by Nabisco. They are a favorite with children who like to pry the
cookies apart and eat the filling.

Mark Kennedy





From: "Michael J. Naughton" <mjnaught@CROCKER.COM>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 22:10:06 -0400
Subject: [NO] "Creators' Rights" - #1 of a Series (?)

Roberto wrote:
> ..... WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WORM...... LA LA LA LA LAAAAAA.....

I "sincerely" hope that everyone who read this and hummed it to a
"particular" tune did so only after paying the proper royalty to
the Disney Company!

Mike "Remember Edward Albee (Who?)" Naughton ;-)





From: "Michael J. Naughton" <mjnaught@CROCKER.COM>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 22:11:49 -0400
Subject: [NO] "Creators' Rights" - #2 of a Series (?)

Antonio wrote:
> I always liked finding a piece of paper . . . and folding the
> classic vanilla crane. . . .
> I remember once making a crane from a small square I was able to salvage
> from a straw wrapper. . . . the girl I gave it to was completely marveled
> by it. And some days later, became my girlfriend, but that's another story. .
.

You're lucky you chose a "classic" model, and not one by some modern
creator! You'd have had to offer him (or her) a cut of all the proceeds. . .

Mike "Wondering Just How That Would Work" Naughton ;-)





From: "James M. Sakoda" <James_Sakoda@BROWN.EDU>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 22:23:41 -0400
Subject: Re: new modular book

>
>   If anyone wants an autographed copy, send me a check for $7
>which includes book rate postage at 47 Mountainview Drive,
>Brookfield,  Ct 06804 USA. I have some copies on hand and will
>order some more if there is an interest.
>
>Rona Gurkewitz
Rona, I received yhour book in good condition.  On the basis of youir
message that you will enclose a check for two copies of Origami Flowers and
Addendum, I sent them to yhoui.  However, the package did not contain any
check.  Did you forget?  Jim Sakoda, 411 County Road, Barrington, RI
02806-2423.





From: Tim Piesch <faustus@SCESCAPE.NET>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 23:58:30 -0400
Subject: Shops in Long Beach and LA

I'll be going to Long Beach for a few days in July. Can anyone recommend
paper/origami book shops in Long Beach or Los Angeles?





From: Brian Cox <briancox@MB.SYMPATICO.CA>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 02:22:18 -0500
Subject: Sports Fans and Origami at Pam Games

Greetings to the group

For those of you who are attending the games and would like to gather for
some origami or string figure exchanges contact me. Pan Am Games
(http://www.panamgames.net/ ).

If you are by chance attending the Winnipeg Folk Festival stop by the Family
area ,say hi and fold some paper in the origami area
http://www.wpgfolkfest.mb.ca/

I will be in Charlotte NC until the 26 th soo it may take a few days to
respond to the anticipated overwhelming response to this invite

Brian in Winnipeg

I have enclosed Jonathan Baxter's comment on his experience at last years
fest.

Subject: Ramblingsfromyouknowthatplacewheretheyspeakfunny

Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 14:57:35 -0400

From: "Jonathan Baxter" <jbax@mindspring.com>

To: "Brian Cox" <BRIANCox@MB.SYMPATICO.CA>

Brian here is a ramble on Winnipeg that you can do what you wish with.
My trip to Winnipeg to be part of their large folk music, storytelling,
and performance festival was a delightful break from the regularity of
meetings, letter writing, and publishing deadlines that seem to have
become the current drudgery. At 7:15am on what was to become another of
our typical hot days I flew out of Charlotte, northward to a 2hr stopover
in Chicago, then resuming the journey to friendly Manitoba and it's
largest city, Winnipeg. I must take the extra long circuit through customs
since I an alien, will be earning Canadian $, so therefore must register
this fact to those responsible for collection of such vital information. A
tedious exercise that is relatively painless and less than 45mins later I
am comfortably checked in to the International Inn . This is the official
hotel of the festival which over the next few days will be completely
occupied by performers, crew and families here to do their thing. The
rooms are spacious, with a large comfortable bed, writing desk, remote TV
and phone which rings as I finish unpacking my bags. My friend Brian Cox
is pulling into the driveway of the hotel, the benefit of his cordless
cellphone enables us to meet on cue in the lobby and shortly thereafter we
are sprinting away from the hotel to continue on the round of tasks Brian
must complete. His job is coordinator of the family entertainment area, a
popular feature of the festival and judging by the thousands of kids I
will see passing through over the next few days as much loved as the music
which draws 10's of thousands daily over the 4 days it will operate. The
family entertainment area is approximately a 2 acre site with several
tents and covered areas dotted throughout. The largest of these is the
performance stage that can accommodate an audience of 300, which it does
most of the day as every 30mins a new act takes to the boards. Behind this
tent is a smaller one where the next act may prepare and the previous act
can sit and sign autographs. These to a continuous stream of kids who turn
up to have written on shoes, hats, arm casts as well as the usual program
guide the performer's moniker. Adjacent to the performing area is the
activities pavilion where more than a dozen tables accommodate busy fingers
in a variety of craft pursuits from kite-making, wire twisting, popsicle
stick art to Origami, all can be found in this area. Beyond is the face
painting pavilion where a line of anxious youngsters wait patiently to have
their faces adorned with some image of their choosing. Block building,
watercolor painting, and clay make up other locations on the site and you
can imagine that it is a captivating area for any kid.
Over the next couple of days I accompany Brian on his list of chores and
get to see a good deal of Winnipeg as he shops for craft supplies, picks up
various equipment the area will need and drops off ID tags to numerous
staff who will assist in the family area throughout the festival. I get to
visit the Winnipeg Folk Festival offices in the city, Bob Frayers eclectic
second-hand bookstore, Catherine Anderson's manicured vegetable garden, and
see pieces of a liquor still operated by Bob Lewis's uncle who is now dead,
but that's another story. The weather is not as hot as NC but certainly
pleasant enough for T-shirt and shorts, and in all our traveling about I
lost count of how many times we crossed the dominant feature of the
landscape, the Red River. Once a day we made the journey out to the site
to deliver acquisitions and check on progress. This is a 45 minute journey
due Nth of the city to an area known as Bird's Hill, a national park which
has been the festival's location since it's inception 25years ago. The
festival site uses about 40 acres of the park to operate a giant main
stage, several smaller size stages, craft booths, food vendors, taverns
and a dining hall capable of feeding the more than 1000 staff it will take
to run the festival. Each day I marvel at the calmness of the staff
responsible for this many faceted happening and can only deduce that after
25yrs they have certainly perfected the art of mega festival management.
Much of this relies on volunteers, like Brian who juggle day jobs then
donate time to help run the festival, he has been doing it for 20 years
and can keep one entertained for hours with stories of past festival
incidents and the history of the festival itself.
On the Thursday we switch gears and travel a good two hours west across
the prairie to a small town called Carmen where Brian is to appear as guest
artist at the local fair. Another of Brian's hats is that he is an
accomplished magician and performer in his right and it is these skills I
am to witness today. At the showgrounds we find his performance is to be
in the arena; a building that also doubles as a cattle parading ring and
sometime ice skating rink. By the patina of mud evenly distributed across
the floor and the earthy aroma I'd say bovine activity was the more recent
use of this late 40's corrugated iron building. I am reminded of some of
my earlier touring gigs in NZ & Australia where I visited towns of this
size and found myself in similar predicaments but always the show must go
on. In sweltering heat, dressed in black the inimitable Brian Cox held a
countrified audience of 35 entranced with his 45min spiel of antics,
amusements, and mystifying stunts never before seen in these parts. In
one segment of the show the great Coxini has a member of the audience on
stage to assist with an egg catching stunt when in a wild flourish of
hocus pocus he sent the carefully erected black curtain backdrop flying
off the back off the 8x4 stage the entire show was housed on. I sat
transfixed at the back of the audience as the pole and drape structure, in
slow motion, buckled under and collapsed to the floor. The only assistance
I could give was to wildly applaud as our star realized what potent
effect that magic spell contained. The lemming like audience
spontaneously joined in the applause as a recovering magician summoned the
source of this applause to assist in the rebuilding of the backdrop to it's
former grandeur. Within minutes which must have seemed a life time to our
host the 7'tall curtained backdrop was rehung. A quick question from me
about whether he could it again as I didn't have the camera ready was all
he needed to bounce right back. Trooper that he is Brian finished the show
in style and to wild applause from his appreciative audience. On the
journey back we laughed hilariously over how he brought the house down
when he appeared in Carman !
Next day I travel to the site on the bus from the hotel with other
performers and the festival begins in earnest. The weather is great and
record crowds turn out to attend. Ice coolers, tarps, sunscreen lotion,
hats are all part of the paraphernalia needed by a seasoned festival fan
and even I in my second year I begin to recognize faces. True to their
number plates Manitoba's are friendly and I am amazed at how quickly I
become ensconced in the festival doings. Between my performances I hangout
in the craft section teaching and sharing then going off to the several
stages and performances that are running at any one time and listen to
other artists. Meal times come around unexpectedly and a trip to the
dining hall tent is always an experience. The dining hall tent is the
largest tent on the site and over a two hour meal period will serve in
excess of 1000 meals to staff, volunteers and performers. It is a well
oiled, efficient operation, the food is wholesome, healthy, and there is
plenty of it A plate recycling program, orderly waiting lines, and free
non-alcoholic drinks are added features of dining lifestyle and the menus
were certainly creative. This year the focus was on traditional Canadian
food from the different regions and I found all of it to be tasty. In the
evening there was nothing to do but listen to good music and enjoy the
company of new friends, the time trickled by too quickly and I often found
myself not leaving the site before 1:30 in the morning.
Sunday was my last day and regrettably I had to leave the festival before
the closing ceremonies later that evening when all of the performers are
invited up on to the main stage for the big finale. My plane left Winnipeg
at 5pm in order that I could make it back to Charlotte before mid-night.
This I did with no problems . Switching planes again in Chicago and a cab
ride from the airport to Charlotte Drive I stepped in the door a little
after midnight, exhausted but energized by the change of scenery and pace
the previous six days had been thanks to hospitality of the Winnipeg Folk
Festival, Brian Cox, and the many friendly Manitoba's I met along the
way.------------------------------------------------------------------------
----

Jonathan Baxter jbax@mindspring.com

2231 Charlotte Drive Phone:(704) 375 3692

Charlotte, NC 28203 Fax (704) 334 4232

--------

Fax:204-663-2059
bcox@jus.gov.mb.ca





From: Ronald Koh <ronkoh@SINGNET.COM.SG>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 07:50:35 +0800
Subject: Enquiry: The World Origami Group

Hi, all:

I received the following in my personal mail a while ago. Anyone can
help Sharon?

Subject:
   Date:  Fri, 18 Jun 1999 17:59:24 -0400
   From:  "Sharon Maier" <gig1@creative-net.net>
     To:  <ronkoh@singnet.com.sg>

Hello Ronald, my name is Sharon and I had heard of a group called "the
world origami group".  Could you tell me if there is such a group, I
find nothing about it on the net.  I saw you as a guest on another site
and you impressed me as someone who would know if there is such an
orginazation.  I would appreciate any info you could give me.

Thanks, Sharon

gig1@creative-net.net





From: Mike Kanarek <kanarekorigami@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 08:37:11 -0700 (
Subject: Origami of Kingston, NY meeting

The Origami Kingston Club meets on the second and fourth Saturday's of
the month at the Kingston Area Library.
The library is located at 55 Franklyn Street in Kingston NY.
Information may be gotten at 914-331-0988
Meeting start at 10:30 and last about a hour and a half and are in the
Childrens library.
See you there. Mike Kanarek

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From: Nick Robinson <nick@CHEESYPEAS.DEMON.CO.UK>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 08:47:38 +0100
Subject: Re: Pre-Convention Field Trip

Kennedy, Mark <KennedyM@DNB.COM> sez

>The musical guest next
>Friday are the Pretenders.

The Pretender's bassist is an old mate of mine called Andy (unless
they've sacked him) - he lived with Elaine - our singer when we were
signed to Polydor. I tried for an audition for the Pretenders when
Honeyman-Scott died, but they'd already sorted a replacement ;(

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: Ronald Koh <ronkoh@SINGNET.COM.SG>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 09:13:21 +0800
Subject: [Fwd: ]

Hi, all:

Anybody know Andrew 'Esh' Marshall?





From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 09:35:35 -0700
Subject: stuff

Thanks Mr. Lang for the scorpion instructions, I haven't had a chance yet
to use them due to finals.  To the whole group: well I'm flying out to live
in Franklin, MA for a while any good books/supply stores to check out in
the general area?  (I'm sure there must be someone on the list from MA)
And yes, I've heard of Sasuga books.

David
"The Force will be with you.  Always." //the period adds the dram. pause





From: first_name last_name <jacalart@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 09:44:39 -0400 (
Subject: Re: British Origami Society Magazine June 1999

What models are included -- and are they complex and challenging -- or are
they lame like all the OUSA stuff?

>From: Penny Groom <penny@SECTOR.DEMON.CO.UK>
>Reply-To: Origami List <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: British Origami Society Magazine June 1999
>Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 10:39:26 +0100
>
>Just a note to tell you all, well those who have not had the good
>fortune to already have one that the first magazine edited by Rick Beech
>is just brilliant.
>
>It is so full of models that it could almost be a BOS booklet.
>
>Anyone wanting to join the BOS and be the proud owner of this issue
>only needs to e-mail me.
>
>Penny
>Penny Groom
>Membership Secretary, British Origami Society
>BOS Homepage
>http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk/bos/

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From: Florence Temko <Ftemko@AOL.COM>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 10:20:51 -0400 (
Subject: Unsubscriber

I am going off the list for a while but would love to receive e-mail at
Ftemko@aol.com directly.

All best from Florence.





From: Penny Groom <penny@SECTOR.DEMON.CO.UK>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 10:39:26 +0100
Subject: British Origami Society Magazine June 1999

Just a note to tell you all, well those who have not had the good
fortune to already have one that the first magazine edited by Rick Beech
is just brilliant.

It is so full of models that it could almost be a BOS booklet.

Anyone wanting to join the BOS and be the proud owner of this issue
only needs to e-mail me.

Penny
Penny Groom
Membership Secretary, British Origami Society
BOS Homepage
http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk/bos/





From: Eric Andersen <ema@NETSPACE.ORG>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 11:09:09 -0400
Subject: cigarette wrapper origami?

Anybody heard of origami with cigarette wrappers?

-Eric :-P

e_Name = Don Brandfas
f_Email = TheMagician@oasisol.com
g_Message = Many years ago in my youth, I remember my dad
making belts, purses, etc. out of cigarette
wrappers.  I've been searching for information on
the basic type of folding to accomplish this
project.  I was wondering if you knew anything
about this or if you coud possible direct me to a
website that covered this type of I presume
origami.

Thank you
Don Brandfas





From: Emmajg <emmajg@CUSTARD.ORG>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 12:13:18 +0100
Subject: Re: British Origami Society Magazine June 1999

Hello Penny
I wish to re join the BOS, I have an old application form but how much is it
to join for UK person?

Thank you for your time & help
Emmajg*

http://chocolate.custard.org/origami

-----Original Message-----
From: Penny Groom <penny@SECTOR.DEMON.CO.UK>
To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 19 June 1999 11:41
Subject: British Origami Society Magazine June 1999

>Just a note to tell you all, well those who have not had the good
>fortune to already have one that the first magazine edited by Rick Beech
>is just brilliant.
>
>It is so full of models that it could almost be a BOS booklet.
>
>Anyone wanting to join the BOS and be the proud owner of this issue
>only needs to e-mail me.
>
>Penny
>Penny Groom
>Membership Secretary, British Origami Society
>BOS Homepage
>http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk/bos/





From: Kimberly Shuck <atsina@HOOKED.NET>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 13:14:12 -0700
Subject: Re: cigarette wrapper origami?

Same as gum wrapper folding. I've got some picture frames and a purse made out
of the stuff. Fold in half lengthwise, fold edges into the center line, tuck one
end into the other to make a loop. These units are looped one in the other, and
flattened at rt. angles to one another. Nothing easier. Same as gum wrapper
units. I remember seeing a web site with instructions for the gum wrapper ones
on it... Can't seem to find where though. Anybody?

Kim

Eric Andersen wrote:
>
> Anybody heard of origami with cigarette wrappers?
>
> -Eric :-P
>
> e_Name = Don Brandfas
> f_Email = TheMagician@oasisol.com
> g_Message = Many years ago in my youth, I remember my dad
> making belts, purses, etc. out of cigarette
> wrappers.  I've been searching for information on
> the basic type of folding to accomplish this
> project.  I was wondering if you knew anything
> about this or if you coud possible direct me to a
> website that covered this type of I presume
> origami.
>
> Thank you
> Don Brandfas





From: Robby/Laura <morassi@ZEN.IT>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 17:26:19 +0200
Subject: Re: [NO] "Creators' Rights" - #1 of a Series (?)

Mike,
At 22.10 18/6/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>Roberto wrote:
>> ..... WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WORM...... LA LA LA LA LAAAAAA.....
>
>I "sincerely" hope that everyone who read this and hummed it to a
>"particular" tune did so only after paying the proper royalty to
>the Disney Company!

I DID it "of course" ! Anybody who has forgotten about "that" tune please
click here (offered by the Phantom Whistler):

http://www.zen.it/~morassi/bigbad.au

Roberto





From: JacAlArt * <jacalart@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 19:58:50 -0400 (
Subject: Re: British Origami Society Magazine June 1999

New Kawahata?!?!?!?! I may have missed some info before -- how do I sign up
to receive this?!?!

>From: Penny Groom <penny@SECTOR.DEMON.CO.UK>
>Reply-To: Origami List <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: British Origami Society Magazine June 1999
>Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 21:51:51 +0100
>
>In article <19990619134440.66427.qmail@hotmail.com>, first_name
>last_name <jacalart@HOTMAIL.COM> writes
> >What models are included -- and are they complex and challenging -- or
>are
> >they lame like all the OUSA stuff?
>There is a good cross section of complexity and a really good serial
>model of folds for Fumiaki Kawahata's Dragonfly.... to be
>continued......
>
>Best wishes
>
>Penny
>
>Penny Groom
>Membership Secretary, British Origami Society
>BOS Homepage
>http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk/bos/

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From: madawson <madawson@SPRYNET.COM>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 20:05:44 -0700
Subject: Re: cigarette wrapper origami?

Yes!  I saw an incredible wallet that had been made out of Marlboro
cigarrett packs.  They had left the plastic film in tact so the finished
product was really durable.  The owner said it had been a gift and she
thought the person who made it came from the south (USA).  That was all she
knew.  It had many sections just like a real wallet.

My comment was that if the maker had smoked all the cigarets him/her-self,
I'm sure they were suffering many related illnesses by now, especially if
they made alot of wallets!!!!!

MASD

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Andersen <ema@NETSPACE.ORG>
To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Saturday, June 19, 1999 8:09 AM
Subject: cigarette wrapper origami?

>Anybody heard of origami with cigarette wrappers?
>
>-Eric :-P
>
>e_Name = Don Brandfas
>f_Email = TheMagician@oasisol.com
>g_Message = Many years ago in my youth, I remember my dad
>making belts, purses, etc. out of cigarette
>wrappers.  I've been searching for information on
>the basic type of folding to accomplish this
>project.  I was wondering if you knew anything
>about this or if you coud possible direct me to a
>website that covered this type of I presume
>origami.
>
>Thank you
>Don Brandfas





From: Deg Farrelly <DEG.FARRELLY@ASU.EDU>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 21:07:47 -0700
Subject: Photo of David Shall's model of the Statue of Liberty

In response to my post about the availability of the video diagram for David
Shall's model of the Statue of Liberty a couple of folks have asked me for a
pic.

I took a couple quick shots with my digital camera and have posted them to
my web space at these URLs:

http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Dell/6075/sol.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Dell/6075/sol2.jpg

Not a lot of difference in the pics.  These are of my own copy of the model,
which I folded in 1986 with David.

Please let me know if you have questions or need additional information.
Off-line as of Tuesday, June 22, 11:59 p.m.

See you in NYC!

deg farrelly
Phoenix, Arizona

StickmanAZ@aol.com





From: Penny Groom <penny@SECTOR.DEMON.CO.UK>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 21:51:51 +0100
Subject: Re: British Origami Society Magazine June 1999

In article <19990619134440.66427.qmail@hotmail.com>, first_name
last_name <jacalart@HOTMAIL.COM> writes
>What models are included -- and are they complex and challenging -- or are
>they lame like all the OUSA stuff?
There is a good cross section of complexity and a really good serial
model of folds for Fumiaki Kawahata's Dragonfly.... to be
continued......

Best wishes

Penny

Penny Groom
Membership Secretary, British Origami Society
BOS Homepage
http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk/bos/





From: Kimberly Shuck <atsina@HOOKED.NET>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 07:02:26 -0700
Subject: Re: Off-subject : What are you other hobbies ?

Besides origami,
I also collect cool pens. I design and make traditional Indian dance regalia
(when we was growin up we was Indin...). I noodle around in my garden, play
shakuhachi, have long and involved e-go games with a friend in Kyoto....and
either I develop math/physics theories as a hobby or I show my artwork as one...
the time spent on one or the other varies from month to month and never did seem
to decide what I wanted to be when I grew up...

Be well,
Kim





From: Michael LaFosse <info@ORIGAMIDO.COM>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 07:43:27 -0400
Subject: Re: Off-subject : What are you other hobbies ?

Great idea for a thread.  Lillian Oppenheimer noted that many origami
enthusiasts were also amateur magicians (at that time, 50's, 60's, 70's).
Lillian was an avid puppeteer.

As for myself, I collect and study seashells.  In fact, I was to become a
malacologist (a scientist who studies mollusks); that is what my training in
college... was all about.  This year I was elected president of the Boston
Malacological Club, Harvard University.  Founded in 1910, it is the oldest
continuously running natural history theme club in the United States.

Any other seashell / mollusk enthusiasts out there?

Michael LaFosse

CASALONGA Jean-Jerome wrote:

>         Dear all,
>
>     Origami is not the ONLY thing interesting in life.  So, I would like to
> know if some of you have other hobbies.  Maube this will allow us to see
> that we share other things than Origami.
>
>     I'll start with myself :
>
>         I love wristwatches.  The nice ones, mecanical or automatic (no
> Quartz).
>
>     Now, your turn.
>
>             Sincerely,
>
>                         JJ
> Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasalongaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa





From: Kimberly Shuck <atsina@HOOKED.NET>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 08:08:13 -0700
Subject: Re: Off-subject : What are you other hobbies ?

Which recorder do you play, Jane? Before I took up shakuhachi, I played alto
recorder in an "early music" group.

Kim
> I also play the recorder in a Baroque trio. I almost have a Ph.D. in
> musicology; I didn't finish my dissertation (and probably never will). I
> have been known to plan trips around concerts by my favorite performers.
>
> Well, back to folding!
>
> -Jane





From: Nick Robinson <nick@CHEESYPEAS.DEMON.CO.UK>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 08:48:23 +0100
Subject: Re: British Origami Society Magazine June 1999

JacAlArt * <jacalart@HOTMAIL.COM> sez

>I may have missed some info before -- how do I sign up
>to receive this?!?!

There's a "joining" link at the BOS website.

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: Jane Rosemarin <jfrmpls@SPACESTAR.NET>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 09:24:21 -0500
Subject: Re: Off-subject : What are you other hobbies ?

Food and music are my other two obsessions. I think cooking is the thing
I do best. I cook mostly French and Italian things, having cooked and
lived with people from (or in) France and Italy. (I'm in the US.) I
particularly love doing fancy desserts. For a friend's 50th birthday, I
made a chocolate mousse cake with a 7-inch white-chocolate rose on top.

A few years ago I donated a 17th-century Italian dinner to the auction at
my son's school. At the dinner, friends played 17th-century music on
period instruments. The dinner sold for $3,000.

I also play the recorder in a Baroque trio. I almost have a Ph.D. in
musicology; I didn't finish my dissertation (and probably never will). I
have been known to plan trips around concerts by my favorite performers.

Well, back to folding!

-Jane





From: Dave Brill <davebrill@WORTHHALL.DEMON.CO.UK>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 10:01:45 +0100
Subject: Re: British Origami Society Magazine June 1999

Dear all

I'd like to add a few words to Penny Groom's recent message: the British
Origami Society's June magazine has just been published; it's a terrific
edition, and a particular triumph for our new editor Rick Beech.

Only a few months ago, Rick didn't even know anything about computers or
desk top publishing, but he has entered into his new responsibilities
with great gusto to produce a marvellous job in this magazine. Well done
Rick, and keep up the good work!

I warmly encourage all readers of the origami list to join the British
Origami Society: we would be very happy to welcome you as a member.
Despite its name the BOS is truly international with members throughout
the world, many of those non-English speakers! If you're not a member
and you have any interest in origami at all, then you really should join
us! More information about our activities, membership rates and an
application form can be found on our web-site (see below), or please
contact me or Penny Groom for any further information at all.

We've just heard that star folder Kunihiko Kasahara will be our special
guest at our forthcoming convention in Bristol.  Kuni is a fascinating
man and a great talent: you will certainly enjoy meeting him and seeing
and learning his work. This convention will be a three day event running
from Friday 17th September to Sunday 18th September.  It will
incorporate a special Paper Plane Olympiad too, where we hope Guinness
World Records for paper planes will be challenged.

You'd be more than welcome (even if you're not yet a member: come along
and meet us all!)

My very best wishes to all imminent convention attenders in New York
(Origami USA) and Hildesheim, Germany (Origami Deutschland). I should
certainly have liked to have been present at both your meetings but I
have a prior engagement: I'm off to Japan next Sunday where I'm to
assist with judging of a special competition organised by Toshikazu
Kawasaki in Fukuoka...

I hope to see you somewhere soon: remember, the origami world is
shrinking fast!

Yours

Dave Brill
Chairman, British Origami Society
brill@worthhall.demon.co.uk

British Origami Society home page:
http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk/bos





From: Spider Barbour <spider@ULSTER.NET>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 10:11:44 -0500
Subject: Re: what are your hobbies?

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

        Though origami is my main preoccupation these days, I'm also a
watercolorist and photographer.  I like drawing in ink or pencil, darkroom
work, sewing, making monoprints and linocuts, and doing suminagashi.  I
collect rubber stamps and cookie cutters.               Anita





From: "Jerry D. Harris" <102354.2222@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 10:27:06 -0400
Subject: Off-subject : What are you other hobbies ?

Message text written by Origami List
>Origami is not the ONLY thing interesting in life.  So, I would like to
know if some of you have other hobbies.  Maube this will allow us to see
that we share other things than Origami.<

        You mean that there actually are real, live people who have time
for more than one hobby?!?  Heck, I barely have time for origami anymore!
(Very sad, but true...  8-C  )

        Lobbying for paid hobby time at work...

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From: Mark and Theresa <mark@HOBBITON.FORCE9.NET>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 11:20:12 +0100
Subject: [NO] Long messages

I've been biting my tongue for a long time about this, but I feel it has
got to be said. Although I know many people contribute long messages to
the list containing valuuable and much appreciated material there are
others that send long messages with no new info! I'm talking of the sort
of thing where someone replies to a long message by quoting the whole
thing, adding something like "I agree" on the end! Now, I am not trying
to say people should not express agreement etc but the quoting of a
message verbatim is not necessary, and also costs money to download
(long files=longer time=greater phone bill). Please use the delete key
to edit your replies!

(And I promise not to comment of the increasing number of
Netscape/Outlook users who send everything formatted as html so those of
us who want to use a proper reader gets everything twice with the
inherent control chars etc....oh dear, I said I wouldn't mention it -
sorry!!!!!)

Please - NO FLAMING - Paper is flammable :-)

.....Going back to lurking in the shadows

--
Mark





From: Jane Rosemarin <jfrmpls@SPACESTAR.NET>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 11:25:22 -0500
Subject: Re: Off-subject : What are you other hobbies ?

>Which recorder do you play
all, but I hate the bass. I once played a contrabass at the von Huene
workshop in Brookline, MA. It was about 8-feet tall, and you stand on a
stool to reach the bocal (mouthpiece).
-Jane
