




From: "Kennedy, Mark" <KennedyM@DNB.COM>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 20:05:00 -0400
Subject: FW: Misc. Threads

This is a second try - I got an error message back of some kind. It is all
magic to me.
To all:

I have been out of the office for a few days and will not be back until the
6th.

When the digest form is tooo big, I can't read it or print it though my mail
server so I have to down load it to disk and then print it.

When the Board members travel overseas, they do so at their own expense. The
board has authorized limited amounts of our Proprietary products to be
presented as presents. I do not know about the Lillian Oppenheimer fund. I
do not know how well it is funded or if anyone has applied for them. I have
at times taught origami at functions with the stipulation that they give a
donation to the Michael Shall fund. The diagrams that have been in the
convention book are contributed by our members but also from personal
contacts with other Organizations through Michael Shall's travells
originally and more recently by Jan Polish, so this has swept in new
information to our organization. E-mail has opened up other avenues of
contact.

I agree with the comments that find the innuendos of OUSA fiscal impropriety
distasteful. I feel as if you are waging war war by inference and innuendo.
The calling for a proxy vote on the eve of the annual general meeting with
the results being sent to a law office, leads me to believe that you intend
file a law suit at the meeting or shortly thereafter. When you called me in
January, you stated that a law suit did nobody any good except for the
lawyers pockets. Your actions since then have lead me to conclude that it is
your intent to file suit. I have never seen a vote at the Annual General
Meeting (AGM) since I joined in 1984. I did meet my wife at the AGM in 1990.

In that January call, you stated that you had a member of your Seattle group
who was a long time Microsoft employee who was giving you the seed money for
Orca and also helping to establish your corporation for legal cover. All of
these mailing and legal proxies must be expensive. I can only conclude that
your financing is from the same source.

Allen you said, "We are entitled to questions how our money is
spent........They won't answer our questions and keep us in the dark as the
organizations goings on." In one of your past posting, you said that your
lawyer advised you not to contact the board except through your lawyer. That
is like the police reading you your Miranda rights and then asking why
aren't you talking. You imposed the lawyers on the situation with your
threats of suit.

I refute your statement that the board is autocratic. They do try to
consider all points of view, unfortuantely they are sometimes limited in
this view point. In the New York area (+/- 100 miles) there are 9 active
origami groups and many more folders meeting informally outside of the OUSA
office. You can live an breath origami if you want. That is a far cry from
some of the folders where there is no active folder for 100 miles or more.
That is a different culture.

I agree that the Board will open up over time but I believe that it should
be an evolutionary change over time not revolutionary through a law suit.
Ideally, the out of town members should be on a rotational basis like the
senate where one third are up at each elections to maintain continuity and
foster an institutional memory.

Maithias Gutfeldt, sorry for mucking up list with OUSA politics but this is
fast breaking news and saves me from making many phone calls. I expect that
the list will be full up with politics after the AGM so be prepared with
your delete button. I was sorry to hear that Paulo Mulatino had left the
German organization over political matters. I do not know what it was over
only that he is gone.

Chinh Nguyen, the mask book has many beautiful full color pictures of his
mask: HOWever there are only diagrams for about five of them which then
serve as bases for the other modes.. I was able to look at some of the
picutures and then fold them. I liked his version of Salvidor Dali. I must
admit that I had to get some one to translate the titles of the pictures -
while the masks were beautiful - I had no idea what they were to represent.
I had assumed that they were Japanese archtypes, fairy-tail figures or ????
I enjoyed the book, it is a bit pricey given the amount of diagrams but full
color photographs are expensive.

I would recommend that proxy votes be given to the Board members or other
trust friends other than Allen's suggestions.

In my past life before Origami, I was a SF Fan, SF reader, and convention
goer. I ran the Green Room at Lunacon the NYC area convention each March.
There were over 2,000 attendee. While a member of Lunarians I learned more
about Robert's Rules of Order than I wanted too. When I was on the board,
and FOCA started promoting regional groups - I had hopes/dreams of OUSA
evoling into something like SF where there would be small regional origami
cons most weeks somewhere in the country. I now have gafiated from fandom
for the most part. I now say that I am involved with Origami Fandom.

I am off to prepare for the Convention so I will not be back in the office
till July 6th. Any e-mail sent to me will not be read until sometime after
that.

Hope to see all but one of you at the convention.

Sincerely,

Mark Kennedy





From: Maarten van Gelder <VGelder@KVI.nl>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 21:38:40 +0200
Subject: PROP the Origami detective

PROP the Origami detective

Once there was a girl.  Her name is not known anymore.  She was devoted
to
Origami and always had a package of Origami paper with her (15 x 15 cm).

Her motto was: 'Powerfull and Redoubtable with Origami Paper'.  Shortly
PROP
and that was what she called herself.

She wanted to join the police as a detective and so be able to practise
her
motto.

To join the police she had to go through some tests.

When she went to the first test she had to face a big (?) problem: she
was too
small.  She was 1.79 m in length and the limit was at 1.80 m.

She had heard they would measure her with her shoes on.  High heels
didn't help
because the tester would have a look at these to check if they weren't
too
high.

But then she realized how to pass this test.  She took a sheet of
Origami paper
and ...

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Well, how did she manage? Try and solve this puzzle.

But please don't yell the solution over the list.  Everyone should have
some
time to think this over.

You may send me your solution via private email: vgelder@kvi.nl

Next month (maybe some later) I'll put my solution in the archives.  And
also
give the next part of this story.

This text is also published in the archives.

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





From: Rjlang@AOL.COM
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 23:26:32 -0400 (
Subject: Upcoming origami sighting

Recently I traveled to Switzerland at the request of a Swiss TV station for
an interview and some filming of origami. The show, NZZ Format, will air in
Switzerland on June 27 at 9:30 pm on Swiss channel SF2 and again on July 26
at 11:05 pm. In the interview, I talked about misuse of funds by OUSA and the
lack of non-NY representation on the Board.

No, not really: I just said that to make sure Matthias tunes in ;-{)}.

Actually, I talked about origami design, TreeMaker, my Allosaurus skeleton,
and ran a simple TreeMaker design in real time for the camera. They also shot
some stills of the Allosaurus, some insects and some other new designs. How
much of that makes it through editing is anyone's guess -- I haven't seen the
show (though they've promised to eventually send me a tape).

So if you're in Switzerland on the 27th (or Germany -- I'm told this show is
broadcast in some parts of Germany), check it out. An advertisement for the
show can be found at:

http://www-x.nzz.ch/format/broadcasts/broad_200.html

Robert J. Lang





From: Ginn Magante <WindDncr24@AOL.COM>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 23:50:04 -0400 (
Subject: Help folding a wedding favor

Hello list,

I have been trying to figure out how to fold this wedding favor that I saw in
a Martha Stewart magazine without much luck.  Could someone please take a
look at the pic on my webpage and let me know if you could pass along
instructions to fold it?

<A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/winddncr24/myhomepage/photo.html">Origami
Page
</A>

Thanks!

Ginn





From: Rahul Govind <rgovind@CRYOGEN.COM>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 01:35:06 -0400
Subject:

Hi!! I desperately need the Origami series.. ie. Origami 1 to Origami 4 by
Robert Harbin. Anybody know abt the publisher??

Rahul Govind
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From: "Dolphin G." <dolphing@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 07:00:43 -0700 (
Subject: Re: Help folding a wedding favor

I tried this with an 8.5x11 paper, it might work with other rectangles:
1)Fold in half lengthwise, unfold.  2)Fold to halway mark (fourths)
lengthwise, unfold. 3) Fold corners to quarter marks.  4)Re-fold down on
quarter-way marks. Turn over.  5) Fold one side over 1/3 the way.  6) Fold
the other side over and tuck into pockets on top and bottom.

This is the only way I can think of.  The back isn't totally smooth, there
is a "joint" across the middle.  But this makes it easier to fold it like a
book.  Hope this helps!

>Hello list,
>
>I have been trying to figure out how to fold this wedding favor that I saw
>in
>a Martha Stewart magazine without much luck.  Could someone please take a
>look at the pic on my webpage and let me know if you could pass along
>instructions to fold it?
>
><A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/winddncr24/myhomepage/photo.html">Origami
>Page
></A>
>
>Thanks!
>
>Ginn
>

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From: "Dolphin G." <dolphing@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 07:22:53 -0700 (
Subject: Re: Help folding a wedding favor (update)

>
>I tried this with an 8.5x11 paper, it might work with other rectangles:

Well, I tried, and you get the best result when you shave of a bit of a
square.  I cut off about an inch of a 8.5" square, and it came out looking
more like the photo.  However, there is a seam inside the diamond.  I can't
tell if the one in the photo has this.

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From: Sebastian Marius Kirsch <skirsch@T-ONLINE.DE>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 08:05:26 +0200
Subject: Re: Upcoming origami sighting

On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 11:26:32PM -0400, Rjlang@AOL.COM wrote:
> So if you're in Switzerland on the 27th (or Germany -- I'm told this show is
> broadcast in some parts of Germany), check it out.

No luck: 27th is the end of the Origami Deutschland convention, so all
the paperfolders from Germany, Switzerland and Austria will be in
Hildesheim on that day. (Except me. ;-( )

--
Yours, Sebastian                                       skirsch@t-online.de
                        /or/ sebastian_kirsch@kl.maus.de (no mail > 16KB!)





From: "Lotus Entertain You, Inc." <info@LOTUSENTERTAINYOU.COM>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 09:18:45 -0400
Subject: License Plate

check out:
http://www.lotusentertainyou.com/misc/MVC-002S.JPG

Jeff
http://www.lotusentertainyou.com





From: Peter Mielke <peter@DOE.UTORONTO.CA>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 10:05:55 -0400
Subject: Re: Help folding a wedding favor

> I have been trying to figure out how to fold this wedding favor that I saw in
> a Martha Stewart magazine without much luck.  Could someone please take a
> look at the pic on my webpage and let me know if you could pass along
> instructions to fold it?

> http://hometown.aol.com/winddncr24/myhomepage/photo.html

OK, i'll try....

1. Square sheet of paper, white side up.

2. Fold edge to edge and unfold.

3. Fold the edges that were joined to the fold made in step two and unfold.

+-------------------+
|                   |
|                   |
+- - - - - - - - - -+
|                   |
|                   |
+- - - - - - - - - -+
|                   |
|                   |
+- - - - - - - - - -+
|                   |
|                   |
+-------------------+

4. Now fold the corners in to the first fold.

+-------------------+
| /               \ |
|/                 \|
+-------------------+
|                   |
|                   |
+-------------------+
|                   |
|                   |
+-------------------+
|\                 /|
| \               / |
+-------------------+

resulting in...

   +-------------+
  /|             |\
 / |             | \
+--+-------------+--+
|                   |
|                   |
+-------------------+
|                   |
|                   |
+--+-------------+--+
 \ |             | /
  \|             |/
   +-------------+

5. Now fold the top and bottom flaps over.

+-------------------+
|\                 /|
| \               / |
+--+-------------+--|
| /               \ |
|/                 \|
+-------------------+

6. now turn the piece over and fold the sides in so that there is a bit of
overlap (more than 1/4).

+----|--------|-----+
|                   |
|    |        |     |
+---- -------- -----|
|    |        |     |
|                   |
+----|--------|-----+

7. interlock the resulting diamond that there you are:

     +---/---+
     |  / \  |
     | /   \ |
     +-------+
     | \   / |
     |  \ /  |
     +---\---+

Sorry for the ASCII art, but i don't have any fancy drawing package.





From: Edith Kort <ekort@MCLS.ROCHESTER.LIB.NY.US>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 10:41:26 -0400
Subject: Re: Help folding a wedding favor

The wedding favor fold is diagrammed in several of the books by Gay
Merrill Gross and is called a Card Case and is attributed to Humiaki
Huzita.  The diagrams in her books are easy to follow and well
explained.  The book I own is called The Art of Origami, but I think it
is shown in her more recent book.

--
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Edith Kort
  Rochester Origami Club
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
            Before you can be eccentric
      You must know where the circle is





From: Nick Robinson <nick@CHEESYPEAS.DEMON.CO.UK>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:09:33 +0100
Subject: Paulo

Kennedy, Mark <KennedyM@DNB.COM> sez

>I was sorry to hear that Paulo Mulatino had left the
>German organization over political matters.

Paulo has wanted to pass on the reins for some time now, 10 years is
enough for anyone! I'm sure he wouldn't have done so unless the
organisation was left in steady hands.

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: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:29:51 +0100
Subject: Harbins booklets

Rahul Govind <rgovind@CRYOGEN.COM> sez

>Origami 1 to Origami 4 by
>Robert Harbin. Anybody know abt the publisher??

1 is still on sale under the title "Teach Yourself Origami"
2 was repressed in the States under a different title (World of
Origami?) - don't know if it's still in print
3 has not been in print for many years, except in Isreal!
4 is the rarest of them all - almost impossible to find.

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: Sandra Leite <sandraleite@FORTALNET.COM.BR>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:40:14 -0300
Subject: Re: Saludos

JHONNY ORLANDO TOLOSA escreveu:

> Hello,
> My name is Jhonny Tolosa, I'm from Colombia.
> I'm a physics Teacher in Tunja, a city in the Andes mountain in South America.
>
> A few years ago I knew some things about origami and I'd like learn how to
     fold 3-d origami and other figures.
>
> ___________________________________________________________
> Consigue tu pagina web gratuita en http://www.gratisweb.com

 Dear Jhonny,

My name is Sandra Leite . I'm from Brazil,Cear. I'm very glad to find  someone
     of South America in this e-mail
list. I love Origami and it came to my life through books and then I met some
     friends to walk in this wonderful
land . Recently , I visited two extraordinary sites: Eric Andersen and
     Oriland.I have some publications and
magazines , but you should also visit the sites with diagrams of paper folding.
     Bom te encontrar!





From: "Juan P. Fernandez" <jpf@DAISY.PHAST.UMASS.EDU>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:47:44 -0400
Subject: NO:  Latin Americans

...it turns out that I am Colombian too, from
   Bogota, and a physicist as well.  So far, I
   have seen that the only Latin Americans on
   this list are either Colombian (Jose Tomas,
   Jhonny, Juan Pablo) or Brazilian (Carlos
   Alberto, Sandra).  Who else from Latin
   America is here?  Spaniards like Morgana
   or Pedro Luis can be considered "honorary"
   members of our continent, I guess.

   So, Spanish and Portuguese speakers:  How
   are the valley fold, the mountain fold, the
   crimp fold, the outside reverse fold, and
   their kin called in our languages?  Do we
   have a consistent, unambiguous vocabulary?
   I think we do for at least part of the folds,
   since paperfolding is as much Spanish as it
   is Japanese, but I can't recall names - and
   my books by Palacios and Eduardo Clemente
   don't seem to discuss vocabulary too much.
   So, what are the names?

   I'm sorry if this "call for integration"
   is not quite relevant to the list; however,
   and at least IMHO, it is more interesting
   than OUSA bashing.  (I have seen in Jose
   Tomas's page that paperfolding conventions
   in Colombia tend to take place in Cali and
   nowhere else; shall we start a feud too?)

   Saludes,

        jp





From: Sandra Leite <sandraleite@FORTALNET.COM.BR>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:59:35 -0300
Subject: Re: origami and ZEN!

Luisa Urgias escreveu:

> Hi!
>
> Do you know some book about origami and ZEN? (ehm ...not the well
> known "Origami from angelfish to zen" ...)
>
> I'm looking for some connection between these two "disciplines"!
>
> Thank you in advance!
>         Luisa Urgias

 Dear Luisa, I haven't heard about the book you've mentioned but I'll
look after it. I do think that origami is certainly a way to zen. I do
feel it as a way to peace, to harmony, a inner way and also a way to
friendship, to encounter(as Jacob Levy Moreno talked about it, a  real
meeting ) . We shall talk more about this. Glad to meet you!.





From: Florence Temko <Ftemko@AOL.COM>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 12:07:34 -0400 (
Subject: Wedding Favor Fold

The Martha Stewart fold looks simpler than the one in Gay Gross's book. Yes,
her card case is in the "Art of Origami." I created the simpler fold for
which Dolphin G. gave very good text instructions on the list.

In 1974 the model was published by Macmillan in my book "Paper: Folded, Cut,
Sculpted" where I presented it as a photo frame. I showed it again in "For
Your Eyes only: 13 Ways to Fold Notes" published by Pages/Willowisp in 1995.
Unfortunately both books are now out of print.

In classes I teach the photo frame using 10" double sided kami paper (with a
final, small overlap), 8 1/2" x 11" Astrobrite or giftwrap. and suggest that
it can be adapted with a dollar bill. I have seen b&w photos framed very
effectively with black construction paper.  The frame can be adjusted to fit
different sizes of photographs. It can stand up if the paper is rolled rather
than flattened at the end. Beginners really like this model.

You can see there has been quite a bit of exposure, making it easy for Martha
Stewart's research staff to pick it up.

Ginn Magante, good wishes for your wedding and why don't you let us know what
kind of paper you used.

Florence Temko





From: "Jerry D. Harris" <102354.2222@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 12:21:44 -0400
Subject: Harbins booklets

Message text written by Origami List
>2 was repressed in the States under a different title (World of
Origami?) - don't know if it's still in print<

        I think the title was "New Adventures in Origami," but you're
right, I think it too is out of print.  But since Dover seems keen on
reprinting some of these older, British origami books, maybe someone should
approach them and see if they're interested in reprinting all 4 of the
Harbin series in one big compendium...?

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

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





From: Thoki Yenn <thok@THOK.DK>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 13:31:09 +0200
Subject: Sv:      Saludos

This is Kalmon blowing his trombone again

in answer to Jhonny Tolosa, from Colombia
and others who would like to learn how to fold 3-d Origami

>A few years ago I knew some things about origami and I'd like learn how to
     fold 3-d
>origami and other figures.

Tomoko Fuse has made a beautiful book called
MANPUKU BOX   ISBN4-480-87263-9
 and as far as I can find out from
The Japanese Dictionary it can be translated something like
full area BOX  or A BOX full of things or Fill up the BOX
Any one knowing Japanese please
give me the correct translation.

I like that book very much especially because Tomoko-san
has been kind enough to include several models.
designed by Thoki Yenn.

And by the way there are other nice 3-d models
on the Origami Cloud on
www.thok.dk/origami.html

And because some nice people
has been kind enough to look at this cloud
and ask questions about the things there,
I have managed to get Thoki Yenn
to make diagrams on how to fold into 5 parts
and how to change American Letter size paper
into A-Format, which has the same proportions
as The silver rectangle irrespective of size
1 : Sqr 2

They will be put on the Geometry Cloud
www.thok.dk/geometry.html to day.

Have fun

Kalmon the Great and Glorious





From: Torres/Sutton <yellowhouse39@EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:15:14 -0500
Subject: Re: NO:  Latin Americans

Hello from New York!

I am an avid follower of the postings to the origami list although I
seldom post because of time restrictions. This time however I could not
keep myself hiding in lurking land. I must raise my flag and say here I
am, as colombian as ever, but living in New York.

valley fold: plegado en valle
mountain fold: plegado en montaa
crimp fold: plegado escalonado
sink: hundir
squash fold: aplastar
inside reverse fold: ?
outside reverse fold: ?

As for the term "origami", although it is popular and known among
spanish speakers, it does not appear in the "Diccionario de la real
academia de la lengua espaola"  nor does in most other dictionaries of
usage of the spanish language. I believe there is one dictionary that
does include this word, but I do not know exactly which one it is. The
oficial word is "papiroflexia".

I personally refer to it as 'origami" when I talk in either English or
Spanish. I guess I like it better.

Un saludo a los origamistas latinoamericanos!

(O debera decir: a los papiroflexistas latinoamericanos??   :)

Leyla Torres





From: Jorma Oksanen <tenu@SCI.FI>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 15:53:27 +0200
Subject: Leatherette paper

Good news:

As some of you may remember, I bought a pile of leatherette paper a
while ago.  The price I'm abe to sell them is $2 for three 70*100 cm
sheets.  I think that's a bargain.

Bad news:

I finally dragged myself to post office and found out the mailing
costs to USA - to find out that they are *high!*

If I use cardboard tubes to send out the sheets, avoiding the need to
fold them, p&p is at least $11 for airmail, $6 for surface mail!  So
it isn't very economical solution.  I think I can put 14 sheets in one
tube without exceeding the 2kg limit, airmail costing $25, surface
mail $14.

That makes 14 sheets cost $23 when using surface mail.  The best
solution I can figure is to visit the 2nd Scandinavian Origami Meeting
and mail me in advance to carry the paper there.

(No, Dino didn't pay me anything for that! :)

For those wanting to know the postage for 100 sheets: $42 for surface
mail, ~$80 for air mail.  The paper itself costs $66.

--
Jorma Oksanen   tenu@sci.fi

Weyland-Yutani - Building Better Worlds





From: MORGANA <la.llibreria@BCN.SERVICOM.ES>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:24:05 +0200
Subject: Re: Origao?  Masks...

Chinh Nguyen wrote:
>
> I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this book, which is
> available both from Sasuga and from Fascinating Folds.  I've looked up the
> archives to no success.  The again, the qualifiers (Origao, Tashio Matsuo)
> may be too broad.  Well, Tashio Matsuo (?) is the author, and I was
> considering this book... does anyone have comments about difficulty,
> models., etc., etc?

THERE ARE ONLY SEVEN MASK WIHT DIAGRAMS.
IN GENERAL ALL THE MASK ARE EASY TO FOLD, THE SECRET FOR A FINE RESULT
IS THE SELECTION OF KIND OF PAPER AND KNOW THE WED FOLDING TECHNIQUE.

IN THE BOOK THERE ARE MANY PICTURES OF FINISHED MASK, BUT NOT THE
DIAGRAMS.

I RECOMENDED YOU THE FUSE'S BOOK . THE MASK. (ALL MASK ARE DIAGRAMED).

AND THE BOOK OF GRUPO RIGLOS .EL LIBRO DE LAS MASCARAS DE PAPEL PLEGADO.

IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS BOOKS E.MAIL ME.

WITH REGARDS
NICOLAS JENSON





From: Evi <d.evi.l@MUENSTER.DE>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 19:41:37 +0200
Subject: Re: Other hobbies:

Does anybody want to know my hobbies?

I'll tell you anyway.

Besides teasing the folders on the list, and hunting for diagrams, I like:

playing with my dog, cats and birds, (by the way, sometimes the cats would
like to play with the birds, too)

searching fossils and minerals,

sience fiction films, Star Trek, Babylon,....and Pretender.

any kind of art (my profession and my hobby), like origami, (japanese)
painting, pottery, photography,...

growing weeds in our garden,

keeping the phone bill high, by writing mails like this one.

good food, spaghetti, spaghetti, and spaghetti,

driving my husband crazy,

dreaming, how nice my life would be, if I were a veterinary, or at least a
millionaire.

hopefully, I didn't forget anything important.

thank you for your patience!

Happy folding!
d-evi-l





From: Ronald Koh <ronkoh@SINGNET.COM.SG>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 20:12:17 +0800
Subject: Re: Upcoming origami sighting

Could some kind soul out there be good enough to video tape the program
for this poor chap who is marooned on this origami desert called
Singapore? I promise to pay for the cost of the tape, shipping charges,
etc. It does not matter if the program is procast in PAL, NTSC or SECAM.

This will not be infringing on some mysterious copyright law, is it?

Rjlang@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> Recently I traveled to Switzerland at the request of a Swiss TV station for
> an interview and some filming of origami. The show, NZZ Format, will air in
> Switzerland on June 27 at 9:30 pm on Swiss channel SF2 and again on July 26
> at 11:05 pm. In the interview, I talked about misuse of funds by OUSA and the
> lack of non-NY representation on the Board.
>
> No, not really: I just said that to make sure Matthias tunes in ;-{)}.
>
> Actually, I talked about origami design, TreeMaker, my Allosaurus skeleton,
> and ran a simple TreeMaker design in real time for the camera. They also shot
> some stills of the Allosaurus, some insects and some other new designs. How
> much of that makes it through editing is anyone's guess -- I haven't seen the
> show (though they've promised to eventually send me a tape).
>
> So if you're in Switzerland on the 27th (or Germany -- I'm told this show is
> broadcast in some parts of Germany), check it out. An advertisement for the
> show can be found at:
>
> http://www-x.nzz.ch/format/broadcasts/broad_200.html
>
> Robert J. Lang





From: Ho <gmjkho@PRIMUS.COM.AU>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 20:39:27 +0800
Subject: Other hobbies

My hobbies:

Past - hiking, ice-skating, scout leader, reading
Present - origami, Tai Chi Chuan, garage-sale visiting
Future - palm leave weaving

George Ho
*********************************************************
http://members.xoom.com/gmjkho/home.html

back-up email :   george_ho@yawmail.com





From: Jennifer Campbell <CampbellJ@DFO-MPO.GC.CA>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:36:36 -0400
Subject: ORIGAMI license plate

That ORIGAMI custom license plate in California (brought to our attention by
Lotus Entertain You, Inc.) sure is nice.
How many people have this custom license plate (in different places, of
course)?
Here in Ontario, although we've moved from a standard 6-character plate to a
7-character one (you can even get additional graphics on a new plate),
custom license plates are still limited to six characters. Ugh. I'll try
again next Christmas.

Jennifer.





From: Isa Miller <-isa-@EXCITE.COM>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 19:55:32 -0700 (
Subject: Books for children

I always have one or two origami pieces sitting around that I am playing
with. A few weeks ago, my son, who is 7, saw one and asked me to help him
fold. I taught him the water bomb and the crane. He picked it up easily.

Then he asked me for some paper and a book to play with.

A few hours later, he came back with an amazing life-like fish. The mouth
was well-formed and the tail fins were great.  I asked him what pattern he
had used, because I didn't remember seeing one like it in the book. He said
he hadn't used a pattern. He just made it up.

On closer inspection, I discovered that he had used two pieces of paper and
held them together with a dot of glue. So, we had a discussion about gluing
and cutting. Anyway, the piece could have easily been made with a lock
between the two sheets, if he had been more experienced.

I have to say that I am totally amazed. He has always been artistically
inclined, but in my (admittedly biased) opinion, this is incredible.

Ok, I'm finished bragging.....now, my quandry is this. He has zipped through
the children's books at a rapid pace. He can do simple animals and the
animated things like the jumping frog. I would like to see him move on to
something more advanced. The problem is that the more advanced books
sometimes skip the intermediate steps or the diagrams are not clear to him.
He gets bogged down in the text, too. Can anyone recommend books of folding
diagrams that are more advanced than the usual children's things that would
still be suitable for his reading and comprehension level?

Of course, his favorite thing to do is still something of his own design. Is
there something out there that explains the principles of how certain folds
achieve certain effects? On a very simple level, please.

He seems to do best with just a book and his imagination.

TIA
Isa

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From: Maarten van Gelder <VGelder@KVI.nl>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 21:09:10 +0200
Subject: Re: PROP the Origami detective

Edith Kort wrote:
> Could you email the story to me, or point me to where I could find it?
> Have you added chapters yourself?

Well, I've only written the first part. I know what the second part will
be. But after that? We'll see.

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





From: Nick Robinson <nick@CHEESYPEAS.DEMON.CO.UK>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 22:20:58 +0100
Subject: Re: Harbins booklets

Jerry D. Harris <102354.2222@COMPUSERVE.COM> sez

> maybe someone should
>approach them and see if they're interested in reprinting all 4 of the
>Harbin series in one big compendium...?

That's an excellent idea! - we could call it "Origami 10"

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: "James M. Sakoda" <James_Sakoda@BROWN.EDU>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 22:50:28 -0400
Subject: Re: Saludos

>Hello,
>My name is Jhonny Tolosa, I'm from Colombia.
>I'm a physics Teacher in Tunja, a city in the Andes mountain in South America.
>
>A few years ago I knew some things about origami and I'd like learn how to
>fold 3-d origami and other figures.
Hi, If you can geet hold of my Modern Origami, recently reprinted by Dover
Publications, you will find many three dimensional figures, which are
generally more abstract and geometric than most origami figures.  I have
forgotten how to fold many of them and have recently tried to follow the
instructions in the book.  I found dthe task challenging--it appears that I
learned how to fold them and then diagrammed them, but the latter does not
always reflect the actual process of folding.  I had a little difficulty
with the nun, the Egyptian cat, the penguin.  All of them are quite
geometric and three  dimensional.  James M. Sakoda.





From: Katherine Nelson <revkat@EARTHLING.NET>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 09:48:32 -0700
Subject: Re: Books for children

Isa,

I have to second Ronald Koh's suggestion and his congratulations!  I have
The New Origami, and the variety & charm of the models make it a wonderful
book - one that I bought before I knew much about origami & I learned much
from it.

Your son sounds wonderful.  I envy his creativity (I'm just a folder,
myself).  Now, when is he going to start diagramming?

 :)

Katherine

> I may be wrong, but you may want to check out the books by Steve and
> Megumi Biddle, three of which I have are Step-by-Step Origami, Christmas
> Origami and The New Origami. Many of the models are intermediate-level,
> and the folding diagrams are very well illustrated.
>
> You son is rather unique, and you have every reason to be proud of him.





From: Arlene Anderson <aanderso@BCPL.NET>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 09:51:59 -0400
Subject: Other hobbies

Other hobbies include:
Navajo style weaving on a traditional Navajo style loom

braiding on the Japanese Mari dai

Sewing and other needlework including a bit of knitting-tho I frequently
take my origami to knitting group and get teased about my non productive
knitting status (course it's also non productive paperfolding since
somehow I seldom seem to come home with whatever I had folded as it gets
claimed)

Arlene Anderson                 aanderso@bcpl.net





From: Perry Bailey <pbailey@OPENCOMINC.COM>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 14:35:04 -0500
Subject: RE New photos

Hi gang, or at least those of you not at convention!

I was just at Anita and Spyder Barbours site and in the origami
sections there are some new photos at the the bottom of the
Origami page!  The picture of Spok is very good as are all of the
other!  You otter take a look!

http://www.ulster.net/~spider/origami.htm

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





From: Karen Reeds <reeds@OPENIX.COM>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 16:39:08 -0400
Subject: folding on your own

>Of course, his favorite thing to do is still something of his own design. Is
>there something out there that explains the principles of how certain folds
>achieve certain effects? On a very simple level, please.

>TIA
>Isa

Your son sounds like a great kid--he'll never be bored (and neither will
you as a parent!). For a seven-year-old, don't try to intellectualize this
by analyzing the folds or seeking a book that does. (I'm remembering my
mother's disastrous attempt to teach me German, her native language, from a
textbook when I was about his age. )

Instead, encourage him to adopt 2 strategies:
Strategy  1) enlarge his repertoire of bases from books and folding with
other more experienced folders. (If he gets stuck at some point, then shift
to strategy # 2)

Strategy  2) doodle with folds he knows already--what happens if you do
this fold only partway, or off-center, or inside out. What happens if you
use a different starting shape of paper, or change the order of steps? What
happens if you fold it with your eyes closed? How can you make this bit
change direction, open up, tuck into a pocket?  The aim is not to "makeit
look like something" but to play and experiment with the paper. But if he
feels he does have to make it look like something, then experimenting with
symmetrical folding around the flaps of a base to make flowers.

Encourage him to make at least 2-3 copies of any models he invents, date
them and stash them in a notebook or plastic sleeves so he can reconstruct
the folding later on.  He can try diagramming  by  outlining the model at
each step and scribbling notes.

So how did he make the fish?

Karen
reeds@openix.com





From: Larry Hart <Lazagami@TESCO.NET>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 20:05:26 +0100
Subject: Re: Harbin's 1-4

Extract from previous list Question

Rahul Govind <rgovind@CRYOGEN.COM> sez

>Origami 1 to Origami 4 by
>Robert Harbin. Anybody know abt the publisher??

I noticed someone else mention that Origami 1 is still in print, correct,
and I might add that the diagrams have been tidied up and most if not all
errors removed.
Volumes 2-4 were going to be published as one volume, this was in progress
nearly 2 years ago, about the same time that Secrets was said to be
republished. If the plans haven't fallen flat, maybe it's still in progress.
We live in hope?

Plico Ergo Sum

Larry





From: Ronald Koh <ronkoh@SINGNET.COM.SG>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 23:31:32 +0800
Subject: Re: Books for children

I may be wrong, but you may want to check out the books by Steve and
Megumi Biddle, three of which I have are Step-by-Step Origami, Christmas
Origami and The New Origami. Many of the models are intermediate-level,
and the folding diagrams are very well illustrated.

The Biddles have a rather unique way in presenting the folding sequence,
which include illustrations of hands with each diagram, showing
precisely how the fingers/hands are positioned.

You son is rather unique, and you have every reason to be proud of him.

Isa Miller wrote:
>
> I always have one or two origami pieces sitting around that I am playing
> with. A few weeks ago, my son, who is 7, saw one and asked me to help him
> fold. I taught him the water bomb and the crane. He picked it up easily.
>
> Then he asked me for some paper and a book to play with.
>
> A few hours later, he came back with an amazing life-like fish. The mouth
> was well-formed and the tail fins were great.  I asked him what pattern he
> had used, because I didn't remember seeing one like it in the book. He said
> he hadn't used a pattern. He just made it up.
>
> On closer inspection, I discovered that he had used two pieces of paper and
> held them together with a dot of glue. So, we had a discussion about gluing
> and cutting. Anyway, the piece could have easily been made with a lock
> between the two sheets, if he had been more experienced.
>
> I have to say that I am totally amazed. He has always been artistically
> inclined, but in my (admittedly biased) opinion, this is incredible.
>
> Ok, I'm finished bragging.....now, my quandry is this. He has zipped through
> the children's books at a rapid pace. He can do simple animals and the
> animated things like the jumping frog. I would like to see him move on to
> something more advanced. The problem is that the more advanced books
> sometimes skip the intermediate steps or the diagrams are not clear to him.
> He gets bogged down in the text, too. Can anyone recommend books of folding
> diagrams that are more advanced than the usual children's things that would
> still be suitable for his reading and comprehension level?
>
> Of course, his favorite thing to do is still something of his own design. Is
> there something out there that explains the principles of how certain folds
> achieve certain effects? On a very simple level, please.
>
> He seems to do best with just a book and his imagination.
>
> TIA
> Isa
>
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From: Isa Miller <-isa-@EXCITE.COM>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 02:11:11 -0700 (
Subject: Re: Books for children

Thanks to everyone who suggested books. I plan to do some shopping this
weekend. Maybe if I'm lucky, he will share his new books with his mom. I
hope so : )

To Karen:

You are right on target. I discovered that when I sit down with him, I
over-intellectualize the folds. I want a logical sequence to a logical
conclusion....and he just wants to experiment. I stifle his creativity. So,
I was thinking that if I could find a simple basic book on how to
diagram...or how to fold to achieve a certain result, it might help him get
from what he has in his hand to what he sees in his mind. Just something he
might glance at when he's stuck.

I can't really tell you how he folded the fish. Being a proud parent, my
first instinct was to preserve it forever. However, he wanted to play with
it and waited impatiently while I studied it. Now it is long gone to
wherever he hides his treasures. I think I'll just leave it to him.
I can tell you that he used two sheets of kami, folded each one into a 3D
trangle with part of the paper running through the middle of the triangle
and a corner of this sticking out the back to form the tail fin, and somehow
finishing with the edge of the paper at the small pointed end of the
triangle forming a 45degree slant. He made two of these, inverted one, and
put them together to form the fish. I remember that the edges of the paper
were inside the part that he had glued...so I thought that he could have
just folded those edges to lock the sheets together. But then, I am not a
creator...just a folder.

About your stratgies----they sound great. Unfortunately, I haven't found a
local group of folders. If I could, believe me, he and I would both be
there. I think someone more experienced could teach him a lot. Me too for
that matter.

As for the doodling---that's his main approach. I try not to interfere. It's
tough sometimes.

Isa

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From: Chinh Nguyen <chinhsta@GWIS2.CIRC.GWU.EDU>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 02:42:47 -0400
Subject: Origao

Thanks everyone for responses on the book.  I'm not getting it... $30 is a
bit much for 7 diagrams.  I already happen to have Fuse's book.

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

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





From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 12:00:21 -0700
Subject: Re: Story-telling origami

Steve, that sounds really neat!  Where can we learn more about your
origami stories?

Dorothy





From: Steve Vinik <z007169b@BC.SEFLIN.ORG>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 13:10:17 -0400
Subject: Story-telling origami

Friday evening I was a guest entertainer at a church choir social with a
Japanese theme. People wore oriental robes, the room was decorated with
paper lanterns, there was a mural featuring Mt. Fuji and some Japanese
farmers and oriental music was piped in.

I was only one event in an eventful night, but I told two
progressive-fold stories. The first story was based on the fortune
teller. With this multi-form fold, I told the story of Joto-Ku the orphan
boat and his mystical adventures. The second story was my retelling of
the Three Little Pigs. This was the Fourth Little Pig who built his house
out of paper. After I told this story (which ended with the wolf being
gobbled down by the hungry pig), I taught everyone there how to fold the
traditional house and piano which were part of the story.

It was a highly successful outing, and I felt like I was sharing close-up
magic with everyone--which in effect I was!

Steve Vinik
z007169b@bc.seflin.org





From: Penny Groom <penny@SECTOR.DEMON.CO.UK>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 17:40:29 +0100
Subject: Anyone from Charleston,SC?

Sorry this is not Origami related but I don't seem to be able to find
much out on the Web. We are thinking of going to Charleston for a
holiday and wondered if any of you know anything about it or can direct
me to a good web site that does.

I will of course fold on the journey there so there is a little origami
content in this!

Any information would be very helpful, thanks

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





From: Evi <d.evi.l@MUENSTER.DE>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 10:44:20 +0200
Subject: Michael LaFosse

Hi Folders,

several times, I tried to order (from Germany) Michael LaFosses frog- and
papermaking video. Didn't get any answer. I wrote an e-mail. Didn't get any
answer.

Did anybody order something from his website successfully?

Or does he sell his videos to special people only? :o)

Did you get the diagrams of the "moment of truth from Dave"? I'm still
waiting.

Happy folding!
Evi





From: Gilad Aharoni <Gilad.Aharoni@ICC.CO.IL>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 17:53:18 +0300
Subject: Re: Harbins booklets

At 11:29 AM 6/24/99 +0100, Nick Robinson wrote:

>3 has not been in print for many years, except in Isreal!

Indeed, Harbin's 1-4 Origami books are widely available in Israel (For
about 10$ each). They are translated to Hebrew, although I'm not completely
sure that they are an exact translation. I once had a peek in an original,
and I think it had more diagrams than the Hebrew one, but I might be wrong.
All in all, they are great books (they got me started with all this papery
business...) - and do have some of the greatest models.

Cheers
        Gilad





From: Dave Venables <davevenables@USA.NET>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 16:32:27 -0600 (
Subject: In LA

Hi All,

I will be in Los Angeles between 2nd August and 6th August with my family on
holiday (from England). It would be nice to meet with anyone in the area. Any
offers......

Best Wishes

Dave Venables

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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 19:17:05 -0700 (
Subject: Temporary signoff

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From: Mike and/or Janet Hamilton <mikeinnj@CONCENTRIC.NET>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 21:57:14 +0000
Subject: OUSA Convention - Long

I know the OUSA convention isn't over yet, but I was only able to stay
through Saturday due to family commitments and wanted to write at least
about the first part of the weekend.  Other list members will have to fill
in about the other days.

Because we were not going to be able to stay through Sunday, my husband and
I decided to go into NY early.  Instead of coming in Friday morning to help
set up, we arrived Thursday night.  We really didn't expect much to be going
on then, but there was a note attached to our FIT dorm registration that
help was needed at 6PM to go load a van with materials for The Source, and
then at 8PM to unload the van at FIT.  Since we arrived at 7:30, we thought
we could help unloading the van.  Unfortunately, when we got to our room, we
found it unlocked and the sheets and towels missing.  The search for linens
kept us busy until about 9PM, and then we were only able to scrounge sheets
and one slightly damp dish towel.  However, the van ran late, and we made it
to the loading docks at FIT in time to unload.  Volunteers from around the
country (Robert Lang - California, Susan Dugan - South Carolina, Tom Hull -
Rhode Island, Janet and Mike Hamilton - New Jersey, among others) and the
world (Rick Beech - Great Britain) were also there to help.

The next morning, we were not scheduled to work setting up The Source until
noon, we took the opportunity to visit Kate's Paperie on 13th Street.  We
ran into other convention attendees there, including Doug Philips.  I found
some very thin, pearlized paper and some 8 1/2 X 11 metallic sheets that
might make interesting jewelry.  Later on that day the store's Marketing
Director was setting up a display of catalogs at the convention with a card
that offered attendees a 10% discount.  I told her that I was at the store
earlier that day but did not know about the discount, and she took my
address to send some sample papers.  She said OUSA members get a 10%
discount all the time.

Set up at The Source went smoothly, as many of the volunteers there had
experience from prior years at how to arrange things.  Scott Cramer was
particularly helpful setting up the papers as he had just completed sample
books for the affiliate groups and so was familiar with all the names of the
papers.  Phyliss Meth, bless her heart, took pity on our linen situation and
brought towels for my husband and I from home.  We also found out that many
people in the dorm we were in were missing linens - apparently OUSA was
shorted by the linen company on the delivery.  Apparently, only this one
company will agree to a once a year contract, so OUSA had little choice on a
supplier.

Business was brisk at The Source Friday night.   The big sellers were the
"COET 95" book, "Mette Units 4", "Modular Origami Polyhedra", and Kawasaki's
book "Roses, Origami, and Mathematics".  New Italian papers, including a
thin, waxy paper called "pergamino", were selling large quantities.  Also,
two printed papers called "Rocks" and "Spiral Swirl" were also popular.
Another new paper called "Double Foil" was interesting.  It was two colors
of foil bonded, and shiny on both sides.  I was warned that, without the
paper backing, it was challenging to fold as it handled like a sheet of
aluminum foil, but I bought some to try anyway.

I broke away from The Source for a short time to register, peek at the model
menu, and look in on the exhibition.  Since I had not brought my camera that
night, I did not spend a lot of time at the exhibition, but it was
impossible to pass by Eric Joisel's exhibit without stopping for a bit.  The
eyes on his faces had an almost spooky depth, and his animals look more
realistic than the stuffed specimens at a museum.  An unusual exhibit was a
collection of dragons folded from a fine metal screen.  The models were
folded by Lane Allen in a process he has given the copyrighted name of
Orikane (folding metal).  You can check out some pictures of his art at
http://www.inil.com/users/origami.

 The only hitch Friday night had to do with the new process involving
pre-orders for the convention T-Shirts.  Many people who had pre-ordered one
size asked to change to another size after seeing the shirt.  Also, the
pre-order form did not list Small and XXXL as available sizes.  Since the
preorders were counted out and separated from other shirts, this meant
swtiching between piles and changing the pre-order tally list.  There were
also some people had had gotten back cancelled checks from their pre-order,
but were not on the list.  Since this was a new process, I'm sure the
convention committee will be looking for suggestions on how to improve it
for next year.

Registration and ticketing were right on time Saturday morning.  There had
been one prior year where registration was running slowly, so class
ticketing was delayed, and all the class times had to be shifted back so
that ticketing could complete by the time classes started.  This year
everthing ran right on time.  The first class to sell out was "Flower
Boxes", created by Tomoko Fuse and taught by Arnold Tubis.  This was
followed shortly by "New Butterflies", created and taught by Michael
LaFosse.  Come to think of it, all of Michael's Butterfly videos also sold
out of The Source quickly.  Origami Sweden's Butterfly competition seems to
be generating a lot of interest in the subject.

I ended up taking Jeremy Shafer's "Heart Attack" class, which was very
entertaining as the class attendees offered suggestions at each step of what
the model looked like, from a lighthouse to a comet and so on.  We all
completed the class with functional action models of a heart popping out
when tabs were pulled.  Next I took the "Hanging Monkey" class with Maria
Velazquez.  It was more fun than a barrel of ... well, you know.

Tomoko Fuse taught a class in the hospitality area over the lunch hour of a
modular candy dish, then took questions from attendees.  She seemed to
understand the English questions, but answered in Japanese.  June Sakamoto
translated for the group.   Fuse stated that her interest in diverse areas
of masks and modulars lets her concentrate on something different when she
is tired of one type of model.  She also mentioned that English translations
of her books tend to have improved folding sequences and error corrections,
and are thus better than the original Japanese versions.

In the afternoon, I took a class with Ron Weinstock on the Pajarita and
Flapping Bird cards by Kenneway.  The class had some difficulty handling the
large paper need to make a card sized for a standard invitation envelope,
and so only finished the flapping bird card.  Ron's paper choice for the
class did make an attractive completed model.  Yami Yamauchi then taught his
centipede.  Yami demonstrated some of his other toys and talked about the
cost effective use of alternative papers, like the index cards used in the
centipede model.  The class was a little rushed at the end in the shaping of
the head and tail, but the centipedes were real eye-catchers in the
neon-colored index cards Yami provided.

Last, I took a quilt class with Arlene Gorchov.  I have Fuse's "Origami
Quilts" book, but had been intimidated by trying to figure out proper paper
proportions.  The 4-point star, 8-point star, and connector taught in the
class were all folded from the same size paper, and were very easy units, so
that I felt silly at being afraid to dive into this area before.

We left before the annual meeting, but from discussion with people during
the day, it seemed like emotions were running high on some of the OUSA
political issues that have recently on this list.  Hopefully someone else
will post the results.

Janet Hamilton





From: Gil Elimor <gil_el@NETVISION.NET.IL>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:56:40 +0300
Subject: Re: Harbins booklets

There are a few diagrams not included in the hebrew version but not many

bye

Gil

Gilad Aharoni wrote:

> At 11:29 AM 6/24/99 +0100, Nick Robinson wrote:
>
> >3 has not been in print for many years, except in Isreal!
>
> Indeed, Harbin's 1-4 Origami books are widely available in Israel (For
> about 10$ each). They are translated to Hebrew, although I'm not completely
> sure that they are an exact translation. I once had a peek in an original,
> and I think it had more diagrams than the Hebrew one, but I might be wrong.
> All in all, they are great books (they got me started with all this papery
> business...) - and do have some of the greatest models.
>
> Cheers
>  Gilad





From: Arlene Anderson <aanderso@BCPL.NET>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 09:27:56 -0400
Subject: Re: Michael LaFosse

>
> several times, I tried to order (from Germany) Michael LaFosses frog- and
> papermaking video. Didn't get any answer. I wrote an e-mail. Didn't get any
> answer.
>
> Did anybody order something from his website successfully?

I ordered the Chris Palmer video from Michael this spring. He was out of
town so wasn't able to respond immediately. But he sent an email response
as soon as he returned and the video followed right away. I suspect that
with OUSA he is probably in NYC and may not be responding to email?

Arlene Anderson





From: "Chamberlain, Clare" <Clare.Chamberlain@HEALTH.WA.GOV.AU>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:35:19 +0800
Subject: Books for children

Isa
Thanks for sharing your child with us!!  I have had very similar experiences
with my 7 year old who's been inventing for some years.  Basically she has
her own box of paper and a free reign to my 100 or so origami books (as long
as she puts them back (in theory).  Since she is able to read hiragana
(phonetic Japanese), she is not putt off by the Japanese in most, and
happily pulls out the myriad of kids books I have (mostly second hand).  She
loves teaching (and showing off) to her friends, and particularly likes
toys.  While she was at Japanese school last year (in Perth) the kids used
origami as prizes during the school fair!
As for which books - she tends to go for the brightly coloured ones (eg
Biddles and NOA magazines), and also draws on models, both her own and from
books.
I do help when she wants, and she has finally learnt to pick less difficult
models  - she used to chose complex ones and get in a tizz when they didn't
work out - generally at night when we both were tired - I soon learnt to
walk away if she started getting too frustrated with me/the model.
I guess what I am really saying is give your kids a free reign, when small
give them a couple of books and paper, then as they become more responsible
- let them rip!!
Clare, from Perth, where there was not one origami book in the main
bookshops last week!
