




From: Robby/Laura <morassi@ZEN.IT>
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 12:53:18 +0200
Subject: Still on misspellings

I can add a funny Italian story about misspellings of the "origami" word. A
friend of mine (Silvana Mattei) who used to run origami courses in Rome,
when asked by one lady about her activity, replied: "I teach origami". And
the lady, much surprised, said: "Oooooohh.... and, can you tell me HOW one
teaches orgasmi (= orgasms) ?"

Just my 2 c.

Roberto





From: Ronald Koh <ronkoh@SINGNET.COM.SG>
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 22:58:05 +0800
Subject: Re: Singaporean Origami Webpage

Sebastian Marius Kirsch wrote:
>
> On Sun, Aug 01, 1999 at 11:45:31AM +0800, Ronald Koh wrote:
> > A young man with whom I had some contact a couple of years ago came out
> > of self-imposed isolation recently, after completing his tertiary
> > education.
>
> That's a rather euphemistic description for "military service", isn't
> it?
>
No - he 'disappeared' before he went into military service, while he was
preparing for some exams. He still is doing military service, with about
fourteen months to go! Forgot that Teik Seong is also in contact with
you ....!





From: Perry Bailey <pbailey@OPENCOMINC.COM>
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 05:38:30 -0500
Subject: Re: [NO] dogmatism in pronouncing words

Isa Miller wrote:

> This brings up an interesting point. I find that I tend to adopt the accent
> of the person I am talking with. For instance, if I am talking to someone
> with a heavy Texas accent, I notice that my own accent becomes heavier. If
> I'm talking to someone from another area of the US, after a bit my
> inflections tend to match theirs.

Thats interesting I have allways had a problem with the same
thing, I had a talk once with a nice young lady a few years back
from england, I didn't realize I had automaticaly shifted to her
accent untill she asked me if I was from around the town she came
from.  Then I had to explain that it was not on purpose I hadn't
realized I was doing it and told her I was an American.  I spent
most of my time in france around the area of Anger and Le Mans.
I have been told when speaking french I have a distinct accent
from that region.  I also do one of the worlds worst Willaim
Shatner impressions.

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





From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 12:37:28 -0700
Subject: crimp folds and Montroll

Hi to everyone!  I suddenly realized that in a previous email I might have
been confusing.  I said Montroll use crimp folds?  Well, yes, obviously he
uses crimp folds, I meant those kind that only go half way to make the body
3d.  I swear it looked like the wolves had crimp folds.  To those that
folded it (yes I forgot who did it, no offense to the folders I just have a
bad memory) where those kind of crimps on that wolf.  It seems like I
mainly see that in Brill and Kawahata.

David





From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 17:58:11 -0700
Subject: Re: crimp folds and Montroll

Neat!  I see your point, but seeing it in Montroll disturbs me.  It's just
that looking through his diagrams I see the same techniques used over and
over.  You even see certain almost bases and ways of folding perpetuate
like themes in his books.  But if he's using crimps that might mean
something big like he's considerably changing his folding style.  Now I
know several of you have seen some of his diagrams from the class at the
convention, did anything seem different?  From the lack of responses I
wonder if he made you promise to keep quiet about the big secret
conspiracies are everwhere

David





From: Joyce Saler <ladyada@TIAC.NET>
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 18:22:02 -0400
Subject: Re: Mecho and Ocho Wedding Designs.

David
I have already mailed Laurel xeroxes of the Momotani noshi wedding
butterflies which i taught at this years convention. The Momotani book was
out of print when i taught the course and so i thought that it was timely
to teach more people than could obtain the book at the time how to fold
these beautiful designs.

Laurel wrote me that she can order this book and perhaps she will tell
others on the list of her source; however, she also said that she would not
receive the book in time for her butterfly occassion; hence the mailing.

Jane Rosemarin tells me that she teachs these models as part of a
historical overview of origami and we had thought of authoring a joint
article for The Paper on how a workshop at the NY convention was conceived
on the web. But i think that we have spoken of those butterflies quite
enough and your posting suffices.

Joyce





From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 19:17:45 -0700
Subject: paper weights

How heavy is kami?  How heavy is typewriter paper?

David "always full of questions" Whitbeck





From: Kimberly Crane <kcrane@KIMSCRANE.COM>
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 19:56:20 -0400
Subject: Re: Need To Contact Franco Pavarin

I am desperately trying to contact Mr. Franco Pavarin.  If anyone knows his
address, I would greatly appreciate if you could pass it onto me
PRIVATELY.  Thanks.
Kimberly Crane





From: Barbra0336@AOL.COM
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 20:11:31 -0400 (
Subject: Re: napkin

Try  Origami & Papercraft by Paul Jackson p. 116, Origami for Beginners by
Florence Temko p. 15, Easy Origami by Kazuo Kobayashi p. 10-13.  There are
several napkin folding books you can purchase at most large bookstores.  Have
fun, they are fun to do.  Barbara O.





From: Tim Piesch <faustus@SCESCAPE.NET>
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 21:25:51 -0400
Subject: Re: Fuse origami boxes/single sheet

----- Original Message -----
Rob Moes wrote
>
> I hope that I have intrigued some of you into looking for this book, which
> is quite expensive and may be difficult to find.  The myriad variations
and
> the ability to custom-design so many boxes will provide many hours of
> challenge even to experienced folders.

I got a copy of the book (with Korean text) from Kim Crane last summer at
SEOF. Great book! Fuse-san taught one of the octagonal boxes in her class at
the festival. The Korean ISBN is 89-7622-021-8.





From: Barbra0336@AOL.COM
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 21:26:27 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Member News for The Paper

Hi Debra,
What are some deadlines a little further on?  Barbara O





From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 02:43:02 -0700
Subject: Re: NO: Re: accents

Roberto wrote:

"Far from me any idea of going into the intricacies of British cooking
art, but the "spotted dick" sounds like a mystery. The dictionary is not
helpful, and common jargon suggests something that is not usually cooked
nor served for lunch.....  Calling for a New Yorker's opinion !"

It's a pudding, Roberto.

Dorothy, service with a smiley ;-)





From: Jeff Kerwood <jkerwood@USAOR.NET>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 07:17:03 -0400
Subject: 3-D Tato

A 3-D tato? What I mean by that is a tato but one with *sides* (depth),
like a one piece box (that *twists* open and closed) but very flattish.
Anyone know where I can find diagrams or instructions (or anyone up for the
challenge of designing one ;-).

Thanks,
Jeff Kerwood





From: Ronald Koh <ronkoh@SINGNET.COM.SG>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 07:35:27 +0800
Subject: Re: crimp folds and Montroll

This is quite commonly used by many other creative folders. I use it
quite often myself; check out the ornamental goldfish in the Guestroom
at Oriland. I find the line on the body a little irritating and out of
sync with the natural contours of some of the models though. It does
look quite okay on the tancho oranda and bubble eye, as the crimp is
done on the tail.

david whitbeck wrote:
>
I meant those kind that only go half way to make the body
> 3d. ... (snip) It seems like I mainly see that in Brill and Kawahata.





From: "Michael J. Naughton" <mjnaught@CROCKER.COM>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 07:54:46 -0400
Subject: Re: modular origami info?

Ronald Koh wrote:

> . . . the Sonobe unit (which Sonobe himself does not
> claim to have designed). . .

I'm curious to know your source for this. . . .

Thanks!

Mike Naughton





From: Shalom LeVine <shalom.levine@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 08:14:24 -0400
Subject: Re: crimp folds and Montroll

David,

          I think we can safely reveal that in his new book John has taken
his dog base (Origami Sculpture) the next logical step; the backs are solid,
making for easier wet folding and a cleaner cleaner .

Shalom

-----Original Message-----
From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Sunday, August 01, 1999 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: crimp folds and Montroll

Neat!  I see your point, but seeing it in Montroll disturbs me.  It's just
that looking through his diagrams I see the same techniques used over and
over.  You even see certain almost bases and ways of folding perpetuate
like themes in his books.  But if he's using crimps that might mean
something big
 like he's considerably changing his folding style.  Now I
know several of you have seen some of his diagrams from the class at the
convention, did anything seem different?  From the lack of responses I
wonder if he made you promise to keep quiet about the big secret

conspiracies are everwhere

David





From: Debra Nelson <debnels@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 09:34:16 -0400
Subject: Re: Plethora of Paperfolders

Wu, Sonia wrote:
>
> On Wednesday I attended a sort of spur-of-the-moment reunion of old
> family friends and was delighted to learn that one of the children
> (about 8 years old, maybe) does a bit of paperfolding.  In a quiet
> moment I asked her if she could show me what she can fold from memory
> and she was happy to comply.  I responded with a Kasahara peacock (from
> Origami Made Easy), then we folded the waterbomb together.  I made her a
> flapping bird, and we later folded a four-unit Fuse box together.  We
> traded e-mail addresses so that she can get book recommendations.
>
> Off to work the following day on only three hours of sleep and thinking
> I would be too tired to enjoy Origami Club that night.  Our usual
> turnout is about three people (including myself).  Seven people!  Two of
> them brand new folders!  Three of them new to the group!  We folded
> Michael LaFosse's Alexander's Swallowtail (taught from memory, based on
> his remarkable video), and then started on a Fuse heptagonal box (a
> beautiful model, but not the best thing for beginners).  Much-needed
> pizza break between the top and body of the box. Suspect at least two of
> the new folks will return at least  occasionally.
>
> Despite the fact that the meeting ran from about 5:30 to 9:00, I was not
> too tired to enjoy Origami Club after all--group folding is so
> invigorating! Mind you, it took a very large Diet Coke to get me through
> my hourlong commute home. . . .
>
> Sonia Wu
> Sarasota, Florida

Hi, Sonia:
I really liked your story and would like to consider using it in The
Paper as part of membership news, space permitting. May I?
Debra Nelson-Hogan





From: John Marcolina <jmarcoli@CISCO.COM>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 10:04:22 -0700
Subject: Review of Fernando Gilgado Gomez' Book

Hi All,

Last week I got a nice surprise - I received in the mail my copy of Fernando
Gilgado Gomez' book, "Monstuos De Papel", along with a nice note from Fernando.
The book looked like it had been around the world twice, and it had been
re-wrapped by the post office, but the book had survived without any damage. I
had spoke with Fernando a while back, when I first heard of the book, and
negotiated the terms with him (with some difficulty due to the language
barrier).

The book is great! It is a self-published book. I'm not even sure what that
means, but I guess Fernando made all the pages, and the cover himself, and then
paid someone to bind it for him. The result is very good; the book is as well
done as most "published" books. There is a title page, a table of contents, an
intro, some notes about the models (all in Spanish), bases, a description of
symbols, and, best of all, color pictures of all the models on the front and
back cover! The diagrams are very good; they seem to be computer-drawn, and are
very detailed. They do lack the characteristic shading of one side of the paper
that a lot of us are used to, but I had no trouble following them for the
couple of models I have folded so far. I did see a couple of errors, but I was
able to work through them.

OK, the models. There are 11 of them, most of them would rate high-intermediate
or complex, I think.

Luna - Moon
Sol - Sun
Alien 1 - Facehugger Aliem from the movie "Alien"
Alien 2 - The small alien that came out of the chest of a man in gruesome
fashion
Alien 3 - The big, bad adult alien
Satiro - Satan
Minotauro - Minotaur
Demonio - Demon
Dragon - Dragon
Dragon Chino - Chinese Dragon
Dragon de 3 Cabezas - Dragon With 3 Heads

As I said before, these are not beginner models, due to the number of steps. In
fact, the sun model alone has 85 steps. The most complex model might be the
Satiro, at 139 steps. It looks fantastic though! It has a very detailed face,
with color changed eyes, a nose, horns, and a beard. The hands have fingers and
there is a tail. The demon model has wings as well and is seen on the Origami
Sweden home page (http://welcome.to/origami.sverige). As soon as I have some
photo-worthy models I'll put them on my site.

As to the terms, Fernando gave me a price per book on the phone, then I was
able to get a bank draft in Spanish Pesetas from my bank (B of A), which I then
simply sent to Fernando. The bank draft cost me 5 or 10 dollars, and took a
couple of days to get.

I know a lot of people have expressed an interest in this book, but I hadn't
heard of anyone actually obtaining it. A group order apparently fell through.
But I'm here to tell you the book can be had, if you want it bad enough. I did,
and I'm very glad. This book is a great addition to any collection.

John Marcolina
San Jose, CA.
jmarcoli@cisco.com
http://www.employees.org/~jmarcoli/





From: John Marcolina <jmarcoli@CISCO.COM>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 11:12:03 -0700
Subject: Re: Review of Fernando Gilgado Gomez' Book

At 01:15 PM 8/2/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>Whom do I contact to get this book?
>~A
>

Here is the information again:

Fernando Gilgado Gomez
C/ Valdecanillas 65, 2-C
28037 Madrid
ESPANA

Phone: 917541646 (+whaterver it takes to call Spain from your country!)

Fernando told me he didn't have internet access.

John Marcolina
San Jose, CA.
jmarcoli@cisco.com
http://www.employees.org/~jmarcoli/





From: "JacAlArt ." <jacalart@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 11:40:51 -0400 (
Subject: Pregnant Woman & Gas Pump diagrams

Just wondering if anyone has checked out this page. I'm interested in seeing
how long you had to wait for it to finish loading. As I'm on a cable modem
-- everything is really fast. So I wonder what access time is on a 56k
connection.
http://members.home.net/jacalart/menu.htm
~A

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From: Kimberly Shuck <atsina@HOOKED.NET>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 12:09:56 -0700
Subject: Re: modular origami info?

DORIGAMI@AOL.COM wrote:

> Can you think of all of the models that are joined together by this method.
> To start with the water bomb has a good locking device.   Dorigami

It's not exactly a flap and pocket, but as I read this post I was working on
putting together Mette Units 4, Ring 11, and am amazed by how solidly the
friction locks the thing together. So much so that it is actually difficult to
put the pieces in place.

Kim





From: Michael Janssen-Gibson <mig@ISD.CANBERRA.EDU.AU>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 12:15:44 +1000
Subject: wedding butterflies

On Sun, 1 Aug 1999 DLister891@AOL.COM wrote:

> But whatever the particular form of the origami butterfly and whatever the
> symbolic meaning, butterflies are surely a delightful way to decorate a
> wedding. Let us hope that in the West as well as in Japan, wedding
> butterflies will become just as much a tradition as wedding cake and confetti.

I have decorated a friend's wedding with butterflies in the past, over 100
of the little buggers :}. They were used to adorn the table namecards.
Requested colours were burgundy and saffron. I used Yoshizawa's butterfly
design, with a couple of variations I had discovered (not claiming these
in any way - I have since seen these variations in other Yoshizawa
publications). In my opinion, the effect was great, an well received by
everyone.

ps. there was no money involved in this project - it was my wedding gift
to the couple.

regards
Michael





From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 12:39:34 -0700
Subject: Re: Biz Card Dodecahedron ("Turrets")

Dave,

What is a platonic dodecahedron?

Dorothy





From: "JacAlArt ." <jacalart@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 13:15:22 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Review of Fernando Gilgado Gomez' Book

Whom do I contact to get this book?
~A

>From: John Marcolina <jmarcoli@CISCO.COM>
>Reply-To: Origami List <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Review of Fernando Gilgado Gomez' Book
>Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 10:04:22 -0700
>
>Hi All,
>
>Last week I got a nice surprise - I received in the mail my copy of
>Fernando
>Gilgado Gomez' book, "Monstuos De Papel", along with a nice note from
>Fernando.
>The book looked like it had been around the world twice, and it had been
>re-wrapped by the post office, but the book had survived without any
>damage. I
>had spoke with Fernando a while back, when I first heard of the book, and
>negotiated the terms with him (with some difficulty due to the language
>barrier).
>
>The book is great! It is a self-published book. I'm not even sure what that
>means, but I guess Fernando made all the pages, and the cover himself, and
>then
>paid someone to bind it for him. The result is very good; the book is as
>well
>done as most "published" books. There is a title page, a table of contents,
>an
>intro, some notes about the models (all in Spanish), bases, a description
>of
>symbols, and, best of all, color pictures of all the models on the front
>and
>back cover! The diagrams are very good; they seem to be computer-drawn, and
>are
>very detailed. They do lack the characteristic shading of one side of the
>paper
>that a lot of us are used to, but I had no trouble following them for the
>couple of models I have folded so far. I did see a couple of errors, but I
>was
>able to work through them.
>
>OK, the models. There are 11 of them, most of them would rate
>high-intermediate
>or complex, I think.
>
>Luna - Moon
>Sol - Sun
>Alien 1 - Facehugger Aliem from the movie "Alien"
>Alien 2 - The small alien that came out of the chest of a man in gruesome
>fashion
>Alien 3 - The big, bad adult alien
>Satiro - Satan
>Minotauro - Minotaur
>Demonio - Demon
>Dragon - Dragon
>Dragon Chino - Chinese Dragon
>Dragon de 3 Cabezas - Dragon With 3 Heads
>
>As I said before, these are not beginner models, due to the number of
>steps. In
>fact, the sun model alone has 85 steps. The most complex model might be the
>Satiro, at 139 steps. It looks fantastic though! It has a very detailed
>face,
>with color changed eyes, a nose, horns, and a beard. The hands have fingers
>and
>there is a tail. The demon model has wings as well and is seen on the
>Origami
>Sweden home page (http://welcome.to/origami.sverige). As soon as I have
>some
>photo-worthy models I'll put them on my site.
>
>As to the terms, Fernando gave me a price per book on the phone, then I was
>able to get a bank draft in Spanish Pesetas from my bank (B of A), which I
>then
>simply sent to Fernando. The bank draft cost me 5 or 10 dollars, and took a
>couple of days to get.
>
>I know a lot of people have expressed an interest in this book, but I
>hadn't
>heard of anyone actually obtaining it. A group order apparently fell
>through.
>But I'm here to tell you the book can be had, if you want it bad enough. I
>did,
>and I'm very glad. This book is a great addition to any collection.
>
>
>
>John Marcolina
>San Jose, CA.
>jmarcoli@cisco.com
>http://www.employees.org/~jmarcoli/

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From: BTStern <btstern@BUFFNET.NET>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 14:39:52 -0400
Subject: Re: wedding butterflies

I wanted to comment on Origami for weddings...

I recently had the pleasure of making origami cranes for my nieces wedding
...I used squares of plain white paper with shiny cellophane layered over
it...I stuck thin wire into the bottom opening ...and put them in a square
glass vase along with baby's breath sprays...they were very beautiful...

you can see one on my web page...thought the picture does not do them
justice...

.http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/9109/origami/cranes.JPG

for other origami I've tried
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/9109/origami/html

Beth

Have a Bob Day
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/9109/index.html

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Janssen-Gibson <mig@ISD.CANBERRA.EDU.AU>
To: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 1999 10:15 PM
Subject: wedding butterflies

> On Sun, 1 Aug 1999 DLister891@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> > But whatever the particular form of the origami butterfly and whatever
the
> > symbolic meaning, butterflies are surely a delightful way to decorate a
> > wedding. Let us hope that in the West as well as in Japan, wedding
> > butterflies will become just as much a tradition as wedding cake and
confetti.
>
> I have decorated a friend's wedding with butterflies in the past, over 100
> of the little buggers :}. They were used to adorn the table namecards.
> Requested colours were burgundy and saffron. I used Yoshizawa's butterfly
> design, with a couple of variations I had discovered (not claiming these
> in any way - I have since seen these variations in other Yoshizawa
> publications). In my opinion, the effect was great, an well received by
> everyone.
>
> ps. there was no money involved in this project - it was my wedding gift
> to the couple.
>
> regards
> Michael





From: BTStern <btstern@BUFFNET.NET>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 14:49:06 -0400
Subject: Re: wedding butterflies

guess I could screw up the proverbial free lunch

here are those links again if you are interested in my folding

the wedding cranes
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/9109/origami/cranes.jpg

other  folding I've done
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/9109/origami.html

Have a Bob Day
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/9109/index.html

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Janssen-Gibson <mig@ISD.CANBERRA.EDU.AU>
To: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 1999 10:15 PM
Subject: wedding butterflies

> On Sun, 1 Aug 1999 DLister891@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> > But whatever the particular form of the origami butterfly and whatever
the
> > symbolic meaning, butterflies are surely a delightful way to decorate a
> > wedding. Let us hope that in the West as well as in Japan, wedding
> > butterflies will become just as much a tradition as wedding cake and
confetti.
>
> I have decorated a friend's wedding with butterflies in the past, over 100
> of the little buggers :}. They were used to adorn the table namecards.
> Requested colours were burgundy and saffron. I used Yoshizawa's butterfly
> design, with a couple of variations I had discovered (not claiming these
> in any way - I have since seen these variations in other Yoshizawa
> publications). In my opinion, the effect was great, an well received by
> everyone.
>
> ps. there was no money involved in this project - it was my wedding gift
> to the couple.
>
> regards
> Michael





From: DORIGAMI@AOL.COM
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 15:03:09 -0400 (
Subject: Re: modular origami info?

In a message dated 7/31/99 6:58:00 PM, mjnaught@CROCKER.COM writes:

<< Ronald Koh asked:
> Is anyone on the list able to provide some history on the development of
> modular origami? . .  >>

I can't remember how long ago, but I was at an Origami Convention at Lillians
when Robert Neale was there and showed how to do a couple of his early
modulars.  I was interested in Origami already at that time but when I saw
what was possible by going outside the single square, I was on fire and have
been ever since.  Modulars really are my thing, I find them very exciting and
never fail to be amazed at a new one.  Robert did some very interesting
modulars and I remember learning one from dollar bills where he had an
ingenious lock and sort of made a grid of money.  I still have this grid but
never mastered the lock.  It was complicated but ingenious.  I was an Origami
consultant in a think tank at a large corporation at one time, and my job was
to find all of the ways of locking things together.  They were working on a
new running shoe and thought perhaps they might be able to use an Origami
like lock on the shoe somewhere.  Nothing ever came of it but I worked with
them over two years.  It was an interesting experience.  The locking of paper
together is a very important part of origami as you all know and very often
flaps and pockets are what holds the origami together or makes it work if it
is an action model.  Can we have a discussion on the flaps and pocket aspects
of origami.  I think that would be interesting.
Can you think of all of the models that are joined together by this method.
To start with the water bomb has a good locking device.   Dorigami





From: DORIGAMI@AOL.COM
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 15:26:26 -0400 (
Subject: Re: bend allowance (folding paper in 1/2-  7 times)

In a message dated 7/21/99 4:30:16 PM, kim.best@M.CC.UTAH.EDU writes:

<< Ronald Koh wrote:
>
>
>
>                 'No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than seven
times in
> half' >>

I have sometimes given each person in an origami class a sheet of copier
paper and I have used a sheet from the New York Times . I have them fold
theirs in half while I am folding mine in half seven times and this shows
them that no piece of paper no matter how big can be folded in half more that
seven times.  I tell them that I think  this has to do with bend allowance
and then I tell them that bend allowance is important  in the metal industry.
 Dorigami





From: Sebastian Marius Kirsch <skirsch@T-ONLINE.DE>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 16:08:10 +0200
Subject: Re: 3-D Tato

On Mon, Aug 02, 1999 at 07:17:03AM -0400, Jeff Kerwood wrote:
> A 3-D tato? What I mean by that is a tato but one with *sides* (depth),
> like a one piece box (that *twists* open and closed) but very
> flattish.

Hm -- how about Chris Palmer's twist box? At least that's what I call it
-- I was sent a finished model some time ago by Andrea Thanner, with a
note saying that it's by Chris Palmer. It's a box that uses a twist fold
to close it.

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





From: Dave Mitchell <davemitchell@MIZUSHOBAI.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 20:11:22 +0100
Subject: Biz Card Dodecahedron ("Turrets")

Valerie Vann says: An July 24-26th exchange (Alasdair Post-Quinn, et al.)
on the list included the following, quote: >In theory it should be possible
to produce a platonic dodecahedron by your method. I've had several attempts
at this over the years but never fully succeeded.

This was a quote from a private mail that I sent to Alistair but which got
replied to via the list.

Perhaps I should make it clear here that 'never fully succeeded' in this
context
doesn't refer to the technical development of the angles and the assembly
 In this respect I got fundamentally the same results as
Valerie has - and which she has displayed on her web-page in a wonderfully
clear photograph ) but to the achievement of an aesthetically satisfying
form. In particular I had hoped that the version with the top of each
pentagon missing/indented would be much more pleasing than it is - or that I
could develop it so that it was, along the lines of the Decorated Rhombic
Dodecahedron in Mathematical Origami. Not so far though!

Incidentally Valerie's modular pages are full of great stuff. Here's that
link again if you didn't take a look.

http://member.aol.com/polygons/bcards/abcdodec.htm

Dave Mitchell





From: Ronald Koh <ronkoh@SINGNET.COM.SG>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 22:20:24 +0800
Subject: Re: modular origami info?

I stand corrected (sheepish grin). Sonobe calls it 'colour box', but has
been credited with originating it. It is referred to as the Sonobe Unit
in 'Origami for the Connoisseur'.

Think I should stick to animals and dinos .....

Michael J. Naughton wrote:
>
> Ronald Koh wrote:
>
> > . . . the Sonobe unit (which Sonobe himself does not
> > claim to have designed). . .
>
> I'm curious to know your source for this. . . .
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike Naughton





From: Perry Bailey <pbailey@OPENCOMINC.COM>
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 12:28:30 -0500
Subject: New Model

Hi all!

Well this month finds me a dollar short and a day late!  August
has been a very rough and very hot month here without air
conditioning so I haven't put as much work into my diagramming
for this monthes model my appologies for the oversite on my
part.  This month I wanted to do a butterfly in honor of the
Swedish conventions competition but it has just been too hot to
work!!!  So y'all with have to settle for something that isn't
quite a butterfly, but still close enough for fun I swiped the
name from an old A.M. Lighnter book "The Space Plague"  it's a
Flutterby!!

Have fun!

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





From: Stephen Beck <beck@BECKTEK.COM>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 16:40:55 -0400
Subject: Re: Pregnant Woman & Gas Pump diagrams

"JacAlArt ." wrote:
>
> Just wondering if anyone has checked out this page. I'm interested in seeing
> how long you had to wait for it to finish loading. As I'm on a cable modem
> -- everything is really fast. So I wonder what access time is on a 56k
> connection.
> http://members.home.net/jacalart/menu.htm
> ~A
>
> _______________________________________________________________
> Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

I'm at work on a T-1 and it's pretty slow! But my wife's pregnant, so
it was worth the wait.

Stephen Beck





From: Kim Best <kim.best@M.CC.UTAH.EDU>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 18:25:18 -0600
Subject: Re: crimp folds and Montroll

david whitbeck wrote:
>
>  But if he's using crimps that might mean
> something big
 like he's considerably changing his folding style.

At the last convention John mentioned two things he was striving for in
his latest designs.  A closed back (No seem along the back, creating an
ugly skunk stripe!), and distributing the paper so that the legs don't
tend to split apart over time.  These two contrants would tend to force
the back to be made from the middle of the paper.  And this would mean,
as far as I can tell, that the legs would have to be formed using
crimps.  I think....

--
Kim Best                            *******************************
                                    *          Origamist:         *
Rocky Mountain Cancer Data System   * Some one who thinks paper   *
420 Chipeta Way #120                * thin, means thick and bulky *
Salt Lake City, Utah  84108         *******************************





From: Ginn Magante <WindDncr24@AOL.COM>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 20:24:53 -0400 (
Subject: Re: wedding butterflies

I'm sorry...I must have missed the first part of this thread...where can I
get the diagrams for the butterflies?  You can contact me off list.

Thanks.

Ginn





From: Bruce Stephens <bruce@CENDERIS.DEMON.CO.UK>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 22:09:47 +0100
Subject: Re: Biz Card Dodecahedron ("Turrets")

Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET> writes:

> What is a platonic dodecahedron?

One that's just a friend?

I'd guess it's one constructed from 12 regular pentagons.  (Presumably
it's possible to construct a dodecahedron from irregular pentagons.)





From: Pat Ellis <EllisPS@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 01:19:48 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Just joined

I would love to see a diagram of your Enterprise.  Is it published? If so,
where?

Pat





From: Pat Ellis <EllisPS@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 01:21:36 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Just joined

Leigh,

I teach too, as a substitute, at only one school, grades 6,7 &8.  Welcome.

Pat





From: Pat Ellis <EllisPS@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 03:33:50 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Sci Fi origami

Leigh,

I love sci-fi.  I'm an hi-intermediate folder.  At last Septembers Charlotte,
NC convention I met two gentlemen who were creating an entire series of
sci-fi vehicles. I believe the first name of one of the gentlemen was Askar
(sp?).  You could contact Jonathan Baxter for complete info.

Keep me posted.

Pat





From: Pat Ellis <EllisPS@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 03:59:23 -0400 (
Subject: Re: [NO] dogmatism in pronouncing words

Adopting an accent is one's unconscious need to belong.  It happens
frequently. I am originally from NY.  I now live in VA.  Here people notice
my "northern" accent.  When I visit NY, I am teased about my "southern"
accent.  So...Which do I have?

Pat





From: Pat Ellis <EllisPS@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 04:14:20 -0400 (
Subject: Re: post-its

At the OUSA convention two years ago, Tony taught a class on post-it wreaths.
Maybe he or OUSA can give you a lead on this.

Pat





From: Kenny1414@AOL.COM
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 04:45:19 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Review of Fernando Gilgado Gomez' Book

In a message dated 8/2/99 1:11:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
jmarcoli@CISCO.COM writes:

> Satiro - Satan

Perhaps this should be

Satiro - Satyr

(male wood spirit, check your dictionary)?

Aloha,
Kenneth M. Kawamura  ( kenny1414@aol.com )





From: Phil and Amy <sgt.schulz@POSTOFFICE.WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 07:29:21 +0000
Subject: Re: Biz Card Dodecahedron ("Turrets")

>Dave,

>What is a platonic dodecahedron?

>Dorothy

I assumed it was a dodecahedron you are just friends with. . .

As opposed to some of the more -shall we say 'underground'- origami.

Phil

sgt.schulz@worldnet.att.net
 Origami Star Wars at:
http://home.att.net/~sgt.schulz/





From: John Marcolina <jmarcoli@CISCO.COM>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 07:59:57 -0700
Subject: Re: Review of Fernando Gilgado Gomez' Book

At 04:45 AM 8/3/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 8/2/99 1:11:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>jmarcoli@CISCO.COM writes:
>
>> Satiro - Satan
>
>Perhaps this should be
>
>Satiro - Satyr
>
>(male wood spirit, check your dictionary)?
>
>Aloha,
>Kenneth M. Kawamura  ( kenny1414@aol.com )

You're probably right. That'll teach me to "wing" my Spanish-English
     translations.

I actually folded this model last night, and at 139 steps, it's remarkably
     easy, and looks great!

John Marcolina
San Jose, CA.
jmarcoli@cisco.com
http://www.employees.org/~jmarcoli/





From: Pamela Dailey <pdailey@IBM.NET>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 08:58:52 -0400
Subject: Re: wedding butterflies

Hi,

I'm also interested in the diagrams for these butterflies.  Would you forward
this info to me as well?

Thanks,
Pamela

Ginn Magante wrote:

> I'm sorry...I must have missed the first part of this thread...where can I
> get the diagrams for the butterflies?  You can contact me off list.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ginn





From: zealous Fuse fanatic <origamifreak@YAHOO.COM>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 09:42:58 -0700
Subject: Mesh Boxes

Davis Dave asked about the starched rayon mesh a few
weeks ago.

Last night a friend and I bought some and played with
it.  Since we're Box Maniacs, we naturally tried it on
our favorite models.  Assembly was challenging.  I
eventually resorted to temporarily stapling the sides
together to hold them while I wrestled the tops into
place.  The effect is kind-of cool because you can see
the other colors through the top layer(s). We both
agreed they'd be good for popourri or as attractive
moth ball containters.

anja

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From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 10:23:32 -0700
Subject: Ninja star (was Re: Miscellany (some NO))

At 17:01 99/08/03 +0800, you wrote:
>Regarding modular origami, I have to mention the traditional Ninja star -
>even my husband can make this - and he is ancient!!! (and a Japanese who
>cannot fold anything else).

I wonder how "traditional" that model really is. The two modules used to
construct the star are basically mirror image Sonobe units. So...which came
first, the star or the unit? If the star came first, did Sonobe know about
it? If the unit came first, who invented the star?

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





From: Carol Martinson <carolm47@YAHOO.COM>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 10:45:36 -0700
Subject: Yoda at Origami Minnesota

This coming Sunday Fumiaki Kawahata's Jedi Master Yoda will be taught
at Origami Minnesota's monthly meeting.  This is a very realistic,
two-toned model that would be rated as High Intermediate to Complex.
Paper will be provided.

For those not wanting to tackle Yoda, there will also be someone
teaching beginning through low intermediate folders some less intricate
models.  Again, paper will be provided.

The meeting will be at the Lexington Branch Library, 1080 University
Ave., in St. Paul near the Lexington exit of I-94.  Once you exit the
freeway, go north on Lexington and then turn right onto University.
The library is a couple of doors down from the corner.  The meeting
will begin at 2 pm and usually lasts until 4 pm.

See you there!

Carol Martinson

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From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 10:48:37 -0700
Subject: Re: Origami is for swatting

Our kitty Mr. Bin would tear around the house with a piece of origami in
his mouth.  He'd lay it down, back up and pounce on it.  Soon all my
origami was in schreds.  And as soon as I'd fold something new, he'd know
it and be waiting for me to put it down!  Keep in my mind that this is a
very small, crazy kitty!

David





From: Dave Mitchell <davemitchell@MIZUSHOBAI.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 11:14:19 +0100
Subject: Re: Biz Card Dodecahedron ("Turrets")

Dorothy Engleman asks:

<What is a platonic dodecahedron?

It's a solid with 12 faces each of which is a regular pentagon.

They're not purely Platonic though as they occur naturally as crystals of
Fool's Gold (pyrite).

All the best

Dave Mitchell





From: Dave Mitchell <davemitchell@MIZUSHOBAI.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 11:38:51 +0100
Subject: Re: modular origami info?

Dorigami says:

>Can we have a discussion on the flaps and pocket aspects
>of origami.  I think that would be interesting.

Why not!

I think there are really just four different ways of locking modular
assemblies, which I call flap and pocket, self-flap and pocket, the
under/over weave and mutual-pressure.

Flap and pocket is self-explanatory. It's the system used in the sonobe
module and most other modular stuff.

Self-flap and pocket means is harder to understand - but if you know how to
make Bob Neale's six waterbomb base octahedron you'll remember that when you
put it together two arms of each waterbomb base act as flaps and the other
two as pockets. These are self-flaps and pockets.

Modular folders will also know that if you turn each of the waterbombs into
a preliminary fold you can put them together into another shape that Bob
Neale calls the Blue Balloon and Kenny Kawamura the Harleguin Star. The way
these units interlock is the under/over weave.

Finally Paul Jackson's Cube is a good example of an assembly held together
by mutual pressure between the modules.

Of course, different systems can often be combined within the same assembly.

Personally I have a strong preference for assemblies that use the last three
systems.

Dave Mitchell





From: Martin Liu <liumcn@OZEMAIL.COM.AU>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 11:44:27 +1000
Subject: 3-D Tato

> Date:    Mon, 2 Aug 1999 07:17:03 -0400
> From:    Jeff Kerwood
> Subject: 3-D Tato
>
> A 3-D tato? What I mean by that is a tato but one with *sides* (depth),
> like a one piece box (that *twists* open and closed) but very flattish.
> Anyone know where I can find diagrams or instructions (or anyone up for the
> challenge of designing one ;-).
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff Kerwood
>
Hitry the Chris palmer video
there is a model there which i believe meets your needs
regards martin liu





From: Dave Mitchell <davemitchell@MIZUSHOBAI.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 11:52:29 +0100
Subject: The Serendipity Tree

Thanks to all those who visited my website recently and passed on comments.

In the light of what you said I've rewritten the site entirely and added
lots of new stuff.

Here's the address: www.mizushobai.freeserve.co.uk

What's there? Something for everyone ....

Photos of some big modular sculptures (taken outdoors in the Lake District.)

A puzzle to try.

Some simple but elegant designs - a photo-frame, modular ring and basketball
hoop (this last is an adaptation - if anyone knows who designed the original
I'd love to know) More to be added as I find time.

Details of my books and where to get them from.

Two 'essays' on origami design (a third on The Nature of Origami to be added
soon.)

More comments welcome - but I'm not rewriting the whole ******** thing
again!

All the best

Dave





From: John Marcolina <jmarcoli@CISCO.COM>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 12:10:00 -0700
Subject: Re: that Gomez book

At 02:06 PM 8/3/1999 -0400, Russell Sutherland wrote:
>In a message dated 8/3/99 12:36:03 PM Central Daylight Time,
>jacalart@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
>
><< I saw the photo of the devil or satyr or whatever on the Swedish origami
> page. Are there any other photos of the diagrammed models on the web?
>  >>
>
>
>I have sent you a not-so-great JPG of  Fernando's origami exhibit in PARIS
>this last May.  All of these models are in his MONSTER book.

Some of the models in the picture are not in the book. I see some dinosaurs, a
     crab, some sharks, maybe. These are not in Fernando's book. He did tell me
     that his next book will be a collection of about 30-40 dinosaurs, though.

John Marcolina
San Jose, CA.
jmarcoli@cisco.com
http://www.employees.org/~jmarcoli/





From: Dave Mitchell <davemitchell@MIZUSHOBAI.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 12:26:29 +0100
Subject: Building with Butterflies

Sorry - but this is my day for bombarding the list.

Just to let you all know that my latest book of modular designs, Building
with Butterflies, is now available for sale.

Silke Schroder has some but apart from that you can only get them direct
from me at present. Details on enquiry or on my web-site.

Building with Butterflies shows you how to build complex and visually
stunning sculptures from simple folded units. It extends and develops the
ideas in my earlier book Mathematical Origami (Tarquin Publications ISBN
1-899618-18-X) which showed how such units can be used to model mathematical
forms. The instructions for a few of the basic forms of modular origami
appear in both books, but I have taken care to keep this necessary
repetition to a minimum and to ensure that each book develops each form in
an entirely different way.

I call the technique used to build the sculptures 'macro-modular' origami.
It's kind of doubly modular. First you combine modules into assemblies, then
you combine assemblies into larger assemblies (or sculptures). If you're not
familiar with this approach then I can tell you that the results have to be
seen to be believed. Check out the Sculpture Gallery on my web-site
www.mizushobai.freeserve.co.uk

There are plenty of asides and spinoff developments as well ....

Incidentally, for those interested in history, my first encounter with the
idea of macro-modular origami came in 1989 when I was experimenting with
Paul Jackson's Cube and found that by turning one corner of a cube inside
out - and combining it with others - I could produce the Columbus Tower. It
took me much longer to grasp that this idea could be developed into an
entirely new class of modular origami and longer still to appreciate its
potential as an artform.

The recent discussion about Ocho and Mecho butterflies also ties in here.
The title is both a metaphor for modular origami and a reference to the fact
that the base of one of the butterflies in the Kan no mado (not precisely
the waterbomb base but close) is the module from which the sculptures in the
early part of the book are built.

And just to round things off even further - there isn't a single flap and
pocket model in the book. It's all self-flap and pocket, under/over weave
and mutual pressure.

Ain't life weird!

All the best

Dave Mitchell





From: Steve Vinik <z007169b@BC.SEFLIN.ORG>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 13:08:21 -0400
Subject: Origami is for swatting

The other evening, our family cat (Baby Ruth) found a flapping bird on
the floor* and had a delightful time swatting it and chasing it all over
the room. When she had managed to lose the bird behind a curtain, she
found an extended lover's knot (also on the floor) and proceeded to do
battle with that piece of paper.

Baby Ruth is not a kitten, but she does have her playful moments. It was
very pleasing to see her totally intrigued with my origami figures.

*Obviously, as far as housekeeping goes, I have my better moments.

Steve Vinik
z007169b@bc.seflin.org





From: Stephen Canon <Stephen_Canon@BROWN.EDU>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 13:17:25 -0400
Subject: Re: Biz Card Dodecahedron ("Turrets")

>What is a platonic dodecahedron?
>
>Dorothy

As someone said, one constructed of regular pentagons.  ("Platonic" as in
Plato)  The dodecahedron is one of five platonic solids - the other four
being the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, and icosahedron.  The key feature
of these solids is that each face is the same regular polygon, and the same
number of edges meet at each vertex.

As for non-platonic dodecahedra, it is possible, for instance, to construct
a dodecahedra from rhombuses (rhombii ?).  There are many other
possibilities, as well.

Stephen Canon

Stephen_Canon@brown.edu





From: "JacAlArt ." <jacalart@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 13:21:32 -0400 (
Subject: that Gomez book

I saw the photo of the devil or satyr or whatever on the Swedish origami
page. Are there any other photos of the diagrammed models on the web?

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From: Michael Janssen-Gibson <mig@ISD.CANBERRA.EDU.AU>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 13:51:54 +1000
Subject: Re: Fuse origami boxes/single sheet

Thankyou very much for the information Rob. I found it translated quite
nicely for use with the "other" single sheet box book by Fuse. I had asked
a question about this book a couple of weeks back, and after no response I
decided to work it out for myself. The problem was simply that I had
failed to switch my brain "on". Once this was rectified, the solution was
quite clear!

regards

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
Michael Janssen-Gibson                 e-mail: mig@isd.canberra.edu.au
ISD, Library                   phone/voice mail: +61 6 (06)  201 5271
University of Canberra
PO Box 1 Belconnen, ACT 2616





From: Michael Janssen-Gibson <mig@ISD.CANBERRA.EDU.AU>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 13:54:24 +1000
Subject: 10th Deutschland convention

Hi All,

I have been trying to track down a copy of this publication, and so far
have no received a reponse from my e-mail, nor can I access the web site
for more information. I have a friend in Germany who can act as a
go-between, and I wanted to pass on the correct details to her ie. price,
where can she purchase it etc.

Much appreciated

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
Michael Janssen-Gibson                 e-mail: mig@isd.canberra.edu.au
ISD, Library                   phone/voice mail: +61 6 (06)  201 5271
University of Canberra
PO Box 1 Belconnen, ACT 2616





From: Russell Sutherland <RGS467@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 14:06:21 -0400 (
Subject: Re: that Gomez book

In a message dated 8/3/99 12:36:03 PM Central Daylight Time,
jacalart@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

<< I saw the photo of the devil or satyr or whatever on the Swedish origami
 page. Are there any other photos of the diagrammed models on the web?
  >>

I have sent you a not-so-great JPG of  Fernando's origami exhibit in PARIS
this last May.  All of these models are in his MONSTER book.

Hope this helps.

Russell Sutherland
AKA: LoneFolder





From: Russell Sutherland <RGS467@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 14:50:54 -0400 (
Subject: OOOOPS!  WAS: Re: that Gomez book

Oooops... a thousand pardons to the WEB GUYS for the attachment.  I didn't
realize I was sending it to the list.

Sincerely,

LoneFolder : \





From: Darren Scott <Darren.Scott@SCI.MONASH.EDU.AU>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 14:53:21 +1000
Subject: origami sighting !

I just saw the new Australian film Two Hands staring Heath Ledger, Bryan
Brown, Rose Byrne and Susie Porter has two refrecences to Origami
including a scene where Brian Brown folds somthing whith his son in the
file from a TV show or video.

Well worth a look if it ever makes it to the US

Darren





From: Evi <d.evi.l@MUENSTER.DE>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 15:56:11 +0200
Subject: Re: wedding butterflies

...for me too?

diagramhunting Evi :o)





From: John Smith <jon.pure@PASTON.CO.UK>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 16:54:20 +0100
Subject: Origami and the Brain.

I was first made aware of the connection between the development of the
brain
and the use of the fingers because my son was very late in talking. The
speech
therapist said a common reason was that the child had not yet arrived at a
choice
of whether to be right or left handed. Because of an injury my wife made
much
use of her left hand and I am right handed, it seemed possible that this
posed a
conflict of choice for our son. ( I had better say that my son soon spoke
normally
and has gone on to display considerable intellectual abilities)
Origami seemed to me a wonderful way of developing the use of the fingers in
a young child and I wondered if this could help in education and therapy.
After
hearing Dr. Paparo's work I began to look into the subject in more detail. I
published a little booklet in 1990 summarising what I had discovered and
referring
to Humi Huzita's ideas that paper folding might help develop additional
neural
paths in the brain using different paths to that of logical thought. This
might well help
people with some types of brain damage.
After organising COET91 I set to work to publish the proceedings and tried
to include
important additional material. I was delighted to be able to include an
important paper by Dr. Carlos Pomeron Arbues in which he explored the
importance of the use of the hands and the development of the individual. In
particular the place of paper folding
in the intellectual development of a child.
In 1990 in my first essay I pleaded for proper research into the subject and
I am
delighted to welcome and thoroughly recommend the work of K Shumakova and Y.
Shumakov in their superb publication titled " The Folding Method of
Bilateral Development". This can be downloaded from their very fine web site
at
www.icomm.ru/home/origami   . If you have any interest in this topic please
do
download and read this superb research. I will only quote from the
introduction
"....the training of the fingers of a baby accelerates the process of the
functional maturing of the brain. The development of the fine movements of
the hands is correlated with the development of speech in children."
The report does lend great weight to the ideas of Humi Huzita that I
mentioned above.
Research such as this does need to be repeated in other countries to see how
much the results may be due to such factors as the researchers input,
language and
cultural impact and so on.
Sorry for the length of this but I feel it was worth the effort.

John Smith





From: "Chamberlain, Clare" <Clare.Chamberlain@HEALTH.WA.GOV.AU>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 17:01:02 +0800
Subject: Miscellany (some NO)

Having been away sick, a few bits and pieces.  I have done a bit of looking
up my Anesama ningyo books - I collected both books and dolls while living
in Japan (and a collection of other paper toys) - the dolls come from all
over Japan, and each area has it's own typical style.  Many, interestingly,
have faces painted on them and some use corn husks (or similar) for the
head/hair.  I noticed some books only photograph the dolls' backs as the obi
(sash) is the focus.  You should also note that the hina (Girls' day Prince
and Princess) dolls are also regional, and often made to throw into the
river or sea...
Regarding modular origami, I have to mention the traditional Ninja star -
even my husband can make this - and he is ancient!!! (and a Japanese who
cannot fold anything else).
I think I have some books on Noshi and traditional butterflies - I will try
and follow this up.
Finally, as to pronunciation, I have to tell the story of my husband's early
fishing trip in Perth, Western Australia where I and A can sound similar.
He couldn't tell if the local fisherfolk were talking about BAIT, BOAT or
BITE (as in Have you got a Bayt, Mayt?)
We have named out daughter ASKA in the hope that it is a name that cannot be
mispronounced anywhere......although she now gets mistaken for Astra, or,
when she was a toddler, people thought she was saying 'Ask Her'.
And stop saying how cheap things are in $US.  The Australian $ seems to buy
about 2 cents these days  :-(
G'day from WA!
Clare (aka KUREYA)





From: Julia Palffy <jupalffy@BLUEWIN.CH>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 18:25:03 +0200
Subject: Re: wedding butterflies

I am also interested in getting the diagrams of wedding butterflies
     (traditional)...
TIA

Julia Palffy
Zug, Switzerland
jupalffy@bluewin.ch





From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 12:22:40 -0700
Subject: Decatur Celebration

I'll be heading off on Thursday to Decatur, Il., to participate in the
Decatur Celebration, billed as the largest street festival in the world. On
my way, I'll be stopping at St. Paul International Airport for an hour, and
then on to St. Louis. Then there's a 3.5 hour drive to Decatur (that should
be interesting!). I'll be returning on Monday.

So, if anyone is in the area, please drop by to say "hi". I'll be stationed
just outside the Magna Bank on Main Street in downtown Decatur. I'll also
have a little time on Thursday afternoon in case anyone wants to meet in St.
Louis, or else on Thursday evening & Friday morning in Decatur. Email me by
tomorrow if you want to set anything up.

The other reason for this announcement is to let you all know that either
Anne LaVin or Bernie Cosell will hopefully be handling list administration
in my absence. Thanks, guys!

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From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 12:24:46 -0700
Subject: Decatur Celebration (addendum)

I forgot to mention that you can find out more about this event on their
website: <http://www.decaturcelebration.com>.

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From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 14:05:41 -0700
Subject: 1000 Cranes for Columbine H.S.

I've received several inquiries from people who wanted to know how to
mail their cranes to Dee Lynch.

Dee says that most everyone has been sending her closed cranes of some
sort or another, some with one wing folded down, so closed is fine.

Dorothy





From: marty <mrcinc@SILCOM.COM>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 15:17:40 -0700
Subject: <no subject>

The 11 x 17" silicone coated translucent parchment shown at
http://www.papershops.com/silicoat.htm
may be of interest to those of who are working on lampshade folds.

Special offer to this list --- send me $1 and I will send you as many sheets
of this material that I can send first class mail for the $1. I will fold
them to 8-1/2 x 11 and put them in a 9 x 12 envelope. In other words -- you
pay for the postage and I give you the sheets free.

Martin R. Carbone / 1227 De La Vina St. / Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Tel: 805-965-5574 / Fax 805-965-2414 / email: mrcinc@silcom.com
Websites: http://www.modelshops.com and http://www.papershops.com and
http://www.boxstar.com
