




From: Pamela Dailey <pdailey@IBM.NET>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 15:52:34 -0400
Subject: NO: To Kenneth about a Hawaiin word

Hi Kenneth,

I noticed you signed your letter 'Aloha' and assumed you could help me
with the transalation of a Hawaiin word.

I recently purchased a ring; a band of  'Kealoha' flowers ( I think this
is the correct flower name)  The sales person told me the Hawaiin
translation meant 'something love'  I was going to write it down but
decided not to since I was sure I would remember the meaning.
Well........i forgot. :<(

Can you help me with this?

Thanks
Pamela





From: Douglas Zander <dzander@SOLARIA.SOL.NET>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 16:54:51 -0500 (
Subject: creases in a model

Last night I folded a Killer Whale from "Origami Sea Life" (Montroll/Lang)
I folded it from some scrap paper from a photocopy machine.  The black
toner would rub off the paper at the creases and leave white lines on the
model where the black was supposed to be.  The Whale had very visable white
lines all over the place.  (this model uses both sides of paper; it is a
black/white model)  The effect is astonishing!  It actually looks kinda cool!
You know how old photographs have fine white lines criss-crossing the photo?
Well, this model has fine white lines criss-crossing it.  It looks old and
antique.  :-)
Did anyone else ever do this purposely?  How about a paper that crackles
like an antique ceramic model?

p.s. This Killer Whaler is the second model I have memorized to fold.

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





From: Robby/Laura <morassi@ZEN.IT>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 18:43:48 +0200
Subject: Re: origami sighting !

Darren,
At 14.53 3/8/1999 +1000, you wrote:
>I just saw the new Australian film Two Hands

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

Are we Europeans not worth of it ? ;-)

Roberto





From: Andy Wilson <andy@STARFALL.COM>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 19:25:59 -0400
Subject: Re: silicone-coated parchment

I'll take you up on that!  I've been playing with tessellations
recently, and this stuff looks like it'll be fun.

I assume the address in your .signature is where I should send the
dollar?  (1227 De La Vina St., Santa Barbara CA 93101)

-- Andy

--
Andy Wilson              |
Ying tong iddle i po!    |                  andy@starfall.com
                         |  CERTE, TOTO, SENTIO NOS IN KANSATE IAM NON ADESSE





From: Andy Wilson <andy@STARFALL.COM>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 19:32:41 -0400
Subject: Re: creases in a models

Much apologizings for the earlier private mail sent to the list.
Email apparently not Zathras' skill...

I've got an Adequate White Shark (from Joseph Wu's Great White Shark
diagrams, but I'm not that good at it just yet) that I folded from
used photocopy paper.  It's got the same sort of white crased
toner-coming-off pattern that Douglas describes, and it looks really
neat.  I've wondered, offhand, what kind of effect one would get from
doing this to a model with some sort of symmetry or regular structure
-- perhaps the new Kawasaki rose with that grid right at the
beginning, or a nautilus shell.

Come to think of it, the outer part of the spiral shell from _OftC_
would probably be neat with a kind of crumpled pattern in
gray-and-black toner.

-- Andy

--
Andy Wilson              |
Ying tong iddle i po!    |                  andy@starfall.com
                         |  CERTE, TOTO, SENTIO NOS IN KANSATE IAM NON ADESSE





From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 20:07:41 -0700
Subject: Re: Yoda at Origami Minnesota

>Carol,
>
>Is the Yoda Model published?  If so where?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Pat

I have the answer!  Yippee, I'm not a complete dumbass!  It's printed in
one of the NOA convention booklets.  Costs around $19 at Sasuga where I saw
it. Those books are worth it, there are alot of folds!  I've seen a shell
by Fuse, a lobster by Kawahata, godzilla, all sorts of intricate neat
folds.  Now I wish I bought one

David





From: Florence Temko <Ftemko@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 20:47:15 -0400 (
Subject: Re: 3-D Tato

At the British Origami Soc. Convention in Birmingham last year the Sweidsh
paperfolders who were there taught a box with a twisting top. It's really
nice. I don't know whether there are diagrammed instructions. Don't be mad at
me for this vague information but perhaps you can follow it up or someone
else can help.
Best from Florence.





From: Pat Ellis <EllisPS@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 21:51:50 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Building with Butterflies

David,

What would say the folding ability level is of your book "Building With
Butterflies" ?

Pat





From: Pat Ellis <EllisPS@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 21:57:40 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Yoda at Origami Minnesota

Carol,

Is the Yoda Model published?  If so where?

Thanks,

Pat





From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 22:17:56 -0700
Subject: Re: wedding butterflies

Can anyone identify the Japanese artist who designed these flowers on
BTStern's web page:

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/9109/origami/flowers2.jpg

Dorothy





From: Pat Ellis <EllisPS@AOL.COM>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 23:28:02 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Yoda at Origami Minnesota

David,

Thanks for the info...but how do I obtain a NOA booklet?

Pat





From: Douglas Zander <dzander@SOLARIA.SOL.NET>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 01:12:15 -0500 (
Subject: NO: exchange rates and foreign orders

I'm wondering if anyone has ever figured this out. I wish to purchase something
from the BOS Supplies but I do not own a credit card and the price of the
exchange rate is very expensive.  I wish to purchase the O.I.L. booklet
which costs GBP 1.50 (which I believe is about $ 3.00 US) but the cost of
exchanging GBP to USD makes the cost GBP 6.50 ($ 13.00 US)!  I am wondering
if anyone has any suggestions or solutions to how I may purchase this item
at the lowest possible cost to myself.

Forwarded message:
>
> Hello, Douglas!
>          Nick has sent your message on to me, as I am the BOS Supplies
> Secretary.  The booklet is called 'Origami Instruction Language' and I have
> copies of it for sale at GBP 1.50 plus postage.  The simplest way for you to
> obtain a copy would be for you to reply to this e-mail, with your address
> and a credit card number (Visa or Mastercard).  If you send me a cheque in a
> foreign currency, I shall have to ask you for GBP 6.50 plus postage to cover
> the cost of the money changer.  Alternatively, you can send me a bankers
> draft in Sterling, but this will cost you some money!  Please let me know
> what you would like to do and I shall send the booklet to you as soon as
> possible!
>
>                         Best wishes,
>                                    Ian

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





From: "K. A. Lundberg" <klundber@MNSINC.COM>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 03:15:43 -0400
Subject: Re: wedding butterflies

I could be wrong but I think they all come from Takahama's Origami Flowers.

Kalei

----- Original Message -----
From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
To: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 1:17 AM
Subject: Re: [ORIGAMI] wedding butterflies

> Can anyone identify the Japanese artist who designed these flowers on
> BTStern's web page:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/9109/origami/flowers2.jpg
>
> Dorothy





From: Scott Cramer <scram@LANDMARKNET.NET>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 07:10:32 -0400
Subject: Re: Jedi master

>Is the Yoda Model published?  If so where?

Thanks,

Pat<

You can also find the Yoda diagrams in the BOS "Spring Convention Birmingham
     1998" booklet.
Scott scram@landmarknet.net





From: DLister891@AOL.COM
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 07:17:28 -0400 (
Subject: Re: NO: Exchange Rates and Foreign Orders

In his message this morning Douglas Zander wrote:

<< I wish to purchase something from the BOS Supplies but I do not own a
credit card and the price of the exchange rate is very expensive.  I wish to
purchase the O.I.L. booklet which costs GBP 1.50 (which I believe is about $
3.00 US) but the cost of exchanging GBP to USD makes the cost GBP 6.50 ($
13.00 US)!  I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions or solutions to how
I may purchase this item the lowest  possible cost to myself. >>

This is one of the most vexatious aspects of International Origami. In theory
money exchange is simple. All you have to do is go to a bank and buy an
international bank draft in the currency of the person you want to pay. A
draft is just like a cheque (check in US spelling) but it is signed by the
bank. You then send this with your order like an ordinary cheque. The
recipient pays it into his bank and the transaction is concluded.

But banks issuing drafts charge for the privilege and their charges have
increased sharply over the past ten or twenty years. How the bank charges is
its own decision, but they usually chrage a flat fixed fee plus a small
percentage commission. Since the fixed fee is the same for small payments as
for large ones, the bank charges are likely to be disproportionately large
for small payments like that for a book or a subscription to a society.

The expense is compounded in some countries where not only the paying bank
makes charges, but the receiving bank also makes charges, despite the fact
that the currency has already been converted. The charge is made to the
recipient of the draft when he pays it into his own account. with the
effective result that he does not receive the full payment he was expecting.
This applies particularly in Japan and I find it infuriating.

One solution is to pay by International Money Order. There is a a smaller
commission to pay and in Japan, at any rate, the recipient does not have to
pay any charges as he would for a draft. I understand that international
money orders are still obtainable in the United States, but that they cannot
nowadays be bought over any post office counter. Instead, they have to be
sent for from some centralised headquarters. I'm writing from England, so I'm
not absolutely sure of my facts here. Perhaps someone could tell me more.

We used to be able to buy international money orders here in England, but
when I last asked for one I was told the service had been discontinued. When
I asked how I was expected to make small international payments, I was told
to send a bank draft.

I also took up with the international department of my own bank the
outrageous charging
of double fees by countries like Japan, but they were simply not interested.
Either they thought they had better things to do or they were jealous of the
right of all banks to make such cheques as they thought fit or there was some
sort of international protocol involved.

Within Europe, we have a system of "Eurocheques". In this system, I can write
a  cheque on my British (sterling) account in any European currency and it is
converted at current exchange rates when it is debited to my account. There
is a small fee involved, but it is not nearly as much as for an international
bank draft. And it is much simpler and more convenient. The only trouble is
that in some countries the recipient's bank makes a charge for negotiating an
Eurocheque. This applies, for instance in France, where the recipient bank
makes no charge on receiving a bank draft. Unfortunately, however, the
Eurocheque system has not yet spread beyond Europe. (Although I have heard of
people who have use them successfully outside Europe: banks _can_ be very
accommodation sometimes.)

What Americans have habitually done is to pay by personal cheque (check) in
dollars. I could do the same myself in sterling. Both currencies are freely
convertible and not subject to exchange control as are the currencies of many
countries, particularly those in the Third World. But in this case, the
recipient will have the conversion charges to pay. In England, I understand
that these charges are running at about ten pounds or more, so the equivalent
in dollars should be added to the cheque, if the recipient is going to be
kept happy. Sometimes (as with BOS subscriptions) a special dollar price is
quoted which includes the cost of exchange.

By far the best method of making international payments is by credit card.
Any charges depend on the credit card company, but the cost of conversion is
very small and payment in this matter is painless. It can be done by letter,
fax, e-mail or telephone. But you have to be conscious of the need for credit
card security and some payees arrange a "secure" system of payment. The one
condition of all this is that the payee should have a credit card
arrangement. Commercial companies usually do, but it is not easy for small
private organisations, unless they can arrange a piggyback with some other
friendly organisation. Remember, too, that the recipient of a credit card
payment has to pay commission on the payment to the credit card company.
Since credit card companies are competing with each other to bestow the
unique privileges of their own respective cards on us, credit cards are quite
easy to obtain (far too easy, some would say), and often at no cost other
than payment of interest on unpaid balances.

But there is always a snag. Although credit cards are used in Japan and I
have used them in shops there (Payment for books, what else?) the Japanese
haven't come round to accepting international payments by credit card. I
should find it very convenient, but, for instance, I still cannot pay Origami
Tanteidan by credit card. I cannot buy an Intention Money order in England.
So I have to buy a bank draft and add on sufficient to pay the Japanese bank
charges and that really is expensive.

If you are a big multinational corporation with financial clout, you will not
be bothered much by the problems of making international payments. But most
of us paperfolders are but little fish in the world of finance and we have to
struggle to overcome what governments do not realise is a serious barrier to
international relations.

I can only hope that this posting has helped to explain the problems, even if
it does not get rid of them. Why not come to our next convention at Bristol
on 17th - 19th September, Douglas and buy the O.I.L booklet in person? It
would certainly be worth it!

David Lister,

Grimsby, England.





From: BTStern <btstern@BUFFNET.NET>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 07:18:44 -0400
Subject: Re: wedding butterflies

I need help in identifying some of the creators of folded items on my web
page...I have made a start at identifying them...but you can imagine how
hard this is for me...as some of these folded pieces are many years
old...and I don't have the memory of a folded elephant I'm afraid...LOL

so if anyone knows who created what...I'd appreciate you emailing me  with
the information so I can add it to my page...

thank
Beth Stern

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

----- Original Message -----
From: K. A. Lundberg <klundber@MNSINC.COM>
To: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 3:15 AM
Subject: Re: wedding butterflies

> I could be wrong but I think they all come from Takahama's Origami
Flowers.
>
> Kalei
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
> To: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 1:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [ORIGAMI] wedding butterflies
>
>
> > Can anyone identify the Japanese artist who designed these flowers on
> > BTStern's web page:
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/9109/origami/flowers2.jpg
> >
> > Dorothy





From: "Chamberlain, Clare" <Clare.Chamberlain@HEALTH.WA.GOV.AU>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 08:59:14 +0800
Subject: modular history

Joseph queried the history of Sonobe c/f ninja star - all I know is that
Yoshinori was folding ninja stars well over 40 years ago, and he learnt how
in the playground  (Yes, he's an old geezer, while I've just turned 20
(again)).
Can I also ask why some subject heading don't have 'origami digest' in them
- it means they don't go into my personal file, and as I get this at work it
can be q little embarrassing - I only look at lunchtime - honest ;-)





From: Eric Pernin <pernin2@ART.ALCATEL.FR>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 10:10:59 +0200
Subject: Re: Yoda at Origami Minnesota

yes, in tandeidam vol 3.

Eric

On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Pat Ellis wrote:

> Carol,
>
> Is the Yoda Model published?  If so where?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pat





From: "Askinazi, Brett" <brett@HAGERHINGE.COM>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 10:41:16 -0500
Subject: Re: Yoda at Origami Minnesota

It is in the Origami tanteidan annual number 3 I believe.

Brett

                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Pat Ellis [mailto:EllisPS@AOL.COM]
                Sent:   Tuesday, August 03, 1999 8:58 PM
                To:     ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
                Subject:        Re: Yoda at Origami Minnesota

                Carol,

                Is the Yoda Model published?  If so where?

                Thanks,

                Pat





From: Michael Janssen-Gibson <mig@ISD.CANBERRA.EDU.AU>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 13:13:44 +1000
Subject: Re: Yoda at Origami Minnesota

On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, david whitbeck wrote:

> I have the answer!  Yippee, I'm not a complete dumbass!  It's printed in
> one of the NOA convention booklets.

Sorry to correct you David, but it is the Tanteidan convention book, not
NOA. Everything else you said is correct, including the opinion that these
are excellent publications!

regards
Michae;





From: Sarah Wooden <sarah@FREDART.COM>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 13:53:09 -0400
Subject: Origami Sightings

I ran across two prints at a Pier One store. They are B & W photographs, one
of an origami frog and one of an Iris with a traditional asian print of the
same subject matter as the background.

I was also reviewing a Target wedding registry catalog and they named a line
of their bathroom accessories 'Origami'. It is fairly ugly stuff with
absolutely no connection to anything origami. At least they did spell it
correctly.

Lastly, origami is now being used to sell Wheat Thin crackers. I wasn't
really paying attention to the ad but it starts off as Feet Thins where the
crackers were foot shaped and then Origami Thins and the cracker folds up
into a crane.





From: Scott Cramer <scram@LANDMARKNET.NET>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 14:09:21 -0400
Subject: Re: Origami Sightings

>no connection to anything origami. At least they did spell it
correctly<

How did they pronounce it?  : ^ O

Scott





From: Lory <lory@NETSIS.IT>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 20:04:13 +0200
Subject: Could u help me with Adolfo's Lion?

I've a big problem with this model from from "Secrets of Origami: the
japanese art of paper folding" written by Robert Harbin that collect
some models from some authors (but i think this model is on other
books too).

Page 170, firts part of Lion, the Head. How can I do to fold the step
6 ?
The step 7 is a "Half-way folded" (from step 6 to step 8) that I have
understood, but I don't obtain the same result of step 8.
If anyone have the book and can to explain me which fold are
mountain-fold and wich are valley-fold ... or some other things to
help me...

Or, on alternative... could anyone tell me if Adolfo Cerceda has a
web-site or an e-mail address?

Help help help ... it's very frustrating cannot procede with a model.
:(

Thank u,
Lorenzo

 ----------------------------------------
   Lorenzo Lucioni       lory@netsis.it
   Parma, Italy             ICQ: 397363





From: Paul & Jan Fodor <origami@ALOHA.NET>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 08:43:42 -1000
Subject: Re: August/Sept Craftfairs

Paul & Jan Fodor wrote:
>
> Hi y'all,
>         This is our craftfair schedule for August/Sept Craftfairs. If anyone
     has any origami to share to trade, We'd love to see you.
>
> Aug. 21- Daruma Festival  saratoga Ave, across Westgate Mall
>         San Jose, CA 9am-4pm
>
> Aug. 22- Hayward Zuccini Festival  Kennedy Park, Hayward CA  9-4pm
>
> Aug. 27, 28, 29- Westcoast Nationals Arts & Crafts Show
>                 Alameda County Fairgrounds
>                 Pleasanton, CA
>                 9am-6pm Fri/Sat         9-3pm Sun
>
> Sept. 4,5,6   Tapestry in Talent
>                 Downtown San Jose (Streets closed to traffic)
>                 Alameda & San Fernando Sts.
>                 San Jose, CA   10am - 6pm   10- 5pm on Mon
>
> Sept 11, 12     Honey Bee Festival
>                 Bishop Quin High School
>                 Palo Cedro, CA (East of Redding)
>                 8:30 am- 5pm
>
> Sept 18-19      Summerset Festival
>                 Clement Park
>                 Littleton, (Denver) CO
>                 9am- 5pm
>
> Hope to see some of you there.  Aloha, Jan and Paul





From: Carol Martinson <carolm47@YAHOO.COM>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 11:25:56 -0700
Subject: Yoda Will Be Taught at Orca/Photos

Thanks to the people who responded already as to where the Yoda
diagrams can be found.   I believe the Tanteidan Convention #3 is still
available through Sasuga.

There are two photographs of the model on the Web.  I tried to make
these hot links, but I did not succeed, so I aplogize for the
inconvenience of having to type them in again.

     http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~origamih/tnji/jyousetu/k_yoda.JPG

     http://mette.pederson.com/AlbumWork.htm

For those unable to attend the Origami Minnesota meeting, Yoda will be
taught twice at the ORCA convention in Seattle, on August 14 and August
15.

Carol Martinson

_____________________________________________________________
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From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 11:30:14 -0700
Subject: Teaching at ORCA

At 11:25 99/08/04 -0700, you wrote:
>For those unable to attend the Origami Minnesota meeting, Yoda will be
>taught twice at the ORCA convention in Seattle, on August 14 and August
>15.

Well, it seems like I'll be there after all. What I need to decide very
quickly is what model to teach. Does anyone have any suggestions?

----------------------------------------------------------------
Joseph Wu, Origami Artist and Multimedia Producer
t: 604.730.0306 x 105   f: 604.732.7331  e: josephwu@ultranet.ca
w: http://www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca





From: Allen Parry <parry@ESKIMO.COM>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 12:59:01 -0700
Subject: Re: Teaching at ORCA

On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Joseph Wu wrote:

> Well, it seems like I'll be there after all. What I need to decide very
> quickly is what model to teach. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Yes, I do!

Since your Orca Whale is our mascot for the convention, how about it?

We are trying to emphasize on techniques and methodologies.  We have some
incredible classes lined up.  I just got off the phone with a company that
is going to bring in an assortment of paper making equipment.  They are
going to be conducting workshops where we will get hands-on exposure to
making our own origami paper.  Michael La Fosse will also be there who
will have a lot of insight into the subject.

Joseph, I don't know if it is possible, but the Orca is an excellent
example of using color reversal.  I'm unfamilar with how one goes about
designing that into their models (since it doesn't come into play much
with dollar bills) and I'd love to hear your insights as to how one goes
about doing it.

Not only could you teach on some aspect of design, but you are an excelent
wet folder and also know how to shape a model (wet or dry) to give more
life-likeness.  I think some pointers on what you do to get to that end
would also be extremely interesting.

We are glad you are going to be able to take time out of your wedding
preparations to join us.  It's going to be an exciting convention.

Allen Parry
parry@eskimo.com





From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 13:43:35 -0700
Subject: Re: Teaching at ORCA

At 15:43 99/08/04 -0400, D'gou wrote:
>If i were also going to be there to attend, I would suggest any/all of the
>following:
>        Baby Elephant
>        Rabbit
>        Perched Dragon (the one you were making at the '98 convention, and
>exhibited,
>but I think haven't yet taught).
>
>As I'm not going to be there, well... ;-) ;-)  But certainly something of the
>dry tension technique, surely!

Great suggestions, D'gou, but I think I should bow to the wishes of the
event coordinator himself...

At 12:59 99/08/04 -0700, Allen Parry wrote:
>Since your Orca Whale is our mascot for the convention, how about it?

An excellent idea. I just hope no one asks for diagrams. I also have to see
if I remember how to fold the thing!

>We are trying to emphasize on techniques and methodologies.  We have some
>incredible classes lined up.  I just got off the phone with a company that
>is going to bring in an assortment of paper making equipment.  They are
>going to be conducting workshops where we will get hands-on exposure to
>making our own origami paper.  Michael La Fosse will also be there who
>will have a lot of insight into the subject.

Great!

>Joseph, I don't know if it is possible, but the Orca is an excellent
>example of using color reversal.  I'm unfamilar with how one goes about
>designing that into their models (since it doesn't come into play much
>with dollar bills) and I'd love to hear your insights as to how one goes
>about doing it.

I'll try, but I seldom use it myself. Marc Kirschenbaum or John Montroll or
Robert Lang could say much more on this than I could.

>Not only could you teach on some aspect of design, but you are an excelent
>wet folder and also know how to shape a model (wet or dry) to give more
>life-likeness.  I think some pointers on what you do to get to that end
>would also be extremely interesting.

This is something that I would be interested in doing. The orca model,
though, is relatively flat...

>We are glad you are going to be able to take time out of your wedding
>preparations to join us.  It's going to be an exciting convention.

Thank Nancy for letting me get away from my duties to attend. More
important, thank her for coming along! As a non-folder, she often gets left
out when I "get fanatical". 8)

----------------------------------------------------------------
Joseph Wu, Origami Artist and Multimedia Producer
t: 604.730.0306 x 105   f: 604.732.7331  e: josephwu@ultranet.ca
w: http://www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca





From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 14:12:56 -0700
Subject: Re: Teaching at ORCA

At 16:09 99/08/04 -0500, you wrote:
>I think you can teach new things, as your microscope or your movie camera
>(when will you have their diagrams?).

Oh, no! More diagram requests! 8)
----------------------------------------------------------------
Joseph Wu, Origami Artist and Multimedia Producer
t: 604.730.0306 x 105   f: 604.732.7331  e: josephwu@ultranet.ca
w: http://www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca





From: Cathy <cathypl@GENERATION.NET>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 14:21:14 -0400
Subject: Re: napkin folds

At 08:11 PM 99-08-01 EDT, you wrote:
>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.
>

I have Folding Napkins by Gay Merrill Gross.  It's published by Friedman
Group and seems to be part of a Word of Crafts collection.  ISBN:
0-792-45301-8

                                Cathy
******^^^^^*****^^^^^*****

Cathy Palmer-Lister
Ste. Julie, Quebec
Canada
cathypl@generation.net





From: "James M. Sakoda" <James_Sakoda@BROWN.EDU>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 15:06:04 -0400
Subject: Re: Folding Modern Origami Figures with 2.5 inch foil paper

        The recent discussion of what can be folded wth two inch origami
paper has led me to trying to fold figures in Modern Origami with 2.5 inch
foil paper.  Recently I have been cutting ten inch relatively heavy foil
paper availale from Origami USA into  five inch squares.  This cuts down
the cost of paper in contrast to buying six inch paper already cut to size.
Cutting five inch paper to four 2.5 inch size can have some advantages,
aside from use in modular origami.  For one thing the cost of paper can be
cut down to about a penny a piece,  The problem of space for display or
storage can be greatly reduced.  This is particularly important when one is
traveling.  The reason for using foil paper is that it holds creases better
and is more durable than origami paper generally.
        I tried folding some figures from my Modern Origami  to see if the
results were satisfactory.  Modern Origami figures generally rely on
straight lines and avoids putting in unnecessary details not needed for
recognition  The first attempt was folding the eight point star, which
starts with the sunken center bird base and uses the center square to fold
for corners and the outer four corners to fold four more.  Thke folding was
straighforward  and could be eaily done with either 2.5 or 2 inch paper.
The next was the Pegasus, the flying horse.  It required only the lifting
of one fold for the head and the two for the wings.  Many of the objects in
the book involves opening out the eight-point star to varying degrees and
taking advantage of the many creases to fold figures.  I feel that all or
most of the figures in Modern Origami can be folded with 2.5 inch folil
paper and many with 2 inch origami paper.  I folded the owl and the nun
without too much difficulty. The owl has a tricky bend for the eyes and
intricate folding of the feet on which it stands.   The praying mantis
which has narrow front feet and an intricate head required more effort.  In
all of these effort it helped to have folded these many times before with
larger five or six inch paper.   On occasion it probably is helpful to have
tweezers handy to make small intricate folds.  I have forgotten how to fold
many of my own inventions and find it an effort to learn them over again.
So if you have trouble it is not necessarily due to the small size of the
paper.  James M. Sakoda





From: Scott Cramer <scram@LANDMARKNET.NET>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 15:34:59 -0400
Subject: Re: Could u help me with Adolfo's Lion?

Lorenzo-

I think I know what to do, although I've ripped three pieces trying. You
have to almost completely unfold the model and turn the big flap inside-out.
I'm pretty sure the arrow on the leg on diagram 6 is meant to show this.
When you are done, the outside of the leg and the head will be
color-changed, and the raw edge of the paper will be the all along the left
side of diagram 8. Some of the paper that was originally in the blunt point
at the top of the birdbase has to be inverted in the process- good luck!

Ten minutes later...
I found the same model in _Fascinating_Origami_
101_Models_By_Adolfo_Cerceda_, and it has a completely different folding
sequence, but it does clearly show the color change.

>Or, on alternative... could anyone tell me if Adolfo Cerceda has a
>web-site or an e-mail address?

Adolfo Cerceda passed away in 1979.

Scott scram@landmarknet.net





From: Doug Philips <dwp@TRANSARC.COM>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 15:43:39 -0400
Subject: Re: Teaching at ORCA

Joseph Wu indited:

> Well, it seems like I'll be there after all. What I need to decide very
> quickly is what model to teach. Does anyone have any suggestions?

If i were also going to be there to attend, I would suggest any/all of the
following:
        Baby Elephant
        Rabbit
        Perched Dragon (the one you were making at the '98 convention, and
     exhibited,
but I think haven't yet taught).

As I'm not going to be there, well... ;-) ;-)  But certainly something of the
dry tension technique, surely!

-D'gou





From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 16:01:31 -0700
Subject: Re: Teaching at ORCA

At 06:50 99/08/05 +0800, you wrote:
>Joseph Wu's one fold-stegosaurus ..... any diagrams ?! :-P     :-P
>:-P

Do you really need diagrams? ;-)
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From: Jose Tomas Buitrago Molina <buitrago@EIEE.UNIVALLE.EDU.CO>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 16:09:49 -0500
Subject: Re: Teaching at ORCA

Hi Joseph.
I think you can teach new things, as your microscope or your movie camera
(when will you have their diagrams?).

Good luck,

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

     "Origami y Robtica"





From: DLister891@AOL.COM
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 16:12:58 -0400 (
Subject: Origami and the Brain

I should like to congratulate John Smith on what I believe is the most
important posting to Origami-L for a very long time.

Most of us are aware that Origami has an important place in education and
also as a therapy for those who are ill or handicapped or who are confined.

But John's letter makes it clear that Origami is capable of much more than
this. It is now seen to be an important instrument for structuring and
developing a child's brain and intellect during a vital period of his or her
growth.

The development of the co-ordination of the child's hands and brain is more
than merely a training in manual dexterity. It is actually essential in
building up the functioning brain and in facilitating the power of speech,
that vital human function that makes us capable of constructive perception,
thought and reasoning.

The first to perceive something of these truths was Froebel, but somewhere
along the line the initiative which he started petered out and paperfolding
was lost to child fostering and education. It is important that we do all in
our power to encourage the new initiatives that John brings to our notice and
to make sure that this time the employment of paperfolding in education in
the broadest possible meaning of the word will not again falter.

No aspect of paperfolding is more important than this.

David Lister.

Grimsby, England.





From: Jose Tomas Buitrago Molina <buitrago@EIEE.UNIVALLE.EDU.CO>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 16:16:38 -0500
Subject: New pictures in my web page.

Hi all.
I have new pictures of the Origami USA convention 99 in my web page. My
page is in spanish, but you can see the pictures. The URL is:

http://eiee.univalle.edu.co/~buitrago/origami.html

If you want to see the pictures:

http://eiee.univalle.edu.co/~buitrago/fotosousa99.html

And remember, if you know about an origami web page in spanish, please
send me the location to link it.

And I found a picture of Yoda in the Origami Deutschland web page:
http://www.papierfalten.de/en/conventions/hildesheim1999.html/yoda.jpg

Good luck,

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

     "Origami y Robtica"





From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 16:37:23 -0700
Subject: Movie Camera Model (was Re: Teaching at ORCA)

At 16:39 99/08/04 -0700, Dorothy Engleman wrote:
>Can we see a pic of your movie camera?

Go to:

<http://www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca/Gallery/Work/asian-ff.html>
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From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 16:39:11 -0700
Subject: Re: Teaching at ORCA

Joseph,

Can we see a pic of your movie camera?

Dorothy





From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 21:03:00 -0700
Subject: Re: Teaching at ORCA

This is the funny thing, just last night I was going to look up on the 'net
the instructions to show a friend of mine as the simplest fold, and he was
impressed before the instructions because he thought it meant the paper is
collapsed into one step into the stegosaurus.  That would be fun origami if
you could collapse from flat paper into the model after precreasing!

David

>At 06:50 99/08/05 +0800, you wrote:
>>Joseph Wu's one fold-stegosaurus ..... any diagrams ?! :-P     :-P
>>:-P
>
>Do you really need diagrams? ;-)
>----------------------------------------------------------------
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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: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 21:30:41 -0700
Subject: Re: Teaching at ORCA

If I were going to attend, I'd vote for Joseph Wu to make up new models
that happen to emphasize whatever techniques he was going to teach.  I mean
like let's say that he was going to show how to mold the body, in
wetfolding, in small detail.  Then he could show how to fold a dragon with
scales.

I want to attend the ORCA convention, especially since it's alot closer
than NY, but I'm buried in quantum mechanics research.  I like that NSF
gives funding for undergrads to do research, it's only been three days now,
but it's already an awarding experience.

This is amuzing/annoying:

The professor who's advising me gave me a warmup problem before I dive into
the real problem I'll be working on.  An atom with spin sigma3 (Pauli spin
matrix) is put in a magnetic field.  The Hamiltonian (time indepentend,
happily) H=sigma3 + lambda*sigma1 where lambda is just a real scalar.  What
is the time evolution of sigma 3.  That is what happens to the atom's spin?
It took me two days to solve the problem.  I kept trying different ways to
calculate sigma3,t bad ways and it took me awhile to figure out the tricks
to finally come up with the solution, I'll spare you the answer in case you
want to work it out yourself but it ended up having the atom precess about
the magnetic field.

This is what's annoying: now that I knew the tricks I redid the calculation
from scratch and got in a few minutes in only three pages!  Has anyone else
been bogged down by so much pitfalls?

By the way, if anyone wants to calculate it, use the Heisenberg equation.
There are two methods, I still haven't figured out the U*DU way to
calculate the complex exponential, at least exp(itD) is pleasing though!

David "obsessed with math-physics" Whitbeck

ps one of the tricks is a relation I found about the Pauli spin matrices
involving the alternator!





From: Sebastian Marius Kirsch <skirsch@T-ONLINE.DE>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 22:01:21 +0200
Subject: Re: Teaching at ORCA

On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 11:30:14AM -0700, Joseph Wu wrote:
> Well, it seems like I'll be there after all. What I need to decide very
> quickly is what model to teach. Does anyone have any suggestions?

If I were going to attend, I would vote for the white rhino, but since
I'm not ...

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





From: Pat Ellis <EllisPS@AOL.COM>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 01:18:18 -0400 (
Subject: Re: New pictures in my web page.- > Hoberman Sphere

That's Bill Dollar inside the sphere.  The sphere was made out of plactic.and
it did expand and contract.

Pat





From: Pat Ellis <EllisPS@AOL.COM>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 02:09:15 -0400 (
Subject: Re: Movie Camera Model (was Re: Teaching at ORCA)

Joseph,

I just saw a picture of your movie camera.  It is outstanding.

Pat





From: DLister891@AOL.COM
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 06:20:16 -0400 (
Subject: What is ORCA

Amid all the postings about ORCA, which I appreciate is the Origami
Convention shortly to be held in Seattle, nobody ever says what "ORCA" means.

Please enlighten me.

David Lister.





From: Ronald Koh <ronkoh@SINGNET.COM.SG>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 06:50:49 +0800
Subject: Re: Teaching at ORCA

Joseph Wu's one fold-stegosaurus ..... any diagrams ?! :-P     :-P
:-P

Joseph Wu wrote:
>
> At 11:25 99/08/04 -0700, you wrote:
> >For those unable to attend the Origami Minnesota meeting, Yoda will be
> >taught twice at the ORCA convention in Seattle, on August 14 and August
> >15.
>
> Well, it seems like I'll be there after all. What I need to decide very
> quickly is what model to teach. Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Joseph Wu, Origami Artist and Multimedia Producer
> t: 604.730.0306 x 105   f: 604.732.7331  e: josephwu@ultranet.ca
> w: http://www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca





From: Phil and Amy <sgt.schulz@POSTOFFICE.WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 07:01:05 +0000
Subject: Re: Yoda at Origami Minnesota

Although not as detailed as Kawahata's Yoda, Stephen O'Hanlon has a very
cute Yoda, with diagrams, on his site:

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/4800/diagrams_new.html

It also functions as a finger puppet!

Phil
(Since I can't rationalize plugging my site, I'll plug someone else's. . .)

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





From: Kenny1414@AOL.COM
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 08:05:36 -0400 (
Subject: Re: NO: To Kenneth about a Hawaiin word

In a message dated 8/3/99 4:01:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, pdailey@IBM.NET
writes:

> I recently purchased a ring; a band of  'Kealoha' flowers ( I think this
>  is the correct flower name)  The sales person told me the Hawaiin
>  translation meant 'something love'

Hmm... sorry, I can't help much.

"Aloha" is the noun (and verb, and adjective) "love".
It can also mean "a love", or "to love", or "Love (to you)",
hence also "Hello", "Welcome", and "Goodbye".

"Ke aloha" as two words, I think means "the love (singular noun)",
as opposed to "Na aloha", "The loves (noun, plural)".

("Ke" or "Ka" are singular definite articles, like "the" in English,
and I don't know the rules for when you use which, tho I
think it has something to do with the sounds.

For some reason, I only remember there being one plural
definite article, "na".)

"Kealoha" run together as one word? I'm not sure.

(It's common to run words together to create names.
For example the tall, dormant volcano "Haleakala",
from "Hale a ka la", "house of the Sun".)

I think it's either a personal name or a nickname or term of
endearment, "the love" or "the loved one", but I'm guessing.

I've never heard of a flower by that name.

I do know "pua" is "flower" or "a flower",
"ka pua" is the flower, "na pua" is "the flowers",
and "Napua" is a woman's name (there was a
woman entertainer on TV, Napua Stevens,
back when I was growing up in Honolulu),
and I'm extrapolating from there.

There might be a word "keialoha", which would
sound similar, but again, I don't know. Think it
means something like friendship.

There's also a song that starts
"Ke aloha no Ahulili",
"The love of Ahulili".

The Hawaiian flower names I can
remember off the top of my head are

Lokelani == Rose

Pikake (Jasmine? a small white fragrant flower)

Naupaka (an odd flower, looks like half a flower,
the petals form a semi-circle, with the opposite
half undeveloped; grows near water, both salt
and fresh, hence the legend that it was the
keepsake for a pair of separated lovers.)

Sorry, that's all I can come up with just now.
And my dictionary and grammar and similar books
are buried right now.

Aloha,
Kenneth





From: Nick Robinson <nick@CHEESYPEAS.DEMON.CO.UK>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 08:12:14 +0100
Subject: Re: A New Paperfolding: ROCKET

choe <choe@MATH.SNU.AC.KR> sez

>I created ROCKET 35 years ago and only a few people around me
>learned how to fold ROCKET.

It's a shame you didn't publish it earlier, because there's a French or
Italian guy (sorry, can't remember their name or that of the book!) who
has released a book of rockets based almost entirely on this initial
fold. They purport to be flying models, but fly like a lead brick,
despite *looking* like great models.

Having searched high & low for original(?) flying designs, I've also
come up with this pattern, but ended up folding an initial twisted pleat
to provide some "weight" in the centre - this then allows the rocket to
"fly" for 20/30 feet, although it is a tad more difficult to fold.

It'll be in my next book, but I can send diags privately if anyone is
interested. I'll mention your name as an early discoverer of this
sequence - please don't be so shy in telling us about any other designs
you have, then you can get proper credit for them.

It's probably best not to post them to the entire list by e-mail though,
some people prefer to visit a web-site for diagrams. Joseph or Maarten
always seems to find room for them if you have no space available!

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: Robby/Laura <morassi@ZEN.IT>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 08:49:16 +0200
Subject: Re: A New Paperfolding: ROCKET

Choe,
At 11.52 5/8/1999 +0900, you wrote:
>Hi,I am Jaigyoung Choe.

Welcome to the list !

>     I would like to introduce my own paperfolding ROCKET.

However interesting it may be, it's NOT good practice to send GIF pictures
or other attachments to the whole list. There are hundreds of people here,
and not all may be interested in wasting time and disk to download it.
Also, think of what would happen if all the list members suddenly decided
to attach pictures to their messages....
Just give a description, and send pictures privately to anyone who requests
them. Or, give the URL (as you did) for downloading.

Roberto





From: Carol Martinson <carolm47@YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 09:21:03 -0700
Subject: Large Photo Yoda

Although I was delighted that the links came up hot, I must apologize
for mistyping the address of one of them.  The large photo of Yoda
folded by Fumiaki Kawahata himself is at the Origami House site.  I
hope this time I type it in correctly.

http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~`origamih/tenji/jyousetu/k_yoda.JPG

Carol Martinson

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From: Carol Martinson <carolm47@YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 10:11:22 -0700
Subject: Re: Large Photo Yoda

I apologize again.  You can tell that I would never succeed in a career
as a proof-reader.  Thank you Scott for posting an accurate URL.

Carol Martinson

--- Scott Cramer <scram@LANDMARKNET.NET> wrote:
> Try this for the Yoda pic
> instead:http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~origamih/tenji/ehpj22.htm

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From: "Lori Gregory." <LBGregory@AOL.COM>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 10:12:24 -0400 (
Subject: What is ORCA

ORCA stands for Origami Regional Conference of America.  It's an acronym that
fits with the Seattle/Puget Sound area with Orca Whales.  It's being held
here in Seattle on August 13-15 at the University of Washington.

There's still time to sign up to attend!

Check out our web site at www.eskimo.com/~orca

Lori
ORCA Volunteer Coordinator





From: Isa Miller <-isa-@EXCITE.COM>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 10:15:36 -0700 (
Subject: Re: A New Paperfolding: ROCKET

>
> It'll be in my next book, but I can send diags privately if anyone is
> interested.

I would love to have the rocket diagrams. Just exactly the thing to interest
my children. Please send.

Thanks,
Isa

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From: Evi <d.evi.l@MUENSTER.DE>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 10:36:44 +0200
Subject: Re: Teaching at ORCA

Jose wrote:
>I think you can teach new things, as your microscope or your movie camera
>(when will you have their diagrams?).

Joseph wrote:
>Oh, no! More diagram requests! 8)

Diagrams??? Where? Where???

Don't forget to add the ones for your remodelled Paul-Jackson-Elephant,
please. I go crazy for it!
I tried to reconstruct it, by looking at the photo on your webpage. But the
elephants always turned out looking like my trash rose. :o)

Please don't get heartattacks now, Joseph! :o)
Happy folding!
Evi





From: Mark and Theresa <mark@HOBBITON.FORCE9.NET>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 11:23:01 +0100
Subject: Re: NO: Exchange Rates and Foreign Orders

In his message Douglas Zander wrote:
>
> I wish to purchase something from the BOS Supplies but I do not own a
> credit card and the price of the exchange rate is very expensive.  I wish to
> purchase the O.I.L. booklet which costs GBP 1.50 (which I believe is about $
> 3.00 US) but the cost of exchanging GBP to USD makes the cost GBP 6.50 ($
> 13.00 US)!  I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions or solutions to how
> I may purchase this item the lowest  possible cost to myself.
>

Before risking credit card transactions on line I paid shareware fees in
cash. It is a little risky but, for small amounts, worth it. I would go
to the local travel agents and simply purchase the required amount of
"foreign currency" over the counter - it's worth looking out for those
with special offers (no fee until we buy back your excess type things).
Then bung the whole lot in an envelope, wrapped in a long letter (which
can be blank(!) to hide the notes). There is a problem with small
amounts of UK currency however. Our present system uses the exchange
rate of 8 ningis to one Pu.... sorry that should read "uses coins for
smaller amounts" - hence no equivalent of dollar bill folds. You could
look for another booklet to add to your shopping list and send a five
pound note.

Hope this helps

--
Mark





From: choe <choe@MATH.SNU.AC.KR>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 11:52:55 +0900
Subject: A New Paperfolding: ROCKET

Hi,I am Jaigyoung Choe.
     I would like to introduce my own paperfolding ROCKET.
I created ROCKET 35 years ago and only a few people around me
learned how to fold ROCKET.
     Accompanied are two gif files: the first one for "the plan of
ROCKET" and the second one for the instruction "how to fold ROCKET
from the plan".
     You could also visit my homepage and click Number 9 of
II (Miscellany) to get the same gif files:

          http://www.math.snu.ac.kr/~choe

     I hope you will enjoy folding my ROCKET. Any
comments will be welcome at  choe@math.snu.ac.kr
Thank you.

Sincerely yours,

Professor Jaigyoung Choe
Department of Mathematics
Seoul National University
Seoul, 151-742 Korea





From: Isa Miller <-isa-@EXCITE.COM>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 11:52:56 -0700 (
Subject: Christmas Origami

I'm a relatively inexperienced folder so bear with me if this sounds
foolish.....

I am in charge of decorating a historic house museum for Christmas this
year. The theme will be centered around the changing of the century. What we
are doing is decorating the house as it might have been for the year 1899,
and doing a sort of "compare and contrast" with 1999.

We always include some hands-on things to get the people who tour the house
more involved. This year we are planning to let the tour people decorate a
tree. What we had come up with is simple paper stars. They would write their
wishes for the new century on them, maybe decorate with markers or glitter,
and hang them on the tree. After the weekend tours, and providing that the
tree doesn't look too bad, we thought we might donate it to a non-profit.

So, this morning I am reading the list and I just wondered why we couldn't
use some type of origami instead of the stars.

Is there something simple that a non-folder could do in a few minutes? Keep
in mind that it would have to be something done with plain paper--maybe
copier paper? Is this asking too much?

Any suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated.

Isa

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From: Darren Scott <Darren.Scott@SCI.MONASH.EDU.AU>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 12:18:34 +1000
Subject: Re: New pictures in my web page.- > Hoberman Sphere

Is that a dollar bill Hoberman Sphere about 3/4 of the way down the page
? I can't read spanish, does any one know who folded it or who is
sitting inside it.
Does the Sphere expand and contract like a true Hoberman Sphere?
Are ther diagrams ?

Regards
Darren

Jose Tomas Buitrago Molina wrote:
>
> Hi all.
> I have new pictures of the Origami USA convention 99 in my web page. My
> page is in spanish, but you can see the pictures. The URL is:
>
> http://eiee.univalle.edu.co/~buitrago/origami.html
>
> If you want to see the pictures:
>
> http://eiee.univalle.edu.co/~buitrago/fotosousa99.html
>
> And remember, if you know about an origami web page in spanish, please
> send me the location to link it.
>
> And I found a picture of Yoda in the Origami Deutschland web page:
> http://www.papierfalten.de/en/conventions/hildesheim1999.html/yoda.jpg
>
> Good luck,
>
>      Jos Tomas Buitrago Molina M.Sc.
>      buitrago@eiee.univalle.edu.co
>      http://eiee.univalle.edu.co/~buitrago
>
>      "Origami y Robtica"





From: Scott Cramer <scram@LANDMARKNET.NET>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 12:52:39 -0400
Subject: Re: Large Photo Yoda

Try this for the Yoda pic
instead:http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~origamih/tenji/ehpj22.htm

>Although I was delighted that the links came up hot, I must apologize
>for mistyping the address of one of them.  The large photo of Yoda
>folded by Fumiaki Kawahata himself is at the Origami House site.  I
>hope this time I type it in correctly.
>
>http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~`origamih/tenji/jyousetu/k_yoda.JPG
>
>Carol Martinson
>
>
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From: Scott Cramer <scram@LANDMARKNET.NET>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 12:58:51 -0400
Subject: Hideo Komatsu

Can anyone tell me where I might find more models by Hideo Komatsu? The few
that I've seen come from Tanteidan back issues and Convention books. He has
a unique style and elegant folding sequences, and the finished models are
wonderfully 3-D and lifelike.
There is no info on the Tanteidan home page about him that I can discover.
Has he published any books?
Thanks for any help-
Scott scram@landmarknet.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Robinson <nick@CHEESYPEAS.DEMON.CO.UK>
To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Thursday, August 05, 1999 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: A New Paperfolding: ROCKET

>choe <choe@MATH.SNU.AC.KR> sez
>
>>I created ROCKET 35 years ago and only a few people around me
>>learned how to fold ROCKET.
>
>It's a shame you didn't publish it earlier, because there's a French or
>Italian guy (sorry, can't remember their name or that of the book!) who
>has released a book of rockets based almost entirely on this initial
>fold. They purport to be flying models, but fly like a lead brick,
>despite *looking* like great models.
>
>Having searched high & low for original(?) flying designs, I've also
>come up with this pattern, but ended up folding an initial twisted pleat
>to provide some "weight" in the centre - this then allows the rocket to
>"fly" for 20/30 feet, although it is a tad more difficult to fold.
>
>It'll be in my next book, but I can send diags privately if anyone is
>interested. I'll mention your name as an early discoverer of this
>sequence - please don't be so shy in telling us about any other designs
>you have, then you can get proper credit for them.
>
>It's probably best not to post them to the entire list by e-mail though,
>some people prefer to visit a web-site for diagrams. Joseph or Maarten
>always seems to find room for them if you have no space available!
>
>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: Scott Cramer <scram@LANDMARKNET.NET>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 13:16:51 -0400
Subject: NO:Re:Proofreader

>You can tell that I would never succeed in a career
>as a proof-reader.

I wouldn't have included Nick Robinson's post had I done any proofreading
myself!

Scott





From: Perry Bailey <pbailey@OPENCOMINC.COM>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 19:03:11 -0500
Subject: Re: Yoda at Origami Minnesota

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

OK so I 'll blow your horn!  I just went and looked, if you are a
staw wars fan you gotta go!

Perry

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From: Doug and Anna Weathers <dougw@RDROP.COM>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 14:39:25 -0700
Subject: Re: What is ORCA

>Amid all the postings about ORCA, which I appreciate is the Origami
>Convention shortly to be held in Seattle, nobody ever says what "ORCA" means.
>
>Please enlighten me.
>
>David Lister.

Origami Regional Conference of America.  For more details, you could check
their website at http://www.eskimo.com/~orca/

There's not much there to suggest the location.  Perhaps it's one of those
names where they were more interested in a good acronym than the words.
ORCA at least suggests the coast.

Anna

Doug and Anna Weathers, Portland, Oregon, USA - http://www.rdrop.com/~dougw/
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