




From: Sebastian Marius Kirsch <skirsch@T-ONLINE.DE>
Date: 28 Aug 1999 12:53
Subject: Re: (NO) FrontPage for homepage -

I'd like to add that there are preprocessor languages for HTML that make
the task of updating HTML pages and keeping them consistent much
easier. These languages allow you to define new commands for frequently
used constructions, among other things -- a feature that is badly needed
for easy HTML creation.

One of these preprocessors is called Meta-HTML; I use wml for the
Origami Deutschland web pages (http://www.papierfalten.de/). wml
consists internally of nine different languages, including a cpp-like
preprocessor, Meta-HTML, ePerl, m4 and a method for writing to multiple
output files (which is very handy for bilingual pages because it allows
you to keep both languages in one source file.) It also contains a
number of packages that help with the standard problems when writing
HTML pages -- such as navigation bars, bilingual pages, replacing
umlauts and accented letters by their HTML equivalents, etc.

Together with make and emacs, wml makes for a very powerful
environment. And it's not that difficult to learn either: I converted
the hsc code (the preprocessor language I had used before discovering
wml) for my own home page to wml in one evening -- without any prior
experience with wml.

--
Yours, Sebastian <skirsch@t-online.de>

*** Dieses Schreiben wurde mit Hilfe einer Datenverarbeitungsanlage ***
*** erstellt und bedarf keiner Unterschrift.                        ***





From: Julia Palffy <jupalffy@BLUEWIN.CH>
Date: 28 Aug 1999 13:54
Subject: Arachnophilia

Isa Miller wrote:

I use a html editor called Arachnophilia. It's FREE. Download it off the
net. It has lots of nice shortcut keys that help you get the code right.

If it's on the net, shouldn't it have an URL so we can at  least have a look at
     it (not to mention download it) ?

TIA

Julia  Palffy
Zug, Switzerland
jupalffy@bluewin.ch





From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: 28 Aug 1999 14:24
Subject: Re: Arachnophilia

>Isa Miller wrote:
>
>I use a html editor called Arachnophilia. It's FREE. Download it off the
>net. It has lots of nice shortcut keys that help you get the code right.
>
>If it's on the net, shouldn't it have an URL so we can at  least have a
>look at it (not to mention download it) ?
>
>TIA
>
>Julia  Palffy
>Zug, Switzerland
>jupalffy@bluewin.ch

Yes I have the site because I am the websurfer:

http://www.download.com/pc/software/0,332,0-61773-s,1000.html?st.dl.search.resul
ts.tdtl

enjoy.

David "I'm on the internet too much" Whitbeck





From: Kelly Dunn <Kellydunn@AOL.COM>
Date: 28 Aug 1999 15:35
Subject: butterfly dreams

Dear everyone,
Last night, maybe I was up too late, folding butterflies. I love Akira
Yoshizawa's butterfly, it's so elegant and beautiful. At the bottem of the
page he has the idea to "stick folded butterflies on the wall." It's a good
idea, they look really pretty on the wall.
Well, it was late, and I remembered that I had children's glow in the dark
paint. It comes in a few glow in the dark colors. I painted them and now have
a fleet of dream butterflies.
I wanted to share this with everyone because I don't no if anyone has ever
thought of it, but wouldn't it be neat to have glow in the dark painted
cranes and butterflies, etc. nighttime origami universe, a l,000 glowing
cranes would probably look enchanting hanging from the ceiling.  sweet
dreams, Kelly





From: Vic Sporn <NasVms@AOL.COM>
Date: 28 Aug 1999 15:56
Subject: (no subject)

Can someone tell me how to temporarily stop receiving mail.  In the original
message we received it gave 2 email addresses and said use a signoff origami
command.  I sent an email to one address and it was returned and also the
email to the second address was undelivered.  NasVms@aol.com





From: Tim Piesch <faustus@SCESCAPE.NET>
Date: 28 Aug 1999 19:54
Subject: Re: Spirals!!!!!!!!

----- Original Message -----
From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
To: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 10:22 PM
Subject: Spirals!!!!!!!!

David Whitbeck wrote.:
>
> This is weird: check out box2 on p60 on the blue book (number II I'm
> guessing) I'm not lying: I designed that same box a month ago, so I was
> shocked to see what I thought just another lame David design as a design
by
> the master Fuse herself!  That's trippy.
>

I know exactly what you mean. After Fuse-san's box class at the last SEOF,
as lagniappe, she taught an envelope fold that had little tabs sticking out,
and pointed out that the fold looked really nice done with bicolor paper
since the tabs would be of the inside color. We all oohed and aahed and
thanked her. Then I looked at the fold more closely. I had come up with the
same fold several weeks before, while trying to recall an envelope fold
without the tabs and thrown it aside disgustedly. It takes genius to
recognize as a treasure what others hold to be trash.





From: Ho <gmjkho@PRIMUS.COM.AU>
Date: 29 Aug 1999 00:44
Subject: George Ho messages

On topic of the day in Origami Digest 26 to 27 August 99 I saw:

8. George Ho (2)

I didnot receive the message because I only receive the mails from 1 to 7
only.

Could someone kindly forward the 2 messages for me please.

Thank you

George Ho

*********************************************************
Origami & Mental Health Therapy
http://members.xoom.com/gmjkho/home.html

back-up email :   george_ho@yawmail.com





From: Gilad Aharoni <Gilad.Aharoni@ICC.CO.IL>
Date: 29 Aug 1999 00:47
Subject: London

Hi all.

I'll be visiting London form 2-12 Sep, and I was wondering, is there any
new origami attraction added recently (besides the shops in Janet
Hamilton's excellent resource site?). Will there be a meeting at the Daiwa
foundation on the 4th or 11th? And one last thing, is the Asahiya bookstore
worth visiting (since it's a bit off-track?).

Thank you ever so much

                Gilad





From: Lerlin Woodrow <Langwood@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Date: 29 Aug 1999 02:43
Subject: Re: London

> Will there be a meeting at the Daiwa foundation on the 4th or 11th?<
Due to the Bristol Convention the London meeting at the Daiwa foundation
won't be held in September.  October meeting as usual (2nd Saturday).
 I confirmed this with Steve Brown at the August meeting.

Lerlin Woodrow.





From: Matthias Gutfeldt <tanjit@BBOXBBS.CH>
Date: 29 Aug 1999 07:51
Subject: Re: butterfly dreams

Just an hour ago, I was asked to do an origami workshop with a bunch of
teenagers (15-18). We got 2 hours, and the idea is that after these 2
hours they have something nice as room decoration. I'm sure they'll love
glow-in-the-dark origami !

Thanks a lot!
Matthias





From: Julie Rhodes <kettir@GEOCITIES.COM>
Date: 29 Aug 1999 08:34
Subject: Origami Shuriken?

Someone on a newsgroup mentioned making "paper shuriken" when in grade
school.  Does this sound familiar to anyone?  I don't know if they meant
the "fortune tellers" or not.
----------------------------------------------------------------<*>---
kettir at           /\ /\   | "History shows again and again
geocities dot com  = o_o =  |  How Nature points up the folly of men."





From: Matthias Gutfeldt <tanjit@BBOXBBS.CH>
Date: 29 Aug 1999 09:32
Subject: Re: Origami Shuriken?

Julie Rhodes wrote:
> Someone on a newsgroup mentioned making "paper shuriken" when in grade
> school.  Does this sound familiar to anyone?  I don't know if they meant
> the "fortune tellers" or not.
No, they are not the same thing. The paper shuriken is a throwing star,
usually folded from two pieces of paper. Diagrams for the throwing star
are in the Origami interest group model archives, a direct link to a
.gif diagram is ftp://ftp.rug.nl/origami/models/toys/thrstar.gif

All the best,
Matthias





From: Donna & Robin <robin@RGLYNN.KEME.CO.UK>
Date: 29 Aug 1999 11:36
Subject: C3PO

Would anyone care to host my diagrams for C3PO on their web site? I would be
happy to provide a pdf file. All I ask is that folks give me some feedback
as to the quality of the diagram and model, or any "deliberate" errors I may
have made. E-mail me privately on robin@rglynn.keme.co.uk

Thanks in advance,
Robin Glynn.





From: Yurii and Katrin Shumakovs <origami@AAANET.RU>
Date: 29 Aug 1999 13:31
Subject: Welcome to Oriland

Hello, origamists!

We are glad to invite you to our new site " Travel to Oriland "!
This site we have developed with our students for ThinkQuest Competition.

The "Travel to Oriland" is a world of paper imagination. The trees, people,
flowers, buildings - whole cities with castles and miracles have settled
down on vast open spaces of paper creases. Oriland consists of seven
fantastic cities: Oriville, Foldingburg, Goblington, La Magic, Newfold,
Papertown and San-Elf. In castles of these cities the Treasures of Oriland -
huge collection of an origami-model are placed. In Oriville - capital of
Oriland - there is Origami-Studio and Oriversity, where you can receive
practical skills of origami (70 diagrammed models), to listen to interesting
lectures and to learn a lot of new about ancient and modern art of Origami.
In library of Oriversity you can learn, that the origami is not only
entertainment, but also way for development of psychomotor, intellectual and
creative abilities.  In an Origami-Cafe you can meet an origami-friends and
to find out last news of Oriland.
Enter this fantastic world, investigate it, take part in life of his paper
dwellers, help them to find the Lost Diagrams and grateful inhabitants will
bring your name in a List of the Best Scouts of Oriland!

We wish you a pleasant stay in ORILAND!

http://library.advanced.org/27152/index.htm

Best wishes
ThinkQuest Team 27152:

Anton Talalaev - student
Nikolai Ermakov - student
Dariya Sajneva - student
Yurii Shumakov - coach
Katrin Shumakova - coach
Andrey Pastushenko - coach





From: Julia Palffy <jupalffy@BLUEWIN.CH>
Date: 29 Aug 1999 13:46
Subject: Blintzed Bird Base

Can anyone suggest some models based on the Blintzed Bird Base?

Julia Palffy
Zug, Switzerland
jupalffy@bluewin.ch





From: DLister891@AOL.COM
Date: 29 Aug 1999 14:28
Subject: Re: George Ho.

Many thankd to all those who wrote to me  to give me the address of George Ho.

Charles Beittel wrote that George's address was available through his Home
Page. George's Home Page certainly invites replies, but every time I have
clicked on the appropriate link I have received a negative message. I wonder
if this experience is unique to me.

George has now himself posted a message from :   Gmjkho@primus.com.au      so
this appears to be his correct address as suggested by Thoki Yenn. I am now
resending my original message.

Many thanks,

David Lister.





From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: 29 Aug 1999 16:06
Subject: Re: Blintzed Bird Base

>Can anyone suggest some models based on the Blintzed Bird Base?
>
>Julia Palffy
>Zug, Switzerland
>jupalffy@bluewin.ch

Lang's 3d elephant!  One of my favorites! It's in the Complete Book of
Origami.

David





From: Monica Weber <veg@EXECPC.COM>
Date: 29 Aug 1999 16:22
Subject: Origami Challenges and Requests

Hey, I'm new on the origami mailing list and I would like to know what kinds of
     things I can use this for .  I'm also looking for some origami challenges
     or request andything that might inspire me to create some new models.  I
     think that I can make almost
 any type of animal that you can think of I've already made up hundreds of my
     own.  Any challenges or suggestions would be greatly appreciated and I'll
     be glad to send you a list of my own challenges, just a few things I've
     been trying to make up but have
 't yet succeeded at.  Thanks!





From: Eric Andersen <ema@NETSPACE.ORG>
Date: 29 Aug 1999 17:25
Subject: Re: C3PO

On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Donna & Robin wrote:

>Would anyone care to host my diagrams for C3PO on their web site? I would be
>happy to provide a pdf file. All I ask is that folks give me some feedback
>as to the quality of the diagram and model, or any "deliberate" errors I may
>have made. E-mail me privately on robin@rglynn.keme.co.uk

Robin,
I would be happy to host your diagrams on paperfolding.com. Let me know if
you're interested.

-Eric :-P
origami@netspace.org

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From: Donna & Robin <robin@RGLYNN.KEME.CO.UK>
Date: 29 Aug 1999 17:27
Subject: Re: Origami Challenges and Requests

That's my biggest problem too! Every common animal or geometric shape has been
     done before and done well. So the best way to avoid competition or
     comparison is to attempt original subjects. My personal preference is to
     go for characters. I have folded all
 of the muppets, and I have recently been having a go at Star Wars. I don't
     know of any Disney designs. I have tried in the past but the Disney
     characters don't lend themselves to Origami very easily.

I am curious to see your list. Also, my advice is if you design something,
     diagram it straight away. That has two advantages, it nearly always makes
     you think of improvements to the model, and it avoids having a massive
     backlog of diagramming to do.

Good luck,
Robin Glynn.





From: Thoki Yenn <thok@THOK.DK>
Date: 29 Aug 1999 18:03
Subject: NO - Kalmon rides again . NO?

This is Kalmon
softly playing on his Clar.I.Net

Friends Romans Countrymen lend me your ears

You may not believe me
but I am actually very shy and modest,
so it is very difficult for me to ask you,
next time you accidentally by mistake
happen to open my website, to please
sign my guestbook
www.thok.dk/aguest.html

Because I am so ashamed that it took me
9 long month to give birth to this new baby of mine,
(when  the chickens of others are hatched in a weekend).
because I have been told off, severely reprimanded
by the old geezer for not having done it before.

So Please, I am in danger of being grounded.
and there are other things to look at than Origami
for instance www.thok.dk/kirigami.html

Tres humble serviteur

The not so Great and not so Glorious
Kalmon of the North..





From: Monica Weber <veg@EXECPC.COM>
Date: 29 Aug 1999 19:04
Subject: Re: Origami Challenges and Requests

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Donna & Robin <robin@RGLYNN.KEME.CO.UK>
    To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
    Date: Sunday, August 29, 1999 2:29 PM
    Subject: Re: Origami Challenges and Requests

    That's my biggest problem too! Every common animal or geometric shape has
     been done before and done well. So the best way to avoid competition or
     comparison is to attempt original subjects. My personal preference is to
     go for characters. I have folded
 all of the muppets, and I have recently been having a go at Star Wars. I don't
     know of any Disney designs. I have tried in the past but the Disney
     characters don't lend themselves to Origami very easily.

    I am curious to see your list. Also, my advice is if you design something,
     diagram it straight away. That has two advantages, it nearly always makes
     you think of improvements to the model, and it avoids having a massive
     backlog of diagramming to do.

    Good luck,
    Robin Glynn.

    Hello again thanks for replying to my request.    A little advice for
     making up original origami models.  What I try to do is bring out a
     feature on the model that is different from other versions of the same
     subject, I hope you understand what I'm tr
 ying to say.  I think that folding the muppets was a great idea and I would
     love to see pictures of them or diagrams if you have them.  As for my
     list... It really is'nt very complete I 'll tell you a few things that I
     can think of and I promise you more
 later.

    BIRDS--Toucan
                Emu
                Black and White Ostrich
                Cardinal
                Bluejay

    MAMMALS--Otter
                       Wolf
                       Yak
                       Antelope

    FISH--Hammerhead shark

    FLOWERS--Tulip
                      Chrysanthemum

    THINGS--Vases
                  Pencil
                  Spoon Fork and Knife

    I promise to get you a more complete listing as soon as possible





From: zealous Fuse fanatic <origamifreak@YAHOO.COM>
Date: 29 Aug 1999 19:06
Subject: Finger Lakes Paperfolders

New informal origami group in Upstate NY:

Deb Miller and I just spent a very pleasant afternoon
today folding polyhedra from Sonobe units.

Having finally located at least one box of paper and
books from my towering piles of moving boxes, I am
ready to declare an informal club of Finger Lakes
Paperfolders open for business.

At the moment there are only 2 of us, but any and
everyone in the Ithaca/ Finger Lakes area is welcome
to come and fold up some dead trees (or elephant dung,
or any other creasable material- Deb has done some
very nice fabric boxes).

Email me at the above address if you're interested.

anja

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com





From: Monica Weber <veg@EXECPC.COM>
Date: 29 Aug 1999 19:11
Subject:

I'm looking for some advice on how to diagram the models that I make up whether
     by hand or on the computer, Whatever you think works best.  Your comments
     will be appreciated.Thanks





From: Richard Hunter <rhunter4@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: 29 Aug 1999 20:19
Subject: Re: Blintzed Bird Base

Regarding Blintzed bird base models:

Try George Rhoades elephant which is quite a bit more realistic than the
open back Lang model as suggested by David Whitbeck.

There is a great sailboat model by a designed by French Cambodian.  I
learned it from Michael La Fosse after seeing it in his studio.





From: RPlsmn@AOL.COM
Date: 30 Aug 1999 01:58
Subject: Re: Origami Challenges and Requests

How about a model of the wooden gun John Dillenger used to escape from that
jail in Indiana for those of us "Dilly" freaks over here in Ossining?
                                                    -RPLSMN-





From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 02:11
Subject: Re: Origami Challenges and Requests

People complain that most animals have been done and have been done well.
That's not true there are billions of species out there, and it's very
possible to improve on them, most of the models I've seen don't appear
lifelike, or to have much character.  You could spend your entire life just
designing folds for different beetles, I mean come on here we have a huge
diverse world to fold from.

Here's a couple interesting things: an inside out fold tree with lots of
leaves, branches, etc. and how about a 13 headed dragon?

Hey Monica you wanted a challenge, you got it, fold me a 13 headed dragon,
one paper, no cuts.  Eight teeth for each head, three claws on each foot,
please eyes, ears, horns.  Plates on the back would be a plus as well.  If
you do it, I'll be very impressed.

David

ps I'm not being sarcastic, you wanted a challenge I think that would be a
fun one, and it fills the bill of being a challenge.
pps soon my load will be lighter and then I'll again take up the pegasus
using beloved xerox paper even if it takes me three-four hours per model!
I won't give up!!





From: Christopher Holt <Ella-mae@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 02:19
Subject: Re: Origami Challenges and Requests

----- Original Message -----
From: <RPlsmn@AOL.COM>

> How about a model of the wooden gun John Dillenger used to escape from
that
> jail in Indiana for those of us "Dilly" freaks over here in Ossining?

How about a model of the soap one Wody Allen tried to escape with in "Take
the Money and Run", until it foamed away?

All the best - c!!!
everyone accepts "the illusion of reality", but you're crazy if you talk of
"the reality of illusion"
ella-mae@msn.com





From: Isa Miller <-isa-@EXCITE.COM>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 04:09
Subject: Re: Arachnophilia

On         Sat, 28 Aug 1999 19:44:20 +0200, Julia Palffy wrote:

>
> If it's on the net, shouldn't it have an URL so we can at  least have a
look at it (not to mention download it) ?
>

Ackkkk! Sorry, I was lazy. The URL is:

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/tools/ibmpc/arachno/

If you want to see what others, more qualified than I, say about it, there
are reviews and download links at tucows (http://www.tucows.com), nonags
(http://www.nonags.com), and softseek
(http://softseek.com/Internet/Web_Publishing_Tools/HTML_Editors/Review_4800_
index.html ).

Have fun,
Isa

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From: Isa Miller <-isa-@EXCITE.COM>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 04:26
Subject: Re: (NO) dreamweaver for homepage -

On         Sat, 28 Aug 1999 15:49:58 +0100, Nick Robinson wrote:

> Isa Miller <-isa-@EXCITE.COM> sez
>
> >Dreamweaver is not nearly as bad as FrontPage...but it has the same
problem
> >with extra code...lots of font changes that don't affect anything, lots
of
> >paragraph codes with no text between them....etc, etc.
>
> Version 2 has a "clean up code" option, which removes nested/unused tags
> etc.
>
> all the best,
>
> Nick Robinson

My apologies for slandering DreamWeaver unfairly. I haven't used it myself
for a while. I didn't know they had a new release. The only thing I've seen
lately is pages that I tweaked for perl...and I didn't write the originals.
It may be that the company that wrote them either used the old version, or
didn't take advantage of the "clean up" option.

Isa

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From: Matthias Gutfeldt <tanjit@BBOXBBS.CH>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 05:33
Subject: Re: Origami Challenges and Requests

>===== Original Message From Origami List <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> =====
>possible to improve on them, most of the models I've seen don't appear
>lifelike, or to have much character.  You could spend your entire life just
>designing folds for different beetles, I mean come on here we have a huge
>diverse world to fold from.

I think you are talking about two different challenges.
Creating complex desigs like beetles, with their many appendages, is a
technical challenge- and the biggest challenge would be diagramming them!

However, giving a model a 'character' is an entirely different thing. It's an
artistic challenge.

Even the simplest design can have character and expression, whereas a 200-step
dung beetle might have no character at all and just look like, erm, an
anatomically correct paper dung beetle.

That's the main reason why convincing and impressive (human) faces are so
rare- well, with Eric Joisel, they're not quite as rare as they used to be.
Creating a face-like model is very easy (after all, it's just three short
appendages for ears and nose, some wriggles for hair, three dimples for eyes
and mouth), but giving it a 'character' or let it express an emotion, e.g.
sadness, fear, joy, etc. is very difficult. That's where the technical
challenge ends, and the artistic challenge starts.

All the best,
Matthias





From: Scott Cramer <scram@LANDMARKNET.NET>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 09:47
Subject: Re: Blintzed Bird Base

>Try George Rhoades elephant which is quite a bit more realistic than the
>open back Lang model as suggested by David Whitbeck.

    Open back? The elephant in the _Complete_Book_ is a wonderful 3-D
inflated bodied heffalump, and a more closed back could not be wished for.
I'll second David's opinion on favorite model status, too!
    For a quick list of blintzed bird base models, go to the model index at
www.origami-usa.org and search the database.

    On a related note, an archived article on the BOS homepage made it quite
clear that folding the four corners of the square to the center should
properly be called a KNISHED base, not blintzed. It's not too late to
change! Let's all start today, and strike a blow for etymology!

Scott scram@landmarknet.net
Littleton, NH USA





From: Carlos Alberto Furuti <furuti@AHAND.UNICAMP.BR>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 09:49
Subject: Re: Blintzed Bird Base

Pegasus is a natural theme for that base since its main appendages match
the number of points. See models by Eduardo Clemente (Papiroflexia) and
my favorite, by Gabriel Alvarez (Ansill's Mythical Beings/Origami Monsters).

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

P.S. Pegasus models by Montroll (O.for the Enthusiast, Mythological Creatures
&CZO.), Steven Casey, RJLang (OUSA 98), KAWAHATA Fumiaki (OFantasy), Jerry
Harris (OUSA 92), among others, don't use that base.





From: "Brannon, Dennis" <Dennis.Brannon@COMPAQ.COM>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 10:24
Subject: LOG meeting notice August 31, 7-9pm. [Littleton, MA USA]

The Littleton Origami Group (LOG) [Littleton, MA USA]
will be meeting the last Tuesday of the month at the Littleton
library in the "Small Meeting" room downstairs next to the elevator.

No agenda for this month's meeting.  Just relax, fold, and exchange
tales of origami.  Group activities planning, LOG web page discussion,
etc. will resume with September's meeting on 9/28.

When: Tuesday,  August 31, 1999, 7:00 - 9:00pm.
Where: Reuben Hoar Public Library, Shattuck Street, Littleton, MA
Telephone: (978) 486-4046.

Directions:  Get to the junction of routes 2A/110, 119 and 495.
This intersection is in the center of town at the only traffic light.
There's a Mobile station and Bob's Solid Oak nearby.

1. Coming from 2A East take a left at the lights onto King Street (110/2A
West) toward Ayer, MA.
Coming from 119 West take a right at the lights onto King Street toward
Ayer, MA.

2. You'll pass Bob's Solid Oak and a Shell station on the right, then a
cemetery.  At 2 tenths of a mile from the light is a right hand fork -- this
is one entrance to Shattuck Street.

If you miss it, continue on 110/2A for 5 tenths of a mile.  The other
entrance to Shattuck Street is on the right opposite Badger Funeral home.
The sign says Town Offices.

There is free parking to the left and rear of the building.





From: Kimberly Shuck <atsina@HOOKED.NET>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 11:19
Subject: Re: Blintzed Bird Base

Scott Cramer wrote:

 On a related note, an archived article on the BOS homepage made it quite
> clear that folding the four corners of the square to the center should
> properly be called a KNISHED base, not blintzed. It's not too late to
> change! Let's all start today, and strike a blow for etymology!
>
> Scott scram@landmarknet.net
> Littleton, NH USA

Elephant knish sounds terrible.... but I know a few people who will love the
idea of a knished base... Thanks Scott and BOS and whoever wrote the article.

Kim





From: Isa Miller <-isa-@EXCITE.COM>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 11:49
Subject: Re: Origami Books: What do you look for

My likes and dislikes are much the same as the other responses.

However, while I was reading this thread, especially as related to the
expense of photographs, et al, I did have a wild idea.

More and more publishing companies are maintaining web sites that are
referenced in their books. It's great because the information never becomes
outdated. Specifically, computer books nearly always have a web site where
you can download sample files for specific programming tricks or they even
have demos where you can see the programs work.

Sooooo.....have you considered a web site with photos and diagrams? Perhaps
choose a small number of the best models to photograph in the book, with a
web site reference for other, less important models? A diagram in the book,
then to the web for glorious full-color photos from different angles.
Perhaps a couple of paragraphs of text for people who need a detailed
explanation? Maybe even a FAQ page for complicated models?

My, oh, my....the mind boggles!!

Btw, with the other books I've seen, the publishing company builds and
maintains the web sites : )

Isa

________________________________________________________________
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From: Foldmaster@AOL.COM
Date: 30 Aug 1999 12:45
Subject: JOAS memberships

Dear all,

I just returned from my trip to Japan last night and am just now trying to
catch up on all my e-mail and bills (ugh!).  I would like to report to the
Origami List that all those who applied for membership are now entered into
the JOAS computer data bank and should be receiving their bi-monthly
publications soon.

There is one person, Ms. Pamela Dailey, who sent me a check for $40.00 for
JOAS  membership but I do not have her e-mail address nor the details
necessary for the application form.  If anyone has her e-mail address, please
contact me privately.

I would also like to announce that I will continue to accept applications for
JOAS membership on behalf of everyone on this list.  I spoke to Mr. Yamaguchi
who expressed his appreciation for the list of renewal and new membership
applications and he asked me to continue to do so.  Unfortunately, in the
past many people have sent him either personal checks or money orders which
cannot be processed there without a heavy banking fee.  Therefore, I will
collect the funds for JOAS membership applications and forward the
information to Mr. Yamaguchi on a MONTHLY BASIS.

For those interested in becoming a member of JOAS (Japan Origami Academic
Society) the dues are U.S. $40.00 for a bi-monthly publication (six issues
per year).  This publication is much larger than their previous Tanteidan
newletters and contains wonderful full color photographs and clear diagrams
of models not published elsewhere.  Personal checks or money orders should be
made out to and sent to:

June Sakamoto
9 Merrill Drive
Mahwah, New Jersey  07430

tel:    (201) 891-4852
fax:    (201) 891-8948
e-mail:     foldmaster@aol.com

Sincerely yours,

June Sakamoto





From: Thoki Yenn <thok@THOK.DK>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 14:09
Subject: NO Kalmon rides no gain - too long

This message does not exist

mea culpa, mea culpa, mea culpa

Abracadabra - forget all about
my guestbook. It was never there.

There is only one way for me
to get out of this situation.

I will have to do a bit of timetravel
I will go back seven days
and repair all my errors
and when I announce that
there is guestbook to sign
Then no one will ever know
about this deplorable incident.

Abracadabra  - This message
does not exist.





From: Julia Palffy <jupalffy@BLUEWIN.CH>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 14:18
Subject: "Knish"

Where on earth does the word 'knish' come from, which language, and what
does it mean? I never came across it before!

... all I know is that what I know I know is much less than what I don't
know I know and nothing compared to what I don't know and may never know at
all...

Julia Palffy
Zug, Switzerland
jupalffy@bluewin.ch





From: Leigh Halford <Leigh451@AOL.COM>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 14:34
Subject: Page for new folds

I was just walking through my local park when I had a brainwave. I would like
to set up a page dedicated to new folds that are being posted on the web.
Basically a page that will be updated, say weekly that has the name, location
and a small description of the fold. This would be a good resource for
everybody and a way of advertising that is a semi-permenant record of where
to find new ideas. If anybody thinks this is a good isea just let me know and
I can get it of the ground. If this already exists then could somebody send
me the URL!!!!

Oh and is also traditional to give a quote at the end of any posting?
Later

Leigh

http://hometown.aol.com/origami451/index.html
leigh451@aol.com





From: Scott Cramer <scram@LANDMARKNET.NET>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 14:38
Subject: Re: "Knish"

Julia-

    The blintz-knish article is at
http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk/bos/highlite/120-29.html and will explain all
you will ever need to know. About blintzes, at least.

>... all I know is that what I know I know is much less than what I don't
>know I know and nothing compared to what I don't know and may never know at
>all...

Scott scram@landmarknet.net
Littleton, NH USA





From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 14:40
Subject: Re: Page for new folds

At 14:33 99/08/30 -0400, you wrote:
>I was just walking through my local park when I had a brainwave. I would like
>to set up a page dedicated to new folds that are being posted on the web.
>Basically a page that will be updated, say weekly that has the name, location
>and a small description of the fold. This would be a good resource for
>everybody and a way of advertising that is a semi-permenant record of where
>to find new ideas. If anybody thinks this is a good isea just let me know and
>I can get it of the ground. If this already exists then could somebody send
>me the URL!!!!

I've got a page on my site that lists models on the web. The data was first
compiled by Julius Kusserow. It has not been updated lately. I've got a
number of things on my website that are currently on hold until I get back
from my honeymoon (wedding is this Saturday!). In the meantime, take a look
at this:

<http://www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca/cgi-bin/file_link.cgi>

>Oh and is also traditional to give a quote at the end of any posting?

Only if you want to.

----------------------------------------------------------------
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: Jose Tomas Buitrago Molina <buitrago@EIEE.UNIVALLE.EDU.CO>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 15:22
Subject: Origami in spanish

Hello.
I updated my page "Origami en Espaol" (origami in spanish) with new
links.
Its URL is http://eiee.univalle.edu.co/~buitrago/origami.html and access
the link, "PGINAS DE ORIGAMI EN ESPAOL", the fourth link from top to
bottom. It has links to pages in many Latinamerican countries, Spain and
other places with pages in spanish. If you know about one of them, please
send me the information.
Also, in those pages there are many new diagrams.

Good luck,

Jos Tomas

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

     "Origami y Robtica"





From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Miguel_A._Mart=EDn_Monje?=" <miguelmartin@TELELINE.ES>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 15:32
Subject: Fumiaki Kawahata's e-mail

I would like to obtain the e-mail of Fumiaki Kawahata.
__________________________________________
                   Miguel
       miguelmartin@teleline.es
               Editor Group
      Spanish Origami Society
Asociacin Espaola de Papiroflexia (AEP)





From: Christopher Holt <Ella-mae@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 15:38
Subject: Re: "Knish"

----- Original Message -----
From: Julia Palffy <jupalffy@BLUEWIN.CH>

> Where on earth does the word 'knish' come from, which language, and what
> does it mean? I never came across it before!

A 'knish' is a traditional jewish pastry-wrapped bundle of good, potato for
me. I assume that the thread is in reference to how the knish is folded (all
four corners to center), versus how a blintz is folded which I believe is
somewhat of a squared off burrito type packet (all four sides to center),
for holding "les stuffes culinaire", (culinary stuff, a la faux-Francais).
As opposed to a blini, which I believe is rolled.

All the best - c!!!
everyone accepts "the illusion of reality", but you're crazy if you talk of
"the reality of illusion"
ella-mae@msn.com





From: evdploeg <evdploeg@BETUWE.NET>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 15:50
Subject: Re: [ NO]   "Knish"

----- Original Message -----
From: Julia Palffy <jupalffy@BLUEWIN.CH>
To: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 1999 8:09 PM
Subject: "Knish"

Dear Julia,
Be happy with what you know and what you don't.
Be happy that you know that you can learn also.
xxxxx elsje





From: Torsten Drees <torsten.drees@T-ONLINE.DE>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 15:52
Subject: Re: Origami Challenges and Requests

Hi,
i already asked for origami diagrams of a telephone. Isnt't it a
challange? I have to build a big model of some telecommunication
networks. so it is nessesay to fold one ore more telephones.
i think a telephone is a challenge for all and there are so many types
of phones.

i alredy created a model of a paper GSM celluar phone. If my big model
of the networks is ready, i will make a fold instruction.

Torsten





From: evdploeg <evdploeg@BETUWE.NET>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 15:54
Subject: Re: Page for new folds

----- Original Message -----
From: Leigh Halford <Leigh451@AOL.COM>
To: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 1999 8:33 PM
Subject: Page for new folds

Dear Leigh,
I think it is an excellent idea.
xxxxxelsje





From: DLister891@AOL.COM
Date: 30 Aug 1999 17:24
Subject: Re: "Knish"

I well remember Eric Kenneway's talk at the Cobden Hotel, when he gave
details of his research into the Jewish or Yiddish word, "Blintz".

Although he himself was a gentile, he worked for the distinguished British
Jewish newspaper, "The Jewish Chronicle" and he had many Jewish contacts,
some of them very learned, as he related in the account of his talk. It may
be presumed that his talk was as authoritative as it possibly could be.

Nevertheless, a few years ago, since Eric died, at a British Origami
Convention, I met  a young woman from Canada who said that among the
descendents of Central Europeans setled where she came from, the word
"blintz" did apply to a pancake with the four corners folded into the centre.
Sadly, I didn't persue the matter, although I do have her address.

I suspected that the truth of the matter might be that usages differed in
different parts of central and eastern Europe and that different groups of
emigrants had taken their varying terms to the different parts of North
America where they had settled. It certainly seems that Eric's research was
not necessarily the last word on the matter.

Gershon Legman's father came from Hungary. His mother came from the region
between Hungary and Rumania. Perhaps it would help to make inquiries in those
regions.

It may be that Peter Budai could initiate further research. I suspect,
however, that it will be necessary to carry out field research among such
Jews as remain in that part of the world.

David Lister.

Grimsby, England.

Grimsby, England.





From: Kimberly Shuck <atsina@HOOKED.NET>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 17:45
Subject: Re: "Knish"

DLister891@AOL.COM wrote:

> It may be that Peter Budai could initiate further research. I suspect,
> however, that it will be necessary to carry out field research among such
> Jews as remain in that part of the world.

If the research is taste testing... I imagine that there would be volunteers.
Among the remaining members of my mother's family who still cook eastern
European food about half of them fold four corners to the middle of a blintz and
the other half sort of seal the thing as they can...kinda like a turnover. I
still like the idea of knishing a base.
Kim





From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 17:59
Subject: Re: "Knish"

Hi David!

Did the term "Blintz Fold" originate with Lillian Oppenheimer?  Didn't
she coin "Minor Miracle"?

Dorothy





From: Sheldon Ackerman <ackerman@DORSAI.ORG>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 18:06
Subject: Re: "Knish"

> Nevertheless, a few years ago, since Eric died, at a British Origami
> Convention, I met  a young woman from Canada who said that among the
> descendents of Central Europeans setled where she came from, the word
> "blintz" did apply to a pancake with the four corners folded into the centre.
> Sadly, I didn't persue the matter, although I do have her address.
>
> I suspected that the truth of the matter might be that usages differed in
> different parts of central and eastern Europe and that different groups of
> emigrants had taken their varying terms to the different parts of North
> America where they had settled. It certainly seems that Eric's research was
> not necessarily the last word on the matter.
>
My mom who is from Czechoslovakia makes blintzes all the time. The best way
to describe them is yum...is a crepe rolled around a filling. In her case
it is a mixture of cottage cheese, sugar and cinnamon. She does make a cake
type concoction with soft dough that we call a "deltal" which has the same
type of cheese, but this time also raisons and nuts. This time the square
dough's corners are brought to the center and the whole thing is baked.
At least in Flatbush, Williamsburg, or Queens,  when you buy frozen blintzes
you will never find the corners of the dough brought to the center like
a "blintz" fold. They are always rolled.

--
---
Sheldon Ackerman.......http://www.dorsai.org/~ackerman/
ackerman@dorsai.org
sheldon_ackerman@fc1.nycenet.edu





From: Dale/ Amy Liikala <lmtn@NCWEB.COM>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 18:14
Subject: A Word to the WISE!!!

At the following web site,
                wsmith@wordsmith.org
check out today's word of the day (AWAD)!
        Amy Liikala





From: Deg Farrelly <DEG.FARRELLY@ASU.EDU>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 21:33
Subject: A Word a Day - Origami

I subscribe to "A Word A Day" an internet service that daily sends a word,
its definition, the word used in context, and links to audio files
pronouncing the word, to my email inbox.

Today's word was * origami *

Here is the text of the message.  It includes information on subscribing to
the (free) A.W.A.D. service.

origami (or-i-GAH-mee) noun

   1. The art or process, originating in Japan, of folding paper into shapes
      representing flowers and birds, for example.

   2. A decorative object made by folding paper.

[Japanese : ori, to fold + kami, paper.]

   "During a `Global Harmony' observance on Aug. 9 at St.Catherine's,
   participants will make a chain of origami cranes, the symbol of healing,
   to send to Nagasaki's Peace Park."
   Chuck Haga, Nagasaki remember war, celebrate peace,
   Star Tribune, 9 Jul 1995.

Remember when you were little and made paper planes from your notebook
sheets and flew them when the teacher wasn't looking (could you land it on
her table? :-) Or the torrential rains that created an impromptu stream in
front of the house where you floated boats folded from old envelopes? You
probably didn't know at the time but you were practicing origami--the
Japanese art of papercraft by which you can make almost any animal (besides
other things) if you fold paper just the right way. Another variation on
origami is origamic architecture (OA) which you probably have seen in
greeting cards and pop-up books. OA is the amazing feat of precision
cutting, folding, and sculpting of paper into fabulous constructions. Try
making some yourself. They are lots of fun! Here is a place to get you
started: http://members.aol.com/kselena/OA/oamainpg.html

It may sound like a word related to marriage but as you have may have
noticed, origami really has nothing to do with matrimony. Still, try to
practice safe origami--don't run with scissors. Look for more loanwords
(words we borrow from other languages but never return) from Japanese this
week.                                                               -Anu

...........................................................................
You can't say civilization isn't advancing, in every war they kill you in
a new way. -Will Rogers, American humorist (1879-1935)

Looking for a word or quotation previously featured in AWAD? They are all
archived at http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html . For the theme
list,
see http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/themes.html . Alphabetical listing of the
words is available at http://wordsmith.org/awad/wordlist.html

Pronunciation:
http://www.wordsmith.org/words/origami.wav
http://www.wordsmith.org/words/origami.ram

**********

I have already written the publisher about the confusion between Origami and
Origami Architecture.

deg farrelly, Associate Librarian
Arizona State University West





From: Pamela Dailey <pdailey@IBM.NET>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 22:18
Subject: Re: JOAS memberships

Foldmaster@AOL.COM wrote:

>
>
> There is one person, Ms. Pamela Dailey, who sent me a check for $40.00 for
> JOAS  membership but I do not have her e-mail address nor the details
> necessary for the application form.  If anyone has her e-mail address, please
> contact me privately.
>

Hi June,

Pamela here....

My e-mail address is pdailey@ibm.net.

What information do you need for my application form?

Thanks
Pamela





From: Eric Andersen <ema@NETSPACE.ORG>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 22:41
Subject: Re: A Word a Day - Origami

On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Deg Farrelly wrote:

>other things) if you fold paper just the right way. Another variation on
>origami is origamic architecture (OA) which you probably have seen in
>greeting cards and pop-up books. OA is the amazing feat of precision
...
>I have already written the publisher about the confusion between Origami and
>Origami Architecture.

So what exactly is the relationship between origami and origamic
architecture? It seems to me that the skills/artistry involved differ
quite a bit, yet the "origami" in the name suggests much more.

-Eric :-P
origami@netspace.org

/=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=\
\   Eric Andersen                                       /
/    Mathematics, Music             ~  ~ __o            \
\     and Origami                 ~  ~ _-\<'_           /
/      ema@netspace.org        ~    ~ (_)/ (_)          \
\=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=/
         *** http://www.paperfolding.com ***





From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: 30 Aug 1999 23:18
Subject: Re: A Word a Day - Origami

Well I looked at the sight and their wav file.  A while back you guys were
talking about how to pronounce origami, did they do it right?  That's how I
did it right, but from the discussion it has led me to believe that that
pronounciation is wrong.  Please enlighten me.

David





From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: 31 Aug 1999 02:31
Subject: photo?

Hi to all!  I was wondering if anyone had a photo of Montroll's pegasus
from the chinese zodiac book.  I wanted to compare with mine to see what I
should improve.

David





From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
Date: 31 Aug 1999 03:01
Subject: Naval Folding

Ahoy there, mateys!

Last month, there was a discussion of laundry folding.  Terry Rioux
wrote that he still folds his clothes "the navy way".  Kim Shuck
described how her nieces and nephews were mesmerized by her clothes
folding prowess that she learned from her navy father.

My curiousity was picqued and I wrote Terry, who very kindly sent me a
copy of "How to Fold Clothing", from "The Bluejackets Manual", published
by the Naval Institute Press.

The text reads..."Aboard ship, space is very limited. You will have to
learn to stow your clothes into a small locker so that they take up the
least possible room and yet remain as neat as possible."   Living in a
small city apartment, I could easily identify with the mission of naval
folding!

The Manual offers folding diagrams for leggings, peacoat, raincoat,
watch cap and gloves, white hat, blanket, pillow cover, handkerchief,
neckerchief, small and large towel, swim trunks, undershirt, socks,
drawers, mattress cover, web belt, dungaree and white trousers, blue
trousers and jumpers.

Cupboard folds, book folds and folding in thirds are in frequent usage.
No tradiitonal origami bases are utilized, though I did detect the
presence of a naval base.  All in all, the folding was cleverly
conceived and quite enjoyable.

For nautical inspiration, I Iistened to Gilbert and Sullivan's
"Pinafore" and "The Pirates of Penzance" while conducting my folding
maneuvers.

Now on to PCOC in March, with my stash of ingeniously folded clothes!
Origami-land ho!

Dorothy





From: DLister891@AOL.COM
Date: 31 Aug 1999 05:34
Subject: Re: "Knish"

Dorothy Engleman (Hi Dorothy!) asked:

> Did the term "Blintz Fold" originate with Lillian Oppenheimer?  Didn't
> she coin "Minor Miracle"?

No, the term Blintz was applied to the fold where all four corners are folded
to the centre by Gershon Legman. He got the term from his mother, or thought
he had done so, but she later told him that he had mixed up his terms. He
should have use the word "Dolken".  ("Knish" is another word for "Dolken",
apparently from a different ethnic tradition.)

As I understand it, a true "Blintz" in cooking is a pancake with the filling
placed in the middle It is then rolled up like a sausage roll and the two
ends (which do not have any filling) are folded under the roll. Loaves of
bread and parcels are often wrapped in the same way, here in England.

So Gershon got it wrong, but by the time his mother put him right it was too
late and the name "Blintz" had already become indelibly linked to the four
corners to the centre paperfolding "Base".

Gershon Legman wrote a series of short articles called "Secrets of the
Blintz" in Dokuohtei Nakano's short-lived publication, "The Origami
Companion" (about 1973).  Already, because of Gershon's association with the
word "Blintz" some people thought that he had invented the Blintz Fold
itself. This was, of course, nonsense and he tried to put them right. He did,
however, go on to suggest to George Rhoades, whom he met in Paris, in the mid
1950s that the common basic folds might be folded on square paper that had
previously been blintzed. George went on a visit to Spain and came back with
the "Blintzed Bird Base", which he later used to fold the classic still known
as Rhoades' Elephant.

The four corners to the centre fold has been known in traditional folding for
centuries. The Froebelian School of folding used it as the basis for most of
their "Folds of Beauty". It appears as early as pages 2 and 3 in Margaret
Campbell's book "Paper Toy Making" (undated, but either 1936 or 1937), but
she did not include it among the four "Foundation Folds" which she adopts for
her book. Robert Harbin included it in "Paper Magic" (1956) as his "Basic
Fold One", one of six basic folds some of which, but not all are the same as
our "Classic Bases". Sam Randlett and Robert Harbin later hammered out basic
techniques and terminology (Sam was undoubtedly the leading force for this)
revising the techniques and terminology contained in "Paper Magic" and
linking them with Yoshizawa's techniques and symbols which had by now become
known in the West. Sam adopted Gershon Legman's term, "Blintz Base". The
system was published in Sam Randlett's "The Art of Origami" (1961), which was
so influential that it the names and symbols it put forward became accepted
as standard. (It is often called the Yoshizawa-Randlett system, but this is
unjust to Robert Harbin who had done much of the spadework in "Paper Magic"
six years earlier and who collaborated with Sam by post.)

So, with the publication of the Yoshizawa-Harbin-Randlett system in "The Art
of Origami", the work "Blintz" became indelibly established in general
paperfolding usage in the West, perpetuating Gershon Legman's apparently
mistaken use of the word "Blintz"

That is, unless, as I suggested in my posting yesterday, these terms varied
in different parts of Europe. Undoubtedly, Gershon got it wrong so far as his
own family tradition was concerned, but it is just possible that he got it
right according to other traditions.

In the East, origami symbols and terminology were worked out separately form
the West by Akira Yoshizawa and Kosho Uchiyama working independently in their
books, "Origami Dokuhon I" (1957) and "Origami Zukan" (1958), respectively. I
understand that the "Blintz" is known in Japan as the "Cushion Fold", but
when this name was applied, I do not know.

And the part played by Lillian Oppenheimer? She certainly introduced the use
of the word "Origami" to the West. It was her deliberate doing. But she
merely adopted the word "blintz" from Gershon Legman. Just when she did this
needs further research in the early copies of "The Origamian" and other
sources. But "The Art of Origami" was published in the United States only
three years after the Origami Center was founded and that clinched the matter.

"Minor Miracle" is a term that was never adopted, at any rate on regular
basis, in the British Origami Society, and I understand that it is true that
it made its appearance at the meetings of the Origami Center at Lillian's
apartment in New York. Just when, I don't know. Perhaps someone who regularly
attended Lillian's "Origami Mondays" could tell us more. I understand that it
is merely another term for a "Colour Change", itself a technique which
post-dated "The Art of Origami".

I shall be most grateful for any information at all that any one can give
about different usages of the words "blintz", "dolmen" and "knish". Mulling
this over is like wandering down a delightful and unexpected country lane
turning off the main highway we call "Origami".

David Lister.

Grimsby, England.

DLister891@AOL.com





From: Kenny1414@AOL.COM
Date: 31 Aug 1999 05:42
Subject: Re: Blintzed Bird Base

In a message dated 8/29/1999 1:46:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
jupalffy@BLUEWIN.CH writes:

> Can anyone suggest some models based on the Blintzed Bird Base?
>
>  Julia Palffy
>  Zug, Switzerland
>  jupalffy@bluewin.ch
>

1) "Rhoad's Elephant", in one of Samuel Randlett's books, either
"The Art of Origami", or "The Best of Origami", I don't remember which.
Nice tusks, can be color-changed to white.

2) I think I remember a "Tyrannosaurus", or maybe it was a "Gryphon"
from what might have been a blintzed bird base in one of those two
books, also. I just remember the step of pulling the extra layers out
of the open back to form two wings.

3) Unpublished fold, Five-Headed Dragon, based on Robert Neale's Dragon,
by Jim Churn (with a little help from me in flattening the hump). Sorry,
this really is unpublished, there are no diagrams, and I don't remember
exactly how we managed to flatten and sink that hump. I think there's at
least one example still in existence, but it's playing Hide-And-Seek in my
clutter, I haven't seen it in years. Best done from 10-inch square foiled
paper or larger, I think.

Sorry, that's all that comes to mind at the moment.

Aloha,
Kenneth M. Kawamura





From: Douglas Zander <dzander@SOLARIA.SOL.NET>
Date: 31 Aug 1999 06:06
Subject: Re: Blintzed Bird Base

"Tyrannosaurus Rex" by George Rhoads from _THE BEST OF OriGaMi_
 from a Blintz Bird Base   pg. 129   photo pg. 125

"Elephant" by George Rhoads from _THE BEST OF OriGaMi_
 from a Blintz Bird Base  pg. 135

I could not find a "Gryphon" in the book, _THE BEST OF OriGaMi_
by Samuel Randlett

> 1) "Rhoad's Elephant", in one of Samuel Randlett's books, either
> "The Art of Origami", or "The Best of Origami", I don't remember which.
> Nice tusks, can be color-changed to white.
>
> 2) I think I remember a "Tyrannosaurus", or maybe it was a "Gryphon"
> from what might have been a blintzed bird base in one of those two
> books, also. I just remember the step of pulling the extra layers out
> of the open back to form two wings.
>

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From: Kenny1414@AOL.COM
Date: 31 Aug 1999 06:12
Subject: Re: Blintzed Bird Base

In a message dated 8/30/1999 9:50:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Carlos Alberto Furuti writes:

> Pegasus is a natural theme for that base since its main appendages match
>  the number of points. See models by Eduardo Clemente (Papiroflexia) and
>  my favorite, by Gabriel Alvarez (Ansill's Mythical Beings/Origami
Monsters).
>
...

Please forgive  me for adding my two cents here.

I seem to remember seeing a published "Flying Pegasus", maybe in one of
Robert Harbin's books, maybe from a Blintzed Bird Base. Does anyone else
remember that? (I apologize for being too lazy to try to find this in the
model index.)

I mutated a Robert Neale's Dragon into a Pegasus from a bird base, once.
'Pulled' on the legs, to lengthen and narrow them (rabbit ears, sort of),
Tucked most of the tail into the open back, and swiped the finishing of the
tail from Patricia Crawford's Unicorn (see Robert Harbin's "Magic of
Origami",
I think, or was it "Secrets of ...", came out around 1975, and promptly went
out of print before I could get another copy, I was so bummed, and then I
lost my copy, but recently republished by Dover, I thought), crimped the neck
up and a little forward, and created a head with two ears using a technique
I learned from looking at the diagrams for an Akira Yoshizawa Horse and
variations, and swiped the mouth from Patricia Crawford's Unicorn.
Like the Tom Lehrer song, "Every part I stole from somewhere else".

Aloha,
Kenneth M. Kawamura
