




From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: 21 Dec 1999 13:42
Subject: [NO] Merry Christmas!

Nancy & I wish all of the members of Origami-L a Merry Christmas. For those
of you who don't celebrate Christmas, please insert whatever seasonal
greeting you prefer. If you have access to the Web and have the Flash 4
plug-in installed, please visit my interactive Christmas card at:
<http://www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca/christmas.html>

While I'm at it, thanks to Jane Rosemarin and Toby Schwartz for sending
along copies of the New York Times article, and to Ronald Koh for sending
the edited-down version from the Sunday Times (in Singapore).

----------------------------------------------------------------
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: Sy Chen <schen@SCIENCE-MANAGEMENT.COM>
Date: 21 Dec 1999 14:13
Subject: Re: Origami Omnibus

Just try some simpler books. Here is a few in my mind:

                         Absolute Beginner's Origami  by Nick Robinson

                         Origami, Plain and Simple by Robert Neale, et al

                         Simple Traditional Origami by Tomoko Fuse

                         Don't Need Mommy for This Origami by V'Ann
Cornelius

Or is there someone writing "Origami for D*mmy"?

Sy Chen

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Origami Mailing List [mailto:Origami@MIT.Edu]On Behalf
> Of Kim Sisk
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 10:09 AM
> To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Origami Omnibus
>
>
> I purchased Origami Omnibus yesterday from a local bookstore.
> I've only been
> doing origami for a couple of weeks now, but I can't fold a
> single model in
> this book (except maybe the peacock). Am I just stupid or is
> Omnibus too
> difficult for the beginner?
>
> Kim





From: David Taylor <dataylor@EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: 21 Dec 1999 16:37
Subject: Re: Kenneway's Complete Origami

This is one of the first books I enjoyed, too (& still enjoy). But
beginners should be cautioned to look for the easier models after studying
the front matter: the book is arranged A-Z thematically. (Is this stilted,
or what? Oh well, I write abstracts, not ingenious creative pieces like the
G&GKOTN.)
Among the books to learn with, let's not forget Paul Jackson's
contributions, or Steve & Megumi Biddle's books, without overlooking the
other excellent titles that have been mentioned.
--Elise

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."
(Jim Elliot)





From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
Date: 21 Dec 1999 16:58
Subject: Re: Kenneway's Complete Origami

Elise wrote:

"Among the books to learn with, let's not forget Paul Jackson's
contributions, or Steve & Megumi Biddle's books, without overlooking the
other excellent titles that have been mentioned."

One of the other excellent titles is our own Florence Temko's "Paper
Pandas and Jumping Frogs", with illustrations by Paul Jackson and
Florence.

Dorothy





From: Doug Philips <dwp@TRANSARC.COM>
Date: 21 Dec 1999 17:12
Subject: Re: Round units?

Papa Joe wrote:

> The book "The Magic of Origami" ISBN 0-87040-624-8 has two models folded
> from a circular paper a "Rocking Bird" (chicken) and "Nun"

A search of the Origami USA sponsored model database
(http://www.origami-usa.org/) turned up 10 models indexed under circle shaped
paper.

My favorite (I had discovered this independently of finding it in the
database) is:

Western Style Ghost by Randy J. Rowoldt (Low Intermediate, uses book base)
Models By Members by Origami USA page 49
Paper used is circle

-D'gou





From: Lynch Family <deenbob@ECENTRAL.COM>
Date: 21 Dec 1999 18:11
Subject: Tissue Foil

Hi guys!

Happy Holidaze...

For those of you that are going to attempt to make tiisue foil this
holiday season... a couple of things that I have learned over the years.

1) Roll your tissue paper (or whateever) onto a long tube like out of
wrapping paper. This helps keep things flat and reasonable lined up.
Make sure it is straight on your tube before unrolling it onto the foil
that has spray adhesive on it.

2) Cheaper foil tends to work better than the expensive heavy duty stuff
(at least for what I like to do). Don't get generic however, they tend
to crunch the ends when they put it in the box. The store brand usually
works well for me.

3) Pick a day that isn't windy... sounds logical, but you'd be surprised
how even a LITTLE TINY breeze can mess things up! (I will never forget
the spring day when I decided to make some tissue foil and started
swearing aloud when the breeze kicked up and having the neighbor lady
stick her head over the fence and say "Hi Dee...")

4) Cover your table with paper - generously. Replace the paper as it
gets sticky, or you wind up with newsprint all over your tf. Either put
the paper on thickly and remove layers as they get sticky or start with
a single layer and add more as it gets sticky. Keep your hands clean,
too. If you have unprinted newsprint, great.

5) I have never found a plstic to work that well. Perhaps the glue I use
isn't right for laminating mylar or plastic...

anyway - my two cents....

Has anyone else used the "holographic" tiiue paper that Hallmark has on
the shelves occasionally? Pretty cool. It keeps the prismatic effect
even after folding - to an extent. You have to keep what you're folding
rather large and the tissue rather unfolded since it loses the effect
when folded too much. I did Joseph Wu's Easter Dragon (well, the one
that was in the OUSA Paper a couple issues ago). Way cool.

Bye

Dee





From: BTStern <btstern@BUFFNET.NET>
Date: 21 Dec 1999 18:22
Subject: Re: Origami for the Connoisseur

Hello again

I've moved on to another book....Origami for the Connoisseur and was
wondering if anyone has plotted out how to build those pesky Sonobe modules
into the animals shown?

Beth
Have a Bob Day
http://www.geocities.com/tayster97/
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/9109/origami.html
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/9109/Renaldo.html
New York Does Not Need Hillary Clinton





From: David Taylor <dataylor@EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: 21 Dec 1999 20:27
Subject: Re: Holographic tissue

Dee asked..
>Has anyone else used the "holographic" tissue paper that Hallmark has on
>the shelves occasionally?
I tried it, & found it very attractive & not too hard to fold, but a little
flimsy for some projects.
Incidentally, I know there have been discussions of cutting methods. Stop
me if this has been said before, but a rotary cutter (from fabric store) &
straight edge on a mat worked well for me when experimenting with my red &
green cellophane. In fact, cutting turned out easier than folding; even
with lots of paperclips, I couldn't get the thing to stay together. It did
hold up well, though--I can use the same piece over & over without having
permanent  creases. I was going to have these nice transparent boxes for
gift ornaments. :-)
--Elise

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."
(Jim Elliot)





From: Papa Joe <papajoe@CHORUS.NET>
Date: 21 Dec 1999 20:33
Subject: Re: Round units?

88 OUSA annual has 2 models an "Envelope" (2 versions) and a "Rocking
Cradle".





From: Michael Janssen-Gibson <mig@ISD.CANBERRA.EDU.AU>
Date: 21 Dec 1999 20:35
Subject: Kenneway books

Greetings all,

Perusing second-hand bookstores, I came across a small Kenneway book
called "Origami in Action", published by DRYAD in 1972. This is the second
book I have found of this format (A5, black & white photos on the cover
and inside). The other was titled "Simple Origami".

I am now starting to wonder if there were others in this "series". The
book is quite delightful, with models such as "fly away Peter" and John
Smith's "spinning top".

Please enlighten me with any information about these books

regards

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From: Papa Joe <papajoe@CHORUS.NET>
Date: 21 Dec 1999 20:46
Subject: Re: $ bill jumping frog

Subject: $ bill jumping frog

> A couple of years ago someone taught me a $ jumping frog
> which I really like.
>
> The folding sequence starts with turning the bill into a 2-by-1
> rectangle and then folding a water bomb base out of each of the
> two squares.
>
> Does this sound familiar to anyone? I would like to find out whose
> model it is as well as diagrams. The person who taught it to me said
> she had diagrams that she had gotten from a math-teacher workshop,
> but didn't have them with her. I've taught this model to many people
> and would like to be able to give credit where it's due.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Lisa
> Lisa_Hodsdon@hmco.com
>

There is a......

"Dollar Bug Eyed Jumping Frog" (high intermediate) by Eric Tend
         91 OUSA annual. It uses a 2-1 rectangle with water bomb base out of
         each of the two squares.  Finished model is aprox 1 3/4 inches.
         And the frog has eyes.

This may be the model or there is a....

"$ Frog" by Gene Ullman,  92 OUSA annual.  It uses a 2-1 rectangle with
water
          bomb base out of each of the two squares. Finished frog is aprox
          2 1/2"  This frog has no eyes.

The eyes or lack there of should be enough to tell which one you have.
I would have to see the frog or send a picture of one I have to you to be
sure.
There may be others.

Other dollar frog's that I know of (but not made with 2 water bomb
bases).....

"Dollar jumping frog"  Robert Neal
     According to Neal from his book "Folding Money Fooling"......

     There is a classic Asian paperfold of a jumping frog made from thin,
     stiff cardboard such as a file card or buisness card.  Years ago, I
     added two legs to this classic which had only the front ones.
     Then I conceived of folding it a little differently from a bill which
was
     new enough to provide sufficient spring. This version was first
published
     as "Flipover Frog" in Samuel Randlett's "Folding Money Volume Two"
     (Chicago: Magic Inc. 1968).

"Flipover Frog"  in "Money Folding 2"  Florence Temko
      Not to be confused with  "Folding Money Volume Two" as mentioned
      above.  This model is the origonal clasic Asian jumping frog or close
to it.

"$ Jumping Frog"   By Paul Kruger    98 OUSA annual (low intermediate)
                Finished frog aprox 2 x 1 1/4 "  Frog has one long back
leg(s).

Papa (knee deep in frogs) Joe





From: Papa Joe <papajoe@CHORUS.NET>
Date: 21 Dec 1999 20:50
Subject: Wanted To Buy

I am looking for a copy of the 1995 OUSA annual.
Does anyone have one they want to sell?

OUSA does not have one.

Thanks,

Joe





From: "Sandra P.Hoffman" <ghidra@HOME.COM>
Date: 21 Dec 1999 22:01
Subject: Re: Origami Omnibus

On 21 Dec 99, at 13:32, Ria Sutter wrote:

> >
> >
> Hi Kim,
>
> You've got a wonderful book for when you've become a more experienced folder,
> and you are not stupid just because the models in this book seem hard now.  I
> do advise you to pick up Origami Made Easy or is it Easy Origami by Kasahara,
> or Kenneway's Complete Origami is another great one for somebody new to
> origami.

Origami Made Easy was my second origami book. I used to
jokingly refer to it as Origami Made Not Impossibly Hard.

For beginners I'd recomend Simple Traditional Origami by Tomoko
Fuse, or Origami Plain and Simple with models by Robert Neale
and text by Thomas Hull. Both are currently in print and I found both
within the last year on the shelves of my local Canadian big box
bookstore.

I've only ever been able to find one Kenneway book locally, and that
is one he translated. Easy Origami by Dokuohtei Nakano. It is also
a good beginners book, but perhaps geared more to children and
I'm not sure how easy it would be to find.

sph

Sandra P. Hoffman
ghidra@home.com
http://www.flora.org/sandra/





From: Dennis Cuy <astra01@HOME.COM>
Date: 21 Dec 1999 23:10
Subject: Re: polyhedra  wreath

Hi!

I'm new here, although, I've been folding for a few years now.
Right now, one of my favorite things are kusudama and unit origami.
I just finished a model with 5 intersecting tetrahedra with
instructions by someone whose name I don't have in front of me now...

Anyway, this Subject on a polyhedra wreath got my attention and
was wondering if someone coud direct me to where I might find this?
Is it in a book?  Or maybe a pdf somewhere?  I saw what looked like
a picture of a wreath flash by on the Origami-USA page - is that it?

Well, I hope someone can help me and I hope I can contribute here
as well.  This looks like an interesting place and at the moment it
seems that this list gets more notes than any of my other mailing
lists!

Thanks!
Dennis

P.S. Beth, you wouldn't have a picture would you?  I didn't see
one on your site.

>Well my fellow folders...my wreath is completed
>
>(she bows slightly at the waist)
>
>the 14th one I did over and over ....ripping it out and starting
>again...until finally...it did just as I wanted it to...
>
>but....NEVER AGAIN
>
>Beth
>Have a Bob Day
>http://www.geocities.com/tayster97/
>http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/9109/origami.html
>http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/9109/Renaldo.html
>New York Does Not Need Hillary Clinton





From: Ross Cooper <Zxenor@AOL.COM>
Date: 21 Dec 1999 23:36
Subject: Napkin Folding

happy holidays!

Have you ever been to a nice restaurant where the napkins are folded nice?  I
was wondering...Who folds those napkins? Is it a company or a hired person?
Are there diagrams for these folds?  If not...i have discovered some of the
folds myself and they really are quite neat for parties.

If someone hasn't diagrammed these, I'd like to know so i can diagram them
myself.

                -Ross





From: Scottie Lover <iluvscotties@MINDSPRING.COM>
Date: 21 Dec 1999 23:47
Subject: Re: Napkin Folding

At 11:35 PM 12/21/99 -0500, Ross Cooper wrote:
>Have you ever been to a nice restaurant where the napkins are folded nice?  I
>was wondering...Who folds those napkins? Is it a company or a hired person?
>Are there diagrams for these folds?  If not...i have discovered some of the
>folds myself and they really are quite neat for parties.

There are books written on napkin folding -- and some cookbooks include
chapters on this art.  (For example, I'm sure Martha Stewart has covered it.)

For paper napkins, I do a very simple fold which always elicits
compliments.  I just fold the square napkin in half diagonally (leaving a
triangle shape), fold the long end in half (leaving a small triangle),
again fold the long end in half (leaving a small triangle), and poke the
tines of the fork into the pointed end.  Takes only a few seconds but is
very attractive and surprisingly impressive.





From: John Sutter <sutterj@EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: 21 Dec 1999 23:53
Subject: Beginner Books

Kim,

I don't think anybody mentioned Montroll's Teach Yourself Origami
as a good beginner book.  You might want to look at that one too,
before you buy any or go to the library and see if you can find
any of the ones suggested so far.

Ria





From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
Date: 22 Dec 1999 00:26
Subject: Origami Swami Tells All

I'd like to invite everyone to visit the Origami Swami's column in
Net4TV Voice, an on-line magazine by and for WebTV users.

This month's column features festive holiday models...a dreidle from
Florence Temko's "Jewish Origami" and a Simple, Happy Star and Champagne
Bottle by Anita Barbour.

"Don't Toss The Wrapping Paper":

http://www.net4tv.com/VOICE/

and "Holiday Folds" in the Feature Section:

http://www.net4tv.com/VOICE/FEATURES.CFM

Models by Sy Chen, Francis Ow and Steve Hecht have been previously
featured.  If you'd like to access all of Net4TV Voice's archived
origami columns, just type in "origami" in the search engine.

The Origami Swami predicts that there will be a full moon on the Winter
Solstice.

Dorothy





From: Kenny1414@AOL.COM
Date: 22 Dec 1999 00:58
Subject: Re: [NO] Merry Christmas!

In a message dated 12/21/1999 1:43:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
josephwu@ULTRANET.CA writes:

> Nancy & I wish all of the members of Origami-L a Merry Christmas. For those
>  of you who don't celebrate Christmas, please insert whatever seasonal
>  greeting you prefer.

Merry Xmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Solstice,
Blessed Be, Season's Greetings,
Mele Kalikimaka, Feliz Navidad, Joyeaux Noel,
S Rozdyestvom Xryistovim, Buon Natal, Aloha,

Kenneth Kawamura   :-)





From: Papa Joe <papajoe@CHORUS.NET>
Date: 22 Dec 1999 02:26
Subject: Re: Dunkin' Doodling

> Snip<
>     Anyhoo, knowing that the total for my purchase was $1.25, I was
doodling
> with the dollar, and found a simple and esthetically pleasing way to fold
> the dollar and enclose the quarter.
>
>     Bring two diagonally opposite corners of the bill together, and
crease.
> The remaining single layers of the dollar form almost perfect isosceles
> right triangles (more on this later). Valley fold one of these single
layers
> along the hypotenuse, and put it behind one layer. Turn it over, and do
the
> same with the other single flap, but put your change in the pocket before
> tucking the second flap in.
>
>     The two flaps interlock inside the bill, keeping the change securely
> inside. The finished model is an acute isosceles triangle, handy for
passing
> through the drive-up window without dropping coins on the ground. All with
> three valley folds!
>
>     What surprised me about this is, first, that I hadn't seen it before
(by
> the way, I claim full copyright on the written instructions above--- if
you
> fold any money this way, send it to me. Larger denominations work best),
and
> second, those isosceles right triangles. I know of no $ models that take
> advantage of this particular geometry of the dollar bill... has anyone
else
> pursued this?
>
> Scott 'better living thru caffeine' scram@landmarknet.net
>

Kitty Valley Cyber Home Page http://idt.net/~kittyv/  has several
models created by James M Sakoda in 96 and 97 that start
with this same base(?).   The dollar models are......

Six-point Star
Anglefish
Horse
Dachshund
Swan
Proud Giraffe
Pushme-Pullyu (a nice model it is a donkey or unicorn depending on
orientation)
and Peacock

All diagrams are in PDF format.

These are the only $ models that start with this base(?) that I know of.

Joe (PapaJoe) Gilardi

Ps don't forget to visit Trina, Cassidy Cat and Patchy Kitty





From: Sy Chen <schen@SCIENCE-MANAGEMENT.COM>
Date: 22 Dec 1999 09:35
Subject: Re: Round units?

I am not really a big fan of modular origami. But here is my take after a
few run this morning. You can adapt Robert Neale's Magic Star model using
round paper. The finished model is a full ring (round outside) in expanded
position. It becomes 12 or 10 pointed star when shrinking. I did not finish
it due to no available perfect round papers. But it is feasible from my
trial run out of 3 units.

Speaking of round paper. I used to see some pre-pack round-shaped paper in
stores. But I have not seem them for a while? Any alternative?

Since we are also in the minimum fold discussion. Round paper (two-toned) is
just right for producing full cycle of moon phases using one fold or 0 fold.
It's really a magic.

Happy holiday to everyone.

Sy Chen

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Papa Joe [mailto:papajoe@CHORUS.NET]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 10:29 PM
> To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: Round units?
>
>
> 88 OUSA annual has 2 models an "Envelope" (2 versions) and a "Rocking
> Cradle".





From: Gillian Wiseman <gilladian@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 22 Dec 1999 12:11
Subject: Re: Napkin Folding

Ross,
Look at your public library in the areas of table-decorations and how to
throw fancy dinner parties. Some cookbooks have a section on Napkin Folding.
It's a fairly standard art form, without tremendous variation. Some of the
more general paper-art types of origami books go into napkin folding. Sorry
I can't pull up any names right now.

I suspect there's some poor shmuck in the back room who gets to fold napkins
for $5.15 an hour in fancy restaurants. Possibly the same guy who gets to
set up banquet tables and stuff.

Gillian
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From: Carol Martinson <carolm47@YAHOO.COM>
Date: 22 Dec 1999 16:33
Subject: Re: Napkin Folds

By accident, I discovered some Web pages with napkin
folding diagrams last week.  I went back and found
them again.  I hope I type in the URL's correctly.

http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~vbeatty/origami/folding/napkins.html

     This seems to be the biggest site.  It also seems
to contain all the folds from the next site.

http://www.butlersguild.com/index2.htm

http://www.oprah.com/shsow/scoop_napkin_19991105.html

     a Fleur-de-Lys napkin fold

http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/~food-lab/napkin/

     videos

Carol Martinson

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From: Spider Barbour <spider@ULSTER.NET>
Date: 22 Dec 1999 17:23
Subject: Re: napkin folding

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

There are two books available through OUSA on napkin folding, written by
Lillian Oppenheimer and Natalie Epstein.  They are called "Decorative Napkin
Folding for Beginners" and "More Decorative Napkin Folding."   I also have a
book by James Ginders called "Napkin Folding -- 44 ways to turn a square of
linen into a work of art."  All three of these books have lovely folds, for
both paper and cloth napkins.
                Anita F. Barbour





From: Deg Farrelly <DEG.FARRELLY@ASU.EDU>
Date: 22 Dec 1999 18:15
Subject: NO:  Politically Correct Holiday Greeting  (Was -  NO: Merry Chri

In a message dated 12/21/1999 1:43:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
josephwu@ULTRANET.CA wrote:

> Nancy & I wish all of the members of Origami-L a Merry Christmas. For
those
>  of you who don't celebrate Christmas, please insert whatever seasonal
>  greeting you prefer.

to which Kenneth Kawamura responded:

>Merry Xmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Solstice,
>Blessed Be, Season's Greetings,
>Mele Kalikimaka, Feliz Navidad, Joyeaux Noel,
>S Rozdyestvom Xryistovim, Buon Natal, Aloha,

With that lead in I *cannot* resist:

Please accept,
with no obligation, implied or implicit,
my best wishes
for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible,
low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral
celebration of the winter solstice holiday,
practiced within the most enjoyable traditions
of the religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice,
with respect for the religious/secular persuasions
and/or traditions of others, or
their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions
at all

and

a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling,
and medically uncomplicated recognition
of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2000,
but not without due respect for the calendars-of-choice
of other cultures whose contributions to society
have helped make America great
(not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country or
is the only "AMERICA" in the western hemisphere),
and without regard to
the race, creed, color, age, physical ability,
religious faith, choice of computer platform,
or sexual preference
of the wishee. *

                * By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms.
This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal.  It is freely
transferable with no alteration to the original greeting.  It implies no
promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for
her/himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable
at the sole discretion of the wisher.

                This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the
usual application of good tidings for a period of one year, or until the
issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and
warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at
the sole discretion of the wisher.

And for those who would like to see my own,  personal, very
*non*-politically correct seasonal greeting.... contact me privately for a
web link.

deg farrelly
Phoenix, Arizona
StickmanAZ@aol.com





From: BTStern <btstern@BUFFNET.NET>
Date: 22 Dec 1999 18:20
Subject: Re: Wreath

First....(don't I always seem to have a first?)

I will get a pic of the wreath up there tomorrow....I was very pleased with
the way it turned out

Secondly... you may remember ...I told you about a Chinese gentleman I met
while traveling across the country....in Winnemucca, NV ...who had just
learned to fold...and had his Chinese restaurant filled cranes....and that
he gave me one to take home

anyway...I sent him an origami Christmas card...with a folded dove
inside...and the directions and paper for folding one....I received a letter
from him...he was so very pleased and surprised to receive a card from
me....said it made his day...and that he hoped I passed his way again...

and he sent me another crane....

Beth
Have a Bob Day
http://www.geocities.com/tayster97/
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/9109/origami.html
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/9109/Renaldo.html
New York Does Not Need Hillary Clinton





From: Michael Janssen-Gibson <mig@ISD.CANBERRA.EDU.AU>
Date: 22 Dec 1999 19:15
Subject: origami sighting

Watching a Pokemon cartoon this morning, episode called "Tower of Terror".
Three different ghost Pokemon were featured, the medium one was holding
what looked like a paper banger (or cracker) and using it as a weapon.

The scene I saw was very quick, and mornings are not my best time, so
confirmation would be appreciated (maybe your daughter would know Robert?
;-})

regards
Michael

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ISD, Library                   phone/voice mail: +61 6 (02) 6201 5665
Science & Design                            fax: +61 6 (02) 6201 5068
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PO Box 1 Belconnen, ACT 2616





From: Rob Moes <robmoes@EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: 22 Dec 1999 19:53
Subject: Re: Tissue Foil

Just wanted to add to Dee's comments:

>2) Cheaper foil tends to work better than the expensive heavy duty stuff
>(at least for what I like to do). Don't get generic however, they tend
>to crunch the ends when they put it in the box. The store brand usually
>works well for me.

I do the same thing.  I found some beautiful Florentine paper and wanted to
make one-piece Omega-type stars out of it, by backcoating with foil.  I
found that the ones I made with heavy-duty foil just ended up very stiff
and difficult to make nice, sharp points out of.  The ones I made with
cheap store-brand foil were much nicer.

I also made a giant Maekawa frog from Viva Origami out of 36-inch wide gift
wrap...here I did decide to use the heavy-duty foil as the backing, as the
model benefited from the extra bulk of the foil to maintain its shape
without flattening.  Be sure to use multiple layers of glue (air-drying
slightly in between) if you want good success with heavy-duty foil.

>3) Pick a day that isn't windy... sounds logical, but you'd be surprised
>how even a LITTLE TINY breeze can mess things up! (I will never forget
>the spring day when I decided to make some tissue foil and started
>swearing aloud when the breeze kicked up and having the neighbor lady
>stick her head over the fence and say "Hi Dee...")

Ha, I can just imagine having the freshly-sprayed paper rise up and fly,
landing smack on her nose!  I hate crawling around on a concrete floor, but
sometimes I just find that it's the best way to keep all the hatches
battened down (so to speak.)

>4) Cover your table with paper - generously. Replace the paper as it
>gets sticky, or you wind up with newsprint all over your tf. Either put
>the paper on thickly and remove layers as they get sticky or start with
>a single layer and add more as it gets sticky. Keep your hands clean,
>too. If you have unprinted newsprint, great.

I always run into problems with using old newspaper.  For small projects I
like plain brown craft paper the best (or paper sacks).  Have also used big
plastic garbage bags in a pinch....turn them inside out afterwards and
they're ready to go back in the can.  For extra precaution, use a cheap
vinyl tablecloth underneath all this...the larger the better.  You'd be
surprised how far the residue carries.

>5) I have never found a plstic to work that well. Perhaps the glue I use
>isn't right for laminating mylar or plastic...

You practically need "Professional Strength" 3M to ensure best
results....it can be done, but it takes practice.  I like to back-coat both
surfaces separately with glue and then adhere them.

Rob





From: Stephen Tran <stephogami@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 22 Dec 1999 20:24
Subject: Re: Napkin Folding

I can answer this one.  That poor "Schmuck" would be me, or I should say
used to be me.  Usually, the napkin fold falls onto the shoulder of the Bus
Person (Restaurant offcourse) or the Waiter if there is no bus person.

I had a great time folding those napkins though.  Fortunately, I only worked
at two restaurant before I decided to quit.  But, I did learn how to fold a
"Fancy Fan" napkin and a "Lily" simple one that is.

Paper-man

Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 20:24:42 -0500
From:    Gillian Wiseman <gilladian@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Napkin Folding

>I suspect there's some poor shmuck in the back room who gets to fold
>napkins
>for $5.15 an hour in fancy restaurants. Possibly the same guy who gets to
>set up banquet tables and stuff.
>
>Gillian

______________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com





From: "Doris.L" <Doris.L@T-ONLINE.DE>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 01:59
Subject: Seasons Greetings

Frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes Neues Jahr - Merry Xmas and a happy new
year - joyeux noel et une bonne annee 2000 - akemashite omede tou
gozaimasu - kellemes karacsony es boldog uj evet -
Doris





From: Penny Groom <penny.groom@BTINTERNET.COM>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 02:59
Subject: Re: Where's Otto?

>
>>I wonder what became of Mr Nordstrom...? :-)
I heard that Oliver Zachary had visited him, I believe they have a lot
in common.

Seasons Greetings to all

Penny

Penny Groom

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

please visit the Hunger Site at http://www.thehungersite.com/
clicking on this site once daily donates food at no cost to you to the
hungry around the world.

Make it your resolution for the millennium to do it every day.





From: Albert Sng <albert_s.geo@YAHOO.COM>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 03:09
Subject: Greetings from Singapore

Hi everybody!
Wishing all a very blessed Christmas and happy 2000.
I'm a 35 guy from Singapore. Started folding two years
plus ago and my main interest is in animal origami.
Haven't invented any models yet but getting there.
See you around.
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Thousands of Stores.  Millions of Products.  All in one place.
Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com





From: Maarten van Gelder <VGELDER@KVI.nl>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 03:32
Subject: Search for diagrams

Can somebody answer this question?
Please answer directly to this address:   Magic021@aol.com

-------- Original Message --------
From: Magic021@aol.com
To: M.J.van.Gelder@KVI.nl

Your web site is very good, but perhaps you can help me find a diagram
that I
haven't been able to find.  It's several different pieces that join
together
to form a sort of circle, but it can also be pushed together to form a
star,
or a shuriken shape. If you have ever heard of one like this, I would
appreciate it if you could tell me.
thanks,





From: Manuel Nuno Alcada <nunoalca@MED.UP.PT>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 06:33
Subject: NO Merry Xmas in many languages

Afrikander - Een Plesierige Kerfees
Arabic - I'D MIILAD SAID OUA SANA SAIDA
Argentine - Felices Pasquas Y felices ano Nuevo
Armenian - Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Azeri - Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Basque - Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
Bohemian - Vesele Vanoce
Breton - Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Bulgarian - Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Chinese -
     (Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
     (Catonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Cornish - Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Cree - Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Croatian - Sretan Bozic
Czech - Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish - Gldelig Jul
Dutch - Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
English - Merry Christmas
Esperanto - Gajan Kristnaskon
Estonian - Ruumsaid juulup|hi
Farsi - Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Finnish - Hyvaa joulua
French - Joyeux Noel
Frisian - Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!
German - Froehliche Weihnachten
Greek - Kala Christouyenna!
Hawaiian - Mele Kalikimaka
Hebrew - Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hindi - Shub Naya Baras
Hungarian - Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Icelandic - Gledileg Jol
Indonesian - Selamat Hari Natal
Iraqi - Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish - Nollaig Shona Dhuit
Italian - Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese - Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Korean - Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latvian - Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!
Lithuanian - Linksmu Kaledu
Manx - Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Maori - Meri Kirihimete
Marathi - Shub Naya Varsh
Navajo - Merry Keshmish
Norwegian - God Jul
Pennsylvania German - En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!
Polish - Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia
Portuguese - Boas Festas
Rapa-Nui - Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Rumanian - Sarbatori vesele
Russian - Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
Serbian - Hristos se rodi
Slovakian - Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce
Sami - Buorrit Juovllat
Samoan - La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Scots Gaelic - Nollaig chridheil huibh
Serb-Croatian - Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina
Singhalese - Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Slovak - Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovene - Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto
Spanish - Feliz Navidad
Swedish - God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt r
Tagalog - Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
Tamil - Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
Thai - Sawadee Pee Mai
Turkish - Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian - Srozhdestvom Kristovym
Urdu - Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
Vietnamese - Chung Mung Giang Sinh
Welsh - Nadolig Llawen
Yugoslavian - Cestitamo Bozic





From: Ho <gmjkho@PRIMUS.COM.AU>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 08:04
Subject: Greetings from Australia

~~~~~~~~~~~  Merry Christmas  ~~~~~~~~~~

......and a very happy and healthy year 2000 ....

~~~~~ Sharing with you the joy of origami ~~~~

.............................  George Ho  .............................

................. from a sunny Perth, Australia ..............

******************************************
Origami & Mental Health Therapy
           http://go.to/origami





From: DLister891@AOL.COM
Date: 23 Dec 1999 08:08
Subject: David Huffman

A few weeks ago I wrote about "The Origami Mind" and I listed a number of
other interests that are likely to appeal to paperfolders, including amongst
others, cats' cradles. knotting, conjuring, recreational mathematics,
tessellations, labyrinths and puzzles.

I was reminded of another such interest yesterday, when I happened to find
book in a remainder bookshop here in Grimsby.

This was:  Bruno Ernst:  Optical Illusions,  published by the well-known
German art publishers, Taschen of Cologne, (with branches in London, New
York, Lisbon, Osaka and Paris).

The date appears to be 1989, but this may have been the date of the German
edition, not the English translation. !SBN 3-8228-9637-3. An A4-sized
paperback.

I have been collecting books on  optical illusions for many years, but I
think I can say that this is the best one I have come across so far and I
would recommend it to anyone already interested in the subject or still to
become interested. For people resident in Britain, it can be had from
branches of "The Works" for only 3.99 UK pounds, and I reckon it is a
bargain.

Bruno Ernst has written at least two other books on the same subject:

Adventures with Impossible Figures: Tarquin Publications, Diss, England, 1985.
(Tarquin publish a fascinating collection of books on subjects that are
likely to appeal to the origami mind, including, curiously enough, books on
paperfolding.)

and

 "The Eye Beguiled". 1986. [I regret that this book has buried itself
somewhere and has no desire to revel its whereabouts so I can't give any
other particulars at the moment.]

Bruno Ernst has also written a book on MC. Escher, famous for his use of
optical illusions. This is "The Magic Mirror of M.C. Escher, published in
1985. This is  another excellent book.

Incidentally, it is revealed in "Optical Illusions" that "Bruno Ernst is the
pen-name of a Dutchman whose real name is J.A.F.Rijk but my search in Alta
Vista agfainst that name produced no replies.

What inspired me to write about this is that the long bibliography to
"Optical Illusions" lists three papers by D.A Huffman from the journal
"Machine Intelligence" and another from Computer vision Systems, all relevant
to optical illusions.

It so happens that David Huffman is also an innovative paperfolder, who has
done experiments in folding using curved lines.He keeps himself somewhat
apart from the main stream of paperfolding, but he has a Web page of his
foldings at:

http://www.sgi.com/grafica/huffman/

This amply repays inspection and study and I think it vindictes my idea that
people who are attracted to origami are also attracted to optical illusions.

Searches in Aalta Vista agains both Bruno Ernst and D.A.Huffman yield
numerous interesting sites. Alta Vista claims to have 4260 sites about
Optical Illusions.

David Lister,

Grimsby, England.

DLister891@AOL.com





From: Roman Snytsar <rsnytsar@VRPILOTS.COM>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 10:00
Subject: Download Origami screen saver

Hi all,

the Millenium Origami Screen Saver Scene is available for download at
http://www.vrpilots.com/origami/saver/

Enjoy!

Season Greetings,

Roman Snytsar rsnytsar@vrpilots.com

VR Pilots Corp. http://www.vrpilots.com
Virtual Galaxy, Origami Jurassic Park and more





From: Mark Morden <marmonk@ESKIMO.COM>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 10:32
Subject: NO Re:      Seasons Greetings

> Frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes Neues Jahr - Merry Xmas and a happy new
> year - joyeux noel et une bonne annee 2000 - akemashite omede tou
> gozaimasu - kellemes karacsony es boldog uj evet -
> Doris
>
While I appreciate the sentiment, what is this "Merry Xmas" holiday??  I
thought we were celebrating CHRISTmas.  This holiday is the celebration of
Christ's birth, not X's birth.  As this holiday becomes more commercialized
and more secular, could be please retain some form to remember why we are
celebrating at all.  Sorry if this sounds cranky.  Just trying to fight, in
my own small way, further erosion of the holiday.

Historically, I believe I read, Xmas was an abbreviation used by the early
Christians.  X, being the Greek letter Chi, was the first letter for
Christ's name in greek.  So Xmas would be equivilent to "Cmas" in English.
Nowadays, very few know greek or understand the original abbreviation.  Xmas
has become an abbreviation that removes Christ from the holiday.  Please
show some respect and reverence for our Savior by keeping His holiday named
after him.  That "X" guy can go get his own holiday. ;-)

Merry Christmas and Happy Folding

Mark Morden == marmonk@eskimo.com
http://www.eskimo.com/~marmonk/
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------
You keep saying all the while / It takes the vision of a child
Looking through the eyes of faith to see reality
So once again I will say / I believe You're the Life
You're the Truth, You're the Way
    Stephen Curtis Chapman





From: Steve Vinik <z007169b@BC.SEFLIN.ORG>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 10:32
Subject: STAR FOLDS origami parody

Hi, gang

Here's a little seasonal present from me to you. I wrote this parody years
ago and was trying to find it when the latest STAR WARS movie premiered this
year. Thanks to Joseph Wu's archive search, I was finally able to track
it down and "reprint" it for those of you who never saw this in 1996 and
for those who have tried to forget it since then . . . Enjoy.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           STAR FOLDS
                 An origami parody by Steve Vinik

     Pulling back the paper hood from his wrinkled face, the old man
caught the eye of his pupil. "Lucky Starfolder," he said, "the folds are
strong with you."
     "I don't believe in the folds," said young Luck. "Just a page out of
a children's story."
     The old man chortled, then sat heavily on a paper chaise lounge.
"Never underestimate the force of the folds, Luck. Although the power of
folded paper increases harmony, it can also be bent towards destruction.
Your father, you know, succumbed to the reverse side of the folds. He is
the reason for this ever widening rip in the Peace of Paper."
     "But Foldy-One-Papyrus, my father is dead."
     "No, Luck. He is just crimped beyond recognition. He lives for the
glory of showing off his twisted folds while squashing the folds of
others. He pirates away origami supplies, depriving us of square-cut
paper and foils; hence his name . . ."
     "You don't mean my father is Dearth Paper!" Luck exclaimed.
     "Your father is the fold's mortal enemy. And you, Lucky Starfolder,
are the fold's final hope."
     Foldy-One-Papyrus unfolded from his chair and gave Luck the square
sign. "May the folds be with you."

                                  *   *   *

Steve Vinik
z007169b@bc.seflin.org





From: Allan findlay <a_findlay@EXCHANGE.CREATIONS.CO.UK>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 10:42
Subject: Re: NO Re:      Seasons Greetings

For me and my family (and a great many others I know), Christmas is purely a
social event, we attach no religious significance to it at all.

Sorry if this is disappointing.

--------------------------
        Allan           (a_findlay@exchange.creations.co.uk)

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Morden [mailto:marmonk@ESKIMO.COM]
Sent: 23 December 1999 15:30
To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: NO Re: Seasons Greetings

> Frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes Neues Jahr - Merry Xmas and a happy new
> year - joyeux noel et une bonne annee 2000 - akemashite omede tou
> gozaimasu - kellemes karacsony es boldog uj evet -
> Doris
>
While I appreciate the sentiment, what is this "Merry Xmas" holiday??  I
thought we were celebrating CHRISTmas.  This holiday is the celebration of
Christ's birth, not X's birth.  As this holiday becomes more commercialized
and more secular, could be please retain some form to remember why we are
celebrating at all.  Sorry if this sounds cranky.  Just trying to fight, in
my own small way, further erosion of the holiday.

Historically, I believe I read, Xmas was an abbreviation used by the early
Christians.  X, being the Greek letter Chi, was the first letter for
Christ's name in greek.  So Xmas would be equivilent to "Cmas" in English.
Nowadays, very few know greek or understand the original abbreviation.  Xmas
has become an abbreviation that removes Christ from the holiday.  Please
show some respect and reverence for our Savior by keeping His holiday named
after him.  That "X" guy can go get his own holiday. ;-)

Merry Christmas and Happy Folding

Mark Morden == marmonk@eskimo.com
http://www.eskimo.com/~marmonk/
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------
You keep saying all the while / It takes the vision of a child
Looking through the eyes of faith to see reality
So once again I will say / I believe You're the Life
You're the Truth, You're the Way
    Stephen Curtis Chapman





From: Jeff Kerwood <jkerwood@USAOR.NET>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 10:53
Subject: (NO)  Re: Seasons Greetings

> While I appreciate the sentiment, what is this "Merry Xmas" holiday??  I
> thought we were celebrating CHRISTmas.  This holiday is the celebration of
> Christ's birth

Dear Mark,

I've heard that it is likely that the cross Jesus was hung on was not a
cross at all but an "X" and that that is what the X in Xmas is meant to
stand for.

And Mark, I hope you are open minded enough to accept that there just may be
a few people who believe a bit differently than you :-). For many Christmas
IS a secular celebration of love and of family, of giving and of hope for
peace throughout the world.

Boas Festas,
Jeff





From: Chris Hundley <chris@PREMIEREPAGES.COM>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 11:28
Subject: Re: NO Re:      Seasons Greetings

Yep, same here. Isn't it amazing how some people like to preach about "keeping
Christmas holy" and "remember why we're celebrating". Maybe it's those people
who fear THEY have forgotten the meaning. All Christmas has ever meant to me is
that I'd be getting that new Pentium 90, or maybe an upgrade to 32 megs of RAM.
This year, maybe a PIII 700! What does Christmas mean? It means HUGE lines at
the mall where most people are pissed off (including the employees of all of the
stores). Noone seems happy and everyone seems relieved when it's all over. I
know there's no better feeling than buying that last gift and getting the heck
out of the stores. I've seen thousands of dollars being rung up at the cash
registers and little bits of change dropped in the Salvation Army and other such
donation bowls. They even have a padlock on those things so someone won't steal
the $15 in change that's in them. Christmas is about Christ? Ha!! I'll tell that
to my credit card company when they ask me to pay for the thousands of dollars
worth of gifts I've bought in the last few weeks. I'll just say "but Christmas
is about Christ, you shouldn't worry about your money." Yeah, good one.

Chris (my name is almost the same as Christ!)

Allan findlay wrote:

> For me and my family (and a great many others I know), Christmas is purely a
> social event, we attach no religious significance to it at all.
>
> Sorry if this is disappointing.
>
> --------------------------
>         Allan           (a_findlay@exchange.creations.co.uk)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Morden [mailto:marmonk@ESKIMO.COM]
> Sent: 23 December 1999 15:30
> To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: NO Re: Seasons Greetings
>
> > Frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes Neues Jahr - Merry Xmas and a happy new
> > year - joyeux noel et une bonne annee 2000 - akemashite omede tou
> > gozaimasu - kellemes karacsony es boldog uj evet -
> > Doris
> >
> While I appreciate the sentiment, what is this "Merry Xmas" holiday??  I
> thought we were celebrating CHRISTmas.  This holiday is the celebration of
> Christ's birth, not X's birth.  As this holiday becomes more commercialized
> and more secular, could be please retain some form to remember why we are
> celebrating at all.  Sorry if this sounds cranky.  Just trying to fight, in
> my own small way, further erosion of the holiday.
>
> Historically, I believe I read, Xmas was an abbreviation used by the early
> Christians.  X, being the Greek letter Chi, was the first letter for
> Christ's name in greek.  So Xmas would be equivilent to "Cmas" in English.
> Nowadays, very few know greek or understand the original abbreviation.  Xmas
> has become an abbreviation that removes Christ from the holiday.  Please
> show some respect and reverence for our Savior by keeping His holiday named
> after him.  That "X" guy can go get his own holiday. ;-)
>
> Merry Christmas and Happy Folding
>
> Mark Morden == marmonk@eskimo.com
> http://www.eskimo.com/~marmonk/
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------
> You keep saying all the while / It takes the vision of a child
> Looking through the eyes of faith to see reality
> So once again I will say / I believe You're the Life
> You're the Truth, You're the Way
>     Stephen Curtis Chapman





From: Kenny1414@AOL.COM
Date: 23 Dec 1999 11:33
Subject: Re: David Huffman

I think you forgot to mention that this is THE David Huffman who
invented the classic Huffman Coding algorithm for data compression.

Aloha,
Kenneth M. Kawamura
----
In a message dated 12/23/1999 8:09:04 AM Eastern Standard Time,
DLister891@AOL.COM writes:

> What inspired me to write about this is that the long bibliography to
>  "Optical Illusions" lists three papers by D.A Huffman from the journal
>  "Machine Intelligence" and another from Computer vision Systems, all
> relevant
>  to optical illusions.
>
>  It so happens that David Huffman is also an innovative paperfolder, who has
>  done experiments in folding using curved lines.He keeps himself somewhat
>  apart from the main stream of paperfolding, but he has a Web page of his
>  foldings at:
>
>  http://www.sgi.com/grafica/huffman/
>
>  This amply repays inspection and study and I think it vindictes my idea
that
>  people who are attracted to origami are also attracted to optical
illusions.





From: Renata Fontenelle <ren@NLINK.COM.BR>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 11:39
Subject: Re: (NO) Seasons Greetings Para JEFF

At 10:52 23/12/99 -0500, you wrote:
>> While I appreciate the sentiment, what is this "Merry Xmas" holiday??  I
>> thought we were celebrating CHRISTmas.  This holiday is the celebration of
>> Christ's birth
>
>Dear Mark,
>
>I've heard that it is likely that the cross Jesus was hung on was not a
>cross at all but an "X" and that that is what the X in Xmas is meant to
>stand for.
>
>And Mark, I hope you are open minded enough to accept that there just may be
>a few people who believe a bit differently than you :-). For many Christmas
>IS a secular celebration of love and of family, of giving and of hope for
>peace throughout the world.
>
>Boas Festas,
>Jeff

Boas Festas... :)





From: Peg Barber <m.m.barber@ATT.NET>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 12:31
Subject:

Martin asked for help finding the following:

SNIP >>help me find a diagram that I haven't been able
to find.  It's several different pieces that join
together to form a sort of circle, but it can also be
pushed together to form a star, or a shuriken shape.
<<SNIP

Could this be the Pinwheel-Ring-Pinwheel on Page 36 of
Origami Plain and Simple by Robert Neal and Thomas Hull?





From: =?iso-8859-1?B?zejt4CDO8fLw8+0=?= <gavs-413@MTU-NET.RU>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 13:17
Subject: Greetings from Moscow

Hello Everyone!
We wish you a Merry Xmas and happy New Year and hope to see you here.

Happy Folding!
Origami Museum, Nina Ostrun, Liosha Kiselev





From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 13:23
Subject: Greetings from the People's Republic of...

Origami holiday greetings to all my folding friends from the People's
Republic of Santa Monica (that's what we're called!).  I hope you all
have a healthy and happy New Year.  Here's to another century of sharing
our beloved origami together!

Dorothy





From: Michael Antonette <mylor@TELUSPLANET.NET>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 13:50
Subject: Re: NO:  Politically Correct Holiday Greeting  (Was -  NO: Merry Chri

----- Original Message -----
From: "Deg Farrelly" <DEG.FARRELLY@ASU.EDU>
To: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: December 22, 1999 3:13 PM
Subject: NO: Politically Correct Holiday Greeting (Was - NO: Merry Chri
stmas )

> In a message dated 12/21/1999 1:43:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> josephwu@ULTRANET.CA wrote:
>
> > Nancy & I wish all of the members of Origami-L a Merry Christmas. For
> those
> >  of you who don't celebrate Christmas, please insert whatever seasonal
> >  greeting you prefer.
>
> to which Kenneth Kawamura responded:
>
> >Merry Xmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Solstice,
> >Blessed Be, Season's Greetings,
> >Mele Kalikimaka, Feliz Navidad, Joyeaux Noel,
> >S Rozdyestvom Xryistovim, Buon Natal, Aloha,
>
>
> With that lead in I *cannot* resist:
>
>
> Please accept,
> with no obligation, implied or implicit,
> my best wishes
> for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible,
> low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral
> celebration of the winter solstice holiday,
> practiced within the most enjoyable traditions
> of the religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice,
> with respect for the religious/secular persuasions
> and/or traditions of others, or
> their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions
> at all
>
> and
>
> a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling,
> and medically uncomplicated recognition
> of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2000,
> but not without due respect for the calendars-of-choice
> of other cultures whose contributions to society
> have helped make America great
> (not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country
or
> is the only "AMERICA" in the western hemisphere),
> and without regard to
> the race, creed, color, age, physical ability,
> religious faith, choice of computer platform,
> or sexual preference
> of the wishee. *
>
>
>                 * By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these
terms.
> This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal.  It is freely
> transferable with no alteration to the original greeting.  It implies no
> promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for
> her/himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law, and is
revocable
> at the sole discretion of the wisher.
>
>                 This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the
> usual application of good tidings for a period of one year, or until the
> issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and
> warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish
at
> the sole discretion of the wisher.
>
>
>
> And for those who would like to see my own,  personal, very
> *non*-politically correct seasonal greeting.... contact me privately for a
> web link.
>

...uh....yeah...okay.

   I think you said it all...

                                        Michael





From: John Smith <pureland@WAITROSE.COM>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 14:36
Subject: Re: Kenneway books

Dryad and Eric Kenneway

I can throw a little light on the Dryad booklets of Eric Kenneway. Dryad
Press was owned by Dryad Ltd of Leicester (UK). Dryad was (and maybe still
is) a small company which supplies art and craft materials mainly to
education establishments. The Dryad booklets were a series dealing with many
different crafts such as weaving.batik etc. Eric wrote the two books you
mentioned for Dryad. I believe Simple Origami was Eric's first publication.
Some time after 1972 I was working at Dryad (my company had taken them over)
and on Eric's behalf I tried to get them to publish another booklet by Eric.
I am almost certain nothing came of my efforts, more is the pity.
I am fascinated to hear fo the booklets turning up in Canberra but I seem to
remember that Dryad did have a little export business.

John Smith





From: Thoki Yenn <thok@THOK.DK>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 14:48
Subject: solstice - enjoy it.

We Kalmons of the North
has been celebrating the turning of the planet
and the re-turn to longer days
for more thousands of years than
any known calender is recording.

So enjoy it

Greetings from the G&GKOTN
http://www.thok.dk/santa84.html

and from the old Geezer himself
who does not believe in anything
except the goodness of people
especially those who are doing Origami
and also like cutting and folding and gluing paper.





From: Jeff Block <info@LOTUSENTERTAINYOU.COM>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 16:13
Subject: Twisting of paper

I know folding of paper is Origami and cutting is
Kirigami and I once saw a reference to the twisting
and twiling of paper as ??????-gami

Does anybody know the name and a reference
to a book(s) on the subject?

Jeff
http://www.lotusentertainyou.com





From: BTStern <btstern@BUFFNET.NET>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 16:52
Subject: Re: Merry Christmas

To All of You on the origami list....

A Very Happy Christmas and New Year

We should all try to meet in some central location in the year 2000 and fold
together...

Beth Stern
http://www.geocities.com/tayster97/
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/9109/origami.html
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/9109/Renaldo.html
New York Does Not Need Hillary Clinton





From: Jeff Block <info@LOTUSENTERTAINYOU.COM>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 17:15
Subject: Lotus Entertain You, Inc.

Happy Holidays and best wishes for a
Great Folding Year 2000 to all of you.
Special thanks to those of you who made
our Christmas season extremely busy -
looking forward to Valentine's Day

Jeff
http://www.lotusentertainyou.com
