




From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Julia_P=E1lffy?= <jupalffy@BLUEWIN.CH>
Date: 30 Dec 1999 23:54
Subject: Re: New Year's Folds

Kenneth Kawamura wrote:
Anyone know of an origami hourglass, or a scythe or sickle
for Old Man Time/Old Year? And a dialper for the new year?

There's an hourglass in Top origami (a.k.a. Origami for the Connoisseur), a
Ghostly Reaper at Anita's Origami Page:
http://www.ulster.net/~spider/greaper.htm, and a section on various diaper
folds in Eric Kenneway's Complete Origami.

Happy New Folding 2000 :)!

Julia Palffy
Zug, Switzerland
jupalffy@bluewin.ch





From: Foldmaster@AOL.COM
Date: 30 Dec 1999 23:54
Subject: Re: Recipe Book Holder

In a message dated 12/30/1999 11:08:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET writes:

<< June Sakamoto (among others) recommended a recipe book holder as an
 ideal stand for origami books.  Will any clear plastic recipe book stand
 suffice?
  >>
Dear all,

Yes, it works for me!

June Sakamoto





From: Dave Mitchell <davemitchell@MIZUSHOBAI.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
Date: 31 Dec 1999 05:56
Subject: New Year's Folds

Doug Philips wrote about the Butterfly Ball<

>Perhaps someone else could chime in with the other titles it appears under.

Well -- okay -- it's also in Building with Butterflies (which incidentally
shows how to use many other simple butterfly type module variations to build
other interesting sculptural structures.)

Now newly available from Fascinating Folds ....

Here endeth the advert.

Dave Mitchell.





From: Dave Mitchell <davemitchell@MIZUSHOBAI.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
Date: 31 Dec 1999 05:56
Subject: NO: Pater Noster word square

Deg Farrelly ( I think - though the message came through pretty jumbled so
I'm not sure) wrote

>It makes a very cool calligraphic piece, which is just what I did with it
s=
>everal years ago; it was, however, done as a book which folded and did all
s=
>orts of marvelous tricks, so I feel justified in talking about it on the
O-l=
>ist.

Sounds interesting ......

Please talk about it some more!

Are we talking flexagons here?

Dave Mitchell





From: Michael LaFosse <info@ORIGAMIDO.COM>
Date: 31 Dec 1999 09:34
Subject: Re: New Year's Folds

Cathy wrote:

> A great idea!  How do you make a butterfly ball?

The same way everybody else does! : }

But seriously folks, the diagrams are in the book "The Art of Origami",
by Gay
Merrill Gross: ISBN 0-7924-5841-9; and in ORU, volume #9.

Enjoy!

Michael LaFosse

>
>
>                 CAthy
>
> At 08:19 AM 99-12-30 -0500, you wrote:
> >> Carol Martinson inquired:
> >>
> >> "What kinds of origami decorations are people making for the New Year?"
> >
> >Kenneth's "Butterfly Ball" is an obvious choice; here's what I like to
> >do.
> >Use your printer and computer to print twelve different fortunes or
> >resolutions on your paper before you cut it into suitable squares for
> >folding.  Fold the papers so that the fortunes are hidden on the inside
> >of
> >the units then build butterfly balls for each guest and make a nice
> >table
> >display of them.  At zero each guest bursts their butterfly ball and
> >grabs
> >one unit from the air; that is their fortune / resolution.  I like the
> >fact
> >that the butterfly ball has 12 units, one for each month of the year.
> >
> >All the best, and Happy New Year!
> >
> >Michael
> >
> >
> ******^^^^^*****^^^^^*****
>
> Cathy Palmer-Lister
> Ste. Julie, Quebec
> Canada
> cathypl@generation.net





From: Hatori Koshiro <hatori@JADE.DTI.NE.JP>
Date: 31 Dec 1999 10:01
Subject: NO: Greetings from Japan

Shinnen akemashite omedeto gozaimasu.

Just now we geet the new year 2000 in Japan.
I wish you all on the list a happy new year!

 _ _ _ _ _
|         |  Hatori Koshiro (Koshiro is my first name.)
|_._._._._|          hatori@jade.dti.ne.jp
|         |      http://www.jade.dti.ne.jp/~hatori/
|_ _ _ _ _|_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
 If they keep on risking failure, they're still artists. (S.Jobs)





From: Ronald Koh <ronkoh@SINGNET.COM.SG>
Date: 31 Dec 1999 11:02
Subject: [NO] Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, folks, from Singapore in Year 2000!

Pleased to say that my PC hasn't croaked (yet), no thanks to the Y2K bug
or some (yet) unknown virus, and Nostradamus is a tad off in his
end-of-the-world predictions.

It looks like much of Singapore will not be sleeping tonight. We have
some 200,000 people dancing, gawking, etc the night away along the
three-mile stretch of Orchard Road, along the banks of the Collyer and
Boat Quays and just about anywhere people can congregate to celebrate.
Orchard Road is in the heart of our shopping district, hotel and tourist
belts, and the quays are where you would head to for all the beer you
can drink and if you aren't overly concerned with your cholesterol
levels.

I'm too far gone for this stuff, so I'm going to bed. Night, all!





From: Merida Weinstein <mekkisan@DRAGONBBS.COM>
Date: 31 Dec 1999 12:35
Subject: Re: NO: Pater Noster word square

No, that was me, Merida the calligrapher, writing about the bookwork I made
of the paternoster square.

It was made with small rectangles attached to alternate spines so that the
rectangles flipped back and forth; there was one capital letter per
rectangle, done in five colours which rainbowed across the book when it was
fully open. Then it closed up into a tall narrow rectangle, enclosed in a
black silk box. If I had other than a 35mm slide, I'd attach a photo. Does
anybody know how to scan a slide?

Not really origami except for the folded spine, but paper arts nevertheless.

Merida
----------
From: Dave Mitchell <davemitchell@MIZUSHOBAI.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: NO: Pater Noster word square
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 12:35:12 -0500

Deg Farrelly ( I think - though the message came through pretty jumbled so
I'm not sure) wrote

>It makes a very cool calligraphic piece, which is just what I did with it
s=
>everal years ago; it was, however, done as a book which folded and did all
s=
>orts of marvelous tricks, so I feel justified in talking about it on the
O-l=
>ist.

Sounds interesting ......

Please talk about it some more!

Are we talking flexagons here?

Dave Mitchell





From: DORIGAMI@AOL.COM
Date: 31 Dec 1999 16:46
Subject: Re: [NO] Happy New Year from Dorigami

And I add my best wishes for a Very Happy and Healthy New Year, new decade,
new century and new millennia.  (My grandson reminded me of that).  For those
of you in other countries, we have been watching New Years celebrations from
all over the world on T.V all day.   Even saw the sun rise in New Zealand.
The first country in the world, I think, to see the sun rise on New Year's
Day.  This is all so exciting. To think I have lived to see the year 2000!
When I was a little girl I always wondered what it would be like at the end
of the century.  When I was growing up, we had no T.V., C.D."s, no computers,
and no a bunch of other stuff,  and now all of a sudden, here we are!  So
far, no computer glitches in other countries so maybe all the scares will not
come true....hopefully......My best and much love to all of my origami
friends, Dorigami





From: P Bailey <pbailey@OPENCOMINC.COM>
Date: 31 Dec 1999 17:01
Subject: Re: New Model for a new year

Hi folks!

And Happy new year!
Seeing as last month I was a little late to get things going this month
I am going to be a little early! early by a day for january and early
around a month for the year of the dragon!  So this year I decided to
squeeze in a compact dragon!  I hope you all enjoy it and have no Y2K
troubles at all!

Perry
--
"Hope is a little thing
with feathers
perched in the soul all day,
it does it's little business
and then it flies away!"

Victor Buono from "It could be verse"

http://www.afgsoft.com/perry/           <--Website w/ diagrams!
Icq 23622644





From: Rachel Katz <mandrk@MAIL.PB.NET>
Date: 31 Dec 1999 18:23
Subject: Re: New Year's Folds

I believe that an hourglass is one of the 70 diagrams to be found in
Yurii and Katrin Shumakov's "studio" at:

origami.aaanet.ru

Rachel Katz
Origami - it's not just for squares!





From: Bernie Cosell <bernie@FANTASYFARM.COM>
Date: 31 Dec 1999 18:42
Subject: Re: New Year's Folds

On 31 Dec 99, at 18:14, Rachel Katz wrote:

> I believe that an hourglass is one of the 70 diagrams to be found in
> Yurii and Katrin Shumakov's "studio" at:
>
> origami.aaanet.ru

The actual url is

http://www.origami.aaanet.ru/

[and if you think that was easy to figure out, poking through the pages
that are all in Russian...:o) On the other hand, I was a bit surprised to
see that my browser didn't miss a beat and happily displayed everything
in Cyrillic without a hitch, not that I could read any of it..:o)]

  /Bernie\
--
Bernie Cosell                     Fantasy Farm Fibers
mailto:bernie@fantasyfarm.com     Pearisburg, VA
    -->  Too many people, too few sheep  <--





From: Doug Philips <dwp@TRANSARC.COM>
Date: 31 Dec 1999 20:42
Subject: Re: New Year's Folds

Rachel Katz wrote:

+I believe that an hourglass is one of the 70 diagrams to be found in
+Yurii and Katrin Shumakov's "studio" at:
+
+origami.aaanet.ru

You're right! It is also in their book.

-D'gou

P.S. Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year to ALL!





From: Ronald Koh <ronkoh@SINGNET.COM.SG>
Date: 31 Dec 1999 22:37
Subject: Re: [NO] Happy New Year from Dorigami

DORIGAMI@AOL.COM wrote:
>
 we have been watching New Years celebrations from
> all over the world on T.V all day.   Even saw the sun rise in New Zealand.
> The first country in the world, I think, to see the sun rise on New Year's
> Day.  This is all so exciting.

Yes, it certainly is. I was kept awake most of the night listening,
rather than watching, the celebrations around the world on TV as well.
Didn't realize it was being beamed all over the world when I made my
earlier posting. As I type this, a live telecast of Hillary Clinton
making a speech at The Mall in New York is being shown. It feels a
little strange that the US is heralding the new year in when it's almost
11.30am, 1 Jan 2000 in Singapore!

Ron.





From: dan newman <dnewman@CAPITAL.NET>
Date: 01 Jan 2000 03:34
Subject: Re: Origami for a Funeral?

I have never been asked to fold for a funeral. But, would not floers be
appropriate?

BTStern wrote:

> I have been asked if there is any origami that would be appropriate for a
> memorial service....
>
> has anyone been asked to do a piece for a funeral before and if so what did
> you fold?
>
> thanks
> 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: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Julia_P=E1lffy?= <jupalffy@BLUEWIN.CH>
Date: 01 Jan 2000 06:25
Subject: Happy New Year!

Well, I'm already half-way through January 1st (and I've celebrated and
slept and woken up again at last...), so I suppose it's almost January 2 by
now in New Zealand, but anyway,

Happy New Year to everyone from the mountains and lakes of Switzerland !
(and yes, there is snow - just enough so the landscape looks right! ;-))

Julia Palffy
Zug, Switzerland
jupalffy@bluewin.ch





From: BoyohBoy17@AOL.COM
Date: 01 Jan 2000 13:03
Subject: Re: New Year's Folds

The link didn't work for me

In a message dated 12/31/1999 6:23:25 PM Eastern Standard Time,
mandrk@MAIL.PB.NET writes:

<< I believe that an hourglass is one of the 70 diagrams to be found in
 Yurii and Katrin Shumakov's "studio" at:

 origami.aaanet.ru >>





From: Kellydunn2@AOL.COM
Date: 01 Jan 2000 19:16
Subject: Re: Origami frog sighting

In a message dated 12/30/99 1:52:54 PM, dataylor@EARTHLINK.NET writes:

<< I went to the zoo today & saw an Argentine leaf folding frog. He was
sleeping & didn't have any samples of his work on display, so I can't
report what he folds out of leaves. >>

Hi, you possibly didn't see any samples of his work because he ate
them...opps.
It's *most likely* that it is laying eggs, and then folding the leaf over to
glue the eggs in. Serious folding!  because these frogs have been know to be
"heterocannibals," meaning that if they get the munchies, they will eat eggs
of
their own species ...(but like insects better). However, folding is an
important step
for protection against the frog's neighbors and possibly it's own self. These
tempting eggs.
Ribbit,
Kelly





From: Faye Goldman <fayeg@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Date: 02 Jan 2000 15:10
Subject: Greater Philadelphia Paper Folders Meetings

Happy Uneventful New Year to All.
We are moving again.
The Greater Philadelphia Paper Folders meetings will still be
held on the 1st Monday of each month.  That means the next one is
tomorrow, Monday, January 3, 2000.
We are now meeting at Temple Lutheran Church in Havertown PA.
6:30 pm to 9:00.  All ages are welcome, but children must be
chaperoned.
Temple Lutheran Church is at the corner of Earlington Road and
Brookline Blvd in Havertown.  It is not too far from the intersections
of Routes 1 (City Line Ave) and 3 (West Chester Pike).
If you need further directions or info please call me,
Faye Goldman, at (610) 642-2901 or Cellular (610) 999-8766.





From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: 02 Jan 2000 18:02
Subject: I'm Back!

Hi everyone I'm back on the list and I'm back to folding origami.  I
recently bought a Tomoko Fuse book of boxes from one sheet of paper.  I
don't know the name of the book for sure but I think I remember someone
said it was called Gift Origami Boxes, is that correct?  Anyway something I
discovered is that the ratios of the sides of the rectangles on some of the
models are clearly labeled, like the triangular boxes.  Does anyone have
ratios for the unlabelled models that work?  Happy folding :)

David





From: Karen Reeds <reeds@OPENIX.COM>
Date: 02 Jan 2000 18:19
Subject: origami in the NY Times (and maybe from it)

The Sunday 1/2/2000 Metro section has a very nice article on Joshua Davis,
17 of Montclair, New Jersey, who folds a crane from the front page of each
day's newspaper. He was inspired by the story of Sadako Sasaki and the 1000
cranes. He began in 1996 and completed his 1000th crane on 12/31/99. He
hopes to donate the cranes to a museum.

Happy Folding! Happy New Year!
Karen
reeds@openix.com





From: Scottie Lover <iluvscotties@MINDSPRING.COM>
Date: 02 Jan 2000 18:42
Subject: Re: origami in the NY Times (and maybe from it)

At 06:21 PM 01/02/2000 -0500, Karen Reeds wrote:
>The Sunday 1/2/2000 Metro section has a very nice article on Joshua Davis,
>17 of Montclair, New Jersey, who folds a crane from the front page of each
>day's newspaper. He was inspired by the story of Sadako Sasaki and the 1000
>cranes. He began in 1996 and completed his 1000th crane on 12/31/99. He
>hopes to donate the cranes to a museum.

What page is this on?  (I can't find it anywhere in the Metro section, so am
fervently hoping that this isn't just in the NJ editions.)

Thank you very much!
"Scottie"                                      (The Scottish Terrier Lover)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                           NEW MAILING LISTS TO JOIN
GiftsFromTheHeart@onelist.com (making/giving perfect, "best ever" gifts)
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origami)
QuilledArt@onelist.com                  (exquisite paper filigree, framed or
3-D)
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From: Bernie Cosell <bernie@FANTASYFARM.COM>
Date: 02 Jan 2000 19:01
Subject: Re: origami in the NY Times (and maybe from it)

On 2 Jan 00, at 18:42, Scottie Lover wrote:

> At 06:21 PM 01/02/2000 -0500, Karen Reeds wrote:
> >The Sunday 1/2/2000 Metro section has a very nice article on Joshua Davis,
> >17 of Montclair, New Jersey, who folds a crane from the front page of each
> >day's newspaper. He was inspired by the story of Sadako Sasaki and the 1000
> >cranes. He began in 1996 and completed his 1000th crane on 12/31/99. He
> >hopes to donate the cranes to a museum.
>
> What page is this on?  (I can't find it anywhere in the Metro section, so am
> fervently hoping that this isn't just in the NJ editions.)

Alas, not anyplace in the online NYTimes, either...  /bernie\
--
Bernie Cosell                     Fantasy Farm Fibers
mailto:bernie@fantasyfarm.com     Pearisburg, VA
    -->  Too many people, too few sheep  <--





From: Martin Liu <liumcn@OZEMAIL.COM.AU>
Date: 02 Jan 2000 19:13
Subject: Origami for a Funeral

> BTStern wrote:
>
> > I have been asked if there is any origami that would be appropriate for a
> > memorial service....
> >
> > has anyone been asked to do a piece for a funeral before and if so what did
> > you fold?
> >
> > thanks
> > Beth
>
hi
 i was browsing in a shop yesterday and saw a mourning  locket
made in late 19th century . It had a carving inside of  a swan.
It is said that swans sing only once or more lustily just prior to death

Source:Plato
        "Will you not allow that i have as much of the spirit of
prophecy
in me as swans? For they, when they perceive that they must die,
having sung all their life long, do then sing more lustily than ever,
rejoicing
in the thought that they are going to the god that they serve"

There are also quotes from Chaucer and Shakespeare on this
characteristic of swans in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Though i have never folded for a funeral maybe swans would
be appropriate

regards Martin Liu





From: Larry Finch <LarryFinch@AOL.COM>
Date: 02 Jan 2000 20:03
Subject: Re: origami in the NY Times (and maybe from it)

In a message dated 1/2/00 6:42:21 PM Eastern Standard Time,
iluvscotties@MINDSPRING.COM writes:

> At 06:21 PM 01/02/2000 -0500, Karen Reeds wrote:
>  >The Sunday 1/2/2000 Metro section has a very nice article on Joshua Davis,
>  >17 of Montclair, New Jersey, who folds a crane from the front page of each
>  >day's newspaper. He was inspired by the story of Sadako Sasaki and the
1000
>  >cranes. He began in 1996 and completed his 1000th crane on 12/31/99. He
>  >hopes to donate the cranes to a museum.
>
>  What page is this on?  (I can't find it anywhere in the Metro section, so
am
>  fervently hoping that this isn't just in the NJ editions.)
>

It's in the New Jersey section, unfortunately.

Larry





From: Scottie Lover <iluvscotties@MINDSPRING.COM>
Date: 02 Jan 2000 20:23
Subject: Re: origami in the NY Times (and maybe from it)

At 08:03 PM 01/02/2000 -0500, Larry Finch wrote:
>>What page is this on?  (I can't find it anywhere in the Metro
>>section, so am fervently hoping that this isn't just in the NJ editions.)

>It's in the New Jersey section, unfortunately.

You broke my heart <sigh>.  Why wouldn't the NYT editors think that Long Island
residents wouldn't also be interested??????????????????  Grrrrrrr!  But thank
you very much for clarifying that.
"Scottie"                                      (The Scottish Terrier Lover)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                           NEW MAILING LISTS TO JOIN
GiftsFromTheHeart@onelist.com (making/giving perfect, "best ever" gifts)
Origami_Art@onelist.com               (folding, framing, using beautiful
origami)
QuilledArt@onelist.com                  (exquisite paper filigree, framed or
3-D)
Scherenschnitte@onelist.com      (cheap, beautiful paper cutting art)





From: Foldmaster@AOL.COM
Date: 02 Jan 2000 23:40
Subject: Latest JOAS Membership and Book Orders to Japan

Dear All,

The following people have sent in their orders for JOAS Membership and/or
Tanteidan #5 Convention Books and/or Yamaguchi's "Joyful Life with Origami":

Shalom Le Vine
Matt Slayton
Edward Peter Miller Jr.
Tiffany Tam
David Bruce Walker
Andrew Hans

Your magazines and books will arrive at your doorstep directly from Japan in
about 3-4 weeks from now.  Enjoy!  :)

Yours,

June Sakamoto

PS:  IF your name doesn't appear on this list and you've ordered something
recently (within last month) please contact me privately.





From: Karen Reeds <reeds@OPENIX.COM>
Date: 03 Jan 2000 09:13
Subject: correction on origami sighting in NY TIMES, and more

The story about Joshua Davis turning newspaper front pages into cranes was
Saturday Metro 1/1/2000 (not Sunday 1/2 as I said). It's on Metro B4
(Region), 1/1/2000 top right corner, with photo. (The saturday paper
reached us by mistake--we only subscribe to the  Sunday Times, half of
which gets delivered on Saturday. No wonder we seem awash in newspaper this
weekend.)

While I'm at it, the NYT Sunday 1/2/2000 Week in Review section. p. 2
bottom,  describes a national time capsule and things sent in for it. "Lynn
Preacher's fourth grade class in Jenks, Oklahoma made an eagle out of
construction and origami paper..."

Sometime in the past week (sorry, forgot to clip this before recycling)
Valerie Sudol, the Home/Garden columnist for The Star-Ledger of Newark NJ
described a New Year's ceremony her family and friends do, based on a
Buddhist tradition--folding paper boats and writing wishes, resolutions and
so on on slips of papers, tucking them into the boats, and letting them
float away.

And somewhere in the last month, a description of a banquet (at a wedding?)
with tomato slices folded origamilike.
Karen





From: Mike Wareman <mwareman@ADMIN.OLDSCOLLEGE.AB.CA>
Date: 03 Jan 2000 11:11
Subject: Eastern Unicorn

Happy New Year:

I need some help with the Eastern Unicorn diagramed in the Origami Tanteidan
     Magazine #58 (current issue).  I managed to get to step 40 before
     experiencing any problems.  I am not sure how to go from step 40 to step
     41.  I can get to step 42 but then have
 problems with step 43.  Is the large paper area lying on top of a smaller
     square piece?  That's what the diagrams 42 to 44 indicate.  How am I
     suppose to fold the large piece of paper shown in step 40 to get to step
     41?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

      ,-~,        ,-~~~-,/\   /\
(\   / ,- \     ,'        ', /  ~~  \
 \'-' /   \ \  /   _     #  <0 0>  \
  '--'     \ \/    .' '.    # = Y  =/
            \     / \   \   `#-..!.-'
             \   \   \   `\ \\
              )  />  /     \ \\
             / /`/ /`__     \ \\__
           (___)))_)))     \__)))

Michael G. Wareman
Olds College, AV Services
phone (403) 556-4605
FAX    (403) 556-4705
mwareman@admin.oldscollege.ab.ca
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Nook/4062





From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: 03 Jan 2000 12:47
Subject: Yoshino's Salmon and a little more on Gift Origami Boxes

I have a question: does anybody know if the bottom is supposed to be open
or almost closed?  Is there a trick to lock the two sides together?  And
back to Gift Origami Boxes: the model I'm talking about is on page 62, the
others after that use the same dimensions.  I've tried 3x7 and it works but
I was wondering what other people did.  You know that small flap you can
see on Step 20 (p63) where does it go?  Does it just stay where it is?  If
that's the case then wouldn't show up on that inside wall?  Happy folding
:)

David

ps If I sound stupid that's because it's been awhile since I've folded and
have to pick it up again.





From: "JacAlArt ." <jacalart@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 03 Jan 2000 14:03
Subject: Re: Yoshino's Salmon and a little more on Gift Origami Boxes

I've always left the bottom open. But with a little molding, you can form it
so when laid flat, it appears to be closed. A beautiful model.
~J

>From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
>Reply-To: Origami List <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Yoshino's Salmon and a little more on Gift Origami Boxes
>Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 09:46:49 -0800
>
>I have a question: does anybody know if the bottom is supposed to be open
>or almost closed?  Is there a trick to lock the two sides together?  And
>back to Gift Origami Boxes: the model I'm talking about is on page 62, the
>others after that use the same dimensions.  I've tried 3x7 and it works but
>I was wondering what other people did.  You know that small flap you can
>see on Step 20 (p63) where does it go?  Does it just stay where it is?  If
>that's the case then wouldn't show up on that inside wall?  Happy folding
>:)
>
>David
>
>ps If I sound stupid that's because it's been awhile since I've folded and
>have to pick it up again.

______________________________________________________
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From: Sebastian Marius Kirsch <skirsch@MOEBIUS.INKA.DE>
Date: 03 Jan 2000 16:17
Subject: Re: Diagram format (Re: my origami creations)

I started to write the following a couple of months ago during a lively
discussion about file formats. I have finally completed it; I hope that
it is still useful.

With your help and comments, perhaps we can turn this into an article
for the Origami Archives?

On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 01:09:46AM -0400, Shi-Yew Chen (a.k.a. Sy) wrote:
> It is not easy to answer your questions. My suggestion is to have you
> done some reading. Have a look at
> http://www.faqs.org/faqs/graphics/fileformats-faq/part1/index.html

I read that FAQ, but I am under the impression that it is a) intended
for programmers, not for users, and b) is only about specific file
formats and does not feature a general comparison between file formats.

*** Graphics Formats And Their Use For Origami Diagrams

Basically, there are only four file formats commonly used for origami
diagrams -- the only problem is choosing the right one. You have to
choose the right format both according to your diagrams source
(hand-drawn diagrams which have to be scanned or computer-generated
diagrams) and the intended use (on-screen viewing or printing).

The formats are known as PS (PostScript), PDF (Portable Document
Format), GIF (Graphics Interchange Format), and JPEG (Joint Picture
Experts Group(1)).

Although it is not widely used yet, you should also consider using the
new PNG (Portable Network Graphics) for your diagrams, for reasons which
I will explain later on.

These file formats fall into two categories: low-level bitmap formats
and high-level page description languages.(2)

** Bitmap Formats

GIF, PNG and JPEG are bitmap formats. This means that the picture is
made up from individual dots (called pixels), not from geometric shapes
(like lines or rectangles).

You have to use a bitmap format if you scanned hand-drawn diagrams.

If you are producing diagrams for viewing on-screen, you want to use a
rather low resolution (most monitors have between 72 and 90dpi), and at
least 256 colours. You need to use many colours because at this low
resolution, the edges would appear ragged otherwise. (The technique of
using many colours at a low resolution to achieve a smoother image is
also known as anti-aliasing.)

The favourite (and most sensible choice, at the moment) of graphics
format for these images is GIF. GIF supports up to 256 colours, which is
plenty for on-screen display, and features built-in compression which
makes your files smaller.

However, the compression method used in the GIF format (called LZW) is
patented, and the patent owner has recently begun claiming fees for the
usage of this patent. Because many developers (especially in the free
software community) are not willing to pay for a license, people have
begun to develop an alternative to GIF. This format is called PNG, has
the same features as GIF (plus a few things that are not possible with
GIF), and uses a compression algorithm called LZ77 that is not covered
by patents and even slightly more efficient than the one used in GIF. If
you think you can trust your users to have recent browsers and/or
graphics viewers, you should seriously consider switching to PNG.

Many people use the JPEG format for origami diagrams. This is a bad
choice of format, in my opinion, for the following reason: JPEG uses
so-called "lossy compression"; this means that part of the image data is
lost in the compression process and is interpolated from the remaining
data when the file is viewed. This reduces the file size dramatically,
and is all fine and well for photos and the like, because the eye cannot
perceive all the nuances contained in a photo anyway. But this algorithm
fails in areas of high contrast, producing artefacts -- and since most
origami diagrams are line drawings, and black/white is a rather high
contrast, this makes it unusable for origami diagrams. (If you have ever
seen a line drawing converted to JPEG, you know what an artefact is.)

If you want to produce printable bitmap files, you will have to use a
rather high resolution; a typical resolution for printers is 300dpi, but
you can get away with 200dpi or even less if you need small files. Don't
use shades of gray, because they will cause the whole picture to be
rasterized and appear grainy. Use only black and white.

If you want your scanned diagrams to be printed anyway, you should
consider converting them to PDF (see below); that way, they can be read
on the screen as well, because the PDF viewer will scale them down to
fit.

** Vector formats

In a vector format, the picture is not stored in individual pixels, but
as a bunch of geometric shapes, like lines and arcs. This means, among
other things, that the picture can be arbitrarily scaled, and that it
will look good both on the screen and when printed.

The two widely used vector formats are PostScript and PDF, both by the
Adobe company.

PostScript has been around for about twenty years, and is the format of
choice for the complete printing industry. But it has the disadvantage
that it's notoriously difficult to write interpreters for this format,
because it includes a complete high-level programming language. The only
widely-used interpreter for this format (that I know of) is called
GhostScript, which is free for private use. GhostScript is often used
under various Unix-like operating systems as a printer driver; ie. it
acts as an filter between the applications, which produce PostScript
code for printing, and the actual printer, which often doesn't
understand PostScript.

Especially under Windows, GhostScript was loathed for a long time,
because it is supposed to be difficult to set up. But I believe that
this has become better with the recent versions of GhostScript and its
frontend program GSView.

PDF is a rather recent design and shares many properties with
PostScript, but it lacks PostScript's programming capabilities. This
means that it is easier to write a program that understands PDF than one
which understands PostScript. Furthermore, there is the free Acrobat
Reader program from Adobe that displays and prints PDF files. Other
programs that can display PDF are xpdf and GhostScript. (Since PDF is
similar to PostScript, it was not very difficult to add PDF support to
GhostScript.)

Clearly, the problem with PDF is not reading the files; instead, it is a
problem to produce them. Only recent programs support PDF creation; in
fact, the standard way to produce PDF is to produce PostScript first and
then convert that to PDF, using Acrobat Distiller from Adobe.

PostScript code can be produced from all Windows applications with a
PostScript printer driver -- either the standard Adobe PostScript
driver, or any other printer driver for PostScript printers (eg. the
Apple LaserWriter III, or the HP LaserJet 5MP.)

Other Programs that can produce PDF files (mostly from PostScript) are
GhostScript, pstill, NikNak or 5D PDF Creator. The latest GhostScript
version 6.0 is supposed to be equivalent to Acrobat Distiller in most
aspects. I expect that in the future, many programs will be able to
produce PDF directly. (For example, there already is a PDF export filter
in CorelDRAW! 8.0, and I suppose that other graphics programs have
similar filters.)

In my opinion, PDF is the way to go for vector diagrams; PDF files are
easily read on most platforms, and PDF is already the de-facto standard
for electronic documents.

PDF files can also contain bitmap images; this makes it especially
convenient for scanned drawings that are supposed to be printed. The PDF
viewer (Acrobat Reader in most cases) will both scale them down so that
they are viewable on the screen and print them.

High-resolution PDF files do not need to be large; for examples, see the
van Goubergen diagrams on http://www.papierfalten.de/en/diagrams. The
PDF files contain black/white bitmap images, scanned at 300dpi (424dpi
in some cases, because they were from A5 pages and were magnified to fit
on A4 paper.) Yet the files size is only about 75KB per page -- for
printer-quality output!

The only disadvantage of PDF files is that they cannot be viewed
directly in the browser window (or only if you have an Acrobat Reader
plug-in for your browser.) This means in particular that those people
who surf the web using not a real computer, but eg. WebTV cannot view
them. For those people, you may want to produce low-resolution bitmap
images of your PDF files; these can be produced using eg. GhostScript.

---------
(1) Actually, JPEG is the name of the compression method used; the file
format is called JFIF. But since this distinction is lost on just about
everyone, I will not make it here.

(2) I'm not aware of any widely-used low-level vector formats; most
vector formats describe whole pages, not single objects. (WMF comes to
mind -- but then, WMF is not really a graphics format, it's a disease.)

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

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





From: Lynch Family <deenbob@ECENTRAL.COM>
Date: 03 Jan 2000 16:31
Subject: Re: correction on origami sighting in NY TIMES, and more

If I remember correctly, Joshua wrote to the list a couple of weeks
back. Perhaps even as long ago as a month. I read his posting, but I
don't know if he is still on the list or not...

Dee

Karen Reeds wrote:
>
> The story about Joshua Davis turning newspaper front pages into cranes was
> Saturday Metro 1/1/2000 (not Sunday 1/2 as I said). It's on Metro B4
> (Region), 1/1/2000 top right corner, with photo. (The saturday paper
> reached us by mistake--we only subscribe to the  Sunday Times, half of
> which gets delivered on Saturday. No wonder we seem awash in newspaper this
> weekend.)
>
> While I'm at it, the NYT Sunday 1/2/2000 Week in Review section. p. 2
> bottom,  describes a national time capsule and things sent in for it. "Lynn
> Preacher's fourth grade class in Jenks, Oklahoma made an eagle out of
> construction and origami paper..."
>
> Sometime in the past week (sorry, forgot to clip this before recycling)
> Valerie Sudol, the Home/Garden columnist for The Star-Ledger of Newark NJ
> described a New Year's ceremony her family and friends do, based on a
> Buddhist tradition--folding paper boats and writing wishes, resolutions and
> so on on slips of papers, tucking them into the boats, and letting them
> float away.
>
> And somewhere in the last month, a description of a banquet (at a wedding?)
> with tomato slices folded origamilike.
> Karen





From: Michael Janssen-Gibson <mig@ISD.CANBERRA.EDU.AU>
Date: 03 Jan 2000 21:23
Subject: Re: Kenneway books

Thankyou for the information John. I'm not sure if the books arrived in
Canberra as a result of importing - I have a found a number of British
editions of various origami books at each of the booksellers, which has
led me to the guess that they were from the same home - an expatriate
perhaps?

A most satisfying answer to my question.

regards

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Michael Janssen-Gibson                 e-mail: mig@isd.canberra.edu.au
ISD, Library                   phone/voice mail: +61 6 (02) 6201 5665
Science & Design                            fax: +61 6 (02) 6201 5068
University of Canberra
PO Box 1 Belconnen, ACT 2616





From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
Date: 03 Jan 2000 22:26
Subject: Crane Tribute

To honor the father of an online friend who had committed suicide, I
folded a crane today and left it in a bed of cactus on the bluffs in
Palisades Park, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. My friend and his family
were deeply touched by the crane tribute.  And I was quite moved by the
powerful symbolism of an origami gesture.

Dorothy





From: Rachel Katz <mandrk@MAIL.PB.NET>
Date: 03 Jan 2000 22:26
Subject: Origami Calendar

For those frustrated souls looking for an easy bat or whatever else may be on
the origami calendar, I've made a preliminary index of the models which I'll
be happy to pass on to anyone with Excel.

E-mail me privately if you want me to forward it to you.

Rachel Katz
Origami - it's not just for squares!





From: Michael Janssen-Gibson <mig@ISD.CANBERRA.EDU.AU>
Date: 04 Jan 2000 00:15
Subject: Re: Yoshino's Salmon and a little more on Gift Origami Boxes

On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, david whitbeck wrote:

> back to Gift Origami Boxes: the model I'm talking about is on page 62, the
> others after that use the same dimensions.  I've tried 3x7 and it works but
> I was wondering what other people did.

There was an excellent message dealing with this particular topic a few
months back. Unfortunately I didn't save it, but an archive search should
produce something. If I remember rightly, the dimensions are not so
important - can be arbitrary depending on what shape box you need/want.
The length of the rectangle used should be based roughly on how many sides
on the end result.

Happy hunting

regards
Michael





From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: 04 Jan 2000 02:36
Subject: Re: Yoshino's Salmon and a little more on Gift Origami Boxes

Thanks Michael I forgot about that neat feature!  Now I'm embarrassed that
I forgot an email a few months back, it was a reply to one of my emails!
Thanks Rob Moes for the interesting email about Gift Origami Boxes (this
was all the way back in July!).  I dove in with a triangular box and I had
to fold the dang thing three times!  I had better luck with Yoshino's
salmon.  I realized I needed much more practice before I hit the hexagonal
and octagonal boxes!  I think I'll start with the basics and fold some
modular boxes, some intermediate Montroll models and then come back to
these hard boxes and the complex models.  Every time I quit origami I have
to start all over again.

David





From: Allan findlay <a_findlay@EXCHANGE.CREATIONS.CO.UK>
Date: 04 Jan 2000 04:29
Subject: Re: teletubby diagrams

I have a young daughter (1 1/2) and she loves them. Personally I prefer the
vacuum cleaner thing called "Noo Noo".

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

-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Robinson [mailto:nick@CHEESYPEAS.DEMON.CO.UK]
Sent: 26 December 1999 18:57
To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: teletubby diagrams

Michael Antonette <mylor@TELUSPLANET.NET> sez

> It's aimed at really younger children (8mos to 1 1/2 years up)

Well I for one am prepared to admit to watching them!

all the best,

Nick Robinson

email           nick@purplepeople.co.uk
homepage        http://www.cheesypeas.demon.co.uk
BOS homepage    http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk/bos/





From: Rick Beech <Ricknbeech@AOL.COM>
Date: 04 Jan 2000 04:46
Subject: HNY2K

Folding Friends Worldwide!!

Fondest Thoughts & Best Millennial Wishes for success and happiness in 2000.

Rick.

P.S: Please keep posting me your model diagrams, and be sure to be at BOS
Cambridge in the Spring, where the Special Guest will be Yami "Fireworks"
Yamauchi. I look forward also to seeing many of you in New York in June.





From: Saadet F gedik <e119043@METU.EDU.TR>
Date: 04 Jan 2000 06:32
Subject: HELP FOR PRESENTATION

I AM A STUDENT AT MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY. I AM ABOUT TO DO A
PRESENTATION ABOUT ORIGAMI. I NEED ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
"WHAT IS ORIGAMI?"
"HOW CAN ORIGAMI BE DESCRIBED?"
"WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF ORIGAMI?"
"HOW AND WHY WAS IT NEEDED TO BE FOUND?"
I ALSO NEED SOME DIFFERENT DIAGRAMS TO CARRY OUT AT THE CLASS WITH MY
CLASSMATES.
I WOULD BE GLAD IF YOU COULD HELP ME.
                       FERHAN SAADET GEDIK





From: Hatori Koshiro <hatori@JADE.DTI.NE.JP>
Date: 04 Jan 2000 07:56
Subject: Re: Eastern Unicorn

Hi Michael,

> I need some help with the Eastern Unicorn diagramed in the Origami Tanteidan
Magazine #58 (current issue).  I managed to get to step 40 before experiencing
any problems.  I am not sure how to go from step 40 to step 41.  I can get
to step 42 but then have problems with step 43.  Is the large paper area lying
on top of a smaller square piece?  That's what the diagrams 42 to 44 indicate.
 How am I suppose to fold the large piece of paper shown in step 40 to get
to step 41?

You have two layers between two large ones in step 40. You should
fold both of them as step 41. Then, yes, you will have the large area.
Open that area symmetrically in step 43. The model doesn't lie
flat in step 44 and 45.

I hope it will be your help.

 _ _ _ _ _
|         |  Hatori Koshiro (Koshiro is my first name.)
|_._._._._|          hatori@jade.dti.ne.jp
|         |      http://www.jade.dti.ne.jp/~hatori/
|_ _ _ _ _|_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
 If they keep on risking failure, they're still artists. (S.Jobs)





From: Atsina <atsina@HOOKED.NET>
Date: 04 Jan 2000 09:46
Subject: PCOC

Hello all,
The website is up for PCOC. Please check out the Dragon challenge, in
particular. I, for one, cannot wait to see the entries folk send.

www.ifold.org

Take care,
Kim





From: Joe Wezorek <joew@DYNAVOXSYS.COM>
Date: 04 Jan 2000 11:30
Subject: Tissue-foil

Hey everybody,
        I finally got around to making my own
tissue-foil for the first time and it went really well.
I was surprised at how easy it was to get the tissue
glued without bubbles and rips. I also made some tissue-foil
in which the "tissue" component wasn't actually tissue
but was very thin paper. I found this to be a wonderful
material for folding because it retained the property of
paper that makes it very easy to turn a mountain fold into
a valley fold. I always found folding store-bought foil-backed
paper frustrating because it doesn't have this property.
Does anyone have any suggestions of types of paper besides
tissue to glue on to foil? I was thinking of trying
tracing-paper foil but tracing paper only comes in white.

Joe





From: "Jose J. Ramos" <josesuzi@DBCONNECT.NET>
Date: 04 Jan 2000 12:31
Subject: Re: HELP FOR PRESENTATION

If you go to the Perry Gami page you find alot of what you are looking
for...Jose

-----Original Message-----
From: Saadet F gedik <e119043@METU.EDU.TR>
To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 12:31:57 -0500
Subject: HELP FOR PRESENTATION

>I AM A STUDENT AT MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY. I AM ABOUT TO DO A
>PRESENTATION ABOUT ORIGAMI. I NEED ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
>"WHAT IS ORIGAMI?"
>"HOW CAN ORIGAMI BE DESCRIBED?"
>"WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF ORIGAMI?"
>"HOW AND WHY WAS IT NEEDED TO BE FOUND?"
>I ALSO NEED SOME DIFFERENT DIAGRAMS TO CARRY OUT AT THE CLASS WITH MY
>CLASSMATES.
>I WOULD BE GLAD IF YOU COULD HELP ME.
>                       FERHAN SAADET GEDIK





From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: 04 Jan 2000 12:59
Subject: Re: Tissue-foil

Hey Joe please tell me how you avoided the bubbles, because I wasn't that
lucky.  If your way is easy and neat, I'm very interested in hearing about
it, I would like an easy way to make tissue foil paper, I've only made it
once.  Happy folding :)

David





From: "Askinazi, Brett" <brett@HAGERHINGE.COM>
Date: 04 Jan 2000 13:05
Subject: Re: Tissue-foil

To avoid bubbles I do the following;

1 Start with the tissue LARGER than the paper ... cut off the excess when
you are done.  This way there is no need to make the edges match up.
2 When placing the tissue onto the paper don't plop it in on in one go ...
start at 1 edge and lay it down a little at a time until you reach the other
edge.  This way you can smooth the bubbles out as you go.
3 After the tissue is on, run you hand over the surface of the tissue to
smooth out any unwanted wrinkles or bubbles ... although at this point it is
difficult to get rid of them unless they are near the edge of the paper.

Brett

-----Original Message-----
From: david whitbeck [mailto:dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 11:57 AM
To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Tissue-foil

Hey Joe please tell me how you avoided the bubbles, because I wasn't that
lucky.  If your way is easy and neat, I'm very interested in hearing about
it, I would like an easy way to make tissue foil paper, I've only made it
once.  Happy folding :)

David





From: Joseph Wu <josephwu@ULTRANET.CA>
Date: 04 Jan 2000 13:11
Subject: Re: Tissue-foil

At 09:57 00/01/04 -0800, you wrote:
>Hey Joe please tell me how you avoided the bubbles, because I wasn't that
>lucky.  If your way is easy and neat, I'm very interested in hearing about
>it, I would like an easy way to make tissue foil paper, I've only made it
>once.  Happy folding :)

A different "Joe" than the one you were addressing, but here goes:

The easiest way to avoid bubbles is to have someone help you. Apply the
adhesive, and have the foil lying on the table (or other working surface)
with the sticky side up. You hold two corners of the tissue while your
helper holds the other two corners. You place your end of the tissue onto
the foil while your helper keeps the other end in the air (a few inches
above the foil is good). Then you can press the tissue onto the foil,
working from your end towards your helper's end. As long as your helper
keeps the tissue taut, you can press it down without any bubbles.
----------------------------------------------------------------
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: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: 04 Jan 2000 13:17
Subject: Re: PCOC

I can actually come on Saturday, I don't have any finals on that day!  What
a stroke of good luck!  Should listers have some kind of tag to show it, I
think that would be cool!  I bet David Deruda will appear out of nowhere
with a dragon with scales and claim the prize (just kidding)  Happy
folding!!!

David





From: Joe Wezorek <joew@DYNAVOXSYS.COM>
Date: 04 Jan 2000 13:48
Subject: Re: Tissue-foil

> Hey Joe please tell me how you avoided the bubbles, because I wasn't that
> lucky.  If your way is easy and neat, I'm very interested in hearing about
> it, I would like an easy way to make tissue foil paper, I've only made it
> once.  Happy folding :)

I started with the foil taped to a very flat and large board and
the tissue paper wrapped tightly around a sturdy cardboard tube.
I sprayed the glue on the foil only, then I unrolled the tissue
onto the foil as evenly as I could, not worrying if the edges aligned.
After that I used the tube like a rolling pin a for a little while,
but I got the feeling if you don't get the paper set right to begin
with there's not much you can do.

Joe





From: Dr Stephen O'Hanlon <fishgoth@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 04 Jan 2000 15:49
Subject: Re: HELP FOR PRESENTATION

> >I AM A STUDENT AT MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY. I AM ABOUT TO DO A
> >PRESENTATION ABOUT ORIGAMI. I NEED ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
> >"WHAT IS ORIGAMI?"
> >"HOW CAN ORIGAMI BE DESCRIBED?"
> >"WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF ORIGAMI?"
> >"HOW AND WHY WAS IT NEEDED TO BE FOUND?"
> >I ALSO NEED SOME DIFFERENT DIAGRAMS TO CARRY OUT AT THE CLASS WITH MY
> >CLASSMATES.
> >I WOULD BE GLAD IF YOU COULD HELP ME.
> >                       FERHAN SAADET GEDIK

Good luck with the presentation. I hope that I can help you with some of the
answers:

What is 'Origami'? Quite simply, it is a japanese word meaning paperfolding.
It can be applied in many ways, either by folding a square into a shape with
not cuts, right with way through to Origamic 'architechture', a form of
pop-up.

What is the Origin of origami? I would recommend reading 'Origami Angelfish
to Zen' by Peter Engel, Dover Books. This not only has a good history, it
describes many other aspects, including philosophy, mathematics, and so on.
There are some models to make, but they are not really for beginners.

How and why was it needed to be found? What causes an artist to create? I'm
not enough of an anthropologist/psychologist to answer that one!

For some other info, try the British origami society web page.

http://www.rpmrecords.co.uk/bos/

There are some very good essays there, if I remember, including one of the
most accurate/well researched papers on the history of origami that Ive seen
to date.

For links, why not try Joseph Wu's web page?

all the best,

Stephen

______________________________________________________
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From: david whitbeck <dmwhitbeck@UCDAVIS.EDU>
Date: 04 Jan 2000 18:28
Subject: Re: HELP FOR PRESENTATION

>I AM A STUDENT AT MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY. I AM ABOUT TO DO A
>PRESENTATION ABOUT ORIGAMI. I NEED ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
>"WHAT IS ORIGAMI?"

Paperfolding!
>"HOW CAN ORIGAMI BE DESCRIBED?"

Fun!
>"WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF ORIGAMI?"

Ask David Lister
>"HOW AND WHY WAS IT NEEDED TO BE FOUND?"

Wow I didn't know that origami was a necessity, except here of course where
we NEED to fold!
>I ALSO NEED SOME DIFFERENT DIAGRAMS TO CARRY OUT AT THE CLASS WITH MY
>CLASSMATES.
>I WOULD BE GLAD IF YOU COULD HELP ME.
>                       FERHAN SAADET GEDIK

Try some basics like the crane, lilies, etc.

Actually do you know what?  A few weeks ago I showed a friend of mine,
whose only origami experience was folding a crane, to fold the Kawasaki
rose.  That just shows that when you show someone how to fold something
there is alot of potential to successfully teach complex folds! I wish you
luck Ferhan, I'm sure you'll enjoy the project.

David





From: Michael Janssen-Gibson <mig@ISD.CANBERRA.EDU.AU>
Date: 04 Jan 2000 19:40
Subject: Dokuhon 2 review (long)

Hi All,

Having received this book for christmas, and spending the past few days
studying and folding from it, I feel the need to spread the word - or at
least point out some of the highlights (for me) from the book.

Dokuhon 2 (or Tokuhon) seems to translate to "Origami Primer", the book
aims to explore relationships between folds and bases, or exploring the
same theme through different bases. For example, there are instructions
for a mask from a bird base. The same design is then applied/adapted to
the same base using different shaped paper ie. right triangle, rhombus,
equalateral triangle.

This idea is applied again to a rabbit design later in the book. To look
at, the rabbits seem to be the same, and yet one is from a fish base, the
other from a bird base. An excellent way of examining process.

Two pages are devoted to leaf design, with particular emphasis on the
crease placement. Using the same basic leaf, Yoshizawa applies various
graph patterns to generate different creases, and hence different
variations in style and form. These variations (and others) are featured
in a lovely autumn scene photographed in the front of the book.

Another great exploration of a particular theme deals with the preliminary
fold, which is used to develop three different kinds of flowers, and the
vase to hold them!

As I can't read Japanese, much of the text is lost to me. There seems to
be a discussion of three different (influential?) publications on origami.
Two I recognise as the Kan no mado and the Senbazuru Orikata (the third
has a mask on the cover, with "9, 1972" in the top right corner) The
discussion also seems to examine how crease variation can affect the
final model, using Yoshizawa's simple puppy model to demonstrate. General
theme of the book?

Other features of the book include a colour photo section, showcasing
models included in the book (and models that are not). There are also
photos of the scenes from Pinnochio displayed at CDO in 1984 (mentioned
recently in Lister's "Foddy" introduction, and a visit to BOS in 1983
(where I can recognise some faces - David Lister, David Brill without a
beard?, Paul Jackson with an evil grin, Martin Wall, Max Hulme).

A small section is also provided on basic mid-air folding, rather like
Paul Jackson's treatment in "Complete Book of Origami".

If you want to read a more lucid study of Yoshizawa's technique, try David
Brill's article in a recent BOS magazine, which compares the two Dokuhon
books. As can be seen, I am thoroughly enjoying this book on a number of
levels, but especially as a teaching aide for my own development.

regards,

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
Michael Janssen-Gibson                 e-mail: mig@isd.canberra.edu.au
ISD, Library                   phone/voice mail: +61 6 (02) 6201 5665
Science & Design                            fax: +61 6 (02) 6201 5068
University of Canberra
PO Box 1 Belconnen, ACT 2616





From: John Lapko <JLapko@AOL.COM>
Date: 04 Jan 2000 20:18
Subject: Re: spring into action

Hello,
http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/~wbt/spring/
Using above address and by copying the picture of the object (which seems to
be in the right proportions) and saving it as a bmp. You can then open the
bmp with mspaint and then increase the hor and vert dimensions by 100% (makes
it 200%). This makes a pattern 10.5" x 5.6". I printed from mspaint using
landscape. It makes a satisfactory model. I made one using this method.
Hope this helps someone. I just love this model.
John(jlapko@aol.com)





From: Dorothy Engleman <FoldingCA@WEBTV.NET>
Date: 05 Jan 2000 00:55
Subject: Origami Calendar

Has anyone ordered Margaret Van Sicklen's origami calendar at Barnes &
Noble online?

I can't seem to locate it on their website:

http://www.bn.com/

Dorothy





From: Martha Winslow-Cole <afolder@AVANA.NET>
Date: 05 Jan 2000 07:09
Subject: Re: Origami Calendar

I tried to order the calendar by email from B&N  in late September.  They
said it would ship within a day or two.  About two weeks later they
emailed me that it was no longer available so they may have removed it
from their catalog.  I then ordered it from Borders (by email)  and got it
in less than a week

Martha

Dorothy Engleman wrote:

> Has anyone ordered Margaret Van Sicklen's origami calendar at Barnes &
> Noble online?
>
> I can't seem to locate it on their website:
>
> http://www.bn.com/
>
> Dorothy





From: Ronald Koh <ronkoh@SINGNET.COM.SG>
Date: 05 Jan 2000 09:23
Subject: Wanted: Origami Models for Singapore Exhibition

As part of the Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) Open House activities from 17
to 19 Feb, we plan to stage an origami exhibition-cum-seminar. The
effort is being spearheaded by Albert Sng, who is a lecturer at NYP.
This will be the third origami exhibition to be hosted by NYP, but the
first to be held over three days.

The exhibition is part of our efforts to promote origami in Singapore as
an artform and for its practicable values, as well as to correct the
prevalent misconception that origami is for kids.

We are thinking along the lines of having designated areas for the work
of some of the more established creative folders, e.g. Montroll, Lang,
Fuse, Kawahata, Yoshizawa, etc. We plan also to have a section showing
the international nature of origami today, and its various sub-sets (for
want of a better term) and subject matter, e.g. modulars, tessellations,
compound origami, animals, flowers, marine life, etc.

This is an appeal to all of you to assist us in making this exhibition a
success by contributing one or two (or more!) pieces of origami. We
would like a mixture of original work as well as models by other
creators.

Please send your models to me at:

        Block 130,
        Simei St 1  #05-248,
        Singapore 520130

Please also include a short note indicating your name as the folder, and
the name of the model and designer. This will enable us to credit each
contributor and designer individually. Additional info, such as the size
of the paper used and how long it took you to fold the model, will be
most welcome.

If possible, please let me know in advance via personal email what you
plan to contribute. This could go some way in avoiding too many
duplications.

Finally, my apologies for the short notice. We only got wind of it a
couple of days ago.

Thanks!

Ronald Koh





From: Torsten Drees <torsten.drees@T-ONLINE.DE>
Date: 05 Jan 2000 09:47
Subject: Re: Round units?

Hello,

i am sorry, that i reply so late to that theme.

i am very interested in round units. my intention to search for round
modules is that i want to fold a modular marble trajectory. it could
be very interesting toy for children, because you can make modules
as much you can. if you play wih others like with Lego you can use
modules as much you have. i think the time has come to develope
something like that modular marble trajectory. i already tryed to
make that kind of units, but either the trajectory is not solid
enough or the ball of glas is stops anywhere.

i am searching for ideas since more than one year. perhaps the time
has changed and more people want to develope the paperfoldibg in this
direction. so this second attempt for collecting ideas.

                             (oo)
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From: sjhhardin <sjhhardin@MCIWORLD.COM>
Date: 05 Jan 2000 10:29
Subject: small origami

Hello! I have just signed on to this list. I have limited experience
with origami. I am wondering if anyone can help me find Edo-Chiyogami,
or miniature origami available to purchase. I decorate eggs, and would
like some of these items to put inside the shells. Full credit would be
given to the artist, if desired. Thank you!

Jennifer Hardin
