




From: DLister891@AOL.COM
Date: 23 Feb 2000 10:04
Subject: The Pajarita  Part Two

THE PAJARITA

Part Two.

Vicente Palacios has sent much effort and time in trying to trace the
earliest record in Spain or anywhere else of the pajarita, but in any
objective view, his search has met with little success. He has traced many
references t the word "pajarita", but they have not been in the context of
folding. He has also traced references to paper birds, but they have not been
references to specifically folded birds and some of the records he mentions
are clearly of birds formed by cutting. So, for instance, Dr. Leandreo
Fernandz de Moratin wrote in 1793 about the pastimes of Venice and spoke of a
street  entertainier who "Places on the ground  a litter of papers and cuts
clumsily with scissors. In a jiffy, he makes a Pajara". It may have been a
pajara of some sort, but there is no evidence that it was the familiar folded
"pajarita".

Vicente Palacios writes much about the  "Pajara Pinta", meaning "painted
bird" or "motley fowl", which was prominent in Spanish folk traditions. This
was also the name of was a game of forfeits which is apparently first
mentioned in the Spanish "Dictionariao de Autoridades" of 1737, although
Spanish books of the 16th Century refer to games of forfeits in general
terms.

An earlier use of the word "Pajara"  has been traced back to 1525  with a
mention of a dancer known as "La Pajara". The word was used in a perjorative
sense and Vicente Palacios recites a verse on the Motley Bird:

Eyes that kill, no doubt
will be black like sloes;
for the blue and the green
smell like the Motley Bird".

As for the game of forfeits itself, this is described in the first Dictionary
of the Royal Spanish Academy dated 1737. Everyone sits in a circle and each
chooses a particular colour. The organiser of the game names a colour and
asks "where does the "paxaro pinto" peck? The person having that colour has
to reply immediately and pass on the request to another colour. If anyone
does not reply promptly, he or she has to pay a forfeit.

Clearly, the game of Pajara Pinta does not have anything to do with birds
folded from paper and it is not until well into the 19th Century that
unambiguous references to pajaritas folded from paper are found in books, as
for instance in the book "Juegos de los Ninos" of1847. It seems likely,
however, that paper pajaritas were being folded in Spain long before that.
But exactly when, we cannot pinpoint

The continuing prominence of the pajara is demonstrated by the fact that in
1888 a comic opera was produced with the title in Spain of "El Pajaro Pinto".
Vicente Palacios does not give the plot, but it does contain an imaginary
character, "La Pajara".

Even if we accept that there was a long tradition for folding pajaritas in
Spain, despite the lateness of literary evidence, it has to be pointed out
that Spain had no monopoly of the paper bird. The Deutsches National Museum
in Nuremberg has a collection of mounted and foot soldiers folded from paper,
which date from about 1820.They are not pajaritas, but they are folded from
the multiform or windmill-fold technique..

In Germany the Pajarita came to be known as the "Papierdrache" ("Paper
dragon" ). In England it was known as a hobby-horse, perhaps because it is
somewhat  reminiscent of the sticks with horses heads attached (often with a
wheel at the lower end) which young children of gentler times placed between
their legs and pretended to ride. The folded paper bird was known as "asfur"
in Arabic. According the Akira Yoshizawa in the Kodensha Encyclopedia of
Japan  is called "anu" in Japanese. The diverse names show the wide
distribution of the little paper bird. Dr Vicente Solorzano of Argentina
mistakenly suggested in his book, "Papirolas 3" that the Japanese term was
"Dzuro", but he was clearly mistaking the term "Tsuru", which is the Japanese
name for the paper crane.

In France the pajarita was known as a "cocotte", a word meaning a hen or
chicken. (It is a female form of "coq" meaning a rooster.) Not long ago there
was an enquiry in origami-L about a French painting showing a Pajarita and I
drew attention to a painting, "The Merrymakers" by Carolus Duran of Paris,
1870, now in the Detroit Institute of Arts. It shows three woman sitting
round a table entertaining a small child with aa live ird and a paper
Pajarita.

Because of the French context, this paper bird in Duran's  painting should be
called a cocotte rather than a pajaraita. It is interesting that when Unamuno
came to write his mock treatise on the Pajarita, "Apuntes para un Tratado de
Cocotologia"  he used the word Cocote, spelt in that way, rather than
"pajarita" despite the fact that he was Spanish (Actually he was Basque). It
can only be conjectured why he did this. Perhaps he was using the French word
as an ironical dig at people who use pretentious terminology. So, he invested
the science of studying paper birds with the pretentious name of
"Cocotologia"!

In French, the related word, coquette is also the name given to a flirtatious
woman (or worse) and the same word has passed into English with derivatives
such as coquetry and coquettish. It will be recalled that  in Spanish the
word "pajara" also acquired pejorative connotations as in the "Pajara Pinta".
But what is most interesting is that when he was translating "El Creacion en
Papiroflexia" into English, Brian Bishop took the opportunity of looking up
the  word "Hobby-horse" in the Oxford English Dictionary. To his surprise h
found that an early meaning of the word dating from 1557 was "a lustful
person, a loose woman, a prostitute"! But we must be careful. The term
hobby-horse had many meanings in English (basically it was a type of horse)
and the children's hobby-horse probably acquired that name for reasons which
had no connection with its application to loose women.

Following the example of Miguel Unamuno, the Pajarita has spawned numerous
variant forms in Spain, which Vicente Palacios gathers together in his book
"La Crecion en Papiroflexia" (Editorial Miguel Salvatella, Barcelona, 1979).
Unamuno's own male, female and hermaphrodite variants are shown on page 24,
while pages 25 to 38 show; numerous pajaritas crated by more recent folders.

Much remains to be done to connect the story together. As always I shall be
very grateful for additional information and correction of my misconceptions
and errors.

David Lister.

Grimsby, England.

23rd February, 2000.





From: DLister891@AOL.COM
Date: 23 Feb 2000 10:04
Subject: The Pajarita.   Part One

THE  PAJARITA.

Part One

The brief exchange of messages during the past few days leads me to think
that there would be room for a longer, considered article about the Pajarita.
However this will take time, which I do not have at present. I thought,
however, that a few notes, however ill-organised and undigested) would not be
out of place.

First the word, "Pajarita". My Spanish Dictionary is only a "compact" one and
therefore, not particularly reliable. It doesn't give "pajarita", but it does
give "pajaro", meaning "a bird". The feminine of this is Pajara and the
Spaniards express the diminutive of anything by adding the suffix "-ito" for
a male and  "-ita" for a female (as with Senora - Senorita). So, in Spanish,
a pajarita is a little female or hen bird.  Pajarito would be the word for a
small male bird. The words "pajaro" and "pajara" are ultimately derived from
the Latin, "passer", meaning a sparrow and the ubiquitous House Sparrow
retains the scientific name of "Passer domesticus". According to Vicente
Palacios, the Latin "Passer" evolved into the vernacular Spanish "pajara" via
the intermediate stages: passera,  passara and paxara. The Spanish "J" and
"X" are both sounded in the back of the throat and, one still occasionally
comes across  the antiquated spelling "paxara" although this is not now a
spelling authorised by the Royal Spanish Academy. The Academy's writ,
however, does not extend to the independent Spanish-speaking nations of
Central and South America.

The Spanish word for "parrot" is either "Loro" or "Papagayo", but never
"Pajarita". I wonder if there has been some confusion because both Pajarita
and Papagayo begin with the letter P.

The term "pajarita" was applied to living birds in Spanish before it came to
be applied to the familiar paper pajarita. More than any other race, the
Spanish have acquired an affection for the paper bird and there are countless
references to it in Spain. Today it forms the symbol of the Asociacion
Espanola de Papiroflexia (AEDP) .                 and a statue has been
erected to the Pajarita in Huelva in Spain. While "Papiroflexia" is the
approved "official" term for paperfolding in Spain and "origami" is gaining
ground, the popular expression is "folding pajaritas" so that the word
"pajarita" is applied not only to the familiar paper bird, but also
indiscriminately to paperfolds in general.

Before Miguel Unamuno, the poet and philosopher began to create animals and
birds derived from the bird base in the early years of the 20th Century, he
started his investigations into paperfolding by folding and refolding the
Pajarita, discovering several variant forms which he designated as male,
female and hermaphrodite. But this was only his joke! In his ironic treatise,
"Apuntes para un Tratado de Cocotologia", Unamuno purported to derive the
pajarita from the Chinese tangram. However, while the 45 degree angles of the
pajarita are certainly reminiscent of the tangram, there is no other evidence
for the suggestion. As Vicente Palacios points out, among the hundreds of
tangram patterns in Joost Elffer's book "Tangram" (1976), the Pajarita is not
included. So it was probably just another instance of the playfulness
playfulness, which characterises Unamuno's "Tratado".

We do not know when the paper pajarita was first folded. As with everything
else in paperfolding history, its origins are lost in the mists of time.
Vicente Palacios of Barcelona has spent many hours investigating the history
of paperfolding in Spain and many of his discoveries are recounted in his to
books, "Papirogami" (1972) and "Creacion en Papiroflexia" (1979)  (English
translations of both have been made available), which any serious enquirer
should certainly consult. I do not necessarily reach the same conclusions as
Vicente, but his research has been invaluable.

The paper pajarita falls into the class of traditional folds based on what we
now know as the "Windmill base". Robert Harbin gave the series the generic
name of "Mulitform". They all derive from the principle of "blintzing" the
paper by folding the four corners to the middle. This can be done once, twice
or three times, with and without turning over the paper between successive
foldings, This simple technique of folding is equally known in Japan. Some of
the other familiar forms in the series are the salt cellar, the double boat
or catamaran, the windmill, the boat with a sail and what has been called
"the trick boat". While really too complex to count as a  "multiform" fold
the Chinese Junk is formed by a more extensive manipulation of the catamaran.

Vicente Palacios has suggested that there may be some connection between the
Windmill base and the Astrological Square, because the crease pattern of the
windmill base is the same as that of the Astrological Square, which commonly
formed the basic pattern of horoscopes from the 12th century to the 18th
century. It is suggested that the pattern was introduced by the scholar
Gerardo Cremone at Toledo in the 12th Century. The connection between the
astrological square and the windmill base has not been proved, although there
are arguments for thinking that there may well be something in the
hypothesis. If the theory  it is true, it is likely that the pattern of the
astrological square derived from the windmill base and not vice versa.

Folded paper Baptismal Certificates were commonly used in central Europe in
the 17th and 18th Centuries and bore particulars of the child's birth and
date of baptism together with various pious verses. They were actually folded
in a double blintz or windmill pattern. Alternatively, they might be folded
from a square folded into nine smaller squares in the manner of the puzzle
purse. While there is no evidence to show that folded baptismal certificates
were derived from the square horoscopes it is suggested that the baptismal
certificates were a Christianised version of them and that the horoscopes,
too, were originally folded. However, no folded horoscope has yet been found.

The Pajarita is one particular fold in Robert Harbin's  "Multiform" series
(see Paper Magic p. 37 et seq.), but it is different from the others because
it has a diagonal crease across the centre square of the crease pattern.
Although it is by any standards a simple model, I personally find it a very
confusing model l to fold, especially if I have not folded it recently.





From: "<Jason Ng>" <PhantomJN@AOL.COM>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 12:00
Subject: INtersecting tetrahedra

If u need any help, you could ask me, I got lucky and got it on the first
try.  It looks truly amazing after successfully constructing it.
                                                        -Kin Wai

you can see on that i made on my website here....

Http://www.crosswinds.net/~kinwai/gallery.html

Here you can find a link to the pattern at Tom Hull's site if u haven't
already...





From: Bob Shuster <Bob@HOTAPPLESPIDER.COM>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 12:02
Subject: looking for inflatable (water bomb-ish) Frog model

I've folded it before - I know I must have the instructions here somewhere!

My nephew requested I make him the inflatable frog model for a school
project and I can't remember how and simply can't find the
directions.  Can anyone point me in the right direction?  I have most
of the origami books published (or republished) in the last 15-20
years or so.  I can always give him my only model of it, but it's a
bit dusty (and quite small!)

Any help would be appreciated.   - Bob Shuster

  [ Hot Apple Spider Design - graphic & website design/consulting ]
  [     email: Bob@HotAppleSpider.com     phone: 215-402-0751     ]
  [         All work proudly done on Macintosh computers!         ]
  [           website: http://www.HotAppleSpider.com/             ]





From: "Melissa D. Johnson" <johnsonm@ACU.EDU>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 13:05
Subject: The Pajarita

So...If I describe a "parajita" in an assignment I am doing for a
children's writing class (origami related) as "a little bird", will that
be sufficient?

Melissa Dawn :)
http://MelissaDawn.Johnson.org/

********************************************************************
The Hunger Site
http://www.thehungersite.com
The first freedom of man, I contend, is the freedom to eat.
                                                --Eleanor Roosevelt





From: John Marcolina <jmarcoli@CISCO.COM>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 14:26
Subject: Re: looking for inflatable (water bomb-ish) Frog model

At 12:02 PM 2/23/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>I've folded it before - I know I must have the instructions here somewhere!
>
>My nephew requested I make him the inflatable frog model for a school
>project and I can't remember how and simply can't find the
>directions.  Can anyone point me in the right direction?

>Any help would be appreciated.   - Bob Shuster

Steve Hech's web page has what you're looking for:

http://www.serve.com/hecht/origami/diags.htm

Look at the "traditional models" section at the bottom of the page.

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





From: Brian Moses <moses@POP.UKY.EDU>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 15:53
Subject: Re: butterfly ball revisited

Congratulations on your achievement Michael.

I'm a new folder and a new subscriber to origami-l.  I began very recently
by studying

        The Origami Workshop by Gay Merrill Gross
        New York, N.Y. : Friedman/Fairfax Publishers, c1995.
        Originally published under title Art of origami.
        ISBN: 1567991483 (pbk.)

This is a really fun book.  I particularly enjoy the modules, but I have not
yet been successful in constructing the butterfly ball.  Gross offers this
tip from another folder - use a small shallow box to contain the pieces.
I'll have to give it a try.

Since the subject of your post is butterfly ball "revisited", I'm off to
index the origami-l archives.

Thanks to all of your for sharing information on this new hobby.  I'm
hooked.

Brian Moses, moses@pop.uky.edu
www.uky.edu/~moses





From: DLister891@AOL.COM
Date: 23 Feb 2000 17:00
Subject: Re: The Pajarita

Melissa Dawn asks: "If I describe a "pajarita" in an assignment I am doing
for a children's writing class (origami related) as a "little bird", will
that be sufficient?"

Probably, but remember that "Pajarita" in Spain can mean any paperfold in a
general sense. So, the expression, "making pajaritas" means folding paper
models of all kinds and not just little birds.

David Lister





From: Kosmo <kosmo@FREE.FR>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 17:46
Subject: diagram

Hi everybody

Sorry for my english but i am french. I am looking for the diagram of
nautilus of Tomoko Fuse on the web. Do you know where i can find it or can
you sent it me by mail ?

Thank you for your help

Biatrice





From: Michael Janssen-Gibson <mig@ISD.CANBERRA.EDU.AU>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 17:48
Subject: Re: butterfly ball revisited

On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Brian Moses wrote:

>         The Origami Workshop by Gay Merrill Gross

> This is a really fun book.

Agreed. Once upon a time I did own this book, but after leaving it at a
school on a casual teaching job, it was never to be seen again!

> tip from another folder - use a small shallow box to contain the pieces.
> I'll have to give it a try.

I did read this tip, but thought I would give it a go without. I used 3
different colours, four of each colour. I found this combination helpful
as I knew each of the sunken triangles had to incorporate one of each
colour. The square faces ended up two-tone. I began by building/weaving
one square, and building from there (as you add each unit take note of
which point needs to go over and which under the others).

Concentrating on the sunken triangles rather than the square faces seemed
to speed the whole assembly up - 15 min first time, 5-10 min tops now. I
used 10 cm squares, but think these could be a little smaller to reduce
the overall size.

I saved exploding the ball until my wife got home - the effect is
wonderful!

regards
Michael





From: "Shi-Yew Chen (a.k.a. Sy)" <sychen@EROLS.COM>
Date: 23 Feb 2000 20:44
Subject: [NO]Origami Rose

Hi, All,

This is slightly off-topic. My wife is a rose lover (real one, not origami
version). Today she showed me a reference in the book, Roses for Dummies.
There is one kind of rose in floribundas and polyanthas varieties. This
special variety is called "Origami".  It was introduced in 1986 and there is
no picture in the book.  The name caught my attention. I did not do any
search on the web to find the answer. Can anyone on the list show me the
picture and origin of this variety? I am curious to know how it got its
name? And what is real "Origami" rose?

Sy Chen





From: Papa Joe <papajoe@CHORUS.NET>
Date: 24 Feb 2000 00:25
Subject: [NO]Origami Rose

Subject: [NO]Origami Rose

> My wife is a rose lover . This special variety is called "Origami".
> Can anyone on the list show me the
> picture and origin of this variety? I am curious to know how it got its
> name? And what is real "Origami" rose?
> Sy Chen
____________________________________

"Origami Rose"(tm) aka  "AORcharm"
Seed, Coquette - Pollen, Zorina   (Hybrid)
Class Cluster-flowered, Floribunda
Color Pink blend
Bloom Repeats, 30 petals
Fragrance Spicy
Hgt/Wd 4 to 5 high / 2 to 3 wide (feet)

Photo of rose.
http://www.weeksroses.com/origami.htm
Where to get the rose.
http://home.earthlink.net/~jchristensen/vendors3.html
Who hybridized the rose
http://home.earthlink.net/~jchristensen/list.html
A good link for finding any rose (including origami)
http://www.helpmefind.com/sites/rrr/rnA.html

Enjoy
Joe Gilardi (PapaJoe)





From: Lumetronics <anool@BOM3.VSNL.NET.IN>
Date: 24 Feb 2000 01:12
Subject: Re: looking for inflatable (water bomb-ish) Frog model

Robert Harbins Book 1 has it ! (Or is it Book 2). Anyway's , its quite
straightforward, starting off with the preliminary bird base, followed with
a lot of repetitive squash folds.

Hope this helps,

Anool J Mahidharia
email: anools-origami@mailcity.com
webpages: http://anools-origami.tripod.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Shuster <Bob@HOTAPPLESPIDER.COM>
To: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 10:32 PM
Subject: looking for inflatable (water bomb-ish) Frog model

> I've folded it before - I know I must have the instructions here
somewhere!
>
> My nephew requested I make him the inflatable frog model for a school
> project and I can't remember how and simply can't find the
> directions.  Can anyone point me in the right direction?  I have most
> of the origami books published (or republished) in the last 15-20
> years or so.  I can always give him my only model of it, but it's a
> bit dusty (and quite small!)
>
> Any help would be appreciated.   - Bob Shuster
>
>
>   [ Hot Apple Spider Design - graphic & website design/consulting ]
>   [     email: Bob@HotAppleSpider.com     phone: 215-402-0751     ]
>   [         All work proudly done on Macintosh computers!         ]
>   [           website: http://www.HotAppleSpider.com/             ]





From: Leong Cheng Chit <leongccr@SINGNET.COM.SG>
Date: 24 Feb 2000 03:55
Subject: Hyperbolic Trefoil

Hi All,

It's a new thread, I think. In the February 2000 issue of Scientific
American, an article" Real and Virtual Sculptures" by Ian Stewart showed a
photo of a Hyperbolic Trefoil wood-laminate sculpture. It looked so
beautiful that I had to fold an origami version of it, using 3D, curve
surface folding to give the model the required smooth, curve surface. The
model is assembled from 3 monkey-saddle units. The monkey-saddle is so
named because it has three directions of downward curvature, 2 for the legs
and one for the tail. Interestingly, like the Mbius band, the Hyperbolic
Trefoil has only one side.

I would like to know if anyone has folded the Hyperbolic Trefoil. If you
are interested, I can send you a photo of my origami Hyperbolic Trefoil.

Cheers!

Cheng Chit





From: Paula & Gerard <su008787@WOLMAIL.NL>
Date: 24 Feb 2000 05:32
Subject: Re: The Pajarita.   Part One

David Lister wrote:

 > THE  PAJARITA.
 >
 > More than any other race, the
 > Spanish have acquired an affection for the paper bird and there are
 countless
 > references to it in Spain. Today it forms the symbol of the Asociacion
 > Espanola de Papiroflexia (AEDP) .                 and a statue has been
 > erected to the Pajarita in Huelva in Spain.

 If anyone is interested, I have a picture of the statue (85kB). If you send
 me your E-mail adress, I wil mail it to you.

 Greetings,
 Paula (su008787@wolmail.nl)





From: THOKI YENN <thok@THOK.DK>
Date: 24 Feb 2000 07:37
Subject: Sv:      The Pajarita.   Part One

Dear David Lister and all Pajarita lovers.

>As Vicente Palacios points out, among the hundreds of
>tangram patterns in Joost Elffer's book "Tangram" (1976), the Pajarita is not
>included. So it was probably just another instance of the playfulness,
>which characterises Unamuno's "Tratado".

It was certainly an instance of the playfulness,
which characterises the works of Thoki Yenn
when he in 1976 after having studied
Joost Elffer's book "Tangram"
decided that the beautiful game of
Tangram needed a Pajarita to be complete.

You can see his solution on our Website
http://www.thok.dk/tangram.html

Greetings from
The Great and Glorious Kalmon of the North
P.R. Manager for the the old Geezer Thok 00





From: Jose Tomas Buitrago Molina <buitrago@EIEE.UNIVALLE.EDU.CO>
Date: 24 Feb 2000 09:11
Subject: Pajarita.

Hello.
In my web site I have a link to the monument in Spain. "Pajaritas del
Parque" is in Huesca, Spain.
Their links are:

Pajaritas del parque - Ramn Acn Monument- Miguel Servet Park
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/3232/2parque-b.jpg

Pajaritas del parque - Vicente Casanueva drawing.
http://www.tecdom.com/casanueva/obra26.html

There is another statue in Barcelona:

http://diable.upc.es/~elena/barcelona/pajaritas.html

I hope you enjoy the information.
Good luck,
Jose Tomas Buitrago

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

     "Origami y Robtica"





From: BoyohBoy17@AOL.COM
Date: 24 Feb 2000 09:18
Subject: Re: looking for inflatable (water bomb-ish) Frog model

<anool@BOM3.VSNL.NET.IN> writes:

> its quite
> straightforward, starting off with the preliminary bird base, followed with
> a lot of repetitive squash folds.

It does not begin with the bird base but begins with either the preliminary or
     waterbomb base.  Squash fold all of the sides.  Then petal-fold the small
     flaps upward.  The result is the frog base.  Reverse fold the legs and
     arms as necessary.

hope this helps,
Stuart





From: "Kennedy, Mark" <KennedyM@DNB.COM>
Date: 24 Feb 2000 09:26
Subject: Origami Sunday at the Museum of Natural History

Folding Sunday
(Formerly Folding-Free-For-All)

Origami Sunday will be held this Sunday in Room 319 at the Museum of Natural
History

Any OrigamiUSA members in or visiting the New York City area on the 4th
Sunday of each month are welcome to join our monthly folding meetings at the

American Museum of Natural History from 1:00 to 4:00 PM.

Please bring folding paper plus something to share. It's especially
appreciated if you
bring a model to teach, but if you're not comfortable teaching yet please
bring something else to contribute such as a model to show that you've been
enjoying folding, an origami book or newsletter others might find of
interest, or paper for the group. We will have a special "sharing table" set

aside for display of models to teach, models to show, books, publications,
and paper contributions.

These monthly meetings are a continuation of the tradition Lillian
Oppenheimer began over 40 years ago of encouraging paperfolders to get
together to teach each other and exchange ideas. OrigamiUSA is able to
provide a meeting space - the rest is up to those attending. When you arrive

at the museum please check at any information desk for the meeting room
number.

The folding sessions are similar to the informal folding at convention.

Also of note: the NEW Planetarium is now opened so you may want to come
early to be able to visit it.
There has been a lot of press on the opening and it sounds exciting.

Mark Kennedy





From: Lucille Jacobson <lucijay@HOME.COM>
Date: 24 Feb 2000 10:31
Subject: Dyeing Paper

Greetings to all!

My Peace Crane 2000 Project is progressing nicely - passed the 600-crane
mark last
week - friends are giving me the impression that they think I am just a
little bit weird!   However, white cranes are starting to look rather
boring, so.......

I'm looking for an inexpensive, easy way to dye photocopy paper for the
second thousand cranes.  Has anyone had any experience in this
department?

from Lucille ~ Folding my life away in Beautiful British Columbia
http://members.home.net/lucijay/





From: Brian Moses <moses@POP.UKY.EDU>
Date: 24 Feb 2000 11:18
Subject: Re: Dyeing Paper

> I'm looking for an inexpensive, easy way to dye photocopy paper for the
> second thousand cranes.  Has anyone had any experience in this
> department?

Hi Lucille,

Try to locate a copy of Faith Shannon's The Art and Craft of Paper, a.k.a.
Paper Pleasures, New York : Wiedenfeld & Nicolson, in association with Il
Papiro, c1987, isbn 0811807886 (pbk.)

This book is loaded with ideas on methods of treating and decorating paper,
and there are lots of projects of interest to folders.

* You might consider simple marbling.
* An easy way to create mottled/patterned paper
  is to spatter the sheet with colored inks or dyes using
  something like a toothbrush.  Of course, it's very messy.
  I use this method on large sheets of butcher paper
  and then cut them to size.
* You could also experiment with painting using sponges,
  plastic wrap, bubble wrap, rubber stamps ...

But I must admit, I find your string of white peace cranes very elegant.

- Brian Moses, moses@pop.uky.edu
www.uky.edu/~moses





From: Lucille <lucijay@HOME.COM>
Date: 24 Feb 2000 11:46
Subject: Re: Dyeing Paper

Thanks for the "very elegant" comment, Brian!  I will continue with the
white cranes until the first thousand are finished.

I am just getting ready to cut paper for the second thousand, most  which
will be send out.  It occurred to me that they would be more interesting to
the recipients if there was some colour.  I really like the sponge idea!

from Lucille@work-should-be-doing-other-things!!!

----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Moses <moses@POP.UKY.EDU>
To: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 8:14 AM
Subject: Re: Dyeing Paper

> > I'm looking for an inexpensive, easy way to dye photocopy paper for the
> > second thousand cranes.  Has anyone had any experience in this
> > department?
>
> Hi Lucille,
>
> Try to locate a copy of Faith Shannon's The Art and Craft of Paper, a.k.a.
> Paper Pleasures, New York : Wiedenfeld & Nicolson, in association with Il
> Papiro, c1987, isbn 0811807886 (pbk.)
>
> This book is loaded with ideas on methods of treating and decorating
paper,
> and there are lots of projects of interest to folders.
>
> * You might consider simple marbling.
> * An easy way to create mottled/patterned paper
>   is to spatter the sheet with colored inks or dyes using
>   something like a toothbrush.  Of course, it's very messy.
>   I use this method on large sheets of butcher paper
>   and then cut them to size.
> * You could also experiment with painting using sponges,
>   plastic wrap, bubble wrap, rubber stamps ...
>
> But I must admit, I find your string of white peace cranes very elegant.
>
> - Brian Moses, moses@pop.uky.edu
> www.uky.edu/~moses





From: Brian Moses <moses@POP.UKY.EDU>
Date: 24 Feb 2000 12:07
Subject: cutting paper [was dyeing paper]

> I am just getting ready to cut paper for the second thousand, most  which
> will be send out. ...
>
> from Lucille@work-should-be-doing-other-things!!!

I'm wondering what methods are used for cutting paper into squares.  I have
one of the large guillotine type cutters that is cumbersome and probably
dangerous to use for cutting smaller sheets.  It frequently drags the paper,
leaving me with a trapezoid instead of a square.  I purchased a trimmer
manufactured by Fiskars, which is really sharp and would be perfect for
smaller sizes, if only it were easier to measure more accurately.

Thanks everybody.

Brian Moses, moses@pop.uky.edu
www.uky.edu/~moses





From: Doug Philips <dgou@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 24 Feb 2000 12:42
Subject: Re: cutting paper [was dyeing paper]

Brian Moses, lamenting the dangers and pitfalls of guillotine style paper
cutters, inquired:

>I'm wondering what methods are used for cutting paper into squares.

Luckily I don't find myself wanting to cut a large number of squares. Most
of the time that I am cutting paper is for a special project. Mostly I fold
for fun and practice with plain ol' kami.

Were I going to cut a large number of sheets, I would use a rotary blade
cutter (Mine is a Dahl KatKut, or some such). Unfortunately mine does not
have an adjustable stop, so I would use a small block of plastic or wood as
a back stop, and would probably tape it in place (you needn't exert a large
force on it, just something that will give you a consistent distance from
the cutting edge. I would probably use a relatively short "stop" so that I
could easily continue to use the built in guide rail to get the paper square
to the cutting edge.

I know of some folks that use a drafting table (with a protective cover),
and a Tsquare (and probably some moveable "stop" for consistent alignment).

I've never tried cutting more than one sheet with my cutter, but I've heard
that with the larger cutters it can be done.

Oh, and then there are "mat" cutters which another person I know uses. I
like those because they are quite long. Unfortunately (for me) they are also
very narrow, so while you can cut a long narrow strip, cutting a large
square leaves the paper hanging over the edge of the cutter.

Just a few cents,
   -D'gou

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From: Anool <anool@BOM3.VSNL.NET.IN>
Date: 24 Feb 2000 13:08
Subject: Re: The Pajarita.   Part One

Whew !

I thought I'd asked a simple question.

Anool J M:

email: anools-origami@mailcity.com
web: http://anools-origami.tripod.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <DLister891@AOL.COM>
To: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 08:31 PM
Subject: The Pajarita. Part One

> THE  PAJARITA.
>
> Part One
>
>
> The brief exchange of messages during the past few days leads me to think
> that there would be room for a longer, considered article about the
Pajarita.
> However this will take time, which I do not have at present. I thought,
> however, that a few notes, however ill-organised and undigested) would not
be
> out of place.

---snip---





From: Paula & Gerard <su008787@WOLMAIL.NL>
Date: 24 Feb 2000 13:46
Subject: Re: The Pajarita.   Part One

Hi All,

Sorry, I have made a mistake, the picture I have is made in Huesca, not in
Huelva!!
It's the same statue as on the site

Pajaritas del parque - Ramsn Acmn Monument- Miguel Servet Park
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/3232/2parque-b.jpg

as Jose Tomas Buitrago Molina wrote.

Greetings,
Paula.





From: "Kevin A. Hines" <hines@ANDREW.CMU.EDU>
Date: 24 Feb 2000 13:50
Subject: Re: cutting paper [was dyeing paper]

> >I'm wondering what methods are used for cutting paper into squares.

I, too use a guillotine(technically not a guillotine, but
we all know what we're talking about)cutter. It's a small
one, with a 12" cut, and suffices for most cutting jobs.
I use a roll of low-tack artist's tape as a stop, using a
new piece of tape every time I change the cutting distance.
The accuracy is very good.

 Cutting only one piece of paper
at a time keeps the blade sharp (I've had this for over ten
years, never replaced the blade) and keeps the paper from
shifting as the cut is made. It's reasonably safe as long
as the safety bar is installed, and you keep your mind on
what you're doing. Don't rush.

When I need to cut larger sheets, I first process the large
sheets using an exacto knife, steel rule and cutting mat.
When the pieces are small enough, I switch to the cutter.
----------------------
Kevin A. Hines
hines@andrew.cmu.edu





From: Kelly Dunn <Kellydunn@AOL.COM>
Date: 24 Feb 2000 15:39
Subject: Re: [NO]Origami Rose

<< And what is real "Origami" rose? >>

This is interesting to me because I have a rose garden.
I think a real origami rose is a folded one.
Growing roses is an art that is incredibly difficult.
To me gardening and origami seem
closely related. Both focus on seeing beauty in patterns
in nature, admiring the intricacy and expressing it
with creativity.
Happy folding and gardening too!
Kelly





From: Florence Temko <Ftemko@AOL.COM>
Date: 24 Feb 2000 17:13
Subject: Cutting many sheets of paper

For 75 cents the Kinko office and other photocopying shops here will make a
cut on a ream of paper. Best from Florence.





From: "Edward J. Crankshaw II" <ejcranks@HIWAAY.NET>
Date: 24 Feb 2000 17:13
Subject: Re: Dyeing Paper

Good day,

I just thought I would pass on my experience folding 1000 cranes. I used red
     origami paper to do mine and wound up with red fingers from the
     ink/dye/coloring used (and from all of the folding). With dyed paper, I
     imagine that the dye would come
off even more onto your fingers. As some dyes are toxic, beware.

- Ed





From: DORIGAMI@AOL.COM
Date: 24 Feb 2000 20:03
Subject: Re: Dyeing Paper

Sponge dying of paper is very quick and easy using St. Martins Inks dissolved
in water and sponges with large holes......You can do it before or after
cutting paper and use two or more colors letting it dry in between.  Mark
Kennedy gets beautiful results and it works up quickly.   I have done it
often myself...You could use white wrapping paper and then cut it up after it
is dry.  I made beautifu swedish stars this way......
<I'm looking for an inexpensive, easy way to dye photocopy paper for the
second thousand cranes.  Has anyone had any experience in this
department?

from Lucille ~ Folding my life away in Beautiful British Columbia
http://members.home.net/lucijay/
</XMP>





From: DORIGAMI@AOL.COM
Date: 24 Feb 2000 20:09
Subject: Re: Cutting many sheets of paper

Thanks to Florence Temko for idea about Kinkos cutting paper....I had not
known this before......Lets have some more discussion on techniques for
getting things accomplished related to origami......





From: DORIGAMI@AOL.COM
Date: 24 Feb 2000 20:15
Subject: Re: Dyeing Paper

If you are dying paper with sponges you could use a little salt in the water
which will act as a mordant and set the dyes.....I forgot you can also use
food coloring or Bingo Markers,  the big fat magic markers, use sparkly nail
polish for smaller projects or tips of the wings, I guess I have tried a
million(slight exaggeration) different techniques for getting interesting
results.  I worked a lot with vegetable dyes when I was in the rugmaking
business. I used onion skins, condiments, cold water dyes, hot water dyes
dissolved.  If you are using colored Kami you can sprinkle water on it and
remove some of the color and splotch it up.  When foldedinto a model this
gets an interesting result.  Rachel Katz once gave me some black paper and
when I crumpled and straightened it out the cracks were silver and made a
really neat crane. Oh, oh, now you've really got me started....





From: Jose Tomas Buitrago Molina <buitrago@EIEE.UNIVALLE.EDU.CO>
Date: 25 Feb 2000 08:57
Subject: Pajarita

Hello
In my last message about the pajarita, one of the links is wrong. The
right one is:

    http://defalla.upc.es/~elena/barcelona/pajaritas.html

And it has a legend in Catalan.

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

     "Origami y Robtica"





From: "K. A. Lundberg" <klundber@MNSINC.COM>
Date: 25 Feb 2000 10:02
Subject: Re: Dyeing Paper

I use regular cheap typing paper for dyeing. I have found depending on the
brand, that computer paper is a bit thick, loses its bond easily and doesn't
dye properly.

You can use just about any type of coloring agent to dye with.  I've used
kool-aid, coffee, tea, my kid's watercolor box, food coloring, homemade
vegetable dyes, etc.  My favorite, by far, is the dry dyes, either Rit or
Batik dyes. They are widely available, in a range of colors, not very
expensive and can be mixed to whatever color strength desired.  The pigment
inks used by stampers are becoming available just about everywhere now and
will give a truer color but I think little are a little pricey.

The simplest way to dye the paper is to just dip it in the color bath. This
will produce a mono-color paper. If you want the back of the paper to remain
white, use a bit of  clear water to stick the paper to a non-absorbent
surface...I use foamcore covered with contact paper...and then brush the
color solution on the paper the with a sponge brush and blot. Some color
might bleed through and around the edges but the back will remain mostly
white and the edges can be trimmed off in a final cutting if desired.

Dry dyes have a tendency to layer on paper rather than mixing with each
other. So you could use one color as a base coat and others as a top coats
while the paper is still wet.  These top coats can be textured with anything
that will remove or shift the dye around...brushes, finger tips, salt,
blotting with another sheet of paper, rubber stamps, etc. Or you could just
speckle the paper using a toothbrush with another color.

Paper will not dye evenly, depends on the starch distribution in the paper,
but I quite like the random gradation effect that is produced.

Easter is a good time to look for new dyeing ideas.  Nearly any technique
used to dye eggs can be adapted for paper and it is easy to obtain the
colorless wax crayons for resist dyeing at that time.  Actually you can use
finely grated color crayons to decorate paper by sprinkling them onto the
paper and then melting them into the paper. See what I mean about Easter egg
techniques?

The problem is that as soon as you get the paper wet you have at least
partly destroyed the finish on the paper. There are several ways to repair
the finish but my favorite is to iron the still wet paper between two sheets
of wax paper until it dries with a final swipe over the paper uncovered to
create a heat finish on the surface. The wax paper helps to seal the dye
into the paper and to protect the iron from the wet dyes.  The wax paper can
be used several times and finally after most of the wax has been removed
recycled by ironing it onto undecorated paper that can be made into a resist
dyed paper later.

The result is a crisp paper that has a very slightly waxy feel, sometimes so
slight that people can't identify why the paper feels the way it
does...perfect for plants, flowers, animals etc.

Kalei





From: Gerard Blais <gblais@NORTELNETWORKS.COM>
Date: 25 Feb 2000 11:29
Subject: Origami-Montreal - next meeting

The next meeting of Origami-Montreal will be held:

Sunday, February 27, from 1 PM to 4 PM,
     at 6848 Christophe-Colomb, Montreal.

On the menu:
    - Discussions: local events, international events, new books,
      interesting news, etc.
    - Folding workshop:
          "Pigs", presented by Philomene.
    - Free folding, discussion, etc.

Origami material (i.e. paper) will be provided for those who need it.

See you Sunday!  Be there or be "square"! :-)

Gerard

+-----+ Origami-Montreal
|     | Phone & fax: (450) 448-2530 (Hideko Sinto)
|     | email: origami@francomedia.qc.ca (Hideko Sinto)
+-----+ web: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Den/8802





From: Nathan Webb <webbnc@ZEUTER.COM>
Date: 25 Feb 2000 11:58
Subject: Re: The Pajarita.   Part One

Of course Anool, you did.
But we have too many experts to ever expect simple answers.
Having an expert from every locale in modern thought is what i love about
the community origami has created.

David, that's quite an adventure your on!  How many hours are in your day?
:)

Nathan Webb

----- Original Message -----
From: Anool <anool@BOM3.VSNL.NET.IN>
To: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: The Pajarita. Part One

> Whew !
>
> I thought I'd asked a simple question.
>
> Anool J M:
>
> email: anools-origami@mailcity.com
> web: http://anools-origami.tripod.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <DLister891@AOL.COM>
> To: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 08:31 PM
> Subject: The Pajarita. Part One
>
>
> > THE  PAJARITA.
> >
> > Part One
> >
> >
> > The brief exchange of messages during the past few days leads me to
think
> > that there would be room for a longer, considered article about the
> Pajarita.
> > However this will take time, which I do not have at present. I thought,
> > however, that a few notes, however ill-organised and undigested) would
not
> be
> > out of place.
>
> ---snip---





From: "K. A. Lundberg" <klundber@MNSINC.COM>
Date: 25 Feb 2000 18:29
Subject: March Calendar

I just uploaded the March Calendar.  This month I've used my favorite St.
Patrick's day model. It is the Toff model from Paper People and other
Pointers by David Petty masquerading as a leprechaun.  If you are not
familiar with this jewel it is a collection of bookmarks in the shape of
people.  The bottom part of the bookmarks can be opened up so they also make
wonderful gift tags or you can write greetings inside like I did.

http://www.kalei.com/origami/calendar.html

If anyone has a picture of a model they would like to have put on a future
calendar please contact me.

Enjoy,
Kalei
(I know the site isn't finished...I'm working on it!)





From: "K. A. Lundberg" <klundber@MNSINC.COM>
Date: 25 Feb 2000 21:08
Subject: Re: March Calendar

Yikes...I left a broken link on that page...all fixed now...I hope.

Kalei
(Didn't work on it hard enough. Grin)





From: Scottie Lover <iluvscotties@MINDSPRING.COM>
Date: 25 Feb 2000 21:13
Subject: Glossy Paper?

Someone E-Mailed me to say that glossy paper is very difficult to locate in
Australia, yet she has had no success painting her own.

Does anyone know how to transform ordinary paper into bright, shiny origami
paper?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much!

"Scottie"                                      (The Scottish Terrier Lover)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                           NEW MAILING LISTS TO JOIN
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: "<Jason Ng>" <PhantomJN@AOL.COM>
Date: 25 Feb 2000 22:33
Subject: DRAGON

Does anyone have the instructions or translation of the crease pattern
challenge of the Ancient Dragon found in Origami Tanteidan Magazine
#55...please help me if you can...
                                                -Kin Wai

Please, visit my site if you can and give me some feedback...

http://www.crosswinds.net/~kinwai/





From: Manuel Rodriguez <jemmml@FLASH.NET>
Date: 26 Feb 2000 11:27
Subject: Money Fold

My Name is Manuel, i'm in Dallas, Texas. If any one can help me on this
i'll be thankful. What i'm looking for are a folding of a three(3) leaf
clover, and/or a four leaf clover out of a us dollar bill. Thank you.





From: Anine Cleve <anine21@USA.NET>
Date: 26 Feb 2000 11:29
Subject: Decorating paper

Hi!

Now that you're discussing how to dye paper I came to think of: In which ways
can you decorate paper if you don't (!) have a hobbystore to go to?
Hope to hear some suggestions!
                                  Anine

PS. Anyone has experiences in decorating origamiboxes?

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From: Anine Cleve <anine21@USA.NET>
Date: 26 Feb 2000 11:36
Subject: Re: [Re: Dyeing Paper]

Hi!

> If you are dying paper with sponges

I guess sponges are those soft things you often use when bading...
What kind of paint do you use to make patterns with "sponge stamping" on
paper?

Anine

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From: Michael Clark <mdc@IVC.COM>
Date: 26 Feb 2000 12:03
Subject: Re: Dyeing Paper

As an aside to this discussion - when I was in Italy for the CDO convention
in '98, I became aware of a technique that was attributed to Alfredo Giunta.
There is a type of origami paper available in Italy that is tissue-like, and
comes in a pack of different colors.  I forget the name (help me here,
someone - Roberto??). The entire pack of paper, still in the cellophane
wrapper is submerged in water, and the dyes from the different papers bleed
onto the adjacent sheets and produces a beautiful effect.

The most striking example of this technique I saw was a group of butterflies
folded by David Derudas.  The photo at http://195.31.193.71:80/cdo/ffarf.jpg
hints as to what is possible with this technique.

---------------------------------------------------------------
Michael Clark                    Phone: (919) 468-9901 ext. 101
IVC, Inc.                        mdc@ivc.com





From: Julia Palffy <jupalffy@BLUEWIN.CH>
Date: 26 Feb 2000 15:35
Subject: Re: [Re: Dyeing Paper]

Here are some ideas I tried out to decorate paper for simple origami boxes:

 - Spatter white drawing paper with blobs and splashes of paint or coloured
inks. As a variation, hold the sheet more or less vertically to let the ink
run, and turn it this way and that as the ink runs to create interesting
zigzag effects (better do this over a sink!)
 - Cut out stencils of different shapes out of paper, lay them on the sheet
of paper you want to decorate, put some paint (children's watercolours) on
an old toothbrush, and spray it over the stencils. Try two or three colours,
laying the stencils differently each time.
 - Dab a sponge, or a swab of crumpled tissue paper (Kleenex or kitchen
paper) in children's watercolours, and dab the colour irregularly all over a
sheet of paper, without pressing too hard, to get interesting texture
effects.
 - Carve a pattern in a plastic eraser (or the flat side of half a potato)
and use that as a stamp to repeat the motive all over the paper.
 - Stick adhesive stars or other subjects on the paper
 - Another idea might be to draw patterns with wax (old candles or wax
crayons) on the paper, then overpaint with watercolours to create a batik
effect.
 - ... try combining two or more of these techniques, maybe?

As a rule I used drawing paper (120 mg/m2) for this. Once the pattern was
dry, I covered the decorated paper with adhesive transparent plastic (the
kind that's used to cover library books), and THEN finally folded my box,
using a ruler or the back of a pair of scissors as a folding bone to mark
the folds. The plastic not only protected the patterned paper, it also
strengthened the box.

Have fun!

Julia Palffy
Zug, Switzerland
jupalffy@bluewin.ch





From: Gillian Wiseman <gilladian@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 26 Feb 2000 17:27
Subject: Re: [Re: Dyeing Paper]

Anine,
I would use very thin acrylic paint, watercolor, ink (bottled kind such as
is used for calligraphy or rubber stamp pad ink), fabric paints (?) or
powdered dyes.

Any of these should work with sponges. But use very little of the dye or
paint, keeping the paper as dry as possible, to avoid shrinking and warpage.

Gillian
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From: Robby/Laura <morassi@ZEN.IT>
Date: 26 Feb 2000 17:27
Subject: Adjustable stop for rotary cutters

Sorry, I have emptied my mailbox and don't remember who mentioned this
item.....

My rotary-blade cutter has an iron surface, and is equipped with a simple
loose strip of thick magnetic rubber (with a T-shaped cross section), about
20 cm long. It can be positioned anywhere, and works nicely. I think that
such kind of rubber is available from office- or mechanical equipment stores.

Roberto





From: Ron Arruda <arruda@CATS.UCSC.EDU>
Date: 26 Feb 2000 18:03
Subject: Re: Adjustable stop for rotary cutters

That magnnetic rubber is what's being used in most refrigerator door
closure magnets these days. It's magnetized iron powder mixed with the plastic.
 Hardware stores in the US have strips of it to use as replacements when
your door agnet fails.

Ron Arruda





From: Robby/Laura <morassi@ZEN.IT>
Date: 27 Feb 2000 04:16
Subject: Re: Dyeing Paper

Michael,
At 12.02 26/2/2000 -0500, you wrote:

>There is a type of origami paper available in Italy that is tissue-like, and
>comes in a pack of different colors.  I forget the name (help me here,
>someone - Roberto??).

Velina. Comes in packets of 200 sheets, side 16 cm, 15 colors. Distributed
by "Mille Gru", a firm owned by one of our CDO members (Nilva Fina Pillan),
like several other types of origami paper in the CDO catalog (which can be
seen on the CDO website: http://www.essenet.it/cdo).

Roberto





From: Anool <anool@BOM3.VSNL.NET.IN>
Date: 27 Feb 2000 05:39
Subject: Web Pages Update

Hi All,

My project this week end was to set up my web pages and give them some
structure. I guess I've succeeded. Follow this link:
http://anools-origami.tripod.com

It still needs a lot of work, so I would love to receive comments and
suggestions. Take a look at my effort to explain how to fold the JACKSTONE.

Please send me mail regarding Links to be included.

Best Regards,

Anool J M:

email: anools-origami@mailcity.com
web: http://anools-origami.tripod.com





From: Jack Mello <jmello@MEDIAONE.NET>
Date: 27 Feb 2000 10:49
Subject: Re: Web Pages Update

Hi,

  I just checked your web site. You need to use a larger font size, the text
is too small to read.

Jack...

----------
>From: Anool <anool@BOM3.VSNL.NET.IN>
>To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Web Pages Update
>Date: Sun, Feb 27, 2000, 5:37 AM
>

> Hi All,
>
> My project this week end was to set up my web pages and give them some
> structure. I guess I've succeeded. Follow this link:
> http://anools-origami.tripod.com
>
> It still needs a lot of work, so I would love to receive comments and
> suggestions. Take a look at my effort to explain how to fold the JACKSTONE.
>
> Please send me mail regarding Links to be included.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Anool J M:
>
> email: anools-origami@mailcity.com
> web: http://anools-origami.tripod.com





From: Rob Hudson <FashFold@AOL.COM>
Date: 27 Feb 2000 17:40
Subject: Re: ORIGAMI Digest - 26 Feb 2000 to 27 Feb 2000 (#2000-58)

Does anyone know where I can get the same color squares of foil-backed kami?
I can only find small variety packs. I need pink and light pastel colors that
are already backed with foil.  I would be willing to pay someone to make a
larger sheet for me.. I hate backcoating!





From: "Sandra P.Hoffman" <ghidra@HOME.COM>
Date: 27 Feb 2000 18:23
Subject: Origami sighting in Ottawa

Yesterday I was at a coffee shop on Rideau St. in Ottawa, Canada
and low and behold on the cash register was a very nicely done
origami purple octopus and a silver flower. This leads me to believe
that there may be other origami doing people in Ottawa. Are any on
this list perhaps? I'd love to eventually find a local origami group.

Also, I was visiting Bank St. with a friend a few weeks ago, and she
dragged me into this little store with much Japanese merchandise
including a very nice selection of Origami papers, and a few books.
The store is East Wind at 794 Bank St. Just in case there are other
Ottawa people lurking on the list who have not found this store yet.

Pack Rabbit on Richmond Road has a smaller but also nice
selection of origami papers and again a few origami books.

I'm happy enough that I have now found these two sources of paper.
Chapters still has the best selection of books, but I have pretty
much bought everything that they stock regularly and it would
appear I will have to special order some of the more unusual titles. I
still do not have a steady and reliable local source of large sheets
of cheap origami paper for practicing more difficult folds on.

I know I can mail order this, but I never get around to it. A local
source would be very nice to find.

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





From: Erin L Ostrander <eostrand@SOPHIA.SMITH.EDU>
Date: 27 Feb 2000 20:22
Subject: Seattle sources

Hello all-

I am graduating from college in Western Mass. in May and headed back to
Seattle. While I know of some good art stores and paper suppliers, I would
be interested in information this list could provide. Anyone out there in
the Seattle area? I heard about (but was unable to attend) the ORCA
convention last year-is there a regular folding group that meets in the
area? Again, any info on origami/paper arts in Seattle would be
appreciated!

Thanks, Erin Ostrander





From: Karen Reeds <reeds@OPENIX.COM>
Date: 27 Feb 2000 21:23
Subject: Re: family origami workshop, 3/22

I'm giving a family origami workshop at the New Providence Memorial Library
in New Providence NJ on 3/22/2000, 7-8:30 pm.  It's free (but donations to
the library are encouraged). Children of any age are very welcome with a
grownup of any age. There'll be some kind of cookies and punch, courtesy of
the Friends of the Library. I haven't decided yet what models to teach, but
they'll be simple to low intermediate and will probably be a mix of
traditional and my own poverty fold models.

If you are interested, email or call me soon and I'll send directions and
make sure you get registered.  New Providence is about 25 miles due west of
Manhattan's World Trade Center, just off Rte 78. If anyone would like come
help (and have dinner beforehand), I'd be grateful!
Karen
Karen Reeds
reeds@openix.com
908--464-0714
