




From: Julia Palffy <jupalffy@BLUEWIN.CH>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 15:20
Subject: Re: Origami Sighting trivia

Today over lunch hour I looked into the window of a bookshop in Zurich which
specialises in language books, and they had set up large origami models of
tulips and ducks on a pond among the books and tapes displayed in the
window. I particularly liked the middle window which showed black tulips on
white steps (more original than the duckpond displays in the other two
windows). And the shop next door, which sells toys and kindergarten things
and hobby materials, now has a better choice of origami papers than anything
I've seen so far in Zurich.
I wish more people would realise that origami can be much more than a
kindergarten activity... <sigh!>

Julia Palffy
Zug, Switzerland
jupalffy@bluewin.ch





From: Jose Tomas Buitrago Molina <buitrago@EIEE.UNIVALLE.EDU.CO>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 15:36
Subject: Re: The Pajarita  Part Two

About Cocotte. Miguel de Unamuno took this french word and created the
Spanish word "Cocotologia". You can find this word in the Real Academia de
la Lengua Espaola (Spanish Language Real Academy) dictionary as
Papiroflexia, the other Spanish word for Origami.
Even, Unamuno in one of his works, Amor y Pedagogia, wrote a short essay
about cocotologia.

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

     "Origami y Robtica"





From: Rachel Katz <mandrk@MAIL.PB.NET>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 16:48
Subject: Repeat of Martha Stewart show

I received this email from Gay Merrill Gross and thought some of you would be
interested...

Hi everybody,

Since the Martha Stewart segment I appeared on in January was replaced in
the New York area with snowstorm coverage, a lot of people have asked when it
would be repeated. I THINK the same show is being rebroadcast on Tuesday, March
7th. (I got this information from her website: marthastewart.com.)

The show airs on CBS. In NY it runs from 9:00 am to 10:00 am. In other
cities you can check a local newspaper, TV Guide, or the marthastewart.com
website.

I guess since February ratings "sweeps" are over, the networks are airing
reruns for a few weeks.

Gay

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





From: Rachel Katz <mandrk@MAIL.PB.NET>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 16:50
Subject: Martha Stewart

Hi all,

I received this email from Gay Merrill Gross and thought you might be
interested.

Hi everybody,

Since the Martha Stewart segment I appeared on in January was replaced in
the New York area with snowstorm coverage, a lot of people have asked when it
would be repeated. I THINK the same show is being rebroadcast on Tuesday, March
7th. (I got this information from her website: marthastewart.com.)

The show airs on CBS. In NY it runs from 9:00 am to 10:00 am. In other
cities you can check a local newspaper, TV Guide, or the marthastewart.com
website.

I guess since February ratings "sweeps" are over, the networks are airing
reruns for a few weeks.

Gay

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





From: Hans Olofsson <h.olofsson@TELIA.COM>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 17:06
Subject: Buying origami through the net!

Anine Cleve wrote, 3 different quotes:
1. "I'd like to hear if you know some online origamipapershops near Sweden?
     www.origamipaper.com which is placed in Sweden doesn't sell patterned
     paper which is what I'm looking for";
2. "Want it t be close so I'll get the paper sooner than 3 months...."
3. "PS. I'd prefer if the shop has scans of the paper so you can see what you
     get before buying it.".

Just some comments from origamipaper.com.
1. Anine has received the free samples we are offering and unfortunately we
     could not in this case deliver what the customer wanted. A part of our
     range of papers is a natural white paper that is printed with four washi
     patterns.
2. The samples as well as the paper is delivered via courier service so they
     will be all around the world within one to two weeks after delivery.
3. We have scans of the paper so you get a hint of what they look like - but of
     course - why not test them yourself instead.

Best regards/Hans Olofsson





From: "Brannon, Dennis" <Dennis.Brannon@COMPAQ.COM>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 17:26
Subject: Reminder: LOG meeting notice, Tuesday Feb 29, 7-9pm [Littleton,

The Littleton Origami Group (LOG) [Littleton, MA USA]
will be meeting the last Tuesday of the month at the Littleton
library in the "Large Meeting Room" downstairs.

The theme this month is jumping (leaping) frogs in honor of Feb 29th.

When: Tuesday, Feb 29, 2000, 7:00 - 9:00pm.
Where: Reuben Hoar Public Library, Shattuck Street, Littleton, MA
Telephone: (978) 486-4046.

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

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

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

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

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





From: Atsina <atsina@HOOKED.NET>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 17:28
Subject: Re: Origami Sighting trivia

The museum in question is the California Academy of Sciences, there are art
museums across the way from it, the Asian Art Museum and the De Young... lest
anyone believe that the origami cranes are in one of the art museums.

John Sutter wrote:
>
> Greetings everybody,
>
> A friend in San Francisco went to a Crane exhibit at the
> Golden Gate Park Museum.  It was a photographic exhibit of
> cranes, but hanging from the ceiling were dozens of strands
> of large colored origami cranes.
>
> Ria





From: Michael Janssen-Gibson <mig@ISD.CANBERRA.EDU.AU>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 18:18
Subject: origami sighting

Saw the movie "If Lucy Fell" last week on TV. In one scene, Bwick
(character played by Ben Stiller) presents Lucy (played by Sarah Jessica
Parker) with an origami bird, rather like a swan.

Interesting to note, in a later scene Lucy unfolds the bird - the sheet of
paper had had a square of different coloured paper (about quarter the size
of the original) glued to it to provide a colour change on the final bird.

regards

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





From: Mike Kanarek <kanarekorigami@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 18:41
Subject: Origami of Kingston, NY meeting

The Origami Kingston Club meets on the second and fourth Saturday's of
the month at the Kingston Area Library.
The library is located at 55 Franklyn Street in Kingston NY.
Information may be gotten at 914-331-0988
Meeting start at 10:30 and last about a hour and a half and are in the
Childrens library.
See you there. Mike Kanarek
______________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com





From: Kelly Reed <Kelly@WHITING.LIB.IN.US>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 19:25
Subject: Re: greetings

How about the Yoshizawa butterfly?  It is pretty easy, looks nice when it is
     finished and can be done pretty small without  difficulty.  It is
     diagrammed in several books.

Kelly

>>> Michael Anderson <manderso@ACAD2.DANA.EDU> 02/28 2:42 PM >>>
Hello all,

I am completely new to this list and new to Origami. I seemed to have
caught the bug!

I am a college professor in Nebraska and am glad to have found this
group of people. Please excuse my newbie questions.

I adore folding the crane and find myself doing it all the time.. in
meetings, watching the tube.. stopped at a light.. etc.

I am looking for a similar model that I can fold for variety. In
needs to be something as beautiful and elegant if possible and also
something that I can fold in my hand... in other words, something
that doesn't require a flat surface. I fold the cranes out of small
paper and enjoy collecting them. I can do this without bothering
others in a meeting or concert. :-)

Does anyone have any ideas for me? I have tried folding more
elaborate patterns that I have found on Joseph Wu's page. I'm afraid
I have failed miserably at most of them due to my lack of experience
and  knowledge, but I enjoy it none-the-less. Last night I tried to
do the Armadillo.. yikes! I spent 2-3 hours on it and it looked like
a cross between a daschsund and an anteater when I finished. Oh well.
:-)

Thanks for any advice you may have.

Michael Anderson





From: Gillian Wiseman <gilladian@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 19:32
Subject: Re: pending demise of the US $1 bill

No, the dollar bill is not going out of production! I can't remember if we
discussed this here or on a library listserve, but I promise that NOBODY
really wants to get rid of the $1 bill.

But that new coin sure is pretty, huh? By the way the Indian woman on the
back is Sacajawea, of Lewis and Clark fame.

Gillian
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From: Mike and/or Janet Hamilton <mikeinnj@CONCENTRIC.NET>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 19:40
Subject: Re: Origami Sighting trivia

> I'm enjoying your stories of origami sightings.  Does anyone recall an
> episode of X Files (a TV show in North America) that featured an origami
> model of Noah's Ark with pairs of animals?  I don't recall the episode
> (can't stand the show, really), but I've been wondering if the artist was
> credited.

In an episode of "The X-Files" called "Born Again", originally broadcast in
the US on 4/29/94, a policeman plans to fold all the animals in the Noah's
ark picture on his wall, but he is murdered and reincarnated as an 8-year
old girl.  The fact that the girl knew how to fold complex models was a clue
to help them believe that she was the reincarnation of the murdered
policeman.  He was killed before he got to the giraffe, the last animal he
was to fold.  The girl then folded the giraffe, left it on the doorstep of
the policeman's widow, rang the doorbell and ran off, leaving the widow to
find the origami model. [This episode of the X-files was also broadcast in
Japan.  Maekawa-san says they are KAWAI Toyoaki's models.]





From: Ella-mae <Ella-mae@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 19:40
Subject: Re: pending demise of the US $1 bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry D. Harris" <LOKICORP@COMPUSERVE.COM>

        It just means that all avid moneyfolders will have to start
carrying needle-nose pliers to see who's the best coin folder!  ;-D

I already have Susan B. Anthony crossing the Delaware... or is she landing
on the moon, I can't remember...

`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
>From all these trees--
in salads, soups, everywhere--
cherry blossoms fall
                       -Basho





From: David Taylor <dataylor@EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 19:57
Subject: Re: Poverty Folds

Let's not forget campaign literature. What to do with all the lightweight
card in the mailbox? California primary next Tues!

--Elise

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





From: Gillian Wiseman <gilladian@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 20:18
Subject: Re: (NO) St. Patrick's Day (was Clover Fold Challenge)

Julia,
Beware of asking - you might start another Groundhog Day Saga!

Nevertheless;
According to the "Folklore of World Holidays" March 17 is St. Patrick's day
in Ireland.

"St Patrick was born in Britain of Roman stock around A.D. 389. As a yo0uth
he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and carried off to Ireland. He escaped six
years later and fled to Gaul. After fifteen years or so in a monastic life,
he returned to Ireland to Christianize the land of his captors. He
confronted King Laoghaire at Tara, confounded the druids and converted the
King's daughters. He is said to have driven all snakes from Ireland. The
shamrock, which he used to explain the Trinity because of its three leaves,
is associated with his day."

The book goes on to talk about how after St. Patrick's day the weather is
supposed to turn fine, and farmers can begin planting potatoes and sowing
grain.

Gillian
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From: Rjlang@AOL.COM
Date: 29 Feb 2000 20:37
Subject: Re: pending demise of the US $1 bill

Ron Arruda wrote:

>>>>
Largely unknown in most parts of the is the $2 bill (with Jefferson's
face)! I think these are still being produced, but they are almost extinct in
circulation. I'm from New England, and we had them fairly often there in
the 1950's and 1960's, but people from outside the area had a deep seated
aversion, amounting to a superstition, against even handling them! Are
there others on line who remembr such a strange attitude?
<<<<

There were two generations of the Jeffersonian $2 bill. The more recent has a
green seal; the original was a different color (I forget which). The
superstition was that back luck would come with the bill unless you tore off
its corner, and quite a few of the old-style bills are circulating missing a
corner.

The newer ones, though less rare, are still uncommon. This is a pity because
the fine filigree on the back side makes a stunning Rohm dollar star-of-David.

Robert J. Lang





From: Glenda Scott <gdscott@OWT.COM>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 21:00
Subject: wants to commission folded cranes

I received this email.  Maybe you can help this person:

I was wondering if you knew of a business where I could commission someone
to prepare origami birds (corporate logo) as a honor and recognition  award.
Any insight would be appreciated.

Aaron Delidow
Maritz Performance Improvement Company
Phone:  (630) 368-3854
Fax:      (630) 368-3802
E-Mail:  delidoas@maritz.com

Glenda Scott





From: Martha Winslow-Cole <afolder@AVANA.NET>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 21:22
Subject: NO: Re: $2

If I am not mistaken, there were periods of time when soldiers and employees of
military installations would be paid in $2 bills so that when the bills flowed
into the economy local folk would be aware of the impact the installation had on
their local economy.

The bills were also quite common at racetracks where they were used to place $2
bets.





From: Nancy Lau <Totoro1117@AOL.COM>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 22:10
Subject: Re: JOAS Membership and Books

does anyone know where i can buy or order a copy of Yamaguchi's lastest book
"Joyful Likfe with Origami"?

         Nancy





From: Nancy Lau <Totoro1117@AOL.COM>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 22:27
Subject: questions

for a long time, people taught me how to fold origami and that's how i
learned to fold many of them but now, there's no one to teach me.  i'm
addicted to origami and so i want to see where i can buy/order many many
origami books that have cute origami.  please help...

       nancy





From: Perry Bailey <pbailey@OPENCOMINC.COM>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 23:11
Subject: New Model for March!

Hi All!

I am a little early well, a few hours anyway this month.  I just
finished putting up the model of the month for march.  I think
it is one of my best models but I guess that's just me!  The
model for march is a sparrow!
I hope you like it!  For those of you with web tv or unable to
use or view PDF (abobe acrobat) files Kalei will have it up in
her mirror site for the model of the month sometime soon!
Thanks!

Perry

In case you don't have the web TV address

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

PVB
--
"Continental chambermaids
are very hard to shock,
first they wait until your naked
then they enter, then they knock!"

Victor Buono from "It could be verse"

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





From: Ron Arruda <arruda@CATS.UCSC.EDU>
Date: 29 Feb 2000 23:17
Subject: $2 Bill

Robert Lang, thanks for details on the $2 superstition. Where did you
live when you heard this? Northeast?? I've been asking around at
supermarkets and other cash handling stores here in California, and
clerks say that they do sometimes get $2 bills, maybe every 2 or 3
months, usually more than one at at time. (As if the person is trying to
get rid of them all at once??)

The two versions of the $2 bill I'm familiar with are the 1976
Bicentennial version, with a massive scene of all the signers of the
Declaration of Independence: lots of green ink, not very attractive, and
the earlier one: I can't even remember what was on the back. Probably a
Washington building of some sort. The seals on the face of the bill have
gone through some changes over the years as you suggest. Black now, they
were blue when curreny was still redeemable in silver (Silver
Certificates), and golden yellow when we had gold redemption (a little
before my time.)

Then there's the whole 'nother kettle of worms about the new larger
assymetric portraits on the US currency, which will extend to all
denominations before long. New possibilities for artsy folds??

More will be revealed!

Ron Arruda





From: THOKI YENN <thok@THOK.DK>
Date: 01 Mar 2000 06:09
Subject: Sv:      Buying origami through the net!

Dear Anine

Prv at skrive til Silke Schrder
salzundpfeffer@t-online.de
Hun har et forlag Vier-Eck Verlag
og slger Origami Papir og Origami Bger
og har et stort udvalg.
Hun bor Freising i nrheden af Mnchen.

Hilsen  Thok 00





From: Michael Antonette <mylor@TELUSPLANET.NET>
Date: 01 Mar 2000 11:40
Subject: Re: do you read me ?

   Hi!

   I saw your message as well. No problem understanding you; I didn't reply
'cause I don't have the diagrams you're looking for. Sorry!

                                     Michael

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kosmo" <kosmo@FREE.FR>
To: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: February 28, 2000 2:08 AM
Subject: do you read me ?

> Hello everybody
>
> I post a message last week and i receive back a message of the
> MITVMA.MIT.EDU that i dont understand ( about help i think ) because i'm
> french. So do you read me and do you see my last message about diagram ? I
> asked you if you know where i can find the diagram of nautilus by Tomoko
> Fuse online or if someone can send it me by mail ?
>
> Sorry for my english, i hope you understand me :))
>
> Thank you for help
>
> Biatrice





From: Michael Antonette <mylor@TELUSPLANET.NET>
Date: 01 Mar 2000 11:48
Subject: Re: pending demise of the US $1 bill

   Hi Ron!

   I've never seen the $2 bill you're referring to, but we had one in Canada
until recently -- it, like the $1 bill, has recently been replaced with a
coin (kinda neat, a two-tone coin). But I remember some of my trips to the
US where I found many people not only had a aversion to the bill, but many
believed it was fake! Of course, many Americans feel that Canadian money
reminds them of the ones from Monopoly -- different colours, y'know!
   All the best,

                                          Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Arruda" <arruda@CATS.UCSC.EDU>
To: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: February 28, 2000 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: pending demise of the US $1 bill

> The $1 bill may be on the way out, but don't panick yet. The acceptance of
> the coin is by no means assured. On the other hand, England (1983) has had
> its 1 pound note replaced by a coin, and Canada (1985?) has the dollar
> coin (called a "looney" after the water bird on the reverse), another
> success.
>
> Largely unknown in most parts of the is the $2 bill (with Jefferson's
> face)! I think these are still being produced, but they are almost extinct
in
> circulation. I'm from New England, and we had them fairly often there in
> the 1950's and 1960's, but people from outside the area had a deep seated
> aversion, amounting to a superstition, against even handling them! Are
> there others on line who remembr such a strange attitude?
>
> Ron Arruda





From: DORIGAMI@AOL.COM
Date: 01 Mar 2000 11:54
Subject: Re: greetings

How about boxes from Tomoko Fuse books.  I make them from brochures that I
pick up in stores and they are really stunning.  I make cranes and put them
on barbeque sticks and give them away or sell them at shows and they are also
very poplular.  Have a wonderful life as I have with Origami.  I have been
doing it professionally for 35 years.  Am now 74 and still teaching classes
and learning new models and having a super duper wonderful
life...Incidentally I am an Iowan.  Come from Iowa City where the state U. of
Iowa is......Dorothy Kaplan...dorigami@aol.com.  Keep me posted of your
progress.  I will be glad to help you out with info.....what do you teach.





From: Dave Stephenson <EruditusD@AOL.COM>
Date: 01 Mar 2000 13:26
Subject: Quick question

Anyone know when the February issue of the BOS Magazine is due out?

Dave





From: Sebastian Marius Kirsch <skirsch@MOEBIUS.INKA.DE>
Date: 01 Mar 2000 13:26
Subject: Re: (NO) St. Patrick's Day (was Clover Fold Challenge)

On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 05:15:44PM -0800, Gillian Wiseman wrote:
> "St Patrick was born in Britain of Roman stock around A.D. 389. [..]
> He is said to have driven all snakes from Ireland.

Yeah, but what the book doesn't tell is that he was the only one who saw
any snakes in the first place. ;-)

--
Yours, Sebastian <skirsch@moebius.inka.de>





From: Dee and Bob <deenbob@ECENTRAL.COM>
Date: 01 Mar 2000 14:02
Subject: Re: Origami Sighting trivia

I don't recall. I guess if people wanted me to, I could dig the video
tape out and see (a friend taped it for me and it is the only episode
I've seen the entire way through) :-)

Dee

Brian Moses wrote:
>
> I'm enjoying your stories of origami sightings.  Does anyone recall an
> episode of X Files (a TV show in North America) that featured an origami
> model of Noah's Ark with pairs of animals?  I don't recall the episode
> (can't stand the show, really), but I've been wondering if the artist was
> credited.
>
> Brian
>
> > Greetings everybody,
> >
> > A friend in San Francisco went to a Crane exhibit at the
> > Golden Gate Park Museum.  It was a photographic exhibit of
> > cranes, but hanging from the ceiling were dozens of strands
> > of large colored origami cranes.
> >
> > Ria





From: Dee and Bob <deenbob@ECENTRAL.COM>
Date: 01 Mar 2000 14:02
Subject: Re: Poverty Folds

The only one i know of is the chain we all seemed to learn in grade
school... and I can't recall now... I knowI had yards of chain at one
time and my dad made me throw away all the "trash" in my room. I try to
remember that when my kids' rooms get messy!

> I'm not up on the mathmatics of origami.  I wonder, has anyone ever worked out
> folds for the the standard chewing gum rectangle?





From: Dee and Bob <deenbob@ECENTRAL.COM>
Date: 01 Mar 2000 14:02
Subject: Re: Origami Sighting trivia

I know... it doesn't help that, at least in our library, the only free
meeting place is in the children's department. That is always where they
put the displays... I have been tempted at times to throw in a bunch of
the more risque models I know with a sign reading "Origami... it's not
just for kids" but i always figure it would be more detrimental than
helpful. It would be rather eye-opening though don't you think? ;-)

I always try to include two or three really complicated models in
displays... like Yoshino's T-Rex Skeleton or something... of course,
those are the ones people come to our meetings expecting to be taught!

> I wish more people would realise that origami can be much more than a
> kindergarten activity... <sigh!>





From: Perry Bailey <pbailey@OPENCOMINC.COM>
Date: 01 Mar 2000 15:09
Subject: Re: greetings

DORIGAMI@AOL.COM wrote:

> ..Incidentally I am an Iowan.  Come from Iowa City where the state U. of
> Iowa is......Dorothy Kaplan...

Ooh another Iowan! wow that makes what, 3 of us on the list?

Perry (From Boone Iowa)
--
"Continental chambermaids
are very hard to shock,
first they wait until your naked
then they enter, then they knock!"

Victor Buono from "It could be verse"

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





From: Andy Fluke <afluke@VERMONTEL.NET>
Date: 01 Mar 2000 17:40
Subject: Origami sources in Boston, MA and points west?

My fiance has an interview in Boston next week and I'm going along for the ride.
Can anyone suggest sources for origami books and paper in the Boston area?
Especially downtown or on the subway lines?  How about along Rt. 2 west of
     Boston?

Thanks,

Andy
"at home and folding in the green mountains of vermont"





From: Dino Andreozzi <dion@HEM.PASSAGEN.SE>
Date: 01 Mar 2000 19:32
Subject: SV:      Buying origami through the net!

Dear Anine,
if you are looking for patterned origamipaper I can give you a god trick: buy
     white origami paper and print it with your printer, you can do wonderful
     origamipapers in that way. Lionel Albertino, one of the winner of Origami
     Sveriges Origami Butterflies
To find patterns on the Internet  is really not a problem, you can actually use
     any kind of backgrounds available.

Regards

Dino





From: Steve Hecht <hecht@MAIL.COM>
Date: 01 Mar 2000 19:46
Subject: Gallery finally up

I finally got around to filling in my "Gallery" page.  It has thumbnailed
     pictures of
my money folds, as well as some wet-folded and tissue-foil models that many of
     you
will recognize.

The URL is:  http://www.serve.com/hecht/origami/gallery.htm

Please let me know of any problems viewing.

--Steve Hecht





From: "Chamberlain, Clare" <Clare.Chamberlain@HEALTH.WA.GOV.AU>
Date: 01 Mar 2000 21:13
Subject: Cranes and other miscellany

I have missed all the fun and chats over the past few weeks, having been
laid up with whiplash (and some ori to the back of my poor little car!).
The worst thing was that I was offered a commission to fold 1,000 black
swans to invite people to celebrate the return of breeding swans to a large,
local lake.  (Perth city stands on the Swan River, which used to be black
with swans - however no swans breed on the river today.....)  I have been
stuck at home, unable to fold or play the piano or do anything much!

I have a couple of suggestions for those who love folding cranes - Fuse-san
has a beautiful book (Japanese) called 'origami cranes and fans' which is
one of my favourite books.  I also often fold a bird base, and then make it
endlessly rotate by pulling done the points from the top to the bottom,
which in turn brings up the bottoms points at right angles to the original
ones!  Paul has it in one of his books - it was described to me by a
Japanese folder - I'll have to check, And I told Paul!

As to folding umbrellas out of Japanese Cigarette packets - the instruction
sheets I have are form the manufacturers (you need multiple packs to make a
brolly!).  The packs are the soft kind, rather than the boxed that are sold
here.  I also agree that the foil is good to fold, but my lungs are higher
on the scale of life quality than a few bits of foil!!!

Better go now as my neck is starting to crimp and may well do a double
rabbit ear and sink completely!!  Happy Autumn to the civilised world, and
enjoy Spring to the rest of you!

Clare the miserable non-folder of the Wild West





From: "B. Becker" <gryfebecker.b@SYMPATICO.CA>
Date: 01 Mar 2000 22:14
Subject: Re: gum wrappers (was poverty folds)

I saw a newspaper item last year about a fellow that has 3 miles (!) of gum
     wrapper
chain in his house (it filled his entire garage).  I still have the 7 yards of
     chain
that I made one summer twenty years ago, when I was a camp counsellor and had
     all my
campers chewing vigorously for me.

Brenda

Dee and Bob wrote:

> The only one i know of is the chain we all seemed to learn in grade
> school... and I can't recall now... I knowI had yards of chain at one
> time and my dad made me throw away all the "trash" in my room. I try to
> remember that when my kids' rooms get messy!
>
> > I'm not up on the mathmatics of origami.  I wonder, has anyone ever worked
     out
> > folds for the the standard chewing gum rectangle?





From: Ron Arruda <arruda@CATS.UCSC.EDU>
Date: 01 Mar 2000 23:58
Subject: Re: gum wrappers (was poverty folds)

So where can we see a diagram for this gum wrapper fold? Some of us
missed out on some of the normal parts of childhood I guess!

Ron Arruda





From: DORIGAMI@AOL.COM
Date: 02 Mar 2000 01:04
Subject: Re: Bent out of shape

Someone on this list mentioned the word "bent" referring to humans...We do
get bent out of shape, and most of us have an artistic bent. Some of us are
nice and bend over backwards for our origami friends.  Often we go around the
bend in the road to get where we are going and a lot of us do bend paper.
And some of us can even do back bends Say, maybe we could be included as one
of the  materials to fold thread.





From: Anine Cleve <anine21@USA.NET>
Date: 02 Mar 2000 08:20
Subject: Colour printing

Hi!

I didn't know wether to put NO in the subject or not. Sorry to those I
bothered by not doing it.
My question is: Dino told me that I can print my own origamipaper, which I
thought was a great idea so now I want to calculate the expensies for that.
Anyone know how much paper you can print totally coloured with one of those
printer-things that hold the ink? Just to know how many origamipapers I'd get
out of 1 colour print "package". The printer I'm gonna use is a canon 610e.
Anyone can help?
Thanks in advance!
                       Anine

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From: bethstern <bethstern@FREEWWWEB.COM>
Date: 02 Mar 2000 08:57
Subject: Re: Colour printing

In my humble opinion you'd be better off buying your paper already colored
unless you want some exotic design..your ink cartridges can run into a lot
of money...

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
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From: "Furlong, John T" <john.t.furlong@LMCO.COM>
Date: 02 Mar 2000 09:24
Subject: Re: Colour printing

Another issue would be how the paper absorbs the colored ink.  When using
color printers I have always noticed a serious degradation in paper quality
once all that wet ink has be deposited on it.  It would all depend on the
absorption properties of the paper in question and how much ink you are
planning on using.  A simple design would most likely be ok, but a detailed
design might not fold too well.





From: Marion Riley <marion-r@WEBTV.NET>
Date: 02 Mar 2000 09:51
Subject: Re: Colour printing

  Ditto to Beth, the cost of color printing can be
prohibitive. An alternative for patterned papers,
which also ties into the proverty folding thread,
is wallpaper sample books. Although heavier
than traditional origami papers, they lend them-
selves well to modulars, boxes and the simpler
models. Best of all they are free( I once got a
whole pick-up truck full just to haul them off).
  Try interior decoraters or home improvment
stores.
 Some examples of Fuse boxes folded from
wallpapers are on my website.

                  Marion

http://community.webtv.net/marion-r/ModularOrigami





From: Ronald Koh <ronkoh@SINGNET.COM.SG>
Date: 02 Mar 2000 10:02
Subject: Re: Cranes and other miscellany

Oi, what about us people in the pseudo-civilized world who have summer
all year round? :o)

Get well soon!

Ron.

Chamberlain, Clare wrote:

>
> Better go now as my neck is starting to crimp and may well do a double
> rabbit ear and sink completely!!  Happy Autumn to the civilised world, and
> enjoy Spring to the rest of you!
>
> Clare the miserable non-folder of the Wild West





From: Brian Moses <moses@POP.UKY.EDU>
Date: 02 Mar 2000 10:52
Subject: Re: Colour printing

I agree that printing a solid sheet of colored paper is not going to be cost
effective.  But I do enjoy printing geometrical patterns and such,
especially for models like the stellated octahedron.  For example, a day or
two ago, someone (sorry, I forget who) posted an url for some Escher
patterns:  www.geocities.com/origamifreak. Thanks!

I found a neat way to produce a photo pattern for this same model.  I
printed a grid of 32 squares with images of my best friends' little girl.
If you're interested, I have posted two patterns at
www.uky.edu/~moses/stella.htm.

Brian





From: Gillian Wiseman <gilladian@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 02 Mar 2000 11:14
Subject: Re: NO:Colour printing

Anine,
most of the time you can find that info in either a "Consumer Reports"
magazine review of color printers, or in a similar review in "PC" type
magazines. But they usually calculate the numbers based on "average" amounts
of color printing per page, not a solid color page.

Gillian
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From: Dee and Bob <deenbob@ECENTRAL.COM>
Date: 02 Mar 2000 11:41
Subject: commission work

Would anyone be interested in helping a young lady in Southern
California (Long Beach, to be precise) on her wedding decorations. She
contacted me through the OUSA web site and wanted to know if there was
anyone who would be willing to fold about 110 items for her reception.
She mentioned payment...

If you're interested, let me know and I'll forward her message to you.

Thanks!

Dee





From: Scott Cramer <scram@LANDMARKNET.NET>
Date: 02 Mar 2000 12:42
Subject: Escher patterns

Anja generously gave us:

>>>>>>>>>
I have created some tessellation's based on an MC Escher
pattern which can be folded up into a rather
satisfying stellated octahedron.  (Ala Joy of Origami
by Gross)  You can view/download the images here:
http://www.geocities.com/origamifreak/
<<<<<<<<<<

    It took a couple of tries at printing (minimizing margins and using
'landscape' orientation solved it) but the effort was well worth it! The
pyramids of the stellation keep the tessellation intact... which is
fascinating to me, in that the tessellation remains unchanged going from two
dimensions to three. Very cool indeed! Thank you Anja!

Scott scram@landmarknet.net





From: sychen@EROLS.COM
Date: 02 Mar 2000 13:11
Subject: New book?

Hi, All,
I got an alert email from Amazon. Does anyone know about this new title?
Thanks.

Origami Safari : Create Your Own Exciting African Paradise
by
Publication date: March 2000
Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co
Binding:Paperback
Subjects: Crafts/Hobbies; Origami; Crafts & Hobbies





From: Tiffany Tam <origamiwing@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 02 Mar 2000 16:16
Subject: Re: NO: Multilingualism

I agree that "the language of Origami is universal", I speak ( not all
fluently) Cantonese, English, Spanish, and Japanese, and in all my classes
people love the origami models I make. =)

>From: David Taylor <dataylor@EARTHLINK.NET>
>Reply-To: Origami List <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: NO: Multilingualism
>Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 16:36:55 -0700
>
>D. Lister proposed...
> >And why not in French? I dare say that the French language has its own
> >Internet Origami List, but I hope that there are no rigid barriers
>between
> >paperfolders who happen to speak different languages. At any rate, the
> >language of Origami is universal.
>
>Actually, the French list specifies that contributions are to be "in  the
>language of Molihre." From time to time I read a discussion of France's
>efforts to establish a bigger Francophone presence on the
>WWW--understandable if you think it through. Although we Anglophones may
>not intend to dominate worldwide communication, people of other backgrounds
>might consider their access to information unfairly limited. I'd better
>stop. This isn't a language forum!
>
>Elise
>
>
>
>
>
>"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."
>(Jim Elliot)

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From: Rakostar@AOL.COM
Date: 02 Mar 2000 16:28
Subject: Re: Escher patterns

Anja generously gave us:
>>>>>>>>>
I have created some tessellation's based on an MC Escher
pattern which can be folded up into a rather
satisfying stellated octahedron.  (Ala Joy of Origami
by Gross)  You can view/download the images here:
http://www.geocities.com/origamifreak/
<<<<<<<<<<
    It took a couple of tries at printing (minimizing margins and using
'landscape' orientation solved it) but the effort was well worth it! The
pyramids of the stellation keep the tessellation intact... which is
fascinating to me, in that the tessellation remains unchanged going from two
dimensions to three. Very cool indeed! Thank you Anja!

Scott scram@landmarknet.net
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Hi.  I've been trying to print out the pattern all on one page and I'm not
getting it right.
Could you be more specific about how you got it right.  I'd really appreciate
it.
                                Rae





From: Dino Andreozzi <dion@HEM.PASSAGEN.SE>
Date: 02 Mar 2000 17:11
Subject: More about colour printing

Dear Beth, John and Marion,
how many origami papers have you been printing? Beth said: "your ink =
cartridges can run into a lot
of money...", could you explain what kind of experience do you have =
about printing coloured patterns on papers? If you want patterned papers =
it is because you are going to show your models, I believe! I have a lot =
of very expensive japanese origami papers at home, a lot of them cost =
more than 1$ each, I bought them because I found them beautiful and I =
really didn't care about the price at that moment ( but I probably did =
it after!). Alfredo Giunta showed some beautiful lizards at the last SOM =
in Stockholm... he must be mad because he used  printed (and with that I =
mean "computer printed") papers for those models ;-) He scanned a =
picture of real lizard skin and printed it (using the very expensive =
ink!) on paper. The result was great, but VERY EXPENSIVE. I don't =
beleive I would care so much about the costs of the printing if I can =
get exact the result I want! How the paper react after the printing =
depends of the quality of the paper plus much more. Never use ordinarie =
A-4 papers (the one you use for printing your e-mails!) because that =
papers are also the worst papers to fold. So remember,   "better =
printing quality - worst paper to fold" that is a dilemma, paper good =
for printing is not good for folding (and I beleive you already know =
why). Anine, you can use any kind of paper for practising but once you =
decide to expose your model use the best (and sometime most expensive) =
paper.

Thanks Alfredo and Lionel for be more open mind!

Regards

Dino





From: Ronald Koh <ronkoh@SINGNET.COM.SG>
Date: 02 Mar 2000 19:12
Subject: Re: More about colour printing

I don't quite understand why you consider ordinary A4 paper the worst
kind for folding, Dino. I find it rather good for folding simpler
models, and for wet folding more complex ones. One of the guys in my
group uses this type of paper almost exclusively, in fact, to wet fold.
And he does mostly complex origami by Kawahata, Hoyjo Takashi, etc.

Cheers,

Ron

Dino Andreozzi wrote:

> Never use ordinarie A-4 papers the one you use for printing your e-mails!)
     because that papers are also the > worst papers to fold. So remember,
     "better printing quality - worst paper to fold" that is a dilemma, paper >
     good for printing is not good for





From: "Kennedy, Mark" <KennedyM@DNB.COM>
Date: 02 Mar 2000 20:48
Subject: Doug Weathers: looking for Green Paper

Doug,

I know you ask for green paper back in early February. I printed and posted
the message on my board at work.

Well I am taking a break before I leave to answer your question.

You can get packs of 100 sheets of 6 inch kami from Origami USA: the Source.

The description of the product is: KAMI ALL ONE COLOR    6" ONLY. Colors:
red, black, baby blue, bright sky blue, mdm blue, navy, drk brown, lt brown,
cranberry, fuschia, drk green, lime green, pale green, grey, lavender, lt
orange, md orange, dk orange, baby pink, pink, purple, white, yellow. 100
sheets.

The home page for OUSA: http://www.origami-usa.org/frames1c.htm

The page for the Source: http://209.3.73.100/

The third page in with the all one color paper is:

http://209.3.73.100/search_result.asp?DESCRIPTION=&MANUFACTURER=ALL&PRODUCT_
ID=&CATEGORY=Origami+Papers-Solid+Color&SQLStmt=SELECT+*+FROM+PRODUCT+WHERE+
%28%28DESCRIPTION+LIKE+%27%25%25%27%29+AND+%28PRODUCT_ID+LIKE+%27%25%25%27%2
9+AND+%28product.CATEGORY+%3D+%27Origami+Papers-Solid+Color%27%29+AND+%28%28
product.MFG+LIKE+%27%25%25%27%29+OR+%28product.MFG+%3D+%27%27%29%29%29+ORDER
+BY+MFG+ASC%2C+CATEGORY+ASC%2C+DESCRIPTION+ASC&ScrollAction=Page+2

Other than that, I suggest that you check out local teacher supplies stores
for Bemis-Jason Fadless Bulletin Board paper. It comes in rolls 2 feet by 12
feet (about $3-$4) or 2 feet by 60 feet (about $12). When I use this I go to
Dick Blick (famous for supplying schools with their art supplies. I have an
advantage in that it is a 10 minute drive to the show room. It is slightly
thicker than kami but it is colored on one side and white on the other.  The
bulletin board paper will shred when wet fold in single layers however it
holds together when backcoated to itself.

They also make some 4 foot rolls which I use for back-coating large sheets
of wall paper. You know the routine; you want to make a really big wet
folded model so you have to glue 2 foot by 2 foot 3 inch pieces down to a
stabilizing surface. I also use the 2 foot paper to backcoat any wall paper
that has too much vinyl content to paper content.

Wallpaper can be another of those suburban sources of cheap paper. If I
watch the close out racks at the local wallpaper store, I can get double
rolls for a couple of dollars. One store, since out of business, would have
fill a bag with rolls for $5 sales - I could get 10 to 12 rolls in a bag.
All you have to check for is that it is paper back wall paper - pure vinyl
wallpaper does not fold well or hold a crease. Bone folders are a great
assist.

As per Michael LaFosse's suggestion I have been using wallpaper paste. The
side of the box said mix entire contents into 7 gallons of water. Yeah
right, I was living in an apartment at the time and was not going to give up
my bathtub for several months.
Michael suggest 1 to 3 teaspoons of the paste into a pint of water. It takes
20 minutes to gel so mix early. I have save some for several months and it
was still fine. I have also had things growing in it after a few weeks of
non-use and had to throw it out.

I hope this helps.

See you at PCOC.

Mark Kennedy





From: "Michael J. Naughton" <mjnaught@CROCKER.COM>
Date: 02 Mar 2000 21:09
Subject: Re: greetings

Two suggestions:

** The Flapping Crane (action model - the wings flap when  you
    pull its tail).

** Robert Neale's Dragon (just a few steps past the crane, and
   a very neat simple model) -- diagrammed in "The Flapping Bird"
   by Sam Randlett (available from OUSA (?))

I'm afraid current standards discourage sending copied diagrams,
but if you are interested I'll send you examples of the models
themselves (not that hard to reverse engineer -- that's how I
learned the dragon myself!)

Mike Naughton
mjnaught@crocker.com

-----Original Message-----
From:   Michael Anderson [SMTP:manderso@ACAD2.DANA.EDU]
Sent:   Monday, February 28, 2000 3:43 PM
To:     ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject:        greetings

Hello all,

I am completely new to this list and new to Origami. I seemed to have
caught the bug!

I am a college professor in Nebraska and am glad to have found this
group of people. Please excuse my newbie questions.

I adore folding the crane and find myself doing it all the time.. in
meetings, watching the tube.. stopped at a light.. etc.

I am looking for a similar model that I can fold for variety. In
needs to be something as beautiful and elegant if possible and also
something that I can fold in my hand... in other words, something
that doesn't require a flat surface. I fold the cranes out of small
paper and enjoy collecting them. I can do this without bothering
others in a meeting or concert. :-)

Does anyone have any ideas for me? I have tried folding more
elaborate patterns that I have found on Joseph Wu's page. I'm afraid
I have failed miserably at most of them due to my lack of experience
and  knowledge, but I enjoy it none-the-less. Last night I tried to
do the Armadillo.. yikes! I spent 2-3 hours on it and it looked like
a cross between a daschsund and an anteater when I finished. Oh well.
:-)

Thanks for any advice you may have.

Michael Anderson





From: Doug Philips <dgou@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 02 Mar 2000 21:41
Subject: Re: greetings

Michael J. Naughton indited:

>** Robert Neale's Dragon (just a few steps past the crane, and
>    a very neat simple model) -- diagrammed in "The Flapping Bird"
>    by Sam Randlett (available from OUSA (?))

It's also in Jay Ansill's book Mythical Beings.

>but if you are interested I'll send you examples of the models
>themselves (not that hard to reverse engineer -- that's how I
>learned the dragon myself!)

Or you could even send step folds (not necessary for each individual step,
esp. when it comes to pleating and other detail work).

-D'gou
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From: Dribalz@AOL.COM
Date: 03 Mar 2000 00:40
Subject: Gum Wrapper Chains

I posted this to the list a while ago, but since we are on the topic again...
I have a Juicy Fruit (only) gumwrapper chain that is about 300 feet long.
But for a really long one and the winner according to the Guinness Book of
World Records go to this place: www.gumwrapper.com and see Gary's amazing
chain.

Andrew Hans





From: Foldmaster@AOL.COM
Date: 03 Mar 2000 00:47
Subject: JOAS Membership Applications and Book Orders

Dear All,

I will be sending out an international postal money order tomorrow to Tokyo,
Japan for the people who have placed orders to me recently.  The following
people have ordered Japan Origami Academic Society (JOAS) Memberships:

Deborah Pun
Eric M. Anderson
Nicholas Albright
Rodrigo Antonio Pantoja

The following people have ordered Tanteidan Convention #5 Book:

Deborah Pun
Beverly Kim
Howard Portugal
Caleb Cheung
Nicholas Albright
Jerry D. Harris
Marisa Filion
Rodrigo Antonio Pantoja

The following people have ordered Yamaguchi's "Joyful Life with Origami":

Rachel Katz
Amy Liikala
Jane Rosemarin
Marisa Filion
James M. Sakoda
Dor Jeong

This will be the only confirmation of your orders.  If there is an error,
please contact me privately right away.  You should be receiving your
publications within 3-4 weeks from now.  :)

June Sakamoto

PS:  Next mailing will be end of March.





From: Dan Gries <dangries@MATH.OHIO-STATE.EDU>
Date: 03 Mar 2000 02:05
Subject: copyrighting origami

hello all,

i have created a small number of models now, a few which i am proud
of, and it would be nice to share them with others.  i am wondering
whether i should have any diagrams i make copyrighted.  i know people
here post diagrams on their sites and other sites freely sometimes,
but i just am not aware of all the issues associated with this topic.

i would only want to keep someone from using my work without
permission, or passing it off as their own, not to sound selfish
or paranoid.  but one should take certain risks, i'm sure.

so i'm wondering what people think about this issue, especially as
it pertains to origami.

also, how does one obtain a copyright?

interested in hearing your thoughts,

dan





From: DLister891@AOL.COM
Date: 03 Mar 2000 04:00
Subject: Re: Copyrighting Origami

Origami@mitvma.mit.edu  Copyrighting Origami    3Mar00.

In a posting last night Dan Gries asks how one obtains copyright in Origami.

The answer for all nations subscribing to the Berne Copyright Convention
(which includes most idustrial nations including the United States and the
United Kingdom) is that you do not have to do anything at all to secure
copyright  Copyright is automatic in any created work falling within the
copyright laws of each particular country.

Certainly, diagrams are subject to copyright copyrighted and also the actual
folded model as a work of art )sculpture). However, there is less certainty
that the folding sequence of a model in th abstract itself benefits by
copyright law. The lawyers of OUSA in particular have argued that the folding
sequence of a model is an invention and can only be protected if at all by
obtaining a patent.

Some nations do not subscribe to the Berne Convention, and in those countries
there may be particular requirements for copyrighting a model. In the case of
countries subscribing to the International Copyright Convention, it is
sufficient to put a letter C within a circle followed by the name of the
author and the number of the year of creation. That is why you so often see
the C within a circle. It is not necessary for protection in (say) the USA
and the UK.

There are one or two coutries where there is no copyright law. Unless new
legislation has been passed recently, this applies to Hong Kong, where , in
prticular, Japanese origami books have been flagrantly plagiarised.

In the case of any dispute it will be necessary to show that you are the
creator of a a model or set of diagrams. For this reason a few people still
register their material. In England registration is with the City of London
Stationers Company  and I believe there is also an office providing this
service in the United States. Regstration will establish beyond doubt who is
the originator of a work. But exceptionally few people take this step
nowadys. It was used more often in the past before the modern copyright laws
were passed. That is why some people still think that regeistration in some
way for copyright purposes is still obligatory,

The subject of copyright has come up again and again Origami-L, to the extent
that old-timesrs let out an audible groan as soon as the subject is
mentioned. But naturally, newcomers to the site will not be aware of this and
genuinely seek information.

It is possible to refer people to the Archives, but a serch in them under
"copyright" will yield an overwhelming amount of material through which it
will be difficult to thread a path.

A better approach would be to consult the publications of OUSA, where their
policy on copyright is clearly stated.

Personally, I should like to see a site with frequently asked questions
attached to Origami-L. I'm sure it would be a great help for newcomers.

With apologies to everyone for whom copyright is a soporific subject,

David Lister.





From: Paula & Gerard <su008787@WOLMAIL.NL>
Date: 03 Mar 2000 05:38
Subject: Simple Dragon (Was: greetings)

Hi All,

Doug Philips wrote:

> Michael J. Naughton indited:
>
> >** Robert Neale's Dragon (just a few steps past the crane, and
> >    a very neat simple model) -- diagrammed in "The Flapping Bird"
> >    by Sam Randlett (available from OUSA (?))
>
> It's also in Jay Ansill's book Mythical Beings.
>

Michael Naughton and Doug Philips has raised my curiosity. I don't know the
model of Robert Neale's Dragon, but I'm very interested. Does anyone have a
picture of this dragon on the Internet?

Thanks,
Paula from Holland





From: Paul Jackson <Mpjackson@BTINTERNET.COM>
Date: 03 Mar 2000 06:56
Subject: 'Time/Millennium': suggestions needed.

Dear Everyone,

I need help!

I've been asked -- on a volunteer basis -- to teach two, 2-hour
classes in a school, each to groups of 30 mixed ability 7-9 year olds
who haven't previously done origami in the classroom.

No problem there, except that the theme must be Time/Millennium
related, and the school wishes me to teach different things to the two
groups.

I can think of a suitable few models/themes, such as the Magic Tipper
(a triangle which upends itself after a few seconds or a few minutes),
or the Ta-rum-te-tum-tum (a tumbler, which tumbles at different speeds
depending on its size), or the growth/evolution of flora and fauna, or
a woolly description of a model as 'very old' or 'created since the
Millennium'...but after that, I'm struggling!!  And I've four hours to
fill!!

Does anyone have any further suggestions for models or how origami can
be linked with theTime/Millennium theme?  The models *must* be SIMPLE.

Any help will be gratefully received, and I'll report back to the
List.

Thank you.

Paul Jackson
mpjackson@btinternet.com
www.origami-artist.com





From: Scott Cramer <scram@LANDMARKNET.NET>
Date: 03 Mar 2000 09:27
Subject: Re: Escher patterns

Rae asked:

>Hi.  I've been trying to print out the pattern all on one page and I'm not
>getting it right.
>Could you be more specific about how you got it right.  I'd really
appreciate
>it.

This is how Windows '98 let me do it... on a different system, all bets are
off.

    Open the large .jpg in its own window. Then: File>Page Setup to change
the margins. Set them to zero... they won't stay that way, but they will be
minimized.
Then >Printer . I assume your printer has a setting for 'Landscape' or
'Horizontal' or something similar... that's it.

Scott scram@landmarknet.net





From: Jeff Kerwood <jkerwood@USAOR.NET>
Date: 03 Mar 2000 10:38
Subject: Re: greetings

> Or you could even send step folds (not necessary for each individual step,
> esp. when it comes to pleating and other detail work).
>
> -D'gou

Or, as I understand it, it would even be *proper* to write and send
*your own* text description (heck, it's even ok to create and send *your
own* diagrams).

Jeff

[ Confidencial nota: Oi Clara, esperana voc est tendo agradvel
um dia :-). ]





From: Ron Arruda <arruda@CATS.UCSC.EDU>
Date: 03 Mar 2000 11:08
Subject: Re: 'Time/Millennium': suggestions needed.

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a bannana."

Puns will work!

Ron Arruda





From: Marc Cooman <marc.cooman@PANDORA.BE>
Date: 03 Mar 2000 13:47
Subject: Re: JOAS Membership Applications and Book Orders

Dear June,

My name was not on the list.
I did issue an International Postal Money order for
the amount of 68 US$  this morning. I hope I will
not be too late in setting up the contacts and arrangements
for my JOAS membership.

Thanks a lot for helping me out

Marcus R. Cooman

PS I do not have Your private e-mail

----- Original Message -----
From: <Foldmaster@AOL.COM>
To: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 6:12 AM
Subject: JOAS Membership Applications and Book Orders

> Dear All,
>
> I will be sending out an international postal money order tomorrow to
Tokyo,
> Japan for the people who have placed orders to me recently.  The following
> people have ordered Japan Origami Academic Society (JOAS) Memberships:
>
> Deborah Pun
> Eric M. Anderson
> Nicholas Albright
> Rodrigo Antonio Pantoja
>
> The following people have ordered Tanteidan Convention #5 Book:
>
> Deborah Pun
> Beverly Kim
> Howard Portugal
> Caleb Cheung
> Nicholas Albright
> Jerry D. Harris
> Marisa Filion
> Rodrigo Antonio Pantoja
>
> The following people have ordered Yamaguchi's "Joyful Life with Origami":
>
> Rachel Katz
> Amy Liikala
> Jane Rosemarin
> Marisa Filion
> James M. Sakoda
> Dor Jeong
>
> This will be the only confirmation of your orders.  If there is an error,
> please contact me privately right away.  You should be receiving your
> publications within 3-4 weeks from now.  :)
>
>
> June Sakamoto
>
> PS:  Next mailing will be end of March.





From: Kelly Dunn <Kellydunn@AOL.COM>
Date: 03 Mar 2000 15:19
Subject: Re: 'Time/Millennium': suggestions needed.

<< In a message dated 3/3/00 3:56:14 AM, Mpjackson@BTINTERNET.COM writes:

<< Does anyone have any further suggestions for models or how origami can

be linked with theTime/Millennium theme?  The models *must* be SIMPLE.

 >>

I'm teaching this same age group and struggling a bit with ideas too since
they need to be very simple. I have set themes too. I decided yesterday after
working with a group of children that they like to choose.
So, here's one of my conclusions. If it's a time millennium theme...maybe have
many simple models ...all of them together, and let them decide what is their
favorite animal or thing for their time. What is it that they like?
Dinosaurs, bugs,
or boats? Then, teach them that. It would be a reflection of
what they are interested in and a statement from them about what is important
to them in their time. Then, they can explain in some way why.
This way they are the ones doing
the thinking. I've decided that children are surprising, and that they have
more to
teach us.
My themes are all different too. I have seven grades with different themes.
I'm going to make it up to their interruption by giving them options, then
see
what they want to do. I'm really excited to see what they want to make, and
what they will do with the theme. For example, with something like turtles,
it's amazing what goes on in their imagination about what the turtles mean and
what color they wish they were...if they have seen them, what it was like, and
if they like or dislike turtles, and what stories they have. Each child has a
different imagination, and I like to have the folds ready, but if they are
doing
something else, support that idea, and let them explore how they would express
it with origami. And, sometimes, it's something that looks far far from
turtles,
but if it means turtles to them.
good luck,
Kelly
