




From: Hirofumi Fujiwara <fuji@TIMEDIA.CO.JP>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 00:05
Subject: Re: Fred Rohm Model

Hello.

I have just joined to this mailing list last week.
Origami has been one of my hobbies for 30 years.  I found this mailing
list when I was looking for new information about origami.  I would
like to exchange information with origami lovers in the world.

I tried some complicated models and show their images on my site.
It has links to other origami sites and instructions for simple
models such as crane and frog, and reviews about origami books (most
of the review part is written in Japanese).

http://www.pro.or.jp/~fuji/index-eng.html

----------------------------------------------------------
Hirofumi Fujiwara (JAPAN)   enjoy my JAVA and Puzzle World
fuji@fuji.gr.jp  http://www.pro.or.jp/~fuji/index-eng.html
 Mirror site  http://kjmcci.kct.ne.jp/~fuji/index-eng.html





From: DLister891@AOL.COM
Date: 27 Mar 2000 04:42
Subject: New Web Page of Japanese Origami Culture

Two days ago a very brief posting was sent to the alt.arts.newsgroup which I
think deserves wider publicity.

Th posting drew attention of what it called an "Origami Source in Japnese
Ceremony.

Intrigued, I visited this site, which belongs to Eijiero Morikawa. I
understand he is a Japanese man who has origami paper for sale.

However the interesting thing about the site is that it has about 27 coloured
photographs of Japnese traditional ceremonies which employ origami figures
and decortions in one way or another. The origami is not immediately evident
on the small  index photographs, but they are capable of being considerably
enlarged to reveal the detail.

The following is the URL of the site.

http://plaza7.mbn.or.jp/~mori/origami/origamisource.htm

I have written to Eijiro Morikawa and he has given me permission to mention
his site on Origami-L. I have also told him how to subscribe to this list. He
writes fair English and perhaps we may before long be receiving messages from
him.

Meanwhile, for anyone interested in origami in Japanese traditional culture,
this site is a must.

David Lister.





From: Dee and Bob <deenbob@ECENTRAL.COM>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 09:01
Subject: Re: Fred Rohm Model

Nice page - some nice links! Thanks you!

Hirofumi Fujiwara wrote:

> http://www.pro.or.jp/~fuji/index-eng.html
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Hirofumi Fujiwara (JAPAN)   enjoy my JAVA and Puzzle World
> fuji@fuji.gr.jp  http://www.pro.or.jp/~fuji/index-eng.html
>  Mirror site  http://kjmcci.kct.ne.jp/~fuji/index-eng.html





From: "Kennedy, Mark" <KennedyM@DNB.COM>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 09:46
Subject: Italian Books and Large Paper

Alfredo's books were originally priced at about $25 when sold in the US, so
$40 for an out of print and other wise unobtainable book does not seem so
bad to me. This is also an object lesson, when you see an itermediate or
complex origami book buy it then, even if you have to skip lunches for the
next few weeks. IT many not be available for long. The more advanced books
generally have a smaller press run and do not get reprinted as frequently.
Get them while you can. If not be prepared to pay a premium price.

As to the large paper, if you do not mind cutting, teacher supply stores
carry Bemis- Jason Fadless Bulletinboard/Art paper in rolls 2 feet by either
12 or 60 feet. Dick Blick the school art supply seller sells them in 60 foot
rolls while the local teacher supply stores sell them in the 12 foot rolls.
The 12 foot rolls are about $4 and come in a plastic sleave, while the 60
foot rolls are about $12 and come in a cardboard box like wax paper. The
paper is colored on one side and white on the other. It is a bit heavier
than Kami but it for the larger size this is generally a good thing. Two
sheets can be laminated together with methylcellulose but a single layer is
too thin to wet fold as it shreds. I have known it for years as bulleting
board paper but when I bought some before PCOC it was called Art paper.
Price and quality didn't change so it must have been a marketing decision.
There are also 4 foot rolls. I will use the 4 foot rolls to support large
composite sheets of wallpaper for wet folding.

Mark Kennedy





From: Joe Wezorek <joew@DYNAVOXSYS.COM>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 10:05
Subject: Re: Italian origami books

On the issue of whether the books are going for
too much money, I think we have to look at specific
cases rather looking at it generally. On the issue
as to whose "fault" it is, I think it's pretty clear
that it's the fault of the buyers. The thing about
Ebay is that you are basically bidding blind. In the
case of the Giunta book, yes, it is rare and basically
unobtainable any other way, but, how do I really know
I want it? If it sells for 70$ I think that is an
irrational price considering most of the bidders are
bidding without having seen the thing. But this is the
problem with (buying from) Ebay...

Joe





From: Michael Anderson <manderso@ACAD2.DANA.EDU>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 10:14
Subject: Cutting Paper

I have read references to folks cutting their own paper from larger
sheets. I have been trying to do this lately and am perplexed.

How do you managed to get good squares? No matter how careful I am,
they are anywhere from way off to slightly off. I use a paper cutter
- you know the table top with the big arm that you cut with.

I have tried using the cardboard squares that come with packages of
origami paper but this still doesn't produce perfect squares.

Any suggestions?

michael





From: Michael Anderson <manderso@ACAD2.DANA.EDU>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 11:04
Subject: Display

Ok. I have been folding for 3 months now. :-)

I have given away LOTS of what I have folded, but still I am left
with mounds of folded models. The top of the piano is completely
packed. I have even taken all the cranes and thrown them into a bowl.

What do you all DO with finished models? Where do you put them? Do
you simply eliminate duplicates?

There is a finite amount of space in our house and I think my wife
would not want to see it spread from the piano to other surfaces. :-)

Let's hear what everyone does.

Michael





From: Darryl Sheldon <Johydee1126@AOL.COM>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 11:11
Subject: Re: Display

I have much the same problem.  The simplest solution is to give them to
friends.  I am sometimes amazed at how awed people can be to receive even the
easiest of models to build.  Also I will sometimes leave them at different
places I have been.  (Restaurants, hospitals, etc...)





From: Craig Willis <Craig.Willis@CHELSEAFC.NET>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 11:15
Subject: Re: Display

I usually just keep one of the best models I produce.  Gennerally with each
refold the model looks better and subsequently the poorer version gets
thrown away.

Regards

Craig

> Ok. I have been folding for 3 months now. :-)
>
> I have given away LOTS of what I have folded, but still I am left
> with mounds of folded models. The top of the piano is completely
> packed. I have even taken all the cranes and thrown them into a bowl.

> Let's hear what everyone does.
>
> Michael





From: Michael Anderson <manderso@ACAD2.DANA.EDU>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 11:19
Subject: Re: Display

>I have much the same problem.  The simplest solution is to give them to
>friends.  I am sometimes amazed at how awed people can be to receive even the
>easiest of models to build.  Also I will sometimes leave them at different
>places I have been.  (Restaurants, hospitals, etc...)

Heheheheh. I do this as well. One day, I left a nice swan on a
restaurant table for the waitress. My 9-year old son had forgotten a
book and came running out of to the parking lot with the swan
incredulous that I had forgotten such a treasure. :-) Now he
understands when I leave them, but still makes a deal about it.

I think my friends are tired of getting little gifts from me as well,
but I still will fold models specifically for them in mind.

Thanks

Michael





From: Scott Cramer <scram@LANDMARKNET.NET>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 11:40
Subject: Re: Display

Michael Anderson wrote:

>The top of the piano is completely packed.
>There is a finite amount of space in our house and I think my wife
>would not want to see it spread from the piano to other surfaces. :-)

    After a particularly productive folding period, when the mantelpiece,
piano, and a pair of bookcases were fairly paved with models, I was told in
no uncertain terms that it  was "time to cull the herd".  Apparently, my
passion for saving models is trumped by the need to dust the horizontal
surfaces in the house (when or how this happens I haven't a clue).  A
compromise was reached whereby one generous bookcase shelf is reserved for
model displays, which can only be added to by removing other models.  This
natural selection process ensures that the cream of the crop is what stays
on display.  The models that are eliminated are either given away or turned
into cat toys.

Scott scram@landmarknet.net





From: Michael Antonette <mylor@TELUSPLANET.NET>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 12:07
Subject: Re: Display

   Hi Michael,

   Well, I dunno. We don't have a piano. Shouldn't see what difference that
would make. Of course, We've got bookcases and a huge entertainment unit --
oh, I'm told their full. Then there's the little ledges I put up running
around the rooms about two feet from the ceilings... oops! I'm told they're
overflowing too. Storage closet?...Oh. er.
   Maybe at the in-laws -- oh. There's some there too, huh? Oh, well.
   Yeah, I give LOTS away as well, and even just leave pieces behind
wherever I go, whether it's a coffee shop, restaurant, bus, train, plane,
business office, store (you gotta have something to do in a lineup!). It's
not just a hobby or way of life, it's an obsession (so my wife tells me...)
   Oh, yeah. Pardon any spelling or punctuation errors. It's difficult
typing with all this origami overflowing onto my keyboard...
   One thing, though. Try to keep it out of your bed. You can get nasty
paper cuts in the most uncomfortable places...

                                                    Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Anderson" <manderso@ACAD2.DANA.EDU>
To: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: March 27, 2000 8:06 AM
Subject: Display

> Ok. I have been folding for 3 months now. :-)
>
> I have given away LOTS of what I have folded, but still I am left
> with mounds of folded models. The top of the piano is completely
> packed. I have even taken all the cranes and thrown them into a bowl.
>
> What do you all DO with finished models? Where do you put them? Do
> you simply eliminate duplicates?
>
> There is a finite amount of space in our house and I think my wife
> would not want to see it spread from the piano to other surfaces. :-)
>
> Let's hear what everyone does.
>
> Michael





From: Scott Cramer <scram@LANDMARKNET.NET>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 12:27
Subject: Re: Display

Michael Antonette gives it away:

>business office, store (you gotta have something to do in a lineup!).

    There must be others out there who, when in a store that has a business
card dispenser on the counter, automatically takes four cards and turns them
into a cuboctahedron while standing in line?  This does not always get oohs
and aahs from the proprietor, but the other customers usually find it
interesting.

Scott scram@landmarknet.net





From: Scottie Lover <iluvscotties@MINDSPRING.COM>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 13:18
Subject: Re: Display

At 10:07 AM 03/27/2000 -0800, Michael Antonette wrote:
>... What do you all DO with finished models?...
> Where do you put them? ...

You can also use them to make beautiful mobiles.  They also make spectacular
Christmas tree ornaments.  Japan Airlines' Rockefeller Center office used to
display a breathtakingly beautiful Christmas tree decorated solely with origami
ornaments made by Japanese schoolchildren.  It put all the fancy, prohibitively
expensive upscale stores' animated displays to shame.  Alas, they reduced their
office space, and the tree is now on display at the Museum of American History
(alas, because I can't get to see it as often there).

Either a mobile or a box of handmade origami tree ornaments would make a
sensational gift ...

"Scottie"
(The Scottish Terrier Lover)





From: Dan Gries <dangries@MATH.OHIO-STATE.EDU>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 13:41
Subject: Re: Display

yep...the origami clutter problem.  i usually select only a few to have
out.  lately i have been trying to make nice displays - special paper,
etc.  so i have folded my dragon out of some nice big foil-backed paper
which is nice enough to be a permanent display piece.  also, i have
folded a nice vase and am adding flowers to it.  also have a bowl of
kawasaki roses - these kind of things, stuff that adds to the decor.
as for the rest of it, i keep it out for a while, bookshelf,
mantelpiece, etc., then when there are too many i throw them into a big
bag of origami i have, tucked away in a closet - can always take them
out later to display or give away.

a good way to dust all these models is with those cans of compressed
air that are used to dust electronics and other things.  if a model is
really delicate, say folded from tissue, then this will mess it up.
but it really works for stiff models.

one bag of origami has become a kind of travelling display - my
wife-to-be is a teacher, and when she was working with first graders,
she would bring them to show, much to their wonder and delight, then
she would have the kids fold the simple piano.  they love it.  one time
they did this because they were having an "international day," and the
first or second grade had been assigned japan!  (she's japanese, so she
would do a lot of japanese writing and stuff with them, then the
origami - which she would explain is actually folded by an american,
so they can have a larger view!)  i came to the first grade class one
day to do this - this was really fun!  anyway, this travelling bag has
been displayed three or four times in one year.  now she's teaching in
high school, and has brought it in there on days when half the class
will be out taking proficiency exams - the high school students love it
too!  she has folded the crane with them, and wants to do the
frog-base frog and lilly.

anyway, there is a point to all of this - perhaps if you have
accumulated a lot of origami, you could put it all together and have a
display for a grade school - you could donate it - the teachers can
direct the kids to some books on origami - or you can give it to a
library to display along with their origami books.  i haven't done
that, but maybe it's not such a bad idea.  but giving away a big bag of
origami is a lot faster than deciding what to do with them one-by-one!

well, geez, that was a long e-mail.

-dan





From: Florence Temko <Ftemko@AOL.COM>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 14:06
Subject: Term Definitions

Not only "classic" but other words need clarification in relation to origami:
Traditional, playground folds, anonymous, creator unknown. Clearcut
categories may be difficult to define but we can probably come closer.  Best
from Florence.





From: RPlsmn@AOL.COM
Date: 27 Mar 2000 14:16
Subject: quicky

Montroll's Grasshopper by the way
                                                         RPLSMN





From: Steve Vinik <z007169b@BC.SEFLIN.ORG>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 15:24
Subject: Origami at the Morikami

On Saturday, March 25, the Morikami Museum in Delray Beach, Florida held
an Origami Extravaganza. They had five "stations" located in the hall and
surrounding classrooms, each named for a Japanese city. Each station had
an origami specialty: mine was "Origami Stories." As museum patrons came
in, they could purchase a train pass to either one or all stations where
they learned the specialty folds of that station.

It was a new event and not heavily attended, but I had no more than three
customers at a time (plus a few bystanders). Very relaxed and fun.

I told my stories about "The Fourth Little Pig Who Built a House of
Paper" and the exotic tale of "Joto-Ku." Plus, I had a VCR to show a few
of my origami videos (a TV commercial on folding a boat from a dollar
bill, a yellow paper canoe meandering along a creek, and a flapping bird
that transports you).

A good day was had by all.

Steve Vinik
z007169b@bc.seflin.org





From: Bimal Ramesh Desai <desaib@MEDICINE.WUSTL.EDU>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 19:39
Subject: Re: Cutting Paper

> I have tried using the cardboard squares that come with packages of
> origami paper but this still doesn't produce perfect squares.

For really large squares, try using those metal t-squares mosts
artists/drafting shops carry.  The advantage they have is that 1)
they're large, much larger than the cardboard square you're using 2)
they're rigid and therefore won't deform when you use it over and over
and 3) they're hopefully pretty close to 90 degrees.

For smaller squares (less than 1.5 feet square, and depending on how easy
the paper is to fold), I usually use some variation of a folding
technique.  The hardest part, especially with a folding technique, is
making sure that the first 90 degree angle you construct is dead on.  That
might be the problem you're encountering by using the cardboard square and
assuming it's a true square.

-B





From: good man <jess2800@WEBTV.NET>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 19:39
Subject: Re: Display

There's definately something to be said for miniatures.
                                    J.





From: Richard Kennedy <r.a.kennedy@BHAM.AC.UK>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 19:39
Subject: Matthew and other ships

Dear Tony

Together with Dorinha (my girlfriend from Brazil - sadly she went back on
Saturday) I was looking through issue 200 of the BOS magazine. Amongst
other delights we spotted a photograph of your model of the ship 'Matthew'.
Is any information available about how to fold this model? The reason for
this enquiry is that Dorinha is preparing an origami exhibition to mark
the (I think) 500th anniversary of the arrival of Europeans in Brazil.
Naturally they came by ship, so one of the displays Dorinha wishes to create
is of the arrival of ships from Europe to the coast of Brazil. She is now
trying to locate models of ships of the appropriate style to suggest 500
years ago - i.e. multi-masted sailing ships. There are 1 piece models by
Wall and Crawford, but these look very difficult. The (I believe) multipiece
design you adopted for the Matthew looks an easier approach, but leads to
a model which carries the message of both origami, and old sailing ship,
suitable for crossing the Atlantic.

So, if you could help with any more information about the 'Matthew' Dorinha
would be very grateful. If you know of any other models which might be used
to make up a display of sailing ships reaching South America for the first
time, then please do let me know. I'm sure there must have been some other
ideas in the competition/display you mounted in Bristol.

I shall be going out to Brazil to see Dorinha, leaving these shores on 8
April, so any information you could supply before that date would be
particularly gratefully received.

Yours sincerely,

Richard K
(R.A.Kennedy@bham.ac.uk)





From: Dave Stephenson <EruditusD@AOL.COM>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 19:39
Subject: Re: Display

> What do you all DO with finished models? Where do you put them? Do
>  you simply eliminate duplicates?

Im afraid I never have the Heart to just throw them away, I will usually give
any model I have folded to anyone who wants it.

I fold around 80% of my models whilst at work in the hope that they find a
new home, as a result of which every monitor in the room now graces at least
three to four models. Not bad considering that theres around 60 computers in
there :) ).

10% of my models are folded whilst at the cinema, you can usually judge a
film by the menagerie of folded cinema leaflets left on the arm of the chair.
The only limitation to this is that I have not only to memorise the models I
want to fold but be able to do it in the dark... some pretty strange Montroll
bunnies were folded the first few times.

(If this idea appeals to you "DO NOT FOLD SPIDERS", trust me I was nearly
banned from the Virgin cinema in Boldon for leaving a Lang Orb Weaver on the
chair arm...)

The final 10% are folded at home where thankfully by process of natural
selection my dear little puppy Sally runs off with any that are brightly
coloured, half folded, in my hands, left within reach, left out of reach...
in fact the only safe place for the ones I wish to keep is on top of my
bookcase.... for now....

Dave





From: Kelly Reed <Kelly@WHITING.LIB.IN.US>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 20:25
Subject: Re: Flyer ideas

Thank you to everyone who responded to my question about flyers.  I especially
     like the idea of the magic star as a flyer.  And the house as a moving
     card.

Last week a friend of mine returned to Japan to teach English.  (She had been
     there for about four years earlier.)  Anyway, rather than cart her origami
     paper back to Japan she sent me a whole box of papers.  I was looking at
     the photos on the packages an

Also has anyone tried that book *Building with Butterflies?*  I just ordered it
     from Fascinating Folds but it is on back order.

Thanks again for all the ideas,
Kelly





From: Charles Beittel <CBeit24275@AOL.COM>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 20:37
Subject: Free disk

Today Arcamax is offering a free disk about origami, probably dealing with
basics. I am not familiar with this product, but report it as I found it.
There is a handling and shipping charge of $7.95. The URL is;
http://www.arcamax.com/freebies/ez000327ori

Charles





From: "Michael J. Naughton" <mjnaught@CROCKER.COM>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 20:46
Subject: Re: Modular Folding (formerly Hi from new member)

David, I'm so glad you clarified this! I haven't responded before
mostly because my reactions were variations on the "What, are
you nuts?!" theme  (or, put more formally, "Are you completely
insane?").

I encourage you in your search for an understanding of what
origami "really" is, but I confess I'm happy enough with the
ambiguity of the present. For myself, I am convinced that Origami:

a) Doesn't require creases

b) Doesn't require squares

c) Can be done without paper

d) Is an art or a craft or both (or neither) depending on who is
doing it.

So, what is it? I can't give you a strict definition, but that doesn't
bother me, because there are a lot of things I can't strictly define
yet which I nonetheless am convinced are quite real. All I can tell
you is that _most_ origami uses creases, _most_ origami uses squares
(and much of the rest uses well-defined proportions -- e.g. money
folds), and _most_ origami uses paper (with cloth being the second
most popular medium, and napkins the most common choice).

As for art vs. craft, artists who do origami produce art; the rest of us
are craftspeople (and more power to us, for we are the ones who tend
to spread the knowledge and love of this wonderful pastime!).

Mike Naughton

 -----Original Message-----
From:   DLister891@AOL.COM [SMTP:DLister891@AOL.COM]
Sent:   Thursday, March 23, 2000 4:49 AM
To:     ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject:        Modular Folding (formerly Hi from new member)

Since I recently asked (with my tongue in my cheek) whether modular origami
could properly  be called "origami" I feel I should make it clear that  I do
not consider myself to be one of those induividuals that do not consider
modular origami to be origami at all. I asked the question because in
answereing it we arrive at a deeper undertaning of what we mean by origami.





From: Kim Best <kim.best@M.CC.UTAH.EDU>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 20:48
Subject: Difficult Origami

In Hirofumi Fujiwara's Website:
http://www.pro.or.jp/~fuji/index-eng.html

I noticed a plug for the book, "Very difficult origami works for
experts" by Kunihiko Kasahara. (Japanese)
http://www.pro.or.jp/~fuji/origamibooks/kasahara.difficult.html

I know that June Sakamoto has gone to a lot more trouble than any of us
deserve.  But it this book available through JOAS?  Or it available
through other sources?

I'm drooling uncontrollably as I write this.

--
Kim Best                            *******************************
                                    *          Origamist:         *
Rocky Mountain Cancer Data System   * Some one who thinks paper   *
420 Chipeta Way #120                * thin, means thick and bulky *
Salt Lake City, Utah  84108         *******************************





From: Ron Arruda <arruda@CATS.UCSC.EDU>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 21:19
Subject: Re: Display

Children are surely the most unlimited consumers of spare folds. Think
especially: children's wards in hospitals, and even orphanages, which
must surely still exist, tough you don't often hear the word nowadays.
Relatedly, waiting rooms at doctor's offices and in veterinary clinics
are places you might place a bag or two.

Spearding anonymous joy is very rewarding!

Ron Arruda





From: Michael Janssen-Gibson <mig@ISD.CANBERRA.EDU.AU>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 21:24
Subject: Re: Display

I throw most of it away. Once upon a time the house looked similar to what
you describe, but as time went on I became less precious about everything
I folded.

I remember what it felt like when you first start folding, and every model
that is successful feels special and worth keeping, but as you develop
(and if you have a critical eye) what once seemed special can soon look
tatty, or poorly compared to more recent folding results.

Models that are folded from regular paper also *generally* loose shape and
definition over time - not suitable for long-term display. Sometimes I
lacquer and glue particular favourites, stick a magnet to the back, and
turn them into fridge magnets (or filing cabinet magnets). Sometimes my
mother-in-law collects a few for school as prizes or giveaways in class.

A baby daughter soon taught me the ephemerality of origami, when those
carefully constructed models turned into a squeezed soggy pulp within
seconds - you learn to let go ;-}.

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

University of Canberra - 30 years making the difference





From: Ella-mae <Ella-mae@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 22:08
Subject: Re: [ousa-members] Classic Origami Models

I know this response is a bit late--my system crashed--but I'd like to put
my own two cents in... Everyone has what can be called 'classics' that they
personally  view as embodying the soul of origami. For me, Momotani's
seagull, Hulme's Jack-in-the-box, Engel's valentine, the flapping bird, both
traditional and Randlett's, the crane, Fuse's triangular boxes, and Lang's
flapping seagull are all classics. The cup, waterbomb, and salt-cellar are
also classics in that they are ubiquitous, and often are the only models
that some learn, and therefore take origami outside the fold of pure
folders. One should also consider traditional funerary offerings, napkin,
nappi, and envelope and letter folds as being classic. I think that the
lexicon of origami, having gone through an explosion of new and innovative
techniques in the last few decades, has expanded the concept of 'classic'
folds, as the diversity of favorites that people have and discuss on this
list gives testament to. On another subject that was discussed about the
time my 'puter went south, Momotani's seagull also falls in the realm of
fool-proof origami. It's hard to end up with something that doesn't fly, but
then I just can't say enough about that model. I have about a hundred of
them lying around (my cat loves them), and I always leave one or two behind
wherever I visit. Glad to be back on line! All the best - c!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
With clear melting dew,
I'd try to wash away the dust
of this floating world
                      -Basho





From: Gillian Wiseman <gilladian@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 22:25
Subject: Re: Display

I take models to work. they get displayed on my desk, and when a person,
usually a child, expresses interest I give it to them. I then help them find
an origami book to check out and take home. Of course, working at the
library makes this an easy solution. And the fact that I only fold 3-4
models a month makes it easier. I do too many other crafts!!!

Gillian
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From: Bimal Ramesh Desai <desaib@MEDICINE.WUSTL.EDU>
Date: 27 Mar 2000 23:30
Subject: Re: Flyer ideas

> Last week a friend of mine returned to Japan to teach English.  (She had been
> there for about four years earlier.)  Anyway, rather than cart her
> origami paper back to Japan she sent me a whole box of papers.  I was
> looking at the photos on the packages and there were some cranes with
> two-toned wings.  I managed to make cranes with two-toned wings by
> snipping the paper part way through the folding.  I was wondering if
> there is another way that doesn't involve cutting?

Try starting with a square that's been blintz-folded "iso-area" style (two
corners towards the colored side, two corners the other way).  Then fold
the crane from this as you would from a normal square.  It gives you a
nice "harlequin" crane. Also, I imagine if you start with a square and
fold just the tips a third or so of the way to the center (leaving you
with an octagonal shape), then turn the model over and valley fold all
four edges to give you a square again (does this make sense?  I can email
you ascii-drawings if it doesn't), you've got a square with corners that
are a different color.  A crane folded from this would have colored
wing-tips, a colored head, and a colored tail.

I'm not sure if this was the two-tone effect you asked about.

-Bimal





From: Deg Farrelly <StickmanAZ@AOL.COM>
Date: 28 Mar 2000 01:14
Subject: NYC Origami Xmas Trees   (Was:  RE:  Display)

Scottie Lover writes:

<<Japan Airlines' Rockefeller Center office used to
display a breathtakingly beautiful Christmas tree decorated solely with
origami
ornaments made by Japanese schoolchildren.  It put all the fancy,
prohibitively
expensive upscale stores' animated displays to shame.  Alas, they reduced
their
office space, and the tree is now on display at the Museum of American
History>>

The tree at the American Museum of Natural History is the work of Origami USA
and hundreds of hours of volunteer time.  It has no connection to the tree
that JAL commissioned each year for their NYC showroom.

THAT tree was the work of Michael Shall. The models on the tree were not
folded by Japanese school children, but by Michael and his friends and
connections.... who he begged and cajoled into providing him models.  His
niece Lisa folded many many Toshie's Jewels for the tree, his brother David
folded a Statue of Liberty.  Many others contributed exhibition quality
models.  The most perfect examples I ever folded of my own High Heel model,
which I gave to Michael as a gift, found their way onto the tree in 1990.  In
other years, at Michael's request, I folded Apples and Montroll Lobsters for
the tree.

Scottie may be confusing the tree with the concurrent display of "Origami by
Children" - a competition that JAL sponsored through OUSA.

deg farrelly
StickmanAZ@aol.com





From: Jake Crowley <jakecrow@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 28 Mar 2000 02:12
Subject: MEGURO Toshiyuki Insects

Hi all,

Just wondering if any of MEGURO Toshiyuki's Insects are diagrammed anywhere.
He has some really beautiful insects, but I cant find diagrams for them.
Thanks for any help!

Jake Crowley
jakecrow@hotmail.com

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From: Allan findlay <a_findlay@CREATIONS.CO.UK>
Date: 28 Mar 2000 02:39
Subject: Re: Display

I have given away a some models but on the whole, the few models I fold tend
to sit around until they gather dust then mysteriously 'disappear'.
My wife doesn't want dusty models lying around and she says she wont dust
them (and I forget to).

-------------------------
        Allan   (ICQ 65208096)





From: Richard Kennedy <r.a.kennedy@BHAM.AC.UK>
Date: 28 Mar 2000 03:09
Subject: STOP PRESS - New BOS Publications

I was speaking to Ian Harrison this weekend - he is the BOS Supplies Officer.
He has asked me to announce to the list the availability of
two new booklets, and one reprinted booklet. The two new booklets are:

Sink or Swim            Models by Ted Norminton, diagrams by David Petty
Petal Folds             Models by Ted Norminton, diagrams by David Petty

Both priced at 3.50 UK pounds (excluding shipping)

The reprinted booklet is:

Chess Sets              Models by Martin Wall, Max Hulme, and Neal Elias

Priced at 3.00 UK pounds (excluding shipping)

Information about these booklets should soon be on the BOS website, where
there is advice on how to contact BOS supplies, and place orders.

Ian also revealed that pages for a reprinting of the BOS booklet focussing
on the work of Neal Elias (diagrams by David Venables) is now with the
printers.

Richard K
(R.A.Kennedy@bham.ac.uk)

PS Apologies for the earlier message about ships, which was intended for
Tony O'Hare, but if anyone does know of any models of ships of about 500
years ago, I (and Dorinha) would be grateful for the information.





From: "Antonio Erlindo Braga Jr." <erlindo@AMAZON.COM.BR>
Date: 28 Mar 2000 04:57
Subject: BOS Magazine

Hi all,

    I hope you help me.

    What is BOS Magazine ? How could I find it ?

    Thanks,

            Antonio Erlindo





From: Foldmaster@AOL.COM
Date: 28 Mar 2000 09:15
Subject: Re: MEGURO Toshiyuki Insects

In a message dated 03/28/2000 2:12:22 AM Eastern Standard Time,
jakecrow@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

<<
 Just wondering if any of MEGURO Toshiyuki's Insects are diagrammed anywhere.
 He has some really beautiful insects, but I cant find diagrams for them.
 Thanks for any help!

  >>

Some diagrams of Toshiyuki Meguro's insects will be included in the
forthcoming Origami Insect Book(s) being published in Japan.  Copies will be
available through OUSA -- I'll announce more details such as when and how
much as soon as I know more.  The Origami Insects collection will be printed
in two separate volumes due to the overwhelming number of pages.  First
volume is due to be printed some time in April and the second volume in
September/October this year.

Yours,

June Sakamoto





From: Katharina Grif <katharina.grif@UIBK.AC.AT>
Date: 28 Mar 2000 10:10
Subject: Re: ORIGAMI Digest - 21 Feb 2000 to 22 Feb 2000 (#2000-53)

>Subject: Shopping! (in Paris)

>In Paris, you have the MFPP, the french association.
>It's address is :
>  56, rue de Coriolis
>  75012 PARIS
>  01.43.43.01.69
>and there is a email now !!!
>  mfpp@worldonline.fr
>
>Their meeting are each saturday afternoon from 15h00 I think (chek
> this with a mail to mfpp).
>There are some paper, books (lot of books) and people !
>
>There are also some Japanese shops but I don't know yet
>
>Here is I found on the french origami list :
>Chantelivre
>Trois hiboux (Le Bon March=E9)
>Graphigro: Paris 15eme 157-159 rue Lecourbe 0142504549
>MUJI (Formu des halles,ou a cot=E9 Grands Magasins)
>Librairie Japonaise Junku : 18 rue des Pyramides 75001 PARIS
>Fenetre sur l'Asie : 49 rue Gay Lussac 75005 PARIS
>Rougi=E9 & Pl=E9 (lot of beautiful paper for artists like elephant
>skin, wood like paper,...) : 13-15 bd des Filles du Calvaire
>75003 Paris 01.44.54.81.00





From: Robby/Laura <morassi@ZEN.IT>
Date: 28 Mar 2000 11:48
Subject: Rejected messages

I keep receiving this rejection message:
-------------------------------------------------
From: Mailer-Daemon@lamg.com (Mailer-Daemon)

Sorry. Your message could not be delivered to:

terryh,LAMG BBS (The name was not found at the remote site. Check that the
name has been entered correctly.)
----------------------------------

whenever I send a mail to the list. I suppose this happens to the others as
well. Could this problem be fixed (Joseph ?).

Roberto





From: Steve Woodmansee <stevew@EMPNET.COM>
Date: 28 Mar 2000 11:56
Subject: Arcamax free Origami disk is all gone

Just to save everyone the trouble, the Arcamax site says their Origami disk
is all Sold Out.  There was no mention of when they might get more, though
I've written to the company to ask.

A dark day indeed.





From: David Taylor <dataylor@EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: 28 Mar 2000 12:46
Subject: Re: 2-tone crane

Kelly asked...
> I managed to make cranes with two-toned wings by snipping the paper part
>way through the folding.  I was wondering if there is another way that
>doesn't involve cutting?

Kasahara's Crane in Flight (in Origami Omnibus) has some contrast in the
wings--accomplished by wrapping; the crane is also pretty & flaps.
--Elise





From: David Taylor <dataylor@EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: 28 Mar 2000 12:46
Subject: Re: Distributions to children, et al

Hi--
The discussions of origami clutter (what about sparing the good paper &
folding most things with paper you're willing to throw away?) & giving
things away have revealed folders' enthusiasm & generosity! Isn't it fun to
give things to kids? For a while, I folded nothing but M. van Gelder's
caterpillar because I couldn't keep up with the demand. My main outlet is a
children's library where I put in a couple hours a week shelving &
circulating books. The librarian has allowed me to clutter her shelves &
bulletin board. The theme this spring is the seashore, so the beach has
crabs reading books. A young pair of twins has figured out I'll fold almost
anything if someone flatters me by requesting one.
By the way, another way to give away models is to hang them on a friend's
Christmas tree when they're not looking.
--Elise





From: Mike Kanarek <kanarekorigami@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 28 Mar 2000 15:08
Subject: Re: 2-tone crane

Hi,
Jeremy Shafer solved this for me 2 years ago at the convention. Use duo
paper and blintz fold and folding the blintzed paper back to it's edge and
then fold crane. you can get variations by changing the the paper which is
folded back.
If you can't figyre it out i have diagrams if you write M E Kanarek, 17
Clinton ave, Kingston NY, 12401
           Good luck Mike
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From: Dave Stephenson <EruditusD@AOL.COM>
Date: 28 Mar 2000 18:33
Subject: Re: Distributions to children, et al

>  By the way, another way to give away models is to hang them on a friend's
>  Christmas tree when they're not looking.

I did this once, apparently 2 dozen squirrels running around the branches
isn't quite what they considered christmas decorations (^_^).

(It took them a week to notice the additions... It took their cat naught but
a few mins to find one...)

Dave





From: Ronald Koh <ronkoh@SINGNET.COM.SG>
Date: 28 Mar 2000 19:42
Subject: Re: MEGURO Toshiyuki Insects

June:

Would it be possible to provide us with a list of insects and their
respective creators in the first book?

Foldmaster@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> Some diagrams of Toshiyuki Meguro's insects will be included in the
> forthcoming Origami Insect Book(s) being published in Japan.





From: Jake Crowley <jakecrow@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 28 Mar 2000 20:01
Subject: Re: MEGURO Toshiyuki Insects

Thanks, June!

Looking forward to that book very much. As are many others :)

Jake Crowley

>From: Foldmaster@AOL.COM
>Reply-To: Origami List <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: MEGURO Toshiyuki Insects
>Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 09:13:26 EST
>
>In a message dated 03/28/2000 2:12:22 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>jakecrow@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
>
><<
>  Just wondering if any of MEGURO Toshiyuki's Insects are diagrammed
>anywhere.
>  He has some really beautiful insects, but I cant find diagrams for them.
>  Thanks for any help!
>
>   >>
>
>Some diagrams of Toshiyuki Meguro's insects will be included in the
>forthcoming Origami Insect Book(s) being published in Japan.  Copies will
>be
>available through OUSA -- I'll announce more details such as when and how
>much as soon as I know more.  The Origami Insects collection will be
>printed
>in two separate volumes due to the overwhelming number of pages.  First
>volume is due to be printed some time in April and the second volume in
>September/October this year.
>
>
>Yours,
>
>June Sakamoto

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From: Darryl Sheldon <Johydee1126@AOL.COM>
Date: 28 Mar 2000 20:09
Subject: Re: Rejected messages

I also get this message, but I ignore it. Seems to do no harm.





From: Darryl Sheldon <Johydee1126@AOL.COM>
Date: 28 Mar 2000 20:11
Subject: Re: Distributions to children, et al

Sweet.  Stealth-a-gami!!!





From: Tiffany Tam <origamiwing@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 28 Mar 2000 20:41
Subject: What to do with Cranes

Hello, I would like to know the purpose of 1000 cranes, I think I have heard
that 1000 cranes present good luck and get well.  Are there other purposes?
And also, if I were to make a wish after folding the 1000 cranes, what do I
do with them afterwards?
Thank you!

OrigamiWing
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From: Tiffany Tam <origamiwing@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 28 Mar 2000 20:47
Subject: Re: Display

After I have folded a model, I would look at it and see what can be
improved, and then my dad would come and take it, eventhough every time a
model is finished I am not perfectly satsified with it, my family or friends
would compliment on it.
Today at school, I folded a horse,  I thought it was ugly, but my teacher
loved and and kept it.  She said she will put it on top of her computer
monitor.
Once when my dad was waiting outside of a shopping mall, someone came over
to him and asked him of one of the unit origami models I folded, The woman
who asked for the models took the most difficult one to be folded.

>From: Michael Janssen-Gibson <mig@ISD.CANBERRA.EDU.AU>
>Reply-To: Origami List <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: Display
>Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 12:21:08 +1000
>
>I throw most of it away. Once upon a time the house looked similar to what
>you describe, but as time went on I became less precious about everything
>I folded.
>
>I remember what it felt like when you first start folding, and every model
>that is successful feels special and worth keeping, but as you develop
>(and if you have a critical eye) what once seemed special can soon look
>tatty, or poorly compared to more recent folding results.
>
>Models that are folded from regular paper also *generally* loose shape and
>definition over time - not suitable for long-term display. Sometimes I
>lacquer and glue particular favourites, stick a magnet to the back, and
>turn them into fridge magnets (or filing cabinet magnets). Sometimes my
>mother-in-law collects a few for school as prizes or giveaways in class.
>
>A baby daughter soon taught me the ephemerality of origami, when those
>carefully constructed models turned into a squeezed soggy pulp within
>seconds - you learn to let go ;-}.
>
>regards
>
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>
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From: Scottie Lover <iluvscotties@MINDSPRING.COM>
Date: 28 Mar 2000 20:53
Subject: Re: What to do with Cranes

At 05:39 PM 03/28/2000 -0800, Tiffany Tam wrote:
>...if I were to make a wish after folding the 1000
>cranes, what do I do with them afterwards?

They can be strung and glued to form breathakingly beautiful framed plaques
... Check out http://www.origami-tsuru.com/ for examples.

"Scottie"
(The Scottish Terrier Lover)





From: Tiffany Tam <origamiwing@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 28 Mar 2000 21:14
Subject: Re: What to do with Cranes

I am sorry, what I meant by what to do afterwards was if I need to take them
someway or do some praying for goodluck.

>From: Scottie Lover <iluvscotties@MINDSPRING.COM>
>Reply-To: Origami List <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: What to do with Cranes
>Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 20:52:24 -0500
>
>At 05:39 PM 03/28/2000 -0800, Tiffany Tam wrote:
> >...if I were to make a wish after folding the 1000
> >cranes, what do I do with them afterwards?
>
>They can be strung and glued to form breathakingly beautiful framed plaques
>... Check out http://www.origami-tsuru.com/ for examples.
>
>"Scottie"
>(The Scottish Terrier Lover)

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From: dan newman <dnewman@CAPITAL.NET>
Date: 29 Mar 2000 04:00
Subject: Re: Display

i put them in a large a box for storage, then send smaller boxes to out
of town friends for birthdays and holidays

Michael Anderson wrote:

> Ok. I have been folding for 3 months now. :-)
>
> I have given away LOTS of what I have folded, but still I am left
> with mounds of folded models. The top of the piano is completely
> packed. I have even taken all the cranes and thrown them into a bowl.
>
> What do you all DO with finished models? Where do you put them? Do
> you simply eliminate duplicates?
>
> There is a finite amount of space in our house and I think my wife
> would not want to see it spread from the piano to other surfaces. :-)
>
> Let's hear what everyone does.
>
> Michael





From: Papa Joe <papajoe@CHORUS.NET>
Date: 29 Mar 2000 04:42
Subject: Minature Five Intersecting Tetrahedra

Hello,

What does a Dollar, a knife, Tom's F.I.T. diagrams, and a warped mind make?

Answer....
A miniature F.I.T.! :-)    (and a brain hemorrhage)

I just finished folding Tom's F.I.T. from -A- Dollarbill.
Yes, from 1 (one) Dollarbill, Not 30.

Instructions,
          1)  Divide a dollar in half top to bottom.
          2)  Next divide into 60 equal sections side to side.
          3)  Cut in half on top bottom fold.
          4)  Cut each half into 15 equal parts. (4 folded sections per
part)
          5)  Result is 30 partially folded F.I.T. sections (with good
proportions!)
          6)  Follow Tom's instructions  at
http://chasm.merrimack.edu/~thull/fit.html
          7)  Remove knife and all other sharp objects from work area!
          8)  Start to mumble, develope twitch, pull out hair and Go Blind!
;-)

E-mail me for photos,  PapaJoe@chorus.net

This is a must see!
 Hmm......    does he mean the twitches or the F.I.T. ;-)

Enjoy,
Papa  <(Don't think I will try this again soon)>  Joe

P.S. Would anyone like to host the mini F.I.T. on their web page?
Tom H, Joseph W, anyone?





From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Friederike=20Noether?= <f_noether@YAHOO.DE>
Date: 29 Mar 2000 05:32
Subject: Jeremy Shafer4s Book

Does anyone out there know when Jeremy Shafer4s will be finally out? Iordered
     it last christmas at
amazon and they told me it was due in January, then itwas April/May. Now I got
     a message that it
won4t be out until November? That would mean I can start with my List for
     Christmas 2000 pretty
early.  Anyone with more information?

Friederike

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From: DLister891@AOL.COM
Date: 29 Mar 2000 06:56
Subject: E-mail address of Christoper Holt

I should be very grateful if anyone could mail me privately with the e-mail
address of Christopher Holt. I  should be very grateful for a prompt reply as
I shall shortly be going away and want to write to him before I leave.

Christopher sent an e-mail to me privately yesterday and I have tried to
reply to him, but on two occasions my e-mail has been returned with the
message "user umnnknow". On each occasion I checked carefully that the
address I used was exactly as in the heading of the message he sent to me.

If Christopher reads this, perhaps he will write to me again to confirm his
address.

I apologise for raising a private matter on th list, but trust that everyone
will understand.

David Lister.

DLister891@AOL.com





From: Vandy Vandeberg <rvandeberg@SPRYNET.COM>
Date: 29 Mar 2000 10:09
Subject: rustling

,%%%,
   A tall
weather-worn cowboy walked into
% `%%%,
   the saloon
and ordered a beer.  The
|' )`%%,
   regulars
quietly observed the drifter
\_/\  %%%,
   through
half-closed eyelids.  No one
__/   %%%--"""-.%,
   spoke,
but they all noticed that the
/`__|
\%%
   strangers
hat was made of brown wrapping     \\  \
/   |     /'%,
   paper.
Less obvious was the fact that
\]  | /----'.   < `%,
   his shirt
and vest were also made of
||       `
   paper.
As were his chaps, pants, and
||       ///`
   even his
boots, including the paper
/(      //(
   spurs.
Truth be told, even the saddle,
   blanket
and bridle on his horse were made entirely of paper.
   Of course
he was soon arrested for rustling...





From: Michael Antonette <mylor@TELUSPLANET.NET>
Date: 29 Mar 2000 10:12
Subject: Re: Display

   I will try to be serious for a couple of minutes (which, considering I'm
working on no coffee at the moment, won't be as difficult as being
coherent...).
   Actually, I don't have too much clutter from models -- they usually find
homes for themselves with friends and relatives. We have an assortment on
display in the entertainment center, as well as on top of various
bookshelves, which have to be replenished according to the number of
visitors we get :).
   Once in a while I bundle some excess models up and drop them off at a
doctor friend's office -- she likes using them as treats for child patients
(although she has given a some to adults who ask for them), and several
times she's put me in contact with people requesting specific pieces.
   Haven't thought of taking any in to the public library, although they
must be wondering who leaves pieces around periodically...
   Wow! That was longer than I thought... I wonder how motormouthed (er,
fingered) I'd be with coffee in my system?

                             Regards,

                                             Michael





From: DORIGAMI@AOL.COM
Date: 29 Mar 2000 10:20
Subject: Re: Origami at the Morikami

Steve, I have visited the Morikami museum and it is a beautiful place.  I was
just looking at your 4th pig story the other day in an old newsletter.  It is
so cute.  I have been wondering what ever happened to Douglas Shachnow.  At
one time he was working with the Morikami museum..Do  you know of him or what
has happened to him.  He is an old timer with the Origami society......Lots
of luck and by the way I did that little money boat from another newsletter
and liked it very much......and did I ever thank you for sending me the xmas
card this year....it was so clever......Dorigami





From: DORIGAMI@AOL.COM
Date: 29 Mar 2000 10:32
Subject: Re: Display

What to do with models as they accumulate......Buy a second house, rent
storage space, leave them on shelves in the library or book store for people
to take,(I actually heard of someone doing that) store in closets, garages,
and basements,  and then give away, give away, give away to the butcher, the
baker, and the candlestick maker, etc.
Dorigami (self appointed idea master)





From: Michael Antonette <mylor@TELUSPLANET.NET>
Date: 29 Mar 2000 10:47
Subject: Re: Mythical Beings

   Hey, Rob!

   Does this offer still stand?

                                           Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Hudson" <FashFold@AOL.COM>
To: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: February 14, 2000 8:45 AM
Subject: Mythical Beings

> $50?  I will let Mythical Beings go for $25+shipping.  Any takers?





From: slickwillie@MYLAPTOP.COM
Date: 29 Mar 2000 10:53
Subject: Re: Mythical Beings

>    Hey, Rob!
>
>    Does this offer still stand?
>
>                                            Michael

I have a copy of Mythical Beings too.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob Hudson" <FashFold@AOL.COM>
> To: <ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> Sent: February 14, 2000 8:45 AM
> Subject: Mythical Beings
>
>
> > $50?  I will let Mythical Beings go for $25+shipping.  Any takers?





From: Kelly Dunn <Kellydunn@AOL.COM>
Date: 29 Mar 2000 10:54
Subject: Re: Display

I like to unfold them and refold them again. hahaha. just kidding.

Kelly





From: Christina Nester <tinan@T-ONLINE.DE>
Date: 29 Mar 2000 11:24
Subject: Marc Kirschenbaum's Chess Board

Hi everyone,

   I've been downloading the pdf diagrams for Marc Kirschenbaum's Chess
Board from Alex Barber's web site. There's no error when I download, but
when I look at it with Acrobat Reader, there's no text on page 4, and when I
try to print it, I always get an error message (something about not having
enough memory) at page 4... (I can print all the other pages alright.) Does
anyone know if there's a problem with the file, or is it just me? Is there
any other place where I could get those diagrams?

   Thanks for your help,

          Tina





From: Rakostar@AOL.COM
Date: 29 Mar 2000 11:45
Subject: Dr. O'Hanlon's Crocodile Eyes

Dear Dr. O'Hanlon,
                             I really love your George the Crocodile, and I
can fold everything but the eyes. (
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/4800/anidiag.html )
In Step 16, where you say 'fold eyes', I can't make out the diagram.  I've
fooled around a bit, but it doesn't come out like the picture of the finished
George.  Could you describe a bit more about folding the eyes?   Thanks.

                Rae





From: Christopher Holt <Ella-mae@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Date: 29 Mar 2000 16:51
Subject: Re: Display

I leave all my models in bowls or baskets and encourage (read; force) people
to take some before they leave. One basket in particular contains seagulls,
and is used solely by the cat, as he loves to lie in it and periodically
play with the contents. If you don't have a cat, get one, as they can help
with the problem of unsightly origami build-up by systematically destroying
(read; playing with) them. All the best - c!!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
With clear melting dew,
I'd try to wash away the dust
of this floating world
                      -Basho





From: Rob Hudson <FashFold@AOL.COM>
Date: 29 Mar 2000 17:02
Subject: Re: ORIGAMI Digest - 28 Mar 2000 to 29 Mar 2000 (#2000-89)

Sorry-- my copy of Mythical Beings is promised!  Anyone want to bid on a ratty
     copy of Sam Randlett's "Best of Origami"?





From: "Tomlinson, Kristine" <ktomlinson@CONCORD.COM>
Date: 29 Mar 2000 17:29
Subject: Re: New Web Page of Japanese Origami Culture

On 27 March 2000, David Lister posted information about Eijiero Morikawa's
Web site which showed origami noshi being worn in a traditional Japanese
ceremony.  Does anyone know anything about the ceremony depicted?

The priests look like Shinto priests and behind them are what look to be
temples/kamidamas with offerings.  But who are all of those tourists? :-}

Kristine Tomlinson
Marlboro, MA, USA





From: Dave Stephenson <EruditusD@AOL.COM>
Date: 29 Mar 2000 18:16
Subject: Spirals and teaching models

Last week I received one of Tokmo Fuses Spiral Books I ordered from Kims
Crane, now what I want to know is which book it is i.e book one or two...

It's the one that includes the butterfly on a lillypad and the elephant head.

Incidentally the book is worth it for the butterfly on lilly pad diagrams
alone, its not only become one of my favourite models but one of my top 5
teaching models!!! It looks difficult so people are really impressed when you
can teach it to them within 10-15mins.

Which leads me clumsily onto my other request:

"What are your favourite models for teching/introducing beginners to
origami?".

To start things off mine are:

1. The Crane
2. Butterfly on a Lilly Pad from one of Tokmo Fuses spiral books
3. Sink fold Flower from Megumi and Biddles new origami
4. The Baby T-rex with arms from Issei Super Complex Origami
5. The Fortune Teller

C'ya
Dave

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