[Origami] BOS magazine

Dear women of the origami community! My name is Saffiya and I've been given the honour of editing a very special edition of the BOS magazine for this October in order to mark 100 years of Women's suffrage in the UK. I would love to hear from you with models, articles or reviews to include, or

[Origami] Special Edition BOS Magazine

Hello everyone, As usual, I’m looking for articles, reviews and diagrams for the next issue(s) of the magazine. Send all contributions to edi...@britishorigami.info I’m also looking for contributions from the female folders for the

Re: [Origami] Origami Database

>>It's been a while since I posted about the database. The new functionality is up and running on www.oriwiki.com but the reason >>I'm posting is that a friend of mine (Helma van der Linden) was keen to move it to a different underlying structure and give it a more modern

Re: [Origami] Origami Sighting - Lexus Comercial

My source for 'cumulation' was http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Cumulation.html It even uses origami images, including a sonobe model! Dennis

Re: [Origami] Origami Sighting - Lexus Comercial

Hi, >>But then, I haven't found a good name for those Sonobe solids. How about >>pyramidized octahedron or icosahedron? I don’t have an issue with calling them 'stellated' since it means 'turned into a star, but I'm aware that there is a strict geometrical definition of a stellation and I

[Origami] Database

Hi all, The Origami Database is now back (with protected passwords). www.oriwiki.com You will have to request a new password to continue, I'm afraid, but it is a simple process. But once logged in, you can continue to add books, (one at a time, or even batch update) add models to a

[Origami] Database off

Hi all, I've received indications that the origami database at www.oriwiki.com has been hacked and passwords breached. Please make sure that if you use the same password anywhere else, that it is changed. Dennis

Re: [Origami] Permission question

Tiong Boon wrote:- >>As a practical measure, I suggest that creators who want permission to be >>sought include in their books how they can be contacted. This would avoid >>the need for people to write to the Origami list for information on how to >>contact a certain creator, as we see every

Re: [Origami] What book is this?

Hi Gerardo, It's Origami Tokuhon 1 by Akira Yoshizawa, Dennis

Re: [Origami] Designer of "equilateral sonobé" with 1:sqrt(3)

Hi there, >>It is a modular unit similar to Sonobe's unit, but with equilateral triangles. >>The version I am asking about starts with a 1:sqrt(3) rectangle (bronze >>rectangle). Pretty sure Tomoko Fuse has also designed this unit. Dennis

Re: [Origami] Box with lid

Hi Anna, >>So can you point me to boxes with lid from one piece of paper, so that I can >>check for similarity? There's one by Minako Ishibashi that you might want to check https://www.facebook.com/OrigamiScotland/photos/pcb.1619744575021389/1119470148108583/?type=3 Dennis

[Origami] Here goes!

Hi all, First version of the upgraded database is now live! I'm hoping that it'll stay up. If you have any problems, let me know privately. (Your old database login should still work and any books you registered should also still be there!) There're a bunch

Re: [Origami] Erik & Marty Demaine - Rare Craft Award

Congratulations!!! >>and I hope they enjoy the trip to Scotland that comes along with the prize! Ooh! Where in Scotland? (I'm guessing Dufftown at the very least!) Dennis

[Origami] Bookseller/Diagram Prize

Hi all , The Bookseller/Diagram Prize is a humorous prize in the UK for the oddest book title of the year. Bizarrely, one of the nominations this year was "Paper Folding with Children" which is a beginners origami book. Doesn't seem that odd to me, but maybe it does to people

Re: [Origami] Trigger Warning: glue

Hi Rob, >>What kind of glue do you use when you're attaching modules together >>permanently for sturdiness? A glue stick (e.g. Pritt) is usually sufficient and dries quickly. PVA applied with a brush is OK, but it's wetter which mean that it *can* sometimes make the paper a little

Re: [Origami] High intermediate or complex FLAT angel model ?

>>Anyone know of a high intermediate or complex angel model that is flat (or >>relatively flat; pleated wings are ok)? Hi Rob, There's the Daedalus (human figure with wings) model by Gabriel Alvarez. Dennis

Re: [Origami] Origami Books for sale

Hi Lorenzo, I'm interested in the 4 NOA Symposium books. How much for the 4 plus p+p? Dennis

Re: [Origami] Creator of Model?

Hi again, The model was spotted displayed in Edinburgh convention. We, in turn, had seen the snake at the Dutch convention in April 2013, where it had been taught to us by a Japanese visitor from N.O.A. (I am sorry to say that I cannot recall her name at the moment, but I would know her again

Re: [Origami] Origami sighting--New York Times Book Review 3/29/2015

But I find myself wondering what the drawing *means*... does the drawing represent a specific element of the book? Reading the review, some of the other illustrations appear to refer to specific incidents, but there's no mention of the fortune teller. Looked at one way, the drawing is of course

Re: [Origami] strong modulars?

Hi Andrew, I've found that quite a few models in Tomoko Fuse's book 'Floral Globes' can be made with sturdier paper and they hold quite well. In general they are two piece modulars with a base fold and a decorative/holding fold. I've made larger versions of one or two of them using

Re: [Origami] What's the right term?

Hi Robert, Oddly enough, I've been pondering similar questions of terminology and recently sent an article to the BOS. Anyway, I was looking at the issue from a slightly different perspective, but I'll chuck in my tuppence-worth with regard to the artistic folder:- Any

Re: [Origami] 6OSME - Tokyo

Hi Faye, On a completely separate note, always have a face-cloth in your bag. It may be that I'm just too used to northern climes, but I found it absolutely necessary to the extent that I would even have a dampened cloth in a Ziploc bag which I would rinse and refresh whenever I could!

Re: [Origami] Creating by taking a little from here and a little from there

HI Gerardo, For example, in order to create a Shopping bag, I combined folding ideas from my Coffee table, Locking paper bag, Coat hanger, and Jeremy Shafer's Heavy duty box with handles. I think that's how many people create! It starts off as 'I'll use such-and-such a technique, but I'll

Re: [Origami] Modular versus Arrangement

David Mitchell To me a modular design is one that is self-integrating. If you glue it together (snip) I would then consider it a glued multi-piece arrangement rather than a modular assembly. I'm in a half-way house on this one. If the model *requires* to be glued together, then I find it far

Re: [Origami] Origami wine

Hi Joel, The label has a beautiful origami pegasus, which I didn't recognize. I'm pretty sure that's by Fumiaki Kawahata. Dennis

Re: [Origami] Cataloguing origami gift wrapping techniques

Dennis replied confirming this and crediting the creator of the technique as Kunio Ekiguchi. My mistake, I mis-read the article. There is no creator credited. Kunio Ekiguchi is the author of a book called 'Gift Wrapping' ( ISBN 0870117688) which is quoted in the article, Sorry, Dennis

Re: [Origami] Cataloguing origami gift wrapping techniques

Hi there, Dirk said: last Christmas I wanted to wrap a CD gift without glue or tape. Just have a look at my result: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eisfold/sets/72157639383684825/ My version is slightly different! Like Dirk's, this will work for most cuboids with suitable paper size adjustments!

Re: [Origami] Cataloguing origami gift wrapping techniques

Hi Gerardo, I can see the pleat fold! So if I understand correctly you first fold the front flap that's next to the pleat fold, then you fold the back flap over the front one and inside the pocket created by the pleat? Not quite. The pleat is the same width as the item to wrap. Then the paper is

Re: [Origami] Cataloguing origami gift wrapping techniques

Dennis: wrap anything using the technique, take a picture, upload it anywhere in the web, and share the URL through the list? Don't forget showing the side with the folds! There you go Gerardo :-) It's not as accurate as I would like, but that probably helps you see what's happening.

Re: [Origami] The best paper for origami

What would be the characteristics of a paper that can be considered universally good for origami. The rattle test:- Hold the paper by one corner and rattle it. If it doesn't rattle much, don't fold it. (This is, of course, just a general rule of thumb. The real answer is, as you say, 'Depends')

Re: [Origami] Korean Convention 2014

Hi Ravi, Korean Convention: August 23-24, 2014. Mark Bolitho and I are collecting convention dates for the 2014 BOS Calendar. If you know the dates of your societies convention, please email me (privately! Don't swamp the o-list!) at edi...@britishorigami.info . We have quite a few dates

Re: [Origami] Tall rectangular box?

Hi there, I've used the pleated technique for wrapping gifts. It gives a nice clean line and it's pretty secure. Even better, if you make the pleat the same size as the underlying box that you are wrapping, it becomes very tricky to work out how to unwrap it! (I haven't published this

Re: [Origami] Ordering books from Amazon (Japan)

Hi Chris, I've had no problems at all with Amazon Japan to the UK, but I usually wait until I and a few friends have a large order to spread the p+p! I have ordered only one second hand book and it arrived with no issues, but I may have been lucky with the seller being willing to post to UK.

[Origami] Edinburgh Convention

Hello there, Just a clarification about booking extra nights at the Edinburgh convention. There are other events going on and we can only book from Mon. 26th Aug to Thurs. 5th Sep inc. Also please remember that the extra nights at the venue have to be confirmed, so please book

[Origami] Edinburgh Convention

Hi all, Booking for the Edinburgh Convention, Autumn 2013 is now open!! http://www.britishorigami.info/society/meetings/edincondata.php http://www.britishorigami.info/society/meetings/edincondata.php Come and join us! For more information about Edinburgh, the convention venue and the

[Origami] Collin Weber

Hi there, Is Collin Weber on the list? Or does someone know how to contact him? If so, could you email me privately please? Thanks, Dennis

Re: [Origami] Identifying package?

Hi Gerardo, Quick question: does any of you know if this kind of origami package already existed (ignore the wind mill please)? I'm afraid that it's quite an old one. The technique is usually attributed to Shuzo Fujimoto from the 1960's or 70's, but it may have existed even before that.

[Origami] Linked memories WAS New video: Braided Paper by J.C. Nolan

How about you? Do you have such a model that you remember fondly, because of a linked memory? For me this would have to be Joan Homewood's Robin for two reasons. Partly because of the fun I (and others) had at my expense in the early days of the O-list when I became embroiled in a confused

Re: [Origami] Book lists/databases

Hi Sy, My personal preference is Dennis Walker's Origami Database Web application. The search/list can go down to the model level. However, I am not sure about the current status of Walker's new Database. He might be able to shed some light. The new database and website is being

Re: [Origami] Book lists/databases

Library thing is pretty good, but you need to pay get more than about 200 books. It's not great with books that don't have ISBNs, but it's better than most! Dennis -Original Message- From: origami-boun...@lists.digitalorigami.com [mailto:origami-boun...@lists.digitalorigami.com] On

[Origami] Database

Hi all, Well, I knew this day was coming, but I've brought it forward. Additions of data to the database have been temporarily suspended L There have been issues with the server ever since it changed and then in the last couple of weeks the database has become