Re: [Origami] The name waterbomb?

2015-06-15 Thread kdiannestephens
Not just make noise; the ball would move around on its own. And English friend of mine recalled that his older brother did this back around 1920. Done in waxed paper and embodied with fire flies... it makes a sweet night light ...the dreamy echos of childhood are lovely!! OriFUN to all,

Re: [Origami] The name waterbomb?

2015-06-15 Thread Matthias
There was a story about Japanese children putting flies in them so that their buzzing would cause the paper to make noise. „Our bodies are weaker than those paper-prisons boys use to keep flies in;“ –John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi, Act IV, 1614 Cheers, Matthias

Re: [Origami] The name waterbomb? (FWD reply for Yahoo user Diana Lee)

2015-06-15 Thread Anne LaVin
(Forwarding a reply for Yahoo user Diana Lee boostdi...@yahoo.com, please respond to the list or to her, not to me!) On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Paper Dragon paperdra...@rcn.com wrote: I remember seeing billed as a container for fireflies - with clear paper. There was a story about

[Origami] CDO Convention 2015 (FWD for Yahoo user Francesco Mancini)

2015-06-15 Thread Anne LaVin
(Forwarding on for Yahoo user Francesco Mancini fmanc...@ymail.com, please reply to the list or to him, not to me!) Dear all, we have defined the details for the next CDO convention: 33nd C.D.O. Convention - December 5 - 8, 2015 Grand Hotel Terme Astro - Tabiano Bagni (Parma) Complete

[Origami] waterbomb used as rocket (FWD for Yahoo user Diana Lee)

2015-06-15 Thread Anne LaVin
(Forwarding on for Yahoo user Diana Lee boostdi...@yahoo.com, please respond to the list or to her, not to me!) Here is a new use for origami waterbomb: fill it with butane gas from cigarette lighter and then ignite. Waterbomb ejects like a rocket. Never tried it myself because I don't want to

[Origami] ASME Symposium on Origami-Based Engineering Design

2015-06-15 Thread Robert J. Lang
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) IDETC meeting in Boston, August 2-5, 2015, has a 3-day Symposium on Origami-Based Engineering Design, and the schedule of talks is now posted. It's like a mini-OSME, but with a focus on mechanical engineering. Many familiar names will be

[Origami] origami curling rock

2015-06-15 Thread Shannon Orr
Hi Everyone, My name is Shannon and I am the president of the Bowling Green (Ohio, USA) Curling Club (the Olympic sport played on ice with rocks and brooms). We have almost 100 curlers who play in leagues every week, and we also host regular events for members of the public to learn to curl. We

[Origami] OrigamiUSA Convention 2015 - Free Webcasts

2015-06-15 Thread Jan Polish
The OrigamiUSA Convention 2015 is this coming weekend. If you can’t make it in person, there are a couple of ways to join us. If you’re a member, you can attend virtual classes, streamed remotely from the convention, for a small fee. There’s a very exciting line-up: