10/27/2023
I just came across this thought-provoking essay by Justus Nieland,
"Container Culture: Film, Packaging, and the Design of Corporate Humanism
at the CCA." online open-access magazine, *Post45*, Issue 6: Midcentury
Design Cultures, 02.12.21.anism at the CCA
How I wish I'd known about this show in time to see it in person!
https://exhibitions.bgc.bard.edu/stagingthetable/folding-by-the-book/
(Did I miss an announcement on the Origami Mailing List?)
Karen
Karen Reeds, ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA,
11/9/2023
I’m always a sucker for poverty folds, but this collage illustration by Melinda
Beck is a particularly lovely example.
Look closely— not just birds!
(Good reading for all Harry Potter fans, too.)
Karen
Karen Reeds, Ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
( on hiatus
July 5, 2022
Hi, folders,
http://www.fondiantichi.unimore.it/FA/lega/legature_table_carte.html *Carte
decorate della Biblioteca universitaria giuridica*
You can print out these beautiful patterns of marbled and woodblock
endpapers and cut them to the size you want.
I made my Silhouette Crane
Hi, paperfolders
Here’s a follow-up to my earlier message about the issue ‘Folds’ of the new
journal, Inscription —an afternoon , exploring the histories and potentials of
the fold.
Karen 10/26/2022
Karen Reeds, ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA,
September 23, 2022
Here's a visual treat: a digitized copy of a beautiful accordion-fold
origami book from 1935, now in the Tress Collection, University of
Pennsylvania Libraries, Philadelphia. The curator, Lynne Farrington, tells
me that only a small part of the collection has been fully
The ideas here might be useful for anyone who has kids to teach or amuse.
See also
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/paper-science-activities?from=Newsletter
for the paper airplanes lesson plan.
Karen
Karen Reeds, ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA,
8/15/2022
Spotted on the University of Chicago e-book sale just now -- a book
inspired by the symbolism of the origami crane:
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/T/bo50460825.html
The cover illustration is an ingenious melding of images invoking both
peacocks and origami cranes.
2/27/2023
Thank you, Wanderer Vishakha ! That almost tempts me to learn how to crochet!
Karen
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utting everything aside until I unravel the making! So beautiful!
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have the link to Ann Cullen’s bio? I couldn’t find it in the
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4/6/2023 Hi, paperfolders Give your eyes and sense of humor a treat with these samples from historical paper and textile designs (in a catalogue from a Tokyo-based antiquarian bookseller, Hozuki Books.) Spotted on ExLibris-L KarenKaren ReedsPrinceton Public Library Origami Group (on hiatus during
A friend just sent me this link. There are a couple of related links at the
end of the article.
Karen 2/10/2023
karenmre...@gmail.com
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
Still on hiatus during pandemic
> Origami sea creatures adorn holiday
2/15/2023
I spotted these lovely examples of cut-paper Woven Hearts in an
antiquarian bookdealer's announcement:
*Download image here: *
https://www.pickering-chatto.com/PC/Images/Puzzle_Hearts.jpg
I suspect the left-hand model may have been made by a novice, rather than
by Lady Ann Cullen. I
July 9, 2023
Hi, Gerardo
I admire your effort to pin down the right names for traditional origami
models, and I'm grateful for all that I learned as a result of your puzzle
purse investigations.
But origami nomenclature is a lot like botanical nomenclature before Carl
Linnaeus published
7/3/2023
Thank you very much, Gerardo, for the link to David Mitchell’s fascinating
Public Paperfolding History Project--Origami Heaven page about this Puzzle
Purse model (http://www.origamiheaven.com/historyofpuzzlepurses.htm).
Why not use the historical model name, “La Bolsa,” from the 1896
6/26/2023 — just spotted this on the events newsletter of League of Historical Societies of New Jersey: Family Origami program, with Aldo Putignano 6:30 – 8 PM 6/28/2023, SCAHC Gallery 133 Spring StNewton NJ Preregistration required. Members $10Non members $15Call Andrea for
My apologies—Somehow my link to article didn’t work. Here’s the quote by
itself:
8/13/2023
“[Flo Milli’s] fizzy falsetto rose and rose as she delved deeper into her
delivery. Her translucent nails, painted a school-bus yellow, flashed like
lightsabers as she made elaborate rap hands that
Feb 1,2024
Hi, folders
I think origami might fit under the wall-hung paper constructions category for
this Works On Paper show. But read all the instructions!
https://www.lbifoundation.org/exhibitions/apply-to-works-on-paper-2024
Karen
Karen Reeds, ringleader
Princeton Public Library
11:40am 11/14/2023
Just heard on WNYC - Bridget Bergen, Gothamist, on Brian Lehrer Show — program
about where to take out-of-town guests in New York City. Shea was listing
holiday trees around town and said of the AMNH origami tree: “my favorite!!!”
Karen
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Karen Reeds, ringleader
-Benjamin Rodriguez
Daytona State College, Business Services
paperairplanes >> books >> librarian gave him 1stForward Scout in military,
ADHD, can fold and listen at same time.
taught origami class in Orlando
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Rodriquez Benjamin, 40, spent 6 years in the U.S. Army,
5/5/2024
Hi, fellow folders
re: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YED9ej9lOjk?
*Basic geometry: How this Central Florida Army veteran became a self-taught
origami artist*
I apologize for my klutziness ! I hit the send button by mistake. I was
making notes on the video and trying to figure out how
Thank you, Anne, for all the time, enthusiasm, and energy you’ve put into
making the O-list such a global joy!
About half an hour before I saw your post, my 96-year-old aunt was catching
up on 3 weeks worth of newspapers that had piled up while she was
in rehab from a bad fall. I couldn’t
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