On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Anna <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris Lott wrote: >> I'm thinking not just the most basic questions, but also those kinds of >> things that come up when, >> for instance, teaching beginners like "over folding" and the like. > > What is "over folding"? I consider myself an advanced folder, but > haven't heard this term before. Does it have to do with hurting > fingers and burning eyes because you fold for too long?
That would also be a good definition, though that can be treated with a few cold beverages :) I don't know what over folding might be called, but I noticed the last few times I've taught people that they tend to: 1) want to crease way, way too hard and 2) when folding, say, edges to a center crease they try for perfection and end up with a fold that is "too tight" or even a little overlapped, which comes back to haunt them when they are doing a reverse fold later, etc. In my admittedly limited experience, I find it's better to purposefully be a little imperfect and err on the side of a small gap and carefully making a good "point" than over folding... I've been calling this "over folding," but it's just my term, nothing I remember reading before... c -- Chris Lott <[email protected]>
