Dave Mitchell wrote: The reason is because the meaning of elegance in origami is different (though folders who don't appreciate this often misuse the word). In origami elegance is a quality of the way in which the result is arrived at, not of the finished design, and in this respect it is similar to the usage in mathematics.
Can't Chris Lott use "elegant" to describe a finished piece/model/etc. as well? I can see how the term could easily apply to either the process or the finished product. I've seen some models that are absolutely elegant in terms of visual appeal. I don't know how they were made, but I can see that they are elegant as works of art or craftsmanship (not to open up another can of worms). I have also folded some origami that had an elegant process or sequence of folds. The finished product may or may not be what appears elegant to my eye. It seems a bit arbitrary, from a lingusitic point of view, to say that the word "elegant" has to mean the process only. Isn't there room for both in a visual art? Dawn Tucker ________________________________ From: "origami-requ...@lists.digitalorigami.com" <origami-requ...@lists.digitalorigami.com> To: origami@lists.digitalorigami.com Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 12:00 PM Subject: Origami Digest, Vol 79, Issue 10 Send Origami mailing list submissions to origami@lists.digitalorigami.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.digitalorigami.com/mailman/listinfo/origami or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to origami-requ...@lists.digitalorigami.com You can reach the person managing the list at origami-own...@lists.digitalorigami.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Origami digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Holiday folding events (area interest: Boston/Haverhill, MA, USA) (Anne LaVin) 2. Re: Linked memories (Meenakshi Mukerji) 3. Origami Crocodile for Lacoste India (Himanshu Agrawal) 4. Simple, but Elegant, Models (Dave Mitchell) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 14:13:08 -0500 From: Anne LaVin <anne.la...@gmail.com> Subject: [Origami] Holiday folding events (area interest: Boston/Haverhill, MA, USA) To: The Origami Mailing List <origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> Message-ID: <CAGKVWNWfT23ojKkvQFSsZK_NeSbWxT7bJYPwLSU2=ugdj2w...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi everyone! Briefly donning my Origamido webmaster hat to announce: Folding Holiday Ornaments & Boxes with Michael LaFosse and Richard Alexander at the Creative Haverhill Shops @ 90 Washington St., Haverhill MA. (Next to the Tap Microbrewery) The workshops are on a walk-in basis, come early for a seat. There will be a $5 materials fee. (Parents may need to "team fold" with a child 8 or younger.) We'll be offering this program on the following dates: Saturday, Nov. 10, 1:30 to 3:30 Saturday, Nov. 17, 1:30 to 3:30 Saturday, Dec. 1, 1:30 to 3:30 Saturday, Dec. 8, 1:30 to 3:30 Saturday, Dec. 15, 1:30 to 3:30 Saturday, Dec. 22, 1:30 to 3:30 Please join Michael and Richard for some holiday folding fun! Anne LaVin on behalf of Origamido Studio ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 11:17:55 -0800 (PST) From: Meenakshi Mukerji <mmukhopadh...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Origami] Linked memories To: origami@lists.digitalorigami.com Message-ID: <1352488675.27397.yahoomailclas...@web141202.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Paul Jackson's Electra. It was my first 3D modular. This was before I > was on the net, and I lived in an isolated area, so I was on my own. I > estimated I had 22 hours into it, because I had such a time with the > assembly. I shellacked the hell out of it to make it last. I still have > it. > > Jane Millikan You are probably talking about Electra by David Mitchell. Among other publications it was also published in "The Ultimate Papercraft and Origami Book" by Paul Jackson. It is a delightful model indeed and was probably my third modular after Ornamental Omega Star (Michael Naughton) and Penultimate Dodecahedron (Robert Neale). Regards, Meenakshi __________________________________________________ Have you visited my modular origami website? http://www.origamee.net ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:04:36 +0530 From: Himanshu Agrawal <himorig...@gmail.com> Subject: [Origami] Origami Crocodile for Lacoste India To: The Origami Mailing List <origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> Message-ID: <cakwsu3wsy+n1tbbdrt0ehz5u7tuu58yyugkeyjtnfzv-fgf...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, I would like to share a picture of the 8-feet long Origami Crocodile I folded for Lacoste India. Here's the Flickr link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/orukami/8165694660/in/photostream Thank you. Himanshu. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 14:38:13 -0000 From: "Dave Mitchell" <dave.mitch...@virgin.net> Subject: [Origami] Simple, but Elegant, Models To: <origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> Message-ID: <34018644E32047E0B5434BC3AF6DFF10@Laptop> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original I wrote: >> This is, of course, the reason why you can't judge the elegance of a >> design >> without folding it yourself. Chris Lott replied: > I don't see why this is true...we can judge the elegance of a chair or > a car or whatever without making it. Why not a piece of origami art? The reason is because the meaning of elegance in origami is different (though folders who don't appreciate this often misuse the word). In origami elegance is a quality of the way in which the result is arrived at, not of the finished design, and in this respect it is similar to the usage in mathematics. Within this broader usage elegance can be a quality of the whole folding sequence, or of just one or more moves within it. I have also heard it used of modular designs, but again I feel it is descriptive of the way in which the modules go together rather than the finished form that they create. Outside origami 'elegant' is often used to mean 'clean' ... as in 'a chair has clean lines'. It doesn't matter how the chair was made. You are describing a quality of the finished result. Dave End of Origami Digest, Vol 79, Issue 10 ***************************************
