> The origami folk in Melbourne had paper scored to make a record number of paper tsuru for a beautiful display in central Melbourne a few years ago
True, we did score 8000 sheets, and it meant that Gen Hagiwara could fold two cranes at once (top photo on this page http://www.papercrane.org/index/Projects/95). So to be honest I think scoring gives the folder an unfair advantage, and who wouldn't want that. I mean let's be serious about this and imagine if origami were an Olympic sport (e.g. TV Origami Champion). Who would have the advantage, the pre-scored or the plain paper? It's clear that scoring would be the doping of origami! The trick would be to have a scored sheet be undetectable. Scans of the paper to show internal structure would be standard testing. But I digress... I love scoring, I love using a laser or other tool to score complex patterns and having perfectly reproducible results. Though there is a downside, in laser scoring the paper is damaged slightly, and in fabric pleating patterns the lifespan of the pattern is reduced. My soon-to-be-published book 'Designer Origami' discusses 'Techno Origami' in the opening chapter, fabric pattern making, as well as other aspects of purism. - Matthew Gardiner On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 4:22 AM, Clare Chamberlain < cchamberl...@rspcawa.asn.au> wrote: > Subject: Re: [Origami] Is scoring paper cheating? > > The origami folk in Melbourne had paper scored to make a record number of > paper tsuru for a beautiful display in central Melbourne a few years ago - > I remember Perth Origami Group folding several dozen scored, fairly stiff > sheets as our contribution. > > Clare, Perth, Western Australia > -- Kind regards, - - - - - Matthew Gardiner +43 699 17781310 http://www.matthewgardiner.net - - - - - Senior Research Lead Research & Innovation Group Ars Electronica Futurelab http://www.aec.at
