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From: Clare <orig...@westnet.com.au>
I recently picked up a 'discount' book at my local paper shop - a beautiful
looking box set with a colourful cover, only to find tacky printed paper and
models full of cutting and requiring a great stretch of imagination to meet
their title! The book in question, Folded Fun Beginner's Origami : Dr. Yonsuku
Kaneshiro.
I just hope not too many kids buy it/are given it, then give up origami in
disappointment - we really need to start setting a standard -but not sure how?
Maybe carry an endorsement by NOA/BOS/OUSA etc?
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From this photo and description, it does just look like a great beginner kit.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/folded-fun-yonsuku-kaneshiro/1114065687?ean=9781926567051
However, whenever printed paper is included, or asked, I encourage learning the
fold with plain paper, or even something larger, yet square, and thin, like
the current JCPenny ads
Endorsement would be like the "good housekeeping seal of approval", and maybe
an idea worth pursuing. But, then, who decides?, generally, most new books and
kits would receive the "ok", but you would think, or so hope that just
"origami" would be good enough.......
Kathy Knapp,
Peoria, Illinois, USA
Do well your part today. - Juliette Gordon Low
