Jennifer said: " I will be attending the convention this year. This will be my first origami convention. I am super excited, but unsure what to bring. I am looking for suggestions. Should I bring...."
Some of the other responses covered things well: bring some paper, especially any special paper you like. There is paper for sale at CenterFold and of course a HUGE selection of paper at OUSA. We provide a folding board (A 9x15 grade school dry erase board) useful for folding on a rough surface or your lap, a tote bag, t-shirt and paper packet. We will have an ATC (Artists Trading Card) exchange, so if you are into that bring cards along. We are REALLY informal in how we do that exchange. Along the lines of - "go meet over there and exchange your stuff". As to books, at CenterFold we organize an actual autograph session to make it more efficient, but you can always politely ask someone - authors in general like to sign their books. We set a limit of six books per person, since when you are talking about someone like Tomoko Fuse...you could show up with 75+ books. We do not sell a lot of books at CenterFold though, so if there is a book you want available on Amazon, buy it ahead of the convention. In terms of any minor items your forget - there is a small shopping mall/grocery store/pharmacy right across the street, so you are covered. We also have a lot of stuff like scissors, tape etc at the admin tables so people can borrow them. John Scully 740-334-4213 [email protected]
