Dear friends, Having been introduced to origami by diagrams, and now making video tutorials, I have read with great interest this thread. Apologies for a late response –too busy making day-of-the-dead videos ;-)
In the ideal world, as Sara says, choosing between a perfect video or a perfect diagram of the same model, I prefer diagrams. They are easy to carry, the folding process is easy to assess just by quickly browsing and it's more quiet. I also love paper books, which are the hi tech of centuries ago and the low tech of the contemporary world! Also, as Mark points out, if am eager to learn a model, I will do it from whichever source I have at hand. I once did an informal survey on Facebook as to what was the preferred way for people to learn origami, diagrams vs. videos. A very slight majority said they preferred diagrams. By comments I have received from people watching my videos, I believe that the video format is a great way to introduce people to origami and to eliminate an element of fear and frustration that people seem to have when faced with trying to understand diagrams. I have heard negative comments regarding an excellent origami book from some one who did not have the patience and persistence needed to get through diagrams when they first approached paper folding. The same person has been able to learn from videos much more easily. [from Mark] > We wish that You Tube had a fast forward. We understand that > you can move the slide thing forward, but it is hard to control and we > want to watch the whole thing. [from Mary Ellen] > I also agree that videos would > be more useful if they had a fast-forward button; [answer from Dianne: -You Tube DOES have a fast forward-] > Change your player to HTML5 player by going go to > www.youtube.com/html5 - click request player - go to the video you want > to watch - click the settings button - click speed - click your choice > from .25X - 2X Thank you Dianne, this is a great trick I was not aware of! [from Mark] > Just a side note: [...] we had a small origami gathering > at our house. Two of the more popular models were the Day of the Dead Skull > from the video on Leyla Torres's Orgami Spirit website > and the Momotani Skull from an old NOA magazine that it was based upon. > Someone had learned the model from the video and I had learned it from > the diagrams. Both are great models. Mark, I'm glad you liked my origami skull. I'm intrigued by the Momotami Skull that you mentioned. I have never seen or folded it. If it is similar to mine, it is just a coincidence. Do you have a link to a photo where we could see Momotami's origami skull? For a reference, my origami skull can be seen here: http://www.origamispirit.com/2014/10/origami-skull/ Peace and joy through origami, Leyla ------------ Leyla Torres Origami Spirit English: http://www.OrigamiSpirit.com Espannol http://www.OrigamiSpirit.com/es Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/origamispirit Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/OrigamiSpirit
