Dear women of the origami community! My name is Saffiya and I've been given the honour of editing a very special edition of the BOS magazine for this October in order to mark 100 years of Women's suffrage in the UK.
I would love to hear from you with models, articles or reviews to include, or ideas of things you'd like to see included. I've received some wonderful contributions so far and have enjoyed reading the stories of teaching and experiences that have been shared. It's been a real treat for me to hear about others' experiences of origami and learn about female origami artists around the world. I'd really love to hear from more of you so we can make this a bumper special edition! There are so many talented, inspiring female origami artists out there that we could easily fill extra pages with all this wonderfulness. Just to introduce myself... I've been a member of the BOS for around 8 years now. I am not very good at folding and hopeless at designing, but my real love is teaching origami and encouraging those who have never even heard of it before to have a go! When time allows, I teach origami sessions at my local libraries in Slough. I also like to find excuses to incorporate origami into my workplace (always a welcome break from sitting at a computer all day!) like getting everyone in the team folding a basketball hoop during a meeting. Please send your contributions via Dennis at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> and he will ensure I receive these. If you'd like to get in touch with me directly then please contact Dennis and he can pass your details onto me to get back to you. I'm really looking forward to hearing from you! (Saffiya sent me this to post to the O-list! Dennis)
