Dear Hans, Julia, Vishaka, and all Ori-l'ers Mooser's Bas Relief piece was shown at the Origami Masterworks exhibition at Mingei International Museum in La Jolla California between Oct 2003 and Feb 2004. There's an image from the museum's collection here: https://collections.mingei.org/objects-1/info/28350?query=mfs%20any%20%22mooser%22&sort=9#results&gid=1&pid=1
It was donated to the museum's collection by the late Florence Temko. There's a good image of the Bas Relief work in the exhibition catalogue (see https://langorigami.com/publication/origami-masterworks-innovative-forms-in-the-art-of-paperfolding/) This seems to be out of print, but I found a few copies for sale online for example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/235482414372 All this discussion about the "mysterious" Dr Mooser prompted me to reread the relevant chapter in Robert Lang's Origami Design Secrets about the significance of Mooser in the journey towards box-pleating concepts. Robert describes the rather sketchy crease pattern of the famous Mooser Train, made by Raymond McLain in 1967, which was folders' only way to fold this landmark design. This reminded me about my first visit to a BOS convention in Spring 1975, when I first met Max Hulme and Dave Venables who were then examining a very poor copy of the Mclain Mooser Train crease pattern... Yours Dave Brill www.brilliantorigami.com On Sun, 27 Oct 2024 at 16:14, Papirfoldning.dk <h...@papirfoldning.dk> wrote: > Thank you to Julia and Vishaka for your responses. > Yes, Vishaka, it would be lovely to see the photos. But don't use days > searching for it :-) > > As Julia noted in a follow-up mail, the CV explicitly mentions Mooser's > train. I only found the link when I explicitly searched for text from the > CV. The link is here: > https://www.epfl.ch/schools/sb/about/newsletter/sbepfl-13/ > > And it points to another link, > https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=hpa-001:1985:58::1117#187 > which has a full article on his achievements on occasion of his 60th > birthday. In a couple of places the article mentions his origami > achievements. Apparently he was doing bas-reliefs in origami, has anybody > seen those or even pictures of them? > > From the article: "But this manual skill results in another achievement in > which he became a master. In many occasions you will see Emanuel Mooser > with a sheet of paper in the hands, folding and unfolding it until a > structure is shaped. After a persistent training in Origami, he developed > his own style consisting in folded paper bas-reliefs based on principles > not far away from the symmetries encountered in the crystal lattices." > > And yes, I believe crystal lattices is an excellent background for doing > origami. I once had a paper accepted for a symmetry conference and met > several chemistry researchers interested in this kind of work. > > Best regards, > Hans > > Hans Dybkjær > http://papirfoldning.dk > Society: http://foldning.dk > > Den 26. okt. 2024 kl. 20.32 skrev Julia Palffy via Origami < > origami@lists.digitalorigami.com>: > > Hello, > > I googled and found this CV: > > > Emanuel Mooser > > > 5 June 1925, born in Thun > > 1949, diploma in Mathematics and Physics, ETHZ > > 1953, thesis at the Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, ETHZ under Prof. > Dr. Georg Busch > > – his thesis: “Die magnetische Eigenschaften der Halbleiter mit > besonderer Berücksichtigung des grauen Zinns” wins the silver medal at ETHZ > > – Postdoctoral fellowship at the National Research Council in Ottawa > > – married to Margrit Hunkeler > > 1959, publication of the Mooser-Pearson plots > > 1961, Director of the physics laboratory at the Cyanamid European Research > Institute (the maker of “formica”), Cologny/Geneva > > 1969, named Full Professor(EPUL-EPFL) > > – Founder and head of the Institute of Applied Physics > > – Founder and head of the Laboratoire de génie médical > > 1972-1974 and 1986-1988, Head of the Physics Department (EPFL) > > – President of the Research Commission(EPFL) > > – Director of the the Division 2 of the Swiss National Science > Foundation (SNSF) > > 1991, retires and is nominated Professor Emeritus > > 26 January 2013, dies, Lavigny. > > Professor Mooser had a very rich life successively as an academic > scientist, a researcher and manager of research of a major chemical company > then back to the academic world as a teacher and director of laboratories, > which his vision of the trends in science led him to create, and, lastly as > an exceptionally engaged person in the Swiss scientific politics. > > > At the beginning of his career he engaged himself in the early studies on > the burgeoning field of semiconductors, his name is linked to a study of > the chemical binding and the crystalline structure in binary compounds: the > now called Mooser-Pearson plots clearly show the influence of the > electronic properties on the crystal structure. > > > Back from a stint in the chemical industry, he was named professor at EPUL > (EPFL) where he founded the “Institute of Applied Physics”, which has been > now absorbed by the “Institute of Condensed Matter Physics”. His interests > for life sciences and clear vision of the future led him to create the > “Laboratoire de génie médical”, the seed of what is now the “Institute of > the Physics of Biological Systems”. > > > As a manager of science he directed many research institutions, at the > head of SNSF he was instrumental in the foundation of a hub in Neuchâtel > for micro technology, which led to the creation of “Swiss Foundation for > Research in Microtechnology“ (FSRM) and “Swiss Center for Electronics and > Microtechnology” (CSEM). > > In his spare time he liked to work on paper folding constructions, and he > is widely know in the origami community for the model now called Mooser’s > train. > > > See also his biography on Helvetica Physica Acta 58, 183 (1985). > > > Source: > > Newsletter FSB > > SB@EPFL #13 > > Mai 2013 > > > FYI: ETHZ = Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (Federal Institute > of Technology in Zürich) > > EPFL = Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (same institution, but in > Lausanne) > > > No mention of his origami activities, but then they weren’t part of his > academic career… > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 26 Oct 2024, at 14:41, Papirfoldning.dk <h...@papirfoldning.dk> wrote: > > > I just refolded his famous, groundbreaking train from 1967, and then I > wondered who he was, where he was born. what was he a doctor in, ...? > > As a child I folded his dragon from Eric Kenneway's diagrams, and later, > when Lang's Origami Design Secrets came, I also folded his train. > > Even David Mitchell's extensive origami history only acknowledges he was > born, not where and when: > https://www.origamiheaven.com/historyemmanuelmooser.htm > > I'm going to mention him in a talk, and it would be nice to know a bit > more about him but his name. > > Is he still alive? Being a "dr." 54 years ago, it is possible, though not > too likely. > > Is he related to the German Mooser Schwingungstechnik GmbH? Or is he from > the USA or Switzerland? According to this article, the diagrams were made > in Switzerland, citing Nolan's booklet on the Mooser train. > > Best regards, > Hans > > Hans Dybkjær > Kløckersvej 24 > 2820 Gentofte > >
