Re: [Origami] Workshop complexity during conventions?

[Matthew Green]

On Jun 5, 2018, at 12:05 PM, Gerardo @neorigami.com  
wrote:
> 1. The complexity level declared for the workshop isn't the same as the
> complexity level stated in diagrams. 

> 2. It's important to take into account the duration of the workshop when
> choosing the complexity level of the workshop. It'll be a bigger challenge
> for many attendees to fold a model in an hour instead of two.
> 
> Any advice is welcome. Thanks in advance.

Hi Gerardo!

Regarding #1, OrigamiUSA actually has a fairly detailed description of how to 
rank the difficulty of a model for purposes of convention teaching. In some 
cases it’s still unclear and requires a judgment call, but usually it’s fairly 
easy with those criteria to figure out how to rank it. The page is a bit buried 
in the website, so here’s a direct link: https://origamiusa.org/difficulty 


Regarding #2, my experience is that in order to prepare, I need to sit down and 
fold the model at a regular pace on my own, clocking how long it takes me, then 
multiply that time by at least 3, and use that as a basis for determining the 
length of the class. So, if it takes me half an hour to fold on my own, I need 
at last two 45 minute periods to teach it—possibly more, if it’s got some 
tricky steps and it’s likely to appeal to people with less advanced folding 
skills.

I hope this helps!
Thanks,
Matthew

Re: [Origami] Variations on a Classic -- Waterbomb variations

[Karen Reeds]

Hi, Dawn6/5/2018

My model, Pin-Less Pinwheel, diagrammed in
OUSA Convention Book 1988.Page 243, was inspired by the Blow-up Rabbit, so
I count it as a cousin of the Waterbomb.

The short directions: Make rabbit-ear folds on each flap of the Waterbomb
base. Crease the open end firmly horizontally as high up as comfortable.
Blow into the hole to inflate the model. The result is a pyramid with 4
vanes.
Put a pencil in the hole, blow, and watch the Pinwheel spin. If you use a
straw instead of a pencil, blow into the straw and send the Pinwheel flying
into the air.

I must have posted something about this to the list long ago -- in an email
file from 2002, I find this lovely message from the late Dorothy Kaplan:
Dottie wrote:

>  I just folded the waterbomb base the

regular waystuck it on a barbecue
> stick from the hole up to the closed pointsort of spread out the
> four sides of the waterbomb North East West and South without blowing it up
> and blew.  It spun like crazy... havent done it your
> way yet.I thought  I had and then I reread your post but will try it
> your way too.
> Thanks for the idea. Dorothy Kaplan


Karen

PS Thanks, Dennis, for the Origami Database,
https://www.oriwiki.com/odbInfo.php which saved me a hunt through old OUSA
Convention volumes!


Karen Reeds, co-ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/
Next meeting: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 -- Sneak preview of Laura Kruskal's
2018 OrigamiUSA Convention Crown!

from Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com

[Origami] Workshop complexity during conventions?

[Gerardo @neorigami.com]

The convention I most often participate only has three complexity levels
for the workshops: beginners, intermediate, and advanced. Aside from that,
the workshops are one or two hours long. I've learned the following during
these conventions:

1. The complexity level declared for the workshop isn't the same as the
complexity level stated in diagrams. Many complex models can simply take
more than two hours to even fold, so the ones in the convention stated as
advanced can actually be, for example, from mid intermediate or high
intermediate diagrams.

2. It's important to take into account the duration of the workshop when
choosing the complexity level of the workshop. It'll be a bigger challenge
for many attendees to fold a model in an hour instead of two.

I'll teach two models during the following convention, I've decided I'll
teach them both in one-hour workshops, that's definite. These are the two
models, both of them are creations of mine:

"Semi-flat Case": I'm not sure if I should announce it as a beginners or an
intermediate workshop. Its biggest challenges are pinch folding the four
edges of the square into thirds using the "s" method and being able to
follow all the steps correctly; around fifteen for the box and fifteen more
for the lid.

http://neorigami.com/neo/media/k2/items/cache/ada9a09acea936d776a6f55c82778c43_XL.jpg


"Elastic Suit Wrestler": Not sure if announce it as an intermediate or an
advanced workshop. It's biggest challenges are giving the trunk volume and
tucking a layer from the legs into pockets on the thigh.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1151853838163926=a.261862077163111.87218.10179635552=3


I would like to declare they're a beginners and an intermediate workshop
respectively, in order to be more inclusive. The problem is that, maybe
it'll end up being too challenging for the attendees and end simply being
frustrated incapable of folding the models. How do I take this decision?

Any advice is welcome. Thanks in advance.


Gerardo
gerardo(a)neorigami.com