[Origami] Christmas Storygami?

[Rob Hudson]

Is there any non-religious-themed Christmas StoryGami that anyone knows of?

Re: [Origami] Origami conventions in unconventional areas

[Rob Hudson]

By "developing," I have in mind countries that are maybe not as wealthy 
or are fairly newly industrialized, but whose conditions might be 
prohibitive to casual tourists looking for a beach vacation or something 
that's conventional. I like the idea of walking more than a few feet 
without encountering a McDonald's.


By restrictions, I mean places that perhaps are now "open enough" for 
people to visit but are volatile with respect to how long they may be 
open. When Iran was called Persia, pre-1935, it was a lot more 
accessible, but then over time it became more restricted.


The overall idea is to go places that most people don't, meet people you 
wouldn't normally encounter, and experience life in a place where few 
like you have gone. And do origami.



On 5/21/2019 4:09 PM, laura rozenberg wrote:

What is your definition of developing nation? And what kind of travel
restrictions you have in mind?

Laura Rozenberg

On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 4:01 PM Rob Hudson  wrote:


Hi all,

What are some origami conventions in developing nations, or places that
tend to be less accessible to or less attended by people from the United
States? (perhaps, in some cases, due to travel restrictions)?

[Origami] Origami conventions in unconventional areas

[Rob Hudson]

Hi all,

What are some origami conventions in developing nations, or places that
tend to be less accessible to or less attended by people from the United
States? (perhaps, in some cases, due to travel restrictions)?

Re: [Origami] Origami Shop Order Processing Delay

[Rob Hudson]

On 1/25/2018 2:24 PM, Anne LaVin wrote:

You did, of course, ask via the addresses listed at the shop's website
before sending this message to all of us here on the list, right? Did you
not hear back, or did the mail bounce?

I've seen nothing but friendly, prompt and all-around exceptional service
from the (small) gang at origami-shop.com, myself.

Anne
Yes, of course. Contacted twice via the form and have heard nothing 
back. My order is still shown as "registered," so I can only assume it 
is hung up in their system. I posted to the list in the hopes that the 
proprietors are following and might respond privately.

[Origami] Origami Shop Order Processing Delay

[Rob Hudson]

Has anyone else had an issue with Origami-Shop not processing orders
quickly? I ordered a digital download and just assumed it would be
available immediately, but the order is still hung in the queue.

[Origami] Lubbock origami?

[Rob Hudson]

I'll be in Lubbock,TX March 2-6 on business. Any folders there?

[Origami] Diagramming standards for 2016?

[Rob Hudson]

Hi all,

I'm reviewing some diagrams and I am wondering what the modern "standard"
is for diagramming symbols and conventions. I know there have in the past
been several schools of thought, but I am curious about what people are
using today.

I've been a disciple of the Robert Lang Origami Diagramming Conventions,
which were first published in 1989. From age 15 (then) to age 41 (now),
that's what I've relied upon. Though it is technically 16 years since his
last update (an epilogue in 2000), much of what I see is still relevant.
Robert continues to provide his quite thorough guide online at
http://www.langorigami.com/article/origami-diagramming-conventions.

Are there other commonly-used conventions in diagramming today? Are they
published?

Thanks!

[Origami] Rarest books or publications?

[Rob Hudson]

What are the rarest books or publications that came out since about 1930 or
so? I'm working on a group research project to acquire and categorize and
study out of print origami. Filling in some historical gaps as well.

[Origami] Centerfold transport Lancaster to Columbus

[Rob Hudson]

Looking to catch a ride for Centerfold from Lancaster, PA to Columbus
Thursday the 28th. Anyone passing near or through? Please pm me.

Thanks!

[Origami] Paperfolders in or near central PA

[Rob Hudson]

Anyone here know of origami enthusiasts in the York, Harrisburg, Reading,
or Lancaster Pennsylvania area? I know there are some in Philly and
Allentown.

Trying to get some regular local club going and it's tough to find people.

[Origami] Book with Uchiyama Tatos, what's it like?

[Rob Hudson]

Been getting into tato folding lately after seeing Palmer's octagonal
Uchiyama tato design.

There's a book out that looks like it features many Uchiyama designs, but
I'm not sure how many or what they're like. It's called ORIGAMI FLOWER
PATTERNS WORLD OF UCHIYAMA MINGEI SERIES VOLUME 3.

Anyone have the book that could comment on the types of models and
instructions? I found a copy for $50 U.S. but I want to make sure it's
worthwhile.

Link to book info:

http://www.book-komiyama.co.jp/booklist_detail.php?item_id=27223

[Origami] What do you call a paperfolder

[Rob Hudson]

What do you call yourself, enthusiasts of origami? In English or in your
native language.

I'm looking for a title to put on a profile or calling card of some sort,
and "Origami teacher" is the only thing that I seem to have enough
experience in to really add a title.

Things I've seen:

Origami teacher
Origamist
Paperfolder
Origami artist
Origami enthusiast
Commercial origami designer
Origami author
origami

Re: [Origami] Who's model is this

[Rob Hudson]

On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Cye M. Newman  wrote:

> Who's model is this:
>

I know it's a modular star and that the diagrams are publicly available. I
just can't find them now. The units, I think, are squares.

[Origami] GSM vs LBS and variations. Help!

[Rob Hudson]

Hi all,

I've been trying to figure how thick paper will be by glancing at the
packaging in the store, but it seems like there's a difference (at least as
they're expressed in US units, lbs) among brands and types. Some things
listed as "65 lbs" seem to be foldable paper; others feel more like card
stock. The description on the packaging is generally inconsistent. I find
myself sneaking the shrink wrap off to feel the paper.

In searching online, I find the metric (gsm) notation to be consistent, but
I'd like to be able to do a conversion to foldable paper in LBS units.

Can someone explain how lbs associate to gsm?:

Thanks!

Rob

[Origami] Trigger Warning: glue

[Rob Hudson]

Origami scofflaws:

What kind of glue do you use when you're attaching modules together
permanently for sturdiness?

Constraints: in the United States, need it quickly so ordering online isn't
an optio

[Origami] High intermediate or complex FLAT angel model ?

[Rob Hudson]

Anyone know of a high intermediate or complex angel model that is flat (or
relatively flat; pleated wings are ok)?

I'm looking for something to fold and send out to friends who have lost
loved ones recently or for whom the holidays are reminders that loved ones
are no longer in their lives.

I'd prefer something a little more elaborate than the simple ones I'm
seeing. I'm aware of the Neale angel and the modification and do not prefer
it.

Thanks!

[Origami] U.S. vendor options for origami paper (or overseas with quick shipping)

[Rob Hudson]

Hi all,

I'm teaching a class where I'll require a small amount of paper, but the
organization for which I'm teaching insists that I get pricing from 2-3
sources, even for the small amount that I need. Some accountability process
gone overboard.

In any case, I would like opinions on three U.S. (or fast shippers to U.S.)
paper sellers or businesses that have Star Dream and Elephant Hide paper
and quick turnaround.

My first pick is Kim's Crane, but I don't have experience to know who else
is popular in the States.

You can PM me privately or respond to this message if you can identify
other sources for small-ish quantities of these two papers in the U.S. or
if you have experience with those sources.

Thank you! I'm doing someone a favor by teaching and I'm trying to make the
administrative part less stressful.


Rob

Re: [Origami] World Origami Days-Free Online Classes at Origami Heaven

[Rob Hudson]

I had the opportunity to attend one of the World Origami Day classes at
Origami Heaven (Dennis Walker's) and was impressed with how it went. A
brief quirk with our local audio being muted left the group physically at
OH to rely for a bit on strictly visual cues. This turned out to be a good
thing: it illustrated both Dennis' skill in teaching and the potential of
the platform to work even if the teacher wasn't speaking a language
understood by everyone.
I was especially impressed with Patty Grodner, who was on the front line,
handling not only issues with the feed but also setting it up and
coordinating with the facility. Few people understand just how risky it can
be walking into a new place that may or may not have reliable internet,
setting up a video conference, and seeing that it works the entire time.
It's tempting to assume that errors are an effect of poor preparation, when
in fact issues arise despite preparation. The mark of an effective planner
is the ability to respond to things quickly and ensure that things run
smoothly.
Thanks again to Patty and the rest of the team that made this event a
success.
I must disclose that I'm not an Origami USA member, so my opinion does not
create a conflict of interest.

[Origami] Copyright violation wall of shame?

[Rob Hudson]

Is there a running list somewhere of people who are ripping off origami
artists without attribution or permission who currently persist? Or a party
that is responsible for confirming alleged violations?
Maybe it's my advancing age, but I get quite cross walking into Barnes and
Noble in the States and seeing what looks like a James Sakoda bird base
rose featured prominently on a jewelry kit or book with no attribution
whatsoever.
Also, what's the current, most effective best practice for making people
cease and desist when they're doing this?
(Note: I'm not trying to start a discussion on the intricacies of copyright
law, what constitutes a violation, settled cases (e.g. Lang et al), or
musings about what should or shouldn't be legal)

[Origami] Small origami model for condolence card for US Veteran

[Rob Hudson]

A colleague's father, a WWII veteran and teacher, passed away yesterday and
I wanted to send a card with a small, flat origami piece inside.

I normally send angels, but I wonder if there's a model out there that
would capture the veteran angle or the teaching angle. He's also a Texan,
so there's that.

Thanks for any advice.

[Origami] Folders in Central PA who want to meet

[Rob Hudson]

I'm doing a few small gatherings in Lancaster, PA and am looking for
folders who are around the area or who would like to participate.

Email me at caveatrob+orig...@gmail.com

Thanks!

[Origami] Rather realistic deer head model for the granddaughter whose hunter grandpa just passed away

[Rob Hudson]

Hi,

My friend just told me her grandfather died and because of family issues
she isn't making the funeral. She asked if I'd make her a deer head (he
enjoyed hunting) for her to place in the casket when she was able to be
alone there to grieve.

She liked the Fuse elephant spiral, and while I doubt there is a deer
spiral, I suspect something high intermediate or complex would do.

I'm a decent folder, so I can handle most things.

Thank you for any information you can provide, even if it's a pointer to a
book or a page or a photo.

Best,

Rob

[Origami] Hudson meetup origami

[Rob Hudson]

Those of you who know me and would like to exchange models in person this
weekend, I'll be at Mark's.

Send me a private email at caveat...@gmail.com to make arrangements.

Thank you,

Rob

Re: [Origami] Square paper no cuts

[Rob Hudson]

Robert Lang wrote...

 A lot of my tessellations and geometrics are folded from weird shapes
 (like, really irregular serrated polygons). I just say what they are. Then
 people can decide for themselves if they want to stick their personal
 label of origami on them


I've been making a lot of Fujimoto hexagon flowers from rectangles, and the
first step is always to fold the two top corners in to make the 120 degree
angle. those flaps are not used later, and make the subsequent folding bulky
 at those two points.

I also see Fujimoto (and others) start with a square, then fold corners in
to make hexagons and octagons. There's even a few Palmer models that do it.
If you started with an actual hexagon or octagon, you'd get the same
result; the extra paper adds nothing to the model aside from legitimacy
being from a square. A lot of dollar bill folds do this as well.

I've had this hang up for a while, and have resisted cutting off corners
and bits to remain pure.

I still balk at making cuts to give extra flaps, or to cut a deer shape out
of paper and then fold it in half to make the deer, but I'm encouraged that
just because you *can* do it with a square doesn't necessarily follow that
you *should*.

TLDR: Robert Lang says relax. Thank you!

Re: [Origami] Protocol for permission from deceased paperfolders

[Rob Hudson]

Nigel said:
 Regarding Ligiya Montoya copyright. This is more difficult as some of her 
models are in Robert Harbin books..

How does the compensation agreement that Harbin had with Montoya (if any) 
impact future sales of the Harbin works with her models?

That is, if you hold the copyright to publish a deceased author's works, do the 
contributors to that original work effectively forfeit compensation or 
discretion in how their designs are distributed?

I can see how complicated this could get, given that many origami books contain 
models from many designers.

How do you consider publication or distribution (or restriction thereof) of 
Harbin's works with respect to the contributors?

By the way, thank you for giving such a well-informed answer! It's terrific 
that you have developed a system for handling this sort of thing; it's 
refreshing to know there are solutions in place to handle it.

Now I'm off to determine if i can publish a book of Nick Robinson's models as 
my own designs if I change the coloured side on each model to the opposite, and 
claim it's transformational instead of derivative.
-- 
Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

[Origami] Protocol for permission from deceased paperfolders

[Rob Hudson]

I've read the copyright and decorum threads here since I started with the
O-List nearly 20 years ago (God, I'm old!), but I've never gotten a grip on
the protocol and legality of using the models of passed paperfolders (not
necessarily the diagrams; those are a separate copyright issue IIRC).

I know some laws vary by nationality, but there seems to be a general
consensus, at least in our community, that we should voluntarily do certain
things in order to get permission to use a model. Or risk, I assume, the
censure of the origami community?  Lawsuits from the estate?

Does it matter whose models are used?

I'd suppose that selling Yoshizawa butterflies at a museum gift shop
without permission would garner more ire than, say, selling Robert Harbin
Angelfish on Etsy.

Philosophically, once a person has died, and having no direction specified
to next of kin regarding the usage of models and designs, should the
discretion, usage, and ownership (ethically) pass to the next of kin or
legal inheritor of the estate?

If by some horrifying twist of fate, the legacy of Dave Brill is legally
granted to his long-estranged and unknown son, Rob Hudson, should Hudson
now have the right to stick googly eyes on the Brill tree fairies and sell
them for a nickel a piece at a gaudy flea market?

To return to a little more structure, let me use an example.

I want to sell Ligiya Montoya parrots as earrings and include instructions
that I drew with some paper so the buyers could make their own pair.

Ligiya Montoya is deceased.

Should I worry about copyright law on ancient models, and further, how that
law works in her native country, Argentina?  Or internationally?

I *may* be in violation ,but legal consequences are remote. Will the
community censure me?

If I skip the law and try to contact her family or estate for permission,
whom am I satisfying?

Those who consider that once a designer has passed, their work should now
be available to be used, would be okay with it.

Those who believe the rights to intellectual property persist and are
inheritable would be upset if I didn't bother, or inquired, was rejected,
and did what I wanted to anyway.

Who are the moral authorities here? How would the O-List react? How would
the organizations and origami luminaries in a position to influence
perception of folders react?

[Origami] Violation of copyright - this vector art?

[Rob Hudson]

Hi -

Was browsing for origami bunnies and came across a piece of stock/royalty
free vector art that shows origami rabbit models from different designers
(uncredited).

http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-photos-origami-paper-rabbits-collection-detailed-vector-rabbit-image35242108

Is this legal? How does this fall under use?

Rob

Re: [Origami] ADMIN - list mail delivery problems (possibly just for Yahoo users)

[Rob Hudson]

On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 11:30 PM, Anne LaVin anne.la...@gmail.com wrote:

 On 4/13/14, Anne LaVin anne.la...@gmail.com wrote:
  Not certain why (fallout from the Heartbleed bug? something else?) but
  the last two O-list messages, which were both from Yahoo users, caused
  a tremendous number of bounces when the server tried to deliver them.


Just to add on to this - Anne has been very patient with an issue I had
with my Yahoo account getting hacked, resulting in my address book (with
the O-list email address) being stolen. Also, my account sent Spam to
everyone on that list, including the O-List.

Even after I canceled the Yahoo account, the O-List continued to receive
mail from that Yahoo address. Except closer inspection showed that though
the email appeared to come from the Yahoo account, it was actually being
forged (faked) and coming from somewhere else.

The bottom line was - a Yahoo account I closed looked like it was spamming
the O-List, but the mail was being faked.

Yahoo has had a few security breaches, so your account may be unknowingly
sending out mail, or appearing to do so when yo've closed it or changed
your password.  Best advice is to cancel that account.

Anne can share with you how she handled the messages from the account and
flagged them as Spam. That might be helpful for your friends who receive
messages that look like yours.

Is this the swan song for email lists?

Re: [Origami] Older models/first time giveaways?

[Rob Hudson]

On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 7:38 PM, John Scully
jscu...@ohiopaperfolders.comwrote:


 So - If you have pieces you would like to donate to this cause, please
contact me.  We could use duplicates, since we do have multiple display
sets ...

If anyone else has excess pieces they would like to donate, we are happy
to pay shipping.


I replied privately to John to thank him, but wanted to express that this
is a wonderful idea! Either for displays or for giveaways.

Mark Kennedy used to have a box of slightly weathered or mildly mutated
earrings and pins he'd let the kids pick from, gratis, and I always thought
this was a great idea.

Rob

[Origami] Source for Elephant Hide or equivalent in USA, a USA chain, or Central PA?

[Rob Hudson]

Anyone know where I can either get elephant hide from the continental 
USA or what I can use instead to make models like palmer boxes and star 
springs and flashers?


Thanks!

Re: [Origami] Practigami: Neorigami's first printed book

[Rob Hudson]

On 1/1/2014 7:47 PM, Gerardo @neorigami.com wrote:

Rob Hudson mentioned in his last reply that the printed book would be too
expensive for him.

I wanna tell everyone I'm sorry. During this week I've discovered that the
print on demand company I chose offer very abusive shipping costs to other
countries. I had no idea since there's an office in my own city; that was
exactly why I had chosen that company, because having them close gave me
some confidence.



I just want to say a hearty THANK YOU for listening and working with 
your future customers! This is how good things happen. If you're not a 
real editor, you might be something better.


rob

Re: [Origami] Practigami: Neorigami's first printed book

[Rob Hudson]

. Maybe in the future we'll consider
  that option.
That's too bad. Is it about the compensation model for contributors? I'd
assume it's got to be in electronic form for publication.

I'm sorry this is going to be prohibitively expensive for me as a print
book. The internet has been fantastic at cost savings and distribution.

It's funny,I actually saw yesterday on a forum someone agreeing to buy an
ebook instead of pirating a copy.  come on, guys, he says, it's cheap
and all the money goes to the creator.
That's the first time I've ever seen that out in an unmoderated space.

Re: [Origami] Practigami: Neorigami's first printed book

[Rob Hudson]

On 12/25/2013 12:41 AM, Gerardo @neorigami.com wrote:

Oh happy day! You can finally buy Neorigami's printed book: Practigami



Have you considered offering this as an EBook download for purchase in 
addition to the print copy? One of the biggest costs and prohibitions to 
purchasing books comes from dealing with shipping, etc. Origami USA 
seems to be doing a great job with this in diagram/booklet sales (Robert 
- maybe you can comment on how it's going? From a customer's perspective 
it's awesome).


Hope you'll consider that!

Rob

Re: [Origami] Can you identify the author of this flower?

[Rob Hudson]

This is a lovely flower made from the bird base, which is turned into

 a four pointed star. The center is close-squashed, the points are
 blunted and you get the flower.


Hi Leyla (and all),

That flower looks like a sort of modified version of Jim Sakoda's rose.

Re: [Origami] Ethical question for creators/authors

[Rob Hudson]

Let's not be naive in the first place and think that someone who obtain a 
bootlegged copy really intends to pay the author or anybody for that matter!

It happens, maybe not all the time, but aside from someone growing a conscience 
or coming to understand things, I can see a few cases where someone with a 
bootleg might be compelled to pay up.

1. Item isn't available for sale in their area.
2. Shipping costs/trade exclusions prevent physical media from being able to be 
sent. Yes, we do have folks from Iran and other countries that routinely have 
regime madness and US Sanctions imposed.
3. Item may be out of print. I see no reason why one shouldn't contact the 
author if acquiring or having access to an electronic copy. Fair use and 
copyright law are fuzzy on this.

I can see cases and instances listed above being legit. Hypothetically, if I 
found a scanned copy of an out-of-print Randlett book, I'd have no issue 
contacting the author about paying for it. The author would actually make out 
better in this case, since the secondhand/out of print market isn't part of the 
author's revenue stream.
Granted, the absolutely proper way to do this would be to contact the creator, 
the estate, the publisher, ava anyone in the ownership and contract chain, and 
typically try to arrange a new printing. That can work successfully.
I'm wondering what other published origami authors think in these cases. Also, 
what conscientious consumers consider ethical and okay. 



-- 
Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

Re: [Origami] Ethical question for creators/authors

[Rob Hudson]

Robert Lang writes:
I'd say that if you as author made an agreement with your publisher that
you would sell your book and divvy the funds in the ways spelled out in
your contract, and then you went and sold it some other way, that's not
very ethical. YEMV.

This is where I get a little confused over concepts. Let's say you
wrote a book with diagrams for 50 models, and retained the ownership
of the designs. Could you then sell the diagrams for the 50 models to
someone outside of the collection of the book? Or a subset?

When I say could, I'm interested mostly about ethics; values and
practices in our small community are more interesting to me than laws,
particularly from the perspective of creators and publishers.

[Origami] Ethical question for creators/authors

[Rob Hudson]

Authors/Creators:

Let's pretend someone got a hold of a bootlegged, unlicensed ebook of one
of your books (or diagram collections). Assuming the item is available for
sale (but maybe not in this format), would it be acceptable to pay the
author directly for the copy, if that venue of communication were available?

For example - let's say Joe gets a hold of a PDF of Gjerde's book, and
decides to do the right thing. He can either (1) purchase the book through
an official market or venue, or (2) send Gjerde a payment directly for the
full amount.

In this instance, Gjerde is going to get the full purchase price of the
book, whereas otherwise he's going to get whatever he and his publisher
have agreed upon.

The whole argument of supporting the authors seems to lean in a
compelling way towards this scenario.

Thoughts?

[Origami] Map NoteCubes from Viking, CA?

[Rob Hudson]

I bought some notecubes (non-sticky) made from old maps that were 4
square. It's been a few years, and I think I got them from a Canadian
company called Viking. I haven't found them since.

Here's what they look like:

http://www.workingstorage.com/files/map_paper.jpg

[Origami] Request for nice water birds - heron, pelican, ibis

[Rob Hudson]

I'm trying to impress my boss, who likes water birds (pelican, ibis, 
heron, geese). Can someone point me to a nice model or two that looks 
like the subject enough to be recognized by a layperson? It need not be 
complex.


Thanks!

Rob

Re: [Origami] list archives?

[Rob Hudson]

I was just wondering if there might be news about the list archives
coming back online (or maybe I have the wrong link(s))? Anything I/we
can do to help?

Also - is there the possibility of hosting what's currently there in the
interim for people to access and search themselves?

[Origami] RIP Russell Sutherland. Folder, Artist, Friend

[Rob Hudson]

Tonight I am mourning the death of Russell Sutherland, a good friend of
mine since 2003, who died at his computer last night. Russell had struggled
with many, many medical issues, and was in pain and bad shape, limiting the
time he could physically work with his hands to create his origami art.

Russell had a lot against him, from poverty to lost nerves (thoracic), but
always looked forward to a time where he could be an Artist-in-Residence,
doing his origami and sharing the art with others.

Russell was there for me in some very personal struggles, and I helped him
when I could. His conflicts and struggles with others dwarfed mine, but his
were much higher stakes, from fighting for basic finances and living
conditions to struggling to retain his identity as an artist as others
sometimes took credit for the work.

This made Russ exceedingly upset, and, I fear, his outbursts reflected
poorly on him to those who didn't understand the level of his pain and his
convictions and how much he was a part of the work and relationships that
he made.

Regardless, over the past few years, Russell never hesitated to contact me
to see how *I* was doing. In reviewing our conversations and logs, I see so
many times where he was enduring severe pain and life stress, and yet still
produced his art and listened. And despite my own complaining and middling
issues, Russ followed my tiny struggles and always, always opened and
closed our conversations with remember that you can always call me to
talk.

I'll miss you, Russ - wish I'd picked up the phone more and pissed and
moaned less.

Re: [Origami] Legally protecting useful models?

[Rob Hudson]

It seems unlikely Gerardo was expecting legal advice here. That said,

 there is a wealth of copyright knowledge on this list that is useful
 when someone wants general information. Some of us deal with copyright
 on a regular basis.


Actually, it seemed like he was directly seeking legal *options*, as
protection and ownership of the product of a design is a legal issue.
Strangely, the US Copyright office article on useful articles seems to be
pretty clear. I'd think that without any (known to me) legal precedents,
the regulation is pretty much how things work in the US.

If a corporation or business *did* create product from the origami design,
practically speaking, I'd think that Gerardo would then have to muster the
legal resources to do battle. And against a big company, the outcome is
likely to be bad for him.

The other option, though, I'd suggest is public censure and shame. It's
not easy to do, but I've seen a few high-profile cases where such things
got so much Internet publicity that companies backed down. I can't find any
in my notes here now, but I know I've seen them.

What I'd recommend, considering that you want to demonstrate original
authorship (for social and public concerns, not legal), is that you start
posting pictures and information about your model on the web to establish
to the people you've made the design.

Then if your design is used to produce useful articles, you can appeal to
the community and make the purloining company look bad.

Re: [Origami] good kami

[Rob Hudson]

Regarding good kami, I have been very happy with the duo/double color 
stuff I've found at Michael's stores in the USA. It folds well, but of 
course is not white on one side.


Michael's usually has a 40%-50% off coupon weekly, and if you're a 
teacher, you get an additional 15% off. It's a nice way to stock up.


I also see A.C. Moore and Michael's offering sales on sketchbooks. I use 
them for making simple notes and then recycle the pages to make 
envelopes and boxes.


I like the Canson Mixed Media pads - they make very sturdy models.

Rob

Re: [Origami] Who set all these origami definitions and conditions?

[Rob Hudson]

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Chris Lott ch...@chrislott.org wrote:

 On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Jorge E. Jaramillo odrau...@gmail.com
 wrote:
  Lately there's been discussion of some conditions to consider or not
  consider a model this or that. So I ask who set all these definitions?


This reminds me of an article by David Shall in an old issue of the
Origamian, the Friends of the Origami Center (I think) newspaper/letter
from years ago.

David attempted to classify models by difficulty and came up with a system
to do so. It was interesting to compare that against others doing the same
thing.

I don't actually have that issue anymore, but if someone else does, that
would make good reading.

Rob

Re: [Origami] Copyrighted material on a group in FB via the site that it links to.

[Rob Hudson]

So, the call to action is: if you're an origami creator (or you have
permission to represent one in DMCA notices) then take a look at the
list here:



I'd say go a step further and refrain from posting in that group trying 
to argue with people about that sort of thing. Just take a breath and do 
the reporting part.


Never try to teach a troll to behave. It wastes your time, and annoys 
your spouse or loved one.