Re: [Origami] Sighting: On Paper, the book [SPOILER ALERT]

2014-01-28 Thread Robert J. Lang
Thus spake "Michila Caldera" on 1/28/14 11:06 AM: >Just read this capsule review in "The New Yorker" of 11nov13: "On >Paper" by Nicholas A Basbanes. This buoyant, encyclopedic history >celebrates paper in all its forms. > He profiles librarians, an origami master [I wonder who?] Spoiler alert:

[Origami] Sighting: On Paper, the book

2014-01-28 Thread Michila Caldera
Just read this capsule review in "The New Yorker" of 11nov13: "On Paper" by Nicholas A Basbanes. This buoyant, encyclopedic history celebrates paper in all its forms. Basbanes, a former investigative journalist, goes to China, where paper was invented, two thousand years ago, and to Japan, to see

[Origami] Candy Box or Sewing Case; was: to tuck in your letters

2014-01-28 Thread Michila Caldera
On 27 Jan, Rosemary Browne wrote: Here is a link to a wonderful model: Traditional Japanese sewing case or tato... - This model is diagrammed in "Chinese Paper Folding For Beginners" by Maying Soong (Dover edition 2001. First published in 1948 as "The Art of Chinese Paper Folding for Young an