Re: [Origami] What's the right term?

2014-10-05 Thread Anne LaVin
Forwarding for yahoo user roman diaz Robert J. Lang wrote: >>> So, here's the place where I throw it open to the list (or at least, those who have waded through this long posting): what do you think we should use as a short, ideally single-word descriptor, of the object and the person, and why?

Re: [Origami] What's the right term?

2014-10-05 Thread Lisa
>But that now raises the question of what we call the other half of the creative act: what word do we use for the physical artwork, and what do we call the person who folds it? I want to clarify something I have felt as a truth for some time - the difference between craft and art: CRAFT is the pro

[Origami] WOD Origami Exhibit at Bronx Community College

2014-10-05 Thread miz
Greetings Fellow Folders, For the month of October, at the library of Bronx Community College, I with my colleagues were able to put together a small exhibition of Origami from generous loans of OMG-NYC members. If you happen to be in the area of the Bronx, and want to see this showcase, please st

Re: [Origami] What's the right term?

2014-10-05 Thread Curtis Fugate
Interesting topic! In many of my readings I have been partial to created term of "origamist" for describing both the, to use use a construction analogy, architect and constructor. I believe that origami is a unique enough art to require its own word (and hey, why not? :) For those asking to diff