Re: [Origami] Subject: finding an explanation for not liking golden ventures

2022-02-23 Thread Kate Honeyman
 On Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 7:13 PM Clare wrote: > Re: finding an explanation for not liking golden ventures (Laura R) > > On Feb 22, 2022, at 7:29 PM, Paul Vincent wrote: > > I wouldn?t say I dislike the technique, as such, but I have an idea why I > have no interest in it. It occurs to me that

[Origami] Subject: finding an explanation for not liking golden ventures

2022-02-23 Thread Clare
Re: finding an explanation for not liking golden ventures (Laura R) On Feb 22, 2022, at 7:29 PM, Paul Vincent wrote: I wouldn?t say I dislike the technique, as such, but I have an idea why I have no interest in it. It occurs to me that each unit is directly analogous to a Lego brick, and in the

[Origami] An Important Golden Venture Story

2022-02-23 Thread Dawn Tucker via Origami
I'm not a GV fan myself. I think it probably is the texture and holes, the "wicker" look. But who's to say it's inferior to more traditional origami? I appreciate the opinions expressed by members of the this group, which were well thought out, and fair. Several years ago, when I led a

Re: [Origami] finding an explanation for not liking golden ventures

2022-02-23 Thread Tung Ken Lam via Origami
Hi, Kunihiko Kasahara made animals from Sonobe units in "Origami for the Coinnosseur". Although I didn't make these animals (a horse and bird), this book and Kasahara's "Origami Omnibus" were key for me starting modular origami (the other main impetus was Francis Ow's series in "British

Re: [Origami] finding an explanation for not liking golden ventures

2022-02-23 Thread Laura R
Thanks, Paul. Your analogy with Lego has helped me understand my problem with GVs more clearly. The GV modules are not being used like, say, Sonobe’s modules to create abstract forms. They are being used for animals or other forms of life. And this is where GV collides with the realm of true