Re: [Origami] The Twisted Tale of Origami v. Sarah Morris

2013-05-31 Thread adigging
- Original Message - Just to be clear, I (Chris Lott) said this. Sorry about the wrong attribution, I only remembered one response to Lang's original email. Tom

Re: [Origami] The Twisted Tale of Origami v. Sarah Morris

2013-05-31 Thread adigging
- Original Message - Chris Lotte wrote: I'm guessing this is probably not a good forum for this to turn into a debate, so I'll just note without detail that I don't think Morris was confused at all... and I don't think the intentionality of the pattern or its essential-ness to the mo

[Origami] ebooks

2013-05-29 Thread adigging
I recieved a IPAD Mini for my birthday and downloaded the Kindle app. When perusing Amazon to see what origami books were available for Kindle I noticed something when I clicked on "See Inside" to look at the books more closely. None of the books had a visual index of the models (some did have t

Re: [Origami] The Twisted Tale of Origami v. Sarah Morris

2013-05-29 Thread adigging
Scott Cramer wrote: "While the article has some unnecessary snark, it's not unreasonable to expect this column/section to take the stance it does...and reasonable people can certainly disagree about the state of copyright, Fair Use, and artistic appropriation/remix/etc/ without loving origami

Re: [Origami] Dimensions of big papers? (correction)

2013-02-25 Thread adigging
Wrapping paper routinely comes in 30 inches wide. Oops! Forgot about wrapping paper. I don't usually use it. Sorry. Tom

Re: [Origami] Dimensions of big papers?

2013-02-25 Thread adigging
I want to know if this paper size exists in the countries where each of you live, ok? Can you easily find ordinary paper with those dimensions where you live? And do they sell even bigger papers in those same stores? The largest kami I have seen for sale in the US is 35 by 35 cm. (about 14 by

Re: [Origami] origami lamp diagrams

2013-02-01 Thread adigging
Does anyone know if there are diagrams for this--or very similar to this--lamp? http://www.etsy.com/listing/115509205/large-faceted-pendant-light-white-folded I don't know about diagrams but I think I can partially reverse engineer the lamps. The large faceted pedant lamp seems to be made

Re: [Origami] would lyou consider scoring the paper "cheating"?

2013-01-16 Thread adigging
Question for the origami community: Would you consider scoring the paper "cheating" - like using scissors, tape and/or glue? I 'd rather avoid the additional complication of scoring but that is just a personal preference. I can think of only two remotely reasonable arguments against scoring

Re: [Origami] The other side of illegal books/copyright discussion

2012-10-03 Thread adigging
- Original Message - >This is not supported by any data available. Everyone agrees that all those >industries are very much alive and kicking. Check the links I provided >earlier.< Sorry, I was not implying that the business are going away, only that the web has forced these busine

Re: [Origami] The other side of illegal books/copyright discussion

2012-10-02 Thread adigging
It appears that the origami world is being effected by the WWWeb revolution that has up ended the music and film industry and is currently upending the publishing industry. As a fledgling(and as of yet unpublished) writer I have been learning what I can about the publishing industry and perhaps