From the opening screen of the PBS/SBS Documentary Uranium -Twisting The
Dragon’s Tail
see it here www.orifun.weebly.com
Orifun to all,
Dianne
Dear folding friends
Well the time has come to start planning for our ascent to Origami Heaven.
OH15 promises to be a super exciting folding retreat for all our Origami
friends and enthusiasts. OH15 is scheduled for Oct 30-Nov 1 at the Hilton
Garden Inn at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook,
In the July 23 Globe and Mail in the Life and Arts: Home and Design section
page L3 there is a short blurb on origami style lamps.
Web site: http://www.alongcamethefold.com/
HI ALL,
Welcome to Origami Peace Tree 2015
http://www.peacetree.info [1] [1 [2]]
Dates:
September 1, 2015 to September 13, 2015
Location:
City Exhibition Hall, Novorossiysk, Russia
Description:
The 17th Origami Peace Tree festival is dedicated to the 70th
anniversaries of the
I thought that this is another good story of Origami in DNA research
Better method for building with DNA
By Jonathan Webb
Science reporter, BBC News
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33628183
Also in Me, Earl and the Dying Girl there is a shot of Traditional Origami
Thai
This short film was selected for the 2015 Seattle International Film Festival
Three Minute Masterpiece contest. The film maker, Alexander Lu is a freshman at
NYU.
https://vimeo.com/126644358 https://vimeo.com/126644358
cheers,
ray t
Hi fellow folders,
I am attempting to put together a list of origami books. Not just any origami
book list, but a list of books that show off the wonder of origami. These would
be mostly books from origami exhibitions. There have been a few lately. I
started a list, but could use your help. The
Dear Elizabeth,
Sorry for the late reply! I am AMAZED at your efforts to write this
program
for the printer paper crease patterns for the Curlicue. ...
However, I should say that I strongly believe that the best Curlicue
results are achieved using one continuous strip. I really recommend
This looks
very much like the “Simple $ Fish
by Joshua Koppel”
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11426805/scaffold/scaf07.pdf
The folding sequence starts off a little different, but the ideas are the same.
Thank you and have a great day!
SVBE(si vales, bene est)
The early
(Posting for Yahoo user Jason Quattrini qua...@yahoo.com, please reply to
the list or to him, not to me!)
I was just sent this link to an origami plant pot that starts out small and
changes shape to grow with the plant as it gets bigger. Pretty neat!
Well, the interweb monster swallowed up the body of my email yesterday, so
here goes with a different mail client:
Going to the library and picking up my copy of the latest Robert B Parker's
Spenser novel, Kickback by Ace Atkins, I was pleasantly surprised to see a
slightly bloodied
Hello there, greetings from Puerto Rico.
I usually don't share my workshops (I'm giving origami workshops since
2014), but I think this is a special occasion. I want to give thanks to all
the kids and adults that went to the origami workshop in 4th of July. More
than 60 people learned how to make
Another origami sighting from the world of J-drama, courtesy of my husband.
A Japanese airline company uses a paper-airplane flying contest as a way to
weed out potential employees. Very funny! (Paper airplanes also figure in
show's opening/closing trailers.)
Miss Pilot, episode 1, about 20
From last Monday's Rubes:
http://havepaperwilltravel.blogspot.com/2015/07/sunday-funnies_5.html
michael
http://havepaperwilltravel.blogspot.com
Hi everyone,
I hope
everyone who went to convention is ready
to teach the rest of us everything they learned.
Please come
to our next meeting which will be held on Saturday, July 11, starting at 1:15
PM at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters Library at 125 Symmes Rd. in
Manalapan, NJ.
HEY GUYS,
This are pictures of a shop window in Bogota, Colombia. Its from a store
for certain household goods: towels, pillows, photo frames, etc.
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please reply to the list or to the author, not to me!)
On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 11:49 PM, John Scully jscu...@ohiopaperfolders.com
wrote:
The project is simple to explain: We are working to raise $53,000 to
provide 100 origami
My husband spotted this. It's a hoot! The link has English sub-titles.
The unhappy hospital's name is Dougami Hospital. Is there a Japanese pun
lurking there?
“Doctors 3, the ultimate surgeon, episode 4.
(see http://asianwiki.com/DOCTORS_3:_The_Ultimate_Surgeon )
origami starts at about 4 min
We are doing pretty well so far with our fund raiser to provide origami books
and paper to children’s hospitals across the US, but we need your help!
The project is simple to explain: We are working to raise $53,000 to provide
100 origami books and 100 packages of paper to all 192 children’s
Dear Ori'lers,
I've just shaken off the last of my jet lag after returning from the
excellent Origami Bogota convention which was held 2 weeks ago, where I was
privileged to be the special guest.
This was a delightful event, well organised by the local group Amigos
Plegadores (
Here is a link to a brief article and video describing and illustrating an
origami robot designed and fabricated by a research group at MIT.
http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/centimeter-long-origami-robot-0612
Andy Buechele
Hi Everyone,
My name is Shannon and I am the president of the Bowling Green (Ohio, USA)
Curling Club (the Olympic sport played on ice with rocks and brooms). We
have almost 100 curlers who play in leagues every week, and we also host
regular events for members of the public to learn to curl. We
Thanks for sharing this Jorge, looked like a nice montage. Is that Brill's
elephant next to Koh's giraffe?
--
xda
I guess it is.
I want to take this oportunity to remind people that exhibit their models,
to use little cards to label them, as a sign of respect for the creator of
the model,
Forwarding for Yahoo user Diana Lee boostdi...@yahoo.com, please reply to
the list or directly to Diana, not to me:
Hi, can anyone help this individual in making a tessellation based origami
jewelry box:
--
I'm looking for someone to help in a jewelry box project
I spotted a mention of origami in a posting on a history of the book
listserve [SHARP-L] tthat prompted a bit of historical research.
Peter D Verheyen mentioned origami in his posting (see below) about Ruth
Zechlin's Soldaten Werkbuch für Freizeit und Genesung (2nd ed., Otto
Maier, Ravensburg
Shin Minhye Lee Soo Yeun Lee Ping Rong Studio Workshop (25
people maximum) Origami Therapy Association would like to introduce the
benefits of learning and folding origami. Origami has educational and
therapeutic values. We believe the best way to be acquainted with Origami
is to experience it. We
I saw this TV show--The Red Band Society-- a while ago, but just realized I
could email this list about it.
The main character is a boy in a coma whose father makes him an origami
dinosaur. Does anyone know how to fold it or where I can get instructions?
Dear Folders,
We invite you to take part in the Origami Peace Tree 2015 festival.
http://www.peacetree.info/opt_2015.php [1]
21ST CENTURY - IT'S TIME FOR WORLD PEACE! LET US LIVE IN PEACE ON EARTH!
We sincerely hope and believe the World Origami Peace Trees Project will
reach your hearts
About an hour into the movie Tomorrowland, two children are seen playing
with a cootie catcher. I wish the rest of the movie had been that
exciting.
Scott
Thus spake Paper Dragon paperdra...@rcn.com on 5/21/15 9:56 AM:
Just saw this story on the BBC. It is a standard story of Sadako...
snip
Origami birds from Belfast will be included in the Hiroshima Peace
Memorial Ceremony in Japan on 6 August.
It is the first time a Belfast community group has
Just saw this story on the BBC. It is a standard story of Sadako...
Hiroshima memorial ceremony will include Belfast origami sculptures
By Audrey Watson
BBC News NI
May 21, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-32810705
Origami birds from Belfast will be included in the
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On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Jorge E. Jaramillo odrau...@gmail.com
wrote:
...For this year someone proposed to do an
exhibition showing different ages of origami with models that were
representative somehow of one era
Most common practical models and their purposes?
Hi Gerado
You forgot the traditional medicine/seed package that is extensively
used in Japan where medicines are traditionally taken in powder form,
so each dose comes wrapped in a simple origami fold. I'm sure others
Hi everyone,
Sorry for
the late notice. I’ve been under the weather, but am recovering now.
Please come
to our next meeting which will be held on Saturday, May 2, starting at 1:15 PM
at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters Library at 125 Symmes Rd. in
Manalapan, NJ.
Please come and
21ST CENTURY - IT'S TIME FOR WORLD PEACE! LET US LIVE IN PEACE ON EARTH!
DEAR FRIENDS OF THE PLANET ORIGAMI!
WE AND OUR NUMEROUS FRIENDS FROM THE WORLD ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE THE
15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORIGAMI PEACE TREE PROJECT IN 2015.
WE ARE HAPPY TO INVITE YOU TO TAKE PART IN THE
On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 2:57 PM, kdiannesteph...@gmail.com wrote:
On 23 April 2015 at 19:29, Paul Hanson paulhanson...@btinternet.com
wrote:
Origami Live Ask the team - Is origami an art or craft?
Generally, art is expressive, capturing movement, energy, spirit etc. of
an object/idea.
Greetings from Zagreb!
In the March 2015 Croatian edition of the the highly popular women's
lifestyle magazine Sensa themed Mind and Body, origami was presented on six
pages. On the cover page it was highlighted as a meditation of patience and
creativity.
A translation of the article, published
Hi Everyone,
The first in series of videos asking controversial questions about origami.
Origami Live Ask the team - Is origami an art or craft?
https://youtu.be/NUiTgNl6I8Y
Thanks to all the members who contributed.
Paul Hanson
BOS Videos
Ohio Paper Folders has launched a gofundme campaign to raise money to
provide origami books and paper to children's hospitals all over North
America. Each hospital will receive twenty-five each of four different 44
page 6x9 inch full color origami books and 100 50-sheet packages of origami
paper,
Hi guys,
I just visited the site Origami University but it's down. Does anyone know
something about that? I tried to contact it's administrator through the
site's email address but since the site is down, the email address isn't
working either.
Do any of you know him; I only know his name is
Just returned from a Seattle game shop where I picked up a new game (2014)
called MANIFOLD - The Origami Mind Bender. (Amazon link below) Years ago a
member had designed and shared this type of topological folding
puzzle/brain teaser for everyone to print and play. It comes with a pad of
paper
Surprised to see this kind of stunt by an insurance company...
Hundreds of origami dogs made out of U.K. banknotes were randomly placed in
the streets of London this week as part of a campaign to show how the
average person overpays on their life insurance.
The stunt was carried out by online
On Sun, Mar 29, 2015, at 11:53 AM, Anne LaVin wrote:
The image appears with the online version of the review, here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/29/books/review/the-folded-clock-by-heidi-julavits.html
(Which should be publicly readable. I do not have a subscription, and I
can
open
But I find myself wondering what the drawing *means*... does the drawing
represent a specific element of the book? Reading the review, some of the
other illustrations appear to refer to specific incidents, but there's no
mention of the fortune teller. Looked at one way, the drawing is of course
But I find myself wondering what the drawing *means*... does the drawing
represent a specific element of the book?
the drawing may be referring to the changing fortunes of time that would
be seen in a diary -
but, like so much in art...the creator so often allows for meaning to be
what it is
Hi all,
I am not sure if this was mentioned earlier, but I recently saw some great ads
for Google Maps. The origami is by Joseph Wu and design by design firm Bakken
Design.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/22469697/Google-Origami-(2-of-3)
Very cool Joseph :-)
Cheers,
Brian K. Webb
Check out the cover of The New Yorker, available now in digital format, on
your newstands soon, or at the website: newyorker.com.
... Jan Polish
Just heard this segment on the Brian Lehrer Show, WHYNC (93.9 FM. Lots of
fun!
http://www.wnyc.org/story/truth-and-nothing-lies/
The broadcast hould be archived shortly so you can listen on-line here:
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2015/mar/
Karen
karenmre...@gmail.com 3/12/2015
Karen
Dear friends,
I'd like to share my latest blog post and video featuring a shamrock
of my own design.
How to Make an Origami Shamrock –It's a dish too!
http://www.origamispirit.com/2015/03/origami-shamrock/
. . . . . . . . . .
-Spanish/Espannol-
• Aprende a hacer un trebol en origami
Perusing the latest Sporcle trivia questions - this one caught my eye.
http://www.sporcle.com/games/gris379/folded-into-life-some-more
Dee
Hi folks:
Assia Brill and I have started an online origami knitting club that meets
on Skype once a month. Assia is an extremely accomplished knitter, having
knit for 50-years. My knitting career is about 11-months. We have had a
hoot so far but would enjoy some more participants.
PM me if
I learned about this from the artist Mia Pearlman, who does amazing things
with cut paper. Wish I could go!
http://thepaperfair.com/(see especially works by Doug Beuble and by Mia
Pearlman
More from/about
http://miapearlman.com/EMAILS/Spring_2015_email.html
Karen
karenmre...@gmail.com
Here's a batch of references to origami and unexpected uses of paper that
have caught my eye recently.
Karen 3/1/205
=
Origami as metaphor -- Sunday 3/1/2015 New York Times Book Review, p 11,
in review by Rich Benjamin of a satirical novel, Welcome to Braggsville, by
T.
I
hope everyone was able to stay warm during this crazy cold weather. Now that
March is almost here, perhaps it will be at least a little warmer.
Our
next meeting will be held on March 7, 2015 at the Monmouth County Library
Headquarters at 125 Symmes Road in Manalapan, NJ. It will be held in
Dear friends,
I'd like to share the link to a new post and a video to make an origami
cross designed by Matthew Green. This is the first variation of two that
will be presented in Origami Spirit.
In addition to the video, I made a mandala-like printable design to make
this cross. You are welcome
Hey folders,
I have designed a yoda with big eyes and big head. I got inspired by the
cartoon eyes Fernando Gilgado uses for his great models.
I have uploaded a tutorial for this yoda design.
Part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyw9qLusTb4
Part 2:
I found this mural in Bogota. It was longer but I was only able to take
this two photos from the bus : )
https://scontent-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/q84/p417x417/10955670_1038644492818195_9167940251632230164_o.jpg
Forwarding for AOL user dermothaye...@aol.com:
Book - Origami Zoo - Robert Lang and Stephen Weiss, Pages 104 to 109. Steps
29 -30 - the Eagles tail.
The photo in the book is angled from the front, hiding a clear view of the
tail.
Request - If anyone completed the Golden Eagle by Robert Lang,
Hello ALL,
We are happy to announce our new paper book – ORIGAMI ROMANTIC HEARTS:
Lovely Designs for Lovely Moments! T
his book is a new and improved edition of our ‘Romantic Origami’ eBook.
And now the paperback book is available on Amazon.com and Amazon Europe
The latest issue of the newsletter from Wolfram Research (the folks who,
among lots of other cool math-y things, bring us Mathematica and Mathworld [
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/]) has a link to an article in their
community website with instructions for building two polyhedra from
origami:
Hi folding friends,
ORIGAMI SIGHTING!!! The D'Amour Museum of Fine Art in Springfield, MA is
hosting an exhibit above the fold: New Expressions in Origami. It runs
January 20 to April 12, 2015. It features 9 origami artists internationally.
Learn more at
Forwarded from my daughter in Boston:
Subject: TALK: Saturday 01-17-2015 The master of paper crumpling: talk
workshop
The master of paper crumpling: talk workshop
Speaker: Vincent Floderer
Speaker Affiliation: CRIMP (Center for Research on Interdisciplinary Modelling
with Paperfolding)
Forwarding for Yahoo user Gilad Aharoni gahar...@yahoo.com:
Lorenzo asked:
is there a good origami book database online,
working and almost complete (or growing)?
I have recently made my personal origami database available here:
http://www.giladorigami.com/origami-database.html
This has been
I find Gilad Ahroni's website really good for finding out what's in a book.
http://www.giladorigami.com/
I don't think you can update it though. It's not an open database.
Winnie
Hello,
Thought some folks might enjoy reading the following article:
https://cosmosmagazine.com/physical-sciences/origami-and-laws-physics
Happy Holidays!
Patsy
Have a great
holiday, whichever one you are celebrating.
When you
have recovered, please come to our next meeting which will be held on January
3, starting at 1:15 PM at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters Library at
125
Symmes Rd. in Manalapan, NJ.
Please come and join us. We enjoy
I hasten to share this while there's still time before the 12 days of
Christmas. It's a beautiful model and very well explained through the
pictures/video.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Christmas-Tree-Napkin-Fold/
I'd add this suggestion: For the steps where you have to flip the
Among the people who answered the question, What's the nicest thing anyone
has ever done for you, which posted on the Quora blog, Bianca N. Diesel
http://www.quora.com/Bianca-N-Diesel, MHCL Nurse VA Hospital Cincinnati,
told a good origami story. The link to all the answers is here -- just
search
Does anyone know the source of this design? I've created some
(preliminary) diagrams that I want to share but want to make sure I give
the proper attribution if the creator is known.
-- JC
I do not know the source, however, many diagrams have been around for over 20
years.
So functional and
Like others who replied to JC Nolan's question, I've been using and
teaching the simple, 1-cut pamphlet for so long that I have no idea where I
first learned it, let alone who created this brilliant model.
For a children's book festival in 2009, I made hand-drawn diagrams for the
booklet and
Hey All,
I was at a local Book Arts show the other day and the program that
they were handing out was so cleaver and simple, with a few folds and
one strategic cut you can create a multi-page book out of a single sheet
of legal-sized paper which when unfolded shows the map of the show on
the
On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 1:30 PM, JC Nolan j...@origamigeeks.com wrote:
Does anyone know the source of this design?
I've seen this in various bookbinding books over the last decade. I used
this fold for the conference program for an International Open Education
conference 5 years or so ago.
c
On Dec 14, 2014, at 5:36 PM, Chris Lott ch...@chrislott.org wrote:
On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 1:30 PM, JC Nolan j...@origamigeeks.com wrote:
Does anyone know the source of this design?
I've seen this in various bookbinding books over the last decade. I used
this fold for the conference
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 6:22 PM, kdiannesteph...@gmail.com wrote:
I noticed the OUSA folks in the video made no mention of the many
OUSA members/volunteers behind them. Very nice of Jennifer to acknowledge
the members presence and support to the organization.
Hi Dianne,
I just wanted to let
The link below will take you to in interview with Brian Trease, a mechanical
engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and give you an interesting
account of some real engineering challenges that are being aided by using
origami techniques.
Forwarding for Yahoo user Diana Lee boostdi...@yahoo.com:
Hello Everyone,
it is that time of year again! 2015 Origami calendars! I've generated a
few of them but they are not all available yet. So far we have 2015
templates for:
Hexagonal Twist Box Pen Holder Calendar (Jeremy Shafer et al)
Back in 2001, I had attended an NOA and a JOAS convention. After the JOAS
convention, Yamaguchi-san had organized a bus trip to tour the country side.
The first stop was a village where they made handmade paper. The Japan Times
had a story about such a site getting UNESCO Heritage
Hello,
here is my last origami publications by sell, from my origami library.
thank you,
lorenzo
http://www.ebay.it/sch/Libri-e-Riviste-/267/m.html?_ssn=bidlory
OSN
1989 #1-5 OSN Magazines (Origami Societeit Nederland) - 5... (271675475508)
1990 #1-6 OSN Magazines (Origami Societeit Nederland)
I bought a sheet of aluminium for embossing. It's thicker than aluminium
foil for the kitchen. Who of you have tried origami with these sheets
before?
1. What tips can you give me when working with it?
Try adding heat to minimize shear stress at junctions with multiple crease
intersections. Wear
A lovely gift – to give anytime...to view visit
www.orifun.weebly.com
Check out the crane display at Hartford Seminary.
http://www.hartsem.edu/2014/11/origami-crane-display-for-world-peace-day-transforms-lobby/
Tom Sullivan
Missy Meyer Holiday Doodles:
http://www.gocomics.com/holiday-doodles/2014/11/11
Michael
http://havepaperwilltravel.blogspot.com/
An origami dollar elephant is mentioned several times in Jodi Picoult's newest
book, Leaving Time.
Leslie
Sent from my iPad
On Nov 11, 2014, at 10:20 AM, Mark Bolitho mboli...@creaselightning.co.uk
wrote:
I have found it for sale in a few shops in
London where it had moved from the practical art section (thanks
Foyles) to the Interior design department.
I preordered your book from amazon in the US last
11/9/2014
I apologize for posting this again, but I hope someone who missed it before
might be willing to help out.
Thank you!
Karen
cc: Renee Fertig
==
Hi, New Jersey area folders!11/6/2014
I just got a request for an origami volunteer teacher for a short session
at a branch library
Dear friends,
I just made a video showcasing the participants and announcing the
winners of the Day of the Dead contest organized through my website,
Origami Spirit.
This is the link: http://youtu.be/3X53wyiGnyI
Why do you want to watch this video?
- If you participated, you will see your
In case this hasnt been discussed yet: I just discovered a swag of papers (some
funded by the NSF):
http://iopscience.iop.org/0964-1726/23/9
Some great stuff, though you will need a university login of sorts to access
the papers, so for those of you in study of origami for the purposes of
An article in New Scientist reports of folding origami from gold sheets that
are nano-particle thick, with eerie effects.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429931.900-gold-origami-exerts-strange-power-over-light.html?cmpid=RSS7CNSNS7C2012-GLOBAL7Conline-news#.VFIrLda6DRw
On that note,
Happy Halloween everyone. I
hope everybody got lots of treats and no tricks.
The next meeting will be held on November 8, from 1:15 to 4:30PM at the
Monmouth County Library Headquarters Library at 125 Symmes Rd. in Manalapan,
NJ.
Please come and join us. We enjoy having you. The more the
John Montroll has a book called Horses In Origami which is an entire book on
origami horses. He was the editor of the book and there are diagrams by him as
well as other folders.
Speaking of Montroll and his book of horses
http://havepaperwilltravel.blogspot.com/2014/02/year-of-folded-horse.html
michael
http://havepaperwilltravel.blogspot.com/
The heart of origami - This is an interesting debate, particularly the issue of
folding a design over and over again.
I do wonder if there is a cultural 'divide' here that has been overlooked.
Traditionally Western artists are admired for their variety of work. However,
in many Eastern
Hi Folding Friends,
I am introducing my beautiful 2015 PRO: Paintings Representing Origami
Calendar Kickstarter project. The project is already successful with the
first backer covering the entire goal project! Nonetheless, I want to reward
you and make more origami projects take place in the
Dear friends,
Mark Kennedy wrote:
Just a side note: [...] we had a small origami gathering
at our house. Two of the more popular models were the Day of the Dead Skull
from the video on Leyla Torres's Orgami Spirit website
and the Momotani Skull from an old NOA magazine that it was based upon.
The National Science Foundation's Science Nation videos did a feature on the
project I work on at Brigham Young University with professors Larry Howell
and Spencer Magleby (and some very talented grad students and undergrads):
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/index.jsp
First off, I had not folded the your Day of the Dead Skull. I was teaching
another model at the time. I was able to see some of the opening folds and the
finished model. There is no similarity in the folding sequence. Your model has
an nose hole which Momotani only suggests.
You can find
Hello,
I'd like to celebrate my estimated 25,000 books sold landmark by making my
Origami My Heart instruction video available to all. The number includes
the sale of all 5 of my titles over 7 years from the release of my first
one. While it's not a large number, it's not too shabby for origami
As for the video, it's my first one. It's not the best but quite
workable as my video specialist friends
Sara Adams and Evan Zodl have told me!
I am very sorry I forgot to mention Leyla Torres' name. She too gave me
similar feedback.
Meenakshi
_
Wearable art is great fun to me, and the focus of my recent works. You can see
a photo of my
Origami “Fascinator” at www.orifun.weebly.com
OriFUN to all,
Dianne
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