Dear o-list readers!
I think this is the first time I am really writing here. I was a bit scared
before because so many great designers/creators/artists/folders are here...
But I am reading eagerly for more than a year. Before I didn't know that it
exists! What, I admit, is quite strange :)
I
Just spotted inthe window of Satellite Academy high school NYC. Anyone want to
claim credit as folder/displayer of these modular polyhedra?
Karen
Karen reeds, co-ringleader
Princeton public library origami group
Sent from my iPhone
karenmre...@gmail.com
Hi all,
I've corresponded a bit with a cosmologist, Mark Neyrinck, who studies how
galaxies and space-time evolve on the large scales of the universe, and he
has noted some similarities between the rules of origami and how space-time
evolves (spoiler alert: it folds). Recently he sent me a
I see Wired is running a story on origami inspired
Umbrellas:
http://www.wired.com/2014/10/origami-umbrella-support-skeleton/?mbid=social_twitter#slide-id-1597323
regards
Peter Whitehouse*http://www.wonko.info*some assembly required
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Friends
I'm not in the habit of promoting products, but this one's pretty cool. It's an
Origami Wine Tote bag that collapses along pre-set creases when you twist it
to save space. Here's a video showing how it collapses:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU7BqJGKQr0
It's designed by a company
Hello folding friends-
Things are shaping up beautifully for Origami Heaven 2014. It wasn't long
ago, we weren't even sure we would be able to have this event! So we truly
feel fortunate and grateful to everyone who will be attending our event.
That being said, the option for angel pass will go
Origami Heaven is not even a month away, so the early registration option
will go away in 2 days.
The angel pass option is also only available for 2 more weeks. It is the
best value, as it includes attendance for all days as well as the banquet
and World Origami days luncheon along with the t
Another practical and cool application of
origami:http://www.fastcoexist.com/3035799/this-origami-inspired-office-design-expands-contracts-and-changes-its-shape?utm_source=mailchimputm_medium=emailutm_campaign=fast-company-daily-newsletterposition=3partner=newsletter
Joel
Oru Kayaks,
I heard that they handle well . I wonder if they are repairable.
Lauri
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1975288517/oru-kayak-the-origami-folding-boat
Hello folding friends-
In a week the option to register early will end for Origami Heaven. This
means a 10$ late fee will be added to the price of your registration.
We are very excited to have you come visit us and expect to have a grand
time folding, making memories, sharing ideas and of course
*JOHN,*
You had once replied my question about grammar and traditional models.
Thanks for that.
You mentioned I should only worry about traditional model names, capital
letters, and italics in an academic paper, right? I wanted to ask you, in
that case -using formal English- what is best way
Louise and Miranda talked about porcelain rests with the form of an origami
model, like the crane. Thanks, wow at least since the 60s porcelain origami
rests have existed! I'm now particularly interested in the practice of
folding our own origami chopstick rests using the chopsticks' wrapper.
I was just curious...
1. How old are the first origami chopstick rests? Did they exist before the
mass production of disposable chopsticks in wrappers?
2. Where did they FIRST come from: Japan, Vietnam, China, a totally
different country like maybe USA...?
3. Is there some sort of story behind
Gererdo asked...
How common are they nowadays
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In answer to question 4very common in retail.
Asian stores in Northern California (San Francisco and north) carry them
as a regular item. For decades the country of origin was Japan. In the
past 3-5 years, the country of origin is China.
Dear folding friends-
We are very excited as we are in full swing with preparation for a
spooktacularly wonderful Origami Heaven! The angel pass (Early bird) option
is only available until Oct 15. So please register asap. The angel pass is
an amazing value as it includes both the Saturday night
In the September 2014 issue of MAGIC magazine on page 65 is an origami dollar
bill magic trick by Blake Vogt.
EFFECT: The magician borrows a spectator’s dollar bill. He folds it into a
simple small rectangle.. Then it instantly changes into an origami shirt that
can be handed out.
cheers,
Went to recent concert where this music group from Japan called Imeruat
performed. The name Imeruat is Ainu for “lightning.” They performed this piece
called “Battaki”(“grasshopper” in Ainu) with the following origami grasshopper
video presentation. Mina, the singer and musician, plays some
Hello All,
Origami Starry Revolution full of innovative action origami has started!
Wanted to share our great news from Oriland - we released 'Origami
Starry Revolution' - a new book in the Action Origami series!
The book shows how to fold astonishing origami designs out of simple
modules.
Enjoy this free open courseware offering from MIT
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-849-geometric-folding-algorithms-linkages-origami-polyhedra-fall-2012/index.htm
Orifun to all,
Dianne
For back to school:
http://havepaperwilltravel.blogspot.com/2014/08/sunday-funnies.html
Michael
http://havepaperwilltravel.blogspot.com/
A friend sent me this link to a cartoonist site. It mixes origami and
publishers rejections.
Two Guys and Guy - Beauty of Failure http://www.twogag.com/archives/2935
Enjoy,
Mark
Long Island Folding Enthusiasts are excited to announce that we are almost
ready to welcome you to register for our fall event. In honor of World
Origami Days we are having our celebration at the Hilton Hotel on the
campus of Stony Brook University. We've created a special Angel Pass for
Do you have any pix of pieces folded with your special recipe? Would love
to see the difference between the polymer clay model and others!
Mary Ellen from AZ
Pictures of two models done in the clay medium, for which the recipe is
posted, are now at www.orifun.weebly.com
OriFUN to all,
Dianne
I have successfully used the following recipe for forming Origami models:
3 pieces of torn stale white bread – crust removed
3 tablespoons PVC glue
1/2 teaspoon glycerin
Process:
1. Knead with lightly coated glycerin hands.
The mixture will be extremely sticky for about 3 minutes. The clay
Computer rendering of some simple birds as well as a sort of sonobe ball:
http://pragprog.com/book/cjclojure/mastering-clojure-macros
Bigger image: http://imagery.pragprog.com/products/395/cjclojure.jpg
On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:49 PM, kdiannesteph...@gmail.com wrote:
I have successfully used the following recipe for forming Origami models:
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I have used Sculpey polymer clay, however, it is very difficult to work it
into vey thin
Do you have any pix of pieces folded with your special recipe? Would love
to see the difference between the polymer clay model and others!
Mary Ellen from AZ
I do not have any pix of Origami folded with this clay. As I never have
bread in my house, I must get some...will make something soon
Scott Bedrick bed...@yahoo.com asked:
I am interested in attempting to cast Origami modes in porcelain...
I know that there are people out there that do this and I am wondering
if anyone on the list has information on how this can be done and the
materials involved.
Hi,
I
Enjoy this great story and video about using origami to design self-folding
robots.http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/08/science/a-self-folding-robot-inspired-by-origami.html?mabReward=RI%3A5
Joel
An article in the preeminent international science journal Science (OK, we
science types don't dub so creatively) with our own Erik Demaine:
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/345/6197/644.abstract
From: Weinstein, Michael weinstein...@osu.edu
An article in the preeminent international science journal Science (OK, we
science types don't dub so creatively) with our own Erik Demaine:
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/345/6197/644.abstract
Thanks for posting this Michael. I'd heard this on
If anyone happens to be around Ohio and want to see some great origami, then
check this out.
http://www.chillicothegazette.com/story/news/local/2014/08/05/pump-house-offers-reception-thursday-latest-exhibit/13650151/
There are works by Todd Lenz, Jake Schenthal, Jon Tucker, Jeanine Moseley, Faye
On 01-08-2014 22:30, origami-requ...@lists.digitalorigami.com wrote:
I have uploaded a new wet folding tutorial for my A glance into heaven
design.
While folding with wet paper I turn it around permanentely to have my
fingers on the right place.
So it's a bit difficult to show it in a video.
From: Evan Zodl ezorig...@comcast.net
Subject: [Origami] Surface to Structure - Exhibition Photos
To: Origami Mailing List origami@lists.digitalorigami.com
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Hi all,
I recently re-designed
Ran Wrote:
These are some of the most amazing pictures I've ever seen. I am absolutely
blown away by the intricate geometric design and beautiful craftsmanship.
While shopping at Pippi's Longstockings Sock Store in Fort Bragg,
(Mendocino County) California, I noticed socks with an origami crane
motif in red, orange and pink on a black background.
zowee !!!
The socks are made in France by Ozone Design Inc. www.ozonesocks.com
The design was also
Cute...enjoy!!
https://www.amazon.com/Kindle-eBooks/b/ref=gsd_ku_lp?_encoding=UTF8ie=UTF8node=9578129011pfShowFeatures=ref_=gsd_ku_lp
OriFUN to all,
Dianne
I had been away on vacation and a friend sent me this link. I read other comics
on this site.
I hope that you all enjoy it. It is a bit dated (July 18, 2014). I had to wait
to post it until I was that no body else had posted the link.
Mark Kennedy
WuMo by Wulff Morgenthaler
July
Bonjour!
I am currently traveling in Paris and looking to meet other French folders.
I know there is a meeting this Saturday at the MFPP and I am planning to go
there to fold and also to meet other folders. If you live in paris, I would
love to meet you and do some folding. I have made some
Origami Europe is now available through Amazon CreateSpace.
Colour edition : http://a-fwd.com/asin=1497584663
Black and White version: http://a-fwd.com/asin=1499298315
The 326 page book features more than 60 models from fifteen countries
including, Great Britain, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Convention is over and I hope that those of you who went
brought back ots of fun stories and folds.
The next meeting will
be held on July 12, 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 having
Just came across this today. This is pretty neat, and seems environmentally
friendly too
http://gizmodo.com/an-origami-razor-uses-the-power-of-paper-cuts-to-shave-1588015794
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Ada
www.origamipapermonster.com
After retuning home from the MFPP convention in France last night, I got these
links from an SF Friend.
The first is story on the Origami Exhibition at Cooper's Union. IT can be
viewed during the OUSA Convention.
The second is a story of the Origami Nerds at MIT celebrating Thanksgiving
Hi,
A mention to origami in today's Dilbert comic strip:
http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/30/24/64/6376762/3/628x471.jpg
Enjoy,
Marcela Brinawww.artisbellus.com
On 02-06-2014 22:30, origami-requ...@lists.digitalorigami.com wrote:
Hi, can anyone recommend a source of specific origami paper colors? I'm
looking for standard 15 cm paper in certain color ranges to finish out a
mobile. Thought I found a source online but now I can't find the page.
thanks!
Hello fellow origami enthusiasts,
I am curating an exhibition of origami artwork titled Surface to Structure:
Folded Forms (you might already be aware of this). To cover exhibition
expenses, I am raising money through Indiegogo. There are only 2 days left
until the end of the *Surface to
Hello ALL,
Our ORIGAMI FANCY ORiGANIZERS book goes literally paper!
We are happy to announce that we just published this book in paperback
format.
ORIGAMI FANCY ORiGANIZERS: Fun and Practical Paper Designs
Paperback, Full color, 50 pages
ISBN-10: 1499636512
ISBN-13: 978-1499636512
Check it
Origami inspired logo
see it at http://orifun.weebly.com/
OriFUN to all,
Dianne
I have gotten these off some private e-mails referrals. I think that the
Geometric Currency Sculptures are standard origami models - some I can credit
to specific folders, some are traditional - there are no credits given - I
think that there are copy right issues. The first picture is Tom
On page 41 in the May 2014 edition of Wired, there is a short article:
Origami in Space.
It mentions the prototype by Shannon Zirbel from BYU.
Happy National Sea Monkey Day (USA) – May 16th
see Origami Sea Monkey model here http://orifun.weebly.com/
OriFUN to all,
Dianne
Robert
Chavehttp://www.linkedin.com/e/v2?e=2y4xx-hv1xbaft-5it=gdetracking=eml-b2_group_digest-grouppost-name-0ek=b2_anet_digestli=3itemID=5870915893663383554anetID=76493itemType=member
Designer
Developer of Precision
On Fri, May 9, 2014, at 08:37 AM, Mary Ann Scheblein-Dawson wrote:
Has anyone done or does anyone know of an English translation for the NOA
publication (translated title off the internet image) Origami Through the
Classics by Satoshi Takagi?
It's a treasure trove of origami history but
Hi Folding Friends,
My Solo Origami Art Exhibition campaign is coming to a close. I must thank
those who sponsored the project, Rachel, Terri, Mike and others. It has been
a long ride and has given me hope as a struggling artist.
The site is fun with website links under my biography and 3
Hey everyone,
I made an origami hand, which maybe you all might think is pretty neat.
And the creasepattern is there too. Why not try it out, on this lazy
Sunday afternoon?
Check it out on
Facebook: facebook.com/sethfriedmanorigami
Twitter: twitter.com/friedmanorigami
Instagram:
In a 2008 episode of CBSs Criminal Minds, The Angel Maker, has an
origami reference. Not in a good way, unfortunately. The killer folds
origami animals out of old cigarette wrappers. Anyone know who might
have created those cigarette wrapper models?
Thanks
Vishakha
NYC
It is in some ways a standard article...
Difference Maker: Sue DiCicco helps children make and share peace cranes
The Peace Crane Project is an invitation to kids everywhere to write a poem or
message – or draw or paint a picture – of peace. Then they fold it into an
origami crane and
This book may indeed have origami in it, but you wouldn't know it from the
pages shown in the picture accompanying the article.
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Rare-book-art-origami/story-21020469-detail/story.html
Tangrams, anyone?
Scott
Origami Birds recognizing National Stress Awareness Month (USA) – April
see the flock at www.orifun.weebly.com
Orifun to all,
Dianne
kdiannesteph...@gmail.com
Hello Fellow Folders.
A friend of mine who is in college at USC is doing an origami paper related
survey on our preferences and also buying habits regarding origami paper.
Its only a text based survey and doesn't include images of the paper
products, but most of you will probably know what
Hi Everyone:
Karen Reeds wrote:
Not a lot of origami, but the whole event sounds like a lot of fun, and the
gardens should be beautiful!
Karen 4/22/2014
Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com
==
http://www.bbg.org/visit/event/sakura_matsuri_2014
Sakura Matsuri weekend
Not a lot of origami, but the whole event sounds like a lot of fun, and the
gardens should be beautiful!
Karen 4/22/2014
Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com
==
http://www.bbg.org/visit/event/sakura_matsuri_2014
Sakura Matsuri weekend
Saturday, April 26–Sunday, April 27 | 10 a.m.–6
On 18/04/14 17.47, John Scully wrote:
Dianne wrote:
One square no cuts no glue seems to be the traditional definition of
Origami someone decided upon at some point in time.
I have not read no tools...but always made the assumption no tools were to
be used.
As far as I know, those rules were
Origami NBC Logo - can be seen at
www.orifun.weebly.com
OriFUN to all,
Dianne
Vishwas Deval wrote
I some time wonder why do we spend so much time and effort to create a
certain division or finding a certain point using folding only. For me
main pleasure of Origami is in creating some thing nice or graceful from
paper using folding only. In the process if I need to use
Thus spake KDianne Stephens kdiannesteph...@gmail.com on 4/18/14 5:39
AM:
Vishwas Deval wrote
I some time wonder why do we spend so much time and effort to create a
certain division or finding a certain point using folding only...
One square no cuts no glue seems to be the traditional
Dianne wrote:
One square no cuts no glue seems to be the traditional definition of
Origami someone decided upon at some point in time.
I have not read no tools...but always made the assumption no tools were to
be used.
As far as I know, those rules were applied some time in the mid-twentieth
Hello All,
My partner Ioana and I put together a quick video for a simple crocus stem
design to help welcome in the springtime. (which has yet to arrive here in
Minnesota...)
Fond wishes for warmer weather prompted us to fold paper flowers in lieu of the
real ones this chilly april.
Video
Greetings Everyone,
I'm sending this e-mail again. For some reason the body of my
original message was not included.
This e-mail is for any origami artists/folders leaving near or in the Boston
area.
The event is this coming Saturday in Cambridge, hours are 11:00am to 4:00pm
folding
If you're in NYC right now, get your game on looking for some Easter eggs about
town. I found two origami-design eggs...
For photos of the NYC Faberge Easter Egg Hunt 2014, check out this album...
http://flic.kr/s/aHsjWTARGR
For more info about the Faberge Egg Hunt, check out this site...
Hello ALL,
We are on a great publication wave in Oriland and have more news to share.
One more of our books, ORIGAMI KUSUDAMA GARDEN, was just published in
the paperback edition and is up on Amazon.com and Amazon Europe!
Origami Kusudama Garden
ISBN-10: 1497476372
ISBN-13: 978-1497476370
84
Stanford University assistant professor and bioengineer Manu Prakash has
created a microscope out of what is basically layered cardstock and a
micro-lens. The “Foldscope” is made from around 50 cents in materials, and is
meant to provide a new tool in diagnosing cases of malaria. Prakash
May 1st is the deadline for nominations for the Ranana Benjamin teaching
award and the Florence Temko Lone Folder Award. Info is on the OUSA
website at: https://origamiusa.org/awards.
You can send nominations directly to me or through the OUSA website.
Our committee looks for worthy people to
On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 10:38 PM, Thomas adigg...@comcast.net wrote:
An exhibition of origami tesselations with photography paper which was
then exposed and developed in Manchester CT..
For those who aren't aware, this is the culmination of a successful
origami-related Kickstarter project to
OPB did a little piece on me and my dollar origami -
http://www.opb.org/artsandlife/article/janessa-munts-dollar-bill-origami/
Janessa
May have been mentioned - I am behind in my reading, but Facebook has a
Capital One ad this evening with a Dollar Bill High Heel.
Way cool! Whose is it?
Dee
To add to earlier postings about Sipho Mabona's lifesize origami White
Elephant:
The website Global Museum, http://www.globalmuseum.org/ ,which sends out
weekly alerts to interesting museum exhibitions, news, scandals, just
included an item on the project at KKLB (Kunst und Kulturzentrum
Upon further sleuthing, appears to be Season 2, episode 5:
At Merci Beaucoup Cakes Marc takes an order for an origami crane wedding
cake. His first challenge is to talk the couple out of their original
design. Then he must create a white chocolate crane. This is a real test
of his artistic
Is this the episode in question:
http://happysugarbakingland.typepad.com/happy-sugar-baking-land/2009/07/origami-wedding-cake.html
Dated 2009.
michael
http://havepaperwilltravel.blogspot.com/
I can't believe it.I just finished watching a TV show on the BIO cable
channel called AMAZING WEDDING CAKES. A man wanted an origami crane for
their wedding cake. The chef pulled it off with a big crane with silver
patterned finish. It was incredible. Hope some of you are able to pull up
I just ran across this..
Brought Into the Fold of Robert Lang’s Origami
by Janine Boylan on March 17, 2014
http://www.oh-i-see.com/blog/2014/03/17/brought-into-the-fold-of-robert-langs-origami/
Hello ALL,
Good news for those of you who do prefer paper books – our Origami Mini
Library book is on Amazon.com and Amazon Europe now!
Origami Mini Library: Bookbinding With Folds Alone
ISBN-10: 1496195388
ISBN-13: 978-1496195388
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1496195388
This book will show you
A sweet piece of graphic artwork featuring Origami
See it posted at www.orifun.weebly.com
I read the weekend edition of Epoch News, and to my surprise I saw a model
from last year's OUSA exhibition. The article is not origami related, but a
bit of surprise on my part.
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/549945-the-dominant-faith-in-the-world-today-materialism-2/
-Linda
Twitter @animemiz
Vishakha said:
a friend forwarded this link to me. it's a gif of a flexagon. the revealed
faces with every turn is the cool part. i'm not sure whose handiwork this
is but it's well done.
here's the link...
I know this as a square flexagon. Don't know the author. Various
flexagons can be found in Esther K Smith's book Magic Books and Paper
Toys and Cherryl Moote's book Slight of Binding. Trying to figure out
text and images on these will keep the brain busy for a while.
Marsha DuPre
On Tue,
http://www.ted.com/talks/manu_prakash_a_50_cent_microscope_that_folds_like_origami?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2014-03-08utm_campaign=newsletter_weeklyutm_medium=emailutm_content=talk_of_the_week_button
Hello All,
We are excited to share our great news - we just published our newest
book in paperback format and it's already up on Amazon.com and Amazon
Europe!
Origami Shadowbox Frames: Original Approach to Display Your Art
ISBN-10: 1495431436
ISBN-13: 978-1495431432
I recently watched Spike Jonze's movie HER
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_%28film%29] and it was great. What caught my
attention too was the set and clothes design, which has lots of color blocking
and simplicity too. The protagonist is Theodore Twombly (actor Joaquin Phoenix)
and above his
On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 7:29 PM, KDianne Stephens
kdiannesteph...@gmail.comwrote:
I have been blind to it all these years...today I noticed the Chase logo
!
see it here www.orifun.weebly.com
It is also the natural product of 4 dogbone business card units.
A very nice Origami-inspired candle design - which apparently floats! :
http://modernhouseinsight.com/cute-floating-candle-inspired-from-origami-boat-2012-07-08
Dear friends,
I'd like to share my two recent posts to Origami Spirit.
One is a delightful bunny, designed by David Donahue.
This is perfect to hold an Easter egg!
http://www.origamispirit.com/2014/02/make-an-origami-rabbit/
The other is a photo frame with decorative hearts on the corners. This
Here is a picture of my new model, an Origami “Slinky” – inspired by A. Brill’s
“Curlicue”.
www.orifun.weebly.com
OriFUN to all,
Dianne
You can get candles that look like origami boats and ones that looks like
Pajarita:
http://www.origami-resource-center.com/origami-blog-2014.html
Diana
--
http://www.origami-resource-center.com/
http://make-origami.com/
I have been “blind” to it all these years...today I noticed the Chase logo !
see it here www.orifun.weebly.com
Orifun to all,
Dianne
From: KDianne Stephens kdiannesteph...@gmail.com
I have been “blind” to it all these years...today I noticed the Chase logo !
see it here www.orifun.weebly.com
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Along this line of blind to, earlier today I noticed that the icons for
'send'
I was at the Metropolitan Opera last night - Massenet's Werther with Jonas
Kaufman - and was shocked to see origami!
There's a scene where the heroine's sister is trying to cheer her up, and talks
about how happiness is like a little bird with wings (very much paraphrased -
and the opera's in
I have twenty-one Origami USA Convention books from the years 1984 - 2004 that
I reluctantly have to sell because I am moving across country and cannot take
with me. I believe 1984 was the first year these came out (please correct me if
I am wrong). I would like to sell the lot as a whole. If
This has certainly been a tough year for weather. Hopefully the weather will
be good for our next meeting.
The next meeting will be held on March 1, 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
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