Re: [Origami] Pentagon Question?
Dear Origami Friends, Has anybody seen an explanation for why folding a chop-sticks wrapper into an over-hand knot Makes a perfect pentagon (as in Martha Stewart's pentagon Ribbon Star)? It must have something to do with two parallel lines. Also: Leyla's video for Christine's Advent Wreath is wonderful! Thank you - Leyla Christine! Sue Neff OCoP (Origami Club of Pittsburgh)
Re: [Origami] Diagram announcement
I am happy to let you know that my latest single sheet design, Kusumita, is now in Origami USA diagram downloads: http://origamiusa.org/catalog/products/kusumita-pdf Please also find more photos here (first two rows): http://www.origamee.net/creation/onesheet/index.html Forgot to mention that the design has many many other possibilities. Please look here for additional ideas: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmukhopadhyay/8560972870/ Regards, Meenakshi
Re: [Origami] Pentagon Question?
On Mar 15, 2013 6:09 AM, sue neff neffsens...@comcast.net wrote: Dear Origami Friends, Has anybody seen an explanation for why folding a chop-sticks wrapper into an over-hand knot Makes a perfect pentagon (as in Martha Stewart's pentagon Ribbon Star)? It must have something to do with two parallel lines. Also: Leyla's video for Christine's Advent Wreath is wonderful! Thank you - Leyla Christine! Sue Neff OCoP (Origami Club of Pittsburgh) I think this happens because the procedure for tying the knot is similar geometrically to drawing a star (think about a line drawn don the center of the paper). As a result, all the angles that are formed when you flatten it are the same, and since the width of the paper strip is constant, you get a regular pentagon. Hope this helps, Gareth
[Origami] Origami sighting -- NY Times Magazine
New York Times Magazine The Allergy Buster Can a Radical New Treatment Save Children With Severe Food Allergies? By MELANIE THERNSTROM Published: March 7, 2013 ...p 50 At one of Jack’s many long appointments, I asked him what it was like to have allergies. He looked down, his long lashes brushing his cheek. “It’s hard,” he said. I watched his tawny arm, graceful as a ballet dancer’s, as he folded the wings of an origami swan he was making. “I don’t really like being EpiPenned.” A silence fell. His mother’s face sank into shadows. He has an unusually sweet and patient disposition; he would sit in the hospital bed without complaint, hour after hour, doing origami, puzzles and workbooks. But I recalled the day I saw him have an anaphylactic reaction during an updose and how agonized Justine was. Please note: new email for Karen Reeds karenmre...@gmail.com
Re: [Origami] Pentagon Question?
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 8:34 AM, sue neff neffsens...@comcast.net wrote: Dear Origami Friends, Has anybody seen an explanation for why folding a chop-sticks wrapper into an over-hand knot Makes a perfect pentagon (as in Martha Stewart's pentagon Ribbon Star)? This is a good example for the geometry class/exercise. I am sure there are many ways to explain. The following link (the first photo) is my take: https://plus.google.com/photos/116713643662343446157/albums/5493407396840195089 Sy Chen
Re: [Origami] Pentagon Question?
On 03/15/2013 10:54 AM, Gareth Chen wrote: On Mar 15, 2013 6:09 AM, sue neffneffsens...@comcast.net wrote: Dear Origami Friends, Has anybody seen an explanation for why folding a chop-sticks wrapper into an over-hand knot Makes a perfect pentagon I think this happens because the procedure for tying the knot is similar geometrically to drawing a star (think about a line drawn don the center of the paper). As a result, all the angles that are formed when you flatten it are the same, and since the width of the paper strip is constant, you get a regular pentagon. Hope this helps, Gareth There's a nice discussion of this in Tom Hull's delightful Project Origami. Well worth reading!
