Re: [Origami] Practigami: Neorigami's first printed book

2014-01-10 Thread Janet Hamilton
I was excited to learn of the availability of of Practigami: Neorigami's first printed book. The price for the book was reasonable under $12. The sticking point was the $96+ shipping cost. The Origami Source contacted Gerardo about carrying this book. Hopefully we will be able to work out

[Origami] Wear-able Origami?!?!

2014-01-10 Thread Caleb Fankhauser
Hey Everybody, My community here in Petersburg, Alaska hold a show/contest each year called the Wearable Art Showcase. I thought I might participate this year by folding an outfit with some large paper. Which then got me thinking of How?!?!  Do you know of any wear-able origami? I am

[Origami] Folders in Hongkong

2014-01-10 Thread Meenakshi Mukerji
Hi I will be in transit in HKG for 8 hours on Jan 15th, arriving around 6 am and leaving around 2 pm.  Any folders based in Hongkong interested in a meet please contact me offline.  I understand that it is a weekday and people have to work. Regards, Meenakshi  

[Origami] Origami sighting -- $ butterflies

2014-01-10 Thread Karen Reeds
In Good Housekeeping magazine - p97-8 and table of contents -- dollar-bill butterflies floating in a jar, to illustrate, Carmen Wong Ulrich, Keep $1000 of Your Cash You can see it online (search on p. 93);

Re: [Origami] Cataloguing origami gift wrapping techniques

2014-01-10 Thread Gerardo @neorigami.com
In her reply Sara Adams related Dennis Walker's technique for wrapping CD cases with the one shown in Eric Kenneway's Complete Origami. Dennis replied confirming this and crediting the creator of the technique as Kunio Ekiguchi. Is Kunio Ekiguchi really the creator of this technique? I don't have

Re: [Origami] Wear-able Origami?!?!

2014-01-10 Thread Diana Lee
Hi, there is a whole pile of origami clothing and fashion here: http://www.origami-resource-center.com/origami-clothing.html They are quite elaborate and will require many hours of folding.  Perhaps you can find an idea which you can simply for your showcase contest. Diana

Re: [Origami] Cataloguing origami gift wrapping techniques

2014-01-10 Thread Dennis Walker
Dennis replied confirming this and crediting the creator of the technique as Kunio Ekiguchi. My mistake, I mis-read the article. There is no creator credited. Kunio Ekiguchi is the author of a book called 'Gift Wrapping' ( ISBN 0870117688) which is quoted in the article, Sorry, Dennis

Re: [Origami] Cataloguing origami gift wrapping techniques

2014-01-10 Thread Claire Landre
Am 10.01.2014 17:35 schrieb Gerardo @neorigami.com : Is Kunio Ekiguchi really the creator of this technique? In Complete Origami, Eric Kenneway provides a quotation of Kunio Ekiguchi from his (Kunio's) book Gift Wrapping (p.7), as an introduction to the entry Wrapping (p.188) The first model

Re: [Origami] Wear-able Origami?!?!

2014-01-10 Thread KDianne Stephens
Hi, there is a whole pile of origami clothing and fashion here: http://www.origami-resource-center.com/origami-clothing.html They are quite elaborate and will require many hours of folding. Perhaps you can find an idea which you can simply for your showcase contest. Diana One might consider

[Origami] News transcript

2014-01-10 Thread Shelley Phillips
Hi~ Wanted to share this news article written about my 87 year old friend, Dorothy (Dottie) Kaplan, in Freehold, NJ. Some of you probably know her, as she's been involved with origami just about her whole adult life!

Re: [Origami] Wear-able Origami?!?!

2014-01-10 Thread Claire Landre
Am 10.01.2014 11:46 schrieb Caleb Fankhauser Do you know of any wear-able origami? I am specifically thinking of a shirt or pants that can actually be worn. Though not exactly pants or shirt, Joan Sallas has a great book on Hats (in German and Spanish, I do not know about a version in English).