Re: [Origami] The heart of origami

Ronald Koh wrote: The question to you, David is, exactly what do you consider to be the 'heart of what origami is', and 'what origami actually is'? Yes, those are interesting questions ... and not really questions with answers that can be fully explored in a brief email, I'm afraid. But if I

Re: [Origami] The heart of origami

In response to Joel there is also this on the net about Tolstoy and cockerels: The pianist Alexander Gol'denveizer recorded this episode from 1896: Once I met Lev Nikolaevich [Tolstoy] in the street. He again asked me to walk with him. We were somewhere near the Novinsky Boulevard, and Lev

Re: [Origami] The heart of origami

Thus sprach Robert Lang For myself, one of the things I love about origami is its diversity, and I judge different works by different standards. A simple Robinson fold, an elegant Montroll design, a supercomplex Kamiya artwork: these are all beautiful examples of origami, and I can't imagine

Re: [Origami] Creator of this modular model?

gera...@neorigami.com asked about the original creator of the six waterbomb octahedron. I have researched this and can confirm that as far as is known it was first discovered by Robert E Neale in about 1965. Kunihiko Kasahara discovered it for himself shortly thereafter but I understand that he

Re: [Origami] The heart of origami

Ronald Koh ron...@singnet.com.sg wrote: Perhaps if your father had not stepped in as your retoucher and left the job to you, your views would have been markedly different from those of us who were left to our own devices. A quick clarification. My father was a retoucher (of colour film

Re: [Origami] Not origami, but an interesting use of paper

Scott Cramer wrote: A functional footbridge, made of paper. No folding necessary! http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/05/paperbridge-a-load-bearing-arch-of-pa per-sheets-spans-an-english-creek/ I don't know if it's art, but I like it. This was built very close to where I live in the English

[Origami] 3 unit triangular bipyramid

Michila Caldera chilag...@gmail.com asked: Do you know what she called it back in 1967? I'd like to use that name since it's the first reference I know of. No specific name is given in the Origamian. It is just identified as a hexahedron. I feel we should call it Molly Kahn's Hexahedron ...

Re: [Origami] 3 unit triangular bipyramid

Richard Kennedy wrote: Tom Hull (in his book Project Origami, Activity 14, p. 139-151) states that the creator is Molly Kahn, but doesn't appear to give a creation date, or where diagrams first appeared. Yes, this is Molly Kahn's Hexahedron. It has been published many times ... among others in

Re: [Origami] The name of the Kawasaki Rose?

Gerardo gera...@neorigami.com wrote: I don't think that happens in such a way with many other models even if they have generic names We already have, for instance, Molly Kahn's Hexahedron, Paul Jackson's Cube, Neale's Octahedron, Joisel's Rat and many more ... but I agree that it is pretty

Re: [Origami] Question: Which Came first?

Joseph Wu qu...@origami.as said: Paper airplanes were known as paper darts long before airplanes were invented. Is it possible to post details of the evidence for this? Thanks Dave

Re: [Origami] Question: Which Came first?

Joan Sallas sal...@gmx.net wrote: The model Wurfpfeil (dart to throw) was published in Hermann Wagner's Book Illustrirtes Spielbuch f?r Knaben (Leipzig: Otto Spamer, 1864. 1st edition, page 283 Thank you. I take it this is the earliest publication that we know of ... in Europe at least. If so

Re: [Origami] Question: Which Came first?

Joan Sallas sal...@gmx.net wrote: Is not a though, but a documented evidence that 1721 children threw paper trough the high windows in the school Paedagogium Regium in Halle/Saale (Germany), where the foldig art was teached as recreation. Yes, I understand. So it is possible (perhaps even

Re: [Origami] Flat rectangular models with color change?

"Gerardo @neorigami.com" wrote: >Thanks to David's message, I was able to find a wonderful article of his authorship I had once read and enjoyed ver much! Design Styles Overview: http://origamiheaven.com/designstylesoverview.htm In the article David calls this style

Re: [Origami] Flat rectangular models with color change?

Hans was kind enough to mention my book Origami Alfresco in connection with this thread. Although he is correct that >Dave Mitchell calls it ... sketching without pen or ink that idea came from the late Eric Kenneway who, I believe, called it 'drawing with paper' ...

Re: [Origami] Origami used by psychologists and model

Gerardo asked: >So what do you think? In an example like the one I explained would it be unethical for the psychologist to use the model without asking Mr. Ecija? >Would it not be? Please let me know your thoughts through the list or by sending me a message to

[Origami] Studio update and Artist question

Seth wrote: >Wiring and/or gluing, acid free paper etc. are definitely necessary for long living origami works. Can I offer you another perspective? Acid free paper is paper so folding it is, of course, paperfolding. However, supporting an origami structure with

Re: [Origami] Studio update and Artist question

"Robert J. Lang" said: >Another For some display artworks, I will glue wires inside the folds, striving to tuck them far enough inside that they're not visible. The wire then takes the strains of gravity that would have been borne by the paper, and prevents long-term

Re: [Origami] Designer of "equilateral sonob?" with 1:sqrt(3)

I have just added some quick diagrams for the basic forms of both the Abe and Terada modules to my website (filed under A) at http://www.origamiheaven.com/modulardesignsindex.htm, something I have been meaning to do for a long time now. Dave

Re: [Origami] Designer of "equilateral sonob?" with 1:sqrt(3)

joseignacio.r...@ehu.eus asked: >I want to know who is the author of a unit which I have known for years as a "classic". >It is a modular unit similar to Sonobe's unit, but with equilateral triangles. >The version I am asking about starts with a 1:sqrt(3) rectangle (bronze rectangle). It is

Re: [Origami] Flexagon based puzzles

Just a quick toot to say that I am trying to add more diagrams for this type of puzzle to my Puzzles page at http://www.origamiheaven.com/puzzles.htm So far I have added diagrams for Robert E Neale's Sheep and Goats and my own Night and Day (both derived from the same flexagon) and for my

Re: [Origami] Another Bob Neale puzzle!

Bob Neale has very kindly allowed me to draw diagrams for another of his amazing transformation puzzles. This one is called Trading Places and you can find diagrams for it at http://www.origamiheaven.com/puzzles.htm. The puzzle dates back to the 1990s but has not been formally published before.

Re: [Origami] UNHCR video - origami in a Syrian refugee camp

Came back from holiday to find a message from UNHCR with a link to this video about origami in a Syrian refugee camp. I don't recall it being shared before ... but apologies if it has! http://www.unhcr.org/news/stories/2017/4/58ede8b54/origami-helps-syrian-refu gee-shape-new-life-exile.html?

Re: [Origami] Robert Neale puzzle - Three in a Row

It is not often you have the joy of revealing a never before published design by Robert Neale ... but here's one. Diagrams for his Three in a Row puzzle can now be found at http://www.origamiheaven.com/puzzles.htm. Diagrams for the solution will be released next week. My grateful thanks to

Re: [Origami] Robert Neale puzzle - Three in a Row

Anne LaVin wrote: >...in the instructions you forgot to mention that the resulting flat strip has one of each color *on both sides*! At least, my solution does. Not sure if it's the only solution, maybe there are others? This is true ... and true for all solutions ... but

Re: [Origami] About Leo Tolstoy and the Flapping Bird

Some information that was new to me ... and so may also be new to some of you ... As those of you who are interested in paperfolding history will know there are several independent records of Leo Tolstoy folding 'paper cockerels'. One example is given by Misha Litvinov and Sergei Mamin in their

Re: [Origami] The history of paper planes

For a long time I have wanted to put together a page of references on this subject. You can find my first effort at http://www.origamiheaven.com/historyofpaperplanes.htm I would be grateful to be pointed at any further definitive references or for any clarifications folk may be able to offer.

Re: [Origami] Updates to Origami Heaven

Just to let you know that I have added diagrams and solution diagrams for another new folding puzzle - 5 in a Row - which is a development of Robert E Neale's 3 in a Row at http://www.origamiheaven.com/puzzles.htm I have also added two new history pages - about Troublewit and the parlour game of

Re: [Origami] New modular cubes?

Sy Chen wrote: >My friend, Jim Weir and I recently tossed around the idea of teaching simple modular design for a local event. We came up with a few simple ideas for cubes. Some of them >are very simple. Do you know if someone else had created it before? No 1 looks familiar but I think only

Re: [Origami] Folding 1000 Cranes

I have just been looking at what I can find out about the history of the Tsuru ... lot's obviously! ... but I am left with a question which I hope someone will be able to answer. It is not clear to me when the now established tradition of folding 1000 cranes and/or stringing them together arose.

Re: [Origami] Design contract available - URGENT!

I am working on a book for a UK packager and need some help from someone who is good at designing simple basic figures of cartoon-like characters. The characters will be folded from printed templates so that all that is required is that the basic shape of the character ... face, body, ears, feet

[Origami] Is this a variation?

Gerardo wrote: >what makes a variation precisely a variation? I doubt there is any possibility of a precise answer. However, I always like to make a distinction between a variation and a development, a variation being a small change, such as opening a flap to create a colour change, which does

Re: [Origami] History of the Chinese Junk

I have added a page to my site gathering together all the information I can find about the history of the Chinese Junk http://www.origamiheaven.com/historyofchinesejunk.htm If you know of any other early publications of, or references to this design, or can add more substance to any of the

Re: [Origami] Meditations on a Waterbomb

I have added, with permission, the full text of Kenneth Kawamura's 1977 booklet Geometrical Compound Origami or Meditations on a Waterbomb to my site at http://www.origamiheaven.com/historyindex.htm This documents the modular discoveries of Kenneth and Joe Power during the early 1970s. The

Re: [Origami] On the subject of what constitutes origami

Dawn Tucker wrote: >My question is this: Who decided (and when) that cutting and gluing keeps a folded piece from being called origami? As always it is helpful to look at what David Lister wrote on this subject. See his article 'To glue or not to glue' in the Lister List

Re: [Origami] Origami Heaven updates

Just to let you know that I have revised the Family Tree of Origami page on my site which offers an analysis of origami into categories by the intention of the designer, folder or performer. This revision was long overdue since I wrote the original page in the late 1990s. You can find it at

Re: [Origami] Butterfly Ball

Diana Lee wrote: >I thought the Butterfly Ball was by Kenneth Kawamura Yes, it is. His original diagrams were published in 1977 in his Meditations on a Waterbomb. In that ms the name is given as the Harlequin Ball. If you are interested you can find the ms in full here

Re: [Origami] What's the name of this model and who's the creator?

"Gerardo @neorigami.com" wrote: >Here's a fold:https://scontent-mia3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/24909648_1963815606967741 _4223276213998355150_n.jpg?oh=ccdad667a4fb7a03f7f12da38be6847b=5AD583D8 >It's way similar to Kenneth Kawamura's "Butterfly Ball" but it's folded from six

Re: [Origami] cuboctahedron from 2x1

I wrote: "This is Paul Jackson's Cuboctahedron. Originally folded from a square which was cupboard folded to make a 2x1 rectangle, I believe." Rona Gurkewitz wrote: >I discovered this model too when I was making models from cupboard door folds, like my simple accordion

Re: [Origami] Venus Butterfly?

Anthromom wrote: >How many of these off-color (!) books are there? I hear there's an excellent book 'Rudegami' by some guy calling himself Oliver Zachary. Is that one of those you found? Dave

Re: [Origami] Variations on a classic

Dawn Tucker wrote: >I'm looking for inflatable variations on the water bomb model. I have the >rabbit, goldfish, stellated octahedron, chick, and snail with water bomb >shell. (Jeremy Shafer's heart model inflates, but has a different folding >sequence.) I know I've seen at least one other,

[Origami] FW: Tsutsumi from 1697

As some of you may know I have a section on my website devoted to origami history (http://www.origamiheaven.com/historyindex.htm) which contains pages in which I try to gather together what is known about certain topics or designs. I do this for my own enlightenment ... but the results are

Re: [Origami] Origami Sighting - Lexus Comercial

From: Robert Lang indited: >In 1509, Luca Pacioli and Leonardo da Vinci put together a book, "La Divina >Proportione," in which they introduced the concept of erecting a pyramid on >each face of a >polyhedron (which is what is effectively happening in a Sonobe >solid)

[Origami] Why did origami become popular in the 1980s ?

Wolf Weidner said: >I looked up origami, and found in various > languages, that the rise of the term "origami" began in the 1980s [1] > Does anyone have an idea why that is? This seems a difficult question to answer. And very different from the question 'Why did

Re: [Origami] Swallow paper airplane?

Gerardo @neorigami.com" asks: >Hi everyone.I know the following paper airplane from a long time ago: >http://www.origami-instructions.com/swallow-paper-airplane.html >1. The site calls it "swallow paper airplane". Do you know the model by any >other name? I want to look for other instructions

Re: [Origami] Albrecht Durer polyhedron in Melencolia I

Scott Cramer wrote: >According to http://mathworld.wolfram.com/DuerersSolid.html , the model is a >truncated triangular trapezohedron I'm not convinced. I think it is a partially truncated cube but that the perspective of the drawing is imperfect. Melancholia I was after all engraved in

Re: [Origami] Posting publicly a variation of a figurative model?

"Gerardo @neorigami.com" wrote: >A friend of mine proposed me to make a variation of Kunihiko Kasahara's "Lady >of Fashion". I accepted and have thought of two variations. I already have one >ready and I even took a picture. I'm still >working on the second one. >One question: Is asking the

Re: [Origami] . Paperfolding in Mad Magazine

Thank you for your replies. I have added the information into the page. I thought it might also be a good idea to put up some information about the extraordinary itinerant entertainer who was Giuseppe Baggi ... so I have! See http://www.origamiheaven.com/historygiuseppebaggi.htm if you are

[Origami] Paperfolding in Mad Magazine

I have added a new page to the history section of my Origami Heaven website about paperfolding in Mad magazine in the 1960's - see http://www.origamiheaven.com/historymadmagazine.htm The series of subscriptions adverts featuring origami by Giuseppi Baggi that ran from April 1967 to September

Re: [Origami] From whom to obtain permissions for Sonobe Unit and

"J. Hacherl" wrote: >I understand that the Sonobe Unit and Cube was developed by Mitsunobu Sonobe, >Toshie Takahama, and possibly others? I'm not sure who claims to have actually designed the unit or cube model, although it does carry Sonobe's name? Yes, Mitsunobu Sonobe designed both the

Re: [Origami] From whom to obtain permissions for Sonobe Unit

"J. Hacherl" wrote: >Understanding that you do not have his current contact info, did you ever need >to ask permissions from Mr. Sonobe in the past? Yes ... a long time ago. His response was very positive. >I'm not the copyright police Nor I the copyright arbiter. >I also notice that you

Re: [Origami] Paperfolding History

particularly like to hear from you if you know of any major sources I have overlooked or if you have documentary evidence that any of the designs are older than my notes suggest. (Yes, I know they will be older ... but I am looking for the evidence that proves this is the case.) Enjoy ... David

Re: [Origami] Jane Austen and Origami?

Dawn Tucker wrote: >I came across this quotation in a book of (author) Jane Austen's letters ... I hadn't heard of this letter before so I looked it up. I find it was written to her sister Cassandra on Monday 24th October 1808 and contains two references to paper ships: 'We do not want

[Origami] A8 not A6

Kathy Stevick I would like to know about models that can be folded from A8. What you can fold from A8 depends on the thickness of your paper ... Are you sure it's A8 ... that is really tiny! I have a page on my site www.origamiheaven.com/silverrectangles.htm that shows some of the modular

Re: [Origami] Hyperbolic Parabaloids

gera...@neorigami.com wrote: >I understand those are "Hyperbolic Paraboloids", created by Eric Demain. Is >that correct? No, it isn't. There is a photo of one in the book 'Bauhaus: Weimar, Dessau, Berlin, Chicago' by Hans M. Wingler, MIT Press, 1969 and 1978, which shows a number of folded

Re: [Origami] Did these models already existed?

wrote: >Can you please tell me if this modular cube with corner pockets already >existed? >https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kfZUZ_C3cp7Pe43KRfPeYXF1VKgMvXfAxlkUWwIjFEKH62lk8C3plQ02gOF23CYYMakPNqYJTEefquIgu5wpUnJ2vSU0mXi5MKLUnmOcSgr4QkiB8pm1PchtM-fLeXiuedgmKtIZew=w2400 >It has six modules in

Re: [Origami] The Making of Abd-El-Krim

I recently came across a reference to an article about paperfolding in the February 1928 issue of Popular Mechanics magazine (in a post on the Didactics and Research of Folding site by Oschene). The first design explained in this article is 'The Making of Abd-El-Krim', a design I have not seen

[Origami] Modular Small Stellated Dodecahedron

I have been looking at the various modules available to make this shape and I have found deep in my files a post from Jeannine Mosely dated July 11th 1994 describing - and illustrated using ASCII diagrams! - her version. In a note she states that the same module was independently discovered

Re: [Origami] Idea for OUSA Convention competition

Ken Fan wrote: >I am reminded of this video of Yang En-Tien (Yang Endian) - a Taiwanese >painter born without hands - teaching a young girl how to fold the paper crane >: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t6L-HBtuCw Boon There is a famous print by Kunisada Utagawa of Hanakawa Kotsuru, a

Re: [Origami] Magazine cover box origins

Karen Reeds wrote: >Please do say more about evidence for the likely German origins of the >Magazine Cover Box. As far as I know diagrams for the Magazine Cover Box were first published in 1978 in Vol 13 issue 4 of the Origamian. The diagrams include the information that 'Emily Rosenthal

Re: [Origami] Now Novelty Purse

Gerardo wrote: >*Novelty Purse* created by Akira Yoshizawa (1911 - 2005), which diagrams are >included in *Secrets of Origami* (1971) by Robert Harbin, is hinted to be a >traditional tato with no reference to Mr. Yoshizawa in >*Complete Origami* >(1987) by Eric Kenneway In Secrets of Origami

Re: [Origami] Magazine cover box origins

jens-helge.dah...@gmx.de wrote: >The Magazine Cover Box did not appear in 'Das Lustiges Papierfaltbuechlein' by >Johanna Huber. Most of the issues of this book are in my hands. How curious! It's in the 'translation' see https://archive.org/details/easyfunpaperfold00hube/page/66/mode/2up >But

Re: [Origami] Now Novelty Purse

Michel Grand has pointed out to me that diagrams are also in the book 'Noshi' by Isao Honda, published, I think in 1964, where he calls it a Tortoise-Shell (because it is kind of hexagonal in shape). Honda says nothing about its origin. I thought at first this settled the matter and that it

Re: [Origami] Implications of the term 'Traditional' and call for

Hans wrote: >I believe the most extensive attempt at collecting "traditional models" is >that of David Petty: >http://britishorigami.info/academic/davidpetty//index.htm. For all I know, he >is right about that list Dave's methodology in creating this list was to look through books and to

Re: [Origami] Magazine cover box origins

Philip Chapman-Bell wrote: > Also in James Sakoda's Modern Origami (1969) as How to Fold a Box. He cites > Marie Gilbert Martin's Weaver's Shuttle Box in her book, Pasteless > Construction with Paper (1951). Thank you for these references. I will try to track them down and add them to my

Re: [Origami] Now Novelty Purse

Gerardo @neorigami.com wrote: >For some unknown reason, I'm not able to download his picture, but I was able >to take a partial screenshot of it. I'm attaching it to this email. >Hmmm... now that I look carefully, it seems to say "Akira Yoshijawa" wit a "j". For some reason I can never access

Re: [Origami] Implications of the term 'Traditional' and call for feedback

wrote: >I think it would be extremely helpful and important to define the term >"Traditional" in a way that is accepted worldwide. A personal note is that >the term traditional is a term I still do not have a clear understanding of >>its meaning and I am an active member of the OUSA

Re: [Origami] History of Chinese Lucky Stars

Thank you to everyone who replied to me about this ... both online and offline. In following the various links I came to https://sites.google.com/site/ddmission05/home/chinese-lucky-stars which states, inter alia, 'From what I could find on the internet, the whole custom of making these lucky

Re: [Origami] History of Chinese Lucky Stars

As most of you know I research and record information about the history of paperfolding. I am wondering if anyone has any information about the history or origin of Chinese Lucky Stars? I have not managed to find the design in any published books or even articles ... though, of course, such

Re: [Origami] Now Novelty Purse

Hans wrote: >>The book declares it has "20 two-color classic ORIGAMI diagrams, 11 Origami >>patterns, folded crepe paper, and full directions for making NOSHI, plus an >>actual sample". >I would read this as if the design number 17 (which is two-color and has a >number less than 20) is

Re: [Origami] The Old Masters Project - looking for help

Ilan Garibi As sad as it is, no one lives forever, and I am worried that once an origami >creator is no longer with us, his legacy will fade away as well. To prevent that, I am trying to establish a page dedicated to the old masters of origami on the Community for Creators' (CfC) internet site.

Re: [Origami] : Magazine cover box origins

jens-helge.dah...@gmx.de wrote: >From 1927 up to 1998 35 editions of 'Das Lustiges Papierfaltbuechlein' by >Johanna Huber appeared. The first 1. edition from 1927 has 56 pages. In the >years of world war II the editions were reduced to 39 pages. In the first >years after the war the editions

Re: [Origami] Het Grote Vouwboek by Aart Van Breda, 1955

I'm just wondering if anyone has a copy of the first edition of this book (which I believe was published in 1955)? The reason for asking is that I am trying to work out how it differs from the 1963 second edition. Google Books says the first edition has 96 pages, whereas the 1963 second

Re: [Origami] finding an explanation for not liking golden ventures

A good topic! I have friends who like Golden Venture origami, or as they call it 3D Origami. Mostly they also seem to like other paperfolding techniques such as book folding or quilling which are also not mainstream in the 'origami community'. None of these have any attraction for me, but

Re: [Origami] Het Grote Vouwboek by Aart Van Breda, 1955

Joan Sallas wrote: >in the Padore Archive we have a sample of the 1st Dutch edition That's wonderful! Thank you for this very comprehensive reply. If I have any further queries (unlikely!) I will send them to you privately off list. Dave

Re: [Origami] Origami Digest, Vol 192, Issue 11

Thanks to everyone who responded to this message. I now have an offer to scan the English article for me ... and ... somewhat amazingly ... someone else has sent me a scan of the original article from the Hawaii Beacon. Origami people are amazing ... Dave

Re: [Origami] Article about Yoshizawa in Reader's Digest magazine in 1970.

In August 1970 the English version of Reader's Digest magazine published an article about Akira Yoshizawa which had been sourced from Beacon Magazine of Hawaii. This previously obscure article was then reprinted in other versions of Reader's Digest in other languages, possibly as many as 11,

Re: [Origami] Origami Digest, Vol 194, Issue 7

mailto:foldden...@gmail.com>> wrote: >Just wondering - what would you say the earliest model dealing with fantasy or >science fiction would be? My oldest books go back to the 1960s. Were there >dragon models before then? Fairies? Rockets? This is a rather broad question, and not one I have

Re: [Origami] Where does the comparison between origami and music come from?

Gerardo wrote: >There's a reference to folding and music in an essay by Tolstoy titled What is >Art? Wow! What does it mention in regard to both? This needs some clarification: In their article 'Leo Tolstoy and the Art of Origami' in British Origami 186 of October 1997, Misha Litvinov and

Re: [Origami] Locust in Kan-no-mado?

Gerardo wrote: >Now I'm wondering if Kasahara named the model "cicada" in Japanese, but was >translated to "locust" in the English-language Creative Origami. Would there >be a way to know? Do any of you know of Japanese diagrams for Kasahara's >model? Was Creative Origami originally in

[Origami] Locust in Kan-no-mado?

Gerardo asked: >I read in Creative Origami by Kunihiko Kasahara, that his model Locust was >based on the locust in Kan-no-mado. Now, if I'm not wrong, its pages only have >traditional models. But I had never heard of a traditional origami >locust >before. Kasahara's model is somewhat similar

Re: [Origami] Jack J Skillman

Matthew Green wrote: >Ancestry has records for the death of a war veteran named Jack James Skillman >who was born on May 30, 1915, and died on December 12, 1977. That matches your >info. Thank you. Several people drew this to my attention ... and with that date of death I was able to find

Re: [Origami] 1935 book Origami moyo? / by Kawarasaki Kodo cho --

Karen Reeds wrote: >Here's a visual treat: a digitized copy of a beautiful accordion-fold origami >book from 1935, now in the Tress Collection, University of Pennsylvania >Libraries, Philadelphia. The curator, Lynne Farrington, tells me that only a >small part of the collection has been fully

Re: [Origami] Jack J Skillman

, any obituary for him was published. Any help you can give me will be much appreciated. Thanks David Mitchell

Re: [Origami] Sam Randlett

I am wondering if Sam Randlett is still alive ... and if he, is whether anyone is still in communication with him or knows how he could be reached. I haven't heard of his death, so very much hope he is still with us! Dave

Re: [Origami] Help with translating the titles of some traditional Japanese designs

As most of you will know, with a lot of help from a lot of friends, I am attempting to collect and make available on-line as many sources bearing on the history of paperfolding as I can. This information is then being made publicly available as part of the Public Paperfolding History Project

Re: [Origami] . Peter Engel & Xiaoxian Huang, online guest speakers at Museo del Origami

Hi Laura This sounds exciting. You didn't say what language these lectures are in ... Dave

Re: [Origami] early Victorian-era "kirigami" -- LADY CULLUM?S PUZZLE HEARTS

Karen Reeds wrote: > I spotted these lovely examples of cut-paper Woven Hearts in an antiquarian > bookdealer's announcement: >https://www.pickering-chatto.com/PC/Images/Puzzle_Hearts.jpg Hi Karen A date of 1830 seems a little early for these hearts. The one on the lower left, commonly known

Re: [Origami] 'Modular origami article for Wikipedia'

' - reworking using twelve identical curved modules of a 2-part design by David Mitchell. Tom Hull's 'Five Intersecting Tetrahedra' - a compound design made by interweaving five open-frame tetrahedra. Each tetrahedra is assembled from four modules folded from 3x1 rectangles. The open-frame tetrahedron

Re: [Origami] 'Modular origami article for Wikipedia'

So ... maybe the first thing to think about is what sections such an article should be divided into. Here are my suggestions. Please offer yours ... Definition: What is modular origami? History: How did modular origami come to be? Forms: What categories of designs can you make using the

Re: [Origami] Common paper for friction-based modulars?

"gera...@neorigami.com" wrote: >Most boxes and lids also benefit from friction Ah, yes, some modular designs may indeed 'benefit from friction' (and I agree that the Butterfly Ball is a good example of this) but this does not necessarily make them 'friction-based'. The distinction is

Re: [Origami] Common paper for friction-based modulars?

Laura R wrote: >I?ll be happy to help editing that Wiki entry. I contribute that way with Wiki >from time to time fixing what my scatologic husband calls Wiki text poop. As >I?m not a modular expert and my English is not perfect, I will need the text >to replace that part. You can communicate

Re: [Origami] Common paper for friction-based modulars?

gerardo(a)neorigami.com asked: >What very common paper in? the origami community do you recommend for >friction-based modulars? Can you explain what a friction-based modular is? Dave

Re: [Origami] Common paper for friction-based modulars?

"gera...@neorigami.com" wrote: >In his answer, Dave Mitchell asked me to explain what I mean with >"friction-based modulars". >Maybe there's another name for that, but I'm referring to modulars which units >stay together thanks to the friction generated between them. I asked because it's not

[Origami] Name of the puzzle purse in Spanish?

gera...@neorigami.com wrote: >I must confess I linked David's webpage but had not read it... oops Bad boy! I think we must also be careful not to believe that' traditional' designs necessarily had a 'traditional' name. 'La bolsa', for instance, is a title (in Spanish) that only appears once

Re: [Origami] Name of the puzzle purse in Spanish?

Karen Reeds wrote: >You set us all a good example by carefully documenting the names/creators of >models as much as you can, but I have to agree with Dave's pessimistic >conclusion. Pessimistic? Realistic, surely ... It's perhaps worth pointing out that in The Public Paperfolding Project I

Re: [Origami] The Sosaku Origami Group '67

Lorenzo lorenzo.luci...@gmail.com wrote: >The author of this book is a "Creative Origami Group '67". >Do you know anything about this Group? There is a page on my site about this group at David Mitchell's Origami Heaven - History - The Sosaku Origami Group

Re: [Origami] Origami6

Someone has kindly helped me with this now! Many thanks Dave -Original Message- From: David Mitchell Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 9:28 AM To: origami@lists.digitalorigami.com Subject: RE: Origami6 If anyone possesses a copy of Origami6 and would be willing to help me access some

Re: [Origami] Origami6

If anyone possesses a copy of Origami6 and would be willing to help me access some information from it regarding paperfolding history I would be extremely grateful. Please respond privately. Thanks. Dave

Re: [Origami] The Workman's Hat

Just thought some of you may be interested in my latest blog post https://davidgrahammitchell.substack.com/p/one-hat-to-fit-them-all I had a great deal of help with this from Matthew Demarkos, who is an expert in all things connected to Lewis Carroll. He has posted a video on the on the You

[Origami] Toot Toot - I've started a blog

Just as blogs are going out of fashion I've decided to start one ... 'Life, Death and Paperfolding' will be an occasional blog about, well, life death and paperfolding, but mostly paperfolding, concentrating largely, but not exclusively, on interesting aspects of paperfolding history. There

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