[Origami] Origami might qualify! Apply to Works on Paper 2024 Juried Show: DEADLINE MARCH 15 — LBIF

2024-02-01 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami

Feb 1,2024

Hi, folders

I think origami might fit under the wall-hung paper constructions category for 
this Works On Paper show. But read all the instructions!


https://www.lbifoundation.org/exhibitions/apply-to-works-on-paper-2024

Karen
Karen Reeds, ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group 
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/


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[Origami] Origami hearing: plug for holiday tree at American Museum of Natural History

2023-11-14 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami
11:40am 11/14/2023
Just heard on WNYC - Bridget Bergen, Gothamist,  on Brian Lehrer Show — program 
about where to take out-of-town guests in New York City. Shea was listing 
holiday trees around town and said of the AMNH origami tree: “my favorite!!!”

Karen
Karen Reeds

Karen Reeds,  ringleader
karenmre...@gmail.com
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
(Still on pandemic hiatus)

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[Origami] Origami sighting —Hooked on Books | Harvard Graduate School of Education

2023-11-09 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami


11/9/2023
I’m always a sucker for poverty folds, but this collage illustration by Melinda 
Beck is a particularly lovely example.

Look closely— not just birds!

(Good reading for all Harry Potter fans, too.)

Karen

Karen Reeds, Ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
( on hiatus during pandemic)
karenmre...@gmail.com


https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/ed-magazine/23/11/hooked-books


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[Origami] Origami history --- Napkin folding and examples/video by Joan Sallas, in Bard Graduate Center exhibition, Staging the Table

2023-10-30 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami
How I wish I'd known about this show in time to see it in person!
https://exhibitions.bgc.bard.edu/stagingthetable/folding-by-the-book/
(Did I miss an announcement on the Origami Mailing List?)

Karen

Karen Reeds,  ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
ON HIATUS DURING PANDEMIC

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[Origami] Origami history, tangentially -- a media/design history of the cardboard box and the Container Corporation of America (CCA)

2023-10-27 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami
10/27/2023

I just came across this thought-provoking essay by Justus Nieland,
"Container Culture: Film, Packaging, and the Design of Corporate Humanism
at the CCA." online open-access magazine, *Post45*, Issue 6: Midcentury
Design Cultures, 02.12.21.anism at the CCA
<https://post45.org/2021/02/container-culture-film-packaging-and-the-design-of-corporate-humanism-at-the-cca/>
https://post45.org/2021/02/container-culture-film-packaging-and-the-design-of-corporate-humanism-at-the-cca/

The folded/cut paperboard containers that surround us usually get taken for
granted. Origami folks are also likely to see them as raw material for our
own paperfolding. This fascinating essay reveals the connections between
World War II packaging innovations,  modernist Bauhaus designers (eg
Moholy-Nagy, Kepes), and changes in corporate culture in late 20th C
America.
Includes Video clips from the industrial films by Rhodes Patterson, The
Packaging System (1963) and others, and lots of fascinating illustrations,
with occasional glimpses of folded/cut paper designs.

By chance I also had just read the equally interesting few pages on the
history of corrugated cardboard and cardstock boxes in *The Secret History
of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of American Supermarkets*, by Benjamin Lorr
(2020), pp 26-28.

Karen
Karen Reeds
Princeton Public Library Origami Group [on pandemic hiatus]
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/

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[Origami] Trying again Re: Origami reference in The Hip-Hop Issue, New York Times Sunday Magazine 8/13/2023

2023-08-14 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami
My apologies—Somehow my link to article didn’t work. Here’s the quote by 
itself:

8/13/2023 
“[Flo Milli’s] fizzy falsetto rose and rose as she delved deeper into her 
delivery. Her translucent nails, painted a school-bus yellow, flashed like 
lightsabers as she made elaborate rap hands that unfolded the way origami 
fortunetellers do in grade-school classrooms.”
Niela Orr, “The Future of Rap Is Female,” p35 

The Hip-Hop Issue, New York Times Sunday Magazine 8/13/2023

Karen

Princeton Public Library Origami Group 
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
Still on pandemic hiatus.



[Origami] Name of the puzzle purse in Spanish?

2023-07-09 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami
July 9, 2023
Hi, Gerardo

I admire your effort to pin down the right names for traditional origami
models, and I'm grateful for all that I learned as a result of your  puzzle
purse investigations.

But origami nomenclature is a lot like botanical nomenclature before Carl
Linnaeus published *Species Plantarum* in 1753 -- a mess! *

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.

Do tell us, please, what you chose to call the model for your class and how
they liked the model and name.

Best wishes,
Karen
*Karen Reeds and Isabelle Charmantier, "Botany" entry, *Brill's
Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World: Micropaedia*, ed. Philip Ford, Jan
Bloemendal, and Charles Fantazzi (Leiden: Brill, 2014), 933-935.


Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2023 11:20:10 +
> From: David Mitchell 
> To: "origami@lists.digitalorigami.com"
> 
> Subject: [Origami] Name of the puzzle purse in Spanish?


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
> (as far as we know) for a design that only appears once in a Spanish book
> (as far as we know, prior to 1970).

Many 'traditional' designs have multiple names in the literature, multiple
> names, that is, in the same language, not just in different languages.

So deciding what a design should properly be called is difficult, if not
> impossible ...


Dave

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[Origami] Name of the puzzle purse in Spanish?

2023-07-03 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami
7/3/2023
Thank you very much, Gerardo, for the link to David Mitchell’s fascinating
Public Paperfolding History Project--Origami Heaven page about this Puzzle
Purse model (http://www.origamiheaven.com/historyofpuzzlepurses.htm).

Why not use the historical model name, “La Bolsa,” from the 1896 book,
*Repertorio
Completo de Todos los Juegos*, by de Luis Marco y Eugenio de Ochoa y Ronna,
as listed on David Mitchell's page (digitized facsimile:
http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=005049=1  part 3, page 826-827 =
image 833-834)?
You can always include a set of names in other languages, as David
Mitchell's page does. I think it would be interesting to share the La Bolsa
pages and see whether your students can fold the model from them.

If I am reading *Repertorio Completo de Todos los Juegos* (part 3, page 699
following) correctly, it uses the word Rompecabezas to refer to a variety
of brain-teaser puzzles,  not just jigsaw puzzles.

Thanks again and Happy folding!
Karen
cc; David Mitchell

PS As a historian of medicine, I'm struck by the model's use in China as a
"camphor-bag"  -- Origami Heaven's first example. While a mothball-holder
seems plausible, there were medicinal uses for camphor and, as this blog
post explains https://www.goya.in/blog/the-fascinating-story-of-camphor, it
can be used in tiny amounts in cooking for a subtle, distinctive
aroma/flavor.  I'm also grateful to  have learned about the Biblioteca
Digital Hispanica  http://bdh.bne.es/bnesearch/Inicio.do via OrigamiHeaven.

Karen Reeds, ringleader, Princeton Public Library Origami Group
karenmre...@gmail.com
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
STILL ON PANDEMIC HIATUS
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
http://www.princetonlibrary.org/

Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2023 18:58:00 + (UTC)
From: "gera...@neorigami.com" 
To: Origami Lists Digitalorigami 
Subject: [Origami] Name of the puzzle purse in Spanish?


HELLO
I plan to teach this model to Spanish speakers:
http://www.origamiheaven.com/historyofpuzzlepurses.htm
First of all, should I just call it "puzzle purse" in English? I see it
sometimes appears as "Valentine puzzle purse" and some others as "Victorian
puzzle purse". What do you suggest?
In regard to Spanish, have any of you seen any reference to this model?for
example, its diagrams?in a book in said language? How was the model called?
If not, those of you that also now Spanish, how would you translate it? I'd
say both the word "puzzle" and "purse" can be challenging to translate to
Spanish. There's no exact translation for the word "puzzle". "Rompecabezas"
means "jigsaw puzzle", but isn't appropriate for other types of puzzles,
like this purse. It's a similar situation with "purse"; the Spanish word
would depend on the type of "purse".
I'm inclined for "Cartera de ingenio", which would literally mean
"Ingenuity purse". That's as close as I got.

Thank you in advance. If you prefer, you can instead reply privately to my
email address: gerardo(a)neorigami.com
--
Gerardo G.
gerardo(a)neorigami.com
instagram.com/neorigamicomKnowledge and Curiosity in Origami:

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[Origami] Origami program, Newton NJ, Wednesday 6/28/2023, 6:30pm

2023-06-26 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami
6/26/2023 — just spotted this on the events newsletter of League of Historical Societies of New Jersey: Family Origami program, with  Aldo Putignano 6:30 – 8 PM 6/28/2023,  SCAHC Gallery 133 Spring StNewton NJ Preregistration required. Members $10Non members $15Call Andrea for info/registration973—383–0027and...@scahc.orgSussex County Arts and Heritage Council SCAHC.org(From the photos, I’d guess the models are simple-intermediate. )Karenkarenmre...@gmail.comKaren Reeds, RingleaderPrinceton Public Library Origami Group(STILL ON PANDEMIC HIATUS)Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529  https://princetonlibrary.org/Sent from my iPhone

[Origami] "Playful Design" -- not origami, but wonderful Japanese paper and textile designs 18th, 19th, 20th C patterns, stencils

2023-04-06 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami
4/6/2023 Hi, paperfolders Give your eyes and sense of humor a treat with these samples from historical paper and textile designs (in a catalogue from a Tokyo-based antiquarian bookseller, Hozuki Books.) Spotted on ExLibris-L KarenKaren ReedsPrinceton Public Library Origami Group (on hiatus during pandemic)https://www.hozukibooks.com/pdfs/Playful_Design_Hozuki_Books_April_2023.pdfExLibris-L post:Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 23:56:03 +0900From: Rose Counsell <i...@hozukibooks.com>Subject: ["EXLIBRIS-L"] COMMERCIAL POST - Playful design: amusing textile patterns by famous artists...Dear all,A catalogue featuring books of humorous patterns by acclaimed artists isavailable at the link below. The PDF catalogue is interactive - clickingon a title or picture will take you to the Hozuki Books website, whereitems can be ordered directly.https://www.hozukibooks.com/pdfs/Playful_Design_Hozuki_Books_April_2023.pdfHighlights include woodblock-printed collections of amusing textiledesigns by Santo Kyoden, Kamisaka Sekka, Asano Koko, and Furuya Setsuzan.RoseBook HuntressHozuki Booksi...@hozukibooks.comwww.hozukibooks.comfrom Karen Reeds karenmre...@gmail.com


[Origami] woven crochet heart ? Thanks! Re: Origami Digest, Vol 202, Issue 17

2023-02-27 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami

2/27/2023
Thank you, Wanderer Vishakha ! That almost tempts me to learn how to crochet!

Karen 


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> On Feb 27, 2023, at 12:00 PM, origami-request@com
> 
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> 
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> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 22:35:52 -0500
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> 
> 
> https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoopKVYIBU1/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
> 
> We were talking about woven paper hearts? well, here?s a woven crochet heart! 
> 
> 
> enjoy 
> Vishakha
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Re: [Origami] early Victorian-era "kirigami" -- LADY CULLUM’S PUZZLE HEARTS (1830) [ fwd ExLibris-L]

2023-02-15 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami
2/15/2023

Hi, Laura and Madonna
When and how you succeed, please let me know!

All I know about Lady Ann Cullum (my apologies -- I misspelled her name
originally) came from this bit in the Pickering & CHatto announcement  that
I included:

A souvenir of the Bury Charity Fair held at Bury St Edmunds in 1830.


Lady Ann Cullum (1807-1875) of Hardwick House in Suffolk was clearly
> producing clever scissors work with coloured paper. Some of the examples
> were then no doubt purchased by Ellenor Jane Lathbury (d. 1859). She was a
> daughter of the Rev. Peter Lathbury, Rector of Rector of Livermere Magna -
> incidentally the ghost story writer M.R James was brought up at the rectory
> there - and Parva. Probably Ann and Ellenor knew each other quite well for
> Lady Callum’s father-in-law and Peter Lathbury sat together dispensing
> justice through the Bury magistrates court earlier in the century.


But googling just turned up this auction house's account of Lady Ann
Cullum  and her journals, letters, drawings (auctioned by Sworders in
2018, 2019):
https://www.sworder.co.uk/news/the-diaries-of-a-lady/
and descriptions of individual lots, although not the cut-paper puzzle
hearts:
https://www.sworder.co.uk/auction/search/?ic=False=0=25=-1=lady%20cullum=0=842=False=1

and her portrait:
https://www.sworder.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-556---circle-of-charles-robert-leslie-1794-1859portrait-of-lady-cullum/?lot=237458=4=Cullum=0False=1=96=1=1
She was very well connected and knew all kinds of interesting writers and
scientists of her day (Charles Babbage!).

Time for bed!

Karen

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On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 4:44 PM laura S  wrote:

> Wow! Thank you Karen! This is the type of thing for which I am capable of
> putting everything aside until I  unravel the making! So beautiful!
>
> Do you have the link to Ann Cullen’s bio? I couldn’t find it in the
> Pickering-chatting.com site.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Laura
>
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 5:40 PM Karen Reeds via Origami <
> origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> wrote:
>
>> 2/15/2023
>>
>> I spotted these lovely examples of cut-paper Woven Hearts  in an
>> antiquarian bookdealer's announcement:
>> *Download image here: *
>> https://www.pickering-chatto.com/PC/Images/Puzzle_Hearts.jpg
>>
>> I suspect the left-hand model may have been made by a novice, rather than
>> by Lady Ann Cullen. I learned a slightly more complex version when I was a
>> kid. You can find lots of examples and tutorials online  (sometimes called
>> Danish or Swedish Woven Hearts).
>>
>> But the right-hand model is clearly by a virtuoso paper-cutter. From
>> the bio, Lady Cullen would have been in her early 20s when she folded
>> this for a charity fair. It would certainly take me a lot of time to figure
>> out how to reverse-engineer it from the image. Maybe by next Valentine's
>> Day?
>>
>> Karen
>> Karen Reeds, ringleader, Princeton Public Library Origami Group.
>> karenmre...@gmail.com
>> Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
>> On Hiatus during pandemic.
>> Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
>> http://www.princetonlibrary.org/
>>
>> cc e.smith@ pickering-chatto.com
>> 
>>
>> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2023 11:21:20 +
>>>
>>> From: Ed Smith 
>>>>
>>>> Subject: ["EXLIBRIS-L"] COMMERCIAL POST: Fountain of Love Fan; Lady
>>>> Callum's
>>>>
>>>>  Puzzle Hearts; Lottery Game - Pickering & Chatto
>>>>
>>>> DO NOT USE YOUR EMAIL REPLY FUNCTION TO RESPOND TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT –
>>>>
>>>> PLEASE MAKE SURE ANY MESSAGES COMES TO e.sm...@pickering-chatto.com AND
>>>> ARE
>>>>
>>>> NOT SENT TO THE ENTIRE LIST. Thank you.
>>>>
>>>>
>> >>>>
>>
>>
>>> *Souvenir from a charity fair*
>>
>>
>> *[LATHBURY, Ellenor Jane].* LADY CULLUM’S PUZZLE HEARTS. [Bury St Edmunds,
>>> Suffolk]. 1830. *£ 300*
>>
>>
>> *Three delicately cut paper hearts (in green, pink and gold) loosely
>>> inserted in to folded paper pocket, titled as above.*
>>
>>
>> A souvenir of the Bury Charity Fair held at Bury St Edmunds in 1830.
>>
>>
>> Lady Ann Cullum (1807-1875) of Hardwick House in Suffolk was clearly
>>> producing clever scissors work with coloured paper. Some of the examples
>>> were then no doubt purchased by Ellenor Jane Lathbury (d. 1859). She was
>>> a
>>> daughter of the Rev. Peter Lathbury, Rector of Rector of Livermere Magna
>>> -
>>> incidentally the ghost story writ

Re: [Origami] early Victorian-era "kirigami" -- LADY CULLUM’S PUZZLE HEARTS (1830) [ fwd ExLibris-L]

2023-02-15 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami
Dear Madonna and Laura

I'm sure you're right, Madonna. When you make one of your own, please share
pictures and directions. Your  versions of the simpler woven heart are
great!

Laura, all I know about Lady Ann Cullen is what's in the Pickering & Chatto
description that I quoted. My guess is that, starting from the envelope
inscription, they searched genealogies and reference works on the English
Peerage and noble families. By Googling, I found a few references to Lady
Ann Cullen, but they aren't very helpful.

Glad you liked it as much as I did,

In haste,
Karen

 Karen Reeds
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On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 5:13 PM madonna  wrote:

> It appears that the heart on the right was cut from a single sheet, with
> alternating strips either folded or left in place on both the top and
> bottom of the shape. The folded strips on the bottom were folded up above
> the top while the folded strips on the top were folded back behind the
> bottom. These layers were then interwoven where possible.
>
> I've attached some woven heart variants that I came up with a few years
> back - there's really no limit to what shapes can be woven!
>
>
> On Feb 15 2023, at 4:43 pm, laura S via Origami <
> origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> wrote:
>
>> Wow! Thank you Karen! This is the type of thing for which I am capable of
>> putting everything aside until I  unravel the making! So beautiful!
>>
>> Do you have the link to Ann Cullen’s bio? I couldn’t find it in the
>> Pickering-chatting.com site.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Laura
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 5:40 PM Karen Reeds via Origami <
>> origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> wrote:
>>
>> 2/15/2023
>>
>> I spotted these lovely examples of cut-paper Woven Hearts  in an
>> antiquarian bookdealer's announcement:
>> *Download image here: *
>> https://www.pickering-chatto.com/PC/Images/Puzzle_Hearts.jpg
>>
>> I suspect the left-hand model may have been made by a novice, rather than
>> by Lady Ann Cullen. I learned a slightly more complex version when I was a
>> kid. You can find lots of examples and tutorials online  (sometimes called
>> Danish or Swedish Woven Hearts).
>>
>> But the right-hand model is clearly by a virtuoso paper-cutter. From
>> the bio, Lady Cullen would have been in her early 20s when she folded
>> this for a charity fair. It would certainly take me a lot of time to figure
>> out how to reverse-engineer it from the image. Maybe by next Valentine's
>> Day?
>>
>> Karen
>> Karen Reeds, ringleader, Princeton Public Library Origami Group.
>> karenmre...@gmail.com
>> Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
>> On Hiatus during pandemic.
>> Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
>> http://www.princetonlibrary.org/
>>
>> cc e.smith@ pickering-chatto.com
>> 
>>
>> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2023 11:21:20 +
>>
>> From: Ed Smith 
>>
>> Subject: ["EXLIBRIS-L"] COMMERCIAL POST: Fountain of Love Fan; Lady
>> Callum's
>>
>>  Puzzle Hearts; Lottery Game - Pickering & Chatto
>>
>> DO NOT USE YOUR EMAIL REPLY FUNCTION TO RESPOND TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT –
>>
>> PLEASE MAKE SURE ANY MESSAGES COMES TO e.sm...@pickering-chatto.com AND
>> ARE
>>
>> NOT SENT TO THE ENTIRE LIST. Thank you.
>>
>>
>> >>>>
>>
>>
>> *Souvenir from a charity fair*
>>
>>
>> *[LATHBURY, Ellenor Jane].* LADY CULLUM’S PUZZLE HEARTS. [Bury St Edmunds,
>> Suffolk]. 1830. *£ 300*
>>
>>
>> *Three delicately cut paper hearts (in green, pink and gold) loosely
>> inserted in to folded paper pocket, titled as above.*
>>
>>
>> A souvenir of the Bury Charity Fair held at Bury St Edmunds in 1830.
>>
>>
>> Lady Ann Cullum (1807-1875) of Hardwick House in Suffolk was clearly
>> producing clever scissors work with coloured paper. Some of the examples
>> were then no doubt purchased by Ellenor Jane Lathbury (d. 1859). She was a
>> daughter of the Rev. Peter Lathbury, Rector of Rector of Livermere Magna -
>> incidentally the ghost story writer M.R James was brought up at the
>> rectory
>> there - and Parva. Probably Ann and Ellenor knew each other quite well for
>> Lady Callum’s father-in-law and Peter Lathbury sat together dispensing
>> justice through the Bury magistrates court earlier in the century.
>>
>>
>> Such delicate and dextrous handwork, considered trivial as much of such
>> handicraft was, survives rather precariously today.
>> *Download image here: *
>> https://www.pickering-chatto.com/PC/Images/Puzzle_Hearts.jpg
>> >>>>
>> If you have any questions, or wish to reserve or order any item, please
>> contact me directly (e.sm...@pickering-chatto.com).
>>
>>
>> *Ed Smith*
>> *Pickering & Chatto, Antiquarian Booksellers1   St. Clement's
>> CourtLondonEC4N 7HBUK*
>>
>> Tel:  +44 (0) 207 337 2225
>> e-mail: e.sm...@pickering-chatto.com
>> website: www.pickering-chatto.com
>> *Pickering & Chatto, Antiquarian Booksellers (founded 1820), are membersof
>> the ABA, PBFA and ILAB.*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> from Karen Reeds
>> karenmre...@gmail.com
>>
>>


[Origami] early Victorian-era "kirigami" -- LADY CULLUM’S PUZZLE HEARTS (1830) [ fwd ExLibris-L]

2023-02-15 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami
2/15/2023

I spotted these lovely examples of cut-paper Woven Hearts  in an
antiquarian bookdealer's announcement:
*Download image here: *
https://www.pickering-chatto.com/PC/Images/Puzzle_Hearts.jpg

I suspect the left-hand model may have been made by a novice, rather than
by Lady Ann Cullen. I learned a slightly more complex version when I was a
kid. You can find lots of examples and tutorials online  (sometimes called
Danish or Swedish Woven Hearts).

But the right-hand model is clearly by a virtuoso paper-cutter. From
the bio, Lady Cullen would have been in her early 20s when she folded
this for a charity fair. It would certainly take me a lot of time to figure
out how to reverse-engineer it from the image. Maybe by next Valentine's
Day?

Karen
Karen Reeds, ringleader, Princeton Public Library Origami Group.
karenmre...@gmail.com
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
On Hiatus during pandemic.
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
http://www.princetonlibrary.org/

cc e.smith@ pickering-chatto.com


Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2023 11:21:20 +
>
> From: Ed Smith 
>>
>> Subject: ["EXLIBRIS-L"] COMMERCIAL POST: Fountain of Love Fan; Lady
>> Callum's
>>
>>  Puzzle Hearts; Lottery Game - Pickering & Chatto
>>
>> DO NOT USE YOUR EMAIL REPLY FUNCTION TO RESPOND TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT –
>>
>> PLEASE MAKE SURE ANY MESSAGES COMES TO e.sm...@pickering-chatto.com AND
>> ARE
>>
>> NOT SENT TO THE ENTIRE LIST. Thank you.
>>
>>
>>>>


> *Souvenir from a charity fair*


*[LATHBURY, Ellenor Jane].* LADY CULLUM’S PUZZLE HEARTS. [Bury St Edmunds,
> Suffolk]. 1830. *£ 300*


*Three delicately cut paper hearts (in green, pink and gold) loosely
> inserted in to folded paper pocket, titled as above.*


A souvenir of the Bury Charity Fair held at Bury St Edmunds in 1830.


Lady Ann Cullum (1807-1875) of Hardwick House in Suffolk was clearly
> producing clever scissors work with coloured paper. Some of the examples
> were then no doubt purchased by Ellenor Jane Lathbury (d. 1859). She was a
> daughter of the Rev. Peter Lathbury, Rector of Rector of Livermere Magna -
> incidentally the ghost story writer M.R James was brought up at the rectory
> there - and Parva. Probably Ann and Ellenor knew each other quite well for
> Lady Callum’s father-in-law and Peter Lathbury sat together dispensing
> justice through the Bury magistrates court earlier in the century.


Such delicate and dextrous handwork, considered trivial as much of such
> handicraft was, survives rather precariously today.
> *Download image here: *
> https://www.pickering-chatto.com/PC/Images/Puzzle_Hearts.jpg
> >>>>
> If you have any questions, or wish to reserve or order any item, please
> contact me directly (e.sm...@pickering-chatto.com).


*Ed Smith*
> *Pickering & Chatto, Antiquarian Booksellers1   St. Clement's
> CourtLondonEC4N 7HBUK*

Tel:  +44 (0) 207 337 2225
> e-mail: e.sm...@pickering-chatto.com
> website: www.pickering-chatto.com
> *Pickering & Chatto, Antiquarian Booksellers (founded 1820), are membersof
> the ABA, PBFA and ILAB.*




from Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


[Origami] Fwd: origami holiday tree at University of Hawaii

2023-02-11 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami
A friend just sent me this link. There are a couple of related links at the 
end of the article. 

Karen 2/10/2023
karenmre...@gmail.com
Princeton Public Library Origami Group 
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
Still on hiatus  during pandemic

> Origami sea creatures adorn holiday tree at UH Hilo’s astronomy center
> 
> https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2015/12/15/origami-sea-creatures-adorn-holiday-tree-at-uh-hilos-astronomy-center/


[Origami] Fwd: [SHARP-L] Zoom Folding the Page’ at Tate Britain, London, 25 November 2022, 1-5pm.

2022-10-26 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami
Hi, paperfolders
Here’s a follow-up to my earlier message about the issue ‘Folds’ of the new 
journal, Inscription —an afternoon , exploring the histories and potentials of 
the fold. 

Karen  10/26/2022

Karen Reeds,  ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group 
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
(On hiatus during pandemic)

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Adam Smyth 
> ‘Folding the Page’ at Tate Britain, London, 25 November 2022, 1-5pm. 
> Issue 3 of Inscription: the Journal of Material Text - Theory, Practice, 
> History, edited by Adam Smyth, Gill Partington and Simon Morris, is all about 
> folds. To mark the launch of this issue, there will be an afternoon of talks, 
> discussions and hands-on demonstrations exploring the histories and 
> potentials of the fold, showcasing highlights from Tate Library. 
> Details and free tickets via 
> https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/folding-the-page 
> Journal available for purchase here.
> 
> 
> Adam Smyth, FSA
> Professor of English Literature and the History of the Book
> Director of Undergraduate Studies I Faculty of English
> Fellow in English I Balliol College I Oxford University
> 
> President I Oxford Bibliographical Society
> Co-editor I Inscription: the Journal of Material Text -- Theory, Practice, 
> History
> Weekly mini-essays I https://adamsmyth.substack.com/
> 
> From: Adam Smyth 
> Sent: 14 April 2021 18:31
> To: shar...@indiana.edu ; shar...@list.indiana.edu 
> 
> Subject: TEXT!
>  
> Diversionary reading!
> 
> My weekly(ish) short essays at adamsmyth.substack.com usually have a bookish 
> / archival theme; if you like tumbling down rabbit holes, they might be for 
> you. Recent topics include notebooks, printing errors, cut-and-paste texts, 
> found diaries, and avant-garde magazine publishing.
> 
> Adam
> 
> Adam Smyth
> Professor of English Literature and the History of the Book
> Tutor for Graduate Admissions
> Balliol College, Oxford University
> Co-editor Inscription: the Journal of Material Text -- Theory, Practice, 
> History


[Origami] Origami, paper airplanes, and other paper constructions -- Fwd: Free Tools to Teach Engineering Design (fwd Science Buddies)

2022-09-25 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami
The ideas here might be useful for anyone who has kids to teach or amuse.
See  also
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/paper-science-activities?from=Newsletter
for the paper airplanes lesson plan.

Karen
Karen Reeds,  ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
ON HIATUS DURING PANDEMIC

karenmre...@gmail.com

-- Forwarded message -
From: Science Buddies 
Date: Sun, Sep 25, 2022 at 4:01 PM
Subject: Free Tools to Teach Engineering Design
To: 


[image: Science Buddies]
[image: Three tools to teach the engineering design process]
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Will your students be doing science fair projects this year? Are
engineering projects allowed? Or do your students take part in other
engineering, innovation, and invention-based challenges?

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help you teach students the engineering design process and to show how it
differs from the scientific method. Choose from the following formats:


   - Engineering Design Process Video
   
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   Follow along as we use the engineering design process to design a safe
   landing device for an Eggstronaut. This video goes through all steps of the
   engineering process and emphasizes the importance of iteration.



   - Engineering Design Process Lesson Plans
   
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   Students do a hands-on engineering project while actively working through
   the steps of the engineering design process. *Elementary school students
   are challenged to make paper airplanes that meet specific design
criteria. *Middle
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   The "Which should you choose?" video uses a bird-themed project example to
   compare and contrast science and engineering projects.



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   The engineering version of our popular Science Project Guide, the
   Engineering Design Process Guide is a self-paced reference for students.
   All steps of the engineering design process are individually explained.


These resources are all designed to work together. You can mix and match to
find the best combination to help your students learn to think like
engineers!
See...

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[Origami] 1935 book Origami moyō / by Kawarasaki Kodo cho -- now digitized by UPenn Libraries; exhibition and symposium on Japanese illustrated books and Tress Collection

2022-09-22 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami
September 23, 2022

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 catalogued and
even less digitized so far, so there may well be more origami.

Meanwhile, there's an exhibition and an upcoming virtual/in-person
symposium about the collector, the photographer Arthur Tress, and his
collection (see announcement below).

For much more about Origami moyō, Books One and Two, see David Mitchell's
invaluable posts at Origami Heaven:
 http://www.origamiheaven.com/historyorigamimoyobookone.htm
https://www.origamiheaven.com/historyorigamimoyobooktwo.htm


Here's the link to UPenn's digital copy of Book One (two-page spreads) and
catalogue entry:
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p33x83w3m
Origami moyō / Kawarasaki Kodo cho.
<https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p33x83w3m>
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<https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p33x83w3m>
Title:Origami moyō / Kawarasaki Kodo cho.Subject:Paper art -- Japan --
Design.; Origami -- Japan -- Design.; Paper art.; Accordion fold format
(Binding)Description:Kislak Center Tress Collection of Japanese Illustrated
Books copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018.Corporate Name:United
Nations. Statistical Division. publisher.; Arthur Tress Collection of
Japanese Illustrated Books (University of Pennsylvania)Date:1935Language:
JapaneseCreator:Kawarasaki, Kōdō, author.Publisher:Kyoto : Unsōdō;
Showa 10 [1935]Rights:http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
Collection:Arthur Tress Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books
(University of Pennsylvania)Call Number:Box 81, Item 4

> From: Farrington, Lynne 
> Date: Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 3:34 PM
> Subject: [SHARP-L] Upcoming exhibition and symposium: Arthur Tress and the
> Japanese Illustrated Book, Sept 29-30
> To: shar...@list.indiana.edu 



> Announcing the exhibition and opening symposium (hybrid-virtual and in
> person) celebrating the Japanese illustrated book collection of the
> contemporary photographer Arthur Tress, which will be presented in
> conversation with a selection of his photographs. The exhibition and
> symposium are free and open to the public, though registration is required
> to attend the symposium.

https://www.library.upenn.edu/tress



 Karen Reeds
Karen Reeds,  ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group (on hiatus during pandemic)
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
karenmre...@gmail.com

cc: Lynne Farrington


[Origami] origami symbolism sighting --- "A Thousand Cranes for India: Reclaiming Plurality Amid Hatred, "

2022-08-15 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami
8/15/2022
Spotted on the University of Chicago e-book sale just now -- a book
inspired by the symbolism of the origami crane:
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/T/bo50460825.html
The cover illustration is an ingenious melding of images invoking both
peacocks and origami cranes.
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/T/bo50460825.html
I haven't read the book yet, but I applaud the theme!

Happy folding! Keep safe!
Karen

=
DISTRIBUTED FOR Seagull Books
Cover copy:
A Thousand Cranes for India

Reclaiming Plurality Amid Hatred

Edited by Pallavi Aiyar

In Japan there is a legend that anyone who folds one thousand paper cranes
will have their wishes realized. But folding cranes, and the meditative,
solemn care that it involves, has come to mean more than just an exercise
in wish making. Origami cranes have become a symbol of renewal, atonement,
and warning. Their symbolism may have emerged out of Japan’s particular
mythology and history, but they do not belong to any one nation. The crane
is a migratory bird that crosses borders and makes its home with scant
regard to the blood-soaked lines that humans have drawn on maps.

This anthology uses origami cranes as a way for some of India’s best-known
writers, poets, and artists to form a shared civic space for a conversation
about the fault lines in India at a time of darkness. The twenty-three
pieces collected here encompass reportage, stories, poems, memoir, and
polemic—the kind of complex and enriching diversity that India demands and
deserves. The paper crane becomes a motif of connection, beauty, and
reclamation in an otherwise degraded country, enabling those who fight with
words to become the best army they can be.
___
176 pages | 5 1/2 x 7 3/4
The India List
FICTION
Literature and Literary Criticism: GENERAL CRITICISM AND CRITICAL THEORY

 (Here's a link to the complete sale catalogue:
whole sale catalogue:
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/virtualCatalog/vc106.html?utm_source=newsletter_medium=email_content=75%25%20Off%20E-Book%20Sale%3A%20use%20code%20EBOOK75_campaign=D2C%2075%25%20Off%20E-Book%20Sale%20-%208/15/2022%28morning%29%20Winning%20Version
)


___
Karen Reeds,  ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group  ON HIATUS during pandemic
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

karenmre...@gmail.com


[Origami] website for gorgeous paper -- decorated endpapers in old books in University of Modena law library

2022-07-05 Thread Karen Reeds via Origami
July 5, 2022
Hi, folders,

http://www.fondiantichi.unimore.it/FA/lega/legature_table_carte.html  *Carte
decorate della Biblioteca universitaria giuridica*

You can print out these beautiful patterns of marbled and woodblock
endpapers and cut them to the size you want.
I made my Silhouette Crane from this woodblock print
http://www.fondiantichi.unimore.it/FA/lega/FA0547.html
and sent a photos as a thank you to the  Modena librarian who created the
website -- I'm sure Andrea Lodi would enjoy seeing what you use them for!
(If you can read Italian, the headnotes to the patterns are,in themselves, an
education in  the history of endpapers .)

Happy folding!

Karen

Posted to ExLibris-L

> Andrea LODI < > wrote:

Dear all,


you can now find online a series of

http://www.fondiantichi.unimore.it/FA/lega/legature_table_carte.html


Main features:

- home-made, with connected limitations and maybe freedom;

- decorated papers are seen together with the other parts of the bindings:

if for example they are endpapers, you will see them with images from

boards, spine, maybe edges;

- you will always find links to images of the title pages of all the works

found inside those bindings.


Thank you in advance for your attention, for any comment or suggestion,and

for signalling any mistake you will find in our descriptions (in case you

can read Italian: at the moment there's not an English version, sorry).


Please do not use your email reply function to respond. Write to me (

andrea.l...@unimore.it) or to the library (bibg...@unimore.it), non to

the entire list.


Best wishes,

Andrea Lodi

Biblioteca universitaria giuridica

Via Camatta 16

41121 Modena


tel. +39 059 2058721 - email: andrea.l...@unimore.it

from Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


[Origami] Origami sighting, Sunday New York Times June 12, 2022, "Metropolitan Diary: Folding Roses"

2022-06-12 Thread Karen Reeds
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/nyregion/metropolitan-diary.html

"Folding Roses" item is at the end of today's Metropolitan Diary. Enjoy
them all!

Happy Folding!
Karen

karenmre...@gmail.co m
 Karen Reeds, Ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
ON HIATUS DURING PANDEMIC
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/


[Origami] Origami sighting — money folds in art exhibition

2022-05-03 Thread Karen Reeds

May 3, 2022

This week’s New Yorker magazine (May 9, 2022, p. 14-15, 
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/05/09/making-art-out-of-inflation ) has 
a very interesting piece about  the artist, Carla Zaccagnini, and her solo 
exhibition at Amant (April-August 2022),  a nonprofit art space in Brooklyn. 

The show, Cuentos de Cuentos/Accounts of Accounting, included a section called 
“Fleeting Fleets” —“dozens of busted currency boats” folded from  Latin 
American banknotes that had been discontinued because of hyperinflation. 

(Money folds? Poverty folds? Both would be accurate.) 

Amant’s website for the show:

https://www.amant.org/exhibitions/9-carla-zaccagnini-cuentos-de-cuentas-accounts-of-accounting

I’m sorry I missed it!

Karen


Ringleader, Princeton Public Library Origami Group [on hiatus during pandemic ]
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet Room. 
Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529  
https://princetonlibrary.org/


Sent from my iPhone

[Origami] Origami chests of drawers?

2021-12-05 Thread Karen Reeds
12/5/2021

Hi, Gerardo

Not quite what you want, but I think this is worth mentioning. 

The late Laura Kruskal created a box with a sliding drawer — rather like a 
matchbox or pencil box — which I imagine could be adapted to make a Chest of 
Drawers. She never taught it to the Princeton Public Library  Origami Group, 
and I doubt it was published. But I wouldn’t be surprised if someone has 
Laura’s verbal directions, a sample, or a photo. 

In haste,

Karen

Princeton Public Library Origami Group (on hiatus during pandemic)
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/


[Origami] I hope someone will get origami into the mix! Fwd: H-Maps: Call for Proposals: Ephemera 42: Creating Places and Spaces

2021-10-01 Thread Karen Reeds
 I can imagine a really interesting presentation centering on the ways our
ephemeral art of origami shapes our own places and spaces. (I dearly wish
I'd been able to take really good photos of Laura Kruskal's home AKA
Origami Center of America.)

If you want to submit a proposal, do it right away.

Karen  10/1/2021

Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


-- Forwarded message -
From: H-Net Notifications 
Date: Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 1:20 PM
Subject: H-Maps: CFP: Ephemera 42: Creating Places and Spaces
CFP: Ephemera 42: Creating Places and Spaces
<https://networks.h-net.org/user/login?destination=node/8444568>
by David Weimer

Hi All,

The Ephemera Society is still accepting submissions so if you're
interested, send something in ASAP. It looks like a fun topic!

Dave

Call for Presentations Ephemera 42: Creating Places and Spaces

One of the fascinating things about society is how we create our living
environments, whether it is the city or community in which we choose to
live or our own living room. Ephemera 42 will focus on the design of
environments, interior and exterior, ranging in scale from regional
planning and urban design, to the architectural detail or sidewalk
lamppost. This rich topic encompasses design innovations, stylistic and
regional movements, architects, landscape architects, urbanists, draftspersons
and craftspeople—anyone and anything that serves to shape the environment
in which we live.

Creating Places and Spaces is an exciting theme, but also a broad one. What
says home to you — skyscraper or beach cottage? Pocket-sized garden or New
York’s Central Park? We look forward to hearing proposals on ideas like
these:

   - Architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Julia Morgan, I.M. Pei, Daniel
   Burnham, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Louis Sullivan, Christopher Wren.•
   Design Styles such as classical, beaux arts, prairie school, modern, art
   deco, Greek revival.
   - Exterior Spaces like parks, Japanese tea gardens, water features,
   formal English-style gardens, casual country gardens and/or landscape
   architects or designers such as Frederick Law Olmsted, Capability Brown,
   Beatrix Farrand, Thomas Church, Walter J. Hood.
   - And Beyond! Green buildings; tech innovations driving new furnishings
   or styles; Victorian patent furniture; window treatments, wallpaper,
   color schemes; the parlor vs. the living room; the origins and evolution of
   indoor plumbing, labor-saving appliances, the suburbs; Hoosier cabinets;
   the “City Beautiful” movement; and the changing definition of the “home
   of the future.”

Ephemera 42, the Ephemera Society of America (ESA) annual conference, will
take place at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich, Connecticut on March 18, 2022.
Each speaker will address a topic related to the creation of places and
spaces, relying heavily on tangible ephemera—blue prints, broadsides for
land promotions, catalogues for components, color boards, correspondence
between architects and clients, preliminary designs, final designs,
legislation, litigation, political posters, sample books, sketch books, and
virtually anything else used in or influencing the creation of our
environments—to illustrate their subject.

We invite you to submit proposals for presentations. Each presentation will
be 30 minutes in length, followed by a brief Q Please submit the
following:

Presentation title and a written abstract, focusing on the way ephemera
tells the story of your chosen topic. Please describe the specific types of
ephemera you will use to illustrate your topic. Each presentation needs to
feature at least three different types of ephemera. Proposals should not
exceed 150 words.

   - 5 to 6 representative ephemera images;
   - A one-paragraph biography, including any affiliations; and
   - Mailing address, phone number and e-mail address.

Following a review of all proposals received, finalists will be asked to
submit the following:

   - 20 to 25 images of the types of ephemera that will be used to
   illustrate your talk; and
   - A jpg photograph of yourself for publicity purposes.

Proposals must be submitted to Barbara Loe, Ephemera 42 Conference Chair,
by e-mail at bj...@earthlink.net or by post to Barbara Loe, Ephemera
Society of America, Inc., P.O. Box 95, Cazenovia, NY 13035-0095.

*Decisions and notification about proposals will be made by October 31,
2021. *Presenters will be requested to sign a release at the time of
acceptance allowing their presentation to be filmed for use by the ESA.

If selected, a draft PowerPoint presentation must be submitted by February
28, 2022. The final presentation must be submitted by March 7, 2022.
Presentations must include 25 or more ephemera images. At this time,
funding is unavailable from ESA to support travel or presentation costs.

The Ephemera Society is eager to expand the use of ephemera in the
classroom, and we encourage presentations on all subjects addressing the
use of ephemera in teaching and academic re

[Origami] origami in the artist book Fwd: [New post] The Artist Book: Cover to Cover with Maria Pisano Part I

2021-08-05 Thread Karen Reeds
Maria G. Pisano makes fascinating use of paperfolding in her artist books.
The National Library of Medicine has just acquired three of them. Check out
Maria's website, http://www.mariagpisano.com/, for more of her remarkable
mixed-media works.

Karen

from Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


-- Forwarded message -
From: Circulating Now from NLM 
Date: Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 11:00 AM
Subject: [New post] The Artist Book: Cover to Cover with Maria Pisano Part I
To: 


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[Origami] Better link …lThese Paper Airplanes Fly Like Birds | Audubon

2021-07-14 Thread Karen Reeds


The link in my earlier post today didn’t work for me, but this older one does ( 
April 2020). I liked the accounts of 4 different kinds of bird flight. 
https://www.audubon.org/news/these-paper-airplanes-fly-birds

Karen
7/14/2021
Sent from my iPhone

[Origami] Origami sighting—Audubon Magazine (summer 2021, p61)

2021-07-14 Thread Karen Reeds
In a friend’s copy, I noticed Among summertime bird-related activities for kids 
- directions/diagrams for a paper airplane: “Take Flight. Wings are one of 
birds’ most impressive adaptations…”  3 more wing designs at: 
Audubon.org/paperwings
(This model was a new one to me. It spiraled more than it glided.)
Karen
7/14/2021

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[Origami] Now Magazine cover box origins

2021-07-07 Thread Karen Reeds
7/7/2021
Hi, David M. (and anyone else with information)

Please do say more about evidence for the likely German origins of the Magazine 
Cover Box. 

You’ve  made me very curious. 

How can independent invention be ruled out!

Thanks, 
Karen
karenmre...@gmail.com
===
 davidgrahammitch...@outlook.com wrote:
> 
>  1. Re: Implications of the term 'Traditional' and call for
> 
> Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2021 08:30:00 +
> 
> 
> 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 
> include anything that the author had designated traditional. Clearly, if 
> mistakes were made in the original work, then they are perpetuated in his 
> list. As far as I know he did not attempt any verification of the information.
> 
> Most of the mistakes I have found relate to the geographical origin of the 
> designs. The Magazine Cover Box, for instance, is designated as Japanese, 
> although the evidence suggests that it is German in origin.
> 
> Dave (yes, another one)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> End of Origami Digest, Vol 183, Issue 7


[Origami] Not Origami, but Kirigami history in 17th Century Netherlands “Joanna Koerten's Scissor-Cut Works Were Compared to Michelangelo” | JSTOR Daily

2021-06-16 Thread Karen Reeds
6/16/2021

I have always loved 17th C Dutch art, but I had no idea that papercutting
was part of it. These articles do not mention the possibility of
interactions between the Dutch and Japanese  in this period -- a topic I
hope a kirigami historian will follow up.

https://daily.jstor.org/joanna-koertens-scissor-cut-works-were-compared-to-michelangelo/

See also the link at end of daily.jstor.org article for open-access article
with lots of illustrations of Koertens's work and a portrait of her with
scissors in hand.:

Paper as power: Carving a niche for the female artist in the work of Joanna
Koerten Author(s): Martha Moffitt Peacock Source: Nederlands
Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek (NKJ) / Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art ,
2012, Vol. 62, MEANING IN MATERIALS, 1400-1800 / MATERIAAL EN BETEKENIS,
1400-1800 (2012), pp. 238-265 Published by: Brill Stable URL:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43883877

Peacock notes an anonymous Dutch handbook with instructions for beginning
papercutters, that includes something about folding paper: *Konstig en
vermaakelljk tyd-verdryf, der Hollandsche jufferen, of onderricht der
papiere sny-konst *[Artistic and enjoyable pastime of Dutch young ladies,
or instruction in the art of papercutting], (Amsterdam: Johannes ten Hoorn,
1686).

Happy cutting!

Karen
Karen Reeds, karenmre...@gmail.com
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Princeton Research Forum, a community of independent scholars:
http://www.princetonresearchforum.org/

***
Share the origami of Laura Kruskal! Just published:
*Origami Crowns -- A Collection by Laura Kruskal, Queen of Crowns, *ed. Wendy
Zeichner and Patsy & David Wang-Iverson, Origami USA, June 15, 2021.
https://origamiusa.org/thefold/article/%E2%80%98origami-crowns-collection-laura-kruskal-queen-crowns%E2%80%99

https://origamiusa.org/system/files/thefold/thefold64_Kruskal_Origami_Crowns_0.pdf
(My
tribute, p. 24.)


[Origami] Not quite origami — paper engineering and pop-up books Fwd: [SHARP-L] Friends of the Fisher Lecture, April 8: Pop-up book artist Colette Fu

2021-04-01 Thread Karen Reeds
4/1/2021
Possibly of interest to some folks here. 

Happy folding!
Karen


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Begin forwarded message:

> From: John Shoesmith 
> Date: April 1, 2021 at 12:28:17 PM EDT
> To: shar...@list.indiana.edu
> Subject: [SHARP-L] Friends of the Fisher Lecture, April 8: Pop-up book artist 
> Colette Fu
> Reply-To: shar...@pilot.list.indiana.edu
> 
> 
> Please join us at the University of Toronto’s Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library 
> for this year's Johanna and Leon Katz Memorial Lecture on Thursday April 8 at 
> 6 pm, which features Philadelphia based pop-up book artist and photographer 
> Colette Fu. Her lecture is titled "We Are Tiger Dragon People: The Magical 
> Pop-up Books of Paper Engineer and Artist Colette Fu."
> Colette will introduce her ongoing series of photo-based pop-up books about 
> the ethnic minority groups of China. A self-taught paper engineer, she will 
> discuss how she began the project, how she ended up specializing in such a 
> unique art form, and all that inspired her along the way. She will also give 
> a brief demonstration of how she creates a pop-up book.
> This video lecture will be delivered on Zoom on April 8 at 6 pm, and Colette 
> will participate in a virtual Q after the lecture.
> More information on the lecture can be found at: 
> https://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/news/katz-lecture-colette-fu.
>  
> RSVP AND ZOOM INFORMATION
> Please email annamaria.rom...@utoronto.ca to let us know that you are 
> planning to join us. We will send you the Zoom link and other details after 
> we have heard from you.


[Origami] not quite origami -- "Papier -- Exhibition of paper artists, Bea Szenfeld and Stina Wirsen (American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis)

2021-03-10 Thread Karen Reeds
Has this American Swedish Institute exhibition been mentioned on the O-list? I 
came across it by chance. It "unites Bea Szenfeld’s spectacular sculptural 
paper-fashions with Stina Wirsén’s evocative illustrations."  
Good videos. You can also register for Zoom curator tours ($20). 


https://www.asimn.org/exhibitions-collections/exhibitions/papier-bea-szenfeld-and-stina-wirsen-1

Enjoy!

Karen

Karen
3/10/2021
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[Origami] not origami, but fascinating stuff for paper-lovers Fwd: International Association of Paper Historians (IPH) zoom conference, “Investigating American Collections on Paper”

2021-03-01 Thread Karen Reeds
I can't resist sending the titles of some of the talks coming up at the
International Association of Paper Historians (IPH)'s 35th Biennial
Congress on June 7-11, 2021. Full announcement below.

(A question for origami paper historians: I can't recall seeing watermarks
on *kami *and other origami paper. Am I just oblivious to something that is
there? Or, if there aren't watermarks, why not?)

Happy folding!
Karen
ringleader, Princeton Public Library Origami Group, and book historian
Karen Reeds, PhD, FLS
Princeton Research Forum, a community of independent scholars:
http://www.princetonresearchforum.org/


   - Washi in the North: the far-reaching impact of the availability of
   Japanese papers to 20th century North American artists and art conservators.
   - An overview of miniature paper machines 1860 to 1980.
   - The papers within: a close examination of the papers found inside
   Harvard’s Sedgwick Sculpture of Prince Shōtoku at Age Two
   - The ZIG ZAG mark (///) in Spanish Arabian paper: study and reasons for
   this mark


from Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


-- Forwarded message -
From: 
Date: Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 5:50 AM
Subject: exlibris-l Digest Mon, 01 Mar 2021

--

Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 00:06:32 -0500
From: Marian Dirda 
Subject: ["EXLIBRIS-L"] 35th IPH Congress: Investigating American
Collections
on Paper June 7-11, 2021

Dear  colleagues,


The International Association of Paper Historians (IPH) warmly invites you
to register for its upcoming 35th Biennial Congress on June 7-11, 2021. The
much-anticipated event, entitled  will be co-hosted by the Library of
Congress, the National Gallery
of Art, and the National Archives and Records Administration. The
Washington, DC organizers have transformed the original in-person Congress
into an online colloquium that will allow greater participation by paper
historians, scholars and students from around the world. Please visit the
IPH
website <http://www.paperhistory.org/> (http://www.paperhistory.org/) for a
detailed conference program and registration.



The Congress will open with a keynote address from the eminent paper
historian John Bidwell, Astor Curator and Head of the Department of Printed
Books and Bindings at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York, and will
feature talks given by 35 other outstanding international scholars.
Presenters will discuss international paper history, artists’ papers, book
papers, watermark databases, new methodologies in paper studies, and
toolkits for paper and watermark identification. The 2021 IPH Congress
brings together an unprecedented assembly of experts and is designed for
interactive discussion. In addition to the pre-recorded presentations with
live question and answer sessions, live workshops will allow participants
to gain greater familiarity with watermark imaging tools and international
watermark databases, guided by their creators.  IPH 2021 Program and
Workshops
<
http://www.paperhistory.org/Congress-events/congress2021/IPH_Program_2021.pdf
>



Please register soon!

Marian Dirda



*2021 IPH Congress Planning Committee:*

Library of Congress: Sylvia Albro, Yasmeen Khan, Amelia Parks, Mary
Elizabeth Watson

National Gallery of Art: Marian Dirda and Amy Hughes

National Archives and Records Administration: Halaina Demba, Amy Lubick,
Yoonjoo Strumfels

iph35thcongr...@gmail.com

--
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1200 Woodside Parkway
Silver Spring, MD  20910


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[Origami] Origami sighting — paper airplanes by Wim Wenders, film director

2021-02-25 Thread Karen Reeds
Spotted in T, New York Times Style Magazine, Feb21,2021, p 78, “Profile in 
Style: Lucie and Luke Meier of Jil Sander.” Photo # 5: Two Little blue paper 
airplanes, with notes and sketches on them, very crisply folded, framed. 
Wenders and the Meiers were collaborating on “a short film for a short film 
series for the Jil Sander spring  2018
campaign. “

Karen 

Karen Reeds, ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group 
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
(On hiatus during pandemic)


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[Origami] Origami history sighting -- napkin folding in 1629

2021-02-03 Thread Karen Reeds
Feb 3, 2021
Nice article in Public Domain Review. Of course it includes Joan Salas.

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/serviette-sculptures-the-forgotten-art-of-napkin-folding

Karen

PS also check out the link to illustrations of ornamental orange peeling!


Karen Reeds,  ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
(on hiatus during pandemic)
from Karen Reeds
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[Origami] Origami sighting — photo to Work Friend column Sunday 1/24/2021- The New York Times

2021-01-25 Thread Karen Reeds
Margaux Walter’s photo for Roxanne Gay’s column sneaks a couple of 
poverty-fold cranes into a tableau of the desk of goof-off office-worker . 
(Needless to say, I  count paperfolding as essential work, especially in these 
pandemic times.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/business/my-co-worker-is-a-scammer-and-she-gets-on-my-last-nerve.html

Happy folding! 
Karen 
Karen Reeds
Princeton Public Library Origami Group

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[Origami] Origami sighting -- "How to Fold a Napkin to Look Just Like a Christmas Tree—It's So Easy! Here are all the steps to turn a napkin into the cutest Christmas tree..."

2020-12-18 Thread Karen Reeds
I don’t have access to the Country Living article, so I don’t know who
created this lovely napkin fold. (It reminds me of the napkin fold that
Laura Kruskal created for the tail of her classic Turkey model. )
URL:
https://www.countryliving.com/diy-crafts/g28725374/christmas-tree-napkin-fold/

Cheers,
Karen


*From:* Country Living 
*Date:* December 14, 2020 at 1:04:27 PM EST

*Subject:* *How to Fold a Napkin to Look Just Like a Christmas Tree—It's So
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[Origami] Origami sighting: Carlos Garaicoa NY Times, 11-15-2020 “Inspiration From South of the Border Moves Center Stage in Houston”

2020-12-18 Thread Karen Reeds
12/18/2020

There’s a photograph of Garaicoa‘s  “Ciudad Doblada (Roja)— “Bent City (Red)” 
...”a 2007 work...[that] comprises four low tables inlaid with 102 hand-cut and 
folded cardboard pieces referencing Chinese and Japanese traditions of origami, 
and summoning a lexicon of architectural motifs.”

(The title in the paper edition is “South of the Border, Now Center Stage.” 
Arts and Leisure, p12)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/arts/design/latino-artists-museum-of-fine-arts-houston.html

Karen

Karen Reeds, ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group 
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/

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[Origami] Origami sighting (Instructables) 7220 Modules - Origami Globe

2020-07-14 Thread Karen Reeds
https://www.instructables.com/id/7220-Modules-Origami-Globe/?utm_source=newsletter_medium=email

"I have seen origami globes on the internet before, however they always
seemed quite inaccurate and small, although I still loved them, so I
decided to make my own version."
Lina Maria, an industrial designer,  used the Golden Venture module.

Karen

Karen Reeds, ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
ON HOLD UNTIL LIBRARY RE-OPENS! We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month,
6:30-8pm, 1st floor Quiet Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

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[Origami] Origami sighting—“36 Hours in … Wherever You Are”- Travel section, The New York Times

2020-04-05 Thread Karen Reeds
Scroll down to Laila Dib’s contribution and admire her example. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/travel/36-hours-quarantine.html

Of course, everyone on this list knows this already!

Happy folding!

Karen 

Princeton Public Library Origami Group — Currently thwarted by Covid-19.
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet Room. 
 Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529  
https://princetonlibrary.org/

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[Origami] Very sad Origami sighting — “Two Women Fell Sick From the Coronavirus. One Survived. “- The New York Times

2020-03-17 Thread Karen Reeds
Dear paperfolders, 
The origami is in the final photo, but the whole story is important to read. 

To all the medical workers around the world, thank you!

Karen
Karen Reeds
Princeton Public Library Origami Group (on hold until the library re-opens)
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/



https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/13/world/asia/coronavirus-death-life.html

Two Women Fell Sick From the Coronavirus. One Survived.
By Sui-Lee Wee and Vivian WangMarch 13, 2020
The young mothers didn’t tell their children they had the coronavirus. Mama was 
working hard, they said, to save sick people.

Instead, Deng Danjing and Xia Sisi were fighting for their lives in the same 
hospitals where they worked, weak from fever and gasping for breath. Within a 
matter of weeks, they had gone from healthy medical professionals on the front 
lines of the epidemic in Wuhan, China, to coronavirus patients in critical 
condition.

The world is still struggling to fully understand the new virus, its symptoms, 
spread and sources. For some, it can feel like a common cold. For others, it is 
a deadly infection that ravages the lungs and pushes the immune system into 
overdrive, destroying even healthy cells. The difference between life and death 
can depend on the patient’s health, age and access to care — although not 
always.

The virus has infected more than 132,000 globally. The vast majority of cases 
have been mild, with limited symptoms. But the virus’s progression can be 
quick, at which point the chances of survival plummet. Around 68,000 people 
have recovered, while nearly 5,000 have died.

The fates of Ms. Deng and Dr. Xia reflect the unpredictable nature of a virus 
that affects everyone differently, at times defying statistical averages and 
scientific research.

As the new year opened in China, the women were leading remarkably similar 
lives. Both were 29 years old. Both were married, each with a young child on 
whom she doted.

Ms. Deng, a nurse, had worked for three years at Wuhan No. 7 Hospital, in the 
city where she grew up and where the coronavirus pandemic began. Her mother was 
a nurse there, too, and in their free time they watched movies or shopped 
together. Ms. Deng’s favorite activity was playing with her two pet kittens, 
Fat Tiger and Little White, the second of which she had rescued just three 
months before falling sick.


Before the epidemic, Ms. Deng had promised to take her 5-year-old daughter to 
the aquarium.
Dr. Xia, a gastroenterologist, also came from a family of medical 
professionals. As a young child, she had accompanied her mother, a nurse, to 
work. She joined the Union Jiangbei Hospital of Wuhan in 2015 and was the 
youngest doctor in her department. Her colleagues called her “Little Sisi” or 
“Little Sweetie” because she always had a smile for them. She loved Sichuan hot 
pot, a dish famous for its numbingly spicy broth.


Dr. Xia loved traveling with her family. She had recently visited Wuzhizhou 
Island, a resort destination off the southern coast of China.
When a mysterious new virus struck the city, the women began working long 
hours, treating a seemingly endless flood of patients. They took precautions to 
protect themselves. But they succumbed to the infection, the highly contagious 
virus burrowing deep into their lungs, causing fever and pneumonia. In the 
hospital, each took a turn for the worse.

One recovered. One did not.

Symptoms

Onset of virus & hospitalization

The symptoms came on suddenly.

Dr. Xia had ended her night shift on Jan. 14 when she was called back to attend 
to a patient — a 76-year-old man with suspected coronavirus. She dropped in 
frequently to check in on him.

Five days later, she started feeling unwell. Exhausted, she took a two-hour nap 
at home, then checked her temperature: It was 102 degrees. Her chest felt tight.

A few weeks later, in early February, Ms. Deng, the nurse, was preparing to eat 
dinner at the hospital office, when the sight of food left her nauseated. She 
brushed the feeling aside, figuring she was worn out by work. She had spent the 
beginning of the outbreak visiting the families of confirmed patients and 
teaching them to disinfect their homes.

After forcing down some food, Ms. Deng went home to shower, and then, feeling 
groggy, took a nap. When she woke up, her temperature was 100 degrees.

Fever is the most common symptom of the coronavirus, seen in nearly 90 percent 
of patients. About a fifth of people experience shortness of breath, often 
including a cough and congestion. Many also feel fatigued.

Both women rushed to see doctors. Chest scans showed damage to their lungs, a 
tell-tale sign of the coronavirus that is present in at least 85 percent of 
patients, according to one study.

In particular, Ms. Deng’s CT scan showed what the doctor called ground-glass 
opacities on her lower right lung — hazy spots that indicated fluid or 
inflammation around her airways.

The hospital had no space

[Origami] Origami sighting — artist Haegue Yang

2020-03-09 Thread Karen Reeds
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/t-magazine/haegue-yang.html 

I saw it in the T Magazine that came in the Sunday NEwYork Times, March 8, 
2020. 

2 different installation artworks by Yang  with origami or origami-inspired 
elements (modular polyhedral) are pictured.

Karen

> Karen Reeds
> Princeton Public Library Origami Group
> Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
> We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet 
> Room. Free!
> We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
> Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529  
> https://princetonlibrary.org/
> 
> Celebrating 14 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
> Our next meeting:  Wednesday, March 11, 2020


Sent from my iPhone

[Origami] Origami sighting (sort of)—just in time for Pi Day!

2020-03-07 Thread Karen Reeds
New York Times Sunday Magazine, March 8, 2020
“Not your Average Apple Pie,”
By Dorrie Greenspan, recipe for Apple Pie, Circus-Style:
“The dough rolls easily, cuts cleanly, and folds like origami paper.”
I can’t wait to try it!
Karen

Karen Reeds
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet Room. 
Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529  
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 14 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meeting:  Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Sent from my iPhone

[Origami] Kirigami sighting --- medical application

2019-12-19 Thread Karen Reeds
"KIRIGAMI SENSOR PATCH FOR SHOULDERS COULD IMPROVE INJURY RECOVERY,
ATHLETIC TRAINING"
https://news.engin.umich.edu/2019/10/kirigami-sensor-could-improve-injury-recovery/?_ga=2.152563711.730034591.1576797920-520948645.1572388352

strikes me as a brilliant idea!
Karen

from Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


[Origami] Another reason to keep on folding! "[Unfolded] Microprotein Could Point to New Therapeutic Targets for Diverse Human Diseases

2019-10-28 Thread Karen Reeds
https://www.genengnews.com/news/microprotein-could-point-to-new-therapeutic-targets-for-diverse-human-diseases/

This article from Genetic Engineering  News doesn't specifically say
origami anywhere, but I'm sure the word will work its way into the
microprotein/unfolded protein response literature.

"The Salk scientists have now characterized a 54 amino acid microprotein
called PIGBOS, which their studies indicate may be key to molecular
pathways involved in dealing with a particular form of cell stress. Cells
routinely encounter stress that negatively impacts on cell health and
function, the authors stated. The accumulation of unfolded proteins in the
endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a common stress, and this triggers a
conserved pathway called the unfolded protein response (UPR), which acts to
mitigate damage caused by this buildup. While stress-responsive genes,
proteins, and pathways provide a cellular mechanism to cope with this form
of cellular stress and return cells to homeostasis, dysregulation of the
UPR underlies several debilitating diseases. “Cells with an insufficient
capacity to handle protein production begin to accumulate unfolded or
misfolded proteins, which causes ER stress and triggers UPR,” the authors
commented. ”UPR dysfunction contributes to accumulation of key
disease-related proteins, and thus plays an essential role in the
pathogenesis of many neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer’s
disease, Parkinson’s disease, and Huntington’s disease.”

Karen Reeds
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 1st floor Quiet Room.
Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 13 years of paperfolding in Princeton! *Our next meetings: *
*Wed. Nov. 13, 2019, 6:30-8pm, Quiet Room, 1st Floor -- we'll fold Laura
Kruskal's classic model, Holiday Turkey.*
*Wed. Dec. 4, 2019,6:30-8pm, STEAM Room, 3rd Floor*  [NB the FIRST Wednesday


[Origami] Origami sighting: "Take A Chance on a Book Fortune-teller" at the library reference desk

2019-09-12 Thread Karen Reeds
Just spotted at the Princeton Public Library Reference desk:
a Fortune-teller that leads to reading suggestions. Outer pockets have
colors to spell out. The Blintz layer has categories (mystery, memoir,
format...) with a # . The Innermost square gives 16 titles/authors to try
out.

I can send photos it you are curious.
Karen
Karen Reeds,
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/
Celebrating 13 years of paperfolding in Princeton!

from Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


[Origami] Golden Venture style peacocks, by Cathy Tsao, exhibited in NJ

2019-06-23 Thread Karen Reeds
I looked up Cathy Tsao's origami after a friend sent me a photo of her elegant 
Peacock model, using Golden Venture paperfolding techniques, in the MCCC 
Gallery show: 
https://www.nj.com/times/2019/06/fine-arts-its-a-picture-perfect-season-to-visit-the-gallery-at-mercer-county-community-college.html

I'm not sure how to post that photo, but here's a photo of another Peacock 
model she has on exhibit/for sale at Stark & Stark, a law firm in 
Lawrenceville, NJ:

Cathy Tsao
Peacock
https://volunteerconnectnj.org/artwork-available-for-purchase/

and another one here:
https://evogov.s3.amazonaws.com/media/21/media/173326.pdf

(For more about the technique, see 
https://www.origami-resource-center.com/golden-venture-folding.html )

Enjoy!
Karen
Karen Reeds
Princeton Public Library Origami Group 
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 1st floor Quiet Room. 
Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529  
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 13 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meetings:  
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Wednesday, August 14, 2019

from Karen Reeds 
karenmre...@gmail.com

[Origami] Inflatable origami (and origami for people with disabilities)

2019-04-17 Thread Karen Reeds
4/17/2019
Hi, Dawn,

A year ago (Jun 5, 2018), in response to your question about Waterbomb
variations, I mentioned my "Pinless Pin-wheel." Forgive me for
incorporating bits of that post now without quotes.

"Pinless Pin-wheel" is  diagrammed in OUSA Convention Book 1988, p 243. It
was inspired by the Blow-up Rabbit, so I count it as a cousin of the
Waterbomb. Origami Database, https://www.oriwiki.com/odbInfo.php
https://www.oriwiki.com/showModel.php?ModelID=7100
https://www.giladorigami.com/origami-database/Pinwheel%20Karen%20Reeds

The short directions: Make rabbit-ear folds on each flap of the Waterbomb
base. Crease the open end firmly horizontally as high up as comfortable.
Blow into the hole to inflate the model. The result is a pyramid with 4
vanes.
Put a pencil in the hole, blow, and watch the Pinwheel spin. If you use a
straw instead of a pencil, blow into the straw and send the Pinwheel flying
into the air. [Plastic straws are going out of use for good environmental
reasons, so I am laying a supply of paper straws.]

(Back in 2002 , Dorothy Kaplan noted that she used a barbecue skewer and
didn't bother with the inflating. Still spun around nicely.)

This past week I visited a friend who is slowly recovering from a stroke.
She couldn't talk much but she enjoyed watching me make the Pin-wheel. I
think that puffing on the model to make it spin was probably good therapy
for her breathing and talking. Puffing on the straw to make the model jump
up in the air was a happy surprise for her. (I also made a bunch of smaller
versions as flowers for her.)

The series of 3 inflatable models -- traditional Waterbomb, traditional
Blow-Up Bunny, and the Pinless Pin-wheel -- was a hit at the April 2019
Princeton Public Library Origami Group meeting.

Happy Folding and Puffing!
Karen
Karen Reeds
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 1st floor Quiet Room.
Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/
Next meetings:  Wed., May 8, 2019
Wed., June 12, 2019


[Origami] origami sighting -- gift of paper cranes by Japanese internment camp survivors to immigrant kids detained in Texas jail

2019-03-30 Thread Karen Reeds
A friend alerted me to this very painful story.  I wish I had known about
it in time to add my own cranes to the ones the WW II internment camp
survivors are bringing to the kids locked up in Karnes Detention Center,
Dilley Texas.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/3/28/1845910/--We-will-not-be-silent-Japanese-internment-camp-survivors-plan-protest-at-migrant-family-jail

Karen

Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 1st floor Quiet Room.
Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

from Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


[Origami] obituary for Laura Kruskal (1923-2019) -- and collecting Laura's Crown models

2019-03-21 Thread Karen Reeds
(with no apologies for cross-posting)
3/20/2019
Dear friends,

Laura's obituary appeared in the local Princeton weekly paper today, Town
Topics (3/20/2019).
http://www.towntopics.com/wordpress/category/obituaries/

*Laura Kruskal*

Laura Kruskal, renowned and beloved creator and teacher of origami, died
on February 6, 2019 at the age of 95. Laura was a sparkling personality,
who drew people to her and impressed them with her unique charm. She wrote
and sang origami songs, like the “International Origami Anthem,” and
performed origami raps as she taught her original paper fold models,
whether to students in schools and libraries or to origami enthusiasts at
conventions.

Laura received her undergraduate degree with a biology major and chemistry
minor from Hunter College, and her master’s degree from New York
University. She was introduced to origami by her mother-in-law, the late
Lillian Oppenheimer, who popularized origami in the United States. It was
also through Lillian that Laura was introduced to her husband of 56 years,
the late Martin David Kruskal.

Laura literally thought outside of the box, as she created origami models
which could be folded from a rectangle rather than from the traditional
square. She started this technique as she traveled the world, often to
exotic places, with Martin David, a world-famous mathematician and
physicist. It wasn’t always easy to find origami paper, but letter-sized
computer paper was plentiful, and her creations worked equally well with
pages from magazines, which made them very accessible. Laura taught her
original origami models for years in the Princeton area and around the
world, not only at origami conventions, libraries, and schools, but also in
prisons, in restaurants, in buses, and anywhere where people were intrigued
by her and her art.

Laura is survived by her three children, Karen Kruskal (and
daughter-in-law, Sheera Strick), Kerry Kruskal, and Clyde Kruskal; five
grandchildren, David Strick (and his wife, Jennifer Levy), Emma Kruskal,
Alexander Kruskal, Justin Kruskal, and Rebecca Kruskal; and two great
grandchildren, Ryan Strick and Lyla Strick.

*(Photograph by Andrew Cribb)*
=

If you have photos or examples or diagrams for Laura's Crowns, please send
them to Wendy Zeichner. wzeich...@gmail.com  OrigamiUSA wants to make a
collection of all the OrigamiUSA Convention Crowns Laura created for us
over the years:

Thanks!

Karen
Karen Reeds (carrying on Laura's fun in Princeton NJ)
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/
Celebrating 13 years of paperfolding in Princeton!

from Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


[Origami] origami sighting: Paper Roses "speed origami!" video by Young Kim

2019-03-15 Thread Karen Reeds
On the website for this beautiful book by
Gerit Quealy,
Botanical Shakespeare
<https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062469892/botanical-shakespeare> (Harper
Design, $23, 208 pp.)
there is a video of Young Kim making crepe-paper roses at lightning speed:
 https://www.botanicalshakespeare.com/
For more about Young Kim:
Also, https://issuu.com/w42st/docs/w42st_issue_42_pride

Karen 3/15/2019
karenmre...@gmail.com

Karen Reeds, ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/
Celebrating 13 years of paperfolding in Princeton!


Re: [Origami] March Folding Models -- 4-leaf clover (Laura Kruskal) and

2019-03-09 Thread Karen Reeds
from Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 12:00 PM 
wrote:

>
> Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 15:44:39 -0500
> From: Judy Pruitt 
> To: origami@lists.digitalorigami.com
> Subject: [Origami] March Folding Models
>
> Hi! Our group meets once a month at the Island Branch Library in Holmes
> Beach, FL, on Anna Maria Island.
> We would like to fold some models that we can just leave around the library
> for patrons to take home. Last year during December we left mice all
> around hehehe.  Then we have left cicadas & just in February we left
> hearts - all kinds.
> We didn't tell the librarians at first but now they have figured it out.
> So any clovers or other March pertaining models?
> Thank you, in advance, for all your help and support! We really appreciate
> it!
> Judy Pruitt
> AMIGAMI
> Cell: 941.224.1973
>

3/7/2019
Hi, Judy

Thanks for sharing that lovely idea! Now start adding the info about your
meetings to those models!

Laura Kruskal would teach a simple Heart model in February for Valentine's
Day and then, for March, fold 4 Hearts in green paper and arrange them into
a 4-Leaf Clover, as a good-luck table decoration for St. Patrick's Day.

I like to make my Pinless Pinwheel action model to celebrate March winds.
See 1988 OrigamiUSA  Convention Annual, p243.
https://origamiusa.org/files/1988_conv_contents.pdf
Purchase pdf:
1988 Convention [pdf]


Happy folding!

Karen
Karen Reeds
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/
Next meeting: March 13, 2019 -- Gina Sciaraffi will teach Laura Kruskal's
Paper Chain.


>


[Origami] Origami applications sighting -- Reconfigurable origami traffic noise barrier

2019-01-15 Thread Karen Reeds
Still in experimental stages, but interesting application (and goodness
knows we need every relief from traffic noise we can get).
Karen 1/15/2019

RECONFIGURABLE ORIGAMI TRAFFIC NOISE BARRIER
> [University of Michigan] Mechanical Engineering Professor Kon-Well Wang
> leads a project to develop reconfigurable noise-blocking "origami,"
> designed to cut down on different types of traffic noise, which is a
> growing public health concern in urban areas. February 8, 2018.
>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLy_JTXhmSM

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 1st floor Quiet Room.
Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 13 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meetings:  Wednesday, February 13, 2019

from Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


[Origami] Origami metaphor sighting

2018-12-24 Thread Karen Reeds
The NY Times Sunday Book Review (12/23/2018, quotes Michelle Obama, in  her  
brand-new autobiography, Becoming, as saying that she had constructed her 
well-ordered life into a “tight and airless piece of origami.” 

Karen

Karen Reeds co-ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami 
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet Room. 
Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529  
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 13 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meetings:  Wednesday, January 9,2018

Sent from my iPhone

[Origami] Origami sighting —origami in pills

2018-11-20 Thread Karen Reeds
The online article, "Teaching Old Drugs New Tricks "  AARP Magazine.
November 2018, has photos, but not clear enough to see the origami folds.

Karen  11/20/2018
"The Origami Robot

This tiny, biodegradable robot unfolds itself from a frozen capsule and
then scoots around in the stomach, controlled by magnets outside the body.
So far it has removed foreign objects and repaired wounds in an artificial
stomach. Its creators in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory say ingestible
robots may someday perform surgeries and deliver drugs, too.


The Accordion Pill

Made of pleated, biodegradable, medical-grade film encased in a capsule,
the Accordion Pill unfurls when the capsule dissolves in stomach fluid. The
pleated film releases the medication, tucked into its folds, for up to 12
hours. The pill was designed as a delivery system for meds, such as the
Parkinson’s disease treatment carbidopa/levodopa, that are best absorbed in
a slow, steady manner in the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract.
https://www.aarp.org/health/drugs-supplements/info-2018/future-pills-new-drug-uses.html


Karen Reeds, co-ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 1st floor Quiet Room.
Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 13 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meetings:  Wednesday, December12, 2018


[Origami] buildings from paper? Shigeru Ban on Emergency shelters made from paper

2018-11-13 Thread Karen Reeds
11/12/2018

Hi,  friends

I volunteer with ScienceMentors 1:1, a program in Trenton, New Jersey, that
gets high school kids doing science/environmental/engineering research
projects with adult mentors. One theme of this year's program is housing,
especially for homeless people in Trenton. (Some of the kids in the program
are or have been homeless.)

The work by Japanese architect, Shigeru Ban, with cardboard paper tubing is
an inspiration:
https://www.ted.com/talks/shigeru_ban_emergency_shelters_made_from_paper/discussion

Can you suggest other information on houses, shelters, buildings,
construction methods... using paper as the primary material, whether or not
they use origami?

I feel sure I have seen some (maybe even posted some to this list), but
can't locate them in my own origami files.

I'd also be glad to have suggestions of 3-D origami models of houses,
apartment buildings

Many thanks!

Karen

 Karen Reeds, co-ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/
Celebrating 13 years of paperfolding in Princeton
Next meeting this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 6:30-8pm -- Laura Kruskal will teach
her Thanksgiving Turkey

Volunteer Mentor with ScienceMentors 1:1 http://www.sciencementors.org/

from Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


[Origami] Origami-inspired design -- SoLight portable folding lantern, crowd-funding

2018-10-30 Thread Karen Reeds
>
>  Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 10:31:51 -0400
> From: Sy Chen 
> To: The Origami Mailing List 
>
> I came across this invention on indiegogo site:
>
>
> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-qwnn-light-and-power-anytime-anywhere
>
> I am not sure if this have been mentioned before.
>
> Happy folding!
>
> Sy Chen
>

Thank you, Sy! That is a beautiful, useful, solar-powered design! I've just
ordered one through the IndieGoGo crowd-funding site. If only it were ready
for Halloween tomorrow!

I especially like the fact that my order includes a donation of a SoLight
to an Indonesian family affected by the 2018 tsunami. Our Princeton Public
Library Origami group got its start shortly after the terrible 2004
Indonesian tsunami. A kid at an origami program at Cotsen Children's
Library, Princeton University, asked me how to make an origami Wave. That
was the inspiration for a series of tsunami relief fundraisers using
origami. Our group emerged from that effort--and members recently
contributed generously to  UNICEF's tsunami relief efforts. (This reminds
me that I should send the Simple Wave model to World Origami Days:
http://www.origami.gr.jp/WOD/2018/applicationform.pdf)

Karen 10/30/2018
Karen Reeds, co-ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/
Celebrating 13 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Next meeting: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 -- Laura Kruskal teaches her
classic Thanksgiving Turkey model!


Re: [Origami] warning about Origami sighting -- Hong Kong television serial, Life on the Line

2018-10-30 Thread Karen Reeds
>
> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 17:19:36 -0400
> From: Dick and Serena LaVine 
> To: olist 
> Subject: Re: [Origami] Origami sighting -- Hong Kong television
> serial, Life on the Line
> > http://kissdrama.club/watch-online/life-on-the-line-2018
>
> In this TV drama  about Hong Kong ambulance men, the final episode (#15),
>
> > about 20 minutes in, has a bit of origami, with philosophy of life
> > included.
> >
> > I got a McAfee warning ("very risky") about this website when I tried to
> link to it.
>
> Serena
> ///
>

Thank you very much, Serena, for the alert. The link came from my husband.
He hasn't had problems, but I'll let him know. Neither of us want to be
spreading computer problems!

Karen


[Origami] Origami sighting -- Hong Kong television serial, Life on the Line

2018-10-28 Thread Karen Reeds
Life on the Line - 跳躍生命線 - Ep15
 http://kissdrama.club/watch-online/life-on-the-line-2018
In this TV drama  about Hong Kong ambulance men, the final episode (#15),
about 20 minutes in, has a bit of origami, with philosophy of life included.

Karen
Karen Reeds, co-ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/
At our Nov. 14, 2018 meeting, we will be celebrating 13 years of
paperfolding in Princeton!

from Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


-- Forwarded message -
From: Jim 
Date: Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 9:19 PM
Subject: http://kissdrama.club/watch-online/life-on-the-line-2018
To: Karen Reeds 


[Origami] origami sighting in beautiful artist's book, Caudex Folium, commemorating 9/11

2018-10-24 Thread Karen Reeds
I've admired Maria Pisano's artist's books for years. A page in her *Caudex
Folium* (2016) ingeniously uses origami to echo the Callery pear blossom
image on the page.
https://mariagpisano.com/?page_id=53

Enjoy!
Karen

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/
Celebrating our 13th anniversary of paperfolding in Princeton!

from Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


[Origami] any origami groups or paperfolders near Marlboro NJ?

2018-10-12 Thread Karen Reeds
10/11/2018
 Hi, 
I’m forwarding a request from would-be folder parent and child.
If you can help, please let Anu and me know. It is a long drive from Marlboro
NJ to Princeton, especially on a school night!
Thanks, 
Karen

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group 
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 1st floor Quiet Room. 
Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529  
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 12 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Anu Shanbhag 
11:10 AM (2 hours ago)

Hi Karen,
We live in Marlboro but I want my almost 8 year daughter & me to learn Origami. 
Any suggestions for local group or should we brave the drive 1x/mnth to 
princeton library?
thanks so much,
Anu


from Karen Reeds 
karenmre...@gmail.com

[Origami] parent seeking origami teacher for 7 year old in northern New Jersey

2018-09-21 Thread Karen Reeds
I am passing along this plea from a good parent in Mountain Lakes, NJ. If
you can help Tim, please get in touch with him directly.

I've suggested an OrigamiUSA junior membership and Sunday folding sessions
and Taro's Origami Studio in Brooklyn.

Thanks!

Karen 9/20/2018
cc: timothy.han...@gmail.com


> Hi,
> My 7-year old son loves to do origami, and I would love to help feed his
> passion by having somebody come teach him every so often. Also, he has a
> birthday coming up (Oct 4th) and has expressed interest in having an
> “origami party”, which I suppose we would host at our house in Mountain
> Lakes for a small group of his friends. I found your group through the
> origami USA website and thought I would reach out. I’m sort of grasping at
> straws for help, so anyone you could put me in touch with would be hugely
> appreciated!!
> Thanks,
> Tim

 timothy.han...@gmail.com



Karen
Karen Reeds, co-ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/
Celebrating 12 years of paperfolding in Princeton!

Next meeting: Wednesday, October 10, 2018

from Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


[Origami] origami workshop by Tony O'Hare at Nature in Art Gallery and Museum (UK)

2018-09-04 Thread Karen Reeds
I'm sorry I didn't see this in time to alert UK folders to the Sept 1, 2018
origami workshop by Tony O'Hare at:

Nature in Art Gallery and Museum
Main A38 Twigworth
Gloucester
GL2 9PA
England UK
Telephone: 01452 731422


Origami Class at Nature in Art by Tony O'Hare
https://natureinart.org.uk/event/origami-japanese-art-paper-folding-making-pictures-cards-gifts-tony-ohare/?instance_id=421

http://smiley-origami.me.uk/index.htm

But I am sending the info on to alert everyone to both Tony O'Hare's
website and books (all new to me) and to the delightful Nature in Art
gallery in the Gloucester countryside. The gallery/museum is well worth
seeking out even if there's no origami going on. (The cafe is good, too.)

Happy folding!
Karen

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 12 years of paperfolding in Princeton!

from Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


[Origami] origami kinetic art -- Call for Entries, "A Cache of Kinetic Art"

2018-08-13 Thread Karen Reeds
This is a heads-up for creators of intricate action paper-folded
sculptures.

The Morris Museum in Morristown NJ (an hour's drive west from Manhattan) is
putting on a series of exhibitions of kinetic sculpture over the next 3
years: "A Cache of Kinetic Art"

It just sent out this call for entries for their upcoming Simply Steampunk
show:

https://morrismuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2019-Simply-Steampunk-Exhibition-Prospectus.pdf

I asked the curator, Michele Marinelli, whether origami sculptures would be
considered. She sent back this friendly reply:

As you are aware, the theme for 2019 is "Simply Steampunk,"
and the submissions we are expecting (and receiving) heavily incorporate
various types of machinery, e.g.  Victorian machine fantasies like those of
Jules Verne, combining science, technology, engineering, art and math
(STEAM).

I'm sure not kinetic origami works will sufficiently fit this year's theme,
but they can certainly contribute to "Tiny Intricacies" 2020 and "Timeless
Movements," 2021.   I hope to have the prospectus for 2020 (and possibly
2021) completed and sent out by the end of this November, allowing artists
more than enough time to conceive and fabricate works they want to submit.

If you or someone you know creates works incorporating origami that fit
within the Steampunk theme, which we've intentionally left quite broad,
please feel free to pass the information forward!


She also seemed receptive to my suggestion that educational programs on
origami action models might be a good complement to the exhibitions.

Whether or not origami makes it into the Morris Museum, I'm hoping that
just the idea of the exhibition inspires some great new paper-folded
creations.

Karen (putting on both my origami and curatorial hats)

cc: Michele Marinelli, The Morris Museum

Karen Reeds, PhD, FLS
Independent Exhibit Curator
karenmre...@gmail.com
Princeton Research Forum, a community of independent scholars:
http://www.princetonresearchforum.org/

Karen Reeds, co-Ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/
Celebrating 12 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
(Next meeting: Wednesday, September 12, 2018, 6:30-8pm)


[Origami] origami sighting -- Rhymes with Orange cartoon

2018-08-05 Thread Karen Reeds
Courtesy of my brother-in-law

http://boulderdailycamera.co.newsmemory.com/eebrowser/ipad/
html5.check.2286//action/php-script/callcrop_pdf.php?file=
0@/boulderdailycamera/20180804/bdc_20180804_b_10_xx_
s_1_w-or9.pdf.0/=7-489-168-67=352-700=
boulderdailycamera_live=Boulder%20Daily%20Camera_
20180804_B10_3=689264=360

Karen 8/4/2018

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/
Celebrating 12 years of paperfolding in Princeton!

Our nest meeting: this Wednesday, August 8, 2018


from Karen Reeds
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Re: [Origami] Frank and Ernest and Origami

2018-08-01 Thread Karen Reeds


> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018
> From: Kathy Knapp 
> To: The Origami Mailing List 
> Subject: [Origami] Frank and Ernest and Origami
> 
> ?On Thursday July 26, 2018, a pun using Origami was made in the 
> cartoon.http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/templates/template_ext.php?&&_month=_day=_year==Frank+and+Ernest=13=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.frankandernest.com%2Fincludes%2Fiframe=jqvclneswf=yes=173140
> 
> Kathy Knapp
> kskn...@sbcglobal.net
> 8201 State Route 91 apt. 314Peoria, Illinois 61615USA309-256-2144
> 
Thank you, Kathy! This made my day — and cracked up a very,  very eminent 
biologist friend, who is deeply interested all things Darwinian.

Karen (under another hat, historian of biology)
Karen Reeds 
Princeton Public Library Origami Group, ringleader
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet Room. 
Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529  
https://princetonlibrary.org/
Next meeting, Wednesday, August 8, 2018, 6:30-8pm

[Origami] Inchworm action model—who created?

2018-06-27 Thread Karen Reeds
I just learned this utterly simple, utterly charming model. At The Origami 
USA2018 Convention, Belle Fernandez taught it to Millie Richardson who taught 
it to me (and I taught it to Janet Derr and her sister at breakfast just 
now...). As far as I’m concerned, this is the hit of the Convention! I’ll teach 
it at the Public Access table today. But who is the creator? Whoever it is, 
THANK YOU!

Directions:
1 x 5 rectangle, thin paper ,  duo if possible. Fold into 5 squares thus:
Valley-fold the 2 end squares. Mountain-fold the 3 center squares. 
The result is a hump with 2 flat ends. 
On one end square, diagonally mountain-fold the tips of 2 loose corners to make 
2 little eyes.
Model done!

Now the action:
Blow gently down on the center square to flatten the hump. The hump will pop up 
and the model will move slightly on. 

Karen 6/24/2018

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group 
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 1st floor Quiet Room. 
Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529  
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Sent from my iPhone

Re: [Origami] Variations on a Classic -- Waterbomb variations

2018-06-05 Thread Karen Reeds
Hi, Dawn6/5/2018

My model, Pin-Less Pinwheel, diagrammed in
OUSA Convention Book 1988.Page 243, was inspired by the Blow-up Rabbit, so
I count it as a cousin of the Waterbomb.

The short directions: Make rabbit-ear folds on each flap of the Waterbomb
base. Crease the open end firmly horizontally as high up as comfortable.
Blow into the hole to inflate the model. The result is a pyramid with 4
vanes.
Put a pencil in the hole, blow, and watch the Pinwheel spin. If you use a
straw instead of a pencil, blow into the straw and send the Pinwheel flying
into the air.

I must have posted something about this to the list long ago -- in an email
file from 2002, I find this lovely message from the late Dorothy Kaplan:
Dottie wrote:

>  I just folded the waterbomb base the

regular waystuck it on a barbecue
> stick from the hole up to the closed pointsort of spread out the
> four sides of the waterbomb North East West and South without blowing it up
> and blew.  It spun like crazy... havent done it your
> way yet.I thought  I had and then I reread your post but will try it
> your way too.
> Thanks for the idea. Dorothy Kaplan


Karen

PS Thanks, Dennis, for the Origami Database,
https://www.oriwiki.com/odbInfo.php which saved me a hunt through old OUSA
Convention volumes!


Karen Reeds, co-ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/
Next meeting: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 -- Sneak preview of Laura Kruskal's
2018 OrigamiUSA Convention Crown!

from Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


[Origami] origami sighting -- origami dragon's head in Instructable on irridescence

2018-05-28 Thread Karen Reeds
A very clear video tutorial of an origami dragon's head as part of an
Instructable on how to make surfaces irridescent.

  http://www.instructables.com/member/DWSciSouth/

The Instructable was created by ScienceSouth, a STEAM organization based in
Florence, South Carolina.http://www.sciencesouth.org/

Karen
karenmre...@gmail.com

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 1st floor Quiet Room.
Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 12 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meeting:  Wednesday, June 13, 2018


[Origami] Origami sighting: red, white, and blue crane on book jacket

2018-05-12 Thread Karen Reeds
While I was browsing Rowman & Littlefield's website, the crane on the cover
of this new book caught my eye:

Peace Works: America's Unifying Role in a Turbulent World, by Frederick D.
Barton (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018)
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538113011

I asked who deserved the credit for the striking design and got this
response from Sally Rinehart, the publisher's Senior Designer:

"Hi Karen! Thanks for reaching out. I made the origami crane for the cover,
though I have to admit the final image is a bit retouched due to my lack of
origami experience (and the technical limitations that come with
constructing a DIY photo studio a cubicle). Thankfully there are YouTube
tutorials for nearly everything!"

Clearly, it's time for Sally to spread her origami wings and come to the
OrigamiUSA convention next month! The diplomat author, now based in
Princeton, has an open invitation to the Princeton Public Library Origami
Group, of course.

Karen    5/12/2018

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 1st floor Quiet Room.
Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/
Celebrating 12 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meeting:  Wednesday, June13, 2018
https://princetonlibrary.org/2012/05/01/princeton-rich-treasure/


from Karen Reeds
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Re: [Origami] Which of these two options to teach the ?s?method?

2018-05-10 Thread Karen Reeds
>
>   [Origami] Which of these two options to teach the
> ?s?method?
>
> On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 7:25 AM, Sy Chen <shi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Have you tried parallel line approach based on Thales Intercept theorem?
> > Usually you make a template by binary divisions (4, 8, 16, ...) on
> another
> > paper. Regular print paper will do. The 3 division method is illustrated
> > here:
> >
> > https://photos.app.goo.gl/L7LY4kRAYfPa5z3D8
>


If you're not fussy and the size of the paper isn't at issue, there's the
brute-force method: divide into parallel 4ths and cut off the extra.

Karen

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 1st floor Quiet Room.
Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 12 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meetings:  Wednesday, June 13, 2018
July 11, 2018

https://princetonlibrary.org/2012/05/01/princeton-rich-treasure/


[Origami] write a scholarly paper on origami/East Asian pop cultures? [Fwd H-Material-Culture]

2018-04-25 Thread Karen Reeds
This Call for Papers doesn't mention origami, but I think it's a golden
opportunity for someone to explore the place of origami in modern material
culture in Asia and elsewhere.
Karen   4/24/2018

CFP for Mechademia 12.2, Materialities Across Asia
<https://networks.h-net.org/user/login?destination=node/1748155>
by Frenchy Lunning

Your network editor has reposted this from H-Announce
<https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/1733076/cfp-mechademia-122-materialities-across-asia>.
The byline reflects the original authorship.
Type: Call for Papers
Date: June 15, 2018
Location:
United States
Subject Fields:
Asian History / Studies, Cultural History / Studies, Art, Art History &
Visual Studies, East Asian History / Studies, Film and Film History



For the second issue of 2019, the Mechademia: Second Arc journal will focus
on the theme of Materialities Across Asia. Authors are invited to submit
papers on this topic of 5000-7000 words by *June 15, 2018* to submissions
[at] mechademia.net.


Materiality, and the issues of agency, diversity, and access that extend
from particular collections and condensations of materials, have become
topics of increasing interest for both fans and scholars of Asian media in
recent years. As an aesthetic concept, “materiality” opens up questions as
to the relative nature of truth that appears in material objects, and
yields a flurry of discussions from various theoretical positions
concerning the makers, processes, markets, theories, and reception of these
objects. Anime, manga, and gaming, as the primary materials of the otaku
culture, have long since acted as originary objects in the study of the
Asian media mix, in part due to the early introduction of such products
into the global market for toys and other youth-oriented commodities.



However, “materialities across Asia” is a much broader field than its
Japan-associated media mix, and it is becoming increasingly important for
English-language publications to investigate the massive field of globally
related objects emerging from various national, pan-Asian, and
transnational contexts. As many works are now created through transnational
production systems, a focus on materiality calls into question the presumed
relation of many cultural objects to their supposed nation of origin. Along
with “Japanese” anime, plastic models, and Sanrio “fancy goods,” (which are
in fact often produced in China and South Korea), it is necessary to
explore the full gamut of pop-culture related objects in Asia, from
Taiwan’s cute and trendy religious figurines of local deities made for sale
in domestic Family Marts to the many products related to Korean pop idols
and K-drama stars available in Japanese shops and abroad, to name just a
few examples. The impacts of this glut of material objects and their
consequences in the aesthetic, cultural, economic, and environmental realms
are a growing concern for theorists and artists in this field.



For this volume of Second Arc, the editors invite papers of 5000 words or
less which present new research on the historical manifestations and
ongoing impacts of material objects related to East Asian popular culture.
Papers should address the causes and potential effects of this messy
constellation of “things,” not only for contemporary cultures and economies
on the macro scale, but also for the individual makers and users who are on
the vanguard of interpretation, reception, and indeed the very development
of these emerging materialities.

We welcome papers treating, among other themes:

   - The material production processes of visual media, e.g. animated films
   and series, special effects/tokusatsu films, manga/manhwa, puppet plays,
   etc.
   - Collecting and collector culture
   - Archives, databases, and recordings of material culture, e.g. fanzine
   archives
   - Ephemera and memorabilia (pamphlets, event programs, promotional
   items, giveaways, signs, posters, etc.) and their role in fan culture
   - Representing “living objects”: robots, cyborgs, automata, and figures
   that question the dividing line between “object” and “subject”
   - Sex, gender, and “objectification”
   - 2.5D texts and performances
   - Historical trends of development, rupture, or continuity in the
   aesthetic traits, circulation, and reception of material objects
   - Digital materials and materialities
   - Material authenticity
   - Labour and class in pop culture industries
   - Ownership, copyright, and commerce
   - Subcultures based on material objects, collections, fashions, etc.
   - “Brand nationalism” and the integration of goods into discourses of
   national and transnational identity

Contact Info:

Submissions should be 5000-7000 words. The Mechademia Style Guide and Essay
Parameters are available at mechademia.net.
Contact Email: mechade...@mcad.edu
URL: http://www.mechademia.net

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http:

[Origami] Origami sighting -- Fwd: BBC News: The origami-inspired bots that could perform surgery

2018-04-22 Thread Karen Reeds
Interesting potential medical application for origami (courtesy of
Paul Fecskovics).  But I would want to know how the tiny gizmo will
get out of me after it's done its job!

Karen
Karen Reeds
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor,
Quiet Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 12 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meetings:
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Wednesday, June 13, 2018




from Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com

-- Forwarded message --
From: Paul Fecskovics <pfecskov...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 3:45 PM
Subject: Fwd: BBC News: The origami-inspired bots that could perform surgery
To: karenmre...@gmail.com


Hi Karen,

An interesting video I wanted to share with you.

I hope all is well.

Paul


The origami-inspired bots that could perform surgery
Researchers at MIT have developed miniature bots that can fold into a
number of different shapes.
Disclaimer: The BBC is not responsible for the content of this email,
and anything written in this email does not necessarily reflect the
BBC's views or opinions. Please note that neither the email address
nor name of the sender have been verified.


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

2018-03-19 Thread Karen Reeds
> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:25:39 +0100
> From: Wolf Weidner <m...@tavinsorigami.com>
> Subject: [Origami] Why did origami become popular in the 1980s ?


 Dear O-List,
>
> I am currently working on a paper about the world-wide success of origami.
> In the google ngram viewer (a website that let's your search for term in
> a large amount of books) 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?
> Did one of yoshizawas books get translated? Did a movie feature origami?
> Was it the activities of origami USA[2] ?
> I want to analyse in the paper why origami did become a known artform
> around the world while a lot of other equally beautfull artforms stay
> relativly unkown.
> all the best,
> Wolf aka Tavin
>
> [1]?
>
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Origami_start=1940_end=2008=15=3=_url=t1%3B%2COrigami%3B%2Cc0
> [2] https://origamiusa.org/history


Hi, Wolf,  3/19/2018

I really hope you'll share your paper with the O-List!

 I'm skeptical that there was a single cause for the world-wide rise of
interest in origami. And I also doubt that the Ngram can give a complete,
fine-grained  picture of the timing, especially for the early years.

David Lister wrote an essay (late 1990s, I surmise) that argues for the
1950s and 1960s as the crucial period.
http://www.britishorigami.info/academic/lister/ori_books_50s.php
He also comments on the nuances of origami vs paperfolding:
http://www.britishorigami.info/academic/lister/ori_vs_paperfolding.php
(Try a "paperfolding" Ngram.)

Some questions to investigate about the timing that the Ngram suggests:

* How long after World War II  did it take for kami to get marketed outside
Japan?

* What prompted Dover Publications to reprint Murray and Rigney's 1928
classic. "Fun with Paper Folding" in 1960"?   [see Lister essay]

* When did the Charles E. Tuttle Co (now Tuttle Publishing), start putting
out origami books? Tuttle publishing was started  by an American military
man who married a Japanese woman in Occupation-era Japan.

* How did the introduction of cheap photocopying stimulate the sharing of
diagrams? 
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/duplication-nation-3D-printing-rise-180954332/
 (Origami sighting! witty  use of  paper airplanes in illustration by
Kotryna Zukauskaite)

* How did television spread paperfolding among children?  In the US, Shari
Lewis was  broadcasting children's shows starting in the early 1950s and
collaborated with Lillian Oppenheimer on the book Folding Paper Puppets
(1962, many reprints). Robert Harbin was teaching paperfolding on British
TV  in the 1970s.  http://www.britishorigami.info/academic/lister/shari.php
http://www.britishorigami.info/academic/lister/oriinskools.php
(For more of David Lister's wonderful essays:
http://www.britishorigami.info/academic/lister/index.php )

Thanks for raising this fascinating question!

Karen


Karen Reeds, co-ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 12 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meetings:
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Wednesday, May 9, 2018

from Karen Reeds
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[Origami] origami in Piscataway NJ this Saturday, March 10, 2018 (NJ Makers DAy)

2018-03-08 Thread Karen Reeds
Does anyone know who is heading up the origami piece of the NJ Makers
Day activities or how they'll be doing it?

I can't come (busy helping a kid enter the Mercer County Science and
Engineering Fair), but I'm delighted to know it's happening.

Thanks,

Karen   3/8/2018


-- Forwarded message --
From: Middlesex County Office of Arts & History
<carla.cef...@co.middlesex.nj.us>
Date: Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 3:04 PM
Subject: The 4th Annual New Jersey Makers Day

The 4th Annual
New Jersey Makers Day

Middlesex County Office of Arts & History is pleased to partner with
the Piscataway Public Library to host the 4th Annual New Jersey Makers
Day. This event celebrates all kinds of creating: making, tinkering
and doing-it-yourself. Makers Day provides hands-on learning
experiences for children, teens and adults focused on the STEM fields,
art, DIY culture and the growing maker movement. With programs such as
drone racing, block printing, hackspace and origami, there's something
for everyone!
Free of Charge
www.njmakersday.org

When:
Saturday, March 10, 2018, 10:30am - 4pm
Where:
Piscataway Public Library
500 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ

Funded by
The Friends of Piscataway Public Library
NJ STEM Pathways Network
www.middlesexcountynj.gov
Follow Us:
Text CULTURE to 56512
to explore everything arts,
history and culture!
Middlesex County Office of Arts & History


from Karen Reeds
co-ringleader, Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor,
Quiet Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/
Celebrating 12 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meetings:  Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Volunteer Mentor, ScienceMentors 1:1


[Origami] (not quite) origami sighting -- folded cardboard-box cradle

2018-02-25 Thread Karen Reeds
 An ingenious cardboard box to use as a cradle for infants, developed by a
Peace Corps volunteer who worked in Zambia and a product designer at the
University of Michigan.  The video shows how the box is assembled.

I can't figure out how the flat, unfolded box package would incorporate the
longer piece used for the V-shaped strut. And, remembering my own infants
(who slept in dresser drawers for the first few months).

http://michigantoday.umich.edu/thinking-inside-the-box/

See also the link to a similar, but non-rocking cardboard box-cradle that's
been used in Finland for at least half a century,
https://www.babyboxco.com/pages/tradition

Karen
 Karen Reeds, co-ringleader,
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 12 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meeting:  WEd. March 14, 2018


from Karen Reeds
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[Origami] not-quite-origami Call for conference papers: Matrices The Social Life of Paper, Print, and Art

2018-02-12 Thread Karen Reeds
 Surely origami represents a great intersection in the social life of
paper, print, and art!  So I hope that someone will be moved to send in a
proposal.  [Dard Hunter wrote a classic history of papermaking. KMR]

 Karen  2/12/2018

FWD
The American Printing History Association (APHA) and the Friends of Dard
Hunter (FDH)  welcome proposals for their joint conference on October
25-27, 2018

Matrices
The Social Life of Paper, Print, and Art

At the University of Iowa Center for the Book
Iowa City, Iowa | October 25 to 27, 2018
Proposals are due March 31, 2018
CALL FOR PROPOSALS PDF
https://d3eb7xfyht02et.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CFP2018.FDHAPHA.pdf

APHA and FDH invite proposals for presentations, demonstrations, and
workshops that explore the technological and cultural matrices of art
printed on or made from handmade paper. Today’s practitioners and scholars
have a rich archive of historical production methods and societal uses of
art on paper to draw from in their work and research. Be it decorative,
instructional, devotional, or functional artwork, how can this matrix of
origins and innovations be retrieved, shared, and developed? What have we
brought forward to fit what we make and use now, and what might we embed
for future makers and researchers?

We welcome presentations that consider developments worldwide from the
earliest printed images on paper in Asia, to the technological advancements
and expanding cultural engagement with art and illustration in the
Renaissance, to current uses in one-of-a-kind artworks, print editions, and
artist’s books.

Proposals are encouraged from practitioners and scholars across a range of
disciplines including papermaking, printing, printmaking, art history, book
arts, graphic design, book studies, history, religion, and material culture
studies.


Questions? matricesiowac...@gmail.com

Jesse Erickson, APHA VP for Programs | Sara T. Sauers, APHA Conference Chair
Anne Covell, FDH VP for Annual Meetings | Timothy Barrett, FDH Conference
Chair

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader,
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 12 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meeting:   Valentine's day, 2/14/2018 -- making Laura Kruskal's
Hearts for her!


[Origami] not-quite-origami -- exhibition and demo, beautiful handmade papers, Texas A University Libraries, College Station

2018-02-06 Thread Karen Reeds
Texas paperfolders -- this sounds like a treat for the eye!

Karen
Karen Reeds, co-ringleader,
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 12 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meeting: Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 2018 -- new and old Heart
models created by Laura Kruskal


> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 18:44:16 +
> From: "Kevin O'Sullivan" <kmosulli...@library.tamu.edu>
> Subject: ["EXLIBRIS-L"] Decorated Paper Events at Texas A University
> [Please excuse cross-posting]
> To mark the opening of the exhibition, The Angel in the Marble: Selections
> from the Berger-Cloonan Collection of Decorated Papers, Cushing Memorial
> Library & Archives will be hosting two special events on Thursday, 1 March
> 2018.  The official opening for the exhibition will take place from
> 6:00pm-8:00pm. Notable paper marbler and artist Tom Leech (Santa Fe, NM)
> will
> deliver a keynote lecture entitled, “Your Brain on Paper: Musings from a
> Papermaker’s Vat,” at 6:30pm. Conversation and light refreshments will
> follow.
> Earlier that afternoon, from 2:30-4:00pm, will be a live demonstration of
> several methods of paper decoration, including marbling, suminagashi, and
> paste paper.
> Both events are free and open to the public.
> If you have any questions, or for further details, please don’t hesitate to
> contact me at kmosullivan [at] tamu [dot] edu.  We hope to see you there!
> Regards,
> Kevin O’Sullivan
> --
> Kevin M. O’Sullivan
> Assistant Professor
> Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts
> Cushing Memorial Library and Archives
> Texas A University Libraries
> kmosulli...@library.tamu.edu<mailto:kmosulli...@library.tamu.edu>
> 5000 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-5000
> Tel. 979.845.1951 | Fax. 979.845.1441


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[Origami] 2 Origami sightings — Origami books in prisons; origami fortune-teller for 2018 economic forecast

2018-01-16 Thread Karen Reeds
“In Prisons, Chips But Not Chaucer,” by Gina Bellefante, New York Times,
Sunday Jan 14, 2018, metro section, p. 4
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/nyregion/why-prisoners-can-choose-cheetos-but-not-chaucer.html?_r=0
 :

[The NY State Department of Corrections was] moving ahead with an entirely
off-brand initiative whose disturbing effect was to reduce inmate access to
reading material.

The program, which was in a pilot phase in three prisons, confined what
inmates could receive to the inventory of six vendors who specialize in
prison care-packages and offer relatively few books that deviate from the
categories of religious text or insipid fiction. The impetus for it had
been concern over an increasing volume of heroin entering the prison
system. During a single week in April 2015, more than 25 people were
treated for overdoses across the state’s prisons. Last year, over Columbus
Day weekend, eight people were treated in a single facility.

But among those who would no longer be able to supply books to prisoners
was a volunteer organization called Books Through Bars that delivers
thousands of books a year to prisoners around the country free, about
cultural history, chess, origami, language-learning. ...

[Editors’ Note: January 14, 2018. The Big City column in the Metropolitan
section about a New York State prison program limiting prisoner purchases
to six venders (sic) contains outdated information. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo
canceled the program shortly after the Metropolitan section went to press.
The online version of the column has been updated to reflect the change.]

=
See the witty illustration by Kiersten Essenpreis to  "When Forecasters Get
It Wrong: Always"

*https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/30/opinion/sunday/when-forecasters-get-it-wrong-always.html
<https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/30/opinion/sunday/when-forecasters-get-it-wrong-always.html>*

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 1st floor Quiet Room.
Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 12 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meeting:  Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


Re: [Origami] Economics of origami

2017-12-27 Thread Karen Reeds
>
> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 12:20:05 -0700
> From: FOLD <foldden...@gmail.com>
> To: origami@lists.digitalorigami.com
> Subject: [Origami] Economics of origami
>
>
> Hi all. Got a question of sorts from someone the other day that I'm passing
> along to you ... Maybe someone can help me answer it.
>
> It deals with economics. The person I was talking to is an economist and
> asked was there a link between economics and origami. At least I think that
> is what he asked LOL!
>
> I googled it and came up with a couple of articles about space telescopes
> and one that used the word origami in the title of the article (and didn't
> use it IN the article until the last sentence where the complexities of a
> trade deal would unfold like an origami ... I didn't like the analogy) ...
>
> Anyway - anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dee
>
>
Hi, Dee   12/25/2017

I wonder what the economist would say about the dilemmas of money-folding.

Money-folds give added value (aesthetic) to the dollar bill -- sometimes so
much that people will pay for a beautiful money-fold model.

But, as often discussed on this list, if a money-fold is given as a tip, it
puts the recipient in a quandary: Do I save the tip for its beauty and the
feeling that my services really were valued?  Or do I destroy the model
because I really need that money?

Similarly, the folder who specializes in money-folds ends up with a lot of
$$ saved in the models. Although making the origami bought the folder lots
of pleasure, that money isn't earning interest or being spent.

Do tell us how the economist approaches those questions!

Karen
(a happy poverty-folder!)

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader,
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 3rd floor. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 12 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meetings:  Wednesday, January 10, 2017


[Origami] OrigamiUSA holiday tree in The New Yorker

2017-12-14 Thread Karen Reeds
I just opened up the December 13-26,2017 issue of The New Yorker to find  a 
full-page color photo of some lovely models, an anonymous folder’s hands, and a 
nice caption about the history of the tree. It is at page 13, beginning of 
Goings On About Town section. 

I’ll show it off at the Princeton Public Library Origami Group meeting tomorrow 
in hopes of encouraging members to go see the tree. 

Karen

12/12/2017

Sent from my iPhone

[Origami] TODAY! 12/2/2017 Free Library of Philadelphia: origami at "Book Paper Scissors, Artists' Book Fair"

2017-12-02 Thread Karen Reeds
I just learned about this and hasten to pass it along in case
Philadelphia-area folders want to check it out today.
Karen

https://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/event/71398

> Book Paper Scissors, Artists' Book Fair
>  *Sat, December 2, 2017* 10:00 a.m. Add to your calendar
> <https://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/event/71398>
> Art Department
> <https://libwww.freelibrary.org/locations/departments/art-department> at 
> Parkway
> Central Library
> <https://libwww.freelibrary.org/locations/parkway-central-library>
> Don’t miss Philadelphia Center for the Book’s signature event! Book Paper
> Scissors is an artists’ book fair, free and open to the public. This
> festive event features prints, artists’ books, handmade paper, zines,
> origami, blank books, and paper sculpture and jewelry. If it’s paper-based
> art, it’s here. Come and buy, or just be inspired! You will find many
> affordable and interesting gifts for everyone on your list. A workshop will
> also be offered at the library the day of the fair. Co-sponsored by the Art
> Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia.
> In the Grand Lobby, 10 AM to 4 PM

from Karen Reeds
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Karen Reeds, co-ringleader,
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 12 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meeting:  Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, 6:30-8pm


[Origami] Origami in science: "Fluid-driven origami-inspired artificial muscles, " by Shuguang Lia, Daniel M. Vogt , Daniela Rus , and Robert J. Wood

2017-11-28 Thread Karen Reeds
My husband spotted this reference to a paper in the Proceedings of the
National Academy of Science of the USA.
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/11/21/1713450114.full
- Shuguang Li, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1713450114
-

The most specific origami references seem to be in this passage:

" A 90% linear contraction can be produced by an origami skeleton using a
symmetrical zigzag geometry (Fig. 3*A*
<http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/11/21/1713450114.full#F3>). A
skeleton using a standard Miura-ori origami pattern is able to generate a
2D surface contraction (92% contraction ratio) when a vacuum is applied (Fig.
3*B* <http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/11/21/1713450114.full#F3>). A
3D skeleton using the water-bomb origami pattern can transform a spherical
structure to a cylindrical structure (91% contraction ratio) (Fig. 3*C*
<http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/11/21/1713450114.full#F3>). Using
an asymmetrical arrangement of the voids, a bending motion can be produced
on a beam-shaped skeleton (Fig. 3*D*
<http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/11/21/1713450114.full#F3>). A
flasher origami skeleton can generate a rotation (>>90°) and a 54%
contraction simultaneously using a single vacuum supply (Fig. 3*E*
<http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/11/21/1713450114.full#F3>)."

There's also a reference to:

   1. ↵
   <http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/11/21/1713450114.full#xref-ref-44-1>

   1. Overvelde JT, et al.
(2016) A three-dimensional actuated origami-inspired transformable
   metamaterial with multiple degrees of freedom. Nat Commun 7:10929.
   .
   CrossRef
   
<http://www.pnas.org/external-ref?access_num=10.1038/ncomms10929_type=DOI>
   Medline
   <http://www.pnas.org/external-ref?access_num=26965475_type=MED>Google
   Scholar
   
<http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=A%20three-dimensional%20actuated%20origami-inspired%20transformable%20metamaterial%20with%20multiple%20degrees%20of%20freedom=JT%20Overvelde_year=2016=Nat%20Commun=7=10929>


I'm curious to know how many of the authors are paperfolders -- and how
many models decorate their labs!

Karen

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 3rd floor. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 12 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meeting:  Wednesday, December 13, 2017 (holiday origami)

Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


[Origami] Hanji: The Legacy and Future of Korean Papermaking -- lecture 11/7/2017, Albion College, Albion MI

2017-11-03 Thread Karen Reeds
I spotted this on Jerry Morris's Biblio-connecting blog
http://biblio-connecting.blogspot.com/2017/11/welcome-
to-biblio-connecting-nov-2017.html . It sounds fascinating! If any Michigan
paperfolder goes, I'd love a report.

http://archives.albion.edu/schleg-lecture
19th Annual Marilyn Crandell Schleg Memorial Lecture

>
> Hanji: The Legacy and Future of Korean Papermaking
> Presented by Aimee Lee, Artist, Author, Hanji Maker and Researcher
> Tuesday, November 7, 2017 | 7 P.M. | Bobbitt Visual Arts Auditorium |
> Albion College, Albion Michigan
> Reception to follow lecture
> Until recently, Korean paper (known as hanji) was rarely studied,
> especially outside of its home country. This talk will review points along
> the long history of Korean papermaking, nearly two millennia long, and the
> culture that it shaped. The botanical perspective begins with the paper
> mulberry tree, which makes durable and versatile paper. An historical
> overview will trace paper's route from China to Korea and how it developed
> as Buddhism spread through East Asia, as well as its role in the USA.
> Images and videos, accompanied by samples of hanji and paper
> artwork—including paper made from plants harvested at Albion—will
> illuminate the technical details of this ancient but still valuable
> craft


Karen
Karen Reeds, co-ringleader,
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 11 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meeting:  Wednesday, November 8, 2017


[Origami] Sierpinski Masu tessellation -- and Association of Women in Science article

2017-10-14 Thread Karen Reeds
> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 08:55:43 -0700
> From: Galen Pickett <galentpick...@gmail.com>
>  Subject: [Origami] Sierpinski Masu tessellation
>
> https://twitter.com/GalenPickett/status/919228877213282304
> This started as a 20"square, divided into 32 divisions.  Conventional box
> pleating, and the final model has a 10x10" "framed area" with a one
> division border all around so the model will fit nicely under a 10" mat.
> Each of the small boxes are traditional masu boxes, and the center box has
> an aspect ratio of 1-grid wall to a 4 grid base.
> Eight of these (with a slightly different "ninth" center panel) would make
> a stage 3 version.
> With best wishes,
> Galen T. Pickett
> https://www.etsy.com/shop/GeometricOrigami


Galen, this must have been wonderful fun to create and fold! Thanks for
sharing it.
I'm even more grateful for  another twitter of yours about your article in
the AWIS  (Assoc. for Women in Science) magazine about creating a physics
department that makes science so exciting and welcoming that undergrads
flock to it:
http://magazine.awis.org/i/880805-fall-2017/24
pp 22-25
Lots of practical ideas there, and in the whole issue, that I'll be sharing
with my ScienceMentors colleagues and kids -- thank you!

Karen

Karen Reeds
Princeton Public Library Origami Group co-ringleader
Volunteer mentor, ScienceMentors 1:1  http://www.sciencementors.org/

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[Origami] origami sighting (StackExchange): folding (almost) pentagon from square -- a mathematician's question

2017-09-22 Thread Karen Reeds
My mathematician husband pointed this out to me:

https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2410516/regular-pentagon-from-a-square-paper

NB The lack of color contrast on the original poster's diagrams makes them
very hard to read. The reply by grand-chat gives much clearer diagrams.

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader,
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 11 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meeting:  Wednesday, October 11, 2017.


from Karen Reeds
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[Origami] Origami sighting NYTimes.com: A Debut Novel Asks, What if His First Wife Was the One?

2017-07-24 Thread Karen Reeds
I haven't read the novel, so can't comment on the portrayal of the couple's 10 
year old son, " an accomplished origami practitioner..."

From The New York Times Sunday Book Review July 9, 2017

A Debut Novel Asks, What if His First Wife Was the One?

In “Standard Deviation” by Katherine Heiny, a stuffy banker reconsiders his 
bubbly second wife.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/07/books/review/standard-deviation-katherine-heiny.html?mwrsm=Email


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[Origami] query about origami and Japanese tea ceremony (chanoyu)

2017-07-18 Thread Karen Reeds
This announcement (from H-Food) about a conference next year on the
Japanese tea ceremony made me curious:  are there any traditional
paperfolds associated with the ceremony or the way foods were served for
it? If so, then someone ought to propose a paper for the meeting!

Karen 7/18/2017




>
> *The 5th Ocha Zanmai Conference*
> *Sunday, April 29, 2018*(with welcoming events on Saturday, April 28)
>
> *San Francisco State University**Ocha Zanmai* is an interdisciplinary
> conference series that presents the latest research findings and
> significant work in the study of *chanoyu* (the Japanese tea ceremony),
> including various aspects of *chanoyu* culture as well as tea cultures of
> countries other than Japan that contribute to furthering the understanding
> and enjoyment of *chanoyu*.  Scholars, students, tea masters of various
> schools, museum curators, professionals, artists, and other individuals
> whose work concerns the fields stated above are all welcome to present at
> the *Ocha Zanmai* Conference.  For the 2018 conference, *kaiseki* cuisine
> chefs and tea-sweet confectioners are also welcome.
> *What:* Any subject matter related to the 2018 conference theme: *Food
> Culture of Chanoyu*. The main focus will be on tea sweets and *kaiseki* 
> cuisine.
> We will consider a broad range of presentations, including historical
> surveys, detailed studies of particular events, aspects, or
> characteristics, and even on-site demonstrations.  But cooking by fire is
> not possible.
> *How:* Send an English abstract (250~500 words) for a 20~30-minute
> presentation with a separate cover sheet.  The cover sheet must contain the
> title of the paper, applicants’ full name, position, institution, email
> address, street address, and telephone number.  Please write the title on
> the top of the abstract page but do not write your name or the institution
> that you belong to. The cover sheet and the abstract will be separated for
> a double-blind peer review.
> *Where to send:* Send the abstract with the cover sheet by email
> attachment to mmck...@sfsu.edu.
> *Possible publication: *Successful papers will be invited for
> publication in *Chanoyu and Tea Culture,* the *Ocha Zanmai* Conference's
> proceedings volume.
>
> Contact Info:
> Midori McKeon, *Ocha Zanmai* Conference Organizer and Professor of
> Japanese
> Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, San Francisco State
> University
> 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132, U.S.A.
> Contact Email:
> mmck...@sfsu.edu



 Karen Reeds
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Karen Reeds, co-ringleader,
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, First Floor, Quiet
Room. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 11 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meetings:  Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Wednesday, September 13, 2017


[Origami] Origami sighting -- NPR Fresh Air, Terri Gross interview with Wendy Whelan, retired ballerina 7/10/2017

2017-07-11 Thread Karen Reeds
I heard this on the radio today. The whole thing is worth hearing:
"From Injury To Recovery, A Ballerina Fought To Retire On Her Own Terms"
(The URL for the interview has links to the podcast and a beautiful
video snippet  of Wendy Whelan rehearsing)
http://www.npr.org/2017/07/10/536434340/from-injury-to-recovery-a-ballerina-fought-to-retire-on-her-own-terms

Here's the origami excerpt from the transcript of the interview:
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=536434340

WHELAN: Yeah. That ballet you're talking of is called
"Polyphonia." And it was made on Jock Soto and myself and three other
couples from the New York City Ballet around the year 2001 by a young
choreographer at the time named Christopher Wheeldon. He chose Jock
and I to sort of be the central figures of this ballet I guess. We
have two duets - two very potent duets in this piece, and he chose us
to sort of collaborate on it with him.

And we made that duet in one day. It was like magic happened. We just
- the three of us got together. We got this music. We had ideas.
Chris' ideas lead to sort of a conversation back to him, and he
decided yes or no. And it just unfolded like origami. And basically
the duet is like origami. It's folds and openings and taking one
movement and flipping it into another shape, into another shape, into
a kaleidoscopic unfolding of movements. And that's the very last
moment of the piece. And I always felt like I was a switchblade in
that moment.

GROSS: Could you describe, to the extent that you could describe this
kind of thing, what you're doing physically at that moment?

WHELAN: Well, Jock - my partner Jock Soto - he's one of the greatest
partners in ballet of all time. And he was like a magician. And
luckily for me, I got to partner with him for about 15 years. And he's
holding me in a certain way. And he lifts me up like a jackknife from
under my hips, under my bottom, sort of taking my hips high up into
the air. And my legs are in a jackknife position. And he drops me back
down, and he kneels at the same time. And one leg stays attached to
his leg, and the other leg does a whole - a 360 around that leg, that
thigh that I'm laying on. And I'm just - I'm holding onto my my foot.
And I'm just sort of doing a back dive, holding onto my front foot,
backbending with his support, rotating, cartwheeling backwards,
catching myself on the floor with my hands, letting my legs follow me
and sliding under his leg and to a kneel. And he kneels behind me, and
we both look at the audience. And the lights fade, and it's just
really, like, cool (laughter).

GROSS: And how does it physically feel? Does it feel like, wow, this
is hard; I'm really exerting myself?

WHELAN: No.

GROSS: Or does it feel...

WHELAN: No.

GROSS: ...As fluid as it looks?

WHELAN: It feels heavenly. It feels like magic. It feels like it -
like there's no other place I'd rather be than making that movement
right there then, yeah.



Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader,
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
 Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/
Next meeting: Wednesday, July 12, 6:30-8pm, all welcome


[Origami] Origami sighting -- K-drama Episode 8 of "Suspicious Partner, " about 12 minutes in

2017-06-17 Thread Karen Reeds
Nervous lawyer plays with paper ... https://dramanice.ru/
suspicious-partner/watch-suspicious-partner-episode-8-online

(spotted by my tolerant husband)

Karen  6/16/2017

from Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


[Origami] Not really origami sighting , but cool! NYTimes.com: A Space Odyssey: Making Art Up There

2017-04-12 Thread Karen Reeds
"The inner telescope, " by eduardo Kac and Thomas Pesquet. Paper, cut and 
rolled, set afloat in the space station! 

Karen
---//
From The New York Times:

A Space Odyssey: Making Art Up There

The artist Eduardo Kac and Thomas Pesquet, a Frenchman on the International 
Space Station, have created art in space.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/arts/design/eduardo-kac-inner-telescope-space.html?mwrsm=Email

---

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader, 
Princeton Public Library Origami Group 
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 3rd floor. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529  
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 11 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meeting:  tomorrow, Wednesday, April 12

Sent from my iPhone

[Origami] Call for Papers FOOD PACKAGING: UNCOVERING THE HISTORY International Symposium, 1-2 December 2017, Tokyo Fwd: H-Environment

2017-03-21 Thread Karen Reeds
Surely someone can come up with a talk on the history of origami in food
packaging!

Karen

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader,
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 3rd floor. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

from Karen Reeds
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by Rebecca Tompkins
Call for Papers

FOOD PACKAGING:
UNCOVERING THE HISTORY

International Symposium, 1-2 December 2017, Tokyo

Convenors:
Prof. Katarzyna J. Cwiertka (Leiden University) and Prof. Masanobu Ishikawa
(Kobe University)


This will be the very first symposium on the history of food packaging to
bring together scholars and
industry experts with the aim of mapping the agenda for investigating this
as yet largely uncharted topic.
It will offer a unique opportunity for discussion for anthropologists,
economists, geographers, historians,
and sociologists interested in, or working on, any aspect of food packaging
history since 1900.

We invite proposals for papers examining material culture, technology, the
business of food packaging
and so on, both in the past and in the present. Possible topics might
include (but need not be limited to)
the history of packaging materials, design, production processes,
distribution, and waste and recycling.
We welcome papers that deal with the cultural, economic, political, and
social contexts that influence
attitudes, practices, and policies related to food packaging.

Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the open-access
journal Worldwide Waste:
Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies (www.worldwidewastejournal.com).

The symposium will be organised jointly by Leiden University and Kobe
University, in close cooperation
with 3x3 Lab Future (http://www.ecozzeria.jp/about/facility.html) and Gomi
Japan (https://gomi-
jp.jimdo.com). It is funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific
Research (NWO), as part of
the activities undertaken within the framework of the Garbage Matters
Project
(www.garbagemattersproject.com).

DETAILS

• The conference will run from the morning of 1 December to the evening of
2 December.
• The organisers will cover the meals and accommodation of paper presenters
(max. 3 nights).
• The language of the conference will be English.
SUBMITTING A PAPER PROPOSAL
• The deadline for submitting a paper proposal is 15 April 2017.
• Submit your abstract of max. 200-300 words in an e-mail (no attachments)
to
fph2...@garbagemattersproject.com.
• The subject line should read ‘Abstract: Food Packaging History 2017’.
• Include a brief biographical statement of max. 150 words, institutional
affiliation, and contact
details.
• We will let you know whether your proposal has been accepted by 1 May
2017.



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[Origami] flexible cutting mats for folding on -- quick review

2017-01-07 Thread Karen Reeds
For Christmas, I was given a set of Chop-Chop flexible cutting mats for the
kitchen (
https://www.amazon.com/Chop-Original-Flexible-Cutting-mats/dp/B009L78BFE).
I think I still prefer a a cutting board for cooking preparation, but I'm
finding the mats very useful as smooth flat surfaces to fold on.

The older I get, the more contrast my eyes need for reading and
paperfolding, and the choice of colors in the mats helps with that. The
mats will also be handy for displaying origami on.

At 11.5" x 15" the mats are slightly too big to fit on my bread-board
shelf, but they do slide neatly under my placemat at the table where I do
much of my folding.

I haven't tried cutting paper with an Exacto knife on them yet.

They are easy to wash by hand or in dishwasher although fitting them into
the dishwasher is a bit tricky.

Karen

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader,
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 3rd floor. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 11 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meeting:  Wednesday, Jan 11, 2017

Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


[Origami] Origami sightings -- in online exhibition on the Legacy of Letterpress

2017-01-05 Thread Karen Reeds
2 origami sightings in an online University of Otago/Dartmouth College
exhibition celebrating the legacy of the traditional means of printing:
http://www.otago.ac.nz/library/exhibitions/letterpress_legacy/
You'll have the fun of seeing the whole lovely exhibition as you look for
these images.

Karen 1/5/2017

1) Bertrand Russell meets the hexaflexagon!

"The Barber Paradox

Ann Dunham is attached to the Mathematics Department at Dartmouth College.
After tackling assignments on 3- or n-body gravitating problems and
applying deterministic chaos to numerically generate music or an art
piece, *The
Barber Paradox* was no doubt a breeze to her. However, even though a fun
item that is a reminder of past childhood games, it represents a complex
piece of printing. It was completed in 2014 in an edition of three. The
Barber image is extra!

___, 2014. Dartmouth College Book Arts Workshop"


2) And that perennial favorite, the easy origami book:


"Stephanie Wolff

Standing beside the 'easy to construct' Origami Book instructions is
Stephanie Wolff, who teaches book-binding, and occasionally letterpress
printing in the Book Arts Workshop.

___, c. 2015. Dartmouth Book Arts Workshop"


My thanks to the curator, Dr. Donald Kerr, Special Collections
Librarian, University
of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, Email: donald.k...@otago.ac.nz.


Karen Reeds, co-ringleader,
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 3rd floor. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 11 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meeting:  Wednesday, 1/11/17


[Origami] origami sighting -- advice for travellers

2016-12-20 Thread Karen Reeds
12/19/2016
Spotted on Quora  https://www.quora.com/  :

Question:  What are some good methods for dealing with other people's
loud/crying kids/babies on long flights?

Answer (one of 70+), from Ian McFather to a firecracker of a daughter,
Written Feb 27, 2015:
Introduce yourself to the beleaguered parent and offer to buy them a drink.
Perhaps take a piece of paper (tear out a magazine page?) and make a paper
airplane or a paper flower or – if you have the skill – some origami as a
gift for the upset child. In addition to being an empathic gesture to the
parent, it'll be psychologically more difficult for you to be irritated if
you know their first names


Karen
It hardly needs saying, I'm taking plenty of origami paper for my flights
this Christmas time, and wearing an OrigamiUSA t-shirt for the trip (it
makes the TSA guys smile)

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader,
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 3rd floor. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 11 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meeting:  Wednesday, January  11, 2017


[Origami] Origamists dedicated to creating practical models? reply from Laura Kruskal

2016-12-19 Thread Karen Reeds
12/18/2016 (posted on Laura Kruskal's behalf by Karen Reeds)

Dear Gerardo.

for the past 50 years I too have been creating practical models.  Yes, I
will be 94 on my next birthday
in June.

Look on You Tube (Origami Spirit, Leyla Torres) to find Laura Kruskal's
Chain and Swan Candy Dish.

Also look for Laura Kruskal's Paper Wallet.

In the early issues of of the Convention manuals you will also find several
practical models.

For over 20 years I have been creating and teaching Origami Convention
Crowns, Action Models,
Letter Folds, Gift Boxes, Photo Frames Bon Bon Containers,,Turkeys for
Thanksgiving, Santa's Sled and Ornaments for Xmas, Flags for
Flag Day, Masks for Halloween, Hearts for Valentine's Day, etc.

On Sunday, December 4th, I and my paper folding colleague, Karen Reeds,
were on OrigamiUSA's  online program, OrigamiConnect.
We taught my Super Duper Collapsible Gift Box.  Since persons flying are
not permitted to wrap their gifts,
my visitors arrived at my home with their naked hostess gifts in their
hands, and apologized   profusely -
explaining that as soon as they put their  exquisitely  wrapped gift  on
the luggage belt, the security agent
unceremoniously tore  off the gift wrap and the ribbons.  In vain, they
tried to explain that there was nothing but
ladies' beauty products - perfume, shampoo,  hand and face cream and a nail
file.

The security agent responded that all 5 items are used by terrorists to
make home made bombs.

The items were placed in the luggage department and later retrieved in New
Jersey.

I created my Super Duper Collapsible Gift Box to circumvent that
embarrassing situation. The easy modules pack flat and can be quickly
re-assembled on arrival into the large box and lid.

I would love to share my many models with you.  Karen Reeds and I would be
delighted if you would like to
visit us in Princeton, New Jersey and share your origami repertoire with us.

Laura Kruskal

Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com


[Origami] Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Origami kids' activity this Sunday, Dec. 4,

2016-12-03 Thread Karen Reeds
http://www.bbg.org/visit/event/first_sundays_december_2016
 *10 a.m.–Noon, **unday, Dec. 4*Craft a Paper Pond with Artist Huy Voun Lee

Create a paper water-lily pad for origami frogs.
*Steinhardt Conservatory Well*
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN
<http://enews.bbg.org/q/MZueWndr1O7mrzmQd73IkXvHPQ2RNiRvkq0eiWftPgU7Wi7Gz2CGmPLjj>
1000 Washington Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11225
718-623-7200 <(718)%20623-7200>
bbg.org
<http://enews.bbg.org/q/4qUKmffj4Xu5RABYFuYZwsxKkYUNPC7xwPWn54GVk-WuYpuG6fi7lk8zu>


passed along by Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader,
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 3rd floor. Free! We
provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 11 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meeting:  Wednesday, December 14, 2016


[Origami] Origami sighting -- quilts and origami

2016-11-20 Thread Karen Reeds
I happened to see a reference to The Quilt Index website:
*http://www.quiltindex.org/ <http://www.quiltindex.org/>   *
I searched the Quilt Records for origami and found 6 records, with lovely
photographs, of quilters who had incorporated origami in their work. It's
worth a look.
(Go to the  "Search Quilt Records" button in top right corner and enter
"origami.")

Browsing the other quilt patterns might well inspire new origami designs!

Karen  11/20/2016 (who keeps warm under quilts made by my grandmother)

 Karen Reeds
karenmre...@gmail.com

PS Sign up now for Laura Kruskal's online, live OrigamiConnect Class,  Dec
4, 2016: Super-Duper Collapsible Gift Box (see https://origamiusa.
org/connect <https://origamiusa.org/connect> )

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader,
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 3rd floor. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 11 years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meetings:
Wed. Dec.14, 2016
Wed. Jan. 11, 2017


[Origami] Origami sighting NY Times Nov 6, 2016...

2016-11-06 Thread Karen Reeds
...Crossword puzzle, 32across, 7 letters
Clue: discipline for paper tigers

Karen 

PS Sign up nowfor Laura Kruskal's online, live OrigamiConnect Class,  Dec 4, 
2016 :Super-Duper Collapsible Gift Box (see https://origamiusa. org/connect )

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader, 
Princeton Public Library Origami Group 
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 3rd floor. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529  
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 10+ years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meetings:  
Wed. Nov. 9, 2016. Sneak preview of Laura Kruskal's OrigamiConnect Class (see 
https://origamiusa. org/connect )
Wed. Dec.14, 2016
Wed. Jan. 11, 2017

Sent from my iPhone 
karenmre...@gmail.com
karen.re...@verizon.net

[Origami] Origami sighting -- "Nine Folds Make a Swan, " novel by Ruth Gilligan

2016-10-07 Thread Karen Reeds
10/6/2016
The title of this book caught my eye (in a short review in the Times
Literary Supplement), so I looked for more reviews. This one from the Irish
Times gives a bit of detail about the paperfolding motif.

http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/nine-folds-make-
a-paper-swan-by-ruth-gilligan-review-1.2714094#.V_egO-UY13c.email

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader,
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 3rd floor. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 10+ years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meeting:  Wednesday, October 12, 2016.


[Origami] origami ref -- From newyorker.com: Ask Dr. Jellowitz-Kessler

2016-09-28 Thread Karen Reeds
"Ask Dr. Jellowitz-Kessler," by Paul Rudnick
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/03/ask-dr-jellowitz-kessler

See Q/A # 2.

Karen

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader,
Princeton Public Library Origami Group
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 3rd floor. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
https://princetonlibrary.org/

Celebrating 10+ years of paperfolding in Princeton!
Our next meeting:  Wednesday, October 12, 2016  Halloween origami, of
course!


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