Re: [Origami] origami lamp diagrams

On Jan 31, 2013, at 7:18 PM, Chris Lott ch...@chrislott.org wrote: Does anyone know if there are diagrams for this--or very similar to this--lamp? http://www.etsy.com/listing/115509205/large-faceted-pendant-light-white-folded -- It looks to me like they are cootie

Re: [Origami] Machine for Pre-Creased Origami

On Apr 15, 2013, at 11:11 AM, Julie B barrju...@ymail.com wrote: I am interested in finding out more about the machine that can crease origami paper as mentioned in the e-newsletter yesterday What e-newsletter? How does one sign up for it? ljc

Re: [Origami] Do you know this papermaking workshop and instructors?

On May 8, 2013, at 3:12 PM, Laura Rozenberg wrote: Hi all, Does anybody have experience / have been at the Morgan Conservatory in Cleveland? They specialize in workshops related with paper, papermaking, etc. They will offer a 4-days workshop in June and I am considering applying. The

Re: [Origami] Modular versus Arrangement

On Apr 19, 2014, at 12:17 PM, Dave Mitchell wrote: An amusing note - I actually had an artist who was actively working with that mixture on a model tell me that if you have to glue a modular model together it is not origami. I laughed out loud ... Oddly (or amusingly??) I have to agree

[Origami] Origami sighting

An origami dollar elephant is mentioned several times in Jodi Picoult's newest book, Leaving Time. Leslie Sent from my iPad

Re: [Origami] Origami Home

On Nov 11, 2014, at 10:20 AM, Mark Bolitho mboli...@creaselightning.co.uk wrote: I have found it for sale in a few shops in London where it had moved from the practical art section (thanks Foyles) to the Interior design department. I preordered your book from amazon in the US last

Re: [Origami] help with butterfly

On May 6, 2015, at 8:29 AM, Megan Williams ml.ma...@gmail.com wrote: She is stuck at step 8 After doing step 7, ( where you fold the tip just a bit over the top edge), flip the model to the other side. You will see the tip, ( a small triangle peeking over the top edge, from previous

Re: [Origami] Fwd: The name waterbomb? (FWD for Yahoo user Laura Rozenberg)

On Jun 13, 2015, at 6:04 PM, Anne LaVin anne.la...@gmail.com wrote: PS: I also always wondered why that name, where it originated. I thought it was called a water bomb base because it is the base you use for the water bomb model/blown up cube, which one can actually fill with water and

Re: [Origami] Waterproof Paper for Peace Cranes?

Can anyone suggest a source for waterproof paper? We want to Fold cranes for the (high humidity) Conservatory Botanical Gardens In 36 and 48 size (Orange/Red/Violet). I've been trying to find „Yupo“ paper without success. You can use glassine, though I am not sure if it available in

Re: [Origami] Colors in fortune tellers?

> On Nov 12, 2015, at 4:22 PM, "Gerardo @neorigami.com" > wrote: > > As a child, were you taught to color the outer flaps and add numbers > inside or to just color the inner flaps? We just used numbers on the outer and inner flaps. We did not color ours at all.

Re: [Origami] GSM vs LBS and variations. Help!

> On Jan 11, 2016, at 3:26 PM, Rob Hudson wrote: > > Can someone explain how lbs associate to gsm?: Personally I like to use 24 lb. text weight over 20 lb. especially for modulars. I find the tension is a better with the very slightly thicker 24 lb. I do not fold 60lb.

Re: [Origami] Permission question (Dick and Serena LaVine)

> On Sep 11, 2017, at 9:45 AM, Galen Pickett wrote: > > And, FYI, the authors release their copyrights to the publishers as a > condition of publication.. This depends on the publisher and the contract between author and publisher. I was able to keep copyrights to a

Re: [Origami] In Search of Best Paper for Butterfly Ball

Sent from my iPad > On Dec 5, 2017, at 1:29 PM, Mark Burger wrote: > > I’m considering painting one side of 24 lb. printer paper with poster paint, > but thought I ought to send my appeal out to the cosmos before doing so. You can often find neon paper at office

Re: [Origami] Waterbomb variations

> On Jun 4, 2018, at 11:35 AM, FOLD wrote: > > While it is a fairly major variation - it basically starts with a waterbomb > base, there is a rocket that you can blow up. I thought it was in Lew > Rozelle's book, There is a blow up, waterbomb-based rocket by Dima Spiridonov in the book,

[Origami] Staples memo cube..new colors

The Staples memo cubes are currently on sale...$3.00 each. There are a few new colors in the brights...a second shade of yellow and a lime shade of green that replaces the "institutional green-wall-color". Also there is a pastel cube now...same size papers, but all pastel, including that

Re: [Origami] Inch Worm

> On Jul 4, 2018, at 11:26 AM, Rosemary wrote: > > Hello Everyone! > > Would anyone be able to tell me where to find the "Inchworm" model that was > discussed a short time ago? Thanking all who may help. > > I found it here. Easy and lots of fun! Leslie

Re: [Origami] Are there more bicolor masu boxes?

> On Sep 20, 2018, at 1:04 PM, Jorge E. Jaramillo wrote: > > I think it is a clever model and I don't recall having seen it before. So > do any of you know if another model with these characteristics? It looks to me like a variation of Tomoko Fuse's Square Box base that is published in

[Origami] Origami sighting

Today's Google Doodle celebrates the 51st anniversary of Mr. Roger's first taping of his PBS show, Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Clink on the Google Doodle and during the short animated video, you will see Mr. R. folding an origami crane to give to a neighborhood child. Leslie Sent from my iPad

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

> On Apr 17, 2019, at 2:04 PM, Karen Reeds wrote: > > 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 >

Re: [Origami] music for an origami exhibition

Meditative Japanese Music, soft and quietly playing in the background. Sent from my iPad > On Jul 13, 2019, at 7:57 AM, Laura R wrote: > > Dear origami friends, > > If you had to ambient an origami exhibition (or an origami museum) what music > would you choose? (Authors, melodies, scores,

Re: [Origami] A8 not A6

Someone gave me a box of paper that is 20x37 mm, which is a wee bit smaller than A8 that is 26 x37 mm. It is for making those 3D origami models, with the multiply triangular folded modulars. Could that be what they were originally intended to be used for? Sent from my iPad > On Jul 21,

[Origami] Heads up - Staples memo cube

I just made my annual memo cube run to Staples. It is on sale for $3.50, though I have not seen a published sale ad. Beware..it is not of the same quality as in previous years. The first thing I noticed is that the paper does not fill the (wasteful) plastic cube. Made me suspicious. I

Re: [Origami] A8 not A6

If all A sized paper is proportionally the same, why couldn’t you fold any model that calls for A-Sized paper? It would be the same as folding models from different sized squares. The model would only vary in size whether it was folded from A-8, or A-5...or any A sizes larger or smaller.

Re: [Origami] why November 11th is WOD?

Sent from my iPad > On Oct 8, 2019, at 9:13 PM, Laura R wrote: > > But does anyone know why November 11th was the day chosen in Japan to be the > World Origami Day? A quick google search found that According to artfixx.com: “In Japan, November 11th was chosen as Origami Day by the Nippon

Re: [Origami] What model is this?

Andrea, Can you provide a link for that paper. A google search and a search on Staples’s site, does not bring up anything called “elite bright”. There are many things for bright and for 80 lb...but nothing elite. I would think general 80 lb card or photo paper may be too thick for these

Re: [Origami] What model? Staples 80 lb "Elite Gloss"

Thank you, Andrea. That would explain why it wasn’t on their website. Sent from my iPad > On Dec 22, 2019, at 12:32 PM, Andrea Plate wrote: > > Hi Leslie. > > Staples told me this paper is not sold. They use it themselves for copying > jobs. > > First time I used this paper I had collected

Re: [Origami] Documentary Film?

I googled him. He has one movie..it says he has a casting company...could be tiny. There are many independent film folks. It looks, to me, like he emailed the contact people from the community origami groups that are listed on LISA’s website. All this is a hunch, of course. Sent from my iPad

[Origami] Tea house made from 4000 origami modulars

This tea house is made from origami modulars. http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2020/04/02/shi-an-origami-tea-house/?fbclid=IwAR1SvlkKxZY_PAu_joe7a0ppZYwY95ke8KNDFkutReAmlM_gLqBHrSkuDUw_cid=4cf1fb5e05_eid=cec3600f5f Sent from my iPad

Re: [Origami] CGI Animated Short Film “A Folded Wish”

It says this video is private and cannot be viewed. Sent from my iPad > On May 1, 2020, at 10:47 PM, AV Fernandez wrote: > > Artmoeba Productions posted a new CGI short film called “A Folded Wish”, > about twin sisters folding together: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq0vB2fC75g

Re: [Origami] CGI Animated Short Film - A Folded Wish

Thank you. Will check your suggestions. Sent from my iPad > On May 3, 2020, at 10:51 PM, AV Fernandez wrote: > > > Leslie Cefali wrote: > > Leslie cefali > To: The Origami Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Origami] CGI Animated Short Film ?A Folded Wish? > >

Re: [Origami] set of metal templates

Carmen Sprung sells them on her website. Let me do some checking for the url. Her site doesn’t often show up when googled in the USA. Sent from my iPad > On Oct 5, 2020, at 6:20 PM, Laura R wrote: > > Does anybody know where to buy a set of metal squares and hexagons of > different sizes that

Re: [Origami] set of metal templates

Here is a link that should take you to the templates...but note what she says on not being able to ship to some areas because of Covid. https://www.origamiseitenshop.de/epages/11945962.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/11945962/Categories/Schablonen Sent from my iPad > On Oct 5, 2020, at 6:20 PM,

[Origami] Tomoko Fuse’s newbook

What a beautiful book! https://www.amazon.com/Tomoko-Fuses-Origami-Art-Modern-ebook/dp/B084GTT6T9/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1=tomoko+fuse+origami+art=1590594187=8-1 Sent from my iPad

[Origami] Google doodle for Father’s Day

Today’s Google doodle has a “create your own” Father’s Day card that you can send. Along the bottom are images you can place on the message. If you right arrow through them you will find an origami penguin, both large and small included in the choices. Leslie C. Sent from my iPad

[Origami] Origami and the 2020 census

Origami used is census commercial. https://m.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR2xoJb6FXXmGwdDbRIsUCsYGD5gJ4gQQ7FKKwgis58ydlr8ox6NnDkQ6XY=share=oXZAe8XYeNQ Sent from my iPad

[Origami] New No-Slip Sole Takes Inspiration From the Japanese Art of Kirigami | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine

This article is about shoe soles inspired by kirigami. The soles help with better friction on icy surfaces. Leslie https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-no-slip-sole-takes-inspiration-from-japanese-art-kirigami-180975025/ Sent from my iPad

Re: [Origami] Help with model information

It is a variation of the Sonobe unit. The unit itself can be used in many modular models. From 2 to well over 100 units. Mitsunobu Sonobe is usually the one given credit for its origin, but Wikipedia states...”The origin of the Sonobe module is unknown. Two possible creators are Toshie

Re: [Origami] designer of a Flexagon made with single sheet of paper

Arthur Stone discovered them and played with them in the late 1930s along with his math friends and math colleagues, Richard P. Feynman, Bryant Tuckerman, John W. Tukey, when they were students at Princeton. Martin Gardner made them popular with his articles in Scientific American

Re: [Origami] Origami art exhibition books?

Tomoko Fuse’s Origami Art The Art of Paper Folding, by Hatje Cantz Akira Yoshizawa, Japan's Greatest Origami Master: Featuring over 60 Models and 1000 Diagrams by the Master Though not an origami art book per say, this book is a beautiful book with various, gorgeous works of art in paper.

Re: [Origami] Who is creator

A photo would help here. Sent from my iPad > On Feb 6, 2022, at 1:10 PM, Rona Gurkewitz wrote: > >  > Hello, > > I am interested in knowing who created this module that was > published in my first book. I had just found it at the Origami > Center. Starting with a square, fold diagonals to

Re: [Origami] How many follow the rules of origami trading card swaps?

I noticed that the origami pin swap morphed into a general swap of origami. Many still make pins, but other things are also part of the swap now. Maybe the trading card swap did the same. Or maybe some of the other shaped pieces were traded at the “pin” swap. It seems that the orgami folks are

Re: [Origami] Rhombic dodecahedron, version 3 with 12 units

I do not have the book you mentioned, but I do have her earlier book, Unit Polyhedron Origami. I find that there are several models in that book that need the use of glue for them to stay together. Leslie Sent from my iPad > On Jan 5, 2023, at 10:32 PM, Louise Yale via Origami > wrote: >

Re: [Origami] one side colored paper

I have heard or read that it started because it was cheaper to only print one side of the paper. Never heard when this started. Never knew if this was true or an another origami legend. Sent from my iPad > On Nov 20, 2022, at 6:27 AM, Elina Gor via Origami > wrote: > >  > Hi everyone, > I

Re: [Origami] finding oversized dollars (for demonstration)

Sorry about that.The casino my money  I purchased from the Party City, brick and mortar store, a while back, was printed on both sides. It was a bit thin, but double sided Sent from my iPadOn Feb 20, 2023, at 2:50 PM, the_origami_guy--- via Origami wrote:Well, THAT was less than fruitful :/The

Re: [Origami] finding oversized dollars (for demonstration)

How big?I know Party City had some big ones.  Used for Casino themed parties. Sent from my iPadOn Feb 13, 2023, at 4:03 PM, the_origami_guy--- via Origami wrote:I'm at my wit's end - I've tapped all my Google-fu, but can't find the giant foldable dollar bills; due to a recent event, I've changed