Re: [Origami] Recreating Yoshizawa's unpublished models

Agree with the sentiments concerning Yoshizawa's work and that it is unnecessary that there be instructions for folding them. Something that I wonder about more is if there are any plans for the works to be publicly displayed in any way? There is an aura of wonder and mystery around

Re: [Origami] Recreating Yoshizawa's unpublished models

> On Mar 6, 2017, at 12:38, Zack Brown wrote: > > But now that he's dead, I would find it unfathomable that he would > wish his life's work, which he took such pains to preserve, to simply > wink out of existence as age or fire ultimately claims these unique > and fragile

Re: [Origami] Recreating Yoshizawa's unpublished models

Various good points made by Peter, Zack, and Diana. Let me add just a few comments. Zack asks, “Would he really so carefully preserve them, and then desire to keep them utterly unseen and unappreciated after his death, until they rotted away?” I think the answer is clearly “no”, because he

Re: [Origami] Recreating Yoshizawa's unpublished models

Hi O-Listers, I think we can solve this issue by asking his wife and/or surviving children.   If Yoshizawa wanted his models preserved in a museum, in the form of diagrams in a book, or in the form of photographs of intact models, he would have mentioned this to his surviving family.   He must