[Origami] Chris Conrad’s Life Size model

2022-07-03 Thread Xander Arena via Origami
A friend forwarded me this… “Dragon Tamer” https://youtu.be/A4K5PkFvr8g Sent from my iPhone

[Origami] 2nd Sighting

2021-01-23 Thread Xander Arena
Stunning. I liked the use of the clips along the way. https://mymodernmet.com/juho-konkkola-origami-samurai/ *Xander D. Arena, CNMT(RS)* 602-377-2956 www.linkedin.com/in/xander

[Origami] Sighting

2021-01-23 Thread Xander Arena
Origami inspired face masks, with diagrams even https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2021/01/we-need-better-face-masks-and-origami-might-help/ *Xander D. Arena, CNMT(RS)* 602-377-2956 www.linkedin.com/in/xander

[Origami] The Unbelievable Practice of Paper Art

2020-08-26 Thread Xander Arena
Poly Verity https://youtu.be/IUd57qIeX4A

Re: [Origami] Origami Bogata

2019-06-06 Thread Xander Arena
> 1. Pictures from Origami Bogota 2019 (Jorge E. Jaramillo) Hi Jorge, Whose camel is that? It's really cool.

[Origami] Kuala Lumpur folders

2019-05-18 Thread Xander Arena
Hello, My brother has recently moved to Kuala Lumpur and I wondered if anybody knows of folders or folding groups in that city? His youngest son has taken a keen, and talented, turn toward origami. Thanks in advance, xander www.linkedin.com/in/xander

Re: [Origami] Ease of open back models

2019-04-29 Thread Xander Arena
On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 9:00 AM *"I remember reading somewhere that more origami models are open back because* *some design issue but I went back to my ODS book (which is where I think Isaw that information) and couldn't find the explanation. So would anyone* *please enlight me?"* I'll

Re: [Origami] ORIGAMI TRAFFIC NOISE BARRIER

2019-01-23 Thread Xander Arena
Hello team o-list, The concept of a modulating array for traffic noise barriers was interesting to me. You know how sound reduction panels often have different angles or cones to break up the waves? Do we know of a tessellation pattern that might be useful, so that a steel sheet might be folded

Re: [Origami] Recreating Yoshizawa's unpublished models

2017-03-13 Thread Xander Arena
I'm glad I opened my O-list today, this has been an interesting thread. I've been meaning to share a picture with you all for a few years and this discussion has motivated me to do so. The picture is of a quickly folded crane which I placed in a cabinet X-ray unit at a hospital I was inspecting.

Re: [Origami] Your thoughts about models using other materials?

2016-04-06 Thread Xander Arena
> What are your thoughts regarding the use of this other materials in origami > models? I ask because I have this hypothesis that creating models that > include non-folding-materials is mostly frowned upon by the origami > community. Am I right? > I've come to appreciate mixed media approaches to

Re: [Origami] Origami Digest, Vol 119, Issue 3

2016-03-04 Thread Xander Arena
Hey Robert, that's fantastic. We know stents have been exemplar models of origami in medicine for some time, but these mechanized applications are marvelous. Nice work! From: Robert Lang > > My collaborators at BYU have been making some pretty cool origami-inspired >

Re: [Origami] Bogata

2015-06-10 Thread Xander Arena
The 6th Origami Bogota convention just finished last night with David Brill as special guest. You can check the photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/georigami/sets/72157651918371403. Thanks for sharing this Jorge, looked like a nice montage. Is that Brill's elephant next to Koh's giraffe? --

Re: [Origami] Los Alamos and honesty regarding high heat

2015-05-22 Thread Xander Arena
And speaking of cranes and atomic bombs, the city of Los Alamos, NM (where the atomic bomb was developed) will be installing an origami crane sculpture created by Kevin Box (with a little help from a friend ;o)) outside of their public library later this year. Here's a drawing showing a mockup,

[Origami] NO - New Sighting?

2015-04-23 Thread Xander Arena
While driving back and forth from Colorado recently, I noticed many Semitrailers with folding panels at their tail gate, clearly to reduce drag. Has anybody noticed these panels? Made mention here? It seemed like an ori-ish engineering application, so I thought I'd share. -- xda

Re: [Origami] sweaty hands

2015-01-02 Thread Xander Arena
What is your recommendation for people who are eager to fold Origami models but have the problem of excessive sweaty hands which causes the paper to get wet after folding very few steps? Take advantage of the moisture and wet fold accordingly. You might try to fold several models at once,

Re: [Origami] Origami Digest, Vol 103, Issue 16

2014-11-22 Thread Xander Arena
I bought a sheet of aluminium for embossing. It's thicker than aluminium foil for the kitchen. Who of you have tried origami with these sheets before? 1. What tips can you give me when working with it? Try adding heat to minimize shear stress at junctions with multiple crease intersections. Wear

Re: [Origami] Download Diagrams from the fold

2014-09-29 Thread Xander Arena
Did you know there are nearly 150 downloadable diagrams on the OrigamiUSA website? Thank you Robert, this was a great notification to at least one member who didn't know. I picked three models for future folding. The Quyet fox, Trollip anteater, and Goutam Pelican. I'm most excited to fold the

Re: [Origami] Origami Digest, Vol 100, Issue 7

2014-08-08 Thread Xander Arena
From: Weinstein, Michael weinstein...@osu.edu An article in the preeminent international science journal Science (OK, we science types don't dub so creatively) with our own Erik Demaine: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/345/6197/644.abstract Thanks for posting this Michael. I'd heard this on

Re: [Origami] Prescott folders

2013-12-16 Thread Xander Arena
This is a query to the List, seeking folders or (is it possible?) a folding group in Prescott or Prescott Valley, AZ. My husband and I are considering moving I used to live in Prescott. It's grown a lot and has a reasonably diverse, eclectic, population. You might be able to get a neat

[Origami] Seth's work

2013-10-24 Thread Xander Arena
Duck rocks! -- xda www.linkedin.com/in/xander http://www.xanderfolds.com

[Origami] question regarding PCOC13 pics

2013-10-12 Thread Xander Arena
Hi all, I'm interested in getting a copy of the photographs that the professional photographer took during the convention. I was way too busy having fun to take many of my own. Any leads anybody? -- xda www.linkedin.com/in/xander http://www.xanderfolds.com

[Origami] Letterfolds

2013-05-18 Thread Xander Arena
Letterfolds could be an exception. I haven't seen any Leonardo letters close-up, but just today I saw 2 examples of letterfolds in an Renaissance italian oil painting ca 1579, i.e. 70 years after Leonardo: Karen, thanks for sharing a link to this painting. I totally agree with your

Re: [Origami] pre crease machine

2013-04-16 Thread Xander Arena
I am interested in finding out more about the machine that can crease origami paper as mentioned in the e-newsletter yesterday. Does anyone know how this is done? Hi. I'm pretty sure pre creasing can be done with laser etching, for paper, metal, etc. I'd wanted to etch thick metal

[Origami] CPs

2013-04-04 Thread Xander Arena
The article concludes with: Cell sizes of origami roughly follow a lognormal distribution, which is caused by successive folding as a multiplicative effect. The drop in large cell sizes can be reproduced by considering group separation. A successive- folding process is a common feature between