Re: [Origami] Recreating Yoshizawa's unpublished models

I think the primary goal is to allow Yoshizawa's life work to fall to dust. There are plenty of excellent reasons to do that. For one reason, it ensures that no one will ever be able to fold those models. It's important to guard against that. It's also very important that only 6/1000ths of his

Re: [Origami] Recreating Yoshizawa's unpublished models

Hi all, Hi Robert, three years ago we shortly debated about Yoshizawa works and his thousands of models which were carefully preserved, boxed and hidden, by him. I'm wondering if something changed, since 2017. Does anyone know something about this topic? Best, Lorenzo On Tue, 7 Mar 2017 at

Re: [Origami] Recreating Yoshizawa's unpublished models

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Re: [Origami] Recreating Yoshizawa's unpublished models (David O'Sullivan)

On Wednesday March 8 David O'Sullivan wrote: >>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 Yoshizawa's oeuvre partly as a consequence of the >>works being boxed up and only

Re: [Origami] Recreating Yoshizawa's unpublished models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Re: [Origami] Recreating Yoshizawa's unpublished models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Re: [Origami] Recreating Yoshizawa's unpublished models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Re: [Origami] Recreating Yoshizawa's unpublished models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

Re: [Origami] Recreating Yoshizawa's unpublished models

> When I first met Yoshizawa at his house in the early 1980s, he pulled dozens > and dozens of models from boxes, one at a time, and only let me see them for > a few seconds each. When I asked if he could leave them out longer, he said > that he didn’t want me to figure out how to fold them.

Re: [Origami] Recreating Yoshizawa's unpublished models

2017-03-05 23:10 GMT+01:00 Zack Brown : > > Given that scientists can use x-rays and other techniques to fathom > things like the antikythera device from a mashed up hunk of ocean > debris, couldn't similar techniques be used to deconstruct Yoshizawa's > unpublished models?

Re: [Origami] Recreating Yoshizawa's unpublished models

> > Would it be great to have 50,000 Yoshizawa models diagrammed, instead > of just a few hundred? And since there is literally no other way to > eventually diagram these models, why not do it? If cost is a factor, > crowdfund it. I'd donate! > > Be well, > Zack You’d first need to convince

[Origami] Recreating Yoshizawa's unpublished models

Given that scientists can use x-rays and other techniques to fathom things like the antikythera device from a mashed up hunk of ocean debris, couldn't similar techniques be used to deconstruct Yoshizawa's unpublished models? It seems as though step 1 would be to x-ray each model, and identify the