[Origami] Toot! Origami Vegetables in Exhibition
Dear All, A exhibition of my origami vegetables is opening today. The show is called Artists for All Ages, and is a faculty exhibition at the Minneapolis College Arts and Design. My collaborator, Emily Hoisington is a woodblock print artist on the faculty there. You can see photos of the last time our series, The Work of Growing Food, was exhibited here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/janeorigami/sets/72157630049511134/ A link to information about the current exhibition is here: http://mcad.edu/events-fellowships/gallery-exhibitions/artists-for-all-ages Jane Rosemarin
Re: [Origami] [OrigamiUSA Members] origami in Minneapolis
On Jun 13, 2013, at 8:46 PM, Alex Dresdner wrote: > In the Peace Garden in southwest Minneapolis, there is a featured sculpture > called "Spirit of Peace". It shows the steps to folding a peace crane. On the > stones around it there are instructions engraved in the stone on how to fold > a crane. Dear All, I was on the committee that raised the funds for this sculpture as well as a Japanese bridge at the garden designed by Kinji Akagawa and Jerry Allan. The sculpture was designed by Caprice Glaser. It's name is The Spirit of Peace. It was dedicated in a ceremony on Remember Sadako Day, October 25, 2006. Some of you may remember that I asked for donations of cranes for the ceremony on the Origami List, and I did receive cranes from around the world. Notable were around 2,000 sent to me by Mark Bolitho. These had been on display at St. Paul's Cathedral in London, and after our ceremony went to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial park in Japan. I strung the rest of the cranes and attached streamers printed with their origin. Afterwards, I gave a string to each class at which i was a visiting artist. You can see photos of the sculpture here. They show the paper cranes, the sculpture under construction and in situ and some scenes from the dedication. http://www.flickr.com/photos/janeorigami/sets/72157594347941154/ Enjoy! Jane
Re: [Origami] Montroll's book Origami Horses
>>> More info for "Horses in Origami" by John Montroll > Janet Hamilton offered: http://origamiusa.org/catalog/products/horses-origami > Roman Diaz provided: Sy Chen http://freedomi.brinkster.net/Sy/Photos/jpg/PopupHorseCard.jpg Evi Binzinger http://www.flickr.com/photos/49998405@N07/4670811883/in/photostream/ Seo Won Seon (Redpaper) http://www.flickr.com/photos/25905241@N06/3060313179 Fabian Correa http://www.flickr.com/photos/45453810@N00/5141049890 > .And much more. Janet/Roman - Thanks for links and the great background info. It was more than I'd hoped for. - Hank Simon
[Origami] Paper thickness?
HI, Where I live the thikness of a paper is measured in grams (g). For example, common copy paper has 80g. How is paper thickness measured where you live? Do people there use a different unit? Just like when I asked about big papers, a couple of weeks ago, I would really appreciate it if I could once again read comments from different countries. Thanks in advance : )
Re: [Origami] Paper thickness?
Gerardo wrote: > Where I live the thikness of a paper is measured in grams (g). Dear Gerardo, not the thickness but the weight of the paper is measured in gram per square meter (gsm). The thickness is usually not displayed anywhere when you buy paper. Most of the time it correlates, that heavier paper is also thicker but not always. Some tracing paper for example can have very high gsm values like for example 120 gsm but is still as thin as tissue paper, whereas Lokta for example usually has a very low density, meaning it is rather thick but only a 40 gsm heavy. You might want to take a look at the paper reviews by Ilan Garibi and Gadi Vishne to get a feeling about the various aspects of paper: http://www.happyfolding.com/paper-reviews_introduction As far as I'm aware in the US paper weight is usually given in lbs whereas the rest of the world uses gsm. Nice Greetings Anna
Re: [Origami] Montroll's book Origami Horses
From: roman diaz Hank Simon wrote: >> Roman Diaz wrote: Today I received my copy of John Montroll's Origami >> Horses.<< The sole idea of coming up with so many models for a single topic makes my mind ache. -- Now for all the elephants to be put into a herd! Kathy Knapp, Peoria, Illinois, USA Do well your part today. - Juliette Gordon Low
Re: [Origami] Paper thickness?
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Anna wrote: > As far as I'm aware in the US paper weight is usually given in lbs > whereas the rest of the world uses gsm. > Sadly, it is not even that simple. Not only do we in the US use non-ISO standard paper sizes, but our paper weights are also non-standard and based on the rather convoluted "basis weight". I will try to summarize my understanding, which may be flawed. In the US, paper weight is given in pounds (lbs), but that number is the weight in pounds of 500 (or 480 or 1000, depending) sheets of the paper in the basic sheet size of paper of that type (which varies for different types of paper). So, on the shelf at the local office supply store you might see letter sized (8.5x11 inch) bond/printer paper (roughly equivalent to A4) that is 20lbs. That means that 500 sheets of that same paper in sheets that are 17x22 inches (uncut size for that paper type) would weigh 20lbs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_density GSM is much more sensible, but is not well known outside of specialty paper stores. Most people in the US are generally unaware of paper standards outside of the traditional sizes used here. They are also unaware of what the various paper weights actually mean. At best, they can recognize the weights of the few papers they actually use from time to time (e.g. bond/printer paper and cardstock). I hope that makes sense. malachi
[Origami] New video: Spinning Top (Manpei Arai), plus two articles
Hi everyone, here's some fresh content from my side: 1. New video on Spinning Top designed by Manpei Arai In 2008 I made an instructional video on Manpei Arai's fantastic spinning top. Since then I believe I learned a thing or two about producing higher quality video, and I also upgraded my equipment. The spinning top remains a superb and especially fun model, so I decided to make a new video on how to fold it. Here's where you can enjoy it: Video on happyfolding: http://www.happyfolding.com/instructions-arai-spinning_top Video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SnzKIwtzMQ In a happy coincidence, Michael Sanders uploaded a video showing in detail how he folds the handle for the spinning top: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzUM8KmX9CU By the way, over time I hope to redo more of my old videos, as many of them are of very low quality. However, it will take time. If you have some all-time favorite models I already presented in a video, but early on (a couple of years ago), do let me know. If a model is mentioned particularly often, it might give me that extra spur of motivation to do a new video. :) 2. Book Review on "Origami for All" by Ioana Stoian I wrote an article summarizing my impressions of Ioana Stoian's first book, "Origami for All". Read the article in TheFold: http://origamiusa.org/thefold/article/review-origami-all-ioana-stoian Some additional information on happyfolding: http://www.happyfolding.com/book-stoian-origami_for_all Official website of "Origami for All": http://www.origamiforall.com/models/ 3. Paper Review by Ilan Garibi and Gadi Vishne Ilan and Gadi reviewed "Sato Gami" this time round. Find out what they thought, and view beautiful folds from this paper, which - I'll give away this much - got really good ratings! happyfolding: http://www.happyfolding.com/paper-review_sato_gami TheFold: http://origamiusa.org/thefold/article/paper-review-16-sato-gami Best wishes and, as always, happy folding! -- Sara
