On Jul 13, 2013, at 5:38, Jorge E. Jaramillo odrau...@gmail.com wrote:
The Jackstone is a model known by many, it is quite a nice model, with a
peculiar folding sequence. I've folded several and have watched quite a few
on the internet, but yet I have to see one that looks really nice. I mean
the holes and the croocked sides don't make it look good.
So, has anyone ever folded a truly nice Jasckstone and could share his/hers
input on how to achieve nice results? I speciafically want advice for Jack
Skillman's model, neither John Montrol's nor Sy Chen's.
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Jorge Jaramillo
Hello Jorge, back in the late 1990s, iirc, at an OUSA convention in NYC, we
learnt the Skillman Jackstone model from Vicky Mihara Avery. I took that class
cause every attempt I'd made till then, to fold the Jackstone, had been less
than. It's not an easy model the diagrams in Harbin's book were not the
easiest for me to follow. In any case, Vicky, who is an amazing teacher, taught
us - there were only a handful students in the class - it was incredible. Not
only did she break down the folding sequence to make it 'easy' to fold, we
folded the first model so fast that we were able to fold several more
Jackstones in that one class they each turned out better than the previous.
I know this doesn't necessarily help you fold the Jackstone. I'm sorry I don't
have precise or any notes on how Vicky taught us but my suggestion would be to
reach out to Vicky request her to teach it again. Learning the Skillman
Jackstone from Vicky was a highlight for me my father...
Best,
Vishakha
