Re: [Origami] bookbinding and origami; photos of hand-bookbinding in Calcutta

[Chris Lott]

On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 6:27 AM, Karen Reeds  wrote:
> I've been
> recently reminded that  bookbinding required a kind of origami:

I'm fascinated by the intersection of Origami and book binding/art. There
are of course various book folds that make little pamphlets, etc.

Expanding (heh) on that, a classic example would be "Turkish Map" books,
such as this:

<
http://www.scoop.it/t/book-arts-and-book-binding/p/2543415238/turkish-map-fold-book-with-cover
>

and  this:



Or accordion books...or their reverse, which I like more, the flutter book:



Any discussion of origami and book arts, links, etc. are always appreciated!

c
--
Chris Lott 

Re: [Origami] Big toot; big crane

[Patsy Wang-Iverson]

Re < big crane

WOW! What a great PCOC raffle gift!

Thanks, Robert!!

Patsy

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On Aug 3, 2013, at 1:14 AM, "Robert J. Lang"  wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm currently in Santa Fe, working with my sculpting collaborator, Kevin Box
> (www.outsidethebox.com). One of the big projects in progress is "Flight of
> Folds," a pairing of a traditional Tsuru with a more modern design of an
> origami crane as a metal sculpture. We've created these in several sizes and
> several metals in the past, and have in progress the largest one yet, with a
> 3-meter wingspan. Here's a short video of it going into the powder coating
> oven:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9Byo3okdpE&feature=youtu.be
> 
> If you're attending OrigamiUSA's Pacific Coast Origami Convention in
> Albuquerque in October, the post-conference tour to Santa Fe will be
> stopping off at Kevin's studio at the Turquoise Trail Sculpture Garden
> (between Albuquerque and Santa Fe). We should have this piece finished and
> installed there by the time of the tour!
> 
> Enjoy,
> 
> Robert
> 
> P.S. The two people in the photos are the powder-coating craftsman; the
> cameraperson who moves in front of the camera at about the 0:50 mark is
> Kevin.
> 
> 

Re: [Origami] Big toot; big crane

[Robert J. Lang]

Thus spake "Robert J. Lang"  on 8/2/13 10:14 PM:

>Hi all,
>
>I'm currently in Santa Fe, working with my sculpting collaborator, Kevin
>Box
...

As someone has kindly pointed out to me, Kevin's website is not what I
listed in my posting of last night; it's
http://www.outsidetheboxstudio.com. Lotta cool stuff.

Robert

[Origami] Diagramming symbols

[Rikki Donachie]

I've read the various comments from various people about the design and placing 
of various symbols.

There is a very good rule of thumb that should be employed here:

Keep It Simple, Stupid! Show your diagram to someone who is not an expert - do 
they understand it?

And, in my opinion, if you have to add written instructions to your diagram - 
you haven't diagrammed it properly.

Anyone wishing to diagram clearly should, quite deliberately, try to emulate 
Nick Robinson, Robert Lang, Nicholas Terry and, if I may be allowed to blow my 
own trumpet, me.

Finally, I have a complete set of symbols that anyone is welcome to have and 
use - including my own "Collapse on the Indicated Creases" and "Right About 
There" symbols.  I can let you have them for Illustrator4 all the way up to CS4 
and as a basic svg. file. Just ask me off list.

Rikki
 
http://www.itsjustabitofpaper.com