Re: [Origami] Fwd: The name "waterbomb"? (FWD for Yahoo user Laura Rozenberg)
On 14/06/15 04.54, cafe...@pacific.net wrote:
65 years ago, when I first learned origami in first grade at Whittier
Elementary School in Berkeley California, water bombs were literally
water bombs.
We folded them, blew them up, filled them with water (not always
totally successfully) and threw them.
Messy, wet and really fun.
Exactly, except my experience is from Gørslev, a Danish country side
school some 45 years ago.
Today, when I teach the model children politely fold along, until I
finally tell them how to use it: then their faces brighten up, eagerly.
The Danish 1944 origami book "Folderier" ("Foldings") calls the model
"Tærningen" ("the cube"). A few later books do not include the model.
Not until Robert Harbins "Origami", translated and published in Danish
1968, it is called "Vandbombe" ("Waterbomb") in origami books, though it
sadly fails to explain why. My own 2008 book "Origami: Teknik og
tradition" illustrates a splashed out waterbomb on a wet wall (for some
reason my wife vehemently objected to being the illustrative target).
In contrast to Gershon (cited earlier in this thread) I've always found
it great that in origami, the known bombs explode in water or
butterflies and are pure fun. And yes, I know about there being persons
objecting to the term "butterfly bomb" due to some soldiers' experiences
during the now ancient World War II, but these connotations do not exist
in Danish, so we happily call them "sommerfuglebomber".
Regards,
Hans
Hans Dybkjær
papirfoldning.dk
society: foldning.dk
Re: [Origami] Fwd: The name "waterbomb"? (FWD for Yahoo user Laura Rozenberg)
65 years ago, when I first learned origami in first grade at Whittier Elementary School in Berkeley California, water bombs were literally water bombs. We folded them, blew them up, filled them with water (not always totally successfully) and threw them. Messy, wet and really fun. Louise -
Re: [Origami] Fwd: The name "waterbomb"? (FWD for Yahoo user Laura Rozenberg)
> On Jun 13, 2015, at 6:04 PM, Anne LaVin wrote: > > PS: I also always wondered why that name, where it originated. I thought it was called a water bomb base because it is the base you use for the water bomb model/blown up cube, which one can actually fill with water and use like a water balloon; thus a water bomb.
[Origami] OrigamiUSA Convention 2015 Preliminary Schedule posted, plus housing update
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Re: [Origami] Fwd: The name "waterbomb"? (FWD for Yahoo user Laura Rozenberg)
(Forwarding a reply for Yahoo user Laura , please reply to the list or to her, not to me!): On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 8:10 PM, Gerardo @neorigami.com < gera...@neorigami.com> wrote: > So in a nutshell, where does the waterbomb name come from, in the case of > the traditional origami ,and what made the name so popular? I can add very little backwards. But this is what I know: by the late 50`s there was quite a discussion about the names of the origami bases, and Gershon Legman was totally against calling it a "waterbomb" as he thought it unnecessary to give children more violent ideas (he advocated against violence in the mass media). So he discussed the topic with Randlett and Harbin who were leading the subject on the base names, but it seems the old name prevailed. Laura Rozenberg PS: I also always wondered why that name, where it originated.
[Origami] looking to buy a copy of Surface to Structure catalog (FWD for Yahoo user Laura Rozenberg)
Forwarding for Yahoo user Laura , please reply to the list or to her, not to me!) Please contact me with a private message if you have a spare copy of Surface to Structure exhibition catalog and are willing to sell it. Thanks Laura Rozenberg
[Origami] Working origami battery (FWD for Yahoo user Jason Quattrini)
(Forwarding message for Yahoo user Jason Quattrini , please reply to the list or to the author, not me!) Hello all, Someone has invented a nifty little paper battery that when folded provides enough power to run an LED. All it needs is some bacteria filled water and a bit of folding to activate. http://www.iflscience.com/technology/origami-batteries-powered-dirty-water Jason
