[Origami] An Origami Emergency - help wanted near St. Louis, USA [FWD for Yahoo user]

[Anne LaVin]

[Note from your list admin: I am forwarding this for Yahoo user  <
dawn_...@yahoo.com>, please reply to the list or to her, not to me.]

I received an email from a local theater group:

We are currently in pre-production for Rajiv Jospeh's Animals Out of Paper,
a piece about relationships and set against the backdrop of professional
origamists.
There are a number of origami pieces that appear throughout the play and
our Properties Manager, is busy creating them, but we were wondering if any
folders would be interested in helping create some of these animals and
shapes with us? We want our actors (3 of them) to be able to see what a
real origamist looks like and how they make folds so we can try to be as
true to the art form as possible.

Some of the types of pieces we are creating are:
A large crane
A Tyrannosaurus Rex
A rabbit
A human heart
A toad
And misc. small animals

Would anyone like to help with this project in the St. Louis area? The
sooner the better, as they are going into production 11/15.

Dawn

[Origami] 17th Century letter folds, The Hague

[Karen Reeds]

Thank you, Clare Chamberlain, for spotting this:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/08/undelivered-letters-17th-century-dutch-society


For more information and closeups of many letters, see   "SIGNED, SEALED, &
UNDELIVERED"
Museum voor Communicatie in The Hague website
http://brienne.org/
http://brienne.org/unlockedbriennearchive/
and
http://news.yale.edu/2015/11/05/postal-piggybank-17th-century-sheds-light-culture-time

Speaking as both an early modern historian and a paperfolder, I think they
need to recruit origami letterfold/crease-fold enthusiasts to join their
team!

KarenNov. 9, 2015

karenmre...@gmail.com

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader, Princeton Public Library Origami Group.
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 3rd floor. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
http://princetonlibrary.org

Upcoming meetings:
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, 6:30-8pm (the library is open on Veterans Day),
featuring Laura Kruskal's classic Thanksgiving Turkey model

Celebrating 10 years of the Princeton Public Library Origami Group!
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, 6:00-8pm.  NOTE: this is the FIRST Wednesday of
month, and we start a bit earlier.

[Origami] Origami sighting: a rapid-packing cardboard box/jig Re: 11 Movements to Replace Common Things

[Karen Reeds]

Christine Cheung sent me a link to this interesting collection of practical
design ideas:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/59993/11-movements-replace-common-things

There's origami in #4, the Rapid Packing Container invented by 2 students
at Cooper Union:

 VIDEO
HTTP://WWW.COOPER.EDU/ENGINEERING/NEWS/STUDENT-INVENTED-RAPID-PACKING-CONTAINER-VIDEO-GOES-VIRAL

Chris Curro and Henry Wang of the Albert Nerken School of Engineering
describe the conventional cardboard box as “wasteful, hard to open, and
difficult to pack.” They designed an alternative box

called
the “rapid packing container,” which uses 15 percent less cardboard than a
conventional box and requires no tape, making it an environmentally
friendly alternative. The rapid packing container is assembled with what
they call a “rapid folding jig." Press the cardboard into the jig, and
presto: a new box whose design allows sealing with a single recyclable
adhesive. The box is also reversible, and can be reused with the label-free
side out.

Karen  11/9/2015

karenmre...@gmail.com

Karen Reeds, co-ringleader, Princeton Public Library Origami Group.
Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/
We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 3rd floor. Free!
We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.)
Princeton Public Library info:  609.924.9529
http://princetonlibrary.org

Upcoming meetings:
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, 6:30-8pm (the library is open on Veterans Day),
featuring Laura Kruskal's classic Thanksgiving Turkey model

Celebrating 10 years of the Princeton Public Library Origami Group!
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, 6:00-8pm.  NOTE: this is the FIRST Wednesday of
month, and we start a bit earlier.

Re: [Origami] Origami sighting: a rapid-packing cardboard box/jig Re: 11 Movements to Replace Common Things

[kdiannestephens]

...There's origami in #4, the Rapid Packing Container invented by 2 
students

at Cooper Unioncalled the “rapid packing container,”
Karen  11/9/2015


The Origami version of the "rapid packing container" can be viewed at
http://orifun.weebly.com/origami-articles.html

ORIFUN to all,
Dianne