[Origami] BOS magazine

[Dennis Walker]

Dear women of the origami community! 

My name is Saffiya and I've been given the honour of editing a very special
edition of the BOS magazine for this October in order to mark 100 years of
Women's suffrage in the UK. 

I would love to hear from you with models, articles or reviews to include,
or ideas of things you'd like to see included. I've received some wonderful
contributions so far and have enjoyed reading the stories of teaching and
experiences that have been shared. It's been a real treat for me to hear
about others'  experiences of origami and learn about female origami artists
around the world. I'd really love to hear from more of you so we can make
this a bumper special edition! There are so many talented, inspiring female
origami artists out there that we could easily fill extra pages with all
this wonderfulness. 

Just to introduce myself... I've been a member of the BOS for around 8 years
now. I am not very good at folding and hopeless at designing, but my real
love is teaching origami and encouraging those who have never even heard of
it before to have a go! When time allows, I teach origami sessions at my
local libraries in Slough. I also like to find excuses to incorporate
origami into my workplace (always a welcome break from sitting at a computer
all day!) like getting everyone in the team folding a basketball hoop during
a meeting. 

Please send your contributions via Dennis at edi...@britishorigami.info
  and he will ensure I receive these. If
you'd like to get in touch with me directly then please contact Dennis and
he can pass your details onto me to get back to you. 

I'm really looking forward to hearing from you! 

 

 

(Saffiya sent me this to post to the O-list! Dennis)

[Origami] Special Edition BOS Magazine

[Dennis Walker]

Hello everyone,

 

As usual, I’m looking for articles, reviews and diagrams for 
the next issue(s) of the magazine.

 

Send all contributions to edi...@britishorigami.info

 

I’m also looking for contributions from the female folders for 
the Special October Magazine celebrating 100 years of Women’s Suffrage in the 
UK. If you’d like your submission to be considered for that edition please mark 
it ‘For October’ and I’ll make sure that Saffy (our guest Editor) gets it 

And if you know of anyone not on this list who might be keen to 
join in, please forward this request!



Disclaimer! I’m hoping that we get a LOT of contributions. 
Consequently, not everything will make it into the magazine, but we’d like to 
hold onto what we get for future use. Thank you.

 

Dennis (BOS Editor)

 

Re: [Origami] Origami Database

[Dennis Walker]

>>It's been a while since I posted about the database. The new functionality
is up and running on www.oriwiki.com  but the reason
>>I'm posting is that a friend of mine (Helma van der Linden) was keen to
move it to a different underlying structure and give it a more modern look.
She's don >>this and now we're looking for feedback! 
Sorry for repeating, but I forgot the new link!

The new look database is at beta.oriwiki.com

Thanks again,
Dennis

Re: [Origami] Origami Sighting - Lexus Comercial

[Dennis Walker]

My source for 'cumulation' was http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Cumulation.html

It even uses origami images, including a sonobe model!

Dennis

Re: [Origami] Origami Sighting - Lexus Comercial

[Dennis Walker]

Hi,

>>But then, I haven't found a good name for those Sonobe solids. How about 
>>pyramidized octahedron or icosahedron?

I don’t have an issue with calling them 'stellated' since it means 'turned into 
a star, but I'm aware that there is a strict geometrical definition of a 
stellation and I wondered about this some time ago.

The term I found was 'cumulation', so these would be cumulated solids. I also 
remember that it allowed for 'negative' cumulation, i.e. sunken faces.
I also found the word 'cacuminated' which means 'turned into a pyramid' but 
that was in a dictionary rather than a mathematical book.

(And to pre-empt any questions, I can't remember the source for 'cumulated'. 
I'll see if I can find it again!)

Dennis

[Origami] Database

[Dennis Walker]

Hi all,

 

The Origami Database is now back (with protected passwords).
www.oriwiki.com

 

You will have to request a new password to continue, I'm afraid, but it is a
simple process.



But once logged in, you can continue to 

add books, (one at a time, or even batch update)

add models to a book,

add photos (by drag and drop),

add reviews and ratings, 

indicate which books you own and

if you are a creator, please let the moderators know.

 

As a creator you can set preferred photos and, more importantly, set
copyright details en-masse or on a model by model basis.

 

Dennis

 

 

 

 

 

[Origami] Database off

[Dennis Walker]

Hi all,

 

I've received indications that the origami database at
www.oriwiki.com has been hacked and passwords breached.

Please make sure that if you use the same password anywhere
else, that it is changed.

 

Dennis

Re: [Origami] Permission question

[Dennis Walker]

Tiong Boon wrote:-
>>As a practical measure, I suggest that creators who want permission to be 
>>sought include in their books how they can be contacted.  This would avoid 
>>the need for people to write to the Origami list for information on how to 
>>contact a certain creator, as we see every now and then.

It was this sort of thinking that lead me to modify the origami database to 
allow creators to register and set copyright on their models (collectively and 
individually). An example can be found in my own model here:-  
http://www.oriwiki.com/showModel.php?ModelID=42010

At least it's a start! (And, yes, there are a few issues with image sizes)

For more info on what the database can do now, see 
http://www.oriwiki.com/odbInfo.php and http://www.oriwiki.com/odbHowTo.php

Dennis

Re: [Origami] What book is this?

[Dennis Walker]

Hi Gerardo,

It's Origami Tokuhon 1 by Akira Yoshizawa,

Dennis

Re: [Origami] Designer of "equilateral sonobé" with 1:sqrt(3)

[Dennis Walker]

Hi there,

>>It is a modular unit similar to Sonobe's unit, but with equilateral triangles.
>>The version I am asking about starts with a 1:sqrt(3) rectangle (bronze 
>>rectangle).

Pretty sure Tomoko Fuse has also designed this unit.

Dennis

Re: [Origami] Box with lid

[Dennis Walker]

Hi Anna,

>>So can you point me to boxes with lid from one piece of paper, so that I can 
>>check for similarity?

There's one by Minako Ishibashi that you might want to check 


https://www.facebook.com/OrigamiScotland/photos/pcb.1619744575021389/1119470148108583/?type=3

Dennis

[Origami] Here goes!

[Dennis Walker]

Hi all,

 

First version of the upgraded database is now live! I'm
hoping that it'll stay up. If you have any problems, let me know privately.
(Your old database login should still work and any books you registered
should also still be there!)

 

There're a bunch of new things that probably aren't
immediately obvious, have a read here:- www.oriwiki.com/odbinfo.php. This
should also let you know what is available now and what will be coming
later.

 

Dennis

 

Re: [Origami] Erik & Marty Demaine - Rare Craft Award

[Dennis Walker]

Congratulations!!!

>>and I hope they enjoy the trip to Scotland that comes along with the prize!

Ooh! Where in Scotland? (I'm guessing Dufftown at the very least!)

Dennis

[Origami] Bookseller/Diagram Prize

[Dennis Walker]

Hi all ,

 

The Bookseller/Diagram Prize is a humorous prize in the UK
for the oddest book title of the year. Bizarrely, one of the nominations
this year was "Paper Folding with Children" which is a beginners origami
book. Doesn't seem that odd to me, but maybe it does to people who don't
fold.

Thankfully, it didn't win. The winner was "Too Naked for the Nazis", which
IS a bit of an odd title, especially for a book about Wilson, Keppel and
Betty!

 

Dennis

Re: [Origami] Trigger Warning: glue

[Dennis Walker]

Hi Rob,

>>What kind of glue do you use when you're attaching modules together 
>>permanently for sturdiness?

A glue stick (e.g. Pritt) is usually sufficient and dries quickly. PVA 
applied with a brush is OK, but it's wetter which mean that it *can* sometimes 
make the paper a little soggy, and it takes longer to dry.

Dennis

Re: [Origami] High intermediate or complex FLAT angel model ?

[Dennis Walker]

>>Anyone know of a high intermediate or complex angel model that is flat (or 
>>relatively flat; pleated wings are ok)?

Hi Rob,

There's the Daedalus (human figure with wings) model by Gabriel Alvarez.

Dennis

Re: [Origami] Origami Books for sale

[Dennis Walker]

Hi Lorenzo,

I'm interested in the 4 NOA Symposium books. How much for the 4 plus 
p+p?

Dennis

Re: [Origami] Creator of Model?

[Dennis Walker]

Hi again,

The model was spotted displayed in Edinburgh convention.
We, in turn, had seen the snake at the Dutch convention in April 2013, where it 
had been taught to us by a Japanese visitor from N.O.A. (I am sorry to say that 
I cannot recall her name at the moment, but I would know her again if I saw 
her! She was also at Cambridge.) She (through interpreters) had explained  that 
the author was unknown.

When we then published the diagrams in BOS 282, we stated that the creator was 
Unknown as that was as much as we had discovered.

I have also found it diagrammed in NOA Issue 455. No creator name is given.

More noise and very little more information, but fun to trace it back 
nonetheless :-)

Dennis

Re: [Origami] Origami sighting--New York Times Book Review 3/29/2015

[Dennis Walker]

But I find myself wondering what the drawing *means*... does the drawing 
represent a specific element of the book? Reading the review, some of the 
other illustrations appear to refer to specific incidents, but there's no 
mention of the fortune teller. Looked at one way, the drawing is of course a 
literal interpretation of the title - but I wonder if that's because it's an 
incident in the book (except you cannot actually fold a real clock, of 
course) or is it some other reference. Maybe it refers to the book's 
out-of-sequence diary structure: if you took a regular diary, and folded it 
up somehow, it's as if you're folding time...

I wonder if, by using the clock  face and the fortune teller, you could get two 
times to link up by pressing them together :-) and be able to freely pass 
between those two times.

Just musing on plot possibilities :-)
Dennis

Re: [Origami] strong modulars?

[Dennis Walker]

Hi Andrew,

I've found that quite a few models in Tomoko Fuse's book 'Floral 
Globes' can be made with sturdier paper and they hold quite well. In general 
they are two piece modulars with a base fold and a decorative/holding fold. 
I've made larger versions of one or two of them using 100-120 gsm coloured 
paper for the base and then choose a suitable decorative paper. They assemble 
in a similar fashion to Sonobe units (which are also fairly sturdy with 
appropriate paper) so the assemblies can easily go to hundreds. 

Caveat; I haven't tried other assemblies on the Floral Globes yet. The main 
point here is that some modulars are pretty sturdy with a different paper 
choice.

Dennis

P.S. I've also found that a lot of modulars made using edge modules collapse 
under their own weight when they are made larger or with longer edges.

Re: [Origami] What's the right term?

[Dennis Walker]

Hi Robert,

Oddly enough, I've been pondering similar questions of terminology
and recently sent an article to the BOS.

Anyway, I was looking at the issue from a slightly different
perspective, but I'll chuck in my tuppence-worth with regard to the artistic
folder:-

Any piece of art (music, origami and even painting or writing) that
has the potential to be recreated by others, would often be recreated by a
'performer', as you suggest. The problem with 'performer' for me is that
from the point of view of an observer, origami has (usually) no sense of
introduction, theme(s) and  development leading to a resolution; i.e. there
is no performance, there is simply the final piece (painting and sculpture
often have the same issue). Generally,  these works are developed in
private and presented complete. 

I think there would be some difficulty with finding a 'single word'
, but options to replace 'performer' could be 'interpreter' or even
're-creator'!

If you are happy to use some qualification, then 'Origami Composer'
or 'Origami Creator' or 'Origami Artist', all imply the creation of the
original piece but 'Origami Interpreter' or 'Folding Artist' only imply the
actual process of folding the model. At least, they do to me.  But 'Origami
Interpreter' sounds a bit odd, and you'll notice that I haven't even
mentioned 're-creator' again.

In the article, I playfully suggested using 'origamika', meaning
'practitioner of origami' in the style of 'judoka' etc. but my intention was
to name someone who 'does' origami, not necessarily implying any artistic
level.

That hasn't really helped, has it? But it was fun to consider :-)

Dennis

Re: [Origami] 6OSME - Tokyo

[Dennis Walker]

Hi Faye,
On a completely separate note, always have a face-cloth in your bag.
It may be that I'm just too used to northern climes, but I found it
absolutely necessary to the extent that I would even have a dampened cloth
in a Ziploc bag which I would rinse and refresh whenever I could!

Have a great time in Tokyo :-)

Dennis
 

Re: [Origami] Creating by taking a little from here and a little from there

[Dennis Walker]

HI Gerardo,

For example, in order to create a Shopping bag, I combined folding ideas from 
my Coffee table, Locking paper bag, Coat hanger, and Jeremy Shafer's Heavy 
duty box with handles.

I think that's how many people create! It starts off as 'I'll use such-and-such 
a technique, but I'll modify it a bit to do this instead'. Eventually it's a 
whole new thing! It's almost evolutionary. I've never heard of a specific name 
for it, but that doesn't mean there isn't one!

Me, I call it 'Magpie' creation because I take all the 'shiny' bits from other 
places ;-)

Dennis

Re: [Origami] Modular versus Arrangement

[Dennis Walker]

David Mitchell  To me a modular design is one that is self-integrating. If
you glue it together (snip) I would then consider it a glued multi-piece
arrangement rather than a modular assembly.

I'm in a half-way house on this one.
If the model *requires* to be glued together, then I find it far less
satisfactory and I'm unlikely to fold it. Each module is still a folded item
(albeit a fairly abstract and pointless one). I prefer models that hold
together without glue, but I'll still glue the ones that only just hold
together if I reckon that I'll have it on display where people will pick it
up.

But I'm a little puzzled by John's assertion that you have to glue Electra.
Electra has an internal overlap that makes it pretty strong. I know that
many people fold Electra as though it were a bird base (i.e. edge to the
centre) but that's not what is actually diagrammed.

Dennis

Re: [Origami] Origami wine

[Dennis Walker]

Hi Joel,

The label has a beautiful origami pegasus, which I didn't recognize.

I'm pretty sure that's by Fumiaki Kawahata.

Dennis   

Re: [Origami] Cataloguing origami gift wrapping techniques

[Dennis Walker]

Dennis replied confirming this and crediting the creator of the technique
as Kunio Ekiguchi.

My mistake, I mis-read the article. There is no creator credited. Kunio
Ekiguchi is the author of a book called 'Gift Wrapping' ( ISBN 0870117688)
which is quoted in the article,

Sorry,
Dennis

Re: [Origami] Cataloguing origami gift wrapping techniques

[Dennis Walker]

Hi there,

Dirk said:
last Christmas I wanted to wrap a CD gift without glue or tape.
Just have a look at my result: 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eisfold/sets/72157639383684825/

My version is slightly different! Like Dirk's, this will work for most cuboids 
with suitable paper size adjustments!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/origamidennis/sets/72157639402776095/

(There is some text on each photo describing what's happening, but it seems 
tricky to show except when showing only one photo :-( )

Dennis

Re: [Origami] Cataloguing origami gift wrapping techniques

[Dennis Walker]

Hi Gerardo,
I can see the pleat fold! So if I understand correctly you first fold the
front flap that's next to the pleat fold, then you fold the back flap over
the front one and inside the pocket created by the pleat?

Not quite.
The pleat is the same width as the item to wrap. Then the paper is wrapped
around the item lengthways. The zig-zags at the ends of the pleat are used
to put one end inside the other forming a tube.
Then the open ends of the tube are pinched flat and folded under the pleat,
one on each side.

Dennis

Re: [Origami] Cataloguing origami gift wrapping techniques

[Dennis Walker]

Dennis: wrap anything using the technique, take a picture, upload it
anywhere in the web, and share the URL through the list? Don't forget
showing the side with the folds!

There you go Gerardo :-) It's not as accurate as I would like, but that
probably helps you see what's happening.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/origamidennis/11601928006/

No idea if anyone else has done this, but I strongly suspect that they have
and that I'm not the first.

Dennis

Re: [Origami] The best paper for origami

[Dennis Walker]

What would be the characteristics of a paper that can be considered
universally good for origami.
The rattle test:-
Hold the paper by one corner and rattle it. If it doesn't rattle much, don't
fold it.

(This is, of course, just a general rule of thumb. The real answer is, as
you say, 'Depends')

Dennis

Re: [Origami] Korean Convention 2014

[Dennis Walker]

Hi Ravi,

Korean Convention: August 23-24, 2014. 

Mark Bolitho and I are collecting convention dates for the 2014 BOS
Calendar. If you know the dates of your societies convention, please email
me (privately! Don't swamp the o-list!) at edi...@britishorigami.info . We
have quite a few dates already, but we are looking for more!

Thanks,
Dennis

Re: [Origami] Tall rectangular box?

[Dennis Walker]

Hi there,

I've used the pleated technique for wrapping gifts. It gives a nice 
clean line and it's pretty secure. Even better, if you make the pleat the same 
size as the underlying box that you are wrapping, it becomes very tricky to 
work out how to unwrap it!
(I haven't published this as I assumed that it had probably been done.)

Dennis

Re: [Origami] Ordering books from Amazon (Japan)

[Dennis Walker]

Hi Chris,

I've had no problems at all with Amazon Japan  to the UK, but I usually wait
until I and a few friends have a large order to spread the p+p! I have
ordered only one second hand book and it arrived with no issues, but I may
have been lucky with the seller being willing to post to UK.

Dennis 

[Origami] Edinburgh Convention

[Dennis Walker]

Hello there,

 

Just a clarification about booking extra nights at the
Edinburgh convention. There are other events going on and we can only  book
from Mon. 26th Aug to Thurs. 5th Sep inc. Also please remember that the
extra nights at the venue have to be confirmed, so please book early!

 

Hopefully that won't put you off coming! (Remember, you don't have to be a
member of BOS to attend a convention)

 

See you there J

Dennis

 

[Origami] Edinburgh Convention

[Dennis Walker]

Hi all,

 

Booking for the Edinburgh Convention, Autumn 2013 is now open!!
 http://www.britishorigami.info/society/meetings/edincondata.php
http://www.britishorigami.info/society/meetings/edincondata.php

 

Come and join us!

 

For more information about Edinburgh, the convention venue and the Festival,
have a look here:- 

http://www.origamiscotland.co.uk/en/forthcoming-events/bos-autumn-convention
-2013.html

 

Dennis, Martin and Kenny

 

[Origami] Collin Weber

[Dennis Walker]

Hi there,

 

Is Collin Weber on the list? Or does someone know how to
contact him? If so, could you email me privately please?

 

Thanks,

Dennis

Re: [Origami] Identifying package?

[Dennis Walker]

Hi Gerardo,

Quick question: does any of you know if this kind of origami package
already existed (ignore the wind mill please)?

I'm afraid that it's quite an old one. The technique is usually
attributed to Shuzo Fujimoto from the 1960's or 70's, but it may have
existed even before that.

Sorry,
Dennis

[Origami] Linked memories WAS New video: Braided Paper by J.C. Nolan

[Dennis Walker]

How about you? Do you have such a model that you remember fondly, because of 
a linked memory?

For me this would have to be Joan Homewood's Robin for two reasons.

Partly because of the fun I (and others) had at my expense in the early days of 
the O-list when I became embroiled in a confused discussion only to discover 
that a 'Robin' in Britain isn't the same bird as a 'Robin' in the U.S. People 
couldn't understand why I needed two-coloured paper. (The British robin is the 
one known as Robin Redbreast)

But mainly because I first folded it using two pieces of paper (red and brown) 
and I was so pleased with the result that I gave it to my then girlfriend in 
the hope that it might impress her. We've been married for 23 years now!

Dennis

Re: [Origami] Book lists/databases

[Dennis Walker]

Hi Sy,

My personal preference is Dennis Walker's Origami Database Web application. 
The search/list can go down to the model level. However, I am not sure about 
the current status of Walker's new Database. He might be able to shed some 
light.

The new database and website is being designed as we speak. But there 
are quite a few interested parties and I'm covering as much as I can. 
Implementation will follow shortly after. Still not sure when the new version 
will be available, but it won't be soon I'm afraid to say. I just hope the new 
version will be worth it!

Meanwhile the old version is still searchable, I'll still add books now and 
again and you can still add books to your own library :-)

Dennis

Re: [Origami] Book lists/databases

[Dennis Walker]

Library thing is pretty good, but you need to pay get more than about 200
books. It's not great with books that don't have ISBNs, but it's better than
most!

Dennis

-Original Message-
From: origami-boun...@lists.digitalorigami.com
[mailto:origami-boun...@lists.digitalorigami.com] On Behalf Of Ravi Apte
Sent: 23 October 2012 15:41
To: The Origami Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Origami] Book lists/databases

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 7:27 PM, Faye Goldman fa...@ix.netcom.com wrote

 Thanks Chris,
 I forgot to say that I also want a way of importing a batch, rather 
 than one at a time.
 Do you know if LibraryThing has that?  If so, it is probably a sale.
  Thanks
 for the information.

 http://www.delicious-monster.com/
Check out this link as well in addition to
http://www.librarything.comhttp://www.librarything.com/zeitgeist

I think both will allow upload from excel files and so on, if you have
already some kind of catalog.

Delicious Monster allows to catalog CDs, DVDs and things like that as well.
Check them out.

[Origami] Database

[Dennis Walker]

Hi all,

 

Well, I knew this day was coming, but I've brought it
forward. Additions of data to the database have been temporarily suspended L

There have been issues with the server ever since it changed
and then in the last couple of weeks the database has become corrupted
twice. On downloading it to see what's wrong, I find that I can't even open
it in any of my readers.

 

So, additions have been stopped. I'm really sorry about
this. It just means that the work I was about to start for the ODB rewrite,
just has to start a bit sooner. It will also have a new home!

 

Please bear with me, it may take a couple of months before I release the new
version.

 

I am really sorry I've had to do this,

Dennis