[Origami] Origami Sighting - Morbius Movie

[Jacob Metzger]

It seems that the new Marvel movie "Morbius" (I have not seen it) has
a bit of origami in its plot. See review snippet here:

"Born with a rare blood disease, Michael Morbius has spent his entire
life working on two things — a cure, and origami paper-folding. Natch,
it occurs to him to fold together bat and human DNA."

And see what appears to be an origami bat at 2:06 of this trailer:

https://youtu.be/oZ6iiRrz1SY?t=120

Yaacov

[Origami] Marking a Pandemic, One Crane at a Time

[Jacob Metzger]

>From the NYTimes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/style/pandemic-origami-cranes.html


Marking a Pandemic, One Crane at a Time
My son and I took on what seemed like a simple project: fold one origami
crane every day during the pandemic. Together, we discovered over the year
how making art helps people bear the unbearable.

Moving article, with beautiful pictures of the cranes

Yaacov Metzger

[Origami] Not-Quite-Origami Sighting - NYTimes

[Jacob Metzger]

>From the NY Times:

The Latest Wrinkle in Crumple Theory

>From studies of “geometric frustration,” scientists learn how paper folds
under pressure.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/08/science/math-crumple-fragmentation-andrejevic.html

Yaacov Metzger

Re: [Origami] Unlocking 300-year-old Letter Folds

[Jacob Metzger]

From: Evelyn -Evi- Binzinger 

science
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-21326-w/figures/1
another article, which shows different folding techniques.

Evi, thanks for this. Not surprising to see Martin and Erik Demaine's names
on the author list!

Yaacov

[Origami] Unlocking 300-year-old Letter Folds

[Jacob Metzger]

>From the New York Times:

SCIENCE
New Technique Reveals Centuries of Secrets in Locked Letters


M.I.T. researchers have devised a virtual-reality technique that lets them
read old letters that were mailed not in envelopes but in the writing paper
itself after being folded into elaborate enclosures.



  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/science/locked-letters-unfolding.html


  Yaacov Metzger

[Origami] Paper Folding Sighting in NYTimes

[Jacob Metzger]

Seen in this past weekend's NY Times "At Home" section:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/at-home/coronavirus-paper-planes.html

Yaacov Metzger

[Origami] Origami sighting - NYTimes Sunday Style T Magazine

[Jacob Metzger]

In an article about the artist Haegue Yang in the NY Times Sunday Style
Magazine, they say:
"One of Yang’s first big comeback pieces, and the one that launched her
career, was 2006’s “Sadong 30,” which took place in Incheon, a port city in
South Korea, inside her late grandmother’s old house, abandoned for nearly
a decade. It was a ruin, with missing windows, peeling wallpaper and holes
in the ceiling. Yang placed broken and intact mirrors, a folding laundry
rack, lights, an oscillating fan and clusters of delicate origami stars
within the derelict rooms."

The adjacent picture shows an empty, abandoned room with multiple
origami kusudama and other modulars:
https://preview.tinyurl.com/r2dknbu
Caption: "Yang’s 2006 installation “Sadong 30,” in an abandoned home in
Incheon, South Korea.Credit...Haegue Yang, “Sadong 30,” 2006, installation
view, light bulbs, strobes, light chains, mirror, origami objects, ..."

There is also a picture of her 2019 exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in
NYC (that I was fortunate enough to see late last year) with many
origami-like pieces:
https://preview.tinyurl.com/rgus95b
Caption: "Yang’s 2019 installation in the atrium of the Museum of Modern
Art in New York, which includes mobile sculptures and subtle references to
geopolitical events"

And here is the link to the full article: https://nyti.ms/393Cvyl

Yaacov Metzger

PS Karen Reeds, I'm surprised you missed it!

Re: [Origami] multicolor kusudama schemes

[Jacob Metzger]

>>snip

> There are too many single and duo-colored kusudamas in the world. I think
> it's because most of us couldn't find how to symmetrically arrange
> different color units
> together. If more people knew about your chart there would probably be
> more multicolor kusudamas in the world. So how about making a
> campaign, for example on social media? There could be a hashtag for
> it. People could fold a multicolor kusudama using your chart and post
> pictures on their social media along with the hashtag and a link to
> your chart. That way more will know.
> What do you think Meenakshi? I'd really like to see a lot more
> multicolor kusudamas : )
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> *Gerardo*
> gerardo(a)neorigami.com
>
>
Gerardo,

I'd have to disagree. I've been making muticolor kusudamas for close to 25
years, and apart from my first one or two 3-color sonobes (which I still
have and display) , I managed to figure out the 3 and 5-color schemes on my
own. I have found the 5 color scheme the easiest to implement in the
icosahedron/dodecahedron models. Meenakshi's chart is very elegant and
useful, and I refer to it on occasion. I think most serious (or serial)
kusudama makers are on board with multicolor schemes.Thanks for your
contributions to origami-l!

Jacob

[Origami] NYTimes: Origami Sighting

[Jacob Metzger]

https://nyti.ms/2GjaIjp

Not quite origami, but thought many list members would find this article in
the New York Times, about Donald Knuth, famous computer scientist and
author of the seminal computer science book   The Art of Computer
Programming ,
interesting.
The article mentions Martin and Erik Demaine and their mathematical origami
designs for how to fold paper and linkages
 into
different shapes.

NYTimes article here:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/17/science/donald-knuth-computers-algorithms-programming.html

or here:

https://nyti.ms/2GjaIjp

Excerpt from article:

One section of his book is titled, “Puzzles Versus the Real World.” He
emailed an excerpt to the father-son team of Martin Demaine, an artist, and
Erik Demaine, a computer scientist, both at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, because Dr. Knuth had included their “algorithmic puzzle fonts
.”

“I was thrilled,” said Erik Demaine. “It’s an honor to be in the book.” He
mentioned another Knuth quotation, which serves as the inspirational motto
for the biannual “FUN with Algorithms ”
conference: “Pleasure has probably been the main goal all along.”

But then, Dr. Demaine said, the field went and got practical. Engineers and
scientists and artists are teaming up to solve real-world problems —
protein folding, robotics, airbags — using the Demaines’s mathematical
origami designs for how to fold paper and linkages
 into different shapes.

Yaacov Metzger

[Origami] From NYTimes: This Is the Way the Paper Crumples

[Jacob Metzger]

Doesn't actually mention the word origami in the article, but still...

"Paper is an ideal model for studying other crumpling challenges, such as
how DNA packs into a cell, or how best to cram a giant solar sail into a
small satellite"

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/science/crumple-paper-math.html

Yaacov Metzger

Re: [Origami] NYTimes: Why Is Japan Still So Attached to Paper?

[Jacob Metzger]

Let's try that again, with a proper URL:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/19/t-magazine/japanese-paper-washi.html

from The New York Times:

Washi is to the Japanese something like what wine is to the French ? a
national obsession and point of pride.

Re: [Origami] Check out today's Google Doodle honoring "Mister Rogers!"

[Jacob Metzger]

Today's Google Doodle for those  outside US:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=17=Rd7X0NsOeRk

Celebrating Mister Rogers (with an origami surprise!)

Yaacov

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 7:48 AM Jacob Metzger  wrote:

> Sept 21, 2018 - enough said!
>

[Origami] Origami Sighting

[Jacob Metzger]

Really cute toddler t-shirt - "ROAR-AGAMI!"- only $4 at Target! (USA)

Sizes 12 months to 5T

https://bit.ly/2BiAlia


Yaacov Metzger

[Origami] Origami Sighting

[Jacob Metzger]

NYC subway ad for NY lottery Cash4Life:

https://www.gosee.us/image/analog-digital-photoby-952076/news/39320

Pictured, 15 or so origami models in the sunlight on a windowsill.
Copy: If you won $1,000 a day for life, how would you spend it?
"I'd spend way more time relaxing" Chloe S., Ithaca

Yaacov Metzger

[Origami] Origami Sighting (toot toot)

[Jacob Metzger]

To all,

A local paper did a very nice writeup on my Sukkah, which I've been
decorating with origami for over 20 years:

https://www.jewishlinknj.com/community-news/bergen/21013-
origami-sculptures-adorn-teaneck-sukkah

Here is a description of what a Sukkah (part of the Jewish holiday of
Sukkot) is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkah

Here are some additional pictures of the origami in my Sukkah:

http://ge.tt/7pFrvqm2


Some key facts that (I think) o-listers will be interested in:

By definition, a Sukkah's roof is porous, made from organic materials such
as cut tree branches or bamboo. I use mats made out of thin bamboo strips.
So the challenge before you get out of the gate is rain - especially here
in the north-east United States (Teaneck, NJ). Since I started, I've had a
retractable awning that I can extend over the Sukkah in case of rain
(currently, awning version 2.0 is made from sturdy canvas, version 1.0 was
made from corrugated plastic, very prone to cracking and leaking, both
bought from the Sukkah manufacturer.) My Sukkah's walls are made out of
fourteen 4-foot-wide interlocking fiberglass panels, creating a 12 foot by
16 foot Sukkah.
The biggest challenge has been humidity and dew. Over the years, I've
learned which models hold up best to hanging outdoors for 10 to 14 days.
The #1 champ? Paolo Bascetta's 30 piece star - rock-solid! If anything, the
humidity makes it stronger. Sonobe and sonobe variations are also up there
as excellent performers. Some models depend on the paper or paper ratio:
Francesco Mancini Star Holes kusudama using 3:4 ratio paper holds up very
well; made out of 2:1 ratio paper, it will "melt" spectacularly over the
holiday!
As far as other "not recommended" models, I was crushed to see my Fred
Rohm's dollar-bill star of David unravel completely, the first year I put
up origami in the Sukkah.

The origami (over 125 models) will be up in the Sukkah this year until at
least Saturday night, October 14 (probably until Sunday morning). If you
will be in the area of Teaneck, NJ and are interested in seeing it, please
come by. Email me before 6:00 PM (US Eastern time) Wednesday, October 11
with an approximate time, and I will give you all the pertinent information.

Thanks.

Yaacov Metzger

[Origami] Origami Sighting

[Jacob Metzger]

A coworker gave me his Summer 2017 issue of Binghampton (NY) University
Magazine. It has Robert Neale's Magic Star on the cover, with the title:

"Paper Power: Origami batteries energize ideas for future"

The excellent article describes Binghamton University professor Seokheun
Choi's work on paper batteries, utilizing origami. There are plenty of
pictures, with Neale's star (called a ninja throwing star here) shown in
both formations (and as a module).

All here:

https://www.binghamton.edu/news/magazine

Seems like a clever use to be able to transport batteries in "Off" position
(star); when in ring shape, 8 batteries are connected in series!

Enjoy!

Yaacov Metzger