Re: [Origami] The heart of origami

2014-10-16 Thread David Mitchell
Thus sprach Robert Lang For myself, one of the things I love about origami is its diversity, and I judge different works by different standards. A simple Robinson fold, an elegant Montroll design, a supercomplex Kamiya artwork: these are all beautiful examples of origami, and I can't imagine

Re: [Origami] Creator of this modular model?

2014-10-16 Thread David Mitchell
gera...@neorigami.com asked about the original creator of the six waterbomb octahedron. I have researched this and can confirm that as far as is known it was first discovered by Robert E Neale in about 1965. Kunihiko Kasahara discovered it for himself shortly thereafter but I understand that he

[Origami] Origami application

2014-10-16 Thread pwhitehouse
 I see Wired is running a story on origami inspired Umbrellas:  http://www.wired.com/2014/10/origami-umbrella-support-skeleton/?mbid=social_twitter#slide-id-1597323 regards Peter Whitehouse*http://www.wonko.info*some assembly required - Email sent using Optus Webmail

Re: [Origami] Creator of this modular model?

2014-10-16 Thread Gerardo @neorigami.com
I had asked who was the creator of the eight sided modular model made out of waterbomb units. David Mitchell answered that many have created independetly but it seems like Robert Neal was the first to publicly declare creating it. I wish to teach to a group how to fold that model and I want to

Re: [Origami] some origami books from my collection

2014-10-16 Thread Lorenzo Lucioni
Hi, due to some reasons I need to sell some of my Origami books. Here is my first, you'll get more later: - D PAPEL, VALENCIA 2006 - ORIGAMI - AEP Convention Book (271635781853) http://www.ebay.com/itm/271635781853 - MATEMATICAS Y PAPIROFLEXIA - J. de la Pena Hernandez - AE... (271636613549)