Re: [Origami] History of Origami

2014-11-16 Thread Winnie Leung
Origami by Torimoto and Duke has a pretty good section on the history of origami. Complete Origami by Kenneway has good sections of history peppered throughout the book.

Re: [Origami] History of Origami

2014-11-16 Thread Anne LaVin
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Anna origa...@gmail.com wrote: very often I receive requests from high school students to name a couple of books about the history of Origami for some school projects they are working on. Do not forget the BOS collection of David Lister's essays:

Re: [Origami] History of Origami

2014-11-16 Thread Anna
Hello, thanks for the answers I got so far regarding books about Origami history. Unfortunately those students are not allowed to refer to online sources (stupid I know), therefore the Lister List - even though it is the best source of Origami history I'm aware of - is out of the question. Maybe

Re: [Origami] History of Origami

2014-11-16 Thread Anna
2014-11-16 21:02 GMT+01:00 Chris Lott ch...@chrislott.org: Could you possibly also share the list of books? Sure thing: Notes on the History of Origami, John S. Smith, BOS #1 The Origami Bible, Nick Robinson, ISBN 1-58180-517-9 Origami Odyssey, Peter Engel, ISBN 978-0-8048-4119-1 Papiroflexia,

[Origami] Vote for origami in the Vizzies

2014-11-16 Thread Robert J. Lang
Hi folks, I work with the nice folks at Brigham Young University on some research projects funded by the US National Science Foundation, and the NSF co-sponsors an international competition on visualization in the world of science and engineering, called the Vizzies. The BYU folks submitted a

[Origami] Fwd: Origami history

2014-11-16 Thread Glenn McNitt
A copy of my answer to Anna: From: Glenn McNitt n...@mindspring.com Date: November 16, 2014 at 2:45:41 PM EST To: origa...@gmail.com origa...@gmail.com Subject: Origami history Books with Origami history: NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF ORIGAMI, JOHN S. SMITH, BOS #1 THE ORIGAMI BIBLE, NICK

Re: [Origami] History of Origami (FWD)

2014-11-16 Thread Anne LaVin
Forwarding for Yahoo user Laura sea4...@yahoo.com From: Anna origa...@gmail.com: Unfortunately those students are not allowed to refer to online sources (stupid I know), therefore the Lister List - even though it is the best source of Origami history I'm aware of - is out of the question.

Re: [Origami] History of Origami

2014-11-16 Thread Ricardo Borges
Origami from Angelfish to Zen Peter Engel Excelent content about origami history!!! 2014-11-16 18:24 GMT-02:00, Anna origa...@gmail.com: 2014-11-16 21:02 GMT+01:00 Chris Lott ch...@chrislott.org: Could you possibly also share the list of books? Sure thing: Notes on the History of Origami,

Re: [Origami] History of Origami (FWD)

2014-11-16 Thread Anna
2014-11-16 22:15 GMT+01:00 Laura sea4...@yahoo.com Your school may be right in banning or limiting that practice because the information that is found online is often full of non-checked data. Oh, that's a misunderstanding. I'm in no way related any school nor the students that contact me. I'm

Re: [Origami] History of Origami

2014-11-16 Thread Andrew Hudson
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Ricardo Borges origami...@gmail.com wrote: Origami from Angelfish to Zen Peter Engel Excelent content about origami history!!! Not exactly. Peter Engel's book is a fascinating read, and full of interesting ideas about the psychology of creativity, patterns

[Origami] Doing origami with aluminium sheet for embossing?

2014-11-16 Thread Gerardo @neorigami.com
Hi guys, I bought a sheet of aluminium for embossing. It's thicker than aluminium foil for the kitchen. Who of you have tried origami with these sheets before? 1. What tips can you give me when working with it? 2. I was thinking about trying to fold Kamiya's Golden Retriever with a square of

Re: [Origami] Doing origami with aluminium sheet for embossing?

2014-11-16 Thread Hans Dybkjær
On 17/11/14 01.28, Gerardo @neorigami.com wrote: I bought a sheet of aluminium for embossing. It's thicker than aluminium foil for the kitchen. Who of you have tried origami with these sheets before? I once tried folding from beer cans: