Re: [Origami] What is the "right" way to use a bone folder

2018-02-12 Thread Clare Chamberlain
  The bone folder I'm familiar with actually comes from kimono making. When hand-sewing kimono, because it's mostly straight lines, you traditionally zig-zag the fabric onto the needles to make numerous small, straight stitches in one go. You then use the curved part of the bone folder to create

Re: [Origami] What is the "right" way to use a bone folder

2018-02-12 Thread Clare Chamberlain
  The bone folder I'm familiar with actually comes from kimono making. When hand-sewing kimono, because it's mostly straight lines, you traditionally zig-zag the fabric onto the needles to make numerous small, straight stitches in one go. You then use the curved part of the bone folder to create

[Origami] not-quite-origami Call for conference papers: Matrices The Social Life of Paper, Print, and Art

2018-02-12 Thread Karen Reeds
Surely origami represents a great intersection in the social life of paper, print, and art! So I hope that someone will be moved to send in a proposal. [Dard Hunter wrote a classic history of papermaking. KMR] Karen 2/12/2018 FWD The American Printing History Association (APHA) and the