Re: [Origami] Origami Digest, Vol 146, Issue 12

2018-06-20 Thread Clare Chamberlain
  Subject: [Origami] CDO convention 2018 36th C.D.O. Convention - November 1-4, 2018 Hi all - just tentatively wondering if anyone is interested in travelling a few days together exploring Tuscany before or after this convention? It's too far to travel from Australia just for the

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] Boomerang airplane

2017-08-20 Thread Clare Chamberlain
 1. Re: Boomerang airplane Perth Origami Group's Sanny Ang also has a wonderful Zoomerang - check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJNRkqUtvq4

Re: [Origami] Origami Digest, Vol 120, Issue 10

2016-04-18 Thread Clare Chamberlain
Hi allAn interesting use of origami to protect the Great Barrier Reef: https://www.acf.org.au/reef-not-coal Clare, Perth Origami Group, Western Australia (where our corals are dying too)

Re: [Origami] Origami Digest, Vol 108, Issue 22

2015-04-30 Thread Clare Chamberlain
  Most common practical models and their purposes? Hi Gerado You forgot the traditional medicine/seed package that is extensively used in Japan where medicines are traditionally taken in powder form, so each dose comes wrapped in a simple origami fold. I'm sure others

[Origami] Is scoring paper cheating

2013-01-21 Thread Clare Chamberlain
Subject: Re: [Origami] Is scoring paper cheating? The origami folk in Melbourne had paper scored to make a record number of paper tsuru for a beautiful display in central Melbourne a few years ago - I remember Perth Origami Group folding several dozen scored, fairly stiff sheets as our