[Origami] Inkjet or bubblejet printed crease-patterns

2017-01-02 Thread David O'Sullivan
Hi all, My first post to this list. Over the holiday period I've been exploring the spiral and conical folds in Tomoko Fuse's 'Spiral: Origami Art Design' book. I had to write some computer code to generate the crease patterns, because otherwise it's hard to experiment with them. I'm printin

Re: [Origami] best book for origami beginner

2017-02-03 Thread David O'Sullivan
I know there are many great books out there designed partly or fully for beginners, but I'd love to hear your suggestions. My recommendation on these lines is John Montroll's Teach Yourself Origami. https://www.amazon.com/Teach-Yourself-Origami-Revised-Papercraft/dp/0486483630 David

Re: [Origami] Recreating Yoshizawa's unpublished models

2017-03-07 Thread David O'Sullivan
Agree with the sentiments concerning Yoshizawa's work and that it is unnecessary that there be instructions for folding them. Something that I wonder about more is if there are any plans for the works to be publicly displayed in any way? There is an aura of wonder and mystery around Yoshizawa

Re: [Origami] is that a waterbomb in there?

2017-10-21 Thread David O'Sullivan
On 10/18/17 2:15 AM, Matthew Gardiner wrote: I’ve been following the path of first publications of a few things, namely the natural origami patterns ie. patterns formed through buckling pressure - Yoshimura, Miura, Kresling, Waterbomb etc… I'm sure you must know the Ron Resch video which opens

[Origami] Appropriate attribution for Tomoko Fuse whirlpools / spirals

2017-11-29 Thread David O'Sullivan
Using the method described in Tomoko Fuse's fantastic 'Spiral: Origami | Art | Design' book, I wrote some python code that can make an essentially infinite variety of those crease patterns (I was at a loose end over last Christmas). I have about 1400 or so such CPs in a folder on my laptop, an