On Wednesday March 8 David O'Sullivan wrote:
>>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's oeuvre partly as a consequence of the
>>works being boxed up and only revea
he way to the sides of the sheet (and not floating in the interior) the
lock is weaker. So apparently the formation of cone shapes at the apexes of
the moon is involved in the locking.
Grab some paper and see!
Thanks to Jorge Jamarillo for launching what's turning out to be an intriguing
thread, though as said, the term "dry tension" really has to be trashed.
Saadya
ne-like shape there, which
will be three-dimensional, unless and until it is flattened. End of
story.
You can quote me on that.
Saadya
priority
for an investigation of ideas in cone-folding and concentrics, one of which
David Huffman has become better known for.
thank you again
Saadya
On Aug 31, 2015, at 8:00 PM, Mitya Miller wrote:
> I'm happy to let you know that restored copy of the late Ron Resch web-site
> went o
Rectangle. I have them stand up, cover one eye,
and raise the cut-in-half sheet---while keeping an uncut sheet below
them on the table--until they see, side by side, that the proportions
are the same. (The idea is also to set in train ideas about optics
and proportions.)
Saadya
the
person whose idea they built upon? Somewheres?
We need to start insisting on more respect for our field.
Saadya
A while back in this discussion (9 Oct 2014) Dave Mitchell wrote
> I do feel that much of modern origami is driven by (several different kinds
> of) dissatisfaction with what just folding paper can do rather than an
> acceptance of its inherent limitations (which are what make origami
> different
On May 21, 2013, Saadya wrote:
> José Tomas Buitrago mentions a 1526 engraving by Durer, where the 2 folded
> letters on Erasmus' desk appear to be of the same construction as in your
> painting--that is, divided into three parts but not equally. (Presumably this
> infor
ly there is some real folding innovation taking place in 16th century
Europe, and painters are getting excited enough about it to want to represent
it accurately in their art. Even if David Lister's skeptical verdict re
Leonardo and origami still, unfortunately, seems to hold---
Saad
together strongly when being pulled in
opposite directions? —At the limit, the paper would tear—and not along the
folds—before the lock breaks.
Saadya
other metal layers added to that.
You can also save a step by starting with copper foil, but I've had trouble
finding exactly the right thickness locally to work with.
Write me offline if interested in pursuing this
Saadya
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