Origamic Architecture

OA Maillist Archive: 2000_09_05

oa-d Digest				Volume 00 : Issue 12

Today's Topics:
  [OA] German OA Designer               [ Andrew Crawford  ]
  RE: GERMAN OA DESIGNER                [ "Gerry Stormer"    ]
  [OA] Hello!                           [ "Shawn Fumo"  ]
	
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 14:49:18 -0700
From: Andrew Crawford 
To: oa@evermore.com
Subject: [OA] German OA Designer
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Greetings, all!

It's been pretty quiet on the list lately.  Y'all still alive out there? :)

I recently received this from a casual OA aficionado:

>While in Stockholm at the Museum of Modern Art I picked
>up a card made by RADER BOCHUM GERMANY 1988 DESIGN MUK - don't know if
>you are familiar, but it looks like Germany's alternate to Chitani.
>It's quite wonderful.

Is anyone familiar with this designer?  Any pics or patterns anywhere?

Andrew Crawford
Andrew@Evermore.com


Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 19:50:37 -0500
From: "Gerry Stormer" 
To: "OA Maillist" 
Subject: RE:  GERMAN OA DESIGNER
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This is a new name to me.  I just tried to find something, anything about this
person on the 'Net but I wasn't successful.  I'd love to hear/see more about
this person that's for sure.  Thanks for the heads-up Andrew!!
 
Gerry Stormer
gstormer@home.com
http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/HobbyCt/gstormer/
 
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 01:00:13 -0400
From: "Shawn Fumo" 
To: oa@evermore.com
Subject: [OA] Hello!
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Hey there,

Well, the other day I came across KSK's site purely by accident, 
and was amazed by all of this OA stuff. Since then, I have been 
looking at as many sites as I can find. =)

I discovered that 3D Card Maker program... It is of course limited 
compared to the complicated and rounded shapes and things I've 
seen, but it is fun to fuss with, and it seems like a great learning 
tool to see how this stuff works.

I haven't seen it mentioned in the archives, so in case anyone has 
missed it:
http://www.page.sannet.ne.jp/jun_m/card3d/index-eng.html

It is shareware, but it looks like all of the features are enabled until 
October 1, 2000.

So, I decided to be adventurous and made my first model today, 
and it actually worked! =)

I don't have a scanner at home, but maybe I can get something 
worked out eventually. In the meantime, I took a screenshot from 
the program (and made a picture of the diagram). It is simple, but I 
like it. Looks like some sort of big Inca type building, or perhaps a 
smaller altar of some kind...

http://www.the-spa.com/shawn.fumo/hobbies/oa/

Of course I printed the design right on the paper, which is regular 
computer paper, didn't use a ruler for the cutting, no card backing, 
and this is my first model, so the result is a little shaky, but it 
actually doesn't look THAT bad either...hehe

I'm going to experiment with the different methods of getting the 
design going, like the pinhole method...

My main question right now though... do you have any advice on 
the folds? That is by far the most difficult part...

The valley folds weren't quite as bad. I could put a ruler on top and 
bend the paper around the edge. The mountain folds I had a lot 
more trouble with. In the end I turned out flipping the paper over and 
using the same method but either guessing on the location for the 
smaller folds based on where the cuts were, or kind of crimping the 
ends a little while the paper was design up, then turning it over and 
using that as guidance...

Is the bending around a ruler a good or bad way of going about the 
actual fold? I know I've seen tweezers mentioned as tools.

Also, I know the pinhole can work well for where to cut, but what 
about for where to fold? I had enough trouble with doing those 
mountain folds to know that folding without any reference would be 
hard... Some of the folds are right where the ends of the cuts are, 
but there are some that are just in the middle (like for steps). I'd 
think that having a pinhole marking a fold could be bad since light 
could shine through revealing it? Or is it just that you press down 
over the lines with something not sharp enough to actually cut, so 
you have imprints on the paper?

Oh, and I am an editor at the DMOZ directory. I noticed there are 
two OA sites in the Origami category, but I think it could use its 
own category. I e-mailed the Origami editor about it, and will see 
what happens. If he creates it, then perhaps I can become the 
editor and add in all the other sites I've been seeing lately...

I suppose I should say something of myself here. =)  I have had an 
interest in Origami for a long time, and own several books. I've been 
a bit lax of late, but I have the basic crane moves forever etched 
into my mind. I just can't forget how to make it... ;)

Another recent hobby has been String Figures (like Cat's Cradle, 
but you do it without a partner.. like Jacob's Ladder).

Of course string is related to my longtime Yo-yo hobby, along with 
juggling, diabolos, and all of that... I'd like to believe you can never 
have too many hobbies, but I am starting to wonder. The internet 
just makes it too tempting to try to learn everything... =)

I'm off in Springfield, Massachusetts (I found it funny when 
someone mentioned a glue being made in Holyoke. That is like a 
10-15 minute drive from here...hehe).

So, I am really glad I found out about this hobby, and this mailing 
list. I haven't been exactly high in the funds department lately, and 
making OA cards seems like a wonderful gift to give...

Take care!
Shawn

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