Re: [OA] any patterns for me? [OA] Admin RE: [OA] Admin [OA] UNKNOWN PATTERN BOOK Re: [OA] UNKNOWN PATTERN BOOK [OA] UNKNOWN PATTERN BOOK En: [OA} OA Question of the .... RE: [OA} OA Question of the .... [OA] RE: OA Question of the .... [OA] RE: WHAT TO PUT ON THE COVER ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Gerry Stormer" To: oa@deepwizardry.com Subject: Re: [OA] any patterns for me? Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 12:55:10 -0600 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-oa@deepwizardry.com Reply-To: oa@deepwizardry.com Michael, Here are some free patterns for you off the Internet. These should keep you busy for a while and I hope you enjoy cutting them. http://www.geocities.com/marivi_2/index.html Marivi adds a new pattern every week so keep checking her site. Currently there are 19 patterns to download. http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~anjo/mor10e.htm 7 patterns here to download but you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them. You can download this program on a link from this site too. http://www.multimania.com/baudbui/ Click on "plier - paper work" for 15 zipped pattern sheets. http://www.ylw.mmtr.or.jp/~yasu/oogakimeisyo.htm You won't be able to read a word on this site unless you speak Japanese but you can download 13 patterns. http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/HobbyCt/gstormer/pattern.htm Here's one free pattern from my site you can print out and cut. That's 55 free patterns for you. As far as an archive or FAQ to the maillist, you should have received an email confirming your subscription that included this kind of information. If you didn't, you might think about contacting the list administrator, Andrew Crawford, by sending an email to owner-oa@deepwizardry.com Happy cutting and Happy Holidays. Best regards, Gerry Stormer gstormer@home.com http://homepages.msn.com/HobbyCt/gstormer/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "M.Toomey" To: oa@deepwizardry.com Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 9:31 AM Subject: [OA] any patterns for me? > Hi, > > I'm new to OA and keen to get going but I could do with some patterns etc... > Masahiro Chatani's pattern books are out of print and I haven't been able to > find an alternative in the void! > Can anyone help me? Is there an archive to this mail-list? A FAQ? > > Michael Toomey > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 10:32:21 -0700 To: oa@deepwizardry.com From: Andrew Crawford Subject: [OA] Admin Sender: owner-oa@deepwizardry.com Reply-To: oa@deepwizardry.com Greetings! We are in the process of relocating to a new server. There should not be any interruption in service for the OA list. However, I will be adding all of your addresses to the maillist manager on the new server. You will be receiving a confirmation message, which you can ignore. If you have any trouble or questions related to the move, let me know. Andrew Crawford Andrew@Evermore.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Ingrid & Erik" To: oa@deepwizardry.com Subject: RE: [OA] Admin Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 22:20:23 +0100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-oa@deepwizardry.com Reply-To: oa@deepwizardry.com Dear Andrew, I got the confirmation message so the move worked. Thanks. Kind greetings, Ingrid. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Gerry Stormer" To: "OA Maillist" Subject: [OA] UNKNOWN PATTERN BOOK Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 14:53:19 -0600 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal Sender: owner-oa@deepwizardry.com Reply-To: oa@deepwizardry.com I received the following inquiry and I would appreciate any information you might have about the pattern book in question. You can view an image of the cover of the pattern book here: http://evermore.com/temp/oa.jpg Thanks a lot!! Gerry Stormer gstormer@home.com http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/HobbyCt/gstormer I have a picture of an OA bookcover and I'm wondering if you know the title or ISBN number. It appears to be in Korean but as with other OA books sometimes the same book often appears in more than one language. I looked through your bibliography but unfortunately didn't see this particular cover. That is a great feature on your page the cover scans of book. It helped me finally track down the title of Pattern sheets of OA vol 2. Thanks for making that so available to everybody. I'm attaching the .jpg pic to see if even though you don't own the book perhaps you are familiar with it. Thanks. Rosa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 19:28:36 -0800 From: "N. David Martin" Organization: ndavid paper artist X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en]C-NECCK (Win95; U) To: oa@deepwizardry.com CC: ndavid@istar.ca Subject: Re: [OA] UNKNOWN PATTERN BOOK Sender: owner-oa@deepwizardry.com Reply-To: oa@deepwizardry.com Hi folks. I have the pattern book in question...it is ISBN 4-395-27042-5...how can I help from here? ndavid@istar.ca David Gerry Stormer wrote: I received the following inquiry and I would appreciate any information you might have about the pattern book in question. You can view an image of the cover of the pattern book here: http://evermore.com/temp/oa.jpg Thanks a lot!!Gerry Stormergstormer@home.comhttp://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/HobbyCt/gstormerI have a picture of an OA bookcover and I'm wondering if you know the title or ISBN number. It appears to be in Korean but as with other OA books sometimes the same book often appears in more than one language. I looked through your bibliography but unfortunately didn't see this particular cover. That is a great feature on your page the cover scans of book. It helped me finally track down the title of Pattern sheets of OA vol 2. Thanks for making that so available to everybody. I'm attaching the .jpg pic to see if even though you don't own the book perhaps you are familiar with it. Thanks. Rosa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: KSelena@aol.com Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 00:55:46 EST Subject: [OA] UNKNOWN PATTERN BOOK To: oa@deepwizardry.com X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 54 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by goldenrod.propagation.net id XAA06787 Sender: owner-oa@deepwizardry.com Reply-To: oa@deepwizardry.com I'm glad you posted, Gerry, I got the same e-mail and got sidetracked on my way upstairs to get the book and it slipped my mind. I just sent her the info (fyi, I have the same ISBN on this one as David) and am posting the info below in case others are interested. The book is a fairly good one, although it contains too many flower patterns for my taste -- I like flower patterns, just not so many in one book. This is the book that contains the "Teddy Bear with Toy Blocks" which is featured on my website. I think I first saw this book that one time I met Ms. Ebihara at her Gallery 91 store and she let me peruse her personal collection of OA books -- some of which Chatani personally sent her (they're friends). I wasn't too crazy about the rest of the book then, so I debated a while, but finally HAD to have that pattern. After I got the book, I grew to like other patterns in the book. Here's the book info: The English title of the book in the photo is Origamic Architecture Cards for All Seasons, © 1991, Keiko Nakazawa author, Shokokusha publisher, ISBN 4-395-27042-5. The book contains 47 patterns, mostly flowers or animals. My copy is the Japanese version and it was a special order from Japan through a Japanese bookstore in NYC; if I remember correctly, I paid around $25 for it. I believe you can also order it online through Sasuga Japanese Bookstore based in Boston, http://sasugabooks.com. FYI, the photo is of the Korean version, and the title in Korean translates closer to "Four Seasons of Card Making." I believe the Japanese title also translates more closely to the same. However, the English title of the book in question is "OA Cards for All Seasons" which distinguishes it from an earlier, different book with the English title of "Four Seasons of Origamic Architecture" © 1984 (which is my opinion contains fewer interesting patterns). I have never seen an English-text version of the "All Seasons" book available anywhere, and would love to obtain one. If you happen to come across one, I would appreciate your letting me know. K. Selena Kim http://members.aol.com/kselena/ http://members.aol.c om/kselena/OA/oamainpg.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "pbfjlle" To: oa@deepwizardry.com Subject: En: [OA] OA Question of the .... Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 07:35:08 -0200 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 Sender: owner-oa@deepwizardry.com Reply-To: oa@deepwizardry.com 1. The first word that comes to my mind is magic... That's what OA means to me. What once was seen as just a 2 dimensional surface is converted to 3D shapes, in a so delicate work that nobody can look at it without being marveled. 2. Have no preferred paper yet, as I'm a beginner...been using what's available on stores in my place so far, but as I'm in Brazil, I'm not sure about the brand and such, it's 90g paper here, and I'm working mainly in cards on demand, like for birthdays and so on. So I usually print some greeting on the paper before doing the card. What I have doubts about is what to put on the cover. I've been embossing shapes manually, but would accept any ideas, ok? I like this idea, keep doing it. Sheila Gomes Joinville, SC, Brazil -----Mensagem original----- De: KSelena@aol.com Para: oa@deepwizardry.com Data: Domingo, 23 de Janeiro de 2000 03:13 Assunto: [OA] OA Question of the .... >Day? Week? Fortnight? Ad Hoc? (or whatever the Latin is for "now & then") >... > >I'm not sure what this should be called, but it's been on my mind to launch >an "OA Question of the ..." as a fun way to share info and common >interest/passion for OA. Thanks to this MailList (Thanks Andrew!), we've got >the perfect forum for it. I have a series of Q's that I'd like to post here >and I hope that others will join in with responses, comments, & other Q's. >Let's go! > >For the first question, I just couldn't decide between a philosophical >question and a practical question, so I'm floating them both and we'll see >what happens. Here they are! > >• What do you think it is about OA, what is it's special quality or >character, that attracts you the most to this papercraft? > >• What is your preferred paper or paper type for OA? (if you can please >incl. brand, color name, weight -- e.g., 40 pt, 80 lb, 280 gms) > >Looking forward to some great OA talk, >K. Selena Kim >Bridgewater, NJ USA >http://members.aol.com/kselena/ >http://members.aol.c >om/kselena/OA/oamainpg.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Ingrid & Erik" To: oa@deepwizardry.com Subject: RE: [OA] OA Question of the .... Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 16:35:52 +0100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-oa@deepwizardry.com Reply-To: oa@deepwizardry.com For me one of the special qualities (and one of the main attractions) about OA is that a card always looks nicer in real than I can picture it in my head or are shown in a picture in a pattern book. Even when I make a design myself and have a clear picture in my head, the card I make from this design always surprise me and looks better than I had imagine. This is rare I think. I use a lot of different kind of papers and colors for OA cards but the ones Gerry Stormer got to my attention, like the watercolor paper, are to my opinion the best. Recently Gerry bought another kind of paper of which I think it is absolutely the best for OA but I don't know the brand and such. I think papers between 200 and 300 grams are the best weight to use for OA. There is no special color that is best for a card, it just depends on the pattern but although I'm using a lot of colors I think I'm most attracted to white (the way it was meant to be by Masahiro Chatani), I love the serenity and the quietness of it, all the attention goes to the OA object in the card. When the paper that is used for the cards is nice and/or textured itself, I think it is no problem that there is nothing on the cover of the cards but of course embossing always adds something real special to the cards, that is for sure. In the past I've put some cut outs from the OA objects as a decoration to the covers and this could be nice as well. Greetings, Ingrid. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Gerry Stormer" To: "OA Maillist" Subject: [OA] RE: OA QUESTION OF THE............ Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 22:04:04 -0600 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal Sender: owner-oa@deepwizardry.com Reply-To: oa@deepwizardry.com What do you think it is about OA, what is it's special quality or character, that attracts you the most to this paper craft? There are numerous things that attract me to OA. Being able to create something so beautiful from a single sheet of paper is definitely rewarding. I get a real rush the first time I open a card for the first time after I've completely folded it closed. Sometimes, the card in my hand looks very different from the picture in the pattern book so it's always fun to see exactly what the card looks like once it opened back up. I also like the way doing OA relaxes me and puts me in another space. While I'm doing OA it's almost like meditation...I'm in a world all to myself and completely focused on the task at hand. I also enjoy creating these cards because, to me, they are much more that simply pop-up greeting cards. In my mind, they are paper sculptures. These cards are not something people will take home and throw in a drawer never to been seen again. No, these cards are something to put on display just as you would any other piece of art. I also love the look on my friends faces when I give them one of my cards for their birthday or some other occasion. What is your preferred paper or paper type for OA? The paper I use for the majority of my cards is Canson cold press, acid free, 80 lb, white watercolor paper. This paper is excellent for OA. I use the half-cut method for all my fold lines and this paper works wonderfully well with this method. I also use 100 lb Bristol paper every now and then but it's pretty heavy paper so I wouldn't recommend it for all types of OA cards. Lately, I've started using colored paper for some of my work but my favorite paper will always be the watercolor paper. If you'd like to see the cover of the booklet the watercolor paper comes in you can visit this page on my OA site: http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/HobbyCt/gstormer/about.htm I have no idea if Canson markets this paper internationally but I'm sure some brand of watercolor is available world-wide. Best regards, Gerry Stormer gstormer@home.com http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/HobbyCt/gstormer/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Gerry Stormer" To: "OA Maillist" Subject: [OA] RE: WHAT TO PUT ON THE COVER Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 22:25:55 -0600 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal Sender: owner-oa@deepwizardry.com Reply-To: oa@deepwizardry.com What I have doubts about is what to put on the cover. I've been embossing shapes manually, but would accept any ideas, ok? Sheila, Embossing is great to use in conjunction with OA. You might also think about using rubber stamps to adorn the backing sheet. Rubber stamps should be available in Brazil but, if they're not, you can purchase them online. If you'd like more ideas, I would suggest that you pay a visit to Selena Kim's web site so you can see some of her wonderful techniques. Best regards, Gerry Stormer gstormer@home.com http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/HobbyCt/gstormer/