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 Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20000712144624.00d1e360@mail.phnx.uswest.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed 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 Message-ID: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0008_01BFEC3A.737EA080" 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! Message-ID: <39B2F41D.20196.1466D417@localhost> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT 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 ------- shawn.fumo@the-spa.com http://www.the-spa.com/shawn.fumo/ -------