The Origami Forum

i know this is off topic, but is there a website to see the masterpieces of this "newspaperman" you speak of?

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oh i am not saying the diagrams arent easy enough to follow, just not sure my brain can explain the differences between the two or even allllll the steps of one. i think you can get thru it fine. its my explaining i dont think i can accomplish. i have folded alone most of my folding days and i have ...

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hey meadow, you have a origami group right in portland! they meet once a month. and david i am not sure where you are to help ya out. i understand the way you feel though, i fold pretty much isolated even though there are 3 groups within one hour to two hours away from me.

i have looked at both books and there is no way i can begin to explain how to make the shell with one opening, i am sorry. but..... kinokuniya's in S.F.(japanese bookstore, huge origami section) looks like they have a copy in stock. but it is under japanese books and when it comes up it is still in ...

a little known secret is that at Kims Cranes, sometimes she has a copy or two of a book and since she doesnt have a lot of them, i guess she doesnt keep them up on line. but email and ask its worth a try. i got a book that way once. i will read back over the thread and see if i can look at my copy a...

i have had some of that paper also and i really didnt care for it. i think it might have a bit of plastic in it, making it not the best to fold. now i could be wrong and be thinking of something else, but i think it is the same thing. go to kims cranes, then to the 6 inch paper and she shows picture...

come to think of it i dont know that i have ever seen the main page for this site, yepps! this place is such a gem, somehow we need to get the word out to more folks. personally i tell every folder i come across about the O-list and the forum. (smiles) dani

hi, there are tons of diagrams on line that you can print out for your use.
i understand wanting books, trust me i understand i have way too many myself! but searching the web should help to sate you for a while til some more books come your way. (smiles) dani

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cool thanks a bunch! i just got to see a copy of the new book from the exhibit, its fabulous. i went to the paper tree in SF today and Linda had just gotten back with her copy, and vicky showed it to me. funny thing i was in a store called Flax in Sf today and needed the clerks help finding a certai...

i KNOW this has nothing to do with actual folding but it is a "tool" that i use to stop aggravation while folding, so i will pass it on. as origami should be fun, not aggravating.(in theory at least, hehe) ya know when your books wont lay flat and you cant see the diagrams and you have to keep stopp...