Newsletter Issue 31 (Winter 1988/89) [pdf]

Cover

Photo of Woodhull Hospital origami tree, under the direction of Bob Stack

Features

• 'Tis the Season to Fold Paper! (Overview of origami Christmas trees, including a new moneyfolds decorated tree for Malcolm Forbes)
• Thank You, Ted! (Ted Bond steps down as Editor of the newsletter)
• Edgewise by Kathleen O'Regan
• Bent Out of Shape
• The Teacher's Teacher by Anna Lee Culp (4th grade class visits the Origami Center)
• Akira Yoshizawa's Style by James M. Sakoda, reprinted from FOLD
• Diagramming--Part I by Robert Lang
• British Origami Society Convention by Jan Polish
• Crossword by Douglas Schachnow

Departments

• Exhibition Announcements:
  • Origami Holiday Tree at the American Museum
  • Origami By Children and the Exhibition in the Window at Japan Air Lines
  • Peace Tree at Cathedral of St. John the Divine
• News from the Home Office
  • Lending Library; Monthly Folding Meetings; Convention Program '89; "Models By Members" published; Notice of Board Elections; Special Sessions; Folding Fund Fest
  • New Look for Membership Cards (Thanks to Shirley Goebel Christie for 10 years of hand-lettered cards)
• News From Members
  • Items about Dave Brill; Milton Lederman; Harry Eagle; Stephen Weiss; Maria Susana Tanaka de Arashiro (Buenos Aires) by Thea Iervolino; Fourth Graders send 1,000 Cranes to both President Reagan and Premier Gorbachev; Eunice Lew; Cyril Tessier; florence Temko; Steve and Megumi Biddle visit the Home Office; Publication announced for The Complete Book of Origami by Robert Lang; Alice Gray in Discover Magazine; Brad Blumenthal on electronic mail correspondence; Carter Andrews and other brief stories.
• News from Regional Groups
  • Reports from Western Massachusettes; PINE; cincinnati Origami Guild; San Diego group being formed.
  • List of Regional Groups and Meetings
• Tips and Techniques
  • Self-healing cutting mats; Ultra Bright paper; Paper by the Pound
  • Paper, Paper Everywhere and Not a Sheet to Fold by Gay Merrill Gross

Diagrams

• Dinosaur by Rachel Katz, diagrams and text by Mark Kennedy, adapted from the author's originals
• Heart With Wings by Francois Ziegler, diagrams and text by Mark Kennedy, adapted from the author's originals
• Bendagon by Craig Macdonald, diagrams by Carol Ann Wilk, text by Mark Kennedy