Issue 34 (Fall/Winter 1989)

24 pages
Mailed

Cover

Photo of an 1870 painting "The Merrymakers" by Carolus Duran, with a Pajarita

Features

  • Everything Old is New Again
    • "The Merrymakers" painting, story by Don Shall
    • "Trouble-Wit" instructions from 1882, story by David Shall
  • Edgewise by Kathleen O'Regan
  • Bent Out of Shape by Joanne Ortman, reprinted from Manifold
  • Obituary: Verdi Adams
  • As I Recall by Alice Gray (early history of the Origami Center)
  • Origami Poetry by Bernice Smith, Diane Dickey, Kamlesh Gandhi, Father Jim Connolly, and Cynthia Coggan Barber
  • Diagramming: Part IV by Robert Lang
  • Crossword Puzzle by Eric Anderson

Departments

  • News from the Home Office
    • Notice of Board Elections; Monthly Folding Meetings; Board Update; A Letter from our President by Michael Shall
  • News from Members
    • My Story of Origami by Kathleen Hong, reprinted from the newsletter of Origami Society of Toronto
    • News from or about: Emma Lampariello; Milton Halpert; Robot that folds paper airplanes; deg farrelly; Marcia Mau; Dorothy Caplan; Siegried and Roy; Jerry Slocum
  • News from Regional Groups
    • List of Regional Groups and Meetings
    • Reports from: Massachusetts; Lillian Oppenheimer visits CHAOS meeting by Josua Koppel; Origami Paperfolders Of San Diego (OPOSD) by Mark Saliers; AASO report by Don Shall; Origami Society of Canada; New Jersey Annual Festival of Origami; Monmouth County Circle of Origami Paperfolders (CO-OP); LIFE
  • International News
    • An American in Paris...and Sheffield by Michael Shal
  • Tips and Techniques:
    • Origami: Dye-ing for Your Art by Mark Kennedy (techniques for dyeing paper)
  • News from the Supply Center

Diagrams

  • Hopping Frog, traditional, collected and diagrammed by Nick Robinson
  • The Wave by Matthew Green, with suggested variations
  • Dollar Bill Cat by Guiseppe Baggi, diagrams by Ros Joyce, dollar bill illustration by deg farrelly
  • Verdi's Vase, traditional Chinese model popularized by Verdi Adams, collected by Philip Shen and diagrammed by Mark Kennedy

Issue 33 (1989)

24 pages
Mailed

Cover

Photos: Folding the flapping crane behind your back

Features

  • Convention '89--A winner, hands down
    • How I Spent My Spring Vacation by Paul Kruger
    • A Gathering of Ideas by Dorothy Kaplan
    • OriCon '89 by Jerry Harris
  • Obituary: Eric Drew
  • Bent Out of Shape by Joanne Ortman, reprinted from Manifold
  • Edgewise by Kathleen O'Regan
  • As I Recall by Alice Gray (early recollections of Lillian Oppenheimer and the Origami Center)
  • Diagramming: Part III by Robert Lang
  • Book Reviews
    • Unit Origami Chains (Constructions) by Tomoko Fuse, reviewed by Don Sigal
    • Origami Dimensions (Modulars) by Tomoko Fuse, reviewed by Don Sigal
    • Origami Land (Toys) by Tomoko Fuse, reviewed by Don Sigal
    • Origami Sculptures, and Prehistoric Origami, both by John Montroll, reviewed by Jan Polish
    • Folding the Universe: From Angelfish to Zen by Peter Engel, reviewed by Jan Polish
  • Mountains and Valleys by Jean-Paul Latil
  • Crossword Puzzle by Eric M. Anderson

Departments

  • News from the Home Office
    • Annual Meeting; Election of Officers; Committees; A Letter from our President by Michael Shall; Home Sweet Home Office; Monthly Folding Meetings; Lending Library; Publications; Special Sessions; Origami by Children touring schedule; Annual Financial Report for Period Ending 12/31/88.
  • News from Members
    • News from or about Barbara J. Maletz; Libby Purves; Rebbekka Riverstone; Donna Walcavage; Scott Cohen; Michael Solomonov; Harry Eagle; and Nick Robinson
  • News from Regional Groups
    • List of Regional Groups and Meetings
    • Photo of members of CHAOS, CHicago Area Origami Society
    • Reports from San Diego, CA; Florida; Colorado; YorkPAperfolders; Illinois; Ontario; Tennessee; Long Island; and NJ Mini-Convention
  • International News
    • British Origami Society Spring Convention by Judy Hall
    • Reports from Spain; Soviet Union; Belgium; Japan; and Poland
  • News from the Supply Center

Diagrams

  • Flapping Butterflies: Simple, Intermediate and Dollar Bill variation by deg farrelly
  • Flapping Seal by Ed Sullivan, diagrams by Mark Kennedy
  • Crane Stick Pin by David Shall

Issue 32 (Spring 1989)

24 pages
Mailed

Cover

Photo of Gay Merrill Gross teaching

Features

  • Those Who Can, Teach! by Gay Merril Gross
  • Origami Teaching Tips by Jan Polish
  • Origami by Children (1988 Exhibition list of participants, their ages and models folded)
  • Mountains and Valleys (a new cartoon) by Jean-Paul Latil
  • Edgewise by Kathleen O'Regan
  • Bent Out of Shape by Joanne Ortman, reprinted from Manifold
  • Diagramming -- Part II by Robert Lang
  • Book Reviews by Mark Kennedy
    • Origami Maschere Animate by Franco Pavarin
    • Mouvement Francais des Plieurs de Papier (MFPP):
      • Pliages I: Initiation et Perfectionnement by Gilles Gautherin
      • Pliages II: Panorama International by MFPP
      • Pliages III: Avions et Bateaux by MFPP
    • The Complete Book of Origami by Robert Lang
  • Origami Match'ems by Douglas Shachnow (puzzle)

Departments

  • News from the Home Office
    • A Letter from our President by Alice Gray (including updates on "Models By Members," Friends' library shelves built by Jonathan Baxter and the Friends Lending Library)
    • Monthly Folding Meetings; Special Sessions; Folding Fund Fest; Help Wanted
  • Tips and Techniques
    • Computer Diagramming by Robert Lang
    • It's Definitely A Ten! by David Shall (rating the difficulty level of models)
    • Tips for storing and cutting origami paper (Jandy Warner, Sirley Johannesma and Ann Paulson)
  • News from Members
    • News from or about: Florence Temko, Martha Landy, Pamela Beth Heukerott, Peter Engel, Sister Anne Michael Petito, Milton Halpert, Michael Shall, Kyoko Kondo, Lee Ann Holt and Terrell Hayes.
  • News from Regional Groups
    • List of Regional Groups and Meetings
    • Reports from Illinois, Kentucky, MIchigan, Oregon, California and New Jersey
  • International News
    • Origami in Brazil, from Carlos Eduardo Quillin and Marcia Bloch
    • Letter from Akira Yoshizawa
  • News from the Supply Center

Diagrams

  • Hopping Bunny by Gay Merrill Gross
  • Box With Lid by Jean-Paul Latil, diagrams and text by Mark Kennedy, adapted from the author's originals
  • Tetrahedron by Don Sigal, diagrams and text by Mark Kennedy, adapted from the author's originals
  • Sperm Whale by John Montroll