Issue 40 (Fall 1991)

24 pages
Mailed

Cover

Models folded by the 1991 Origami By Children participants, part of the Origami by Children Exhibit.

Features/Departments

  • News from the Home Office
  • News from Members
  • Regional News
  • Simple Art of Origami
  • International News
  • A Visit with Seiji Nishikawa
  • Book Reviews - Essential Origami by Steve and Megumi Biddle; Action Toys by Makoto Yamaguchi, Origami for Children by Makoto Yamaguchi, Boxes for Four Seasons by Tomoko Fuse, Boxes with Designs by Tomoko Fuse, Origami Poppenhius (Doll House) by Laurent D'Haeseleer, Folding Stories: Storytelling and Origami Together as One by Christine Petrell Kallevig
  • From the Supply Center

Diagrams

  • Polar Bear by M. Kirschenbaum
  • Jet by M. Goody
  • Hummingbird by S. Bedrick
  • Dollar Bill Gull creator unknown, diagrams M. Kennedy

Issue 39 (Spring/Summer 1991)

28 pages
Mailed

Cover

Group Photos of 1991 and 1982 Conventions

Features

  • Origami Basics and Convention '91 by Paul Krueger
  • Convention '91 Scrapbook (gallery of Convention photos)
  • Edgewise by Kathleen O'Regan
  • Bent Out of Shape by Joanne Ortman, reprinted from Manifold
  • Software Review by Robert Lang and V'Ann Cornelius with illustrations by John Montroll (drawing software for MACs and PCs)
  • Mountains and Valleys by Jean-Paul Latil
  • The Perfect Square by Marc Kirschenbaum

Departments

  • News from the Home Office
    • A Letter from our President; Committees; Yoshizawa Seminar Update; Annual Meeting; Annual Financial Report for Period Ending 12/31/90; Origami by Children
  • International News
    • Origami Runs Amok in Holland by Thomas Hull
    • More news from Belgium/Netherlands; Great Britain (announcement of 1st International Conference on Origami in Therapy and Education); Israel (formation of Israel Origami Society)
  • News from Members
    • Edward H. ("Ned") Carr writes about being a totally blind paperfolder
    • News from or about: Kathleen Hong; George Kirkpatrick; Ken Waisanen; Dallas Paper Magic Holiday Tree; Tom Vinik folding sets of 1,000 cranes; Lynn Kalber's report of seeing a flapping crane in a 1909 film
  • Regional News
    • List of Regional Groups and Meetings
    • Reports from: Fairfield County Folding Club (CT); Paperfolders in New England (MA); Circle of Origami Paperfolders (NJ); Long Island Folding Enthusiasts (NY); Origami Club of Pittsburgh (PA); Capital Folders (D.C.); and Niagara Origami Society (Ontario)
  • From the Supply Center

Diagrams

  • Grass by John Montroll
  • Peace Dove, creator unknown, collected by Alice Gray, diagrams by Mark Kennedy
  • Rocket Ship by Robert Neale, diagrams by Mark Kennedy
  • Kissing Lips by Makoto Yamaguchi, diagrams by Mark Kennedy
  • In The Doghouse by Stephen Weiss (the 2-D version), diagrams by Dave Venables, revised by Stephen Weiss
  • 16 Point Modular Star, creator unknown, collected by Navarro Stark, diagrams by Mark Kennedy

Issue 38 (Winter 1991)

24 pages
Mailed

Cover

Photo of Lillian Openheimer

Features

  • Lillian Oppenheimer--The First Lady of Origami, interviewed by Jan Polish, with assistance from Gay Merrill Gross
  • Edgewise by Kathleen O'Regan
  • Bent Out of Shape by Joanne Ortman, reprinted from Manifold
  • Using Origami in the Classroom by Gay Merrill Gross, with illustrations
  • Diagramming: Part VII by Robert Lang (last of the series)
  • Mountains and Valleys by Jean-Paul Latil
  • Book Reviews:
    • Multidimensional Transformations - Unit Origami by Tomoko Fuse, reviewed by Wendy Zeichner
    • Classic Origami by Paul Jackson, reviewed by Jan Polish
    • Papiroflexia Basica by Vicente Palacios, reviewed by Gay Merrill Gross
    • Kusudama Ball Origami by Makoto Yamaguchi, reviewed by Art Beaudry
    • Heart Book and More Hearts (Heart Book II) by Francis Ow, reviewed by Mark Kennedy
    • Origami American Style by John Montroll, reviewed by Jan Polish

Departments

  • News from the Home Office
    • Origami by Children 1990 (List of participants, their ages, and models folded)
    • Yoshizawa Seminar in the US! (Announcement)
    • More news: Origami Wednesday in Transition; Membership Team; Bernice Smit, Paul Krueger and Donna Walcavage join newsletter staff; Committees; A Letter from Our President; Lending Library
  • News from Members
    • News from or about: Ruthanne Bessman and peace cranes at University Hospital; Laura Faller; Alex Schwartz's origami in the Bronx; Eunice Lew; Bob Stack--cranes for AIDS/HIV Ministry; Gary Nielson-jumping frogs from film negatives; Chuck Hoberman and "space origami;" Milton Lederman
  • Regional News
    • Regional News: An Introduction by Paul H. Krueger
    • List of Regional Groups and Meetings
    • Reports from 17 different groups in nine states, the District of Columbia and Canada
  • From the Supply Center

Diagrams

  • Wallet by Nick Robinson
  • Longhorn Skull by Bob Roos
  • Vortex by Jeff Beynon, diagrams by Jeff Beynon and additional diagrams by Mark Kennedy
  • Everybody's Talking (moneyfold) by Carol Tams