Issue 102 (Summer 2009)

32 pages
Mailed

On Our Cover

Special Guests: Carmen Sprung (Germany) and Dave Brill (England)

Features

  • From the OrigamiUSA Convention
    • Convention Memories by Kathy Wallace (NY)
    • My First Convention by Tiffany Wallace (NM)
    • Paper Airplane Contest by T.J. Norvell (AL)
    • Between the Folds Film Review by Mary Jane Manger (NY)
    • Minutes of the Annual Meeting by Samantha “Sam” Riviello (NY)
    • Financial Report
    • 2009 Awards by Rachel Katz (NY) and Ruthanne Bessman (WI)
    • Reality Implodes Creativity (Copyright Conference) by Ryda Rose (PA)
    • Origami as Art Therapy—Topic of a Two-Part Session at 2009 Convention by Lisa Bellan-Boyer (NY)
    • Oversize Folding Event at Convention
  • Origami Mitra by Gita Kantawala (India)
  • Profile - Jessie Seto by Alice Gray

FROM THE HOME-OFFICE

  • Letter From the President
  • Our New Administrator—Samantha “Sam” Riviello
  • From the Editor
  • My Imminent Retirement by Phyliss Meth (NY)
  • In Memoriam:
    • Ethel Axelsen by Bernice Smith (NY)
    • Vernon Isaac by Paula Parris (NY)
    • Jessie Seto by Ros Joyce (NY)
  • Book Review by Bess Detmold (MA)
  • News From The Source

From Our Members

  • Crossword Puzzle by Michael Wrenn (NY)
  • Origami Club by Wendy Schlitz (OR)
  • Dutch Origami Convention by Mariette Kok (Netherlands)
  • Five Artists, Five Years of Origami, An Exhibition Celebrating Five Years of Origami Heaven, Stony Brook, Long Island, New York

Diagrams

  • Crease Pattern Corner, Crayfish by Sipho Mabona (Switzerland)
  • Stephanie’s Star by Carmen Sprung (Germany)
  • Crazy Jack by Andrew Hudson (CA)

Issue 101 (Spring 2009)

32 pages
Mailed

Cover

2009 Honolulu Festival in Hawaii with Won Park (HI), Hideaki Yoshizawa, aimee Miura (HI), and nicole Manfredi (HI). Photos: Deb Pun Discoe (HI)

Features

  • 2009 Honolulu festival by Deb Pun Discoe (HI)
  • Proile - Emily Rosenthal by Alice Gray (excerpt)
  • Origami and Sharing by Nick Robinson (United Kingdom)

Departments

  • From the Home-Office
    • Letter from the President
    • About Our New Designer - Barbaralynn Altorfer (NY)
    • From the Editor: Letter to the Editor, New Administrator; Air + Fold
    • Origami By Children by Clara Onishi (NY)
    • Special Sessions
    • Book Reviews
      • Animales de Papel Papiroflexia by Vicente Palacios, reviewed by Ros Joyce
      • License to Fold by Nicolas Terry, reviewed by Daniel Sher
      • Origami Art by Michael LaFosse, reviewed by Marcio Noguchi
      • A Guide to Fold Dinosaurs by Hiroaki Takai, reviewed by Ros Joyce
    • If You Missed the Tree Lighting Ceremony at the Museum
    • News From The Source
    • Membership Form
    • Global Events Calendar
  • From our Members
    • Folding Sunday
    • Always on Sunday by Elizabeth C. and Freddie Burgos (NY)
    • The Magic and Joy of Origami by Tamara and Madeline Read (NY)
    • Sightings by Janet Hamilton (NJ)
    • Tips & Techniques by Gay Merrill Gross (NY)

Diagrams

  • 3D Goose and 3D Duck by Nicolas Terry (France)
  • Modular Cube with Opposing Triangle Faces diagrammed by David Shall (PA)
  • Sailboat 2 by Nick Robinson (United Kingdom)
  • Two Dollar Bill Pyramid by Marc Kirschenbaum (NY)
  • Dollar Bill Windmill by Sy Chen (MD)

Issue 100 (Winter 2009)

32 pages
Mailed

Cover

The changing covers of The Paper over time.

Features

  • the "Endless Star" by Gay Merrill Gross
  • The Origami Holiday Tree
  • Volunteers for the 2008 Holiday Tree and Annual Gift
  • The 2008 Annual Gift Contributors
  • Celebrating 100 issues of The Paper by Toby Schwartz
  • Along My Paper Trails by Ted Bond
  • About New York, Meyer Berger's 1958 New York Times article about Lillian Oppenheimer

Departments

  • From the Home-Office
    • Letter from the President
    • The OrigamiUSA Website by Robert J. Lang
    • Book Review by Jean Baden-Gillette
    • News from The Source
    • Ordering Information from The Source
    • Membership Form
    • Global Events Calendar
  • From our Members
    • My Ten-year Anniversary as a Member of OrigamiUSA by Karen Houston
    • Folding in Public by Ray Takeuchi
    • My Piece of Paper by Hatsumi Yoshida
    • My First Visit to the Home-Office by Kathy Knapp
    • A Look Back at SEOF by Jonathan Baxter
    • Letter from Jerusalem by Rosaly Evnine
    • Orange County Origami Club Tree by Kay Eng
    • Twelfth Origami Convention: Cali, Colombia by Marcio Noguchi
    • An Afternoon with the Legendary Florence Temko by Meenakshi Mukerji

Diagrams

  • The Dart by Pascal Khadem
  • Ditrigonal Dodecadodecahedron by Daniel Kwan
  • PolyPost Regular Octagon by Chris K. Palmer