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BO 120 – Robert Lang discusses modularity

British Origami Society Posted on 18/09/2019 by Nancy Chan18/09/2019

Frankly, if someone had told me a year ago that I would have anything but contempt for modular folds, I would have laughed in their face. “Modular origami? That’s an oxymoron!” I would have scoffed. “Modular folding is for those … Continue reading →

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BO 122 – Double Diamond February 1987

British Origami Society Posted on 18/09/2019 by Nancy Chan18/09/2019

This shape was the subject of a recent self-imposed challenge of Ted Norminton. Resembling somewhat an intermediate stage of Ed Sullivan’s and Sam Randlett’s Togetherness and Apartheid folds (see Randlett’s The Best of Origami), the Double Diamond shape chosen by … Continue reading →

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BO 123 – Flights of Fancy of Planes in Creases (David Lister)

British Origami Society Posted on 18/09/2019 by Nancy Chan18/09/2019

David Lister on why a crease is a straight line John Cunliffe asks why it is that when a crease is made in a sheet of paper the result is a straight line, rather than a curve (British Origami No.121, … Continue reading →

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BO 124 – A Simple Story (Humi Huzita)

British Origami Society Posted on 18/09/2019 by Nancy Chan18/09/2019

Humi Huzita ponders the meaning of the word simple (Japanese born Italian Humi Huzita has a remarkable way with words – in several languages. At the London Convention 1987, he related the following history of the word simple.) SIMPLE can … Continue reading →

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BO 125 – Robert Lang on Wet Folding (Part 1)

British Origami Society Posted on 18/09/2019 by Nancy Chan18/09/2019

Origami has had a long-standing tradition of precision folding; razor-sharp creases and needle-like corners have been the norm, and origami models have been collections of planar geometric triangles. That all changed ten or so years ago when Yoshizawa began visiting … Continue reading →

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BO 126 – Robert Lang on Wet Folding (Part 2)

British Origami Society Posted on 18/09/2019 by Nancy Chan18/09/2019

Many people have developed wet-folding techniques. These are some that I’ve found useful. The paper is the first consideration. Most paper contains a material called sizing, a water-soluble adhesive that binds the fibers of the paper together and adds stiffness. … Continue reading →

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BO 128 – Robert Lang on Creativity

British Origami Society Posted on 18/09/2019 by Nancy Chan18/09/2019

For the October 187 Convention, Richard Hallman, convention organiser asked for a few words on the subject of “Creativity.” Forthwith, I set pen to paper, and forthwith, drew an instant blank. After about ten pages of false starts’ I came … Continue reading →

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BO 129 – Profile: Robin Macey

British Origami Society Posted on 18/09/2019 by Nancy Chan18/09/2019

Although Robin Macey has played many roles in the BOS, including organising facilities at two Nottingham Conventions, nevertheless he will probably always be associated in people’s minds with the group photograph. After all, he has been herding members into the … Continue reading →

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BO 127 – Robert Lang on ‘The Corner Sacrifice’

British Origami Society Posted on 15/09/2019 by Nancy Chan18/09/2019

It was called “the chess game of the century.” In 1956, at the Lessing J. Rosenwald Trophy Tournament, Donald Byrne, one of the finest players in America, faced his opponent, a thirteen-year-old boy. As the game progressed, Byrne sensed a … Continue reading →

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BO 121 – The Blintz, An Etymological Investigation (Eric Kenneway)

British Origami Society Posted on 15/09/2019 by Nancy Chan18/09/2019

Eric Kenneway on why the blintz is so called. The following talk was given at the Cobden Hotel, Birmingham, during the Autumn Convention, October, 1986. When translating Nakano’s ‘Easy Origami’ (Viking Kestrel, 1985), one of the things I had to … Continue reading →

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