Joan’s Jottings

Here are some thoughts from our esteemed vice-president Joan Homewood, who has been involved with origami for more years than she cares to admit. She has met almost everyone there is to meet and will be sharing her memories here.

Lillian Oppenheimer

Some time last autumn, I wrote a long article about Lillian to celebrate her birthday and Origami Days and promptly lost it! Will now try and replicate it. On that

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In London with Eric Kenneway

I was able to go to the London meetings as my in-laws lived there and carefully timed my visits to them. Lillian Oppenheimer came to the next meeting at Rosalies

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My jottings

I think I must explain more about my Jottings. These days there is a plethora of folding instructions of all sorts and although I am fascinated in how the craft/art

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My first convention

In the meantime I found ‘The Secret’s of Origami’ in the library and subsequently bought our own copy. I remember noting Lillian Oppenheimer’s address in the back of the book

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