Prehistorigami

[dinogami]

WARNING: Shameless self promotion to follow...

As many you have probably read earlier in the forum, I've been hard at work to make a temporary exhibit for our local museum, the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm, based on origami. We've called it "Prehistorigami: Ancient Animals in Folded Paper," and it opened a couple of days ago. In case anyone's interested in the coverage, you can read what our local paper, The Spectrum, had to say about it (I tried to emphasize to the reporter that I did not create all the models in the exhibit, but he used that word anyway!), and a local web site made a video of me folding a Triceratops with a short voice-over interview:



Next week I hope to take pictures of the exhibit and post them to Flickr or someplace similar; I'll post here when I get that done, too.

Anyway, basically no one in southern Utah knows anything about origami, so I (and our board, who OK'd the project) thought this would be a great way to introduce the locals, as well as all the tourists that come through our area on the way to/from Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, and Las Vegas, to the art while simultaneously providing what I hope is a unique way of learning about various extinct animals.

[bethnor]

congratulations, jerry. so much work. be aware that the link to the newsite requires a subscription. can't wait to see pics. is that your triceratops? looks a little different than i remember...

[dinogami]

congratulations, jerry. so much work. be aware that the link to the newsite requires a subscription. can't wait to see pics. is that your triceratops? looks a little different than i remember...

Thanks, Bethnor! Hmmm...didn't know that about the subscription; I don't have one but was able to log in fine for some reason. Well, if anyone wants to read the article, let me know and I'll send a PDF along. Yep, that's v. 2 of my Triceratops model, which I revamped parts of to address some previous (warranted!) criticisms that it was too skinny and had too long of a tail. Minor revisions, really, but I haven't had time to add them to the diagrams...

[qtrollip]

Wow, congratulations Dr Harris!
That looks amazing so far and a huge task to pull off.
Btw if this job doesnt work out for you I'm sure you could easily get a job as a radio dj or presenter - you're a great speaker and voice, I really enjoyed the video.
Nice triceratops too

Greetings
Quentin

[dinogami]

Wow, congratulations Dr Harris!
That looks amazing so far and a huge task to pull off.
Btw if this job doesnt work out for you I'm sure you could easily get a job as a radio dj or presenter - you're a great speaker and voice, I really enjoyed the video.

Wow...high praise, Quentin--thanks very much! I hope you'll like the pictures I'll put up soon, too! As for the voice...again, high praise! It just doesn't pay as well as a professorial gig! Actually, I'd love to get into narrating audio books...

[dinogami]

As promised, I've taken photos of the entire exhibit (models, signs, etc.) and uploaded them for everyone's viewing pleasure! They are on my SmugMug account here. The photos were taken in less-than-ideal conditions, but I hope they suffice in getting across the general gist of the exhibit! They're presented in that gallery in more or less the same order that they are intended to be viewed by someone going into and through the exhibit. There are a couple of errors (noted in captions to a couple of photos) that have been rectified since I took the photos. I'm certainly open to any comments!

[HankSimon]

That is an amazing exhibit and the photographs are clear.

[origamiguy]

Great looking exhibit!!!