1. How did you come to doing origami?
A friend of mine got "Origami 2 by Robert Harbin" to his 13th birthday.
We fold some models together.
2. Did you already feel a special bond/connection with Japan before you started origami?
No.
3a. If no: Do you have it now or is origami the only Japanese thing you’re interested in?
Origami only.
3b. If yes: Has this connection become stronger now?
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4. What about origami do you find “typical Japanese”?
The fact that adults play with something that can be considered for kids.
5. (How) did you research information about origami?
Internet+Books
6. Is there some sort of goal you want to achieve with origami?
Publish a book of mine.
7. How much time do spend (on average) on origami?
+- 10 hours / week
8. Do you care more about the result/the finished creation, or about the “origamiïng” itself?
Both!
9. How long have you been doing it and do you notice progress in your skills/results?
20 years.
progress is obvious on skills and results.
10. Which origami work that you ever made are you most proud of?
My Unicorn and the unit for this Rhombicosidodecahedron.
Hey, I'm writing a paper about origami.. Can you help me?
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Gadi Vishne
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Yeah sure!! Thank you very much for wanting to help, you can anwser the questions if you like! All the information from you guys helpsTrekker_1983 wrote:Hi, Sarah!
I just got into origami 8 months ago.. so I'm still a beginner and I don't consider myself as a professional.
I'm want to help you too. Should I participate?
Thx
sarah
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Trekker_1983
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here goes...sarahw wrote:Yeah sure!! Thank you very much for wanting to help, you can anwser the questions if you like! All the information from you guys helps
sarah
1. How did you come to doing origami?
I accidentally copied along some diagrams to my PC (Ronald Koh's Eagle, Horse and Pegasus by Anibal Voyer, Joseph Wu's eastern Dragon etc) from my friend's USB flash disk. And I realized that few months after.
Then one day I got really bored and decided to try this interesting stuff (which led to failure on my few attempts). But then I attempted different models, till I finally succeeded in folding Anibal Voyer's Cat.
Got really interested after that.
2. Did you already feel a special bond/connection with Japan before you started origami?
No. I'm just really amazed by this art.
3a. If no: Do you have it now or is origami the only Japanese thing you’re interested in?
I love Japanese food, comics, anime and I drive a Japanese car.
4. What about origami do you find “typical Japanese”?
Diligence.
5. (How) did you research information about origami?
Internet, books (most are borrowed frm the library)
6. Is there some sort of goal you want to achieve with origami?
Designing my first decent model
7. How much time do spend (on average) on origami?
12 to 14 hour/week
8. Do you care more about the result/the finished creation, or about the “origamiïng” itself?
both. I enjoy the folding, shaping and the look of the finished result.
9. How long have you been doing it and do you notice progress in your skills/results?
8 months. I see some progress in skill and results, but still far from perfect.
10. Which origami work that you ever made are you most proud of?
Dobson Fly (Brian Chan).. My first succesful Crease Pattern ever..
I would just like to point something out about this question and maybe stimulate some heated debate.
3a. If no: Do you have it now or is origami the only Japanese thing you’re interested in?
This is the only "Japanese thing" that I am interested in, but paperfolding was also being developed by the moors in the same time period. The original noshi, which is essentially Japanese origami, looks very different than modern origami. I've never even seen a diagram for noshi. However, some may say there were other origami works originating out of Japan like the sea life in the book Kan-no-mado. These designs are folded some then cut many times. Today, many people frown upon cuts in origami, and cutting it rarely seen in modern origami models. Also, origami has been greatly influenced by other nations. For instance, Robert Lang has applied mathematical theory to origami, and Eric Joisel uses techniques that make his models look more like statues than peices of folded paper. Paperfolding may be named after what sprung out of Japan, but modern day origami is not solely Japanese. It is wrong to call it a "Japanese thing"; it is merely an art.
3a. If no: Do you have it now or is origami the only Japanese thing you’re interested in?
This is the only "Japanese thing" that I am interested in, but paperfolding was also being developed by the moors in the same time period. The original noshi, which is essentially Japanese origami, looks very different than modern origami. I've never even seen a diagram for noshi. However, some may say there were other origami works originating out of Japan like the sea life in the book Kan-no-mado. These designs are folded some then cut many times. Today, many people frown upon cuts in origami, and cutting it rarely seen in modern origami models. Also, origami has been greatly influenced by other nations. For instance, Robert Lang has applied mathematical theory to origami, and Eric Joisel uses techniques that make his models look more like statues than peices of folded paper. Paperfolding may be named after what sprung out of Japan, but modern day origami is not solely Japanese. It is wrong to call it a "Japanese thing"; it is merely an art.
1. How did you come to doing origami?
Growing up, my parents had an origami book, but no one in my family ever touched it. Then one day I decided to explore it .... Eric Kenneway's Origami: Paperfolding for Fun.
2. Did you already feel a special bond/connection with Japan before you started origami?
Nope.
3a. If no: Do you have it now or is origami the only Japanese thing you’re interested in?
In terms of my hobbies and strong interests, only origami. I like all things international and different. I don't have a particular extra inclination towards Japanese things, no.
3b. If yes: Has this connection become stronger now?
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4. What about origami do you find “typical Japanese”?
I find models from particular Japanese artists "Japanese", like those from Hideo Komatsu especially, mostly because of the simplicity of the final outcome and clean lines in the model. Because origami is so varied in terms of subfields, such as masks (Joisel), tesselations, etc, there isn't something about origami in general that I find Japanese. I find strong non-Japanese aspects to works from artists such as Eric Joisel and Bernie Peyton. Because modern-day origami developed almost simultaneously in the West and in Japan after the 1950's, I find it hard to characterize any part of modern origami as simply Japanese.
5. (How) did you research information about origami?
At first books, then the internet.
6. Is there some sort of goal you want to achieve with origami?
Keep designing origami, and eventually even write a book.
7. How much time do spend (on average) on origami?
Some months I spend quite a lot of time on origami, other months nothing at all. I'm a grad student, and depending on times of the year, I might not be able to do hardly any origami. I always read origami news and updates, though, every day!
8. Do you care more about the result/the finished creation, or about the “origamiïng” itself?
For years, I cared more about the process than the finished result. As I improved and saw true artistic works online, I was encouraged to really focus on the final product. I now design, and though focusing on the process is necessary for a final model, the end result must be kept in mind, regardless.
9. How long have you been doing it and do you notice progress in your skills/results?
I've been doing it for 16 years. I've certainly seen huge progress. First learning how to read diagrams, then challenging myself with the most difficult diagrams, then starting to design, learning about different paper types and their properties and being able to make nice finished results.
10. Which origami work that you ever made are you most proud of?
An origami model I designed (soon to be posted on the forum along with diagrams!). It took me a month, and I learned quite a lot from it. It's complex and the first model I designed with a strong intent of making a particular outcome.
Growing up, my parents had an origami book, but no one in my family ever touched it. Then one day I decided to explore it .... Eric Kenneway's Origami: Paperfolding for Fun.
2. Did you already feel a special bond/connection with Japan before you started origami?
Nope.
3a. If no: Do you have it now or is origami the only Japanese thing you’re interested in?
In terms of my hobbies and strong interests, only origami. I like all things international and different. I don't have a particular extra inclination towards Japanese things, no.
3b. If yes: Has this connection become stronger now?
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4. What about origami do you find “typical Japanese”?
I find models from particular Japanese artists "Japanese", like those from Hideo Komatsu especially, mostly because of the simplicity of the final outcome and clean lines in the model. Because origami is so varied in terms of subfields, such as masks (Joisel), tesselations, etc, there isn't something about origami in general that I find Japanese. I find strong non-Japanese aspects to works from artists such as Eric Joisel and Bernie Peyton. Because modern-day origami developed almost simultaneously in the West and in Japan after the 1950's, I find it hard to characterize any part of modern origami as simply Japanese.
5. (How) did you research information about origami?
At first books, then the internet.
6. Is there some sort of goal you want to achieve with origami?
Keep designing origami, and eventually even write a book.
7. How much time do spend (on average) on origami?
Some months I spend quite a lot of time on origami, other months nothing at all. I'm a grad student, and depending on times of the year, I might not be able to do hardly any origami. I always read origami news and updates, though, every day!
8. Do you care more about the result/the finished creation, or about the “origamiïng” itself?
For years, I cared more about the process than the finished result. As I improved and saw true artistic works online, I was encouraged to really focus on the final product. I now design, and though focusing on the process is necessary for a final model, the end result must be kept in mind, regardless.
9. How long have you been doing it and do you notice progress in your skills/results?
I've been doing it for 16 years. I've certainly seen huge progress. First learning how to read diagrams, then challenging myself with the most difficult diagrams, then starting to design, learning about different paper types and their properties and being able to make nice finished results.
10. Which origami work that you ever made are you most proud of?
An origami model I designed (soon to be posted on the forum along with diagrams!). It took me a month, and I learned quite a lot from it. It's complex and the first model I designed with a strong intent of making a particular outcome.