Stephen Weiss

InsomniacFolder · Post by **InsomniacFolder** » April 29th, 2008, 1:41 pm

Does anyone know what Stephen Weiss is up to these days?
I've always liked his models

Joseph Wu · Post by **Joseph Wu** » April 29th, 2008, 4:27 pm

InsomniacFolder wrote:Does anyone know what Stephen Weiss is up to these days?
I've always liked his models

He still lives in Florida. I believe he is still folding.

Trekker_1983 · Post by **Trekker_1983** » April 29th, 2008, 5:17 pm

My favorite is his horse model:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11721579@N00/941537453/

Joseph Wu · Post by **Joseph Wu** » April 29th, 2008, 5:51 pm

Yes, that horse is exquisite!

qtrollip · Post by **qtrollip** » April 30th, 2008, 3:36 am

My horse wants to look like that one day!!!

HankSimon · Post by **HankSimon** » May 1st, 2008, 12:00 am

You already have a good style... plus you have more variations.. all in Quentin style, rather than in Weiss style.

And your horse makes a better sound when it moves:

trolLIP, trolLIP, troLIP, trolLIP ....

- Hank Simon

qtrollip · Post by **qtrollip** » May 1st, 2008, 12:07 am

Funny!!!

InsomniacFolder · Post by **InsomniacFolder** » May 1st, 2008, 1:28 pm

Thanks for the info.
Looking through my copy of http://www.giladorigami.com/BO_MastersOfOrigami.html I saw the fantastic horse, as mentioned above, and the similarly lovely pegasus (2005).

That seems to be the latest models I could find of his.

His Dog in a Doghouse from Origami Zoo was the first model I folded that made someone else go "Wow!"

I also really like the simple pegasus, fox and duck from Origami Zoo.

Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » May 1st, 2008, 9:18 pm

That horse is so clean...yet so lively. Amazing work-I am always amazed by good horses, as I have yet to even design a bad one myself (and I have definitely tried!).

marckrsh · Post by **marckrsh** » May 4th, 2008, 5:04 am

He is still folding and designing new works. He has had his works displayed recently in the Peabody Essex Museum (in Boston), and stays in touch with some of the origami community via phone and mail (yeah, that archaic thing requiring stamps).

InsomniacFolder · Post by **InsomniacFolder** » May 6th, 2008, 1:54 pm

Thank you Mr. Kirschenbaum for the update. I find it strangely comforting to know that he is still creating.
Following up your information, I am hoping he is exhibiting at the Peabody "Origami Now" exhibition on 9th May.
My friend who lives in Clinton, MA has kindly agreed to go along and take pictures.

Ondrej.Cibulka · Post by **Ondrej.Cibulka** » May 16th, 2008, 3:43 pm

Welcome to the forum, master Kirschenbaum! It is great to see you here. The best way to move over the problem during folding is ask the author... Recently I was asked to make easy biplane with diagram - it means with few steps which folded everyone. I tried to explain how is that problem complex on your biplane! It has great success, I made just Ford Transit...

marckrsh · Post by **marckrsh** » May 17th, 2008, 4:18 am

That was a funny thread. I always thought the Waterbomb base looked like a biplane. Not too many additional folds are needed to make it recognizable by the general public. Loosely related to Stephen Weiss, he is very interested in paper planes (the flying kind). I am surprised he did not publish a biplane yet.

Ondrej.Cibulka · Post by **Ondrej.Cibulka** » May 20th, 2008, 3:02 pm

Exactly! I made my biplane from waterbomb-base. It looks like soviet fighter JAK 23 with four wings, it is very funny! (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Jak-23.JPG) I promised its photo recently, I will post it tomorow. And I will also post photo of that Transit...

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