Welcome

A few changes in the LondonOrigami line up following the departure of Steve Brown. First though, I would like to thank Steve for all the work he has put into LondonOrigami over the years and we will look forward to seeing him again some time in the future when we can welcome him back into the fold. Steve's departure has made us to take a look at who does what and actually define what we are doing a bit more closely. Following email invitations for volunteers and a discussion at the January meeting, the following is the new line up of the LondonOrigami team.

Meeting co-ordinator; Paul (replacing Steve)

London Origami Telephone contact, Outpost Librarian, and London BOS Diagrams library project supervisor; Sharon (replacing Steve)

Website designer, Newsletter editor and photographer; Paul

Newsletter proof reader; Rikki (replacing Steve)

Website technician; Ben

Meetings will continue the same as before with the co-ordinator bringing along a variety of models to teach the whole group. Anyone attending is however encouraged to bring either their own models or models by others to teach and priority will always be given to anyone wishing to teach a model.

If anyone has an idea for the direction of future meetings or suggest a model we could fold please send us an email.

Paul

Deadlines / Events

31 January 2006 - Diagrams for BOS Spring convention pack edited By Rikki Donachie.

11 February 2006 - Next meeting - see below

11 February 2006 - Deadline for monthly challenge model

28 February 2006 - Final Deadline for LondonOrigami CDRom submissions - nothing will be accepted after this date.

11 March 2006 - Annual Challenge The worlds of Gerry Anderson, Ends.

11 March 2006 - Annual challenge 2006, begins.

31 March 2006 - Deadline for LondonOrigami to submit items for June issue of BOS mag. Submissions to LondonOrigami. - nothing will be accepted after this date.

Next Meeting - Saturday 11th February 2006 at 2.00pm

The next meeting is on the second Saturday of the month. This will be in the foyer of The Queen Elizabeth Hall, which is located immediately adjacent to The Festival Hall, on The South Bank.

See details of location

January meeting report

As Paula Versnick was visiting us this time the monthly challenge was Holland, her native country. Sharon created Van Gogh's ear (the missing one), Robin a Dutch elm disease beetle and Peter a windmill.

We were also joined by Andrea Thanner and Jens Boll from Germany. Paul taught a model which combined drawings of facial expressions with origami and once made, allowed the facial expressions to be changed. It is a modified design mentioned briefly in Kasahara's book 'The art and wonder of origami' (Note there are no diagrams in the book for this model). Asghar taught his new Waterborne butterfly. Paula Versnick our visitor from Holland taught Clogs by Jannie Van Schuytenburg, and her own Butterfly which can be folded from money notes. Jens Boll who was visiting us from Germany taught a spinning top, the origins of which are unknown. He also modified the design to create a UFO which resembled the design from the Gerry Anderson TV series; UFO. This has been added to our Annual challenge collection of Gerry Anderson models. Asghar finished the teaching with his Demon frog.

A discussion took place regarding the next annual challenge. The challenge has the working title of 'Tales from the Realm of origami'. We do not want to reveal too much about this yet, but those attending the meeting will know that it is something which has rarely been attempted in origami.

Folding challenge No. 22 - Design an envelope

February 14th is the 3rd International Envelope and Letter Fold Assocasion (ELFA) Day. On that day there are meetings in Germany and Holland to fold envelopes together. The ELFA was founded by John Cunliffe.

You can read more about ELFA on the ELFA website: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ploegevd/index.html
Click on History (bottom right) to read about the beginning and evoluation of ELFA.

If you are not within the LondonOrigami area, you are still welcome to have a go at the challenge. Send us your results as described below.

If you would like to have a go at the challenge but can not make it to the meeting we would still like to see your model. email us with a photo.

We have compiled a list of subjects for future challenges. If you have an idea for a challenge - email. us now!

Have a go, even if you do not normally create models — this may be the inspiration you need.
The following provide useful information on designing models.

David Petty's - Creating Origami
Lionel Albertinos lessons from Design in Origami
David Brill on creativity from British Origami Society Magazine 101
Martin Wall on creativity from British Origami Society Magazine 102
Robert Lang on creativity from British Origami Society magazine 128
Interview with Eric Joisel from British origami Society magazine 189

Book - Creative Origami by Kunihiko Kasahara Chapter V - (15 page guide to creating)

Book - Origami from angel fish to Zen by Peter Engel - (This book delves deeply into the thought process behind creating origami designs and compares this to the creative process in other arts)

Book - Origami Design Secrets - by Robert Lang (This book is the most complete description of origami design principles)

NEW Diagramming models

Once you have created a model you need to diagram it so that you can share your design. Rikki Donachie has provided a very good guide for those who dread the idea of diagramming a model. A link to a pdf which explains a method of diagramming is contained within the introductory text.

Visit site

The Annual Challenge - Gerry Anderson

This challenge is due to end in March 2006, there is still time to add more models. No one has come up with a design of Thunderbird 3 or 5, the Mole or Firefly; can you do it?

We have created a list of models already completed and subjects for further models. If you would like to contribute send us the name of the model you wish to make and we will add it to the list. This is to avoid more than one version of a model being made. See list

UFO from UFO; Gerry Andersons first live action TV series created by Jans Boll (below)

BOS Library - London Outpost

Sharon Turvey runs the London Outpost Library. She will bring a list of items and a selection of books etc. to the minimeetings for members to borrow.

Pauline Trew, librarian, visits the London mini meeting every couple of months with a larger selection of items for loan and reference. If you would like to order specific books for collection from the mini-meeting, contact Pauline by the Tuesday prior to that meeting.

Librarian contact details are in the magazine or on the contact page of this website. Do not hesitate to contact Pauline if you have further questions regarding this service.

Contact Librarian

Many hard to find books are available from the BOS library

From The BOS Model Library

Sharon Turvey is also now heading the 125 year LondonOrigami review of the British origami society model library which contains thousands of models, many of which have not been published. LondonOrigami have decided to delve deep into this valuable archive and present a model a month. Next month will begin the first in Sharons exclusive selection.

Members of the British origami society can borrow diagrams from the collection. Contact Pauline Trew, who administers requests.

Creased Lines

Many of you may have seen Rikki Donachie's origami cartoons - however, some of you may not have seen them before. Can we encourage him to do a series 2?

So we are turning to you - only those with the heart of origami can save the day. If you have a gag idea for Ricky to draw, send it to us. And we will consider reviving the series.

Send in your ideas

Artwork © Rikki Donachie

What would be your origami playlist?

iTunes the popular digital audio software launched the idea of creating your own playlist from tracks in your music collection. The iTunes site currently includes playlists of famous people, this got us thinking - what would be our favourite playlist of music to fold along with? So we would like to hear from you on this one. Send us your playlist together with a brief description of each song or piece of music and we will publish it here. You do not need iTunes to do this, we are just looking for a list of your ideas of an ideal musical background to a folding session. The length of the music should last at least 30 minutes, and remember we need your descriptions of the music and why your playlist works for origami.

The entry which the LondonOrigami newsletter editorial team believe is the best, will receive a FREE copy of the LondonOrigami CDRom. Closing date is 1 March 2006. Send entries by email.

• If you are a beginner it is useful to see how other people fold models.
• If you are having difficulty with a model perhaps someone else can help.
• We are fortunate in the London area to have a number of enthusiasts who design models; therefore a new model appears at most meetings together with diagrams.
• If you design models yourself the meetings are an opportunity to test diagrams and receive feedback on your design.
• Perhaps you would like to create your own models but don't know where to start - others will be able to give you some advice.
• Borrow books from The British Origami Societies library - a selection of books will be brought along to most meetings.
• Order a book to borrow from the Librarian and collect it at the meeting.
  
• Ultimately Mini meetings are an opportunity to meet other origami enthusiasts.
  
  We hope to see you there.
  
  If you have any questions please send an e-mail.
  
  

Websites created by London members

In this section we are featuring the web sites of members in the London area. If you have a web site please send us the link.

Imperial College London Origami Society

NEW Rikki Donachie's - it's just a bit of paper

Robin Glynn

The Fire Engineer - Adventures in fire safety (includes Lisa's origami page) by Paul Hanson

Mark Bolitho's - creaselightning

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