Modern Origami.key
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Modern Origami.key
MODERN ORIGAMI IAN KOSS - MARCH 26, 2015, EVANS LIBRARY 1 What is origami? Origami The ancient Japanese Art of Paper Folding NOT EXACTLY. TIMELINE I. TRADITIONAL ORIGAMI 5 105 AD, CHINA 〉LET THERE BE PAPER! BECAUSE PLAYING ROCK-SCISSORS IS DUMB 6 6TH CENTURY 〉PAPER COMES TO JAPAN VIA KOREA AND A BUDDHIST MONK, AS LEGEND TELLS 7 751 AD, SAMARKAND 〉PAPER GOES WEST NO LONGER A SECRET 8 15TH - 17TH CENTURY 〉FOLDING IN EUROPE FIRST PRINTED REFERENCE (DISPUTED), GERMAN GODPARENTS, AND FANCY NAPKINS 9 18TH - 19TH CENTURY 〉FOLDING IN JAPAN INSTRUCTIONS NOW AVAILABLE 10 1782 〉FRIEDREICH FRÖBEL BORN IN GERMANY GAVE KINDERGARTEN ITS GERMAN NAME 11 1868 〉MEIJI RESTORATION JAPAN WAKES UP, REALIZES THE TIME 12 “This Winter, a lady of my acquaintance taught me how to make cockerels by folding paper ... so that when you pull their tails they flap their wings. This invention comes from Japan.” 1896, RUSSIA 〉TOLSTOY MAKES IT OFFICIAL “WHAT IS ART?” 13 TIMELINE II. POPULAR ORIGAMI 14 1911 〉AKIRA YOSHIZAWA BORN IN JAPAN ORIGAMI MASTER AND DOOR-T0-DOOR CONDIMENT SALESMAN 15 1945 〉GERSHON LEGMAN BREAKS HIS ANKLE IRONIC, GIVEN HIS LAST NAME 16 1965, UNITED KINGDOM 〉ROBERT HARBIN’S “PAPER MAGIC” IS PUBLISHED SO BEGINS A PROLIFIC CAREER 17 1970 〉THE RON RESCH PAPER AND STICK FILM AVAILABLE IN ITS ENTIRETY ON VIMEO 18 ORIGAMI TIMELINE III. MODERN ORIGAMI 19 1980-89 〉JOHN MONTROLL (US) / JUN MAEKAWA (JAPAN) COLORING OUTSIDE THE LINES BUT REMAINING ON THE PAPER 20 EARLY 1990S 〉THE BUG WARS A LITTLE COMPETITION NEVER HURT ANYONE 21 ROBERT J. LANG NOT THE HOCKEY PLAYER 22 THE INTERNET MAKING IT HAPPEN EVERYWHERE AT ONCE 23 ORIGAMI TODAY HOW WE’RE FOLDING OUR PAPER 24 WET FOLDING IT EVENTUALLY DRIES 25 MODULAR MAKING SOMETHING BIG OUT OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF LITTLE 26 TESSELLATIONS TRY REPEATING YOURSELF 27 CORRUGATIONS BACK AND FORTH AND BACK 28 COMPUTATIONAL REAL PAPERS ABOUT HYPOTHETICAL PAPER 29 EXPERIMENTAL DO FOLDS HAVE TO BE STRAIGHT? 30 THE FUTURE WHAT DOES IT FOLD? 31 Sources David Lister, Old European Origami Folders Origami Resource Center, History of Origami The Ron Resch Paper and Stick Film Nick Robinson, Notes on the History of Origami John Montroll Koshiro Hatori, History of Origami Robert J. Lang John Smith, Notes on the History of Origami Chris Palmer David Lister, The History of Paperfolding: A German Perspective Joel Cooper Origami Tanteidan, The History of Origami in Japan David Mitchell, A brief outline of origami design history Joseph Wu, Origami: A Brief History of the Ancient Art of Paperfolding Selections from G. Legman's The Limerick Computer World, Computational Origami Eric Gjerde Erik Demaine Photo Credits 1. Rhombicosadodecahedron (Koss, photo by John Sluder) 19. Stegosaurus (Montroll), Rhinoceros (Montroll), Peacock (Maekawa) 3. Traditional origami crane 21. Titan Beetle (Kato), Brown Widow (Lang), Cyclommatus Metalifer (Kamiya) 5, 14, 20. Tsuki, Bird Nest (Yoshizawa), Corrugation (Koss) 6. Ancient Paper Mill, Making Paper 7. Shakyamuni Triad Horyuji 8. Shah-i Zinda, Samarkand, Uzbekistan 9. Fancy Napkin Fold, Patenbrief, De Sphaera 10. Ranma Zushiki, Senbazuru Orikata 11. Friedrich Fröbel 12. Meiji Joukyou 13. Leo Tolstoy 15. Akira Yoshizawa 17. Robert Harbin, Downhill Skier 18. The Ron Resch Paper and Stick Film 22. Treemaker Software, Cuckoo Clock (Lang) 24. Mens et Manus (Chan), Mask (Cooper), Tiki Tower (Koss, photo by John Sluder) 25. Cat (Quyet), Tribute to Eric Joisel, Cheval (Diaz) 26. Geodesic (Koss), Swan, Menger Sponge 27. Basket Weave (Gjerde), Moorish Stars (Gjerde), Mask in progress (Cooper) 28. Wave 24 (Lang), Bridges (Severova/Russo), Trunk (Terehov) 29. Erik Demaine, Origami Constructible Numbers (Demaine), Miura Ori Metamaterials 30. Curved Folds (Albers/Tee) 31. USS Enterprise (Cahoonas)