As stated last week, due to scheduling conflicts at our usual meeting locations, we have to shift our meeting day again this month to the third Sunday.
Our next PAPER meeting will be on Sunday, July 18, at the Redmond Public Library. Our meeting time will be from 1-4 PM. I have two models to teach. The first is a “Crane Envelope.” The second is the “Spides” kusudama by Lukasheva Ekaterina. The photo shows 12 modules formed into an octahedron. The module can be formed into an icosahedron or a dodecahedron. I added an extra fold that locks the modules together (more) securely.
Spides octahedron. (Sorry for the random color scheme. This is the trial version.)
We’re doing it again. In June, we had to shift our meeting date from the second Sunday to the third Sunday. Due to scheduling conflicts at our usual meeting locations, we have to shift our meeting day again this month.
Our next PAPER meeting will be on Sunday, July 18, at the Redmond Public Library. Our meeting time will be from 1-4 PM. I haven’t decided what to teach yet. Please check back here next week, and I will have more information and photos of our “agenda.”
Man, what a two months it’s been. In May, our little site here was hacked and shut down. Our service provider WebzPro was very good recovering the site and getting it back on-line. However, it took me until tonight to finally figure out the correct combination of user name and password for both WordPress and WebzPro to regain access to the site.
But we are back, so check back for new content including an announcement about PCOC 2011….
This will be a quick post from Dulles Airport on my way to Italy. Our next PAPER meeting will be this coming Sunday, May 9. We will be back at the Bellevue Public Library in the main meeting room. Come join us from 1-4 pm.
Ray and John and others will take over the teaching duties this month. I don’t know what they have in mind, but they always come up with good selections. Have fun.
Seattle’s Peace Park is a “vest pocket” park near the University of Washington. The centerpiece of the space is a bronze statue of Sadako Sasaki holding an origami crane aloft.
The story of Sadako is that she became ill with leukemia at the age of 12, having survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. While in the hospital, she began folding paper cranes. The Japanese legend is that if you fold a 1000 cranes, you will be granted a wish, such as a long life or the recovery from illness. Unfortunately, Sadako was unable to complete her cranes before passing away in October 1955. The story is that her friends completed the remaining cranes and all 1000 were buried with Sadoko.
The Children’s Peace Monument in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is a statue of Sadako holding a large crane over her head. The Peace Memorial Park is a part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
The Seattle statue of Sadoko was completed in 1990 by sculptor Daryl Smith. The inscription on the dedication plaque reads:
Sadako Sasaki
Peace Child
She gave us this paper crane
to symbolize our yearning for
peace in the world
A gift to the people of Seattle
From Fratelli’s Ice Cream.
Here is a pseudo-3D view of Sadako’s statue. Click in the white boxes or click or drag the arrows to move around the statue.
This is a panorama view of the Peace Park.
If you would like to visit the Peace Park, on each of these views, click the green leaf spiral in the upper corner and select “more about this synth. On the new page that opens, scroll down to the lower left corner of the page. There is a geotag that shows you the location of the park on an aerial view map.
If you do make the trip, don’t forget to fold a crane and leave it with Sadako. Click the video below to learn how.
This coming weekend, April 16-18, is the 2010 Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival at the Seattle Center. The event will be a rich array of exhibits that will delight all of your senses.
The 2010 festival theme, “After 150 Years: Youth, Skateboarding and Hapa Experience,” celebrates the official ratification of the U.S.-Japan amity treaty. Highlights include:
· Photographic exhibit, “Scenes of Childhood: Sixty Year of Postwar Japan”
· Skateboarding activities and demonstrations by Japan’s Pro-Teen Element team and star skateboarder Ryo Sejiri
· Forum, “Hapa Experience,” exploring the identities, cultural traditions and experiences of Japanese mixed-race, including many prominent local Hapa
· Performance by Nanda, filled with stage combat, juggling and ninja-like acrobatics
And of course, origami! PAPER will have a booth at the festival. We will be teaching visitors young in age and young at heart how to fold flapping cranes and jumping frogs, among other models. We will also have an exhibit of our best pieces on display for the weekend. Look for us in the Fisher Pavilion, next to the Center House.
The hours of the festival are 10:00 am – 6:00 pm Friday and Saturday and 10:00 am – 5:00 pm on Sunday.
Sakura-Con (pronounced ‘Sa-ku-ra-con) is a Japanese Animation(Anime), manga (comics), gaming, and Asian-culture convention. The convention is being held at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center for Pacific Northwest anime fans, also known as “Otaku”, where the emphasis is on FUN! Sakura-Con began in 1998 as a small, three-day event — a party for anime fans at the Double Tree Inn, in Tukwila Washington. The convention has grown dramatically in the past 5 years in terms of attendees, guest speakers, companies, and press attending the event. Operated by an all-volunteer staff, their main goal is for everyone to have a good time…from our guest speakers to our attendees. We are happy to say that this is one thing we excel at and that they are known for.
As in years past, PAPER will be participating at the festival with a booth to teach the visitors origami. We will be located in the Youth Matsuri, in Room 310. The hours of the festival are Friday 10am – 6pm; Saturday 10am – 6pm; Sunday 10am – 2pm. Come join us.
In addition to our general folding, Ray Takeuchi, of PAPER, will be hosting two workshops for more structured origami instruction. Participate in transforming a sheet of paper into an intriguing and beautiful model. Saturday 1:30-2:30pm and Sunday 1:00-2:00pm Room 206.
This Saturday, April 3, 2010, is the Free First Saturday at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, sponsored by Wells Fargo. Attendance to the museum is free.
This weekend is the opening weekend of the Japanese woodblock print exhibition, Fleeting Beauty. This exhibition brings together prints from the most renowned ukiyo-e artists of the 18th and 19th centuries—including Harunobu, Utamaro, Eishi and Hiroshige—along with Hokusai’s most beloved prints, Great Wave off Kanagawa and Red Fuji. These Japanese woodblock prints demonstrate an evocative play between delicate ink lines and rich blocks of color in portraits of beautiful women and kabuki actors, jewel-like landscapes of famous places, and more. Drawn from the Mary and Allan Kollar Collection, a gift to the Seattle Art Museum on the occasion of its 75th Anniversary, this installation introduces the region to a remarkable collection of prints, all taken from early impressions and in excellent condition.
PAPER will be at SAAM from 11:00am to 2:00pm to teach the visitors origami. Stop by to see the beautiful and woodblock print exhibit and to learn some origami.
SAAM is located in Discovery park on Seattle’s Capitol Hill. Visit their web site for directions or use this map to locate the museum.
This Sunday, March 14, will be our next PAPER meeting. This month we get together at the library in Redmond from 1-4 pm. We have two projects planned for the afternoon. I will teach a one-piece box with a woven closure. This model was created by Clemente Giusto. Rebecca will teach her own modular to us. It doesn’t have a name, but for now we can call it the “It’s not the Ichi Bashi ball” modular. Come see for your self. Here is information about the Redmond Library.
Please note that we will not be having a meeting in April. There are several events we will be participating in during the month. The first weekend we will have a booth at Sakura-Con as well as hosting a folding session at the SAAM on Saturday, April 3. The weekend of April 16-18 is the Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival. We will be there teaching origami to the festival visitors. With so much going on, we’ll take a meeting break next month.
To find out more about these events and how you can participate either come to our meeting on Sunday or email me (markmorden AT comcast.net) or Lori Gregory (loribethg AT comcast.net).
This Sunday is Valentine’s Day and for our PAPER meeting it will be Michael LaFosse Day. No, Michael is not going to be here and it’s not his birthday, that I know of. Instead we will learn two new models created by Michael. One is a 6-piece modular flower. The other model is his penguin.
For the flower, 3 inch square paper is fine. That will make a flower about 5-6 inches in diameter. Bring at least 10 inch square paper for the penguin. If you have larger paper, that would make your first time easier. And the penguin is a duo-color model, so paper that is black on one side and white on the other will give you the true “penguin effect.”
Our meeting will be at the Bellevue Public Library, from 1-4 pm. We will be in the main conference room. Hope to see you then.
As stated last week, due to scheduling conflicts at our usual meeting locations, we have to shift our meeting day again this month to the third Sunday.
