OUSA Convention 2008: Who is going?

rdrutel · Post by **rdrutel** » April 29th, 2008, 5:14 pm

-OK cedison...

-As in my pm to J-Wu, I will gladly delete everything I have said if OC edits his post.

-I will not be attending the convention...( I love to make so many people smile

)

ROD

Joseph Wu · Post by **Joseph Wu** » April 29th, 2008, 5:55 pm

Seriously, folks, let's drop this and go back to the original topic of who is going to the OUSA 2008 Convention. Otherwise, I'll start handing out suspensions.

Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » April 29th, 2008, 7:08 pm

Well, you are all wrong-if any of you really knew any of the history of your respective countries and were true patriots you would think that...*ahem* just kidding

In response to cedison's questions:
1. I am not teaching in NY next year, although I have considered the opportunity. I might attempt to teach one of my designs sometime-it would be fun, good experience for me, and hopefully the people attending would enjoy it as well.

2. My dream class would be Kamiya's Ryujin 3.5 CP! But I somehow think that won't happen

3. Do you mean what kind of origami do you prefer? I.e. tessellations, representational origami, bug-folding, crumple-folding, etc? If that is the case, then I would choose representational origami.

qtrollip · Post by **qtrollip** » April 29th, 2008, 8:37 pm

I would definitely be banned if I had to give my 2 cents on politics!!!

The OUSA Convention.... This would be mt first OUSA convention, and I'm just excited to meet and socialise with other people who share the same interest as me. The folding is secondary.
Oh, and looking forward to see all the crazy creations in person! I would probably spend most of my time in the display area, rather than in the folding classes.

Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » April 29th, 2008, 9:41 pm

I took classes all 3 days last year and found myself pretty busy. I think I would like to only take classes 1 day, and only if it looks like something good is going to be offered. I would like more time to socialize and fold with other people (and look at the amazing displays, of course!).

chapbell · Post by **chapbell** » April 29th, 2008, 9:43 pm

The intensely partisan oschene will be in New York, fighting the power by teaching a couple models and maybe a technique or two. At this point, I'm thinking the Petunia Bowl

and the Frangipani Box (Var. 5)

Both are from circles and take advantage of the political purity of pentagonal symmetry.

Cupcake · Post by **Cupcake** » April 29th, 2008, 9:55 pm

Ryujin 3.5: the 12 hour class

hmm might not work too well...

origamimasterjared · April 29th, 2008, 10:07 pm

You missed a zero, Cupcake.

Nathan · Post by **Nathan** » April 30th, 2008, 2:15 am

All the class could be like would be Kamiya handing out the completed CP and maybe teaching how to fold certain parts of the model (ie: head, tail).
I'd still take it though.

Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » April 30th, 2008, 2:52 am

That is more of what I had in mind

Although it would fill up ridiculously fast. I suppose the CP would be fodder for the internet then, though.

Ondrej.Cibulka · Post by **Ondrej.Cibulka** » April 30th, 2008, 10:03 am

I taught master Kawahata's Dimetrodon on one convention. So... I met people who cannot fold traditional frog (or lilly) on my lecture and started to teach them Dimetrodon. OK bad experience is also useful experience.

My wife has some far-family-relatives in Michigan, so we probably (after visa cancel) will visit the USA. I hope I will meet with some of you!

(I am sorry about start of politics flame war.)

bethnor · Post by **bethnor** » April 30th, 2008, 4:05 pm

Jonnycakes wrote:That is more of what I had in mind Although it would fill up ridiculously fast. I suppose the CP would be fodder for the internet then, though.

meh. even if it was, how many ppl would take the time to collapse it--or be able to--or get a good-sized sheet of paper? so i don't think that would be nearly the same problem as if he gave out diagrams.

kamiya has been pretty liberal with his cp so far. the ryuzins are the exceptions, not the rule (though, i guess, technically, he has a huge number of works whose cp is not available).[/i]

Joe the white · Post by **Joe the white** » May 1st, 2008, 1:35 am

That would indeed be a long class, lots of "homework". The longest class I've taken was also my first. Robert Lang's Dragonfly vari-leg, OUSA 2004. It was a 4 hour or so class across 2 days, with CP provided. About 6 classmates, and a man recording the class from The New Yorker. Very memorable, and much like when I first started folding. I got some odd looks with a first timer badge and tickets to a super complex class, they like to stress "don't get in over your head". The first class was collapsing the base, the second was shaping the actual model. I got lost in folding the reference points on the base, but folded the base from the CP overnight to attend the second class.

cedison · Post by **cedison** » May 3rd, 2008, 4:41 pm

Yes I will teach. Probably a class in moneyfolds, one on tessellations, and on modulars.

My dream class is hard to say. Anything that will help me be able to translate ideas into hard reality.

For question two refer to above

Phillip. I love that container. I made it during lunch one day and promptly defiled its clean lines by modifying it. I however think of it as architectural curvature container not petuniaish. I need to make it larger because I think it would look best with a 1-2 foot diameter in a lovely green EH. Petagonal Purity? You clearly have never been out on the town with that lovely polygon. Penta is clearly a busdown;) but a lovely one, nevertheless.

Joe the white · Post by **Joe the white** » May 15th, 2008, 4:08 pm

1. Is anyone planning on teaching in N.Y.?

I wouldn't really know what to teach, but I could always try informally =p.

2. What would be your dream class?

There are a few models I'd like to learn, Robert Lang's chameleon or grizzly bear, Joseph Wu's chameleon or chichibu, and Sipho Mabona's fugu fish.

3. What avenue of origami do you wish (if applicable) to focus on?

I'll probably stick to representational. I don't usually fold modulars or tesselations. Maybe in an informal class I'd branch out, but I'm not confident taking a class on them.

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