The secret to becoming an origami master

[qtrollip]

I went to the PCOC this weekend with a few priorities. Obviously to meet other people that share my interest in origami, to learn new stuff and to meet some of the origami masters.
But at the top of my agenda, was to figure out why the "Origami Masters" are so good.
And you know what, it was easy. In fact, five minutes after meeting Robert Lang, Eric Joisel, Joseph Wu and Bernard Peyton, I had the answer....
Even David Brill shares the same characteristic with them all...
How could I have missed it for so long?

The answer to be an "origami Master", is to have a beard!!!! How simple. Just like Samson's strength was in his long hair, These guys' talents lie in their beards!
So, I'm not going to shave for the next couple of months, and I'll be up there with the rest of them!!!

And for you who want to prove me wrong and mention Satoshi Kamiya... well, it's because he is still too young to grow a beard!!!

PS. This post was meant as a joke and I hope i did not offend anybody!

[origami_8]

So my chances to become a master sometime are gone forever...

[eric_son]

Dang! I don't have enough facial hair to grow a beard.
If I stop shaving, the best I can get would be a goatie.
I guess I'll never be a master as well.

[Galif]

Hahahahahaha ! I lack facial hair too =(! What to do now ?

[Gadi Vishne]

I have a chance



btw, the paper didn't hold the final folds.
I might try it again with other material.

[araknoid]

watch out mates!

http://www.monkeysvsrobots.com/mvsrpm/d ... 1_0_24_0_M

[origami_8]

Gadi, what kind of paper are you using?
Was the strip 10cm x 100cm in size?
I have a cuckoo clock in nearly the same size and colour lying around somewhere...

[perrosaurio]

I preffer to passs, once I've left grow the beard and I my pals clled me Papa Smurf for a year...

[HankSimon]

I notice that I can fold much better on the weekend.... and sometimes I don't shave. So, maybe if I let it grow even more ... past the scruffy stage, then even I could learn to fold a Phoenix.

I like the theory... but we need to define the exception to include Anna, Lillian Oppenheimer, Patricia Crawford, Tokomo Fuse, et al....

- Hank Simon


P.S. BTW, where does balding fit into this description ?

[Dave Brill]

P.S. BTW, where does balding fit into this description ?

Essential, I'd say. Grass doesn't grow on a busy street.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brill/5218 ... 288095350/

Brilly
http://www.brilliantorigami.com

[Gadi Vishne]

Gadi, what kind of paper are you using?
Was the strip 10cm x 100cm in size?

11cm x 110cm strip of a simple wrapping paper.
I tried to fold another model with the rest of the paper.
This trial ended with two unfinished models and some useless paper.

[EricGjerde]

I can't speak for anyone else, but in the tessellation world beards are the in thing :)

[qtrollip]

Yeah, I sorta forgot to also mention Eric Gjerde and Yamaguchi-san in the initial post. They (surprise surprise) also have beards!!!
Makes you think, doesn't it?

[origami_8]

But what about Eileen Tan and Christine Edison?

[EricGjerde]

we can make a fake beard for christine to wear? no? hmm...

I suppose this theory doesn't hold up to scrutiny, does it? :)

Still, it's quite funny to see how many male origami folders prefer beards...