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Origami Database - Who Typed?
| Name: Dennis Walker |
Country: Scotland |
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Hist-ori:
Started folding at the age of 10 with a second-hand copy of
Robert Harbin's 'Origami 2'. Joined the BOS in 1986. Started
his own origami database in a fit of boredom whilst unemployed
in 1992 and kept it up-to-date. From this small acorn …..
Has a few models to his credit, mainly because he wanted to
appear in the database that he was spending a lot of time on!
Sometimes writes the odd (hopefully humorous) article for the
BOS Magazine.
Favourite models: Sampan (The final inside-out move is just
SO satisfying), Hideo Komatsu's squirrel, Yoshizawa's Butterflies,
Chris Palmer's Flower Tower, the 2-fold Santa…er …
most of them really!
Other info:
He's married, he lives in a village in Scotland, he's a software
engineer and he likes cats!
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| Name: Sajid Khan |
Country: Leicester, England |
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I remember back when I was 7 years old when my
mum taught me the waterbomb. I quickly exhausted all the origami
books at the local library (this was before I discovered the
wonderful internet!t). Then one day I noticed 'Complete Origami'
at my local bookstore by Robert Lang and quickly bought it home,
but became incredibly upset that I couldn't fold half the models
from it!
A few years down the line, I was introduced to the internet
and went on a downloading frenzy (from Alex Barbers site). Once
I was 16 I bought all the books I could afford from amazon,
the first being 'Origami to Astonish and Amuse' by Jeremy Shafer.
I later started going to the BOS conventions, and have been
doing so for the last 2 years or so.
My other hobbies include Origamic Architecture, Graphology,
Magic and playing MS Flight Simulator 2003. I also collect ties
and cufflinks, and I occasionally play football. |
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Name: Gilad Aharoni
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Country :Israel. |
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My father taught me some
simple "playground" folds when I was very young, so
when I found a Harbin book at a local bookstore when I was about
12, I just had to have it. After that book came the rest 3 of
the set, and after that came the few more Montroll and Lang
books that were available in Israeli
bookstores.
That's where it stopped for a while - until the internet came
into ourlives - andI found out that there are plenty more origami
books, and plenty more folders out there! I started hoarding
books, meeting local and international folders, and put up my
own origami website. Fun!
Favourite folds: Too many! It's hard
to single a few out - but Kawasaki's roses will be among them,
as well as Soon Young Lee's lips, Panda models, cat models,
and 100's more. I prefer a simple clever model over super-complex
sea urchins...
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| Name: Paula Versnick |
Country: The Netherlands |
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My sister taught me how to fold
the waterbomb when I was about 10 years old, although we called
it a dice. I liked doing it, but never thought of folding more.
When I was 19 I came across an origami-book, and then I started
folding. I folded every model in the book, became a member of
the Dutch Society OSN, and that was it.
I had one outburst of folding when in 1987 I folded my own
bridal bouquet and all the corsages for the guests. Unfortunately
I used the wrong type of glue, so I walked on my wedding-day
with a tube of glue in my pocket to glue the corsages back
on the pins!
In 1995 I decided to become an OACer, that's a Dutch Origami-teacher.
I had to fold so much for that exam, that I became seriously
addicted to origami. And then I discovered the internet and
the international origami-world! Now I maintain 3 origami-websites,
am a member of 6 organizations, get 9 magazines, try to go
to at least one foreign convention a year and started to create
my own designs.
I'm also interested in walking, reading, computering and
my favorite group of all times is Mud! |
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Discuss the Model Database and origami at my forum at www.thekhans.me.uk/
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