Love public domain availability news.
Bdw You can also listen to public domain LibriVox audiobooks on iOS at https://apps.apple.com/app/id6443647742
Five origami books by Shuzo Fujimoto are now public domain
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#32Love public domain availability news. Bdw You can also listen to public domain LibriVox audiobooks on iOS at https://apps.apple.com/app/id6443647742
This is great! What else in the public domain is available like this? (through a nice & sleek app?)
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#33Watching "Between the Folds", a documentary about Origami is 56 minutes well spent. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1253565/
This is my favorite documentary! I've been folding origami for 13 years and this was definitely one of the catalysts.
in the US, you can watch it free with a library card on Kanopy[1] (if your library subscribes to Kanopy ofc)
[1] https://www.kanopy.com/product/independent-lens-between-fold...
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#34These look wonderful. Sadly the introductory pages which seem to show/explain theory and techniques are probably not understandable without translation. Is there already a project working on this?
If you're familiar with Fuse Tomoko's work on his origami, and her books are much easier to read, it should be much easier to undestand.
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#35This is amazing! Anyone know where I can purchase high quality paper versions?
Unfortunately, paper versions are currently very hard to obtain. The last reprint was in 2007 (Twist Origami 1-3, and Introduction to Creative Playing with Origami), and the volumes were too little to match growing interest. When starting this project a year ago, I already had most of the books, but getting those I didn't own was very difficult. The copy of Solid Origami I grabbed was - I believe - literally the last copy I could find on the English-speaking internet. I grabbed it from Kim's Crane (https://kimscrane.com/) and I think they had a copy or two of Fujimoto's other books at the time.
If there is an origami society in your country, they may have some of these books in their library (rules for lending may vary, of course).
These books being so difficult to find was one of the reasons I wanted to ask Fujimoto's heirs to release the books to the Public Domain.
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#36This is the second time I've come across free out-of-print books on HN, that were hosted on google drive, preventing me from downloading them. The previous were computer books by Usborne. Why do people do this? Please use a sharing site or make a torrent if on a budget, find a friend who knows how.
What exactly do you mean by "sharing site" and why is that more accessible to you than GDrive?
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
something im doing wrong but i cant get to the folding instructions...pls help?
On the details page of each book, there is a Google Drive link buried within the description.
oh i found them alright, but i meant their folding instructions for their own designs.
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#38This looks really interesting.
Can some kind soul please upload (at least one) of these books to archive.org? That seems a much better place for Public Domain works than google drive.
I understand that the people releasing the books may not be tech-aware enough to realize that many people will not download them from google drive (this is not for technical reasons).
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#39Watching "Between the Folds", a documentary about Origami is 56 minutes well spent. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1253565/
This is my favorite documentary! I've been folding origami for 13 years and this was definitely one of the catalysts. in the US, you can watch it free with a library card on Kanopy[1] (if your library subscribes to Kanopy ofc) [1] https://www.kanopy.com/product/independent-lens-between-fold...
I love Kanopy, and I'm glad to see it mentioned here. However, the content you get access to varies based on which library card you use for your account. For instance, I used my university library card, and got access to some content. However my roommate used his public (non-university) library card and he has access to even more content (including way more "Great Courses" lectures--my school library hardly had any)! Needless to say he is logged in on my device. :)
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#40What is the best English language source to get started? Also, what is the best English source for kids?
"Akira Yoshizawa. Japan's Greatest Origami" is a great place to start. it has models ranging from very simple to medium complexity. From there you can look into popular authors like Michael LaFosse (who appears in the documentary). He has many books for beginners (his butterflies are very famous). Once you are confident on your skills, get an insect book from Robert Lang to experience the Dunning-Kruger effect in full force.
For kids, it depends on their age. Mine started around 5 and 6 with small origami kits I bought in amazon (printed in creases makes things easier). For older kids you can find many books with specific themes. Just find one that your kid is interested in (animals, boxes, Pokemon, Star Wars, etc). They all tend to be rather simple.
Also, avoid printing paper. It only works for very simple models. Tuttle publishing sells some nice packages with 100~200 sheets that are nice for simple to medium models.
You can also find tons of free diagrams on the internet. /r/origami in Reddit also has a nice community you can check out.
-Edit I forgot to mention Jo Nakashima. He has a youtube channel with great videos to follow.