Above are some of the models that I learned at the OUSA convention in 2009 . Below are photos/names of the people who taught them to me and names of the creators of each model (from left to right and top to bottom).
-Dollar-Bill Skull (T: Andrew Hans C:?) – Whale (T: Jennifer Gerring C: Joseph Wu) -Modular Star “Franziska-Stern“ (T: John Lapko C:Carmen Sprung) -Graduation Cap (T: Maureen Miller C: Gay Merrill Gross) -York Rose (T: Jean Johnson C: Juan Gimeno) -Storigamy grasshopper (T: Mileva Loo) -Spiral Elephant (T:Ray Schamp C:Tomoko Fuse) -Boxes (T: Tricia Tait C:unknown) -Biz-card Orb (T: Alfred Kwan C:Alfred Kwan)
- Favorite model I learned: York Rose
- I heard a great storigami by Mileva Loo (on the response that the grasshopper had to the question of whether the Moon was a sphere, or was flat.)
- Joyce Saler, Tricia Tait and I talked about ways to improve methods of teaching origami.
- José Tomás Buitrago showed me a fraction of his fabulous collection of origami-related postal stamps. I am encouraging him to prepare a presentation on that subject for a coming convention and to publish them on a website!
- The classes I taught were sold out, yay: a snail and a frog feeding on a fly. I had two very good groups of students.
- James Peake and I chatted about Froebel’s forms of beauty.
- A doorman of the dorm building folded a traditional boat, which he named “TITANIC” (see it here). I loved such a grand name for such a humble model. That is ambition!
- I loved the tiny thousand cranes beautifully folded by Lilian Ramírez (Mexico) and shown in the exhibition. (See photo here.)
- Gay Merrill Gross loved the models by Simon Andersen that I took to the exhibition.
- I bought the DVD for “Between the Folds”, the documentary by filmmaker Vanessa Gould (Green Fuse Films).
- Several people mentioned warmly their visiting this blog. Thank you and cheers!
Finally, to keep a promise, here I post photos of the work of Latin American children who participated in the exhibition “Origami by Children”.
Ricardo Braughton, 12, Mexico (Pegaso/Satoshi Kamiya)
Mariana Cardoso, 16 años, México. (Chef Rat/C.H. Nguyen).
Valentina Rascón, 14 años, México (Unicornio/Román Díaz)
Aloha, Leyla!
It’s so nice to see your post about the OUSA convention. I like how you laid out the model photo & teacher photo in your blog. I would love to read about your discussion on ways to improve origami teaching. I am always looking for best methods, best terminologies & best practices.
Hi Deb,
The discussion on origami teaching was following up on a recent discussion on this subject that took place in the OUSA members yahoo list. We talked about how there are different levels of model complexity to take in consideration when teaching, but there are also different levels of pace for teaching. For example, a model that is considered of intermediate complexity could be taught at a two-session pace for beginners or at a one-session pace for more experienced folders. One challenge would be how to communicate the projected pace of the class beforehand, so potential students would know what to expect.
Any way… I’m glad you stopped by, thank you for your visit!
Leyla
Yes, I was following the OUSA members yahoo discussion about raising the model complexity when teaching in a class. That was good stuff there.