Origami Diagramming Conventions: A Historical Perspective
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Content Inside: Origami Diagramming Conventions: A Historical Perspective Robert J. Lang rjlang@home.com Copyright ©1989–1991, 2000. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Part I Origami is an international phenomenon that has moved far beyond its traditional boundaries of Japan and Spain. Its practitioners are found world-wide, and the language they communicate in is made up of diagrams. The great strength of this language is its uniformity across the world. In this series, based on a panel discussion at Convention ’88 and a diagramming questionnaire sent to diagrammers around the world, I am recognizing existing standards of diagramming and proposing new ones to further promote worldwide communication of the art. 1 Introduction One of the difficulties facing a diagrammer is that of consistency with the past, his local folding group, the national scene, and potential co-authors. In the case of The Friends 2 , there is also the question of consistency with what has been printed before in convention programs, teaching sessions, and other articles in the Friends’ Newsletter (such as David Shall’s concurrent series of articles). Minor differences appear, for example, in symbols lists printed in the Friends’ Newsletter #27 (Fall of ’87) and the Annual Convention ’88 program (Spring of ’88). When you bring in books, the situation gets even more complicated. I have written, or am working on diagrams for, three different books, two with a co-author. Because we each had strong opinions about what symbols were best, we ended up compromising, and I must use a different set of symbols for each project. As confusing as this is for a diagrammer, it is bound to be worse for the reader. 3 Before Convention ’88, a number of folders recognized that there was a need for standardization, and The Friends have taken steps toward that end, for example, publishing the lists just mentioned. Before the convention, I sent a questionnaire to some 25 diagrammers around ...
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