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סיימתי לכתוב את הרשמים שלי מהכנס. אני מתנצל שכתבתי באנגלית ולא בעברית, אבל זה לקח מספיק זמן לכתוב פעם אחת...
סיימתי לכתוב את הרשמים שלי מהכנס. אני מתנצל שכתבתי באנגלית ולא בעברית, אבל זה לקח מספיק זמן לכתוב פעם אחת...
DISCLAIMER: I have written this report in one sitting, without reviewing it or running it through a spell checker. There are good chances that many typos have found their way into the report, and that I have misspelled some names. I apologize for anyone whose name I misspelled. This was not intentional. I tried to keep the report as coherent as possible, but without going over it once more, it is difficult to promise it is indeed so. I hope you enjoy the report. CONCISE VERSION: I had fun, it was great, looking forward to next year! Some of you are probably more interesting in the DETAILED VERSION: My report begins on Tuesday before the convention. Julie Ustin picked me up to the airport. I brought with me a couple of folded models (Pat Crawford's unicorn and crawling baby). I decided to "decorate" the airport, and left them at various places. Julie suggested that she put the baby in the ladies' room at the baby-changing station, where it might catch some mother's eyes. I put the unicorn on the airline counter. We had about an hour to wait until we started boarding the flight, and I looked at the unicorn, trying to see if someone wants to pick it up. No one even looked at its direction. Julie, Jim Cowling, and I tried to draw attention to the unicorn by pointing at it and praising it. It didn't help much. We acted like kids, but it was fun! What is it about origami that loosened me up so much? I didn't care what people thought of us (we must have seemed like crazy people!) Julie later went to the bathroom, and reported that if we find the unicorn impressive, we should look at the amazing baby in the ladies' room... The time to board our flight has come, and we were on our way to New York. This was a red-eye flight, so I tried to spend my time on the flight sleeping. I did a pretty good job, and arrived at JFK pretty much awake. We went to FIT by subway. Thanks to origami and nice people, we found our way. On the sub, Jim folded his $-Armadillo to some gentleman who helped us find our way. We got to FIT at 8:00, only to find that check-in is not until 9:00! We still haven't had breakfast, and luckily, Jan Polish and Dave Mitchell were just going for breakfast, so we joined them. We had a nice breakfast, and I invited Dave to come with us to play on Thursday evening. The plan was to see the Phantom of the Opera, which I have wanted to see for a long time. Dave liked the idea, and we decided to meet tomorrow morning for breakfast, again, and then go down to seaport village and buy discounted tickets. I checked in the room, and spent most of the day walking around New York. When we got back to FIT, we met with Russell Sutherland, who showed us his amazing masks. We ended up talking for about an hour, with him describing his work. It was very interesting. Then it was time for dinner, which I had at a NY deli called the stage deli. I ordered a corned beef sandwich (no surprise there), and it was HUGE. I couldn't finish it! The next day, we went down to seaport village. Unfortunately, they didn't sell discounted tickets for the phantom, so we bought 6 tickets to "the producers." Jim, Julie, Fred (I don't know your last name, sorry), Dave, Jason Ku, and I went to the play this evening. We had good seats, and had a good time. It was a fun play, although it was a bit too silly to my taste. All in all it was a fun experience, and with great company. On Thursday evening, Russell Sutherland invited me to some late-night folding. The only people there were Aimee Miura, Russell, and Doug Philips. I ended up staying up till 2 AM talking to them. I taught Aimee to fold a three- piece spinner I had learnt, and Russell taught me his carnation (but I wasn't a very good student). I had an interesting chat with Doug, who was busy wet-folding his model menu models. At 2 AM, I had to force myself to leave, because I needed to get some sleep for tomorrow. On Friday I went to help volunteer. I first helped Mike Hamilton to unload crates full of books from the Source. Then I helped Marc Kirschenbaum to unload the copies of this year's annual collection. After that, Rachel Katz asked me to help fill in bags for convention attendees. I filled more bags than I could count, and went up to see if there was some help needed at the source. There I helped set-up a few tables. Time flies fast when you volunteer! I got to meet many people I had wanted to meet for a long time while volunteering. I then went down to help set up the exhibition, where I folded some shelves for the Fujimoto exhibition. You can see pictures of the exhibition in my yahoo photo album: photos.yahoo.com/bshuval1980.
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It was interesting to see people set up their exhibitions, and I managed to take some pictures of the exhibit while it was being set up. By the by all the "origami luminaries" came to set up their exhibits. It was finally time to have dinner, and I went with Gilad Aharoni, Andrea Hawksley, Brian Chan, and Sarah Ku to have dinner at an Italian place. It was a nice place and not too expensive, although it was rather crowded and noisy. Brian and Andrea had just arrived from Boston, and have not even unpacked their bags. Andrea told us she had designed a hermit crab, and we urged her to display her hermit crab. After all, this is the first hermit crab designed by a woman! This is a good time for me to digress. Andrea is living proof that the world of "origami sekkei" is not limited to men only. I was very much impressed with her design work. It is shaping, and she still needs to work on it, but I think that in a couple of years she can become one of the world's top designers. And that's saying something! I hope to see more of Andrea's work in the future. Back to dinner... Andrea folded some of her business card finger puppets, and had a finger-puppet fight with Gilad Aharoni. I taught Herman Lau's $-flower in a pot with limited success. After dinner, we went to the great hall, where I met many more folders. Finally I met some friends I haven't seen in a long time: Ruthanne Bessman, Arlene Gorchov, and Mark Kennedy. I picked up my classes for the next day, and filled in my early-registration form. I sat next to John Montroll this evening, and we had a very long and interesting chat, which continued after we moved to the folding room at the alumni hall. At 2AM I went to bed. On Saturday morning I had breakfast at some diner with a group of people (I forgot the names of all of them, sorry ). It wasn't a great place, but it was nice. After breakfast, we went to the great hall, where I picked up the tickets for my classes. I spoke with several people, and then went off to class. My first class was Bernie Peyton's bear paw. A very unique model. The class ended, and I had to rush to have lunch with the members of the APA imagiro (of which I am a member). We walked for about 25 minutes, and got to a nice indian place, where we sat for lunch. We were joined by several other people, too. The tables were limited to six people, and I sat with Jeannine Mosely, Anne Lavine, Ushio Ikegami, and Jason Ku. Later, Robert Lang also joined us at the table. Walking to the restaurant, Anne and Ushio were trying to explain some intricacies of Japanese. Lunch was great, and it was time to head back to to FIT. I had a class to teach! I had about 20 minutes left before class, which left just enough time to go up to the gold mine, and meet Michael LaFosse. I taught Pat Crawford's swan and mouse. I had quite a lot of students in my class. I never managed to get back to my room, so I didn't have my large paper with me. In light of this, I taught the mouse from a 6" black square. This wasn't very good, but we still all managed to fold the mouse. For the swan, I was asked to use a bigger piece of paper (which I was given), and I agreed to do it. Class ended just on time, and everyone had folded a swan and a mouse. I had two more classes to attend to. I took a class where I learnt Bob Neale's magic $-bunny in a hat, and also Robert Lang's Dusseldorf cat. I then went down to the exhibition area, where I could finally see the exhibition all set-up. Brian Chan had brought his amazing display. The hermit crabs were a treat to the eye. I spent some more time there taking pictures. Back at the great hall, I asked Ruthanne if she wanted to have dinner with us. Ruthanne, Annie Pidel, Gilad, and I went to wholefoods to get something for dinner. After dinner, it was time for Saturday night's activities at the great hall. First, there was an origami fashion show, which was loads of fun. People from all ages came in with their origami apparel. From simple crowns, to intricate scarves, to a vest and hat full with origami, this fashion show had everything. Makoto Yamaguchi was the judge, and Cy Tessier won. Then, it was time for the novelty competition. The goal was to fold a flapping bird behind your back. The winners were Jason Ku, Nathan Geller, and a girl whose name I can't remember. They could fold a FAST bird! It wasn't pretty, but it was fast and it flapped! The best part of the evening was the auction. Several items were auctioned off, including a beautiful quilt made of Nathan Zeichner's old origami convention T-shirts. The starting bid was $100. After a fierce fight between Jean Baden-Gillete and Makoto Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi-san almost bought the shirt for $500. Then Cy Tessier decided to joing the fight. It was exciting to see the bids go up. Yamaguchi seemed very intent on buying that quilt... But Cy Tessier won this one, and bought the quilt for $975!!! I sat at a table with Brian Chan, Doug Philips, Marc Kirschenbaum, and some other folders. Brian was trying to teach one of his insects to unsuspecting prey. Some managed to thing 30 flaps faster than others, so for them he simultaneously taught his maple leaf. I taught Doug Pat Crawford's crawling baby, and Marc joined in. Marc was now learning three models at the same time!!! It was quite amusing to watch. Since both are seasoned folders, I began my teaching at: "begin with a half blintzed-bird -- half frog base," to which Marc claimed: "This is so seventies!" (which it really was). The model ends with blowing up the baby from its behind, which also brought on some laughs. I was then invited to join Rob Hudson and some other folders to Mustang Sally's, a local bar. We found that Jeannine Mosely, June Sakamoto, Makoto Yamaguchi, and Ushio Ikegami were also there. It was fun, and Rob Hudson gave a very amusing Japanese lesson (to borrow Gilad's term for it). I won't go into detail about this here, but I can say we were all in tears. The lesson included various interesting diagrams.
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The next morning I went for a Krispy Kreme breakfast. I don't eat doughnuts, but I went there for the company. It was a fun breakfast. After breakfast we went back to the great hall, and then for classes. I taught Akiko Yamanashi's purse for the first period. I had a rather small class. This time I remembered to bring large paper! Then I had some free time, so I went down to the exhibition again, and then up to the source and goldmine. I saw Lar DeSouza there, who drew a caricature of me. Thanks Lar! I asked that a picture of me with the caricature be taken. Can you tell which is which? (Hint: I am the one wearing the OUSA tag...) I went with Gilad, Ravi Apte, and Ushio Ikegami for lunch at another indian place. This place, I think, should pay commission to OUSA... The entire restaurant was full of convention attendees. After lunch it was time to go back to classes. I took Dave Mitchell's excellent and popular Nexus class. The class was so popular that Dave had to repeat it twice more that day. It was certainly a pleasure to learn a class from him. We had a magic trick, and lots of humor and interaction. This was probably the best class I took at the convention. By this time I had already met most of the people I had wanted to meet. These are people whose names I know, some of which I had corresponded with, but never met in person. I was forever surprised that there were still more people to meet. At Dave's class, to my left sat Janet Yelle, and to my right sat Jane Rosemarin. It was certainly a great surprise to meet Jane! I then took another class with Bernie Peyton: owlets. Then it was time to go and see how the exhibition was being taken down. This was just as interesting as seeing it put up. It was quite sad, because it meant that the convention was coming to an end. After this, I went back to the main hall, and had a nice chat with Jeannine Mosely and Robert Lang. We went out in a big group for dinner at the same indian place I had lunch at. After dinner, I went back to the main hall. It was time to go to the alumni hall. At the alumni hall I sat next to Doug Philips again. I was unable to go to his classes, and wanted to learn Joseph Wu's frog and owl he taught at the convention. Doug taught Gilad and me how to fold the frog. Shri and Alessandra also wanted to learn the frog, so Doug had to give his class again. Doug wanted to learn to fold the Hydrangea, so I taught him the Hydrangea while he was teaching the frog. It was quite late, and I had very much loosened up. I kept trying to convince Doug to teach Wu's elephant I so wanted to learn (which he had forgotten), so I kept insisting that the frog was actually an elephant. It was more fun when the second class came around, and I claimed that they will be learning to fold an "elephrog..." Doug and I took turns teaching the model (or, rather, I taught the steps I remembered, then Doug did the ones I forgot). This turned out to be one of the most fun parts of the convention. I had such a good time that night. I also taught Akiko Yamanashi's purse to Doug, Gilad, and Alessandra. This is a great model by one of my favorite female creators. I wish her I knew more of her work. I went to bed at about 3 AM. The next morning I had another Krispy Kreme breakfast, and then went to seminars. I signed up for a couple of seminars, but I was sadly unable to attend Dave Mitchell's seminar, due to lack of time. My flight back home was too early (I've learnt my lesson for next year). Before I left I had lunch at a Thai place with Rob Hudson, Elsa Chen, Jose Thomas, and Gilad Aharoni (I hope I haven't forgotten anyone). I left the convention with an origami overload. I couldn't have gone on for one more day. It was certainly enough. There were nicer moments (which you can read above), and worse moments (which I haven't included in this report). I am fortunate to have met many nice people at the convention. I look forward to meeting many of them again at PCOC.
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פגשתי מספר מקפלים "גדולים," אבל ממש לא קיפלתי יחד איתם... בכנס כמעט ולא היה לי חשק לקפל! יותר התעניינתי בלדבר עם אנשים. עם חלקם היה יותר קל (לדוגמה ג'ון מונטרול, שהתחלתי להתכתב איתו מספר שבועות קודם, קרא לי לשבת לידו ודיברנו במשך מספר שעות, או ראסל סאתרלנד "שתפס" אותי ודיבר איתי מספר שעות גם כן, או אושיו איקגאמי היפני, שאיתו היו לי שיחות נחמדות, או גיי מריל גרוס הנהדרת), וחלקם קשה יותר אם בכלל (לדוגמה רוברט לאנג, שלקח לי יומיים עד שדיברתי איתו באמת (וקיבלתי ממנו מה שאני מגדיר כמחמאה: הוא אמר לי שאני, כמוהו, לא מפחד להגיד לאנשים מה שאני חושב. לי זה נראה מחמאה...), או דן רובינסון שכלל לא רצה לדבר איתי כי אני לא יוצר של אוריגאמי סופר מורכב). אבל היו הרבה אנשים שאינם "מקפלים גדולים" ועדיין היה כיף לדבר איתם: דאג פיליפס, לאר דה-סוזה (שצייר את הקריקטורה שלי), איימי מיאורה, ויקי מיהארה אייברי, רותאן בסמן, מארק קנדי, ארלין גורצ'וב, ועוד ועוד ועוד.
פגשתי מספר מקפלים "גדולים," אבל ממש לא קיפלתי יחד איתם... בכנס כמעט ולא היה לי חשק לקפל! יותר התעניינתי בלדבר עם אנשים. עם חלקם היה יותר קל (לדוגמה ג'ון מונטרול, שהתחלתי להתכתב איתו מספר שבועות קודם, קרא לי לשבת לידו ודיברנו במשך מספר שעות, או ראסל סאתרלנד "שתפס" אותי ודיבר איתי מספר שעות גם כן, או אושיו איקגאמי היפני, שאיתו היו לי שיחות נחמדות, או גיי מריל גרוס הנהדרת), וחלקם קשה יותר אם בכלל (לדוגמה רוברט לאנג, שלקח לי יומיים עד שדיברתי איתו באמת (וקיבלתי ממנו מה שאני מגדיר כמחמאה: הוא אמר לי שאני, כמוהו, לא מפחד להגיד לאנשים מה שאני חושב. לי זה נראה מחמאה...), או דן רובינסון שכלל לא רצה לדבר איתי כי אני לא יוצר של אוריגאמי סופר מורכב). אבל היו הרבה אנשים שאינם "מקפלים גדולים" ועדיין היה כיף לדבר איתם: דאג פיליפס, לאר דה-סוזה (שצייר את הקריקטורה שלי), איימי מיאורה, ויקי מיהארה אייברי, רותאן בסמן, מארק קנדי, ארלין גורצ'וב, ועוד ועוד ועוד.
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