Barbara Pearl's vision of origami was on display at The Franklin
Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Exhibits
have been displayed at Libraries, Airports, Schools, Corporations and
Organizations including: The Free Library of Philadelphia, the Riverton Library, Riverton, NJ (Photo credit: Bennett Landsman), Lockheed
Martin, The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology, Bucks County Community College and Shofuso, the Japanese
House and Garden.
Ms. Pearl and several members of the Philadelphia
Origami Society and friends, Ida Newman, Kurt Reimer and Dr. Ann Howell
installed the Franklin Institute displays over a period of several days
in the Mathematics department and in the Communication wing. The displays
include models from Ms. Pearl's
international workshops and collection created by artists from ages 4 to
90. There are over 1000 pieces in the collection and 12 countries
represented including China, Japan, and Russia. Find out how you can
arrange to bring the International Origami Peace Exhibit to your site or
contribute a model. For a complete list of contributor's names, please
see below.
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| The mathematics display concentrates on symmetry, featuring three-dimensional
shapes such as cubes, stars and a colorful array of geometric models
such as an octahedron (made of eight triangles), an icosahedron
(made of 20 equilateral triangles) and a dodecahedron (made of 12
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| The communication display case features a variety of paper figures
as varied as the imagination: a dragon, a vase of flowers, a butterfly,
a snake, a kangaroo, a panda, a shirt and tie, a high-heeled shoe,
a camel, a tiger, a picture frame, an octagonal box filled with
paper rose buds and a teapot that uses 305 pieces of foil paper.
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| The Universal Fold Exhibition at the Philadelphia
International Airport, 2004 (Barbara Pearl).
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| Garlands of origami peace cranes from Hiroshima, Japan.
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| Parade of origami animals: Elephant by Mark Kennedy (PA),
Turtles by Annie Pidel (MA), Horseshoe Crab by Laura Taylor Alexander
(MA).
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| Peace Stand: The Joy of Origami: Friendship through Paper folding
stands 8ft. tall and is filled with origami and wishes
for peace. It has been on display at the Germantown Academy,
Fort Washington, PA, the Free Library of Philadelphia and is
currently on exhibit at the Khalsa Yoga and Meditation Center
in Yardley, PA.
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| Children's Peace Monument, Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima. I will
write "peace" on your wings, and you will fly all over the world.
--Sadako Sasaki |
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| Birds of Peace. Peace Park in Hiroshima. Thousands of cranes are
offered annually by schools and friends from around the world to
express a wish for peace. Thousands of crane garlands decorate the
Children's Peace Monument. |
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| Learning to make washi paper in the Workshop Room at the Mino
Washi Paper Museum. The Museum introduces the history and technique
of Washi-making (Japanese paper). Washi is an important element
in almost all kinds of Japanese culture. Mino paper was established
in Mino city. A city where the streets are still preserved and the
atmosphere of Edo period, with houses that have unique Judatsu beams
still exist. Mino paper's delicate and fine texture is the result
of tradition handed over generations. The beauty and charm of the
mino paper is the result of scrupulous work of manufacturing during
which the historical importance and a craftsperson's heart are also
inspired into each sheet. |
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Is your state or country represented?
If you would like to join our Peace Exhibit and donate a model,
please email and request the guidelines for an Exhibit form.
email:
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| Contributors
from Around the World: |
| USA
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| ARIZONA |
--Manuela
Craig |
| CALIFORNIA |
--John
Andrisan, Jennifer Archerd, Bennett Arnstein, Jim Cowling, Alec
Fehl, Tamiko Greer, Karan and Terry Hall, Joe Hamamoto, Jason Houten,
John Marcolina, Shigeyo and Don Millenson, Mary Ellen Palmeri,
Louise Platt, Dr. Milt Sager, Lewis Simon, Opal Smith,
Carol Stevens, Robert Tanaka, Hisako Tanji, Florence Temko,
Rumi Uragami of the Japanese American National Museum, Po-te Yang |
| COLORADO |
--Dee Lynch, Jerry Harris, Noel Nevada Manzana |
| HAWAII |
--Jan
Fodor, Joni Koehn |
| KENTUCKY |
--Dan
Torpey |
| MASSACHUSETTS |
--Michael
G. LaFosse |
| NEW
YORK |
--Alice
Gray, Lillian Oppenheimer, Paul Weinberg |
| NORTH
CAROLINA |
--Jonathan
Baxter, Mette Pederson |
| NEW
JERSEY |
--Kenneth
Cheung, Yami Yamauchi |
| PENNSYLVANIA |
--Pat Burlingame, Ollie Carden, Adam DiGiuseppe, Elizabeth E. Fuller,
Nathan Geller, Faye Goldman, Arlene Gorchov, Marge Hofknecht,
Dr. Ann Howell, Kimi K. Igarashi, Mark Kennedy, Brian
Kolins, Rebecca Kolins, Chris Page, KC Pankiewicz, Lee Paiss,
Kurt Reimer, Tim Reimer, Dan Robinson, Jordan Safran,Ann Geddes, Vanessa Lum
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| TENNESSEE |
--Jim
Plank |
| TEXAS |
--YK
Chavez |
| VIRGINIA |
--Tom Stamm |
| CANADA |
--Katie
Simons |
| CHINA |
--Yang
You Yi |
| HOLLAND |
--Elfa
Elsje |
| HONG
KONG |
--David Chan, President of Hong Kong Origami Society and Members,
Joe Lau, Po San Wong, Chow Janson, Hong Keung Lee, Kwan |
| INDIA |
--Govind Gopal Kulkarni |
| INDONESIA |
--Juni Meliama |
| ITALY |
--Rosanna De Ria |
| JAPAN |
--Minako
Kameta, Atsushi Kurashina, Kuniko Kurashina, Ishikawa, Kamako Nishimura,
Setsuko Otsuka, Patricia and Lumi Pena Santana, Shizuoka, Akira
Yoshizawa, Koji Yasunaga, Michio Yajima, Principal of
Oishi Elementary School-5th grade Class, Michio Ito, Assistant
Chief of Ageo Municipal Education Center, Toshie Takahama, Ayai
and Naoi Kawakami, Asako Moriya, Satoe Shigata, Toshie Nakamura,
Takuma Kuroiwa, Director, Nippon Origami Association and members,
Toshie Yamaguchi, Moriyama Hiroyuki, Kei Suzuki |
| KOREA |
--Soo
Jin Song, Young Kim |
| RUSSIA |
--Members
of the Moscow and St. Petersburg Origami Centers-- Misha Litvinov,
Sergei Afonkin, and Friends |
| SINGAPORE |
--Robert
Min Chen |
| VIETNAM |
--Diem Pham |
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list of contributors consists of models collected over a 10 year
period. If we inadvertantly omitted your name, please let us know
so that we may add your name. |
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Math
In Motion in Hong Kong Math
In Motion in Japan |
