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Origami Copyright Theft is BAD, mmmkay?

| wonko

It is exhausting to have to continually deal with a host/domain name server to have unlawful scraped copies of my posts being re-published (with minor, illogical edits) as part of a large but unattributed collection of clickbait masquerading as a content aggregator. openAI24 dot com…

I feel powerless to act as the site has no working “contact us” or grievance process, no one you can email to winge at other than admins upstream of the website.

The best I can do for MY content is to get it blocked at a DNS level, resulting in a “forbidden” message when you try to jump to the actual article. Sadly this does not effect the gallery “preview” of each article. Although it is completely OBVIOUS that all original authors of all content on this site are in the same position, apparently “takedowns” can only be issued by the original author…

It seems the same site is casually ripping off content from Leyla Torres’ ‘Origami Spirit”, Helen Hiebert’s studio and many more. Even though many of us have complained and issued “take down” notices, the site continues to harvest from my site (even though I have now blocked 7 posts at time of this post).

Anyone being similarly ripped off – contact me, the take down process is fairly simple, I am happy to take you through it.

Please feel free to complain to abuse@namecheap.com – they are the host AND name server for this pile of illegal copyright infringement, and the ONLY body actually contactable to do anything about this nightmare

It would be truly humorous if they harvested this post also – they seem indiscriminate THEIVES so who knows, we might be heading for a meta singularity some time soon.

8OSME – Melbourne, July 2024

| wonko

An unmissable opportunity presented itself where both OSME and Folding Australia conferences were to be hosted in Melbourne, Australia, one following the other. Having never attended an Origami conference (of any flavour) before, I jumped at the chance, but had little idea, really, what was ahead.

Diverse plenary lectures to start the days off

My wife and I got an Air BnB on Collins street for the week. Using the PT> train network, I travelled to and from Swinburne Uni for the international gatherings each day while Jo explored Melbourne Galleries and cafes.

I believed OSME stood for Origami, Science, Mathematics and Engineering – turns out the “E” was for Education, even though in this conference there were 2 Engineering strands … so, ok then. It seems the 8th iteration of this conference reflects origami/folding now so popular as an engineering concept.

A Myriad of parallel papers
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Showing Off 2022

| wonko

I was approached by the Holland Park Library again this year to mount an Origami display:

origami curated collection in progress

I decided to showcase based on 2 criteria: (1) Pushing the one square, no cuts to the limit; and (2) Using different shapes and modulars.

Collection location

Ferreting out archived models from various boxes, bags and cabinets, I put together a pleasing collection of origami models, designed by luminaries like Satoshi Kamiya, Robert Lang, Brian Chan, Eric Joisel and many others.

The collection gets locked up in glass cubes near the reading area of the main library, designed to be viewed from all angles, I am happy with the mix, location and visibility of this collection.

collection detail

I welcome you to come view, in the flesh, some astounding models.