(photos provided by Ronald Koh)
Although it was held for 3 days, I was there only on the last day. The workshop response was rather poor.
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| CROWDS VISITING THE ORIGAMI DISPLAY
(photos provided by Ronald Koh)
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 Robert Choy, Yew Meng, Francis Ow, Albert Sng, Paul Ee, Teik Seong, Hee Sen, Ronald Koh, Cheng Chit |
As I was not there most of the time, I will use a report by Francis Ow quoted below:
Here's a report regarding our exhibition at the Nanyang Polytechnic. The points I raised are my own point of view and it may differ from the others.
15th
Feb. 2000
Arrived
at the venue in the morning. Ronald Koh, Albert Sng and Brigitte Wong were
already busy setting up the origami models. We were given 5 tables but
we have enough of models for at least 10 tables. We managed to squeeze
in another two tables. Many of the models folded by us were left out as
we wanted to display those contributed by overseas friends. Most of the
contributors came from Ronald's contacts and a few from my friends.
Ronald has his own display of his creations, all very eye-catching and very well folded. His recent ones were the ornamental goldfish all complete with fine details. Brigitte Wong, being a non-creator, contributed by folding Tomoko Fuse's modular boxes. The others non-creators, Teik Siong, Albert, Hee Sen and Paul Ee folded a selection of models, mostly animals. As for myself, I displayed some of my modulars, Heart models and Woven Stars - my most recent creations. A table was reserved for Cheng Chit's models.
All the models were clearly tagged, displaying the creators' names as well as the person who folded them. Special attention were also credited to some contributors who went all out to provide a fine selection of original creations.Toshie Takahama and Issei Yoshino's creations were displayed and although sadly departed from us, their spirit was present in the form of thier origami. The room was later locked as the exhibition starts on 17th Feb. 2000.
17th
Feb. 2000
Exhibition
starts at 9 AM but I arrived a little late. All the displays were neatly
laid and the empty table was filled with Cheng Chit's
creations.
Cheng Chit, who started folding only just last year, came up with a fine
selection of his own creation based on curve surface folding. They are
all 3-D models mostly folded from tracing papers. His all-white display
stands out from the rest - maybe I am used to seeing colourful displays.
As this was an open-house event, there was already quite a crowd, mostly students and before I could settle down, I was asked to demonstrate. As usual, David Brill's "Double Flexi Cube" model proves most useful for this occasion. The crowds came and went and at one time, it was so crowded that there was hardly any space to move.
18th.
Feb. 2000
I
could not attend today but nevertheless, I managed to turn up at about
10 A.M. and I was shocked to see the place unmanned. Some models were overturned,
some were in other places where they were not supposed to be and even some
models were partially unfolded. I tidied up the displays and did a quick
check and thankfully, none was missing. I stayed for about an hour before
I was paged and had to reluctantly leave the place.
19th
Feb. 2000
The
displays were moved to another place for the workshop and Ronald, Cheng
Chit and some of the rest did a very good job in setting up all the displays
to more spacious tables. I arrived at about 9.45 AM and Cheng Chit was
already giving his talk on the "Tao Of Origami" to a very disappointing
turnout. For some reasons, mainly because of the location, there were only
a few attendees. I later find myself conducting a class of only 3 attendees.
I turned it to a group session and it was very much easier for
me
to teach. Teik Siong taught another small group but I was too involved
in my session to see if his turn out well. Brigitte came just in time to
see us folding up the place. We had a group photo and spent some time discussing
the event.
Conclusion.
Although
the workshop did not turn out as expected and the at one time the stall
was not manned, the whole event did turned out quite well, except later
when Ronald found out that he lost his lens cover of his camera and I lost
two precious items from Japan. This was the first time that we asked for
contributions of models from overseas and we were quite successful in getting
their response, given the fact that only a short notice was given. Many
thanks to Ronald Koh for spearheading this. It was a very good lesson learnt
and we will certainly improve on it in the future.
We thank all our overseas friends for helping out and will write to them individually to express our sincere thanks.
Peace and Harmony through Origami.
Francis
Ow
Singapore
Next, a report by Ronald Koh quoted below:
Just a couple of points to add:
18th. Feb. 2000
I arrived at about 1.30pm, and found Chan Yew Meng attending the displays.
Some of the models were disarrayed, and a white rabbit contributed by Didier
Piguel of France was missing. The prominently placed 'Do Not Touch' notices
were evidently ignored. Chan had to leave at about 4.00pm, while I stayed
until the exhibition closed for the day at 5.00pm.
19th Feb 2000
The loss of the camera lens cover was entirely my fault. I must have
carelessly left it lying around and forgot to take it with me when I left.
I have also to shoulder the blame for Francis' loss (sorry, Francis) of
the two picture boards during the move to the second location. I was told
at a few minutes notice that I had to vacate the original premises by 5.00pm
as the staff wanted to lock it up, and must have left them still affixed
to the door when I left hurriedly with a three-tier trolley full of boxes
of origami.
Cheers,
Ron.
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Works by Leong Cheng Chit (above) |
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and folded by Teik Seong and Paul Ee |
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Designed by Fumiaki Kawahata Folded by
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Folded by various people |
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Folded by various people |
Last but not least,
pictures of presentations and mini-workshops.
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Cheng Chit giving his presentation titled "The Tao of Origami, A Personal
Journey"
The presentation was rather heavy. His presentation make me think of origami concepts which I take for granted and make me think in directions I have never taken before. This presentation is definitely not for begineers. Only people who have experience in folding and creating will find Cheng Chit's presentation rather absorbing. |
| Francis Ow conducting a mini-workshop on modular folding. |  |
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Teik Seong conducting a mini-workshop on how to fold complicated model.
Here he is bravely attempting to teach John Montroll's triceratops to the group. For those who do not know who Teik Seong is, he is the Man in Black. |
Page 1 - General and Local Contributions
Page 2 - Francis Ow's Gallery
Page 3 - Ronald Koh's Gallery
Page 4 - Foreign Contributions
Page 5 - Dave Brill's Gallery
Page 6 - Sy Chen's Gallery
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