2nd Scandinavian Origami Meeting

Report by Peter Budai

Subject: Report on the 2nd SOM
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 12:28:15 -0400
From: Peter Budai <peterbud@MAIL.DATATRANS.HU>
To: ORIGAMI@MITVMA.MIT.EDU

Hello Everybody,

Just shortly back on the list to tell about the 2nd SOM:

This year Origami Sverige (in cooperation with Origami Finland) has organised the 2nd Scandinavian Origami Meeting from 1-3 October in Stockholm. The meeting was "traditionally" very international again. Participants were from Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, USA and Hungary besides Sweden of course. To cite names (without seeking to list everyone): Lionel Albertino, Krystyna and Wojtek Burczyk, David Derudas, Alfredo Giunta, Herman van Goubergen, Robert Lang, Jorma Oksanen, Mette Pederson, Claudine Pisasale, Jan Polish, Sadi Sandell (and by the way, me too,) not forgetting the engines of the convention: Dino and Antonieta Andreozzi (Thank You Very Much!). It was also nice to meet more Swedish paperfolders than last year.

What these three days were like? Lots of fun, lots of folding, lots to see and show in a wonderful athmosphere. The meeting was held at the same place as last year (at "Hagelbyparken", a public park outside Stockholm) but a month before (so as not to clash with other conventions in the UK and Italy). Each participant received a great 104-page convention book, mostly with models from people who attended (which means it is really matterful!).

During the convention of course there was teaching going on, three classes at a time (simple, intermediate and complex). And now, those who did not come can really regret it: we had Robert Lang teaching his moose, we had Lionel Albertino talking about how he designs... and a lot of nice models from both of them at the exhibition which was even larger than last year: a wonderful Giunta show and the beautiful Derudas models, the works of the Finnish contingent, modulars by the Burczyks etc... All the submitted works for the International Butterfly Exhibition and Competition were exibited, too.

All the paper that we folded up during the convention was supplied by ORIGAMI PAPER OPP AB, the firm that produces the Swedish paper that I spoke about last year, too. This year they have came up with new colors based on last year's requests.

But fun and folding did not start and end in the three days of the convention. Several folders were guest of the Andreozzis, and when folders are together, nothing can stop them. (One thing we were short of: sleeping. But who needs sleep at a convention?)

This was just a glimpse at what happened not long ago in Stockholm. It is impossible to describe everything in words, if you want to know what it is really like, come next year!

Peter Budai