Hi all, No articles or any proof, just an observation. Historically in the Netherlands fine creative crafts are generally considered ‘for girls’. In the (not even very) old days the craft lessons in school were knitting and embroidery for girls and carpentry for boys. Of course this was also the case in every day life because we didn’t know better. Over time most differences faded or disappeared but for some reason the creative crafts kept the label ‘girls’. The strange thing is that in kindergarten Fröbel-folding was a standard subject for girls and boys, the teachers were even schooled in it during their studies. But folding wasn’t followed up in primary school back then. Nowadays there are a lot of teachers that use origami in school. Not so much to stimulate creativity but rather to enlarge the attention span and refine hand-eye coordination. Anyway, thinking back to conventions and other gatherings I guess ca. 95% of Dutch folders are female. But ‘we’ fold everything, from practical things like boxes to abstract things like tesselations and everything in between. Origards, Miranda >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mme A.M. van de Beek Antibes, France www.vandebeek.eu <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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