Hi Zack,
Consider become member of MFPP origami association (mfpp-origami.fr). If
you live in Paris, our office is open on saturday 3-5PM and have a small
papers and books stock on sale. Yo can too consult and loan books for
our library.
If you are here in november, you may consider to join us to the autumn
meeting 8-10 november (Paris 12e), to fold with other people who don't
just fold not difficult models on gold papers !
Best,
Aurèle
MFPP President
Le 13/09/2024 à 11:55, Zack Brown via Origami a écrit :
Hi everyone,
Just an update. For shipping to France, I can't really recommend The
Origami Source. It's not their fault, but there were hidden costs that
ended up hitting me with my order.
I ordered 5 packs of 10" Kami at $13.50 each, which came to $67.50.
The shipping added another $79.15, which I was OK with because I
desperately want that paper! But then the delivery person charged me
$30 for taxes on bringing the stuff into the country. So the grand
total ended up being $176.65, or over $35 per pack. Ouch! Of course
it's not The Origami Source's fault, but still, ouch! :-)
Still very grateful for all the help everyone gave!! If anyone hears
of any other EU-specific sources like https://viereck-verlag.de etc,
I'd love to learn about those, since it would probably lower the cost
a bit.
Be well,
Zack
On Tue, Sep 3, 2024 at 8:04 AM Zack Brown <zacha...@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks a lot everyone!
I got some great suggestions and put in orders at 3 different
places for exactly the paper I was looking for. I've bookmarked
them all for future reference.
Many thanks!
Zack
On Mon, Sep 2, 2024 at 12:04 PM Zack Brown <zacha...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I think there used to be 10-inch paper, sold in packs of 100
sheets, with many different colors on one side, and white on
the other side. These used to be available in art stores and
online, but now I'm looking and looking and not really finding
anything like that. All the sites seem to focus on artisanal
papers with intricate designs, or the same color on both sides.
Or else I'll see some tantalizing product that lists itself as
"solid color", but with no accompanying photo to indicate that
it has white on the other side.
Paper Jade has a few options with one color on one side and
another on the other, but then it's 100 sheets of blue on one
side and yellow on the other, or something like that. No
variety, no white, and the sheets are only 6 inches to a side.
Kim's Crane is in a similar boat, with descriptions like
"There are 60 sheets of origami folding paper, 50 different
colors, Paper size is 176mm (7 inches)." I.e. no statement
about whether there is white on the other side, and the paper
is too small.
OrigamiUSA seems to be in the same boat too. I can actually
find 10 inch sheets, but only 20 of them to a pack, and the
coloring is 2 supposedly complementary colors, rather than one
side colored and the other side white.
It seems like everywhere I look it's the same story. Also,
I'll go into art stores all over my city (Paris), and it's the
same. Even amazon.fr <http://amazon.fr> seems to be the same.
I know origami is in a renaissance etc., and people are doing
more sculptural origami with foil, wetfolding, and high class
washi paper. But I'm mostly doing Montroll, Yoshizawa, and
other simple stuff with color-change motifs. Just the old
regular paper is perfect for me. Does anyone know where to
find it these days?
Many thanks,
Zack
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