Virginia Usnic wrote the following letter to me. She gave me permission to put her name out for anyone with experience to answer her. Thanks David Titus <*{{><...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
May 4, 2000 7:19 pm
Hello virginia, I have a page about "two person string figures": http://www.multimania.com/myriamn/figuresdeuxpersonnes.html#deuxpersonnes. Now about "figures...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
May 6, 2000 3:49 pm
Dear Virginia, I saw "STRING FIGURES DANCE" with a loop of string at least 12 feet, in internet: http://www.scottkim.com/dance/stringpolyhedra.html You can...
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
May 8, 2000 7:19 pm
Dear Virginia, In BISFA 1,page 10, i saw "Four-person rope star". You need 60 OR 70 foot of white cotton clothesline. Best Wishes, Myriam ...
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philip noble
philipdnoble@...
May 9, 2000 12:07 pm
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eurogenie@...
May 12, 2000 3:10 am
Dear friends, Maybe this is the wrong forum, because here is a elastic string figure with a double pentagon made of a rubber band, in ten easy steps, that I...
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JaHartman@...
May 14, 2000 3:43 pm
Hi, I have seen the rubber band figure trick performed by one of of Asian students while I was teaching string figures in class. Because, I didn't learn it...
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Klon@...
May 15, 2000 1:39 pm
(Hope I am sending this correctly. I am not a computer expert.) I would like to locate the video "String Fun With the Parables" reviewed in the ISFA 1999...
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Calvetti Family
rcalvettijr@...
May 15, 2000 8:33 pm
Bonnie, Dave Titus did that video. I haven't seen it, but I have his earlier one, and it is excellent. He does have a great website related to string figures,...
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okteller@...
May 15, 2000 10:17 pm
Dear Bonnie, (Thanks Gwyn for the kind words) You can order the video from www.StringFigureStore.com It is $19.95 plus $3.00 s&h. Or send an email to...
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Mathijs van Manen
eurogenie@...
May 16, 2000 12:28 am
C.J., thanx for replying. looks like the 'double pentagon' is of asian origin and the only one around at the moment... rubber band figures must be recent, a...
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Brian Cox
briancox@...
May 16, 2000 2:57 pm
Hi to the group there is a book called ELASTRIX the encyclopedia of rubber band magic compiled by Ed Mishell and Prof. Abraham B. Hurwitz 1990 Magico Magazine ...
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Laurel Sharp
lsharp@...
May 17, 2000 2:24 pm
Hi--I'm a new member. I've really enjoyed the string figure magazines! especially March 2000. I discovered I can do Binary Stars with the Navajo opening...
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philip noble
philipdnoble@...
May 17, 2000 6:47 pm
Dear All, can someone help me with the last moves of the elastic pentagon? Don't all rush! I find I get to the end of 7 and have difficulty with...hooking the...
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lsharp@...
May 17, 2000 9:05 pm
... have ... wondering, ... attractive ... wonderful ... someplace). I even ... are museum ... had a ... can be ... thumb loops ... there were ... seemed that ...
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Mathijs van Manen
eurogenie@...
May 17, 2000 11:25 pm
hi philip, you came asfar as the last move and in a good string-figure that makes the show. I am not a native english writer, but let me re-write 8 and 9 for...
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Dana F. Scott
dfscott@...
May 18, 2000 2:53 am
I am pleased to see that there is a natural evolution to the development of new string figure patterns. Some day I even hope to see computer programs generate...
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philip noble
philipdnoble@...
May 18, 2000 9:59 am
Dear Mathis, ... FROM ABOVE, not below, ........................of course ! ( I was trying to do this from below silly !) Many thanks. I've got it now. yours...
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Klon@...
May 18, 2000 1:49 pm
Thanks for all the replys. I have ordered the video and am sitting with twitching hands anxiously awaiting it. : ) - Bonnie...
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Julie Hocking
hockingj@...
May 18, 2000 11:04 pm
I am going to be travelling to Canyon de Chelly in September. This is an area with Navajo people. I remember hearing that Navajo people do not do string...
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Tetsuo SATO
tetsuo.sato@...
May 19, 2000 11:49 am
Hello, everyone!! I found the illustration of pentagram in "Ayatori Nyumon-Introduction of Ayatori", which Joseph D'Antoni introduced Japanese Ayatori books in...
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Mathijs van Manen
eurogenie@...
May 19, 2000 4:06 pm
dear Julie, never leave home without it! mathijs....
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myriam namolaru
myriam_n@...
May 19, 2000 8:06 pm
Hello, I saw now that the article of String Figures and Shamanism by Lois Stokes is also in German (Schnurfiguren und Schamanismus von Lois Stokes) at ...
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okteller@...
May 20, 2000 12:32 am
Julie, Just a word of warning. If it has been raining do not take the road from Spider Woman Rock toward Ft. Defiance. The road turns into a dirt road and I...
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okteller@...
May 20, 2000 12:32 am
Well, I bought my ticket to Mongolia. Nonreturnable. I guess the fat is in the fire. I leave on August 1st and return on September 19th. I fly straight there ...
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Will Wirt
wlwirt@...
May 20, 2000 11:07 pm
Dave, What a great trip! Julie, Lillie's and my experiences bear out Dave's comments. Most Navajo's are not very concerned about the seasonal taboo. On the...
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philip noble
philipdnoble@...
May 22, 2000 8:18 am
Dear David, Wonderful news. I love to hear about your adventures around the world with string and do hope our paths may cross and our strings unwind somewhere...
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okteller@...
May 22, 2000 8:26 pm
Philip, I will send you two bags of strings. Do you want the regular (65 inch string) or the longer (72 inch string)? I think I have your credit card number...
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Mark A. Sherman
isfa@...
May 23, 2000 4:39 am
If you are a member of the International String Figure Association please note that our phone/fax number has changed. The new number is: (626) 398-1057 Our...
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Doris R. Meredith
hiwater@...
May 23, 2000 2:19 pm
Mark: BY HOOK OR BY BOOK is out, and I'll get a copy in the mail to you this week. You are mentioned twice in the book, and ISFA is mentioned several times,...
