| From | Randy Bxxxxx <randy.x.Bxxxxx@state.or.us> |
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| To | clay@mail.msd.si.net |
| Date | Wed, 11 Jun 1997 09:29:30 -0700 |
| Subject | Money Origami |
Strange how the web changes things!
I viewed with pleasure and surprise your Money Origami page. My grandfather (who died in the early 1970's) used to make my brother and me dollar bill rings back in the 1960's, but I could never remember how to do it when I became an adult. I thought the technique would be lost to us forever until my wife found your site through a search engine. I came home to find a small dollar shirt Origami! The kids loved the shirts, and now I can re-learn to make these rings for my kids.
My grandfather made them exactly as you have except for one detail. When complete, he folded the bottom edge of the ring loop on both sides to create a tapered ring, like a high school class ring. You might want to try that. I think it improves the overall look a great deal.
A little history: He told me he used to make and wear the rings during the depression so that he was never broke. I think he learned the technique from a 'carney' (as he called them) that traveled with the circus or one of the carnivals that wintered in Tampa, Florida in the 1930's.
Thanks for posting the pages. A little bit of our family history has been recovered!
Here is a small diagram showing the taper if my text was not very clear.