In 1978 she co-founded, with Oppenheimer and Michael Shall, the non-profit Friends of the Origami Center of America in New York.
In 1964, when both the editor and art director of that magazine left their positions, Gray filled in for both, first as a temporary measure and later on a permanent basis. Gray offered to taxonomize and organize the collection, in a project that soon after was the cover story of the Origamian. Oppenheimer is credited with popularizing origami in the United States, and Gray saw in her collection an art and craft that could be taken seriously. She took to it as a hobby, but her interest deepened after meeting Lillian Oppenheimer in the 1960s.
Gray's first encounter with origami was when she purchased a book on the subject based on a picture of a cicada on the cover. She appeared with her insects on television in the 1960s and 1970s, including an episode of The Tonight Show. In addition to working inside the museum, she brought insects and spiders out to New York public schools, presenting in classrooms and eventually earning the nickname "Bug Lady" through her outreach efforts. As Scientific Assistant in the Department of Entomology, Gray was the primary educator and communicator on the subject of insects. She continued her own education while employed at the museum, earning a Master of Science in Education from Teachers College in 1949. There are some, however, who look, see and remember that it is for them that all museum modelling is done." She cited a flea as one example of her work: "A flea made large enough to serve six at dinner by the lens of the microscope, stands revealed as most admirably streamlined and thus enabled to slip unimpeded between hairs." Of the hundreds of people who daily pass these models in the museum, many never see them. "A well-made model is both a text and treasure . The first such model she created took six months to produce, taking pains to ensure its accuracy. She explained her modeling process and purpose in a lengthy article in Mechanix Illustrated in 1945. One of her projects was the creation of large-scale models of insects that she called "model monsters". She wrote for museum publications, constructed many of the department's displays, built large models, and illustrated entomology handouts still used as of 2016. She proved to be a skilled illustrator, modeler, and writer, and engaged in a range of public relations and communications activities.
Upon graduating from Cornell in 1937, she started work with the museum and remained there until she retired. Lutz, she applied to and attended Cornell University, studying biology and entomology, and training in scientific illustration. Based on the advice she received from then-chairman, Frank E. While still in high school she knew she wanted to work at the American Museum of Natural History, and called its Insects and Spiders Department to ask about employment. Her mother, when asked by Alice to keep insects she had caught, agreed under the condition that Alice learn what they ate by dinnertime, leading her to become an amateur entomologist at a young age. She was interested by insects as a child. Her mother came from a farming family and her father was an engineer.
#Paper origami christmas ornaments full
I made about 18 of these to create a full wreath.
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