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A Thousand Cranesby ~icantwrite

Artisan Crafts / Folding & Papercraft / Origami

A Thousand Origami Cranes (千羽鶴, Senbazuru)

In Japan it has long been believed that folding 1,000 paper cranes will make your wish come true.

These cranes are made using 3cm2 paper, each one was hand cut to size. In total it took me about 50 hours of folding.

My girlfriend *senka-aponi helped with shaping them into a crane

The History:

10 years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a 12 year old girl called Sadako Sasaki fell ill with leukaemia. Sadako believed that if she made 1,000 paper cranes she would be cured of the disease. Using the paper that her medicine was supplied in, Sadako actually folded just 644 paper cranes until unfortunately her wish was unfulfilled and she died on October 25th 1955. Her classmates made the remaining 366 and formed a group which called for support in building a monument to peace – a place where people could remember the children who died due to the bombing. Donations from various sources enabled The Childrens Peace Monument to be completed and the statue of Sadako was unveiled on May 5 1958.

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~FantageJenny Oct 20, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

ive read that book! it ALWAYS make me cry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~Dr-Daemon Feb 13, 2012

I'm amazed that you actually got to 1000. It looks really beautiful layed out like that, too.
I have to do this. Time to buy some memo pads me thinks.