In November of 2014 a police officer was shot and killed. After reflecting on that event for a while,
I was saddened at the violence in our society in general and toward police officers specifically.
Having folded origami cranes for many years - since the 5th grade, so almost 50 years,
at that time - I decided to start a blog to document the folding of 1000 cranes in 1000 days. The blog
can be found at 1000 cranes - a flight of fancy.
After that project was completed (in 1000 days at the Children's Peace Monument in Hiroshima Peace
Memorial Park, I continued folding cranes for various projects.
This project is a continuation of the 1000cranes project.
Zoe is the daughter of a friend of mine. From time to time, I make her
custom gifts based on origam. To date, I have made two mobiles, so this
project is a new direction.
The idea is that the cranes are to be given away by Zoe. A log book
will be included in the gift so she can keep track of to whom they are given.
Before undertaking such projects as this one, I use a sheet from a drawing
pad to plan the build. Such drawings are very simplistic as they are intended
to help plan for production rather than be an integral part of the final
product.
I started off by printing a stack of numbered sheets. The sample, above ,
illustrates the result of this process for one of the sheets. These IDs are
useful insofar as I plan to provide a log book for Zoe to record to whom she
gives the cranes.
Of course, simply placing cranes in a bottle would never fulfill my aesthetic
sensibilities in the final project. I planned, therefore to include stickers
both front and back to make the gift appear like a product designed by one
of the advertising agencies on 5th avenue in New York, New York.
What supply of give-away cranes would be complete without an Emergency
Resupply? I think none. The second bottle in the gift set of 2 was,
therefore, labeled an “Emergency Resupply.”
I found it quite difficult to get the cranes out of the bottles once I
had got them in. I thought for a few minutes, finally landing on tweezers
as a simple solution to my issue. The purchase of velcro dots followed.
Eventually, I ended up with the design seen above.
This simple letter for Zoe tells her all she needs to know about her gift. I
decided against a War-and-Peace-length letter because she was, after all,
an 8-year-old girl.
The love you get… Is Equal to the love… you make. — The Beatles.
(I included the rest of the lyric so one might understand from where the
blurb header came).