This is my chosen object. Well.. one of them. I keep making new ones since I keep crushing or losing them.
Origami cranes
A model of a crane created by the art of Japanese paper folding. The practice originated from Japan around 1680. There was a legend surrounding origami. They say that the creator origami folded a paper dove, it took flight as it was so realistic.
The crane is a symbol of long life and health. A legend says that if one was to fold 1000 cranes, your wish shall be granted. After the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, one girl, affected by leukaemia as a result from radiation, who tried to stave off her death by folding 1000 cranes. Sadly she died after folding 644 so her friends completed 1000 and placed them on her grave. This story has been immortalised in popular culture and every 6th of August, the Japanese celebrate Annual Peace day by folding 1000 cranes and draping them on her statue on the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima.
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