- Paperback: 120 pages
- Publisher: Heian; Revised Edition edition (Aug 16 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0893469998
- ISBN-13: 978-0893469993
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 18.8 x 0.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #403,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Making a strand of one thousand origami cranes has become an international movement for peace, happiness, and health. This book is an update of the Heian classic, with new photographs and projects, plus forty-eight tear-out sheets of colorful chiyogami to get you started. Included is the story of Sadako in Hiroshima and suggestions for how cranes can be used at schools and hospitals, as wedding gifts, and by people everywhere to demonstrate their commitment to world peace.
Florence Temko was an internationally known writer on paper crafts and folk arts. Her more than forty books have sold over 2.5 million copies.
About the Author
Florence Temko: Florence Temko (d. 2009) was the most prolific author on origami in the English language and a pioneer in spreading the art in the United States. She loved to share origami through her books and hands-on demonstrations in schools, colleges, museums, including the Metropolitan Museum in New York, libraries, in corporate settings and in seminars at the National Science Foundation, national teachers conventions of reading, math, art, gifted and learning disabled.
Florence appeared many times on television in the U.S., England and Japan. She was the creator of more than 250 original origami designs and traveled in 31 countries where she met with many local artists and artisans. Her books have received numerous awards and are widely recommended by librarians for their clear step-by-step directions that make folding easy for adults and children. Consultant: Mingei International Museum, San Diego, the major resource of origami on the West Coast. Contributor: national and international magazines and newspapers, including the NY Sunday Times, Boston Globe, American Craft, Delta Airlines Magazine, London Daily Telegraph, Paris Figaro. Founder and Board Member of ORIGAMI USA.
Florence appeared many times on television in the U.S., England and Japan. She was the creator of more than 250 original origami designs and traveled in 31 countries where she met with many local artists and artisans. Her books have received numerous awards and are widely recommended by librarians for their clear step-by-step directions that make folding easy for adults and children. Consultant: Mingei International Museum, San Diego, the major resource of origami on the West Coast. Contributor: national and international magazines and newspapers, including the NY Sunday Times, Boston Globe, American Craft, Delta Airlines Magazine, London Daily Telegraph, Paris Figaro. Founder and Board Member of ORIGAMI USA.
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Glossy color diagrams, matte 7" duo decorative paper, Aug 9 2011
By Deb Pun "Origami & Tea" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Thousand Cranes: Origami Projects for Peace and Happiness (Paperback)
[Full Disclosure: The publisher, Stone Bridge Press, kindly sent me a review copy of this book in July 2011.]I'm an origami teacher since 1998, an avid collector of origami books and origami paper.
The softcover book measures approx. 7.5" x 7"; the chiyogami paper measures about 7" x 7".
This is an unusual origami book because the first 12 sheets (24 pages) are printed on glossy, clay-coated pages but the remaining 48 sheets (96 pages) of chiyogami are printed on matte paper. The half-inch gutter allows the book to lay flat. Don't be misled by the 120 page count--remember to divide that in half to get the true count of the book = 60 sheets.
I felt the design scale of some patterns overwhelmed the small 7" sheet. There are a variety of floral, animal, geometric, abstract patterns and one the reverse side a good balance of muted pastel and brilliant vivid colors.
Here's what I observed when I tore out one sheet to fold a crane:
1. my sheet was *not* square (minus one star),
2. *not* clay-coated but lightweight (plus one star),
3. feels thinner than plain Japanese kami,
4. 48 different non-repeating design front and back (nice!)
5. perforated edge for easy removal (plus one star)
6. not micro-perforated; leaving a noticeably deckled edge (minus one star),
7. sheet folds well and creases holds a crisp edge (plus one star).
The well-loved origami crane is notoriously difficult for beginners to perfect because of the petal fold. This is a great introduction to learn the origami crane because not only does the text accompany the diagrams, there is some information on live cranes, cranes in art and Sadako Sasaki and nine crane projects. I have a minor quibble that the diagram perfectly show how to fold the neck and tail without using inside-reverse folds but glossed over how to inside-reverse fold the crane's head.
There are instructions how string a thousand cranes and the address where to send the cranes for the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (I didn't know that the cranes must be strung together to be accepted at the Hiroshima International School!).
If you are an origami purist for 90-degree perfect 6" square sheets right out of the package, you may be disappointed by the not-so-square 7" chiyogami sheets. However, this book works nicely for the origami enthusiast who loves to collect inspiring, beautiful paper.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Inspiring and Satisfying, Dec 17 2011
By Mary Bast - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: A Thousand Cranes: Origami Projects for Peace and Happiness (Paperback)
The story is inspiring, and the papers in the back, to use for folding cranes, are quite beautiful. It took me awhile to 'get it,' but after that I folded a crane a day for two weeks as a kind of meditation. Very satisfying.
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