Size:

height: 29 inches
width: 8 inches
cranes: 3/4" high (each)

Materials:

paper cranes
hand-cut paper maple leaves
handmade branch structure
metallic embroidery thread
low melt glue
monofilament

Description:

I used something called “bonsai” wood which appears to be sand blasted roots, not branches. Because they were lightened I had to stain them to a darker shade of brown to create the autumnal feeling the piece should have. It took a total of 10 separate pieces of wood fastened together to create the structure.

The cranes in this piece are predominately made of washi paper. It is thicker, fancier, and more difficult to fold than other papers. What it lacks in delicacy it makes up for in beautiful details.

The maple leaves were hand cut with small craft scissors from fancy “washi” origami paper using a small paper pattern of a leaf. The leaves were individually glued to the structure using a straight pin dipped in glue to adhere the adhesive to the branch, followed by the leaf to the glue.

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