We first became acquainted with the story of the 1,000 paper cranes when we saw a “flock” of the origami birds at the home of a good friend. An ancient legend says that if a sick person folds 1,000 ...

Sensei Fumio Demura, the persona Pat Morita took on for "The Karate Kid," couldn't fold a single crane. But over time, he worked hard to fold over 5,000 cranes as a part of recovering from great ...

LOS ANGELES -- An artist in Los Angeles is memorializing each of the thousands of people who have died from covid-19 in the United States with a delicate origami crane. Karla Funderburk started making ...

Hisao Inagaki, Japan’s consul general in Seattle, displays a crane he folded Aug. 2, 2023, in Seattle. He’s been folding an origami crane and recording a daily video, sending best wishes to Seattle ...

What do you get when you fold together the ambitions and contributions of four space station-bound astronauts from the United States, Japan and Russia? A zero-g indicator in the form of an origami ...

My son and I took on what seemed like a simple project: fold one origami crane every day during the pandemic. Together, we discovered over the year how making art helps people bear the unbearable. 100 ...

After suffering a stroke in 2019, Vuittonet struggled with mobility, coordination and speech. During his recovery at UAB Medicine’s Spain Rehabilitation Center, he continued his hobby of origami and ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (WHO) — Over 3,000 origami cranes are on display at the Iowa State Fair, honoring the 65th anniversary of Iowa’s sister-state relationship with Yamanashi, Japan. The Cranes of ...