One Thousand Cranes http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303 Generalist I'm going to be making a thousand origami cranes as part of an overall project. It will only take part of the year though. (Ten down, nine hundred and ninety to go.) Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:24:57 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_993729 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_993729 Zookeeper Cool! I started that years ago, but only got to 42 cranes. I should start it up again. What I wanted to do was leave little origami cranes in places around town. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:40:09 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_993758 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_993758 EMT-TKJ I remember doing this... though, Zookeeper? may I also leave them around town? Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:48:33 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_993782 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_993782 Raksab There's a statue of a child in a neighborhood where I used to live. People are always leaving colorful strings of paper cranes all over her. Somebody must be visiting regularly to pick up litter, because it rains all the time here and I never see soggy bits of paper on the ground around the statue. I suggest you buy some colored paper or wrapping paper (not origami paper unless you can get a superb deal on the stuff; it's pricey) and use one of those office paper guillotines to slice lots of it into squares all at once. If you make a crane in 5 minutes, it will take you 83.3 hours to do them all. Which is about ten days of full-time folding. If you spend 1 hour a day at it, for example while you're watching TV, you'll be done in less than 3 months. If you're using two hands, you'll probably get much faster than that; I could make a crane in 2 minutes or less with some practice. Where are you going to put all these cranes? If it's for a project, why not get some friends to pitch in, unless you have a really good reason for doing them all alone? It'll get done way, way faster. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:12:14 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_994844 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_994844 Tarun Hazarika I didn't think anyone else was doing this either!I was planning on starting in January but it would be nice if I had an actual wish or someone to make them for.... Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:39:46 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_994915 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_994915 Mungolian One of my goals on my Day Zero Project list is to fold an origami crane. I can't even imagine doing a thousand. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:02:24 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_995894 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_995894 Zookeeper I don't know whether I should start with the 43rd crane or start over again at 1. I do have some origami paper, but I wonder if I could use paper meant for recycling. Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:59:57 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_996895 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_996895 Atmosphere I've been thinking about doing this at least once in my life, maybe next year will be the year I do it. Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:34:28 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_997910 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_997910 Isabel1993 Good luck to you guys. I've been thinking of folding a thousand cranes this summer... I tried it a few years ago, but I gave up pretty quickly. As another origami hobbyist, I'd bet that using regular paper to fold that many cranes well would get really irritating after a while. I'd suggest you check out origamipaperstore.com - it's often sold out of a lot of stuff, but it's pretty cheap and it almost always has three or four inch paper in packs of 150 sheets or more. Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:14:29 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1005755 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1005755 Mungolian I've been making a crane now everyday since Christmas Eve. They're probably not the most elegant origami cranes you'll ever see, but I'm mostly pleased with how they're turning out. My goal has shifted from folding one to making a string of a hundred. Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:42:56 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1006240 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1006240 myviolettears I did that in 2009 with 3 other friends. I was only 12 at the time and we got them all folded, stringed and sent to Hiroshima. :D I was able to fold one every 30 seconds! It was heaps of fun and when we folded the 1,000th we danced around the school ground. (As part of our Japanese class, it was optional but the encouragement from our teacher was excellent!) Don't give up! Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:16:30 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1010737 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1010737 EMT-TKJ hmm...1 down, ..... a lot to go. Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:35:36 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1026003 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1026003 Dragon Gal I would do this... if I knew how to fold a paper crane at ALL, lol. Good luck to everyone! And I love the wish aspect of 1000 cranes... Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:41:53 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1040945 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1040945 vmorr Wow, that's ambitious! I wanted to learn origami this year and the crane is the first one I tried (and mastered!). Good luck with making them all! Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:27:44 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1041478 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1041478 Generalist Up to crane 220. I've recently used some of the shiny foil sheets I got for Christmas. They require some special techniques to function. I have also created a crane using some of the 'giant' sheets I got. The crane is large enough that a 'standard' sized crane can sit on the wing and not overhang. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:31:04 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1050455 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1050455 Generalist Reached crane 360 last night. The most recent ones have been using ''transparent' origami paper. They take a lot longer to make, so I'll be avoiding that form for the future cranes. I'll probably pick up some more classic paper, in the 100 packs, from the locally owned art supply store. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:18:12 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1090717 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1090717 Generalist Up to crane 570 last night. I'll have to check the number of days between now and the equinox so I can finish number 1000 on that day. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:05:18 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1141686 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1141686 glistening-amoeba A suggestion for the whole 'where do I put them' aspect, if you're not aware you could string them together to make chains. Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:39:16 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1149211 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1149211 Dragon Gal Keep going, Generalist, you're doing well! If you don't mind me asking, what is your overall project that you're doing this for? It sounds interesting! Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:23:39 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1149361 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1149361 extra4u Exciting project, and gosh are you fast! I started folding paper cranes in the winter of 2010, and over the months I would pick it up again, and then drop it, and pick it up again later. I reached 963 in December, and haven't touched them since. I really mean to finish, I just keep forgetting about it. That informal project has been a lot of fun, though. I've made cranes out of a lot of material (maps are my favorite) and one day when I got bored I started writing stream-of-consciences / poetry on them about whatever I was thinking until I filled up the whole piece of paper with writing. That look is the coolest thing ever, so I've done a lot of it (although it takes about 4 minutes to write and 45 seconds for me to fold a crane, so it's much longer). When I'm done - and I really will finish, now that I've been reminded of it again - I've been thinking that I might give a crane to every single person I know - even those that I barely know. Then I'll see how many I've got left. That could be a job in itself, though, finding all the people I know. Thanks for reminding me of this project - I'm excited to finish! And good luck with your crane folding, it looks like you'll easily be done by the equinox. Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:02:22 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1197963 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1197963 Fantasy-Is-Reality I'm doing the same thing but with the little Chinese lucky stars. I have a couple of big heart-shaped jars to fill and both aren't even a quarter full yet! I could never get the hang of making the cranes though, good luck to you in reaching one thousand of them! Sun, 11 Mar 2012 14:42:15 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1204903 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1204903 Bree L. I've done over 3000 cranes. It's part of my OCDness, but I never saw the doctor, because I don't want to get diagnosed. Whenever I make them it just makes me feel so much better.... Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:26:51 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1246117 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1246117 AltoidStorm I have read a lot about the 1,000 crane project. It's really beautiful. I am actually making cranes for a wedding coming up for one of my friends in July. I love making them! Thu, 24 May 2012 20:46:07 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1396314 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1396314 GoneLookingForMyself Well, that'll be awesome if a Japanese-style wedding comes up. Because of them being symbols of fidelity, among other things, it's considered great good luck to have 1000 paper cranes at your wedding! Mon, 21 May 2012 19:05:13 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1387254 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1387254 Dragon Gal Zoo, that's a wonderful idea! Leaving them around town.... brilliant! Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:42:47 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1040947 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1040947 Generalist The idea of using wrapping paper is a good one. I'll have to consider it and think about picking up wrapping paper during the pre and post Christmas sales. The family already has the paper cutter. I'm not too worried about the cost of origami paper though. I have a decent stock of it and often get fifty percent off coupons for Michaels. It is a tradeoff between cost, accuracy, time and variety. My goal is to do about ten cranes a day, during gaps in my schedule. Thus far it means a crane or two after breakfast, a few on the bus commute to and from work, and the rest in the evening. They are labeled and stored for something I'll be thinking about over the next few months. The overall project is an evolutionary one that already has yielded some results. After doing twenty four cranes in three days, I've learned some little tweaks that make the end product easier to create. Repeating something frequently, and paying attention to the results when there are problems, can get the mind to creating solutions. I'm also using the crane making as a form of meditation. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:03:29 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_996136 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_996136 Generalist I restarted on the Winter Solstice, strictly by accident. I had made a crane a few years before as part of a thousand crane project, even numbering it so I could keep track of the order of creation. I never got past that point. (I had made dozens of cranes before that start so I wasn't a novice.) I had heard of the wish aspect of the cranes, but hadn't done much research about it. A mention in a Star Trek book got me to thinking about it. A bit of research has told me that, traditionally, a gift of a thousand cranes bestows "a thousand years of happiness, prosperity and good luck to its recipient." The cranes may be a gift to the household, with the rest of the project associated with the cranes being a gift to the world. Once they are done I may start on another set, trying for speed and creating the cranes for someone or some group that needs it. It will use the "If you build it they will come" principle. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:04:36 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_996239 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_996239 Dragonchilde [quote=Zookeeper] I don't know whether I should start with the 43rd crane or start over again at 1. I do have some origami paper, but I wonder if I could use paper meant for recycling. [/quote] I'd say that making cranes is pretty much the definition of recycling. ;) Why wouldn't you be able to? Go for it! Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:00:36 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1011376 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1011376 Caramella Barlow >:D AWESOME Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:06:10 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1210531 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1210531 Generalist I did it with a general wish in mind. I was able to reach my goal by the equinox. The fun part is that I used a wide variety of paper types and sizes. They might make an interesting sculpture or mobile. My youngest did an interesting origami project for his mom. She likes butterflies so he created several dozen of them and spelled out 'Happy Mother's Say!!' on the kitchen table. (There were some shortcuts due to the size and paper availability, like using a candle for the letter 'o'.) He borrowed my camera to take pictures of the results. Wed, 16 May 2012 22:57:18 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1374273 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1374273 Bree L. btw I have other OCD symptoms, that's just the funny one ;) Literally, I have scrap paper with me at school so I can make cranes while the teacher talks, helps me concentrate. I throw out any cranes I make at school, so probably over 1000 gone there... Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:28:17 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1246118 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/the-year-of-doing-big-fun-scary-things-together/threads/48303?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1246118