Size:

height: 30 inches
width: 8 inches
cranes: 3/4" high (each)

Materials:

chiyogami origami paper cranes, flowers, and leaves.
wire
raffia
Swarovski Austrian crystal beads
handmade bamboo arbor structure
natural vine
metallic embroidery thread
low melt glue
monofilament

Description:

Summer began with a search for bamboo garden stakes at the end of the season. It took a few tries but I finally located some at the Greenville True Value hardware store. I measured them, cut them down to size with my teeny tiny hacksaw, then fastened them together first with fishing line (melting the cut ends), then wire, then covered the joints with raffia to create the arbor.

I added vine and small flower blossoms I'd folded from paper shaded in pink, yellow, and orange along with folded leaves. After dividing out the 1000 origami cranes and hanging them I realized that while delicate and pretty the piece lacked the lush abundance of summer. So, I folded more flowers.

The second set of flowers I wanted to emulate the clusters of flowers found in the fabric used in kimono prints. Two styles combined with the original blossoms and I was more than pleased with the end result.

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