Simple Model of the week – the crane

August the 6th is the anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima oin 1945. One of the victims of the bomb, a young girl named Sadako Sasaki folded cranes in her hospital bed and forever connected the origami crane with hopes of peace.

Fold one yourself following the instructions on our video  or if you prefer, this diagram

Gallery:

– Cranes for the 2022 project “Cranes for Ukraine”

– Cranes in yellow and blue

-Pin badges from a collection of protest badges in Sheffield museum showing the crane in support and rememberance of the victims of the Hiroshima bomb