Crane #1000 - The End

This is it. The last crane. The plan was to go back to the same place where I made the first crane (a cafe called Chickpea in Cotham). However, the plan was thwarted by the cafe being closed, so I went to another nearby cafe.

And it was done.

I also had a lovely chat with two women at the next table about the project. After making it, I couldn't leave the idea of taking the last crane back to the place where I made the first crane, so I popped it through their letterbox on the way past. So sorry to the cafe who are likely to be very confused as to why they've got a crane through the post...

And that's it. 1000 cranes, new friendships, origami bombing, lots of cups of tea, many many tube rides, multiple crane making lessons, and lots and lots of folding...

I'm not going to stop making cranes now I've hit the end of the project. I've got an origami bombing mission in London coming up, as well as a big origami making on the tube session planned. Plus a whole new project!. But I'm going to stop counting now...

Crane #859 - #999

Have you ever wondered what 141 cranes in a box looks like. I'd say something like this...

These are set aside for my next origami bombing mission, hopefully taking place in London with Chris from Up-cycle. Schedules have dictated that this hasn't been able to happen in 2011, but hopefully it'll go ahead in early 2012, combined with a bit of sociable crane making on the tube.

Crane #829 - #858

I bought some lovely traditional japanese origami paper to make some cranes for my bedroom. The plan is to make some kind of mobile or hanging thing at some point. I haven't had a chance to make the actual mobile yet, but the cranes are done. Here are some of the cranes made from the beautiful paper...

Crane #814 - #828

I made some lovely little tiny cranes, and my friend Sian offered to re-home them, and make them into a mobile for her niece in Hong Kong.

Crane #809 - #813

A few mismatched here and there.

The last weekend before Christmas I headed to London, and that always means cranes will be made. One on the way there, one on the tube and one on the way back.

And then I had my friendiversary with my friend Jo, which consisted of eating a biblos and drinking mulled things. And so biblos got left a crane, carefully placed in their pot plant...

Finally there was one more over Christmas. My cousin Kathleen asked me how to make them, so I showed her. I believe this crane is now residing in the back pocket in one of my parents cars...

Crane #767 - #808

My mum commented on how much she liked the photos and video from the origami bombing I did in Bristol, so when I headed home for winter, I took some with me.

Unfortunately the weather wasn't particularly conducive to hanging strings of cranes outside, but I persevered, and hung 42 cranes on the porch outside my parents front door. They didn't last long sadly, but it looked lovely for a short amount of time...

p.s. Sorry for the crap photos. Turns out the windyness doesn't make photography easy either...

Crane #760 - #766

My friend Sam offered to rehome some cranes and put them on her Christmas tree. I had a bunch of small cranes I made ages ago and wasn't sure what to do with. Bingo.

A few photos...

...from the love of it xmas do. Thanks to Jenny Hardy for her lovely lovely photos - http://www.jennyhardy.co.uk/

Crane #722 - #759

We had a little bash for the love of it xmas do last night, and had a little bit of a Dickensian adventure to start off the evening. My part was the role of the "ghost of Christmas present(s)", and teaching people that Christmas is all about giving. So we did a spot of origami bombing, brightening up a rather dull corner of the centre with some Christmassy cranes (red and green!).

Once again, I failed to take photos, but there were other people with cameras around, so I'll try to update with a photo or two if any appear...

Crane #709 - #721

13 cranes made, no photos taken. Whoops.

The first 5 were made during a weekend in London, and left on trains, tubes and benches.

Two were made when I got back to.bristol. I had no food in the house and so I stopped at biblos for a falafel wrap. Cranes were made whilst I waited...

The next 3 were made for a colleague at work, as he said the one I'd already made him looked lonely.

Two were made this morning when I had breakfast at the runcible spoon cafe, and the last when I grabbed another wrap from biblos this evening...