Origami

I came across this book while just browsing around in Borders. I thought 'it should be simple. why is there a book on this?'. Little to my knowledge that there was more to it than just the simple crane. If one's good and patient (I guess) as many as 100 cranes can all be interconnected from just one (large) sheet of paper. I was amazed by it. It even gets around to the history and how to make the Senbazuru (1000 Cranes tied to strings to wish someone happiness or recovery from illness/injury). I'd like to attempt to do that one. Simple but tedious ^^.

Here's the book plus a few I've already done. each of these were done off of one sheet of paper.

This one was challenging but I was amazed that I got it down on the first try! The four cranes were all created from one sheet and they are interconnected at each wing tip and the beaks.

So, figuring out how to make chains of cranes wasn't to difficult, and I already did one chain with 6 cranes on it on a post it. I thought, if I had a big enough sheet, I can make a long chain! So that's what's going on in this one. I'm pacing myself, trying to be careful not to tear at their connections. As of right now, I have 7 completed of the potential 40 crane chain! I'll see how far I can get before I make a big mistake and cut it short. I'll keep an update on this and hopefully we'll see a full 40 crane chain at the end! Wish me luck!!