David Kawai, a photojournalist in Ottawa, Canada, makes what surely must be the world’s tiniest origami cranes. Unless someone else has extremely tiny hands or uses tweezers, or maybe pins and a microscope. Kawai, however, uses only his bare hands (and fingernails) and about 45 minutes.
I am fascinated by tiny things, and these cranes absolutely blow my mind.
More pictures (by David Kawai, of course) and a description of his process can be found on Bored Panda.
And for doubters, here’s timelapse proof:
these are amazing. i am also a lover of tiny things and these cranes are stunning. thank you for sharing this )
Did you look at the other pictures? I love the big blue crane with all the little ones under it. Would be fun to have a whole little flock of them.
I had to go on You Tube to see this, amazing and fascinating, but surely his wife could find something more important for him to do, I know mine could/would
She’s the one who originally tweeted some of his pictures and they went viral. She has no one to blame but herself. Besides, it probably keeps him busy and out of trouble at home.
I’m with LordBeariOfBow on this one! But maybe it serves some purpose, calms his mind, or at least keeps him out of trouble!
Must art serve a purpose? Must a hobby be anything more than enjoyable for the hobbyist?