Every Little Peace

Artist: Mui-Ling Teh
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Every Little Peace

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My origami calendar

Just one sheet makes a big difference;
One sheet that can make over 2000 cranes.
Each crane a step closer to a better world;
Each piece a step closer to peace.

Each square in the grid paper is 5×5mm; and to be exact, there were 2028 full squares in the paper

When I was in grade 5 our teacher read “Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes” to our class. Sadako Sasaki was infected with leukemia. She spent her days folding cranes and making wishes upon them; wishing for her health and for a more peaceful world (the quote above is my writing inspired by the story of the thousand paper cranes).

This concept was originally created in 2008, and photographed without a tripod. But now I have a tripod and decided to re-shoot this again and re-uploaded it on September 6, 2009. Taken with ans Olympus FE-340 on super macro mode.

This piece has been included among RB’s featured pages, and in the following groups:
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Winner of The Challenge

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pinkyjain

So amazing, wow, remarkable. Such patience you have to make such beautiful art, fantastic
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Thank you Lisa. This was very difficult to take, and I’ve been at it since yesterday. Finally resorted to shooting elsewhere and doing a bunch of weird tactics like using erasers to balance my camera on an angle (I don’t have a tripod). Now I have to clean up my mess :P
Cordelia

What an amazing idea – photo and origami. You have taken many steps towards a better world. Congratulations.
cherylc1

just incredibally amazing!!!
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Thank you Cheryl; I’ve been at it for really long and it’s late now so I’ll be heading to bed.
Lori Peters

I can’t even imagine the skill and patience this requires. You are very gifted to be able to do this.
pinkyjain

So dedicated, i really admire that. And i been there with tricky camera setups
linaji

Look at those beautiful nimble fingers.. this is precious Mui-Ling.. you are precious.. thank you for trying to show how you do it.. I will have a little spot on my front page when you give the word of all your work and how you are doing it.. I really mean it.. I am fascinated and think your work is important to seeing how wonderful and paitent we can be as humans.. Bravo !
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Thank you Lina! It was while folding some of these that I was trying to do the video (had many chances as you can see ;) ). Thanks for the offer of the spot on your front page; though what do you mean by “when you give the word of all your work and how you are doing it” ?
Karen Cook

Truly beautiful work Mui-Ling!
Midori Furze

Awesome work, Mui-Ling!!!
Love it!!
: )))
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Thanks Midori! Oh you have a new profile pic; it’s green like your name…
Paul Compton

Wow wow oh my. How do you do it Mui-Ling??? You are one very patient and talented person : )
Kenny Gulley Jr.

ur incredibly patient
Gregory John O...

Amazing. How do you find the patience ??
cherokee

good grief..you must have amazing eyesight…:)
Mui-Ling Teh

Thank you to each one of you! Though I hope nobody gets the wrong idea that I have actually used an entire sheet of paper to fold over 2000 cranes :P. That day may come later; maybe… I don’t if I made 1000 cranes yet; haven’t kept count :P.
Karin Taylor

I just love the origami, the image and the title…
I was so excited when i saw this in my activities monitor Mui-ling….
the idea of folding paper cranes for peace
is such a lovely one….
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Thank you so much Karin! Certainly people who love the story of Sadako would enjoy this more.
linaji

Well how would it look in stages.. like how many photo’s do you think it would look like from start to finish.. step one…two ..so on.. in the tag line you put one word like crane and it will group everthing together.. then the photo on top will be one of your finished pieces.. so you have a group of photos about your work..any quesitons? BM me..xox
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Ah Lina, I just re-read this more carefully. I should have told you earlier, I already have a shortcut on my profile for my origami works. It includes my big origami too but it’s only 2 pgs right now and they are mostly miniatures.
frozenfa

oooooh, gosh… are you trying to make a thousand cranes? awesome, job, Mui-Ling!!! i think the shot’s pretty great already.. if it’s my finger, it’ll take up the whole shot. lolz!! XD
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Who knows maybe I have folded a thousand already :P No probably not; if I had good luck I wouldn’t have scraped my elbow yesterday __” Why oh why were we created feel pain ~~
Laura Redmond

absolutely amazing Mui-Ling :)
frozenfa

oh dear.. is it bad? hope it’ll get well soon! Hugs~!!
oooO… if you’ve folded a thousand, pls pls do take a photo of all of them together? =D
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Just a small spot so it isn’t bad; though it looks ugly.
Peter Zentjens

This reminds me of a little girl in Hiroshima who got cancer from the bomb and was convinced that if she made enough cranes, she would get better. She made hundreds, thousands, the more she made, the smaller they became and some of those are still at display in the Hiroshima museum.

Unfortunately she did not get better and died. But she did become a symbol of Hiroshima and her making of cranes is continued by school kids throughout Japan and so you will find her statue in Hiroshima surrounded by thousands and thousands of cranes.

I have great respect for your origami skills.
Mui-Ling Teh replied

That little girl was Sadako Sasaki, I love her story.
linaji

thank U!!
midzing

beautiful,,,, well done
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Thank you very much for the comment and the fav!
Lorraine Creagh

I love little things…and this is soooooo little.
Joanne Bradley

Your work is so amazing And your patience and dedication to origami is remarkable! Bravo!
Lenka

Wow, incredible! Such a lovely miniature work! Good luck with it :)
blackjack

Might be fun for my pullip doll to hold! Do you sell these? I bet there’s a big market in the miniature community!
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Thank you very much blackjack :D You think these are sellable? I was looking out for exhibition opportunities prior to going back to school (I’m on an exchange now), but I never heard back from anyone I applied to; I guess it wasn’t the kind of work they were looking for.
blackjack

Have you tried looking into Etsy? It’s a site for the crafting community. Fun to shop on there, and even more fun to sell stuff! I am on there under bkstowell. I don’t have much listed yet, but trying it to see how it goes!
blackjack

Look up Pullip dolls and check them out if you don’t know what I’m talking about- they are 1/6 scale dolls, so if you made anything about that size, you might be able to market them towards people who collect Pullips, Blythes, or other dolls!
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Wow thanks! I’m in the havoc of exams and deadlines at school now, but I’ll check it out later!
Mui-Ling Teh replied

I just looked at that site; I have to pay a fee for every item listed, and pay extra if that item is listed longer than 3 month, so I think I’ll pass. Especially now I don’t think I’ll have the time to market myself and hence would only be spending money instead of earning anything. Once I graduate I may pursue this more, then maybe it would be a better opportunity. Thanks for the suggestion anyways.
Equinspire

We were read the story of Sadako and her 1000 paper cranes when I was in primary school. Such a beautiful story, and this is such a beautiful tribute to it :)
Mui-Ling Teh replied

That story is definately an inspiration in my life. I have an origami horse too :-); though it’s not one of my minis. Thanks for your fav on this work and on my 3cm family swim and for adding me to your watchlist! I just had a busy week and saw your activity at a nice timing!
Karly Lussier

wow, this is original, that looked very tedious, but it paid off :)
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Thank you very much Karly for the kind comment and the fav!
MsLynn

I think you did a great job on this photo,I was drawn to it right away.
Colleen Farrell

Wonderful image, story and concept! Very compelling.
DesignsByDeb

Amazing!
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Thank you Deb, and thanks for the fav; I can see that you are really into macros :)
Barry W King

this is amazing, WOW !!!

what an incredibly gifted artist you are…

beautiful beautiful work
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Thank you very much Barry for the comment, fav and adding me to your watchlist!
Susan van Zyl

Congrats on being featured on the homepage wall art section (buy all art) here
retrocharm

This was always one of my favorite stories, Sadako still moves me to this day. You have done an amazing job with the this piece. A fantastic idea with a beautiful outcome, I love it!
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Thank you :). Yup the Sadako story is definately one of my favourite stories too; I’m glad you like it, thanks for the fav :D
coffeetea

beautiful bw photo about your art work! well done, Ling.
Melissa Ferrer

the photo and the origami are both impressive!
Tatiana R

This work is featured now, and how recognizable it is!
Carmen Cilliers

I have never seen anything like this – wow, amazing! You have the patience of a saint!
Cvail73

I used to make small origamis like that, i was using tobacco paper, I kept my smallest specimen, So I’m not mad, other people do it to? :))
Great work, for both origami and photo! :)
digitalpoetry

Incredable I don’t know what else to say that is really an interesting art.
oxcab

wow
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Thank you very much!
Elizarose

wow, that’s amazing….
Laurie Lou McKern

wow!
Chelsea Cooper

DELICATE
Dentanarts

Cool work and nimble fingers! Love it! o(~_O)o
Windcrest

one two three four…. nine done, 2019 more to go! Heehee nice work Mui-Ling!
Craig Watson

Your small work is staggering… well done!
Candy Matthews

Incredible!
Remine

Unique & intriguing – what a great combination. Well done.
red addiction

incredible!!!
osmanxDDD

Increible!
la paciencia se me va con uno de tamaño normal.
me gusta mucho!!
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Thnak you!
mikequigley

fantastic art making cranes mq
Liis

Wow, well this is amazing! And the text below is really lovely, either.
cdcantrell

sweet
Pilgrim

What a wonderful, divine waste of time – the only good use to which time can be put.
Gregory Gibson

way amazing…
talk about attention to detail!
Rosy Kueng

ON WINNING THE “CHALLENGE”!!!!! Amazing work on your origami…incredible! I have never seen such tiny ones…you’re a great artist!!!!
izzybeth

yes you are a great artist. I love the tribute to Sadako you have here. In Seattle there was a long running children’s play about the little heroine. And I read and reread the story often.
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Thank you very much. The Sadako story is certainly a favourite of mine and I’m so glad you enjoy this.
calves

Congratulations!!!:)
tinhearts

wow!!!!! unbelievable!
the patience you must have is marvelous ;)
xxx
DanaMS

So wonderful concept and work! So delicate.. but having power of wish…
Absolutely adorable and touching. I love it!
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Thank you very much!
nkbellani

Superb!
cougarfan
auntydakine

wow…that is amazing!
Mui-Ling Teh

Thank you very much, and thank you also for the fav on my 3cm family swim :)
JemmaMcInnes

This is FANTASTIC!!!
love it!
so unique
Amber Rose

i love this!
in my year 6 class my teacher told us about that story also :)
we then made 1000 together for a girls mum who was very very sick
Mui-Ling Teh replied

That is very sweet; did she getr better soon after that?
Amber Rose

umm well actually she’s still battling 6years on
Bruce Dickson

Wonderful
Dongedy

Amazing !
PPPhotoArt

wow so intricate and delicate, you have patience girl!!!!
Kelsey Henderson

My japanese exchange student once showed me how to make thesebeautiful, tiny tiny cranes! They are so fiddly, but together we made 1000, as a tribute to sadako! I enjoy makinkg four attatched to each other by their tails!
well done, your art has inspired me to get back to some origami!
evemunich

Fascinating! I´d like to read the book.
Annie J Lemay

Patience…..is a virtue, and I see you have alot of it. Amazing detail….wow!
ForestGirl

I remember that story …. I told my children about about Sadako as I made cranes for them .. I had them hanging from the ceiling of our lounge … these tiny ones are just amazing !!!
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Thank you very much ForestGirl. It’s always a pleasure to hear from people who love that story.
vampvamp

oh my, that is freakin’ amazing! next you’ll be doing art on rice! lol really amazing, well done! ;D
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Thanks. It’s funny you mention doing art on rice. When I first began doing this series, my mom suggested I try that. I want to try it, but I’ve just been occupied with too many things and I still have many more ideas to execute.
vampvamp

freaky when that happens isn’t it, when you get too many ideas & you can’t keep up! :) way to go! :D
Tracey Hampton

wow
Cee Neuner

I so adore your work!!!!
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Thank you so much Cee!
Tori Snow

Truly Amazing!
Mui-Ling Teh replied

Thank you again!
Louise Linossi...

you show a good heart and a clear eye, peace and good intention
AbbieWest

All of your artwork is incredible! You have so much talent! Thank you for sharing it!
Kimba Vetten

Congrats on your Top 10 placement!! from your hosts at No More Color
Kimba Vetten

Congrats you have been featured !
lckk

Wow… really amazing work, Congratulations.
artisandelimage

CONGRATULATIONS !
you a top 10 winner in the HOPE challenge in the Inspired Art group !!
my best, your host (francis).
franzi

Hi Mui-Ling, I really adore your work, I wanna try that too, lol, but I don’t think that I’ll succeed! sooooo wonderful and amazing!!! xxxx
Christine77

Congratulations on your top ten placing!
Cee Neuner 26 days ago

“Congratulations!!! You are a TOP TEN WINNER in the
Hobbies Other Than Photography challenge in Cee’s Fun Artsy Friends Group.

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DonDavisUK 26 days ago

Awesome! You need to have good eyesight for this kind of craft. Congratulations. Don.
Yool 25 days ago

Congratz on your well deserved top ten placing :))
Cee Neuner 19 days ago

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Please stop by the Message Tab to review feature comments. Thanks!
Your cohosts,
Cee and Chris
Mui-Ling Teh replied 19 days ago

Thank you Cee =D