Born from the Hand

Born from the Hand by Mui-Ling Teh

Born from the Hand

I used tweezers to create the last few folds. I can’t remember how big the paper was, though the wing is 7mm long.

So basically I present the creator and the creation where the crane is framed by my fingers forming a circle. We can only understand size, fragility and significance when we compare two things. When we think, for example, how big the world is, we’re like tiny little specks of sand, or even atoms, to the eyes of a God holding the earth in his palm.

I did not make this crane and take the picture with the description in my mind; but created it by instinct. It wasn’t easy drawing out my words initially. However many viewers have left very inspiring comments about my work, and for that I am grateful. Thank you.

Born from Fingers

Born from the Pinky

Bloomed from Fingers

The Key to Peace

Sailing Along The Lifeline

Little White Peaocock in a Field of Color

Born from the Hand belongs to the following groups:

All Things Poetic, Prose, Philosophical., Amateur Photographers' Association, Art Appreciation, Art in Math, As Is, Black and White Photography, Cards - Best of the Best, Cutest of the Cute, Hands, Japanfluence, Live, Love, Dream, Macro Untouched, Masterpiece: Photography, Object Studies & Concepts, Silhouettes , Simply White, Spiritual Art, Still Life Photography, Stillness Speaks, Textures and Materials, The Birds and The Sculptinators
  • Karin  Taylor

    Karin Taylor, about 1 month ago

    this is wonderful :)
    i have a painting of sadako i did (in my bubble) called “Sadako’s Wish”
    which was inspired by her story…this crane is a reminder to me of her story
    thank you :)

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Karin Taylor’s comment, about 1 month ago

    I love that story! In fact my interest in origami grew because of that. My grade 5 teacher read that to our class and that is when I began making small sized cranes, and many other things. Thanks for the comment; I’ll take a look at your painting :)

  • Lys .

    Lys ., about 1 month ago

    this speaks volumes! the little white crane is so sharp and vulnerable in comparison to the smooth, powerful hand. such beauty and grace in a spectacular combination of black and white, the creator and the creation…just gorgeous.

  • mieclarke

    mieclarke, about 1 month ago

    wow Mui this is a very creative work…beautiful capture!!

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Lys .’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thank you for the insightful comment Lys; and in such beautiful words too :)

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to mieclarke’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thanks Mie. It was actually very difficult to get a decent shot of this. Usually it came out blurry because I had a hard time keeping my hand still, and sometimes the crane fell off my hand as I snapped the picture.

  • Jim Phillips

    Jim Phillips, about 1 month ago

    Amazing!

  • Gaurav Dhup

    Gaurav Dhup, about 1 month ago

    wow! just wow!

  • RosaCobos

    RosaCobos, about 1 month ago

    I Would add…
    “To see a World in a grain of Sand.
    A Heaven in a flower.
    See Infinity in the palm of your Hand
    And Eternity in a Hour.”
    (william Balke)
    Cannot say more..
    Spirituality is i the little and simple things.
    Rosa (bautiful work and picture)

  • Dawnsky2

    Dawnsky2, about 1 month ago

    Oh blimey thats tiny, you are great work with your fingers Mui, lovely shot of it too , love the grey tone :)

  • AnaBanana

    AnaBanana, about 1 month ago

    Oh wuauuuu this is so cute and great!

  • Matt83artist

    Matt83artist, about 1 month ago

    Cool! I wish I could do that, your very talented!

  • Plukie

    Plukie, about 1 month ago

    Oh that is very special. I love it and to think that you MADE it…......wow!!!

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Jim Phillips’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thank you Jim Phillips!

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Gaurav Dhup’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thanks Gaurav!

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to RosaCobos’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Wow you sure like poetry, you have a lot with your artwork :) Thanks for the comment. I could’ve added more in my description, but I was already pretty sure many people could draw different ideas out of this.

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Dawnsky2’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thanks Dawnsky2. Times like these I’m glad my hands are small.l

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to AnaBanana’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thanks AnaBanana!

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Matt83artist’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thanks Matt, I couldn’t have done it without the tweezers ;)

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Plukie’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thank you very much Plukie! Actually the bigger challenge was taking the picture :P

  • Jacqueline Baker

    Jacqueline Baker, about 1 month ago

    Oh you clever thing….multi-gifted!

  • Carlos Teófilo

    Carlos Teófilo, about 1 month ago

    Fantastic adorable Mui.

  • Lam Tran

    Lam Tran, about 1 month ago

    Stunning my friend, surprise me, because I make those at work with kids every week. Hope it brings you good lucks and prosperity! Well framing and great lighting and tone.

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Jacqueline Baker’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thank you Jacqueline; how sweet :)

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Carlos Teófilo’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thank you Carlos

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Lam Tran’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thanks my friend; I used to do this with kids too. In high school it was manditory to complete 40hrs of community service in order to graduate, so for some of those hours I assisted a kindergarten teacher back in my elementary school after I finished my exams. On one of those days I did origami with the kids.

  • Heidi Powers

    Heidi Powers, about 1 month ago

    AMAZING!!!! I can’t even make one when it’s normal size… lol

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Heidi Powers’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thank you Heidi :)

  • Ellen

    Ellen, about 1 month ago

    Very beautiful!

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Ellen’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thank you Ellen!

  • Jeff  Burns

    Jeff Burns, about 1 month ago

    Beautifully done

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Jeff Burns’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thank you Jeff :)

  • jdmphotography

    jdmphotography, about 1 month ago

    Superb work from you here well done love it ! (-:

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to jdmphotography’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thanks my friend!

  • jacqi

    jacqi, about 1 month ago

    How very delicate that is! It has reminded me of some Japanese girls who stayed for B&B with me years ago and they made these little cranes (nothing like as small and pretty as yours though) as a gift for me. Thank you for bringing back that memory.

  • Tiamaria

    Tiamaria, about 1 month ago

    Amazing!! Well done!

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to jacqi’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Awww that’s so sweet; thanks for sharing, and thank you for the comment.

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Tiamaria’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thank you :)

  • Neil Johnson

    Neil Johnson, about 1 month ago

    Your hand looks huge…That Looks pretty incredible…Well done!

  • Marny Barnes

    Marny Barnes, about 1 month ago

    OMG…now I have seen tiny art…but this takes the whole cake…exquisitely beautiful. Precious work and photography!!

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Neil Johnson’s comment, about 1 month ago

    lol, my hand is actually pretty small compared to other people around my age.Thanks for the comment.

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Marny Barnes’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Looks like I’ve surprised you ;) Thanks for the comment and the favouriting!

  • Marny Barnes

    Marny Barnes, about 1 month ago

    Surprised me?? Only in the way that I can’t beleive you folded something so tiny…as for your eye for beauty..nope…not a hope that I was surprised. Just look at the detail in your drawings!

  • aspectsoftmk

    aspectsoftmk, about 1 month ago

    the origami is a great peace of art..and the photo fantastic..i like the set up.

  • RLHall

    RLHall, about 1 month ago

    How wonderful, amazing origami and photo is beautiful as well!

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva, about 1 month ago

    How delicate. Great image!

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to aspectsoftmk’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thank you. I don’t have a photostudio so I had to make the set-up myself. I took a black blazer and layed it over a box; that was my backdrop.

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to RLHall’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thank you RLHall.

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Mar Silva’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thank you Mar, very much appreciate it.

  • Geoffrey Wicking

    Geoffrey Wicking, about 1 month ago

    Crane-Tastic. Love the pic. That crane looks like a challenge to me.

  • Gail Bridger

    Gail Bridger, about 1 month ago

    You are a very talented girl, you keep surprising me. Very nicely done, Mui-Ling. Keep up the great work. I can see you with your own gallery in the future.

  • Sky Fox FPP

    Sky Fox FPP, about 1 month ago

    Very well-done!

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Geoffrey Wicking’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thank you :) I have made a new friend for it.

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Gail Bridger’s comment, about 1 month ago

    we’ll see, if I have the time; who knows whether I’ll end up as an architectect, a graphic artist, or a fine artist. I maybe studying architecture; but that does not necessarily guarantee I’ll end up living as one; I have so many things I want to do!

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh, about 1 month ago

    Thank you redbubblers for all the comments and favouriting on “Born from the hand”. Despite being only posted two days ago, this work has received the most views and favouritings and comments among my work. Seeing how popular this has become, I have produced another origami piece. Check it out!

  • mingtees

    mingtees, about 1 month ago

    this is amazing! Both the origami and the photo.

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to mingtees’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Nice to see you here mingtees, thank you :)

  • SNAPPYDAVE

    SNAPPYDAVE, about 1 month ago

    cool

  • Sean Farragher

    Sean Farragher, about 1 month ago

    that is totally amazing work,great shot

  • purelydecorative

    purelydecorative, 29 days ago

    Wonderful! I think it’s all been said above but this really is a delightful image- you’re very clever!

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to purelydecorative’s comment, 29 days ago

    Thank you! This appears to be my most popular piece of work. I’m glad you like it.

  • Ryan Houston

    Ryan Houston, 29 days ago

    Very cool…I used to make origami cranes that were connected at the wings, or at the beak…it was fun stuff…

  • greenfrog153

    greenfrog153, 29 days ago

    This one’s my favourite.

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Ryan Houston’s comment, 29 days ago

    They do make nice decoration that way! Thanks for the comment!

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to greenfrog153’s comment, 29 days ago

    Thanks again!

  • carol brandt

    carol brandt, 27 days ago

    Awwwwww so cute! And a great shot to show off the tiny form of the origami crane. He looks so damn cute. Well done :)

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to carol brandt’s comment, 26 days ago

    Thank you. I hope you also like flowers because I’m folding one now ;).

  • kcranmer

    kcranmer, 25 days ago

    I was going to ask you if you used tweezers, wow amazing!

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to kcranmer’s comment, 25 days ago

    Since last night I’ve gotten many comments with the “t” word. It’s stuck in my head now; lol.

  • Carolyn Bishop

    Carolyn Bishop, 25 days ago

    Your mini origami is awesome! I cannot believe you can fold paper into something so beautiful and so small! And your presentation framed by your hand is also wonderful! You are absolutely amazing!

  • Tony  Ryan

    Tony Ryan, 25 days ago

    Perspective is an amazingly powerful tool. If we withdraw from some of our most overwhelming feelings and look as a distant observer some of the hardest confusions seem to become easy to understand.

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Carolyn Bishop’s comment, 25 days ago

    Thank you for the lovely comment Carolyn! You have very lovely work too!

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Tony Ryan’s comment, 25 days ago

    Thank you for the insightful comment Tony. Perspective certainly is an amazingly powerful tool. It is also very amazing how much relativeness changes. We’re so small compared to the earth, but meanwhile many atoms can sit on the tip of a needle which we hold in our fingers.

  • Andromedae

    Andromedae, 23 days ago

    I love this very much, actually more than other photos, even though they are excellent too. This one tells a story, your hand looks like a little gate, an entry to a different world, it’s just great! I wonder though, if it needs a bit more black around it, like on the other photos in the series. Great patience, you need it with your studies!

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Andromedae’s comment, 23 days ago

    Thanks Andromedae. I dunno if you’ve read through the other comments, but I had a much more difficult time taking the photo than making the little crane. I get comments from others praising the size of my origami, and several are good photographers, and I’m thinking “I may know how to fold tiny but you guys can take good pictures”. Well I’m mostly posting up my origami pieces for the sake of showing my folding skills rather than my photography skills.

  • ed wong

    ed wong, 22 days ago

    cool~

  • Andromedae

    Andromedae, 22 days ago

    I know you did a great job! I am not a great photographer, I was just saying, it’s wonderful black and white photo and in MY ONLY opinion, it would have even more impact if it had a bit more black around your hand , like in “bloomed from fingers” for example. You can experiment, that all! Cheers!

  • Matthew Reed

    Matthew Reed, 22 days ago

    What an awesome image. I love it!

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Matthew Reed’s comment, 21 days ago

    Thank you :)

  • amarica

    amarica, 21 days ago

    You are so talented Mui-Ling

  • Antanas

    Antanas, 21 days ago

    beautiful capture

  • gemlenz

    gemlenz, 20 days ago

    nice piece

  • cherylc1

    cherylc1, 13 days ago

    WOW incredible

  • Nasif Hussain

    Nasif Hussain, 12 days ago

    wow… thats amazing… love the crane and love the capture….

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Nasif Hussain’s comment, 12 days ago

    Thank you very much Nasif Hussain!

  • Keeli

    Keeli, 10 days ago

    Simply amazing!

  • coffeetea

    coffeetea, 9 days ago

    great shot! great soft lighting.

  • Timothy Wong

    Timothy Wong, 8 days ago

    Great framing and size! ..the size of ya cranes inforces the notion of how fragile humans are. Aren’t we so powerless in such a big cruel world.
    Same as Karin I too have a series of graphic works about Sadako (in my bubble)- Sadako and the 1000 Cranes.

  • coppertrees

    coppertrees, 7 days ago

    Fantastic,simply fantastic

  • Cynthia Adams

    Cynthia Adams, 5 days ago

    I must admit that your work is very beautiful and intricate…the patience you show is awesome..So delicate and perfect…Love this.x

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Cynthia Adams’s comment, 5 days ago

    Thank you :)

  • Jo Hoden

    Jo Hoden, 3 days ago

    Fantastic,love it

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Jo Hoden’s comment, 2 days ago

    Thank you Jo!

  • Rickyd

    Rickyd, 2 days ago

    Wow thats awesome :)

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Rickyd’s comment, 2 days ago

    Thank you :)

  • Amandalynn Jones

    Amandalynn Jones, 2 days ago

    that little crane is impossibly small – well done!

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Amandalynn Jones’s comment, 2 days ago

    Thank you for the lovely comment =D

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