Born from Fingers

Mar Silva, 4 months ago

Delicate. Great work. What patience!

Paul Scarsella, 4 months ago

OMG that is amazing!

salsbells69, 4 months ago

Astounding talent and patience you have. Great skill to add. Love the perspective of this image showing the size. Well done~!

Jan Piller, 4 months ago

Wow!!! they both so teeny!!! Amazing job! and a great photo too!

Jan Piller, 4 months ago

I just showed these to my husband who knows how to make these and he’s totally blown away too!

edlogsdon, 4 months ago

amazing work. nice presentation.

Gail Bridger, 4 months ago

Patience is a virtue, and you got lots. Amazing Mui-Ling Teh. You never cease to amaze. Love your work.

Lam Tran, 4 months ago

Excellent my friend, Great patience and amazing skill, well done. Great capture too, you can make it into a wonderful series.

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Mar Silva’s comment, 4 months ago

Thanks Mar. It required much more patiance to take the photo than the crane; believe or not; the photography was so annoying it makes the crane folding look easy; particularly because I was both the hand model and photographer!

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to salsbells69’s comment, 4 months ago

Thank you. It certainly would have been a lot easier to just show the two cranes alone, but I wanted to give a sense of scale to the work because that was what made it unique. It was difficult to keep both hands still (one holding the cranes, the other holding the camera).

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Jan Piller’s comment, 4 months ago

Thank you Jan Piller. I’m delighted that you have shared my work with others; many thanks!

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to edlogsdon’s comment, 4 months ago

Thank you my friend:)

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Gail Bridger’s comment, 4 months ago

oh yeah, I needed a great deal of patience with this one; the little one especially was difficult to deal with; he got blown away by my breath a few times while I was trying to take the shot.

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Lam Tran’s comment, 4 months ago

Bright minds think alike my friend ;) I was planning on doing that! Stay tuned…

mieclarke, 4 months ago

Amazing work Mui-Ling!! great patience….beautiful capture!

Karin Taylor, 4 months ago

...your patience must be indestructible!!!
....i truly love this idea, so wonderful :)

CassieGannon, 4 months ago

Wow, that’s amazing!!! Excellent work

thickblackoutline, 4 months ago

stunning work!

sekodesigns, 4 months ago

WOW did you make them, That is so cool Mui-Ling.

NadiaTurner, 4 months ago

Wow! That is amazing! Sooo beautiful!

Dawnsky2, 4 months ago

wow thats dinky,, beautifully delicate :) lovely shot too

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Karin Taylor’s comment, 4 months ago

Thank you Karin; it’s coming back to me. I’m thinking of doing more mini origami and other folding experiments in the future!

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to thickblackoutline’s comment, 4 months ago

Thank you!

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to sekodesigns’s comment, 4 months ago

Thank you. Yes I did make them.

frozenfa, 4 months ago

Whoah!! awesome origami!! and nice shot too.. well done! =D

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to frozenfa’s comment, 4 months ago

Thanks!

Colin Tobin, 4 months ago

WOW!
It takes incredible talent and patience to make such a small crane. Really nice shot as well.

cherylc1, 3 months ago

incredible

Quigi, 3 months ago

wow…I mean really…wow….simply outstanding!

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Quigi’s comment, 3 months ago

Thank you Quigi. I wish I had a steadier hand though; if you look through the comments, you can see that taking the picture was harder than folding the cranes.

David Sandercoe, 3 months ago

Wow, this is so amazing…..!! Mui-Ling you do great work.

Kurt Tutschek, 3 months ago

now that’s really incredible – must have taken a lot of patience.

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Kurt Tutschek’s comment, 3 months ago

Thank you. It was actually setting up for the photographing and taking the photo that required more patience :P. Making the crane was actually easy compared to that. The more shots I attempted mean the more I had to touch my cranes; hence their edges were getting fuzzier; so I knew I could not try too many times. Sometimes I had them in perfect position, and then I’d blow it – literally (they would be blown away by my breath since they are so light)

Hidemi Tada, 3 months ago

How did you learn how to make this paper bird? it is difficult to make such a small on even for us japanese. you are great and your photo is so beautiful.

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Hidemi Tada’s comment, 3 months ago

Thank you for the lovely comment; you have some very lovely work too.

Watashi hanbun nihonjin desu. Chisana origami hajimeta toki watashi 5nensei datta desu. Sensei watashi no class ni Sadako no hanashi yonda kara, watashi origami motto mezashitakatta desu.

Hidemi Tada, 3 months ago

wow, you are half japanese. I am happy to hear that. because we can share some feeling as mutual. kongo tomo yoroshiku onegai shimasu. kotirakara mo asobini kimasu.

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Hidemi Tada’s comment, 3 months ago

Kochirakoso yorokondeimasu. Canada he nihonjin mezurashii kara, hoko no nihonjin au to nanka ureshiku narimasu. Watashi no nihongo kanpeki jyanai desu kedo yoroshiku onegai shimasu.

Marny Barnes, 3 months ago

How frustrating it must have been…I have little patience for macros…lol. They frustarte me…so all the more respect for your talent and capture.

Stuart Chapman, 3 months ago

I’m trying to establish what is more impressive, the shot or the origami. Both are very impressive indeed. The clarity and softness of the shot works very well.

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Stuart Chapman’s comment, 3 months ago

Thank you very much Stuart!

Helena Nelson-..., 3 months ago

Oh my goodness, these are the most precious, diminutive origami cranes Ive seen! The images are outstanding.

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Helena Nelson-Reed’s comment, 3 months ago

Thanks for the lovely comment :)

Steven Sandner, 3 months ago

Lovely shot, great framing! absolutely love the details!!!

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Steven Sandner’s comment, 3 months ago

Thank you!

Leena Hedman, 3 months ago

Amazing!!

Beth Lambert, 3 months ago

fantastic! I love those things, my cousin makes them as well, and I have dozens, here and there around my house :)

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Beth Lambert’s comment, 3 months ago

That’s wonderful. I have to keep mine safely stored in containers otherwise who knows what my dad will do to them :P. The tiny ones I made here right now are kept in a Kinder Surprise container. Thanks for stopping by :)

kimbaross, 3 months ago

Intriguiging, lovely art.

Joanne Bradley, 3 months ago

Wow! Now that is impressive! Such patience and talent!

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Joanne Bradley’s comment, 3 months ago

Thanks! It’s a rediscovered passion of mine. I had a big origami craze in grade 5, and I had begun folding small then; though not as small as these. In stopped for a while, but now it’s back and I hope to create more origami in small sizes!

Nancy Polanski, 3 months ago

I’m so glad to have found you. I love this talent of yours. A friend gave me an Origami reindeer made out of a dollar bill. I have it sitting on my desk. I know he will be excited to see what awesome work you do.

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Nancy Polanski’s comment, 3 months ago

Thank you for your lovely comments Nancy; it’s so nice to meet you. You have very lovely photos of florals and nature in your portfolio. I look forward to seeing more of your work :)

Judi Taylor, 3 months ago

Amazing .. I have seen this done but I have never done it. I love this shot.

Paul Gana, 3 months ago

wow, very nice

jerry alcantara, 2 months ago

wonderful work

Caren Schwartz, 2 months ago

Whoa!!! I’ve never seen Origami this small before. Very cool and a great photo too.

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Caren Schwartz’s comment, 2 months ago

Thanks. As you can see I also made a peacock in a gerbera. I also have another shot of the Gerbera which looked like there was ANOTHER little flower growing inside. I guess these flowers have an unusual growth; and now that I think about; seeing your siamese gerbera isn’t as surprising.

Trudi ~, 2 months ago

So delicate and sweet,beautiful

LavenderMoon, 2 months ago

Good heavens… I could never… unbelievable patience and skill combined..

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to LavenderMoon’s comment, 2 months ago

Kind of funny hearing “Good heavens” from someone with the moon in their profile name and picture. Thanks for the comment :)

LavenderMoon, 2 months ago

~ smile ~ I never thought of it that way…. good point!

But your skills are commendable…. and when you’re finished you can tell what they are! Mine would look like a wadded-up gum-wrapper… : (

paul romanowski, 2 months ago

AMAZING…...WELL DONE…..

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to LavenderMoon’s comment, 2 months ago

But you’ve got some very nice shots of the moon; mine never turn out good; to me the moon is such a difficult subject to shoot.

Speaking of wrappers, I do origami out of those too! It all began in grade 5 when our teacher read us “Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes”. I started doing a lot of origami from that time and even folded from candy wrappers because Sadako did the same. That was when I started to do mini origami, though it wasn’t til recently that I attempted to fold this tiny.

LavenderMoon, 2 months ago

Thank you for the marvelous comment about my shots of the moon. I’ve spent a lot of time on my roof, and lost a lot of sleep, but it’s been an adventure.

Keep doing what you do… it’s amazingly beautiful, Mui-Ling.

Austin Texas, 2 months ago

great and cool

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Austin Texas’s comment, 2 months ago

Thank you :D

Basia McAuley, 2 months ago

That is so incredibly amazing and your photography is also brilliant, well done.

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to Basia McAuley’s comment, 2 months ago

Thank you very much :)

solareclips, 2 months ago

Amazing work! You are very patient to do that kind of work!! ;-)

Rikki Pool, 2 months ago

OMG so talented. This is amainzg!

Bevsimages, 2 months ago

Sooooo tiny how clever are you…Great creativity & image also x ;)

Marc Evans IPA, 2 months ago

Fabulous work, end result is terrific.

Paul Gibbons, 2 months ago

Excellent work and the photograph is superb, very well done.

Lulybelle, 2 months ago

Amazing work!

aroha, 2 months ago

wow that is incredible! you must have the patience of a saint!

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to aroha’s comment, 2 months ago

Not to that level :P Especially for something involving a deadline! Though this wasn’t the case here. Thanks for the lovely comment :)

Jim Marshal, 2 months ago

amazing!

coppertrees, 2 months ago

Bravo,wonderful galley

Mui-Ling Teh in reply to coppertrees’s comment, 2 months ago

Thank you :D

Antanas, 2 months ago

great composition

Jen Cannella, about 1 month ago

These are such tiny little works of art…Amazing job and wonderful shot!

frozenfa, about 1 month ago

Great shot, Mui-Ling!! tho it’s a lil blur, the b/w shade is just perfect!! lovely.. and the contrast, the difference between the lil cranes and your palm.. it’s beautiful!! =D

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

Thanks fa! This was sooooo hard to take! Although rather than explaining it over again, if you read through the comments; you’ll see why; lots to deal with.

georgiegirl, about 1 month ago

My son just loves doing origami… wait till he sees your incredible creations!!! He’ll be so gobsmacked!!!! Karin says you fold with needles and tweezers too. and the only thing I can think of is ‘Wow’ ;D

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

That’s right! For my last one, it has come down to folding like this:

georgiegirl, about 1 month ago

omg!! Wait till Zac gets home from school and sees this!!!!! I’d better get out the needles too so he can try it. You are so talented Mui-Ling! They are so amazing ;D