12,000 paper cranes.

Whilst waiting for the first of my army of dinosaurs to dry I've been distracted by making paper cranes. My uncle bought me a book on origami when I was little and I've been having a go on and off ever since.

I've found it's a brilliant way of entertaining small children on buses. It worked well with my two when they were younger but they're not so impressed with all things paper now.

A friend told me that Sweden and Denmark people knit, sew and do all sorts on public transport, including buses. I think about that when I'm make paper cranes in and amongst all of the other people reading books and on their phones. When I make a 1,000 I turn them into a picture and once I have 12 pictures I plan on Photoshopping them all into one picture. It's another long term goal for Paper Reloved. The dragon is one of the pictures I've finished already. It's been difficult thinking up things you can make with paper cranes. I keep working out more ideas and then finding out that it's already been done!

Every time I do a new project  I research a lot around that. I've been learning a lot about eastern culture and symbology.