Embarking on a quest to make 1,000 cranes dedicated to a friend’s healing, Liz Soares finds calm and good vibes in the process. My path to creating 1,000 origami cranes began in an unlikely place: a ...

My children taught me how to fold origami cranes. They learned years ago from a Japanese babysitter named Jiro Hatano, who happened to be one of the smartest, kindest and most gentle people I’ve ever ...

Birds are wonderful creatures. They have grace and elegance and the freedom to fly anywhere. And then there is origami, the skill of folding paper into something beautiful, an art that originated in ...

It was never supposed to go this far. Arlene Elizabeth, an artist living in Oakland, figured she'd fold 1,000 origami cranes -- an international symbol of peace -- and bring them, along with those she ...