Students have made ‘Peace cranes’ as part of an art exhibition to go on display at Prince Bishops Place, Durham. The event ran by the MFL department was a resounding success with many fascinating and moving origami pieces created.
Students made many cranes and each one was adorned with a message of peace or hope written on its wings.
Why paper cranes?
In 1955, Sadako Sasaki, a twelve year old Japanese girl died of the effects of radiation caused by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. During her illness, she set herself a target of creating 1000 paper origami cranes; which have become known as a symbol of peace.