Origami Display at the Library

Over the past eight years, Jesse Jones, who lives in East Rochester, Ohio, has made several thousand origami cranes from wrapping paper that he receives on presents at Christmas and on birthdays. He also purchases origami paper when he can afford it.
	The origami began when his wife attended Grandma’s Day at the school of her fifth grade granddaughter. Mrs. Jones came home with a “magic star” which her husband took apart and remade. She then purchased an origami book for him and he has been making origami ever since.
He read the story of Sadako and began making cranes. The history of the cranes began with the 17th century emperor of Japan who caught cranes and tied messages around their legs to honor the war dead after a battle.
	Men make 1000 cranes to give their own true love.

This page last updated November 21, 2003