About the project

Everyone can fold paper crane; it is small and takes only a few minute of their time…but we collected more than three thousand of them! Can you imagine how beautiful and powerful decoration will be on the Children’s hospital walls with 3000 paper cranes together? We are sure it will brighten up the hospital wall.

Visit the origami art exhibition at level 1 Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick. 22 Sept - 25 Nov 2011

Thank you for posted your love in the shape of paper cranes.

Friday, May 20, 2011


(Photo : Mayu Kataoka)

“Fold with Love – 1000 paper cranes” is a project based on the Japanese legend of 1000 paper cranes. A team of Sydney-based Japanese artists, Mayu Kataoka and Midori Furze are collecting one thousand paper cranes from one thousand people to decorate the hospital walls at Sydney Children’s Hospital.

The project is this year’s Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation art program, in partnership with the Sydney Children’s Hospital School.

Each person fold only one paper crane; it is small and takes only a few minute of their time…but we will collect one thousand of them! Can you imagine how beautiful and powerful decoration will be on the Children’s hospital walls with 1000 paper cranes together? We are sure it will brighten up the hospital wall.

You can take part on this project by folding a paper crane.


“愛を込めて折るー希望の千羽鶴”はシドニー在住の日本人アーチスト、片岡まゆとファーズみどりが中心となってたくさんの方々のご協力をいただきながら進めています。

このプロジェクトはSydney Children’s Hospital Foundation と Sydney Children’s hospital Schoolの今年のアートプロジェクトです。

一人一人は折り鶴を一羽おるだけですが、千羽集まった所を想像してみてください。たくさんの色とりどりの折り鶴で壁を飾ったら病院を訪れている方々の心が和み楽しくなるのではないでしょうか。しかも折り鶴には特別の意味があります。広島の少女“さだこ”の物語はこちらではよく知られています。日本人ならたいてい折ることができる折り鶴がこちらではまだ珍しく、日本の伝統文化を広めることができると同時に日本人がシドニーの病気の子供たちに何かしてあげることができるのではと思いました。



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