On Jun 13, 2013, at 8:46 PM, Alex Dresdner wrote: > In the Peace Garden in southwest Minneapolis, there is a featured sculpture > called "Spirit of Peace". It shows the steps to folding a peace crane. On the > stones around it there are instructions engraved in the stone on how to fold > a crane.
Dear All, I was on the committee that raised the funds for this sculpture as well as a Japanese bridge at the garden designed by Kinji Akagawa and Jerry Allan. The sculpture was designed by Caprice Glaser. It's name is The Spirit of Peace. It was dedicated in a ceremony on Remember Sadako Day, October 25, 2006. Some of you may remember that I asked for donations of cranes for the ceremony on the Origami List, and I did receive cranes from around the world. Notable were around 2,000 sent to me by Mark Bolitho. These had been on display at St. Paul's Cathedral in London, and after our ceremony went to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial park in Japan. I strung the rest of the cranes and attached streamers printed with their origin. Afterwards, I gave a string to each class at which i was a visiting artist. You can see photos of the sculpture here. They show the paper cranes, the sculpture under construction and in situ and some scenes from the dedication. http://www.flickr.com/photos/janeorigami/sets/72157594347941154/ Enjoy! Jane
