Hans Dybkjær
Site: papirfoldning.dk
Society: foldning.dk
> Den 20. mar. 2017 kl. 07.33 skrev Hatori, Koshiro <orig...@ousaan.com>:
>
> Dear Miranda, jassu and all,
>
>>> On the Facebook page of the Origami Therapy Association is a message saying
>>> that there's a difference between a Japanese crane and a Korean one.
>
>> I'm Korean and I also have no idea about the different of origami crane
>> between Japanese and Korean.
>
> It is curious. I am Japanese and I do hear about "Korean-style" crane.
> I googled somewhat and found an instruction video on YouTube:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4BlI8IYkDc
> I have always wondered if it really originated in Korea, and now my
> suspicion gets a bit stronger.
The distinctive feature of the crane in this video is that the narrowing is
made via parallel folds in the body rather than corner folds of the head and
tail.
I know this technique as a "parallel crane",
http://papirfoldning.dk/da/ugensfold/2010-07.html (sorry about the Danish only
text) which is a design by Simon Andersen, Denmark. Compared to the video, the
tail of Simon's parallel crane is folded differently, in a quite striking way.
Folding instructions by me, 2010, here:
http://papirfoldning.dk/da/diagrammer/trane02.html
Simon wrote an essay about the difference between Japanese and Western origami,
using his parallel crane as an example:
http://papirfoldning.dk/en/simons/simonsiger_2010-07.html
As folding the parallel narrowing is pretty simple, it is quite likely that
this technique has appeared independently in different parts of the world. I
like, however, Simon's philosophical take and his asymmetric treatment of head
and tail.
Regards,
Hans
Hans Dybkjær
Site: papirfoldning.dk
Society: foldning.dk
