Origami Crane Mobiles

As chair of my church’s Arts Committee we taught everyone in my church to fold origami cranes to create a mobile for a special liturgical season of peace and justice. The finished piece was circular and hung down 11 feet in the front of our church. A friend of mine suggested the strings of cranes would make a good visual for a stole. I combined simplified line drawings from the folding instructions and a couple of new angles to find a collection of silhouettes that could be arranged to create the kind of randomness I was seeking. It has become a very popular and adaptable design and works equally well for stoles, vestments, and paraments.