{"id":3078,"date":"2025-03-09T20:48:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T00:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/?page_id=3078"},"modified":"2025-03-09T20:48:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T00:48:28","slug":"origami-birds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/origami-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"origami birds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve made thousands and thousands of cranes over the years and they are in the top three of my favorite things to make.  There&#8217;s some magic in going from a sheet of a paper to a recognizable bird with flapping wings.  I&#8217;ve made a few other types of birds as well &#8211; mostly for commissions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/loons2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"492\" data-id=\"3077\" src=\"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/loons2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/loons2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/loons2-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/loons2-768x378.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/loons2-900x443.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Loons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/loons1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"445\" data-id=\"3076\" src=\"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/loons1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/loons1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/loons1-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/loons1-768x342.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/loons1-900x401.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Loons, painted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/flamingoSolo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"3075\" src=\"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/flamingoSolo-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/flamingoSolo-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/flamingoSolo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/flamingoSolo-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/flamingoSolo-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/flamingoSolo.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Flamingo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/flamingoGroup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"3074\" src=\"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/flamingoGroup-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/flamingoGroup-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/flamingoGroup-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/flamingoGroup-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/flamingoGroup-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/flamingoGroup.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">a &#8220;flamboyance&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/craneAquarium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"294\" src=\"http:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/craneAquarium.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/craneAquarium.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/craneAquarium-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A ten gallon tank of small cranes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Since I&#8217;ve made so many cranes, I&#8217;ve experimented with materials and sizes. 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There&#8217;s some magic in going from a sheet of a paper to a recognizable bird with flapping wings. I&#8217;ve made a few other types of birds as well &#8211; mostly for commissions. 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