Unique
Add-on piece for ORIGAMI IN THE GARDEN traveling exhibition
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Up to one year to produce
This hand-painted origami sculpture of a standing crane celebrates the graphic patterns found on origami paper. On one side of Botanical Peace is a flowering habitat in which a caterpillar, chrysalis and butterflies are hiding. On the other side, olives and branches provide songbirds with shelter and food. Box likes the term mutualism, which refers to the way that members of different species assist each other in nature, whether they know it or not. Birds benefit from plants by eating fruits and berries. In turn, plants benefit from birds that fly far from the original tree or bush, dispersing seeds for further propagation. And so it goes, in a beautiful, life-sustaining cycle. “Sometimes you have to walk around my work to discover all it has to offer,” Box says. “This piece tells many stories about the harmony I see in the natural world.”
