The Paper Crane

10/17/2020

Working with Vermont Crafts Council with a grant from the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing.

11/16/2017

Wesleyan Potters Annual Sale

12/02/2016

Hi everyone!

I'm Bekah, daughter of Miya Cline, the mastermind behind The Paper Crane. I'm going to be making some new products in the near future which you'll be able to check out here on Facebook. You'll still be able to find all of the original products that Miya makes over on her website, thepapercraneorigami.com (they make really great presents for the holidays ;)).

Stay tuned!

12/08/2015

I have been selling my work to the Manzanar Historic Site for many years and recently received this wonderful email which I would like to share with people.

Hi Miya!
I am a huge fan of your beautiful origami work. I was just at the Manzanar Historic site this past weekend and purchased 4 of your crane mobiles from their gift shop.. I'm giving these all as Christmas gifts to my family this year.
Thank you so much! Please know, your origami art really brings me great joy and I know it will to my family too.
With a grateful heart,
Michelle (Muto) Warth
ps ~ I was visiting Manzanar this past weekend because my great-grandfather (Kiichuro Muto) and grandfather (Tak Muto) both helped create Merritt Park there at Manzanar, during their incarceration, and my family was given a very special tour by the National Park Rangers and Chief Archeologist of the grounds and the restoration project they are doing right now to bring back the gardens, built by not only my family members and other incarcerated Japanese Americans too, they are trying to restore the gardens to life again for the general public to see. It was quite a moving, emotional experience. I was able to also see the barrack sites where my family lived and a stone pond and stone statue my great-grandfather created in front of his barrack. All of the people who work at the Manzanar site are so very warm and knowledgeable and generous, they made us feel so cared for during our visit. And I'm just grateful that people like this are caring for such a significant place and ensuring generations to come can learn from the tragic mistake made so long ago, so hopefully the same mistake never repeats itself again. I don't have my grandparents here anymore, they passed away in 2001 and 2013, but I know they'd be very glad that people are visiting Manzanar and coming away from it with a much deeper understanding of what happened. And your gifts in their gift shop are a very beautiful addition and bring peace and joy, which is really needed at such a heavy, emotional place. So thank you for giving something uplifting and cheerful for us to pass onto others and keep as a reminder of the delicate nature of life

12/08/2015

Here's the link to Manzanar Historic Site and if you're ever in the area I hope you'll be able to visit.

http://www.nps.gov/manz/index.htm

07/13/2015

So our wonderful origami group at the Jeudevine library in Hardwick VT finally got our 1,000 cranes folded and sent off to Hiroshima Japan today for the commemoration ceremony on August 6th. Good job everyone and keep on folding!

07/07/2015

Finally changes have been made to my website. Lots of new papers and new ornaments. My son Logan took the pictures and daughter Bekah helped me to figure out how to add them to the site. Ah family......you two are great, and many thanks....

01/12/2013

"Miya creates beautiful, graceful pieces of art. What's more is she demonstrates kindness and caring in the process. I was in need of a birthday gift for a young girl who had just lost her father in an accident. The peaceful tranquility of the crane mobile was just the right thing. Miya went out of her way to answer my questions, make the mobile and ship it to me so that it would arrive in time, no small feat given I had only a few days. I am so happy to be able to give this gift and it would not have been possible without her extraordinary efforts and talent." -Kathy Bennett, Bellevue, ID

11/13/2012

Folding my fingers to the bone again, getting ready for the Vermont Hand Crafters Annual craft fair in Burlington this coming weekend November 16-18th. Hope to see you there! www.vermonthandcrafters.com

The mission of the Vermont Hand Crafters is to inspire, nurture and promote the creative community of fine crafts and arts in Vermont.

05/22/2012

I'll be teaching a free origami class at the Market in Hardwick VT, which starts at 3:00 and goes until 6:30 on June 8th. I'll bring a whole bunch of paper some tables and a few chairs. If you're interested in coming please bring a chair if you can and learn some origami folds, it should be fun.

05/22/2012

Farmer's market started last Sunday, and boy what a beautiful day it was! We'll be continuing every Sunday 10:30- 3:00 until Mid-October, hope to see some of you there.