Big Oritsuru

An ancient Japanese legend says that those who manage to fold a thousand paper cranes, using the technique of origami, you'll see the fulfillment of wishes and prayers in his heart. The crane is traditionally an animal with the concept of long life and dedication.
The myth of a thousand cranes is also connected to one of the most touching episodes in the history of postwar Japan, the story of Sadako.
All these suggestions have been incorporated into large installation entitled Big Oritsuru.
In view of the artist, not one thousand cranes, but a thousand times large crane carrying an indelible mark on the beak, the blood of the artist, and takes on a deeply sacred.
This work has clear aspects of cultural hybridization, the reference to Shinto myth Crane merges with this idea in Christian doctrine, but derived from an anthropological tradition common to all of mankind, that the blood is as effective as sacrificial gift .
The crane, bringing about tangible sign the bill and the physical presence of the artist, his gift becomes the agent to reach the deity.