A Thousand Cranes draws on an ancient Japanese tradition: the belief that folding one thousand origami cranes grants everlasting love and good fortune. The work began as a gift for a first anniversary, when paper is symbolically offered to reflect the fragility of young marriage.

More than three hundred hand-folded cranes became part of a collective effort, each marked by subtle variations of fold and form. Together they gather into a labyrinth, transcribed from Roman antiquity and echoed in the floor of Chartres Cathedral. The labyrinth becomes metaphor: progress and stasis, clarity and obscurity, coexisting along the same path.

The installation’s proportions follow the golden ratio (1.618), reinforcing its balance of intimacy and universality. The parchment-hued cranes spiral inward and upward, evoking aspiration, endurance, and shared strength.

Through its fusion of personal devotion, cultural ritual, and timeless geometry, A Thousand Cranes transforms a fragile material into a structure of enduring love.