Fabric Origami Crane
by Rachel Gibson
$9
The CRANE (or Tsuru in Japanese) is a majestic bird that mates for life & is said to live for a thousand years. It symbolizes honor, good fortune, loyalty & longevity -- making it a popular gift for weddings & baby showers. "Omiyage", the Japanese tradition of gift giving, is the inspiration for a line of hand-stitched gifts by Rachel Gibson.
R.L. GIBSON (Rachel) works as a mixed media artist with work in galleries from New York to Los Angeles and collections around the world. A happily-married, mother of one, Gibson lives & works in Marion, Virginia in the southeast United States. Her practice currently explores work that overlays watercolor with embroidery. The hand-stitched component of this work lends movement to otherwise still media while paying homage to the band of quilting women she calls family.