"One Wish" by Artist Carlos E. Fernández-Dieppa

According to an ancient Japanese legend, anyone that folds a thousand paper cranes will be granted a wish by a crane. When conceiving this idea I was trying to figure out a piece that not only made the viewer more aware of a serious subject, but I as the artist. Through repetition and rhythm, I was able to reach a more contemplative state where my focus was no longer on the actual process, but on why I was doing it. I don’t believe that making a thousand dogs will grant me a wish; rather, I hope that what they symbolize supersedes that potential. Artist Carlos E. Fernández-Dieppa of Pennsylvania