Earthtones by d.p.Etlinger

1414 Hardy St., Houston, Texas 77026 • 281.546.3637

"Houston....the origami crane has landed."

[Addendum to "M.D. Anderson awards commission to d.p.Etlinger for Proton Therapy Center"]

d.p.Etlinger's stainless steel origami crane created for MD Anderson's Proton Therapy Center.

d.p.E.'s Calendar

Mar - June--showing @ Wish I May-artisan collection, 26211 Kuykendahl Rd

THE WOODLANDS, Texas

www.wish-i-may.com

May 12 - show @ The Foundry Art Studios, Polk at Krist - Polly Smart and Darren Etlinger - 5pm-8pm, by appointment May 11-16, 281-546-3637

www.houstonfoundry.com

Proton Therapy Center

[MD Anderson, Houston, Texas]

Yes Houston, the origami crane has landed--though she hasn't quite made it to her permanent perch just yet. In time, she will be put into position high above the ground floor of the glass rotunda--where she will be suspended from the ceiling via stainless steel cabling (the rotunda is shown in the rendering on the bottom right).

The crane will be accompanied by a 6' diameter circular/cylindrical sign that reads "Making Cancer History" several times around the face of the circle. The installation of the crane will come upon the completion of this sign--which I am told will be in a few more months. I am excited and anxiously awaiting the completed sign and thus the final installation. I think together, they will be an amazing presentation.

It is my hope that the symbolism of the origami crane as well as the message of the sign [and all that it entails--being a part of the legacy that is MD Anderson--and its mission to defeat cancer] will be two very powerful visual sources of inspiration and hope for those attending the Proton Therapy Center--a beacon, if you will. I hope.

d.p.Etlinger's Origami Crane will be suspended from the rotunda ceiling.

d.p.Etlinger's Origami Crane will be suspended from the rotunda ceiling, around eye level on the second floor.

For those of you that do not know the significance of the origami crane and why it is so relevant to MD Anderson's fight against cancer, please read the "Origami Crane Legend" below.

Thanks to the many organizations that helped me in so many ways with this sculpture and the whole project in general; specifically: MD Anderson; Linbeck, Co.; The Styles, Co.; SK Interiors; Andon Specialties; Matheson Tri-Gas; Blumenthal Sheet Metal, Co.; The Foundry; & Lipscomb Holdings.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

d.p.Etlinger

Origami Crane Legend

Legend says that anyone who folds one thousand paper cranes will have their heart's desire come true. The origami crane has become a symbol of peace because of this legend, and because of a young Japanese girl named Sadako Sasaki. Sadako was exposed to the radiation of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima as an infant, and it took its inevitable toll on her health. By the time she was twelve in 1955, she was dying of leukemia. Hearing the legend, she decided to fold 1,000 cranes so that she could live. She folded 644 before she died. Her classmates folded the remaining number and she was buried with a wreath of 1,000 cranes. While her effort could not extend her life, it moved her friends to make a granite statue of Sadako in the Hiroshima Peace Park: a young girl standing with her hands outstretched, a paper crane flying from her fingertips.