World's largest origami crane

[happyfolder]

Hi All, referring to the following:

The largest origami crane had a wingspan of 78.19 m (256 ft 6 in). It was folded at the Odate Jukai Dome in Odate, Maebashi, Japan on 20-21 January 2001 (source: Guinness World Records 2005). I tried to find some photos but no luck.

There's a photo of the world's second largest origami crane at:
http://www.sadako.org/sadako/____A__Wor ... Crane.html

Third largest:
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/archives/n ... crane.html

I'm curious, how did they get such a large sheet of paper? Did they stick smaller pieces of paper together to form a large sheet? Wouldn't the paper tear?

From the photos, looks like they're holding up the neck and tail with wires. But how did they fold it? Imagine doing a squash or petal fold on that humongous piece of paper!

Cheers, HF

[Jonnycakes]

I think I remember reading about one giant crane that was folded from a sheet made from many different sheets bound together. Theoretically, a sheet like that could be made using the pour method (paper fiber is poured on a flat surface and let to dry). You would need one heck of a pane of glass though, and it would take surveyors to get it square

[happyfolder]

That would be a real pane in the neck wouldn't it! The paper would need to be pretty resilient - wondering how thick it needs to be? Anyone up for challenging this record HF

[egonator]

The paper could have been specially made but broken up into several large sheets and joined together. Just an idea

*Edit* sorry should have read all the posts, someone already mentioned this idea above.