The minimalistic “black on white” portrait was envisioned and shot by Dasha Pears in her home studio in Helsinki, Finland. Dasha captured the stiillness of a meditative yoga tree pose, so the piece radiates with calmness and peace.

The shot was developed, edited, and printed on Hahnemühle Bamboo FineArt paper to be sent to San Francisco for the next phase of creating the mixed media 3 dimensional artwork.

Paula Pietranera finished the piece by adding 348 origami cranes folded from a single sheet of special paper.

The cranes are black, to support the darkness of the skin, and the simplicity of the clothes, yet all of those are opposed to the blank emptiness of the white background, again to symbolize the search for balance and equanimity, which is so characteristic of human existence.

Black origami paper cranes arranged in pattern on white surface with some string of cranes in the foreground.

Close-up of black acoustic foam panels with a geometric pyramid pattern.

A person with curly hair is measuring with a ruler on a black geometric patterned surface, surrounded by various tools and materials.

Person hanging a large black geometric paper art installation in a room with white walls.

A person in black clothing with black makeup, standing with one leg bent and holding a circular structure made of black objects, creating a semi-circular pattern in front of a white background.

Currently the piece is framed without a glass in a simple black wooden frame to display the beauty and interplay of paper textures.

A person in black athletic clothing standing next to a wall installation made of numerous black origami cranes attached in rows.

Watch the video to observe how the application of the origami art was done.

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