Giant Pink Paper Elephant Visits AMNH

Wednesday, December 16 3:38 pm

An eight-foot-tall pink paper elephant made a brief appearance at the American Museum of Natural History for a photo opportunity around the Origami Holiday Tree in the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall.  The giant pink paper Pachyderm, created through the paper-folding wizardry of celebrated Origami artist Sok Song, was photographed for an upcoming book highlighting Song’s work. Song’s creations — large and small — have graced fashion runways, advertising spreads, and the Origami Holiday Tree at the Museum.

The Origami Holiday Tree has marked the start of the holiday season at the Museum for more than 30 years. Following this year’s theme of Origami, A to Z, the 13-foot tree is covered with paper letters and alphabetically-corresponding objects from an “A” and an Apatosaurus to a “Z” and a zebra.