Hannah Sung | Paper Crane
Hannah Sung
Hannah explains her inspiration for the design:
"I was obsessed with making paper cranes when I was a child. Back then, I loved the whimsical promise of the old proverb stating, 'If you make one thousand paper cranes, your wish will come true'.
I didn't have any specific dreams or wishes, all I knew was that I wanted to be an artist for the rest of my life.
My dream matured and folding paper cranes yielded to adult responsibilities.
I chose the paper crane motif to soar through the night sky on this watch. Its change from a literal bird to an origami one represents the continued existence of the childhood dream in the quiet hours after the sun has gone down.
Just as your dreams can be ignored or forgotten during the day, one may take comfort in the reliability of the nighttime crane rising again."
Hannah Sung is a Korean American visual artist whose straddles the line between commercial and fine art.
She graduated with a BFA from California State University of Long Beach, specialising in illustration and minor study in animation.
She is a former member of the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles (SILA). She is currently displaying independent works in Des Moines, Iowa as a local.
Her client list includes FOX, Sony, Disney Imagineering, Netflix, Fisher-Price, A&E, and many more. Her work on the Deadpool vinyl packaging for a Comic-Con promotional piece won a Gold award at the 2017 Clio ceremony.
She is currently putting together a series of personal works that focus on promoting self-love, ending domestic abuse, sexual assault, and body positivity.
She likes French fries but considers curly fries to be an abomination.
