Origami Parasol Made with Winston Cigarette Packs Andersen Design Studio 5 1/8" long x 3

5 1/8" long x 3 7/8" deep x 2 1/4" tall

and a hole at the center of the back

with some loss of paint and assorted scuff marks

together with the way they are cut to different lengths and lined up perfectly side by side

Origami Parasol Made with Winston Cigarette Packs Andersen Design Studio 5 1/8" long x 3When I found this little parasol at a recent estate sale small but quite heavy for its size I added to my pile just because I liked it. Not until I got home did I give it a close look and realize that its canopy is made entirely of painstakingly folded Winton cigarette packs. With a little research I learned that these origami parasols were once a common craft among Japanese American women, who would save up cigarette packs and then complete them with