This study model/maquette in paper was created to scale for a much larger work in Corten steel for the Ube Sculpture Biennale in Japan. India and Pakistan are two eighbouring countries with disputes and animosities going back to the partition of British India in 1947. Both countries share a long border of 2000 kilometres and this has been the backdrop of extreme confl ict, wars and unease at all times. The citizens of the two countries although of common ancestry, culture and lineage - cannot move freely in each other’s countries and there is a lot of stigma and fear attached in getting visas or travelling to the ‘enemy state’. Yet the peacocks that live in the desert and scrub forests of the border regions are much loved in both countries for their beauty and grace and fl y unhindered across the electric fences. They have no borders. Origami and Kirigami - both art forms originating in Japan have no borders either. Artists from countries all over the world give these techniques their own interpretations, and the art grows and fl owers, gaining newer perspectives around the planet. I am an architect and passionate Origami artist based in India and I fold and cut materials as diverse as wood veneer, leather and metal expanding on the techniques learnt from these Japanese traditions. As peacocks have no borders, Origami peacocks have no borders either. And my hope is that humans of this earth can one day mingle and exchange ideas freely with each other, making new friendships and bonds. The idea of countries and their sovereign territories would become more fl uid to facilitate better lives for everyone on this planet. These two peacocks (one with its plume trailing and the other with its plumage open in a dancing posture), are also my humble tribute to the great Origami master - Sensei Akira Yoshizawa and an interpretation in metal of two peacocks that he created with paper many decades ago. While dancing and in conversation, the peacocks drop their feathers onto the ground, and with the plumage pave the path of peace and prosperity. The material will be sheet aluminium and mild steel and will be primed and painted white. The model is made of white card-stock paper