Ben String Doll Keychain

Ben reminds you that energy and persistence conquer all things. One of the United States’ most beloved founding fathers (and a darn cute string doll too!), Ben Franklin is known for his work as a politician, scientist, philosopher, inventor, diplomat and activist. In 1752, using a kite and a key, Franklin conducted his famous experiment that extracted electrical sparks from a cloud, proving that lightning is electricity. This later resulted in the invention of the lightning rod. About Kamibashi Kamibashi owners Kristen and Chris Daniels started Kamibashi (Japanese for "paper bridge") while teaching English to university students in Kyoto, Japan. A few months before moving to their new hometown of Asheville, NC in 2005, they read a story in an English language magazine about string dolls while they were having breakfast at a café in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Curious to see these small string creatures in person, they headed to the night market that evening, and the rest is history! Fifteen