‘Dynamism and Delicacy'

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For G . F Smith’s Show Space in central London, we have designed, fabricated and installed a 5.5 metre long spiral mono-structure in paper, applying the principles of our The Geometrist method of paper polyhedra, where structural strength comes from folding strips and gluing their ends.

The spiral is a linkage of 269 units of pentagonal anti-prisms, made up from 4,842 individual elements joined together by over 20,000 hand glued and fixed connections.  The spiral showcases all 55 colours in G . F Smith’s Colorplan range, celebrating the colour and texture of this British paper. 

Our aim for this installation was to demonstrate how small and delicate elements can form a large scale dynamic shape through careful planning and execution, expressing the extraordinary and wonderful nature of paper.