There are many legendary folders out there and, thanks to the Interwebs, it is possible to connect with many of them via socials (and rare cases in the real world – wherever that is):

I am obsessed with the intricate sculptural pleat work of Goran Konjevod (@foldsome), and love playing in the space of densely pleated paper.

This piece, inspired by a piece from Goran, started as a 12:1 rectangle. With regular mountain divisions (1/2, 1/4…) until the creases were just over 1cm apart. I then successfully guestimated a tight and completely circular SPIRAL by pleating each mountain on the same angle, creating a lovely rosette.

Next, using a padded surface, on the reverse I scribed an irregular spiral track from centre out to edge.

Flipping back to the presentation side, I then gently encouraged a mountain fold along the scribed line, and then sharpened it. It was then possible to RAISE the curved spiral and have it stand proud of the pleated background in a very pleasing way.

Reinforcing the standy-uppy ridge, allowing small amounts of “cached” paper to expand out of the joints to allow this to remain flat … and we have a miracle of improbable geometry.

I love this, and will experiment with it further, with more granular paper (perhaps even my own hand-made paper). There is something about organically disrupting a regular pleat field that just FEELS interesting, and it draws you in for closer inspection.