Alinn Akhmetbek's 300,000 Paper Quill Earth Awaits Guinness Record
Artist Alinn Akhmetbek completed '72 Voices of Earth', a 448-square-foot paper quilling mosaic of Earth made from over 300,000 hand-rolled paper quills. The work, which took six years to create, consists of 72 panels referencing the axial precession cycle of Earth's axis shifting one degree every 72 years. The spiral form of quilling symbolizes continuity and interconnectedness in nature. The artwork is under review by Guinness World Records for largest paper quilling mosaic image of Earth.
Key facts
- Alinn Akhmetbek created '72 Voices of Earth'
- Over 300,000 paper quills used
- Six years to complete
- 72 panels in the artwork
- Measures 448 square feet
- Under review by Guinness World Records
- Number 72 references axial precession
- Spiral form symbolizes natural structures
Entities
Artists
- Alinn Akhmetbek
Institutions
- Guinness World Records
- My Modern Met