# No. 19 – Astrophagen

Forms shifting from angular to rounded, unfolding rhythmically — metamorphosis as a principle linking nature, culture and cosmic order.

- **Completed:** August 24, 2025
- **Size:** 70 × 50 × 3 cm
- **Edition:** Unique artwork, handcrafted
- **Material:** NPA Nordiskt Papper AB – Colored paper rapeseed yellow 120 g/m², acid-free, pH-neutral, lightfast, matte, 100% environmentally friendly ingredients
- **Substrate:** BRAMANTE Blackboard, 2200 g/m², 70 × 50 × 0.3 cm
- **Frame:** black lacquered wood
- **Parts:** 468 transitional bodies

The strictly geometrically arranged transitional bodies are reminiscent of abstract organisms whose forms unfold rhythmically. Their shift from angular to rounded structures points to the ongoing process of metamorphosis. The composition addresses transformation as a universal principle that is equally reflected in nature, culture, and cosmic order.

## Images

![The framed work on a pale wall, the yellow strands snaking as S-curves across the grey surface](https://larigami.de/_astro/1.COD5HEiS_ZfE5zy.webp)

![Close-up of the curve, open tubes on the outside and angular cones on the inside](https://larigami.de/_astro/6.CkLPvhKt_210eob.webp)

![Detail of a band, the tubes standing up further and further along the curve](https://larigami.de/_astro/2.DB6cJnfL_ZsNv6D.webp)

![Close-up from a low angle, the tubes opening towards the viewer like small funnels](https://larigami.de/_astro/4.DJ7OqJAH_Z8Rsfk.webp)

![A U-shaped arc of the band, the forms changing from angular outside to round inside](https://larigami.de/_astro/5.CnkhVyEO_Z1z0kVl.webp)

![Two bands side by side with the grey ground left open between them](https://larigami.de/_astro/3.YibeyKmQ_Z1LS6so.webp)

![The framed work on a dark blue wall above a brown Chesterfield sofa](https://larigami.de/_astro/8._QpDY9Qp_Z2eqWBd.webp)

![The technical drawing with section, angles of inclination and the course of the bands](https://larigami.de/_astro/7.ByYHo--w_2f8nH1.webp)

![The artist holding a single yellow paper tube between her fingers, barely larger than a finger joint](https://larigami.de/_astro/9.B3Q-KdRb_Z1iISYw.webp)

![Tools and loose tubes on a felt mat, next to an already assembled strand](https://larigami.de/_astro/10.T1FsqtVE_Z5Uhkk.webp)

## Videos

- [The camera moving over the yellow strands, the tube openings passing by as rows of dots](https://cdn.larigami.de/videos/artworks/19/b.mp4)
- [The artist holding the framed work up towards the camera](https://cdn.larigami.de/videos/artworks/19/a.mp4)

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