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Art: 'People amazed I fold paper for a living, then they see it'

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Artist Polly Verity says people often cannot believe folding paper is
what she does for a living - that is until they see her spellbinding
work.

Ms Verity loves paper and has been "lost in its landscape" since her
grandfather gave her a book on the subject.

"It just got me excited, the idea that you could take a sheet of
paper and transform it into a 3D object just by folding it," she
said.

The artist, who is based in Carmarthenshire's Tywi Valley, said she
"can't get bored" of paper's tactile, calming properties and the
repeating patterns that feature in much of her work.

"I'm looking for something visually arresting," she said. "Something
where you kind of go... 'ooh!'"

Video by Gwyndaf Hughes.

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