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Anonymous File :-(, x)
It's not the paper pieces causing the spinning. They are just shaped like that to create the illusion that they do. In the center of the artwork there is a "hub" of small metal gears, with one pole going from top to bottom, and others sticking out at various angles. At one end of those poles is the gear in the central gear "hub", and on the other end is the paper part, that's not actually doing anything except sitting there and be pretty. The amazing part is the time taken to work out where all the notches on the paper parts need to be so they don't interfere or block each other.
If you look closely, the center top spins, but every other parts remains in the same position to each other, and they rotate on one axle (the pole sticking out from the center). because they're a symmetrical, the effect is even more dramatic.
I think the guy is a clock maker.
It looks amazing, but the secret is in the small metal gears, after that you can put any shape you like on the end of the poles, and they can indeed be made out of paper, that doesn't really matter because there's no real wear and tear (they hardly touch if you do it right)
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