personal projects + experimentations
spiral archive
Welcome to my spiral archive!!! I'm so glad you found your way here. This is an open, community-based collection.
To be a part of this project please e-mail photos to magda@magdagourinchas.com, and include the following:
your name and/or socials if you wish to be credited
when & where the photo was taken
if the spiral is a part of a greater work of art, please include the artist's name and the work's title
a brief description if necessary (e.g., if the spiral is difficult to locate, or if you just want to share more details!)

magda
car found with anne
boulevard st-germain, paris
02/23/2025
magda
a beanie i knit
chez josiane, saint jean de cuculles
12/23/2024

Magda
spiral gems for pride, done at chiara's
Paris
06/28/2025

magda
croatia spirals [1/6]
dubrovnik, croatia
06/25/2025

magda
croatia spirals [2/6]
hvar, croatia
06/22/2025

magda
croatia spirals [3/6]
hvar, croatia
06/22/2025

magda
croatia spirals [4/6]
hvar, croatia
06/22/2025

magda
croatia spirals [5/6]
dubrovnik, croatia
06/26/2025

magda
croatia spirals [6/6]
split, croatia
06/21/2025

stephan
spiral buns!
norway
06/12/2025

Magda
spiral fossils
musee henri fabre, aix
06/13/2025

magda
spiral piercings
avec maman, rue du temple, paris
06/01/2025

Magda, rania, & joe
graffiti seen from "aux deux amis"
Rue Oberkampf, Paris
05/15/2025

magda
graffiti
spoted after brunch with rania & joe, paris
05/25/2025

joe
"the coil underneath a Dutch bicycle seat"
paris
05/28/2025

robert
robert's necklace depicting the Lauburu, a symbol from the basque country
paris
05/04/2025

joe
airplane engine turbine
paris
06/01/2025

alice
metal work
near alice's, paris
03/04/2025

alice
alice's tote bag
place des vosges, paris
04/30/2025

magda
tooth gems in spiral motif by the one and only lou
05/03/2025

Magda
a hair clip I wish i bought (with roua)
near la place des vosges, paris
04/17/2025

ben
"Ethan’s necklace"
05/12/2025

magda
graffiti
spotted with Alijah and friends, Paris
05/31/2025

angela
"New graffiti in front of my pad"
chez angela, paris
04/25/2025

isa
isa's iconic graduation nailz
paris
04/28/2025

Magda
always add at least one spiral to your postcards
place des vosges, paris
04/05/2025

Magda
loups-garous played for marinca's birthday <3
chez maude, paris
04/20/2025

angela
angela's postcard wall inspired by vincent van gogh's "starry night" spiral
2019

Magda
graffiti seen with chiara
l'attirail
04/06/2025

emily
"Jerry Spiral tail"
chez mitchell's, pittsburgh
03/31/2025

Magda
spirals from normandy [1/4]
trouville-deauville, normandy
04/15/2025

Magda
spirals from normandy [2/4]
trouville-deauville, normandy
04/15/2025

Magda
spirals from normandy [3/4]
trouville-deauville, normandy
04/15/2025

Magda
spirals from normandy [4/4]
trouville-deauville, normandy
04/15/2025

Magda
turns out i've always loved spirals
oakland, CA
2005

Magda
spiral found in spa window with roua
near bastille, paris
04/17/2025

clara
spiral trail
california
03/03/2025

Magda
different spiral trail
california
sometime in 2005

Magda
spiral motifs noticed while co-working with steph [1/2]
Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, paris
04/07/2025

Magda
spiral motifs noticed while co-working with steph [2/2]
Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, paris
04/07/2025

magda
chocolat puyricard en forme d'escargot, aix-en-provence
chez papi et mamie, aix en provence
01/06/2025

charlotte
04/08/2025

alice
jewelry from madrid [1/2]
madrid
04/08/2025

alice
jewelry from madrid [2/2]
madrid
04/08/2025

magda
spiral stairs I climb everyday, x6
paris
01/11/2025

magda
one of angela's many sick tattoos
le serpent à plume, paris
04/06/2025

ajunie
spirals from india [1/5]
india
04/09/2025

ajunie
spirals from india [2/5]
india
04/09/2025

ajunie
spirals from india [3/5]
india
04/09/2025

ajunie
spirals from india [4/5]
india
04/09/2025

ajunie
spirals from india [5/5]
india
04/09/2025

stephan
metal-work on the pantheon streetlights
pantheon, paris
04/07/2025
magda
found under a bridge with ben
herne hill, london
12/10/2024

elia
"everyday necklace"
04/06/2025

ben
shadow of spiral gates
04/03/2025

magda
metal work
near sadie's, paris
04/05/2025

magda
vine spiraling around fencing
near sadie's, paris
04/04/2025

anonymous
children's spiral hopscotch
rue des hospitalières saint-gervais, paris
03/18/2025

magda
shadows
pont notre-dame, paris
03/08/2025

magda & alice
sort of spiral tarte i made with alice that was oh so yummy
chez alice, villiers
01/27/2025

magda
I complimented a girl on her spiral ring on the dancefloor, and just like that, she took it off her finger and slid it onto mine, merci lena <3
spectrum waves, la station gare des mines, paris
12/08/2024

clara
seashell
03/03/2025

ben
mr. snails mixing post
surgery
surgery
chez ben, newport beach
04/01/2025
magda
streetlights
place des vosges, paris
03/25/2025

magda
i love way the leeks stick to the walls of the pot when I make vegetable soups
chez moi, paris
01/21/2025

magda
artwork from Chiharu Shiota expo
grand palais, paris
01/14/2025

magda
fossil
chez papi et mamie, aix en provence
01/07/2025
sadie
"spiral leaf prop for my film <3"
chez sadie, paris
03/03/2025

anonymous
metal work
notre dame, paris
03/20/2025
magda
ceramics found in gallery
rue de seine, paris
02/22/2025
magda
graffiti found with regine
boulevard sebastopol, paris
03/17/2025

magda
street art found
rue de seine, paris
03/27/2025

magda
Stephen Jones expo with sophie [1/3]
Palais Galliera, paris
03/07/2025

magda
Stephen Jones expo with sophie [2/3]
Palais Galliera, paris
03/07/2025
magda
Stephen Jones expo with sophie [3/3]
Palais Galliera, paris
03/07/2025

magda
logo found with papa
taschien bookstore, paris
02/22/2025

quintana
"A gauche and marker spiral"
03/03/2025

clara
spiral motif on pot
03/03/2025

anonymous
immersive night gardens
03/03/2025

Quintana
"view from my friends studio, architecture which looks like fractals to me (the ultimate spiral)"
02/20/2025

ben
"the solution to one of the linkedin games today :)"
03/24/2025
magda
the embroidery on stephan's bag
03/20/2025

Sadie
"Spiral in a spiders web on my terrace"
chez sadie, paris
03/03/2025

magda
spiral water sculpture pointed out by roua <3
stravinsky fountain, beaubourg, paris
03/27/2025

quintana
"puzzle building from the outside in"
chez quintana, paris
03/05/2025

emily
"spiral on da snail"
chez emily, pittsburgh
04/12/2025
magda
salon de luternes, violon
belleville, paris
03/29/2025

stephan
knobs
passage du grand cerf, paris
03/21/2025

magda
art found in a gallery, with regine
rue des guillemites, paris
03/17/2025