Recycled Paper Tables?

In the gift shop at the Missouri Botanical Gardens they had some recycled crafts for sale. What I really liked were the items that were made from magazine pages. The pages were folded and then wound up into various items there were platters, plaques and even a table. It was pretty awesome and I am searching the internet to see if I can find out how to do it. Not sure if I would have the patience to fold all that paper and am wondering if they didn't have some mechanical help. The pieces were all so even.