Lo scultore britannico Henry Moore (1898–1986), associato talvolta al Costruttivismo, dichiarò più volte che l'uso della corda nella sua scultura, iniziato nel 1937, venne ispirato dalla visione dei modelli matematici al Science Museum di Londra.
"I was fascinated by the mathematical models I saw there, which had been made to illustrate the difference of the form that is halfway between a square and a circle. One model had a square at one end with 20 holes along each side [--] Through these holes rings were threaded and lead to a circle with the same number of holes at the other end. A plane interposed through the middle shows the form that is halfway between a square and a circle [--] It wasn't the scientific study of these models but the ability to look through the strings as with a bird cage and see one form within the other which excited me".
(John Hedgecoe, Henry Moore, Henry Spencer Moore, New York, 1968; p. 105)

L'influenza di questi modelli può essere per esempio vista in opere come Stringed Figure No. 1 (1937, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC).