Judith Silverthorne founded Spiral Film Productions Inc. in January of 1997. For several years, the company operated with that name, producing a variety of art-related documentary shows. Over time the company expanded with Judith being hired out to do writing and production work for other companies. In 2000 the name was changed to Spiral Communications Inc. to make it more encompassing of what projects were being done through the company, which now includes some book publishing, research, writing, and video sales.