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Ulrich
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by Ulrich » Wed Nov 28, 2018 7:52 am
This is the sixth stellation of my model of the great snub dodecicosidodecahedron, which is No. 115 in Magnus Wenninger‘s book „polyhedron models“. Nine further stellations are to come. The edge length will be 30 cm. There are 15 colours, 6 for the snub triangles, 5 for the icosahedral triangles and 4 for the pentagrams.
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by robertw » Thu Nov 29, 2018 1:48 am
Looks great! Must take a long time. Looking forward to the finished model.
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by Ulrich » Thu Nov 29, 2018 10:03 am
Thanks! I‘ll keep you current
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by Peter Kane » Fri Dec 07, 2018 10:07 am
Awe-inspiring! What will the radius be? I've seen several of your models in the past, but previously, I've only considered the holes in the faces to be decorative. Having spent a few minutes studying the current image, I see that the holes also permit a better appreciation of the structure of the polyhedron. They allow you to observe the intersecting faces in a similar way that the models with natural holes (like W 63) do. This might be an alternative to using transparent sheets. I guess I'd need a laser-cutting-thingy though (are you listening, Santa?).
Thanks for sharing.
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by Ulrich » Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:29 am
The diameter will be 396 mm. You‘re right, the pattern is based on the stellation diagram.
A laser cutting machine works well and can accelerate the process a lot. I could gather some experience in the past. The results are very precise but a little „sterile“. And although it can be rather painful, I love cutting the paper by hand with my scissors and knives.
Here is stellation no. 10:
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by Ulrich » Mon Dec 31, 2018 11:35 am
This is stellation no. 14.
I think I'll finish it next year.
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by Ulrich » Mon Jan 14, 2019 8:16 pm
This is the finished model:
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by robertw » Tue Jan 15, 2019 1:18 am
Well done, looks great!
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by Ulrich » Sat Jan 19, 2019 7:31 am
Thanks!
W116 is in the works
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by Ulrich » Sun Jul 21, 2019 7:24 am
I‘m very glad that it received the prize as best 3D artwork at this year‘s Bridges Conference in Linz.
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by robertw » Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:45 am
Well done!
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by marcelteun » Mon Sep 23, 2019 11:25 am
Ulrich wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 7:24 am
I‘m very glad that it received the prize as best 3D artwork at this year‘s Bridges Conference in Linz.
That is Cool! Congratulations, I am sure you deserved that. What a work!! Good luck with the next one!
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by Ulrich » Sun Sep 29, 2019 7:52 am
marcelteun wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2019 11:25 am
That is Cool! Congratulations, I am sure you deserved that. What a work!! Good luck with the next one!
Thanks! The work at the next one is languishing a little bit, but I still hope to finish it this year.
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