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An amazingly symmetric icosahedron edge coloring

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Brent

In my last post I showed off the stellated icosahedron I made out of folded paper: I also claimed that it uses a very particular and elegant color scheme. When I set out to make it, I did some googling … Continue reading →

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Origami stellated icosahedron!

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Brent

Continuing what I started in December, I finally finished making a stellated icosahedron out of 30 Sonobe units. Each Sonobe unit corresponds to an edge of the icosahedron, and interlocks with three others to give the whole thing a remarkable … Continue reading →

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