My First Polyhedral Tattoo

Posted on 3 December 2012 by RobertLovesPi

I love my latest tattoo. I designed the (uncolored) shape itself a year ago with software written by a friend in Australia, which you may see here: www.software3d.com/stella.php — and then a fantastic tattoo artist at Golden Lotus Tattoos in Sherwood, Arkansas (USA — with their website at www.goldenlotustattoos.com) made it even better. Nicholas Peirce does amazing work. This was a true team effort.

This is the 23rd stellation of the strombic hexacontahedron, which is dual to the rhombicosidodecahedron, one of the Archimedean solids.

I don’t want to have tattoos like those of anyone else, and I don’t think I have anything to worry about. =)

Stellating the Icosahedron

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I worked on this painting from 2002-2004, then, several years later, I gave it to two good friends of mine, when they married, as a wedding present. It is 16″ x 20,” and is painted with acrylics, on canvas. The painting was given its title because of its origin, as a colored (and slightly modified) version of the stellation pattern of the icosahedron.

The Best Way to Lose a Spelling Bee

Posted on 3 December 2012 by RobertLovesPi

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In 4th grade, I finished in second place in my school district’s spelling bee. This makes a much better story than winning, because of the word I could not spell correctly. That word was obeid (crap) obiedi (grrrr) obedei (blast it) obeedient that word that means you do as you are told.

My mother’s reaction was great: “Of course he couldn’t spell it! He doesn’t know what that word means!”