A Truncated Icosahedron, Formed By Silver Pipes, and Gold Fastenings

Trunc Icosa gold and silver

I made this precious-metal version of the truncated icosahedron using Stella 4d, a program which is available here: http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.

Two Versions of a Starry Mandala

stars coloredstars colored version two

Sprawling Golden Tiling, in Progress

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sprawling golden tiling

Tessellations (Two Colorings) Featuring Regular Octadecagons, Squares, and Convex Pentagons

tess 18tess 18 rc

Two Colorings of a Tessellation Featuring Regular Pentadecagons

tess24btess24b freeze

A Rhombic Enneacontahedron, Adorned with Jumpy Tessellations Which Resemble Rhombic Enneacontahedra

Zonohedrified Dodeca.gif

Software credit: I made this using Stella 4d, available here.

Awake

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awake

Focus

focus

Ebony Against Onyx, with Low Albedo, but High Ilumination

Dodeca icosa low albedo

This is the compound of the icosahedron and its dual, the dodecahedron. I made this rotating image using Stella 4d , which is available here.

A Mandala Made of Hexagons, Enneagons, and Dodecagons

recreational math from 2011

I recently re-discovered this “lost work,” which I made using Geometer’s Sketchpad, in 2011 — before I started this blog, which is why it has not appeared here before.