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Five Mandalas

Posted on 11 October 2014 by RobertLovesPi

A Collection of Four Polyhedra Decorated with Mandalas

Posted on 11 September 2014 by RobertLovesPi

First, a cuboctahedron.

Next, its dual, the rhombic dodecahedron.

And, after that, the icosidodecahedron.

And finally, its dual, the rhombic triacontahedron.

All of these rotating images were assembled using Stella 4d, available at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.

Two Views of a Mandala with Fivefold Symmetry

Posted on 11 September 2014 by RobertLovesPi

Heptamandala

Posted on 3 August 2014 by RobertLovesPi

Hexagonal Mandalas Made of Heptagons

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Hexagonal Mandala

Other versions, using different colors, appear below.

Octagonal Mandala II

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Octagonal Mandala

If the colors are inverted, but the background remains black, this is what it turns into:

A Gallery of Nine Tessellations Using Hexagons

Pictured above is the most familiar hexagonal tessellation. I’ve found some additional tessellations which use equilateral (but non-equiangular) hexagons, and have radial symmetry. They appear, using various coloring-schemes, below.

A Rhombic Dodecahedron Featuring Rotating Pentagonal Mandalas

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Geometer’s Sketchpad and MS-Paint were both used to make the images on the faces of this polyhedron, and then Stella 4d was used to put it all together and create this rotating image. Stella may be bought, and/or tried for free, at www.software3d.com/Stella.php.