A Polyhedron Featuring Six Regular Octagons, Twelve Hexagons, and Twenty-Four Pentagons

Posted on 5 December 2020 by RobertLovesPi

I made this polyhedron using Stella 4d: Polyhedron Navigator. If you’d like to give this software a free try, the website to visit is http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.

A Compound of Ten Hexagonal Prisms

Posted on 29 November 2020 by RobertLovesPi

I created this polyhedral compound by faceting a great rhombicosidodecahedron, using Stella 4d. You can try this program for free at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.

Twenty Rhombicosidodecahedra, Surrounding an Icosahedron

Posted on 14 November 2020 by RobertLovesPi

I made this using Stella 4d: Polyhedron Navigator, a program you can try for free at http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.

Spectral Tessellation of Rhombi

Tessellation 4, 5, 6

Posted on 17 October 2020 by RobertLovesPi

The tessellation above is shown in primary colors. The one below is rendered in shades of blue.

A Tessellation of Regular Hexagons, Squares, and Triangles

Posted on 10 October 2020 by RobertLovesPi

I wonder if other people find tessellation relaxing?

A Tessellation of Regular Polygons

Posted on 10 October 2020 by RobertLovesPi

This tessellation is made only of regular polygons: triangles, squares, and dodecagons.

A Rhombic Dodecahedron Decorated with Golden Mandalas

Posted on 27 September 2020 by RobertLovesPi

To make this, I used Stella 4d: Polyhedron Navigator to take the image I blogged here, and then project it onto the faces of a rhombic dodecahedron. Next, I put that polyhedron into motion for the .gif shown below.