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Circles, Triangles, and Hexagons

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Circles, Triangles, and Hexagons

Nine Circles and Their Inscribed Octagrams

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Nine Circles and Their Inscribed Octagrams

128 Semicircles

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128 Semicircles

52 Triangles Inscribed in 13 Circles

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52 triangles inscribed in 13 Circles

39 Squares Inscribed in 13 Circles

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39 Squares Inscribed in 13 Circles

Starflower of Seven

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Starflower of Seven

Starflower of Five

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Starflower of Five

Lifesaver (2010 painting)

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Lifesaver

acrylic on canvas, 2010; 16′ x 20′ before slight cropping of this image

For more information about this molecule: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alprazolam

Twenty Interpenetrating, Rotating Equiangular Golden Hexagons

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Twenty Interpenetrating, Rotating Equiangular Golden Hexagons

Alternating sides of these hexagons have lengths in the Golden Ratio. I created this as a faceting of the rhombicosidodecahedron. It also has faces which are star pentagons and triangles, but those faces are hidden in this view.

(Created using software from www.software3d.com/stella.php)

Itaumiped, My Polyhedral Asteroid City

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Fanciful Polyhedral Asteroid City

I’d want to live in one of the twisting pentagonal towers. Any time I invent an imaginary planet (or planetoid, in this case), I always name it “Itaumiped.” That’s an anagram for “I made it up.”

(To learn more about the software used to create this .gif, please visit http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.)