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Re: icosahedron in soccer-ball style
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Mon, 15 Sep 2003 02:14:39 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, John Gerlach wrote:

   Two preview pics: the whole ‘sphere’ a close-up

Yea, I know - it’s silly. But, I’m pretty happy with it!

Hope you like it!

JohnG, GMLTC

Wow...I love it. What an enormous untaking. What a great meditative project. Makes me want to try a five-color icosidodecahedral net version. Or maybe some other stellated forms. Your model proves anything is possible.

--Dave (jot and jab)



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  Re: icosahedron in soccer-ball style
 
(...) Thanks! I was very surprised at the strength of Steve's method of joining the triangles. If you're making something *really* large, you might have to brace each triangle with a second set of hinges on the corners. Don't know how well it shows (...) (21 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)

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  icosahedron in soccer-ball style
 
Inspired by Steve DeCraemer's (URL) S.P.U.> (picture by Rob Hendrix) first shown at Brickfest 2003, I decided to build a bigger version. Six BrickLink orders, over 4000 pieces, 180 triangles - and this is what I came up with. (2 URLs) Gallery (after (...) (21 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) ! 

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