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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:
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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| (...) 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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| 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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