An icosahedron is a regular polyhedron with 20 identical
equilateral triangular faces, 30 edges and 12 vertices. It is one of the
five Platonic solids.
Reference: Ployhedron Origami for Beginners - Miyuki Kawamura
No of units: 12 units (Blue for vertices) + 30 units (Yellow for edges)
Paper size used : 3" x 3"
Paper used: normal color printer paper
Time: around 2 hours to make the units and assembling
Note: I found it little unstable while assembling. The joints came apart while assembling new ones. I realized this is where Origami tests our patience. Finally very reluctantly I used glue, just to complete the model.
No of units: 12 units (Blue for vertices) + 30 units (Yellow for edges)
Paper size used : 3" x 3"
Paper used: normal color printer paper
Time: around 2 hours to make the units and assembling
Note: I found it little unstable while assembling. The joints came apart while assembling new ones. I realized this is where Origami tests our patience. Finally very reluctantly I used glue, just to complete the model.
There was dodecahedron too in the book, I didn't try it.
This is the end of platonic solids frame type.
I will be posting more of intersecting planes, very interesting and very beautiful models. I have finished up to 8 intersecting planes starting from 3 (XYZ co-ordinates). As we go up units are more, need to spend more time cutting and folding individual units. Look forward for intersecting planes family on my blog.
this one looks really tough!
ReplyDeleteIt was easy to figure out how to assemble, but pieces kept falling out. Thanks for visiting my blog :)
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