Video: Lesser stellar dodecahedron

Posted on the 15th December, 2007Add comments

Lesser stellar dodecahedron

After castword’s suggestion here’s a lesser stellar dodecahedron. It’s a modular model made from thirty 36 degree isosceles triangle units. You can also assemble 6 or 12 units. Diagrams here and a video plus some pictures after the break. Made by Meenakshi Mukhopadhyay.

Model made from 12 units:

12 isosceles triangle units

Model made from 6 units:

6 isosceles triangle units

Posted in: Diagrams, Hard, Modular, Origami, Stars, Video

25 responses to “Video: Lesser stellar dodecahedron”

  1. castword says:December 16th, 2007 at 01:11

    nice!!! thanks:P Great video:D now i finally know how to assemble it! It looks great by the way:P

  2. castword says:December 16th, 2007 at 07:47

    And one more thing. I know that you have made the 5 intersecting tetrahedra, right? so I think you are going to like this one. It is Six Intersecting Squares. 24 units i think. Heres the diagrams, easy to follow, pain to assemble, and I’d recommend to use like printer paper or such. http://www.mat.unb.br/~lucero/origami/SIS.pdf

    You can also visit this site http://www.origami-resource-center.com/modular.html

    Very many modular models, and I have made many of them, hope you enjoy:-)

  3. Karl says:December 16th, 2007 at 14:10

    Thanks, I’ll see what I can do, it looks really annoying to assemble. I already took some of the models from the origami resource center website.

  4. castword says:December 16th, 2007 at 16:56

    yea it is annoying, it’s loose and requires patience to assemble.

  5. chrizz says:December 22nd, 2007 at 21:34

    hi karl,

    i very much like your site!! helped me great in advncing my technique :-))
    i never tought i would be alble to make this model but your video did great efforts!!

    i ‘ll keep track off your site for more nice projects,

    have a very nice christmas,
    enjoy the holidays….
    greetz chrizz

  6. person says:December 27th, 2007 at 04:37

    I’m just a little bit confused after the part where it looks like a house a bit. If you don’t understand I’m confused at the part around 0:27-0:30.
    If you could post anything to help me that’d be great.
    btw, love the site.

  7. Karl says:December 27th, 2007 at 14:02

    The piece looks like a house because it’s folded like the letter S horizontally in the middle. On the diagrams it’s the step number 4.

  8. person says:December 29th, 2007 at 02:16

    Yes, I understand that part. I just don’t understand the part after because it’s too fast and your hands sorta block it.

    What do I do?

  9. Karl says:December 29th, 2007 at 15:38

    Ah, I basically fold one part around the other, it helps marking the exact crease line, but it’s not necessary. Sorry if I’m blocking it on the video, but remember that I made it after the diagrams and so should you, the things I do aren’t always the same as on the diagrams because once I get the hold of folding a module I tape it and by that time I have usually already perfected the method of folding it as fast and efficiently as I can.

  10. Wei says:January 28th, 2008 at 21:07

    the square paper that you are using , can you please tell me the overall measurement of the square paper

    Thanks

  11. Karl says:January 28th, 2008 at 22:20

    I used 10 by 10cm paper.

  12. Wei says:January 29th, 2008 at 19:59

    did you use ordinary paper?

  13. Karl says:January 30th, 2008 at 00:15

    I suppose it was ordinary. I mean I can’t give you exact numbers on the thickness, weight and consistency, but it seemed like any paper you find in photocopiers.

  14. Alejandro says:January 31st, 2008 at 03:54

    Have you guys seen the book Fabulouse modular origami? If you have seen that book, tell me/show me.

  15. Alejandro says:January 31st, 2008 at 04:06

    If you guys want a good website about origami, go to http://www.google.com and type in “origami folding instructions”
    and click on the first one that appears.

  16. Origami Man 2008 says:February 15th, 2008 at 20:01

    Hey Karl how are you? It’s a great model! :-)

    1. On the first fold on step one I didn’t understand how do you know on which lines to make the fold? I know that it should be 1/3 of the paper width, but in the video I didn’t see that the paper have any marks on it, or any lines, so how did you know on which lines to fold this step?

    2. On the diagram I didn’t understand the pass from step 4 to step 5, after step 4 I expected to see a triangle, so how come it looks like a rectangle?

    Thanks!

  17. Karl says:February 15th, 2008 at 23:34

    @Origami Man 2008:

    1. Well to fold a paper in 3 you don’t really need marks. Folding a paper unevenly is very bothersome if you want to do it right, so I folded by eye.

    2. That’s just the whole thing unfolded again, with the crease marks on it.

  18. Origami Man 2008 says:February 16th, 2008 at 00:24

    1. I understand, I just thought that it must be very accurate…. so you say that it can be done just by the eye?

    well, I’ll try it….

  19. devon says:February 22nd, 2008 at 03:47

    plz go slower.

  20. WAZUP says:April 4th, 2008 at 00:34

    i couldnt get the icasa but i got this one

  21. WAZUP says:April 4th, 2008 at 00:35

    castword u good

  22. emil says:April 8th, 2008 at 00:22

    cool this is like something i was stuggling with but this is nicer i puting one on my christmas tree

  23. modular_man says:May 10th, 2008 at 15:29

    im going to make it and i want to know if its sturdy

  24. Karl says:May 10th, 2008 at 15:47

    @modular_man: well it holds together, but don’t try throwing it, it will disassemble.

  25. modular_man says:June 24th, 2008 at 14:47

    @Karl: k thanks

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