Five Interlocking Octahedra: Diagrams
Working off a similar idea as the Small Triambic Icosahedron, this model is the next stellation of the icosahedron.
I initially designed this with the same approach as the STI, using 60 units folded from rectangles, but I decided to try a different approach and redesigned it to be made from 20 triangles instead.
For a slight variation, steps 7-10 can be done upside-down, flipping which side of the unit is considered the "front". This will produce a small color change, as the central white triangles are visible underneath the 3-fold axes. Interesting note, those white triangles are positioned in the final model as the solid faces of the base internal icosahedron.
For size recommendations... The model pictured in my photostream was made from triangles that are as large as possible to get 2 triangles per sheet of 10" kami. I would not recommend going any smaller than this, as the assembly can get difficult with how tightly it is woven.
Five Interlocking Octahedra: Diagrams
Working off a similar idea as the Small Triambic Icosahedron, this model is the next stellation of the icosahedron.
I initially designed this with the same approach as the STI, using 60 units folded from rectangles, but I decided to try a different approach and redesigned it to be made from 20 triangles instead.
For a slight variation, steps 7-10 can be done upside-down, flipping which side of the unit is considered the "front". This will produce a small color change, as the central white triangles are visible underneath the 3-fold axes. Interesting note, those white triangles are positioned in the final model as the solid faces of the base internal icosahedron.
For size recommendations... The model pictured in my photostream was made from triangles that are as large as possible to get 2 triangles per sheet of 10" kami. I would not recommend going any smaller than this, as the assembly can get difficult with how tightly it is woven.