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The first stellation of the icosahedron, aka the triakis icosahedron, aka the small triambic icosahedron. I call these ones "Grape Gems" and while I was very happy with the colors I mixed, they are tricky to photograph.

I do like this shape a lot, which is why I will stop fussing over small ones and make them bigger in the future.

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Pyramid Shell (2022) - When you take one corner off of a cube, it's called a "diminished cube". Here you can see four diminished cubes attached to a central tetrahedron. This wobbly shape reminded me of something: diatoms! So to make it look more organic, I wrapped the shape in glue-soaked twine, then left it with a simple white gesso paint layer.

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Gold Star - when you "stellate" all twelve sides of a dodecahedron, it's called a Small Stellated Dodecahedron. I like total symmetry a lot of the time, but in this case I prefer stopping at eleven points, a "Stella Undecimangula".

I finished this model in 2020 (about 5 inches wide), and actually I have only ever done this shape in gold. I have some unpainted ones, I think 'purple' is next in line?

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I was looking for stuff to post, and I found this picture from October 22, 2017. Lots of shapes I only made once, lots of shapes that I still use.

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This is a prototype shape: the first time I'd attached these 20 points onto a base icosidodecahedron. I went with a basic palette of three shades of purple.