Folding up John Golden’s “stained glass”

Yesterday we did a project on the shape in the picture above:

John Golden’s “stained glass”

In a comment Golden wondered what the shape would look like if it was folded up – great idea!

Here’s what the boys thought of the shape:

older son first:

and my younger son:

There is also an incomplete dodecahderon hiding in the shape – the boys didn’t see it, but you can see the top 6 pentagons and the bottom one in the 2nd video when I spin the shape.

If you like this project, but don’t have a Zometool set, don’t worry, there’s a very similar project here:

A DIY puffy pentagon box with geometric bones: some graphics lifted from @dandersod https://t.co/pmACyuincn pic.twitter.com/qi23mojPpG

— Paula Beardell Krieg (@PaulaKrieg) April 1, 2016

Our projects with this shape are linked below:

Paula Beardell Krieg’s Puff Boxes

Paula Beardell Krieg’s Puff Boxes – day 2″

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