work: platonic solids

Platonic Solid: Tetrahedron (3, 5, 6), 2011

I am currently working on a series called Platonic Solids.

The faces of a platonic solid all have the same shape and size; and the shape itself is made from the same number of faces meeting at each point.

There are five platonic solids, and their names are derived from their number of faces: tetrahedron (4 faces), cube (6 faces), octahedron (8 faces), dodecahedron (12 faces) and icosahedron (20 faces).

As you probably realized already, they are named for the Greek philosopher Plato.  Early philosophers theorized that the classical elements (air, water, fire, earth and aether) were constructed from these solids.

Platonic Solid: Tetrahedron 6, 2011

I will be making different sizes of each of the platonic solids from stained glass.  Above is one of the tetrahedrons that I have almost completed.  There is more to be added to this one (besides the base!)

By the beginning of next week I will post the completed work and explain the process behind it more completely.

 Check my store on Monday for my first shop update!!

The pieces of an octahedron in the works.

The unmistakable shape of a cube in construction.

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