Origami Polyhedra: Platonic Solids
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inavalon"Polyhedra are beautiful shapes that have fascinated people throughout the ages. In ancient times, they were thought to possess magic powers. The Greeks knew of the five Platonic solids and associated them with the nature of the universe." John Montroll, Origami Polyhedra Design
Plato called the Dodecahedron the quintessence, the form that delineated the cosmos.
In Kepler's Mysterium Cosmographicum, the five Platonic solids are associated with the five elements:
Tetrahedron = Fire
Cube = Earth
Octahedron = Air
Icosahedron = Water
Dodecahedron = Aether
I made these origami models of the five Platonic solids to express the analogy between the forms and the elements.
Plato called the Dodecahedron the quintessence, the form that delineated the cosmos.
In Kepler's Mysterium Cosmographicum, the five Platonic solids are associated with the five elements:
Tetrahedron = Fire
Cube = Earth
Octahedron = Air
Icosahedron = Water
Dodecahedron = Aether
I made these origami models of the five Platonic solids to express the analogy between the forms and the elements.
