Stella Octangula
My most recent origami creation is this stella octangula or stellated tetrahedron. I constructed it using 12 of these units. There are no instructions on the page for making the stella octangula although there is a picture of the finished product. If you ever want to make this polyhedron I offer the following words of advice:
- All the units should have the same parity. Equal numbers of these units of opposite parity can be used to make tetrahedrons, octahedrons and icosahedrons. To make the stella octangula they all must have the same parity though.
- Your new best friends are paperclips. Although the final object is quite solid it’s very delicate while being built. Since I am fundamentally opposed to using any tape or glue I used paperclips to hold it together as I went along.
