Polyhedral Light String Ornaments

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Create a stunning display of mathematically inspired lights by crafting complex polyhedra shapes! Each ornament showcased here - including Snub Cube, Great Rhombicuboctahedron, Great Rhombicosidodecahedron, Dysdyakis Dodecahedron and Deltoidal Hexecontahedron - is a polyhedron carefully exported from Mathematica and then skillfully stellated in TopMod. Holes for string attachment were added using Tinkercad; these can be easily modified if your lights are larger or smaller than mine: tinkercad.com/things/580kDMoSqiE-polyornaments-1 The intricate design process will be documented on this blog later this week, located at www.mathgrrl.com/hacktastic. For best printing results, optimize settings for a .3mm layer height without supports. While this may cause minor imperfections in the lower and upper layers, they blend in with the string of lights making it nearly unnoticeable. Stay connected: Twitter: twitter.com/mathgrrl Blog: www.mathgrrl.com/hacktastic Shapeways Store: www.shapeways.com/shops/mathgrrl Note that all designs and accompanying media are protected under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license. For permissions beyond this agreement, kindly email request@mathgrrl.com.