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This collection of mathematically inspired 3D printed sculptures represents the terminal output of the 4-Step 3D STEAManufacturing Pipeline (Figure 1).
The first step incorporates STEAM CAD that generates the ideas that inspire the graphic designs I create and export to the 3D printing software for final preparation before printing.
Each of the sculptures below was created in this manner.
Over 500 of my models (STL files) are available at no cost at Thingiverse
(Figure 1)
structure: Escher Dodecahedral Polyknot
components: construction straws, offset pentagonal connectors, pentagonal pyramid connectors
structure: Escher Tetrahedral Polyknot
components: construction straws, offset triangular connectors, triangular pyramid connectors
structure: Escher Cubic Polyknot
components: construction straws, offset square connectors, square pyramid connectors
structure: Escher Octahedral Polylink
components: construction straws, offset triangular connectors, triangular pyramid connectors
structure: Escher Icosahedral Polyknot
components: construction straws, offset triangular connectors, triangular pyramid connectors
structure: Roelofs Ringed Octahedron
components: construction straws, ring connectors
structure: Roelofs Ringed Cuboctahedron
components: construction straws, ring connectors
structure: Roelofs Ringed Rhombi-cuboctahedron
components: construction straws, ring connectors
structure: Roelofs Ringed Icosidodecahedron
components: construction straws, ring connectors
structure: Roelofs Ringed Rhombi-cosidodecahedron
components: construction straws, ring connectors
structure: Hinged Escher Cubic Polyknot
components: square Archipanels (by jdanders), connectors (remix of Archipanel), square pyramids
structure: Hinged Escher Octahedral Polylink
components: triangular Archipanels (by jdanders), connectors (remix of Archipanel), triangualr pyramids
structure: Hinged Escher Icosahedral Polyknot
components: triangular Archipanels (by jdanders), connectors (remix of Archipanel), triangualr pyramids
structure: Hinged Escher Tetrahedral Polyknot
components: triangular Archipanels (by jdanders), connectors (remix of Archipanel), triangular pyramids
structure: Escher Cubic Polyknot
components: rods, offset square pyramids, offset squares
structure: Dodecahedron
components: angled connectors, penatgons
structure: offset Escher Dodecahedral Polyknot
components: cubes, penatgonal pyramids, pentagons
3D Print: Roelofs Tetrahedral Polyknot
design components: triangles
3D Print: Roelofs Octahedral Polylink
design components: triangles
3D Print: Roelofs Cubic Polyknot
design components: triangles
3D Print: Roelofs Icosahedral Polyknot
design components: triangles
3D Print: Roelofs Dodecahedral Polyknot
design components: triangles
3D Print: Roelofs Tetrahedral Polyknot
design components: triangles
3D Print: Roelofs Cubic Polyknot
design components: squares
3D Print: Escher Dodecahedral Polyknot
design components: triangles, squares, pentagons
3D Print: Escher Tetrahedral Polyknot
design components: triangles
3D Print: Escher Cubic Polyknot
design components: triangles
3D Print: Escher Dodecahedral Polyknot
design components: triangles
3D Print: Escher Octahedral Polylink
design components: triangles
3D Print: Escher Icosahedral Polyknot
design components: triangles
3D Print: Brunnian Link
design components: squares, hexagons
3D Print: Holden Cuboctahedral Monosurface
design components: triangles
3D Print: Stewart Polyknot
design components: cubes, truncated icosahedra
3D Print: Star Dodecahedroid
design components: squares, pentagons, pyramids
3D Print: Star Dodecahedroid
design components: squares, pentagons, pyramids
3D Print: Platonic Polytoroids
design components: lines
3D Print: Archimedean Polytoroids
design components: lines
3D Print: Toroids
design components: lines
3D Print: Cuboctahedral Polysurface
design components: STEM Tilz
3D Print: Star Dodecahedral Handlehedron
design components: pentagons
3D Print: Roelofs Star Cubic Polyknot
design components: squares, pyramids
3D Print: Stewart Star Dodecahedroid
design components: cubes, J92s, dodecahedra, pentagonal pyramids
3D Print: Star Cuboid
design components: lines
3D Print: Star Icosidodecahedroid
design components: lines
3D Print: Star Icosidodecahedroid
design components: lines
3D Print: Twist Star Dodecahedroid
design components: twisted pyramids
3D Print: Star Truncated Icosahedroid
design components: pentagonal pyramids, hexagonal pyramids
3D Print: Stewart Star Icosahedroid
design components: J63s, dodecahedra, pentagonal pyramids
3D Print: Star Icosahedral Polyknot
design components: pentagons, pentagonal pyramids
3D Print: Stewart Star Dodecahedroid
design components: cubes, dodecahedra
3D Print: Cyclinder Trefoil Knot
design components: squares
3D Print: Stewart Tetraspiral
design components: octahedra, octahedral antiprisms
3D Print: Kepler-Mobius Triangular Monosurface
design components: squares, hexagons
3D Print: Escher Dodecahedral Polyknot
design components: STEM Brix
3D Print: Star Brunnian Link
design components: cubes, nonagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Epicycloidal Link
design components: cubes, hexagonal prisms
3D Print: Borromean Link
design components: cubes, dodecagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Pentaspiral
design components: octahedra, decagonal antiprisms
3D Print: Stewart Pentaspiral
design components: octahedra, decagonal antiprisms
3D Print: Stewart 20 Crossing Knot
design components: cubes, decagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Trefoil Knot
design components: cubes, hexagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Pentafoil Knot
design components: cubes, pentagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart 14 Crossing Knot
design components: cubes, heptagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Heptafoil Knot
design components: cubes, heptafoil
3D Print: Stewart Brunnian Link
design components: cubes, dodecagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Star Pentafoil Knot
design components: cubes, decagonal prisms
3D Print: Roelofs Octahedral Polylink
design components: triangles
3D Print:Cyclinder Hexagonal Monosurface
design components: squares
3D Print: Cyclinder Solomon Link
design components: squares
3D Print: Stewart Braid
design components: pentagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Braid
design components: cubes, hexagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Pentafoil Epicycloid
design components: octahedra, decagonal antiprismscubes, pentagonal antiprisms
3D Print: Stewart Link
design components: hexagonal prisms
3D Print: Topographical Stewart Pentafoil Knot
design components: cubes, pentagonal prisms
3D Print: Holden Cuboctahedral Monosurface
design components: hexagons
3D Print: Stewart Decafoil Knot
design components: cubes, pentagonal prisms, decagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Star Pentafoil Knot
design components: cubes, pentagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Brunnian Link
design components: cubes, hexagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Trefoil Knot
design components: cubes, hexagonal prisms
3D Print: Cyclinder Star Monosurface
design components: squares
3D Print: Holden Icosidodecahedral Polysurface
design components: pentagons
3D Print: Stewart Truncated Icosahedroid
design components: J63s, dodecahedra
3D Print: Kepler Monosurface
design components: squares, hexagons
3D Print: Stewart Trefoil Knot
design components: cubes, Hexagonal prisms
3D Print: Cyclinder Square Monosurface
design components: octahedra, decagonal antiprismssquares
3D Print: Stewart Slip Knot
design components: triangular prisms, cubes
3D Print: Stewart Pentafoil Knot
design components: cubes, pentagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart 14 Crossing Knot
design components: octahedra, decagonal antiprismscubes, heptagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Star Dodecahedroid
design components: cubes, truncated icosahedra
3D Print: Kepler Holden Cubic Polylink
design components: squares, octagons
3D Print: Stewart X Cuboid
design components: cubes, truncated cuboctahedra
3D Print: Topographical Stewart Braid
design components: cubes, Hexagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Tetrafoil Epicycloid
design components: cubes, octagonal prisms
3D Print: Holden Roelofs Polylinknot
design components: traingles
3D Print: Topographical Stewart Handleknot
design components: cubes, pentagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Toroid Trefoil Knot
design components: cubes, hexagonal prisms
3D Print: Kepler Holden Tetrahedral Polylinknot
design components: triangles
3D Print: Stewart Link
design components: cubes, pentagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Link
design components: cubes, pentagonal prisms
3D Print: Cyclinder Pentafoil Knot
design components: squares
3D Print: Radial Dodecahedroid
design components: STEM Brix
3D Print: Topographical Stewart Toroids
design components: cubes, heptagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Octafoil Epicycloid
design components: cubes, octagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Epicycloid Spiral
design components: octahedra, penatgonal antiprisms
3D Print: Stewart Heptafoil Knot
design components: cubes, heptagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Rhombic Triacontahedroid
design components: decagonal prisms, J83s, truncated icosidodecahedra
3D Print: Stewart Brunnian Link
design components: cubes, hexagonal prisms
3D Print: Cyclinder Pentagonal Monosurface
design components: squares
3D Print: Tetracupped Monosurface
design components: triangles, squares
3D Print: Stewart Nonafoil Knot
design components: cubes, nonagonal prisms
3D Print: Holden Tetrahedral Monosurface
design components: squares
3D Print: Stewart Star Pentafoil Knot
design components: cubes, pentagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Brunnian Link
design components: cubes, hexagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Pentafoil Knot
design components: cubes, pentagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Trefoil Epicycloid
design components: cubes, hexagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Hexafoil Epicycloid
design components: cubes, hexagonal prisms
3D Print: Topographical Stewart Braid
design components: cubes, hexagonal prisms
3D Print: Crinkled Dodecahedron
design components: pentagons
3D Print: Roelofs Tetrahedral Polyknot
design components: triangles
3D Print: Stewart Borromean Link
design components: cubes, hexagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Handleoid
design components: cubes, pentagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart trefoil spiral
design components: octahedra, hexagonal antiprisms
3D Print: Stewart Link
design components: cubes, hexagonal prisms
3D Print: Stewart Pentafoil Epicycloid
design components: cubes, hexagonal prisms
3D Print: Cyclinder Triangular Monosurface
design components: squares
3D Print: Square Cross Cap
design components: squares
3D Print: Platonic Polyhedra
design components: self
3D Print: Archimedean Polyhedra
design components: self
3D Print: Cylinder Pentafoil Knot
design components: squares
3D Print: Holden Cuboctahedral Polysurface
design components: squares
3D Print: Holden Octant Polysurface
design components: squares
3D Print: Holden Tetrahedral Polysurface
design components: squares
3D Print: Holden Cubic Polysurface
design components: triangles, squares
3D Print: Holden Rhombicuboctahedral Polysurface
design components: triangles, squares
3D Print: Holden Icosidodecahedral Polysurface
design components: golden priangles
3D Print: Holden Dodecahedral Polysurface
design components: golden triangles, golden rectangles
3D Print: Holden Cuboctahedral Polysurface
design components: triangles
3D Print: Holden Rhombi-cosidodecahedral Polysurface
design components: golden triangles, golden rectangles
3D Print: Holden Truncated Icosidodecahedral Polysurface
design components: squares, pentagons
3D Print: Holden Truncated Dodecahedral Polysurface
design components: squares, pentagons
3D Print: Holden Truncated Icosahedral Polysurface
design components: squares, pentagons
3D Print: Holden Icosidodecahedral Polysurface
design components: pentagons
3D Print: Holden Cuboctahedral Polysurface
design components: hexagons
3D Print: Holden Truncated Octahedral Polysurface
design components: squares, hexagons
3D Print: Holden Truncated Cuboctahedral Polysurface
design components: squares, hexagons
3D Print: Holden Truncated Cubic Polysurface
design components: squares, hexagons
3D Print: Holden Truncated Octahedral Polysurface
design components: squares, octagons
3D Print: Holden Octahedral Polysurface
design components: octagons
3D Print: Holden Rhombicuboctahedral Polysurface
design components: squares, octagons
3D Print: Holden Truncated Cuboctahedral Polysurface
design components: squares, octagons
3D Print: Holden Truncated Cubic Polysurface
design components: squares
3D Print: Holden Icosahedral Polysurface
design components: golden triangles, golden rectangles
3D Print: Holden cubic Polysurface
design components: squares
3D Print: Holden Octahedral Polysurface
design components: triangles
3D Print: Cyclinder Pentafoil Knot
design components: squares
3D Print: Cyclinder Pentagram Knot
design components: squares
3D Print: escher Dodecahedral Polyknot
design components: pentagons, pyramids
3D Print: Star Dodecahedroid
design components: pentagons, pyramids
3D Print: Stewart Pentafoil Knot
design components: octahedra, pentagonal antiprisms
3D Print: Hexagonal Monosurface
design components: squares
3D Print: Dedecahedroid
design components: STEM Brix
3D Print: Escher Dodecahedral Polyknot
design components: squares, pentagons, pyramids
3D Print: Stewart Decafoil Epicycloid
design components: cubes, pentagonal prisms, decagonal prisms
3D Print: Kepler Roelofs Dodecahedral Polyknot
design components: triangles, pentagons
3D Print: Da Vinci Icosahedral Elevation
design components: triangles
3D Print: Hart Dodecahedral Polyknot
design components: squares, pentagons, pyramids
3D Print: Grossman Icosahedral Polyknot
design components: triangles, squares
3D Print: Holden Icosahedrall Polysurface
design components: STEM Tilz
3D Print: Dodecahedroid
design components: points
3D Print: Trefoil Knot
design components: cubes
3D Print: Mobius strip
design comonents: squares; hexagons
3D Print: Roelofs cubic polyknot
design components; squares
3D Print: Escher dodecahedral polyknot kit
design comonents: Chex Brix kit