Re: [Origami] Albrecht Dürer polyhedron in Melencolia I

2018-11-10 Thread den
Hi Laura, >>I’d like to fold the polyhedron that appears in Melencolia I, the famous >>engraving by Albrecht Durer. >>What would be the best match and where can I find the diagrams? It looks like a cube truncated at opposite corners (and slightly squished!) I'm not aware of any

Re: [Origami] Albrecht Dürer polyhedron in Melencolia I

2018-11-10 Thread Diana Lee via Origami
Hi,yes, I was just thinking that it looked like a cube with two opposite corners cut off. I believe they call this chopping off corners as a "truncation":  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truncation_(geometry) The only model I know would be David Mitchell's Columbus cube. I have made something