Stellated Icosahedron (Paolo Bascetta)

Designer: 
Bascetta, Paolo
Folder: 
Adams, Sara
Difficulty Level: 
Simple
Model type: 
30 units
Modular
Paper ratio: 
Square
Convention: 

As to be expected at an origami convention in December, lots of people folded Paolo Bascetta's stellated dodecahedron, commonly known as the "Bascetta Star". I decided to give it a go, too, and here's the result. I used 30 squares of foil-paper-foil sandwich, which isn't the easiest to work with. That's why I only use it with very simple models, and the units are straightforward enough to fold.
Paolo was at the convention, too, and I'm guessing he taught it to a group, it might even have been one of the announced workshops. I learned it from someone else, though, as many others did too, I am sure. It's always nice to see when people go to workshops, learn a model, and then go on to teach it to others at the convention.

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Thanks for the reply Sara i'll try this

Hi, Sarah.
I suppose that the correct name is Stellated Icosahedron, since the model has 20 spikes with each one reaching the face of an imaginary regular icosahedron evolving the model.

cheers

Norberto Kawakami
http://origami.em.bl...

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