Dixie Cup Spherical Dodecahedron

Step 2 Assmebling the modular units into a sphere

Glue two spherical hexagonal modular units together such that the gap created by the four cups resembles a square with concave edges. Here is a picture of where two hexagonal units meet. Two cups from one unit are glued at their bases to two cups of another unit. See the square? Glue three more modular units to the first two to form a spherical pentagon with a hole in its center. Repeat this process to form another spherical pentagon. Glue the two pentagons together. From this point on, it should be obvious where to add the remaining modular units - just continue to make more spherical pentagons and the structure will close upon itself to form a Dixiesphere.

Comments

[spikethegecko]

Wouldn't it be cool to spray-paint the thing silver and add a string of Christmas lights to the ball, gluing one light inside each cup through the back. There would be plenty of room to contain the wiring inside the ball.

[fluffycritter]

these are so awesome - i especially like the pic of you dog as "cup holder" - Question: i am an artist and i am making a series of mandelas .... i wanted to make one using ice cream cone cups ....do you think your method would work with them? Also any ideas on how i could preserve the cups so they don't mold - disintegrate - or fall apart? I was thinking some king of acrylic medium of varnish ?

[OkanAkkaya]

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