Pictures of the Platonic Solids
1. Background
What is Modular Origami?
What is the connection between modular origami and polyhedra?
What is a polyhedron?
What are the Platonic Solids?
Short history of the Platonic Solids and Connections with math, science and art
References, Links and Origami Societies
2. Making the Models
Definitions of Symbols
Waterbomb or Triangle Base
Triangles
Hexagons
3. Cubes
The Jackson Cube
The Sonobe Cube
The Tile Cube
Lewis Simon-Bennett Arnstein Cube with Windows
4. Tetrahedra
Simple chain of four equilateral triangles from a square
Equilateral triangle module from a hexagon
Equilateral triangle edge module
5. Octahedra
Bob Neale's octahedron 6-piece octahedron skeleton
Lewis Simon's original 2-piece Gyroscope module from a square
Equilateral triangle module from a hexagon
Equilateral triangle edge module
6. Dodecahedra
Bob Neale-Lewis Simon 108 degree module
Lewis Simon's 2-piece Gyroscope module from a triangle
Simon Gurkewitz' Dimpled Dodecahedron
7. Icosahedra
Equilateral triangle module from a hexagon
Equilateral triangle edge module