This is a sculpture and geometric assembly puzzle consisting of 30 identical pieces that can be assembled to form the sculpture shown. Instructions are included. Recommended for ages 16+.
Assembly video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxfva6t51mI
The material is frosted acrylic to avoid fingerprints in hard-to-reach places inside the sculpture. Actual color may differ from the photo slightly depending on your monitor settings.
From the package:
Frabjous is a sculpture and geometric assembly puzzle. The swirling geometric form is composed of thirty identical pieces.
Mathematically, the planes of the shape are the face planes of a “great rhombic triacontahedron,” a self-intersecting polyhedron with thirty rhombic faces. But the puzzle piece is a carefully designed subset of the rhombus that doesn’t intersect copies of itself.
Weaving the parts through each other so each remains planar is trickier than it looks. Instructions are included. Recommended for ages 16+.
The word Frabjous is, of course, from Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll, “O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”
-George Hart, Artist
momath
Assembly video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxfva6t51mI
The material is frosted acrylic to avoid fingerprints in hard-to-reach places inside the sculpture. Actual color may differ from the photo slightly depending on your monitor settings.
From the package:
Frabjous is a sculpture and geometric assembly puzzle. The swirling geometric form is composed of thirty identical pieces.
Mathematically, the planes of the shape are the face planes of a “great rhombic triacontahedron,” a self-intersecting polyhedron with thirty rhombic faces. But the puzzle piece is a carefully designed subset of the rhombus that doesn’t intersect copies of itself.
Weaving the parts through each other so each remains planar is trickier than it looks. Instructions are included. Recommended for ages 16+.
The word Frabjous is, of course, from Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll, “O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”
-George Hart, Artist
momath
