It was our first time being introduced to Aluminum so we started out the project by experimenting with it.
I made these shapes and became obsessed with the form they created when it comes together.
I made these shapes and became obsessed with the form they created when it comes together.
The first version demonstrated great flexibility and many different forms which made it very attractive.
Since the goal of the project was to make a platonic solid, I decided to mirror the shape I made and create an octahedron.
I paired them up in advance so when connected with jump rings, they will line up straight.
Since the goal of the project was to make a platonic solid, I decided to mirror the shape I made and create an octahedron.
I paired them up in advance so when connected with jump rings, they will line up straight.
I had trouble finding the best way to connect the top pyramid to the bottom pyramid in order to make the octahedron. Multiple variations were made until I was able to settle with two rings holding the structure while the two were connected with brass jump rings.
There were about total 8 different versions of the octahedron because I kept going back and forth from finding a problem and fixing the problem.
One problem I was not able to fix was that the octahedron became very rigid as the middle connections were made. Getting rid of certain jump rings either made it even sturdier or too flimsy for it to be called a platonic solid.
So in the end, I gave a little bit of flexibility on the top and the bottom of the platonic solid.
One problem I was not able to fix was that the octahedron became very rigid as the middle connections were made. Getting rid of certain jump rings either made it even sturdier or too flimsy for it to be called a platonic solid.
So in the end, I gave a little bit of flexibility on the top and the bottom of the platonic solid.
Final product
