IKOSTAR & Tomagari-Natto | |
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IKOSTAR | ||
The object is woven by 6X5=30 steel wires. The vertices are located at the same places as icosahedron. |
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Inventor is unknown, on the case printed: "WOVENWIRE" IKOSTAR "HANDWOVEN IN THE USA" 1988 |
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You can fold the object into line. |
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Tomagari-Natto | ||
The object is woven by 3X10=30 bamboo rods. The vertices are located at the same places as dodecahedron. |
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This object is invented by Akio Hizume indipendently when he is studying quasicrystal model "star cage".
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If you rotate, the object expand. |
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IKOSTAR and Tomagar-Natto are characterized it's core structure.American artist John Kostick presented at first in 1960's. | ||
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