Star dome slices

Last night I passed some time thinking and sketching out some drawings on how to divide a stardome in regular slices. This is my quick late-night sketch, but today together with my son we've done some handmade paper models as a little homeschooling practice and as a reference for further practical considerations.

Stardome meditations

I have been studying the stardome module on my own, since a few years now. At the beginning I didn't even know it was called like that... and just a few weeks ago I discovered the original tutorial from the japanese website. Anyway since I have worked out by myself the technique of how to do a geodesic ball (I may have to write on this too someday), I am still going forward on my meditations...



So I have been asking myself this simple question:
How to cut the sphere in two? That means also what is the ideal base of a stardome?

Endless inspiration from hexagonal geometry

Playing around with half equilateral triangles the combinations of designs are pretty much endless... what a fun game to play! Thinking about water crystals and the spinning wheels of Natural cycles.

   

It's such an interesting and playful mind game: here I tried some square patterns using the same half equilateral triangles... and there are really endless combinations! All good practice for bigger models that are under construction here in these days for another building project with wood! What a wonderful opportunity to work and learn at the same time! Giving very deep thanks...