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Gwen Fisher
@gwenbeads@mathstodon.xyz  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Mathober Day 3: Polyhedron

This prompt is a hard one for me to choose for because I’ve beaded dozens of polyhedra over the years, perhaps more than a hundred. I decided to share my favorite of them all, which is also one of my largest.
I call this one a Crater Moon Beaded Bead.

The polyhedron on the outside surface is a truncated icosidodecahedron (4.6.10). The inside layer is (3.4.5.4), also known as the rhombicosadodecahedron.

You can read all about it and see step photos on my blog: https://gwenbeads.blogspot.com/2017/12/truncated-icosidodecahedron-in-beads.html?m=1

Have a great weekend people.
#mathober #mathober2025 #mathart

Truncated Icosidodecahedron in Beads Crater Moon Beaded Bead

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Beaded bead with golden beads on the outside surface and darker beads on the inside layers. It looks like a moon with cratered holes.
Beaded bead with golden beads on the outside surface and darker beads on the inside layers. It looks like a moon with cratered holes.
Beaded bead with golden beads on the outside surface and darker beads on the inside layers. It looks like a moon with cratered holes.
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Petra van Cronenburg
@NatureMC@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@gwenbeads 🤩 Oh I would have liked such maths at school! It's fascinating for #sciArt #beading #MastoArt #ArtistsOfMastodon ⬆️

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Gwen Fisher
@gwenbeads@mathstodon.xyz replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

@NatureMC @NatureMC I’ve had a lot of people suggest that teaching math through beading to kids would be great, but I’ve tried teaching math through beading to mathematically proficient adults twice and both times I had very limited success. Bead weaving requires the coordination of several different skills including good eyesight, manual dexterity, thread management and spatial reasoning. I think there are other art forms that are far more suitable for teaching math to students. Straightedge and compass construction art is one good example.

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