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Building a ‘Bucky Ball and a Rhombicosidodecahedron with Bamboo.Dirk Marwig in action in the backyard.

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Synthetic Compound (Bamboo and ‘Zap-Strap’ construction -Wall Object- , 98cm x 90cm x 9.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2013)

SYNTHETIC COMPOUND

“I composed “Synthetic Compound” using 60 ‘golden ratio’ rhombi and 4 hexagons holding them together with only the help of ‘Zap-Straps’ or cable ties(no glue or other bonding agents).”

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Geometrix One (Bamboo and Zap-strap construction, 86.2cm x 52cm x 52cm, Dirk Marwig 2013) ‘various angles’ 2

Geometrix One-pentagon:triangle view

This is the “Pentagon-Triangle” view.

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Geometrix One (Bamboo and Zap-strap construction, 86.2cm x 52cm x 52cm, Dirk Marwig 2013) ‘various angles’ 1

Geometrix One-square:square view

This is the “Square-Square” view.

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Buckyball C-60 Molecule Regular (Bamboo and “Zap-Strap” construction, 43.5cm x 43.5cm x 43.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2013)

Bucky-Ball C-60 Regular A
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Buckyball C-60 Molecule Regular -Various Angles- (Bamboo and “Zap-Strap” construction, 43.5cm x 43.5cm x 43.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2013)

Bucky-Ball  C-60 Various Angles

*A Buckyball is a form of carbon that is made up of 60 atoms and shaped like a hollow soccer ball. I started this project just to see if it was possible to construct a “Buckyball” just with bamboo and

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