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King and Queen (Bamboo construction with cable Ties photographed from 2 sides, 47cm x 51cm x 29cm, Dirk Marwig 2021)

King and Queen

2 sides of the Same.

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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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Geometrix One (Bamboo and Zap-strap construction, 86.2cm x 52cm x 52cm, Dirk Marwig 2013)

Geometrix One-Pentagon view

“I assembled mid-size pieces of bamboo, which i cut into pentagons, squares and triangles connecting them with ‘Zap straps’ or ‘cable ties’ to build this object.” You can see more angles of ‘Geometrix One’ in my “Blog” section of this

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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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