Jonathan Kirk's New CRF Polychoron
Posted on January 8, 2026
A new 4D Johnson-solid-analogue discovered by Jonathan Kirk, using vZome
SUMaC 2025 Zome Build
Posted on July 5, 2025
Building a large, two layer fullerene shape in Zometool, with a group of Stanford University Math Camp students
6 GB1 Struts for SLS Printing
Posted on January 28, 2025
This approximates the original GB1 struts from Zometool, no longer available, necessary for building certain Archimedean solids exactly.
Straight-ribbon Woven Dodecahedron
Posted on December 7, 2024
This collection of 20 loops of straight ribbon uses the widest possible ribbon to consistently weave around a dodecahedron symmetrically.
Truncated 600-Cell
Posted on July 16, 2024
We constructed this design at a recent Stanford University Math Camp.
Meta Triamond Lattice
Posted on July 10, 2024
A beautiful lattice with some surprising symmetries.
Understanding Icosahedral Rotations
Posted on June 10, 2024
An explanation of how the rotations of a snub dodecahedron can defy our intuitions
Hidden-Surface Removal for N-Dimensional Polytopes
Posted on April 18, 2024
Projecting an N-dimensional polytope to 3-d is easier to see when you show only the "front"
Building the Hyperdo
Posted on April 4, 2024
Step-by-step instructions for building the Hyperdo kit from Zometool
Oblique Projections of A4 Polytopes
Posted on April 1, 2024
Two different A4 polytopes, relatives of the 5-cell, showing ghost symmetry in their projections to 3D and 2D