3D Folded Hexagram

A 3D folded hexagram* (shown above) is a geometric object that I discovered in the year 2000. By making certain cuts to a hexagram I found it could be folded into the three-dimensional object. One of the most fascinating thing about the 3D folded hexagram is the "self-similar" nature of it. From a single hexagram an infinite number of three-dimensional hexagrams can theoretically be created. At the center of any 3D folded hexagram is another 3D folded hexagram 1/2 the size of the original hexagram. From this hexagram another 3D folded hexagram can be created, and so on. So from the finite, the infinite is created. The first objects I created were made out of construction paper. I later designed a brass sculpture with the help from a sculptor friend of mine. The brass pieces were laser cut and then carefully bent into place. The complete sculptures are shown for two different sizes, is each twice the size as the next going from 6 in. to 1 ft. in length. They are shown in the previous web page.

*A hexagram is commonly referred to as the "Star of David" but is in fact a very ancient symbol seen in many cultures.