Books
Building Platonic Solids:
How to Construct Sturdy Platonic Solids from Paper or Cardboard
and Draw Platonic Solid Templates With a Ruler and Compass
Second Edition
How can you build sturdy Platonic solids that will hold together through to the last gluing?
The templates in this book were designed to answer that question. You can build the solids directly
from the templates, or use them as a model to build on colored paper, cardboard, or paper you have
colored or painted yourself. The second edition includes also detailed instructions with
clear step-by-step images on how to draw the templates with a ruler and compass.Contents
Choosing a MethodUsing Your Own Paper
Using Template Paper
Instructions
1. Tetrahedron
2. Octahedron
3. Cube
4. Icosahedron
5. Dodecahedron
About Platonic Solids
Hanging Platonic Solids
Drawing the Templates with a Ruler and Compass
Tetrahedron and Octahedron
Icosahedron
Cube
Dodecahedron
Templates
In this book, you will find precise instructions with clear images on how to draw a range of geometric solids.
The book includes both simple and more advanced drawings. Step-by-step instructional images are followed, in
each case, by a full-colored picture of the finished solid, drawn with colored pencils.
This full colored book contains numerous instructions and illustrated examples of colored pencil techniques that are useful when
coloring geometric images. It also includes instructions on how to draw three pictures for coloring.
In addition, you will find blue outlines of captivating, three-dimensional geometric shapes for coloring. You can use these
as models for drawing the same shapes on your own paper. Included are an octahedron inside a cuboctahedron, a great stellated
dodecahedron from two angles, three intersecting planes, a dodecahedron inside an icosahedron, an icosahedron inside a
dodecahedron, a transparent rhombic dodecahedron and a small stellated dodecahedron from two angles. Each of these shapes is
presented twice, with the first one already colored to help you visualize its form.
From simple to complex — use a compass to draw fascinating artistic images. This book includes step-by-step instructions for
all symmetries between threefold and twelvefold. Clear and precise black-and-white illustrations will guide you. The book provides
ruler and compass constructions that you can draw without using units of measurement for three-, four-, five-, six-, eight-, ten- and
twelvefold symmetries. In addition, it gives dimensions in inches (and cm) for all images, which you can use on both A4 and A3 sheets.
Whether you have five minutes or an hour to spend with your group, you will find useful exercises in this book. Use them in silence or with
quiet music, either indoors or outdoors in nature.
