Ulrich Mikloweit
The objects of my art are paper polyhedron models, most preferable
uniform ones, but other polyhedra are often very fascinating too so
that I cannot resist to make a model of them. The nets are constructed
on a computer and printed on white paper of 80 g/m2. They are cut out
with scissors and knives and assembled with glue. My initial
motivation came from pictures of M. C. Escher.
The shape of this model is the Great Rhombic Triacontahedron. Like
the Rhombic Triacontahedron is the dual of the Icosidodecahedron
the Great Rhombic Triacontahedron is the dual of the Great
Icosidodecahedron. The rhombs of both bodies are identical. You
can create the great one by pressing the faces of the „small“ one
towards the center along a 2-fold axis until each two edges meet
again. So it is a little strange that it is called "great"
although its diameter is aproximately half as big as that of the
"small" one. For this model I chose 5 colours, using "sky tones".
The pattern I cut is meant to symbolize clouds. This is where the
title comes from.