Magnus Wenninger

Artists

Magnus Wenninger

Benedictine monk

Saint John's Abbey

Collegeville, Minnesota, USA

http://www.saintjohnsabbey.org/wenninger/

Statement

More information about the techniques I use to produce the artistic color patterns in the construction of my paper models can be found in my book: Polyhedron Models, published by Cambridge University Press in 1971, paperback edition 1974.

Artworks

Image for entry 'Ten Triangular Prisms' — Ten Triangular Prisms
9" x 9" x 9"
Paper
2010

Robert Webb's Stella program is now the computer program I use for the construction of all the polyhedron models I have recently been making. It is the program par excellence I now use for the discovery of any new polyhedrons, especially any I have never made before. The photo shows a model of Ten Triangular Prisms, recently made by me. I found the Stella version on a webpage called '75 Uniform Polyhedra' done by Roger Kaufman. It is #32 on this webpage. The Stella version gives me a 3D computer view in 10 colors and allows me to choose the size of the model and thus also the size and shape of the net to be used for the construction of the model. However I wanted my model to be done using only 5 colors. This is where the artwork comes into play. The model now shows each prism with its faces in one color of the five. Thus it becomes uniquely artistic in appearance.