Build Elevated Polyhedra

Ugo Adriano Graziotti and his polyhedra models
Ugo Adriano Graziotti and his polyhedra models

Build shapes with regular pyramids added to the faces of polyhedra.

  • What are elevated polyhedra and how are they different to stellated polyhedra? Which shapes are both elevated and stellated polyhedra?
  • What other ways can polyhedra be extended or transformed?
  • How did Leonardo DaVinci and Luca Pacioli collaborate? What is the impact of that collaboration?
  • What other artists, engineers and designers used complex polyhedra as inspiration for their work?
  • How can you capture your models in 2 dimensions by drawing, hatching, and shading? How does different lighting and perspective change how they look?

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