Models of the Octahedron

Perfectly inside the octahedron, we discover six octahedra, one in each of the six corners and eight tetrahedrons, one in each of the eight faces. These simple formulations, when imagined at the Planck scale, provided the impetus to imagine it as a finite-infinite transformation mechanism.

In 1998 we had already discovered the overall relations in 1998 when our newly-created molds began producing an abundance of perfect, clear plastic tetrahedrons and octahedrons. We designed a game in 1999 to teach school children the interiority of these basic structures.

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