Sculpture System No. 5 blocks
The Basic Piece
The basic piece in the system is a triangle. We hope to add other regular polygons shapes soon, should you with to build Archimedean polyhedra or other craziness. The design is creative commons share-alike so feel free to develop the pieces yourself, just let us know so we can put them up here!
To get from a triangle to the actual block, first cover the edge with circles. Remove the ones at the corners (this is essential for hinging) and make the rest of the edge a wave. This shape can be cut out with very little wastage, as the individual pieces tile together.
For the hinge we need to cut additional circles. These have a groove cut accross their diameter. The main tile also have grooves cut along the edges of the original triangle. The circles (six for each triangle) are screwed onto the tile so the grooves line up. This leaves room for a bar to connect two neighbouring tiles.