The way 12 stars can be made to enclose space is quite enchanting. This figure is made simply by replacing the pentagonal faces of a dodecahedron with 5 pointed stars. It is really only the dodecahedral and icosahedral forms that lend themselves to this kind of 'stellation'. Geometers tell us that it is only in two three, and four dimensions that this phenomena of stellating the platonic forms occurs. Star forms are inherently dynamic and unstable. It is interesting to contemplate that (to put it perhaps too simply) beyond the fourth dimension there are no stars. This model will be...
