This was a play to see if I could create a dodecahedron lantern from an open weave. The first photo shows the shape of the frame using scraps – the final one was made from stripped TetraPak so that I could glue onto it.

My next task was to find a way to fill the pentagons using paper. The problem I found was that my pentagons needs to be a specific size that was bigger than A4, so I couldn’t just print a quick template.

I went down a rabbit hole trying to find an easy method to draw may own pentagon. I had wrongly assumed that it would be as easy as drawing a hexagon… anyway, I perservered and I now have a new respect for pentagons and will revisit this some time.

So, I finally had a template and made the panels from pages from an old road map. They are folded and threaded through each vertex and held in place with a spot of glue. It’s by no means a neat result because the structure was very flimsy and each vertex has a twist. I was pleased nevertheless because the folds managed to work with the twist.

If I revisit this design I would see what difference making the loops more rigid would make.

I used the spare pentagons to make a Paper Star Lantern.