Flower of Life
March 2006 -- Designed by Marc Pelletier, this model mimicks the bud growth in plant forms. Twelve rhombic icosahedra (each made of 20 diamond-shaped faces) join at a common point. Intersecting spirals governed by the Divine Proportion in each bud reflect the Fibonacci spirals found every-where in nature. Different levels of buds are "morphed" to illustrate various stages of growth.
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