I folded a few versions of the origami modular 'Electra', design David Mitchell. (1989)

This is 'Electra 24'. It has 3 'faces', so I made a kind of triptych ;-))
As the name implies this model is folded from 24 squares of shiny paper 7,5x7,5cm. Final size: diameter 7,5cm.

""The underlying structure is a rhombicuboctahedron: every four-sided ring is surrounded by three-sided rings and every three-sided ring by four-sided rings.

'The name 'Electra' is of course, drawn from the Greek mythology, but also references the similarity of the design to one of those, now somewhat outdated, pictures of electrons surroundings a nucleus in their shells."' info - David Mitchell

Model: origami 'Electra 24'
Design: David Mitchell
Diagrams on his website

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"Yin and Yang are one vital force -- the primordial aura."
Quote - Wang Yangming

This happens when you're folding in the sun….you take a short break and when you return everything looks different…..

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The completed assembly of 'Yin or Yang' makes a friendly smiling origami modular called "Electra 30" or 'Electra".
It has the structure of an 'origami Icosidodecahedron', that is the underlying structure of 'Electra': every five-sided ring is surrounded by three-sided rings and every three-sided ring by five-sided rings.

This 30-piece version of 'Electra' is probably the best known and most folded modular, designed by David Mitchell.
On his website you will find the diagrams for the improved module to hold them together more firmly, especially during the assembly phase.
The original module is now only used for the 24-piece design.

Model: origami Electra 30, better known as Electra
Design: David Mitchell
Diagrams on his website

Paper: 30 pieces of floral harmony paper, 5x5cm
Final size: diameter 7,5cm

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"Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.”
Quote - Claude Monet

It is a little puzzle too, so if you want I have two questions for you:
1. how many elements do you see?
2. what do you think this will become?

Update:
The answer is 'Electra 60', an origami modular made from 60 pieces of paper, designed by David Mitchell.

Happy and joyful Friday ;-))

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Here is the solution of the color-puzzle from yesterday: the one and only 'Electra 60', made from 60 pieces of paper;-))

The underlying structure of 'Electra 60' is that of a rhombicosidodecahedron: each five-sided ring and every three-sided ring are surrounded by four-sided rings.The five-sided and the there-sided rings touch at the corners. I hope you can see it.

Made from the same module as 'Electra 30', better known as 'Electra'.

Model: origami Electra 60
Design: David Mitchell
Diagrams on his website

Paper: 60 pieces of kamipaper, 7,5x7,5cm
Final size: diameter 15cm

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