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I enjoy making shoji lamps in the shape of polyhedra. This one, the "Pentafleur," is a rhombicosidodecahedron, a polyhedron made up of 12 pentagons, 20 triangles, and 30 squares, a shape which is revealed by the lamp's main maple frame.
If you look at the patterns created by the mahogany inner frames, you also can see the outline of an icosahedron, a polyhedron comprised of 20 triangles, as well as a dodecahedron, comprised of 12 pentagons, and even a Catalan deltoidal hexecontahedron, comprised of 60 kite-shaped faces.
Each face is backed by translucent washi, a traditional Japanese paper. When the lamp is lit, the washi glows with the light passing through it and casts a soft, warm, rich light into the room.
One of the papers in this lamp was made by Mrs. Sayoko Furuta, a washi master who was continuing an unbroken line of artistry that stretches back for more than a thousand years. She held the title of National Living Treasure of Japan.