Great and Small Stellated Dodecahedron

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Author

Yair Mau

Published

December 21, 2025

These instructions are from the book “Exquisite Modular Origami” by Meenakshi Mukerji (pages 24-27 in this link).

Pages 24-25:

Pages 26-27:

If you prefer a video, see below.

The small and great stellated dodecahedra are two of the four Kepler-Poinsot solids.

Image source: Wolfram Mathworld

See the video below to see the beautiful symmetry of these shapes, and how they relate to the dodecahedron.