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Building a Hexastix: a pointy sculpture of mathematical madness and fun (for less than £5)!

November 15, 2016 Lewis MacKenzie
Hexastix-lewis-mackenzie

I was recently inspired to build a very fun object/maths sculpture known as a "Hexastix". This strange object is a curious assembly of 72 pencils held together with only 8 rubber bands! Hexastix are easy to make, and lots of fun to put together. Plus, all the supplies I needed for it were found on the high street for under £5 in total! 

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Building a Hexastix: a pointy sculpture of mathematical madness and fun (for less than £5)!

November 15, 2016 Lewis MacKenzie
Hexastix-lewis-mackenzie

I was recently inspired to build a very fun object/maths sculpture known as a "Hexastix". This strange object is a curious assembly of 72 pencils held together with only 8 rubber bands! Hexastix are easy to make, and lots of fun to put together. Plus, all the supplies I needed for it were found on the high street for under £5 in total! 

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In Featured Tags hexastix, making, project, fun, maths, sculpture
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