Jaali Fellow 2

20226.5" x 9" x 7"Cherry / Maple / Walnut and basswood Enjoy the many symmetries of this cute, shape-shifting little fellow. The Jaalihedra™ Sculpture series combines polyhedral shapes with perforated patterns inspired by jaali - decorative sandstone screens commonly found in the forts and castles of Northwestern India.  Each of the "Three Jaali Fellows" has the exterior shape of a polyhedron with the fancy-schmancy name of a "rhombic dodecahedron." (All this means is that it has 12 faces, all of which are rhombuses. Those Greeks and their fancy words!) Their modest size makes them perfect as a decoration on a desk top or a bookshelf. Each face is decorated with a pattern featuring 5-pointed and 10-pointed stars. In the case of Jaali Fellow 2, all the faces are made out of the one color of wood with central rosette inserts of a contrasting color of wood. This sculpture can lie directly on any flat surface on any of its identical faces, and casts dramatic shadows when brightly lit. On