Plato’s Puzzle is now available at in three ways:
- Star cards – collect all twelve pentagonal pyramids.
- Full Plato’s Puzzle first edition.
- The Persean Triple Pyramid: One Quarter of the Cosmos.
Plato’s Puzzle – star cards
Difficulty: Easy (5-10 minutes to complete)
Age: smart +12 to curious adult.
Plato’s puzzle is based around an elevated dodecahedron composed of twelve pentagonal pyramids, each with associated constellations. Twelve star cards are available which together describe the full cosmos.
Use the star cards to introduce Plato’s Puzzle to a friend or collect full set. To build the full cosmos, the 12 star cards, 3d internal structure and celestial stand are ordered separately.
| Plato’s Puzzle – Example star card (as supplied) |  |
| Plato’s Puzzle – Example star card (as assembled by the user) |  |
PRODUCT DETAILS
Each Plato’s Puzzle star card (sold separately) can be assembled by the puzzler to form a one of twelve pentagonal pyramids. Collect all 12 to complete the cosmos.
Pyramid 1: Cepheus the King & the three poles
Pyramid 2: Gemini, Cancer & the Great Bear
Pyramid 3: Boötes the Herdsman, Hercules & the Crown
Pyramid 4: Aries, Taurus & Perseus rising
Pyramid 5: Leo, Virgo & the water-snake Hydra
Pyramid 6: Aquila the eagle, the Arrow & the Lyre
Pyramid 7: Aquarius, Pisces & the flying horse Pegasus
Pyramid 8: The Two Dogs & Orion the Hunter
Pyramid 9: Libra, Scorpio & the beast Panthera
Pyramid 10: River Eridanus & the sea monster Cetus
Pyramid 11: The Centaur & Carina the celestial Keel
Pyramid 12: Sagittarius, Capricorn & the Southern Fish
Overall card dimensions including borders: 20 cm x 13 cm x 0.3 cm
Pyramid diameter once assembled: 9 cm
Star card height once assembled: 9 cm
To complete the full dodecahedral cosmos, all 12 cards are required, plus:
* Plato’s Puzzle: Internal Structure (3 planes)
* Plato’s Puzzle: Celestial Stand
Conceived and made in the UK, including components sourced from within the European Union. Materials: Made from European poplar.
Includes pyrographic etching of the constellations on the dodecahedral universe for 1200 BC. Plato’s Puzzle® is trademarked and subject to EU and UK Registered Designs.
Plato’s Puzzle – limited first edition
Difficulty: Complex (2-4 hours to complete)
Age: smart +12 to curious adult.
Made using pyrotechnology, with the whole puzzle cut with a single white laser. Imagine a lightning bolt, inscribing the heavens. Supplied in a laser-engraved wooden presentation box, with a certificate signed by Mark Sutton and introductory booklet. Contains the full puzzle of 60 equilateral triangles, with all internal supports, celestial stand and connectors. This first edition is limited to 500 numbered pyrographs.
Plato’s Puzzle is supplied as six wooden boards, ready for puzzlers to assemble themselves.
| Plato’s Puzzle – First Edition (once assembled) |  |
| Plato’s Puzzle – First Edition (presentation box) |  |
| (inside of presentation box – as supplied) |  |
PRODUCT DETAILS
Sutton M.A. (2023) Plato’s Puzzle: Hidden geometry of the night sky. Nousaider Press: Edinburgh. 12 pp + 6 wooden sheets,
ISBN: 978-1-3999-4545-5
Presentation box, external dimensions: 33.5 cm x 24.5 cm x 6 cm
Maximum diameter of globe when assembled: 22 cm
Model height when globe suspended on its stand: 28 cm
Conceived and made in the UK, including components sourced from within the European Union. Materials: Puzzle made from European poplar; box made from European birch and pine. Booklet: Printed in colour on recycled paper, including sections on:
* Three ways to use Plato’s Puzzle, with ‘top-tips’
* Dodecahedron as a model of the All
* Explaining the unequal lengths of the zodiac
* The Great Cosmic Arrows
* The Paths of Ea, Anu and Enlil
* The Paths of Empedotimus.
Includes colour images and maps of the dodecahedral universe for 1200 and 1100 BC. Plato’s Puzzle® is trademarked and subject to EU and UK Registered Designs.
Plato’s Puzzle –
The Persean Triple Pyramid:
One Quarter of the Cosmos
Difficulty: Medium (1 hour to complete)
Age: smart +12 to curious adult.
Want something more ambitious than the star cards, but not quite ready for the full Plato’s Puzzle? This wooden model combines three of the pentagonal pyramids around the Perseus cluster of constellations. Together, they make up One Quarter of the Cosmos!
The puzzle incorporates a wooden stand and comes with a copy of the full Plato’s Puzzle booklet, including a maps of dodecahedral cosmos.
| Plato’s Puzzle The Persean Triple Pyramid: One Quarter of the Cosmos (once assembled) |  |
Future products?
As the project develops, we want to cater more widely for everyone’s taste and pocket, including low-cost colour-printed models and wall maps.
Commissions
Looking for something unique? Contact us to discuss specific commissions, including for exhibitions.