COFA PhD candidate Hamish Dunlop and I have been sharing an enthusiasm for facets. His research involves building a 6-axis mill, with the target of cutting his own component parts for faceted 3D models.
Here’s a work he produced for his final MFA installation, with construction detail:
Wolfie on the left side of the image is made up of 432 unique 8-sided polygons. To convert him from polygon mesh to solid polygons, I wrote a plug-in for Rhino. A CNC company in NZ cut him out.