ALT Three figures showing the realization of higher-dimer models. Panel e on the upper left shows three images of a star-shaped six-dimer model based on +3 square lattice in a planar LC cell. On the far left is the polarized micrograph of the shape, with faint gray lines on a beige background, and on the right are two versions in black and white. Each +3 singularity is encircled by twelve alternating bright and dark brushes as viewed from its polarized micrograph and splits into 6 vortex lines on each surface. On the far right is a schematic of a 2×3 lattice in two-dimensions, with the same star-shaped patterns repeated on top of a grid of blue circles. A single unit of the same structure is shown in three dimensions on the bottom left.