I'm exploring the potential of weaving as a method of construction and form finding. Weaving offers structural stability without the need for glue or other binding material. I enjoy this systematic, pattern based approach to construction and am fascinated by the way strong forms emerge from flimsy materials. The topology of the surface is dictated by the geometry of the mesh. I do not do any measuring or folding.

Basket makers weave pentagons in place of hexagonal cells in triaxial mesh to make curved and round forms. The flat mesh can also be deformed by substituting hexagons with heptagons (or any polygons with more than 6 sides) to produce a surface with negative curvature. It is a cheap and relatively rapid way to model the hyperbolic plane, (without the expense of a 3d printer.)

Basketry was suggested as a way to visualise complex geometry in the comic book about topology "Le Topologicon" by astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Petit in 1979.