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weave(s):
European 6-1, Japanese 12-2

material(s)
brass, stainless steel

size
4 inches wide and an inch and a half tall.

This is the same basket seen on it's side to show how firm it is. Also I added my hand to express size. I'm done posting pics of this bad boy and going to sleep....


This is most likely the most difficult piece I have ever made. And it been sitting on my desk with all my other sculptures and bragging pieces for like....half a year.

This is a basket woven from super tight and precise chainmaille. The basket combines european for the sides and japanese techniques for the bottom. The besket itself is firm and can even stand on its side and hold itself up. It is very strong and durable. It is about hand size.


The amount of precision required to make this basket was insane. Infact the doorway for the aspect ratio was so small that it would not have been possible if I had made the sides out of steel instead of brass. Even if they were the exact same mandrel and gauge and in almost every way the same size, the lack of springback alone would have made the weave impossible to weave. Think about that for a sec, that means that the differance of an aspect ratio of less .1 would have made this weave too tight to make....period.