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Basketweave Design & Process
•Layout design considerations
•Customized indexing wheels
•The Process
•Gallery
Basketweave Layout
Fine Grid
Coarse Grid
Developing a “grid” pattern on the vessel using the lathe’s indexing wheel
Drawing grid lines using lathe’s indexing wheel
Coarse Grid
Fine grid
Basketweave Layout
Developing a “diagonal” basketweave pattern
(Pattern repeats after 3 spaces)
Basketweave Layout
Straight Patterns
Pattern repeats after 2 spaces
Pattern repeats after 3 spaces
Basketweave Layout
Straight Patterns
Pattern repeats after 5 spaces
Pattern repeats after 7 spaces
Basketweave Layout
Straight Patterns
Pattern repeats after 8 spaces
Pattern repeats after 9 spaces
Custom indexing wheel for 60 divisions
Pattern repeats after 5 spaces
Both vertically & Horizontally
White squares will be cut out from design.
5mm depth holes drilled to gauge wall thickness
White holes removed. To simulate weave, lines are cut half-way
through. Ribbons are beveled and sanded smooth.
Piercing “straight” basketweave pattern
96-division indexing wheel
(standard on the OneWay)
Pattern repeats after 8 spaces
Sanding the weave pattern after piercing
Gallery
Straight basketweave pattern—Carob wood
Gallery
Straight Pattern—Carob wood
Gallery
Diagonal basketweave pattern--Mesquite
Diagonal pattern showing spirals
Carob wood
Gallery
Diagonal basketweave pattern—Carob wood
Gallery
Basketweave variation, dyed mesquite
Pattern layout for basketweave variation
Basketweave variation using Previous Pattern
The Red Cord
Mesquite
66-divisions
Earlier work with
pyrography
Pyrographic Designs
Thanks….J.Paul Fennell