Cranium Anatomica Macramé

Discussion in 'My Shapeways Order Arrived' started by Wahtah, Jul 12, 2013.

  1. Wahtah
    Wahtah Well-Known Member
    My batch of woven items arrived a while ago, this is the woven skull basket. It was inspired by one of the first weekend contests, which made me think: "wouldn't it be nice to be able to weave any shape?". And as it turns out, it would! Took a bit more than a weekend though...

    This batch was just for testing, so to keep the price down I used a very thin wire (1 mm) and quite an open weave. Though it mostly survived shipping and can be handled, it is really too fragile.

    The last picture shows the three components or loops that it is made up of.

    http://shpws.me/orhR

    skull.jpg

    skullflower.jpg

    skullstuffed.jpg

    skullcolored.jpg
     
  2. 7943_deleted
    7943_deleted Member
    WOW! :eek:

    How sturdy is it? It looks very thin!
     
  3. Wahtah
    Wahtah Well-Known Member
    @Natalia Finally someone noticed it ;)
    It's okay as a basket for light stuff, but a thicker/wider wire would be better, there were one or two breaks in the wire although the wrapping dept really did their best.

    I have some more weaving tests, the only one visible at this time is:
    https://www.shapeways.com/model/1160016/woven-glove.html