CUBES WOVEN ON THE SKEW

Examples of woven cubes

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Ethnographic

Figure 1 Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford Ball made from pandanus leaf Accession number: PRM 1906.58.92 Collected 1896, Polynesia This ball is a 0,4 cube. Weaving elements are folded up from the base at 90°.
Figure 2 Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford Ball made from palm leaf Accession number: PRM 1918.11.4 Collected 1888, Torres Strait Islands This ball is a 1,1 cube. Weaving elements are folded up from the base at 45°.
Figure 3 Russian Museum of Ethnography, St. Petersburg Cubical ball made from bark This ball is a 3,3 cube. Weaving elements are folded up from the base at 45°.

Artist-made

Figure 4 0,4 cube woven from newspaper with interlacing using string Maker: Felicity Wood
Figure 5 1,1 cube "sweets" woven from paper Maker: Felicity Wood
Figure 6 1,1 cube woven from coconut palm leaf Maker: Felicity Wood
Figure 7 1,1 cube woven from willow bark Maker: Anna-Maria Väätäinen
Figure 8 1,3 cube woven from birch bark Maker: Pertti Junninen
Figure 9 1,3 cube woven from paper with interlacing using blue ribbon Maker: Joanna Gilmour
Figure 10 1,4 cube woven from willow bark Maker: Joanna Gilmour
Figure 11 3,2 cube woven from newspaper Maker: Linda Mowat
Figure 12 4,1 cube woven from newspaper Maker: Linda Mowat
Figure 13 4,7 cube woven from paper Maker: Joni Bamford
Figure 14 5,1 cube woven from paper Maker: Felicity Wood

Photo credits:
Figures 1-2, Liz Yardley, shown with permission of the Pitt Rivers Museum
Figures 3 & 5: Felicity Wood
Figure 10: Joanna Gilmour
All other photos: Liz Yardley