Paul Gailiunas

Statement

I have participated in every Bridges conference since 2000, and exhibited artwork since 2007, usually related to my conference presentation. I am interested in any visually interesting manifestation of mathematics, and have used a variety of media at various times: paper or card models, geometrical drawings, computer images, and I have used mathematically inspired designs in leather bookbindings. I have exhibited basketry pieces on five occasions previously, using madweave in Coimbra (2011) and Enschede (2013). I have not used madweave since then until now.

Artworks

The first piece I ever made using madweave, purely by good luck had a consistent pattern around its sides. That memory became a motivation to explore what might be possible with ordinary baskets, the kind you might put things in. Although there are constraints many interesting patterns are possible. Triaxial structures, such as madweave, have handedness that is manifest in the patterns. A visually unusual consequence is that the pattern has the same handedness on both sides of the fabric.