Instructions using a simple nail loom from the 1976 book ‘Treasures from Throwaways’.
Video by Svetlana Bell showing how to make a simple frame from household materials and 6 and 8 pointed stars.
Carla from Trashmagination designed a craft called a lenticular photo display using the triangular wood shapes from clementine boxes.
Another early example of a Windmill Loop technique to make paper tassels.
A collection of frames made from cigarette packets – one doubles as a calendar.
Instructions by Diana Durkes, referring to folding instructions by papercrafty.
Video instructions by Howcast.
Gives a crystal effect. Tutorial by Wonderfuldiy.
Quick, simple, washable and endlesslly reusable. What’s not to like? Blog post by Kara from The Practical Frog Blog
Love these vases – such variety. I can’t find anything else about Susanne Schmit from Dusseldorf on the internet. Blog post by Todd Hosfelt
So lovely and bright – Plastics Crochet Artist Magda van der Vloed
I can’t pretend to understand much of the mathmatical basis of Windmill Loop – James Mallos has a blog packed with computer based weaving. Is interesting to see the basic 3 loops explained with different terminology. There is also different ideas on unit weaving/nexorades – weaving short elements together. If you know your vertices from your voxels it could be useful.
Mary is trying to understand the twist of windmill loop by drawing it out.
Examples by Pat Ashforth and Steve Plummer. These cubes could be used as baubles or gift wrap.
A couple of examples of a ‘planar net’ using windmill loop. Much of Alison’s work utilises hexagonal mesh structures and complex mathmatical forms. I was interested in her background of weaving with bamboo.
Text instructions by Anna Subritzky for these flax stars with a little of the background of the tradition. I’m interested to find out what I can substitute harakeke for, here in Europe.
Mary Crabb During has been taking part in Forces in Translation online event ‘Looping and….’ exploring the interface between basketry, mathematics and anthropology. using windmill loop she looked at topology, curvature of surfaces, and particular the fact that a doughnut has zero curvature.
Mary Crabb’s trials and results from instructions on how to weave a windmill loop dog.
Diagram instructions of 8 point star by Javier Caboblanco.
Photo instructions of how to make an origami 8 point star by Qunying
Instructions by Lois Walpole for a plaited garland that packs into a neat, solid tube that takes up little space. Can also be made from palm leaves, coloured paper, plastics, bark, leather and more.
Bold bottle base spheres by Miriam Mitsuko Utsumi.
Delicate flowers and wreaths made from PET bottles by Brazilian designer Miriam Mitsuko Utsumi.
Miriam Mitsuko Utsumi uses sandpaper to achieve a frosted finish on PET bottle vases.
Beautiful colours of these fishing buoys in Cambodia.
Simple way to reuse a broken clock by Grace Bonney. (Abridged version)
I like the simplicity of this idea. Project by the by The BBB Craft Sisters
A good example of shapes that can be made with Windmill Loop weaving. Made by Hilda Rogers
Made by ‘Bags from Milk Boxes’ Thailand
Inventive animal designs including deer and a crab!
Overview of ChuChu loop weaving with plastics, from their Facebook page.
A truncated icosahedron made of interlocking pentagons and hexagons. by Tom Tucker
Using the 3 way loop weaving to make 5 and 6 sided shapes – and the characteristics these have. Innertube Loop Creations by Idea63
Dog from magazines made by DIY family in Taiwan.
Woven leather dog is influenced by woven cigarette packet sculptures. Matt Fothergill
Animal sculptures from Cigarette packets using Windmill Loop Weave. Inspirational. Made by Derek Fitton.
Collection of images and anecdotes about windmill loop weave cigarette packet dogs.
Cigarette Packet Dog examples. Site by John Hewitson
