Woven Möbius Mirror, 2022

14” Round

Cherry veneer bent laminations finished with shellac

Möbius strip: a non-orientable surface that can be formed by attaching the ends of a strip of paper together with a half-twist; a mathematical phenomena discovered in 1858 that had appeared in Roman mosaics as early as the third century CE.

This object is comprised of seven wooden/modified Möbius strips woven together. As opposed to using a linear strip of material as defined in the mathematical equation, each Möbius-based component is molded using three layers of cherry veneer laser cut ahead of time. Each layer of veneer was cut into a “V”; biased towards its leading edge and tapered on each tail. One twist is then added as the layers are laminated and 1/7th of the final object is formed. Each component feeds through the loop of the next and locks under the ear of the following resulting in a seemingly endless circular form with a heptagonal opening in the middle. This complex woven wooden form frames a mirror and is meant to hang on the wall.