Woven rattan seats: weaving determines pattern and elasticity

A close-up, top-down view of a chair seat, hand-woven with rattan strips into a regular hexagonal pattern. Each rattan strip is 3mm wide, and the overlapping sequence at the intersections is visible. Due to hand-weaving, there are subtle variations in the size of the holes, and they are slightly deformed near the edges for finishing. The rattan color is a natural light honey, not yet darkened by use. The seat edge is wrapped with a thicker rattan cane, secured by thin rattan windings into the groove of the wooden frame; the number and spacing of the windings are clearly visible. Soft, oblique light casts delicate shadows through the holes.
Avoid: Pattern made perfectly uniform like machine weaving, using plastic rattan, edges pressed down by metal strips, holes too large losing elasticity.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一張椅子座面的俯視近景,以手工藤皮編成規律的六角孔圖案,每一條藤皮寬 3mm,交錯處看得見上下壓疊的順序。因為是手編,孔的大小有極細微的差異,靠近邊緣處為了收邊而略微變形。藤皮的顏色是自然的淺蜜色,尚未經過使用而變深。座面邊緣以一圈較粗的藤條包覆,並用細藤纏繞固定在木框的溝槽裡,纏繞的圈數與間距清楚可見。柔和的斜光讓孔洞投下細碎的影子。避免:圖案做成機器編的完全均勻、使用塑膠藤、邊緣以金屬條壓住、孔洞太大失去彈性。