Abstract
In this interactive, hands-on workshop, the three co-authors/ workshop presenters (with experience in mathematics,
math education, weaving and architecture) share insights into the mathematics of braided and twined structures and
interests in large scale embodied mathematics learning and community construction techniques. Participants will
explore the structures of braid- and rope-making, first through small-scale hand building, and then through
collaborative ‘danced’ construction of twines, braids and Maypole-inspired helical lattices as architectural
structures, with the aim of developing deeper understandings of patterns inherent in these patterns. The techniques
used in this workshop would provide powerful techniques in classroom explorations of the geometries of ropes and
braids for courses in mathematics, teacher education and architecture.
