fill fiber 30 back and forth to create built up layers of picks 58 the wand 18 is long enough to reach down through the longest warp fibers 42 during the weaving fig8 in this example the base 22 is moved as dictated by the design of the woven structure 14 to create a bend 66 in the woven structure 14 the base 22 is thus capable of movement relative to the warp fiber arms 26 a boss 68 of the base 22 directly engages one end of the warp fibers 42 the warp fibers 42 are adhesively secured to base 68 in some examples the base 22 moves so that the pick_formation point is at a position relative to the wand 18 and the fill fiber 30 appropriate for forming the bend 66 although only one substantial bend 66 is shown the base 22 may manipulate the pick formation points to form a woven structure having various contours the base 22 may move the warp fibers 42 over a piece of tooling shaped to the final desired contour e g a mandrel that is attached to the base 22 to facilitate forming the bend 66 the mandrel may move separately from the base 22 in another example the base 22 moves the warp fibers 42 without.