I ve been reading Ann Richards book Weaving textiles that shape themselves and wanted to try something self-pleating. A fan of origami I decided to repeatedly reverse the pleating directions to create something truly 3D.
I used alternating cords combined with half-hopsack. Linen for the sides of the pleats for stiffness, 16/2 orange cotton for a soft fold, silk/stainless steel for a sharp crest. Alternate high twist wool wefts are ready to spring into action and form the pleats during wet finishing.
Following origami ideas I worked on changing the pleat directions to create a complex cloth.
On the loom the cloth is flat and the weaving is relatively easy, once off and wet finished the magic begins to happens!
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