Complete pleats : pleating techniques for fashion, architecture and design
Entry/Object ID
TT521.J23
Description
Complete Pleats explains how pleating systems can be stretched, compressed, flared, skewed, multiplied and mirrored, showing how from simple ideas, a huge number of original pleat forms can be created. Each technique is explained with a series of step-by-step photographs and line illustrations, enabling the designer to work through the basic principles of pleating and then adapt them to their specific needs. Complete Pleats also features about 40 examples of pleats from the worlds of architecture, fashion and product design. Paul Jackson has taught pleating techniques to students of Fashion Design for 30 years, in both paper and fabric. Complete Pleats is the definitive practical guide for anyone wishing to create and make pleats.
Lexicon
Search Terms
fabric folding, folds, paper folding, pleats (sewing)
Legacy Lexicon
Category
Book
Accessories
Accessory
DVD
Notes
Includes 1 DVD.
Book Details
Author
Paul Jackson
Publisher
Laurence King
Place Published
City
London
Country
England, United Kingdom
Continent
Europe
Date Published
2015
Call No.
TT520.J23
ISBN
1780676018, 9781780676012
Notes
Length: 303
General Notes
Note Type
Contents
Note
Introduction : What is a pleat? ; How to make the examples How to work from the drawings, photographs and text ; How to cut and fold ; Equipment ; Symbols --
Dividing paper : Linear divisions ; Rotational divisions ; Grids ; Graphic divisions --
Basic pleats : Accordion pleats ; Knife pleats ; Box pleats ; Upright pleats ; Non-parallel linear pleats ; Curved pleats ; Cut pleats --
Twisted pleats : Twisted rosettes ; Twisted columns ; Stacked rosettes and columns ; Twisted rings ; Stacked rings ; Ring columns --
V-Pleats : The basic V ; Multiple gutters ; Multiple Vs ; Vs in opposition ; Multiple gutters and Vs ; Concertina boxes --
Working with grids : Square grids ; Triangular grids --
Pleats laid across pleats : Knife across knife ; Accordion across knife ; Upright across upright ; Cut pleats across cut pleats --
How to pleat fabric : Steaming and baking ; Shadowfolds ; Other techniques.
