Complete pleats : pleating techniques for fashion, architecture and design /
Jackson, Paul, 1956-
Complete pleats : pleating techniques for fashion, architecture and design / Pleating techniques for fashion, architecture and design Paul Jackson. - London : Laurence King Publishing, 2015 - 303 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm + 1 CD-ROM
Dividing paper -- Basic pleats -- Twisted pleats -- V-Pleats -- Working with grids -- Pleats laid across pleats -- How to pleat fabric.
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.
9781780676012
FOLDS (FORM)
PLEATS (SEWING)
Video recordings.
NK 1582 / J32C 2015
Complete pleats : pleating techniques for fashion, architecture and design / Pleating techniques for fashion, architecture and design Paul Jackson. - London : Laurence King Publishing, 2015 - 303 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm + 1 CD-ROM
Dividing paper -- Basic pleats -- Twisted pleats -- V-Pleats -- Working with grids -- Pleats laid across pleats -- How to pleat fabric.
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.
9781780676012
FOLDS (FORM)
PLEATS (SEWING)
Video recordings.
NK 1582 / J32C 2015