LOOM—

COMPUTATIONAL TEXTILES / STUDY NO. 05

Soft matter.
Bold ideas.

A line becomes a thread. A thread becomes a surface. Give that surface a little freedom, and see what it wants to become.

Enter the material study
STUDY 05 / VermilionFORM / LIGHT / MOTION
PLEAT DEPTH / 65 %
Warp meets weft
05 — AN EXERCISE IN TEXTILE

LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER

SWATCH 01 / FORM

A surface learning to stand.

The hanging cloth finds its shape through repetition. Deep pleats turn a flat piece into a rhythm of light and shade.

Dye bath01 / 03
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Drag to turn. Arrow keys to explore.
Every study begins with a small change.

A NOTE ON TEXTILE
THE LOOM PERSPECTIVE

A surface is never just a surface. It is a negotiation with light.

From a thread to a feeling.

THREE CHAPTERS / ONE EXPLORATION
Begin with repetition.

FIG. 01 / LOOM
01 / THREAD

Begin with repetition.

A loom turns a simple crossing into something that can hold a body, soften a room or carry a story. Our digital study begins with the same proposition: one small rule, repeated with care.

Change the weave frequency to shift the rhythm of the surface. Back to the instrument ↑

FIG. 02 / LOOM
02 / FOLD

Let the surface disagree.

Flatness is only the first possibility. Increase the pleat and the textile finds peaks, shadows and deep intervals of colour. The fold becomes a structure with its own quiet force.

Move the pleat-depth control to reshape the suspended fabric. Back to the instrument ↑

FIG. 03 / LOOM
03 / COLOUR

Finish with a temperature.

Vermilion feels close to the skin. Aubergine holds a darker conversation. Ultramarine opens a little distance. Each dye changes the way the same fold receives the light.

Choose a dye and keep a record of the material you made. Back to the instrument ↑

YOUR TURN / A STUDY TO KEEP

Make something worth touching.

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A STUDY TO KEEP

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