Thursday, January 26, 2012
Fabric origami with Chris Palmer
Berkeley Rep Blog: Berkeley Rep's shops are filled with pretty awesome, talented artisans who are always curious and ready to learn new things (and build some awesome things too). That tradition continued last Friday when the costume shop hosted an in-house fabric origami workshop taught by the amazing artist Chris Palmer, author of Shadowfolds. He taught members of the costume, prop, and scenic shops his method of folding fabric to make three-dimensional geometric designs.
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This is a very cool sort of art I've never heard about before. The designs are beautiful, and I love that he got hands-on with the participants while he explained it. I don't know if these "folds" would be strong enough to wear in clothing (probably not, but I know nothing about fabric) but it would be really cool to see someone wearing an artistically folded fabric on stage, or in real life.
This seems like just another medium people are going to do crazy-amazing things with.
This is incredible. The textures shapes and patterns that technique created are wonderful. I never even knew that this was possible. This would be a spectacular work shop to be able to participate in. I would be curious to find out if these intricate folds are able to hold by themselves or if they are required to be fixed in some manner.
Wow. As someone who actually know origami, I"m both impressed at what they've been able to accomplish, and curious if the fabrics need to be treated, or the folds need to be attached somehow, because normal fabric isn't stiff enough to hold traditional origami. I've tried, and it all kind of sinks in on itself. Either way, this is beautiful, and I think it would make an interesting complement to a quilted pattern.
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