I started my blog back in 2018, and my very first posts were about Pattern Magic. These books were my gateway to Japanese patternmaking techniques. So, when I…
In January I published an article about how to create designs inspired by square shapes. It was the first part of a series showing you various designs of…
This is another cool sculptural technique. However, like the polyhedrons, also this one requires quite a lot of time. You can use accordion-pleats as a way of creating…
Ready for some geometry? Of course I wasn’t going to skip my favorite, the polyhedrons! This is a technique you can find in Pattern Magic 3. I don’t…
It’s time for the first tutorial! As promised, I’ll now explain some of the basic techniques behind the Pattern Magic -inspired pieces I’ve made. To start, I…
This is the second part of my introduction to the Pattern Magic -series. The first part can be found here: https://theshapesoffabric.com/2018/01/31/pattern-magic-part-1/ Pattern Magic Stretch fabrics After the first…