E-Stitches Zine - Capacitive Folding Jacquard Weave

Context: Capacitive Folding Jacquard Weave is a series of samples resulting from the collaboration between the Kyoto Prefectural Institute for Northern Industry, Japan working with the international network created by the annual Textiles Summer School in Kyoto initiated and directed by Prof. Julia Cassim. The over-all aim of the project has been to explore new weave and product possibilities using the weave, yarn, and process technology of Tango chirimen crepe, a traditional kimono fabric from Kyoto and the Japanese Jacquard loom. Design concept: The design concept aimed to pay homage to Issey Miyake’s ‘Pleats, Please!’ (Miyake, 2012). The project combines the self-folding weaved textiles structures with the principle of electronic capacitance, allowing sensing the changes in capacitance caused by the expansion and contraction of the pleats to produce a sound as with an accordion. The project was conceived as a pedagogical tool for the teaching of e-textiles.