Woven Corrugations
2020, TC-2 Jacquard Woven
Warp:
Weft:
In origami, a corrugation is defined as a style of folded design that showcases the entire surface of the paper such that every fold is visible. The qualities of corrugations can be incredibly useful when thinking about expandable and retractable fabrics, especially because most corrugations are expandable and contractable in 2 of 3 spatial dimensions, but rigid in the third.
Another peculiar feature of corrugations is that they often display something called a negative Poisson’s ratio—generally, as one squeezes an object in one direction, it will expand in the other to accommodate the force being exerted upon it. With a negative Poisson’s ratio, however, the opposite is true—as you compress in one direction (say x), the material will also tend to compress in the other (say y).
The goal with this project is to explore corrugation patterns that can successfully be translated to fabric. Patterns that can be made out of fabric show potential for things like expandable and retractable sunshades, filtration for a moving diaphragm, technical design for autobody composite manufacturing, as well as in low-waste clothing manufacturing.
Another peculiar feature of corrugations is that they often display something called a negative Poisson’s ratio—generally, as one squeezes an object in one direction, it will expand in the other to accommodate the force being exerted upon it. With a negative Poisson’s ratio, however, the opposite is true—as you compress in one direction (say x), the material will also tend to compress in the other (say y).
The goal with this project is to explore corrugation patterns that can successfully be translated to fabric. Patterns that can be made out of fabric show potential for things like expandable and retractable sunshades, filtration for a moving diaphragm, technical design for autobody composite manufacturing, as well as in low-waste clothing manufacturing.
