Knitting 3D fabrics- reflecting on Brancusi's work

Recently I visited an exhibit at Artizon Museum in Tokyo Station. It was a showcase of Brancusi’s sculptures, photographs and series of other works that was related to Brancusi’s artistic influence.

“Brancusi- Carving the Essence”

There are many ways to create shape in knitwear.

１．Shaping, fully-fashioning

Fully-fashioning is a technique used to shaping knitwear. By adjusting rows and stitches, we can create three-dimensional forms. We discuss this technique in our previous post here.

２．Ｉncorporating stretch yarn

Another way is to add a stretch yarn. When using a stretch yarn, certain sections of the knit will shrink. Using this logic we can make dense dimensional forms. This technique usually makes more smooth and flexible structures. In this picture bellow, the purple gray is a stretch yarn. Due to the elastic quality, the black yarn will float outwards from the fabric.

In our recent collection, we showcased a special yarn called TROBON. It is a heat reactive transparent yarn. When heat set, it stiffens the yarn its knitted with.

３．Heatset with　ＴＲＯＢＯＮ

We combined TROBON with FORMA for this swatch. FORMA is our recycled polyester stretch yarn. TORBON a unique yarn that hardens when it is heat set. The yarn itself is transparent and can be used with various yarn combinations.

Below is a circular motif version of TROBON and FORMA. The circle section is a plaiting of TROBON. However the rest is knitted with only FORMA.

If interested in TROBON, contact us directly and we can send you information on this product.

From a certain era, Brancusi started to take photographs of his studio and work in progress. These black and white photographs demonstrate Brancusi’s artistic sense in space, form and composition.

If you have the time in Tokyo, I would definitely recommend the Brancusi exhibit.