About

by pleatfarmer

Pleat Farm is an informational and inspirational online platform – a design pasture showcasing the latest in apparel, textiles, architecture, furniture, paper art and product design, with a focus on innovative material applications such as folding, bending and knotting.

I’m an architect, a seeker of good design, and currently resides  in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. ‘Folding’ has been my modus operandi ever since I began my design education at RISD, and the technique has served numerous possibilities in my works. Hence, this has inspired me to create an online archive on design that utilizes folding as well as innovative material applications, and so P|F was born.

Enjoy grazing!

Elizabeth Surya

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1 clare webster October 16, 2009 at 5:14 AM

I love this site. I am also obsessed with pleats! Good work!

2 Ditte Lerche May 19, 2010 at 1:56 AM

This is fantastic work!! And absolutely the best blog I have come across!! THANK YOU!! ;)

3 Tensegrity Wiki July 5, 2010 at 10:26 PM

Beautiful site. Stumbled across your site doing research for an article on the role of fabric in tensegrity structures to the Encyclopedia of Tensegrity. Are you interested in that subject as well? I found some good stuff here: http://www.tensionstructures.com/terminology.htm.

4 ANDREW WALKER February 7, 2011 at 3:20 AM

hey was trying to email you but could not decipher your email address … any help

5 Linh April 11, 2011 at 1:23 PM

this is really a amazing site :) thanks for sharing us those amazing posts and keep working :)

6 Noud October 18, 2011 at 12:32 PM

Pleatfarm still living?

7 pleatfarmer October 18, 2011 at 11:52 PM

Hi Noud,

PF is taking a little sabbatical & will be back very soon. Thanks for your patience!

- Elizabeth

8 anupa jangbari November 1, 2011 at 3:35 AM

hi..
its a super inspirational site.
really love the fold concept!!
was browsing for some paper ideas…and found your link ..
look fwd for more uploads! :)
thnks elizabeth..
take care..

9 Mojgan From Iran December 28, 2011 at 10:21 PM

I am teaching folding fabrics in my class in university. We visited your site many times with my students for improving our knowledge about new works in folding design and art. The books you introduced are in our library too!
Thank you very much for sharing the great things, with interesting subject, in beautiful way, with us.
All the best and Good Luck

10 LL February 6, 2012 at 10:22 AM

Are you back yet? I wanna see new posting!! :)

I found this and it might be of your interest as well (architecture and folding).
http://7coffeeaday.blogspot.com/

11 pleatfarmer February 25, 2012 at 1:33 AM

Thanks LL for the link! awesome stuff!

12 pleatfarmer February 25, 2012 at 1:39 AM

Mojgan,
Your note is such an encouragement and a joy, and I’m so glad that Pleat Farm has been a resource for your class. Thank you!

13 ryugaun April 10, 2012 at 11:41 PM

I like your the specific point of Pleatfarm and it’s own expression such as “Pleat”, “Graze”. Like, Like, Like!

14 George July 6, 2012 at 6:27 AM

Hi Elizabeth,

This site is awesome. I would love to get some of my fathers work posted on your blog. He has been pleating for over 60 years…actually my entire family has been doing it for 4 generations. We do a lot of work for the couture fashion houses. Looking forward to your response :-)
Regards,
George

15 Ravie July 13, 2012 at 12:58 PM

Elizabeth! I browsed PleatFarm almost everyday in school. Very inspirational and informative indeed. I had no idea it was your blog! Good work and hope you are doing great!

16 pleatfarmer July 13, 2012 at 10:34 PM

Hi George, please email me and we can talk further! Thanks! – Elizabeth

17 pleatfarmer July 13, 2012 at 10:36 PM

Hi Ravie! So glad that you’ve checked out Pleatfarm! Just exactly what’s intended to do! Thanks for dropping by, & hope you’re well! :)

18 Lê Ann January 6, 2013 at 6:49 PM

Dear Elizabeth, i just ran across this site and i was inspired a lot from here.Thanks so much for your optional sharing.
Regard.

19 sphere360 March 19, 2013 at 3:28 AM

Thanks for sharing this source of inspiration!
If you want learn more about paper architecture and folding, check out my projects:
http://www.instructables.com/member/sphere360/

20 Tya April 9, 2013 at 10:52 PM

Hi! This is a magical site! Thanks for putting it together. Are you Indonesian by any chance?

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