Glorious sunshine soleil , a step into timeless motionless stillness at Kiri’s workshop Atelier, where he crafts magnificent plisse creations...
3 meters of tartan reduced into a tiny bundle of pleats... Sun pleats
One step ahead, while kilt makers press every pleat by hand,
Pleaters carve the template they need for a particular job, and place the right amount of fabric into two layers of stiff paper they create themselves to order, place in oven, and let the steam do its job, some use chemicals, but Kiri’s method is totally natural, like his love and knowledge for plants
When, at 10:15 this morning I called him to know if he was open, he said he could do it by Tuesday, but he added, if you need to pick up your fabric, overlock and pin hem, you won t be able to make it,
I said see you at 12, and there I was, picking up cloth from Philip Lane Somalian lovely man inbetween Friday payers, Cycled home, cut , overlooked and hemmed, by 12 I was there, with Kiri already pleating Sunshine Pleats for another designer, he kindly inserted the tartan in, and after a short trip to local Sainsbury came back to find the cloth Soleilpleated...
Wonderful
Especially at the dawn of a special day to celebrate
