This kind of art is called Canadian Smocking. I know you might think it can be made with a fabric simulation, but I really don’t think K2 or Flexhopper is a good way to go. Rather, I guess it is a matter of making a unit cell and placing it on a grid. Need some ideas on making the pattern unit.
Still just in case
Guess you are right
in my opinion this can be done very well with ShapeMap.
Look at examples from 2-1 to 2-3, where there are examples of cells distributed along the surface.
Create the single cell so it can be repeated along the desired surface. Ask @jessesn , he will probably be able to give you some good advice.
I would say it is doable by arraying a unit cell. If @Quan_Li shared the definiton or the baked mesh, I would like to give it a try.
Kind of reminds me on the Erwin Hauer tiles.
Edit: I guess we all think it is doable with a unit cell:)
Nice work from Annie Locke!
I would do it with Kangaroo, then you get both states, flat and pinched.
I used kangaroo2. Feel free to use my code, theyre on github here
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