Lace Braided Textile Research
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Bradford Jamison has conducted more than two decades of independent research advancing lace braiding from a historically decorative textile practice into a functional, pattern-engineered textile architecture. The work is centered primarily on structural pattern development, interlacement geometry, and density-controlled lace braided systems rather than major machine modification, utilizing heritage lace braiding processes to produce breathable, flexible, and load-distributing textile structures.
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Applications explored through this research include performance apparel, footwear, medical-supportive textiles, flexible composite structures, architectural textile systems, automotive textiles, robotics, and sports-related material architectures. Across these disciplines, the unifying focus is lightweight structural performance, breathability, and adaptive flexibility achieved through lace braided geometry.
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Developed outside formal institutional frameworks, this body of work exists primarily in physical prototypes, pattern logic, machinery practice, and long-term experiential research. The archive of this page is intended to document and preserve the evolution of lace braiding as a functional structural textile system, while supporting archival review, design history scholarship, and future textile innovation research.
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Research and Development:
Bradford Jamison
TEF Braids / Tensengral
New York State, USA
www.tefbraids.comDocumentation and Archival Preparation:
Terri Jamison