The eTextile Summer Camp 2013, Call for eTextiles Practitioners! CONTACT: Mika Satomi info@etextile-summercamp.org eTextile-summercamp.org DEADLINE: 15 May 2013 The eTextiles Summer Camp is a five day event that brings together expert practitioners of eTextiles and Soft Circuitry in one place to share their knowledge and skills through hands-on workshops, and facilitate discussions around their practices. We are looking for makers, […]

I like to bright-up my electronics with fluorescent fiber optics. I purchased these from Fiber Optic Products.

Did you know the students at Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles learn how to weave?  Neither did I. Each loom in this lab is warped with a different weave structure.  The students     weave on each loom with a variety of fibers so that they understand the mechanics and possibilities afforded by a twill v a […]

Saturday 4 May 2013 Matt Pinner, from crashSpace, and I hosted an eTextile workshop at the Los Angeles Makerspace. About 18 people came to learn about conductive thread, copper foil tape and Bare Conductive Paint to create eTextiles and paper computing. We began with the basic LED circuit that I use for all my classes.The two hours flew by as […]

Today I went home to give a lecture and workshop with the ever inspiring students at California State University at Long Beach. I love these people and their LED catfish.

I’m feeling San Diego squish between my toes and running thru its lush green grass.

  I went thru my studio today looking for unlikely items I might use as conductive switches. Which ones are conductive?  Which are not?   Metal Brads   Metal Paper Clips   Metal Thumbtacks   Metal Buttons

Tonight at the Denver Art Museum – Untitled Flower Power – an eTextile interactive art piece On the Bridge connecting the North Building to the Hamilton Building. Other artists at Current are: The Matter of Music Energy by Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra, with a special installation by artists Annica Cuppetelli and Cristobal Mendoza. Imagine 40 musicians playing pieces inspired by the […]

Both flowers are fully powered and functioning as planned! I am letting the Flowers sense their environment so I can test the batteries life span on ping.  1:54 and all systems on.  I’ll be checking the LEDs brightness every 15 minutes. woop woop woop Red LEDs are hard to photograph! Green LEDs and Pink Petals are a great combination!  I’ll […]

I’ve been working on the interactive eTextile flowers that I will present at the Denver Art Museum Untitled event Friday 26 April. Inside this felted stamen I inserted a Maxbotix ultrasonic range finder   This sensor will feed analog information to an ATtiny45.  If the range is within two feet then the 10mm red LEDs will illuminate. If you are […]