Detail of how I use conductive thread strung with crimping beads in the warp to insert and secure the thru hole quadrate LEDs.  

Video from Hannah Perner-Wilson on Philips eTextile Life Cycle Design shows how the user can rip out the electronic guts of the fused fabric allowing the user to recycle the electronics and fabric separately. more on recycling eTextile waste in my 11 June 2013 post

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

  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 […]

  Lolwa Hassan Jamal made an eTextile lighthouse from conductive thread, ATtiny45 and a craft tech pressure sensor of conductive fabric and velostat. AWESOME! view on youtube By pressing on the light house door the user activates the LEDs to flicker. She made this three days after being introduced to an LED and 3V battery. I am so impressed!! I […]

I’ve been testing an eTextile prototype to be shown at the Denver Art Museum the last Friday in April 2013.

I’ve been testing some felted pressure sensors for an eTextile projects that will go the Denver Art Museum for a temporary show the end of April. smiles!