I was able to dress Holly with a five month old warp that has been waiting to be wound on to the back beam. But only after I salvaged the stainless steel conductive thread and cut out all of the tangled grey pearl cotton warp threads. WHile I was away there must be thready gremlins that infiltrated The Gas Station […]

After teaching around the world and back again I found that people are still buying anti-static or metalic looking threads believing the fiber is conductive and will work for eTextiles, wearable computing, and craft -tech. Its an easy mistake as there are more vendors on ebay and etsy selling fake ‘conductive’ thread than I ever imagined!  Unfortunately, this ignorance and […]

  We collected some of the conductive thread, copper foil and battery waste from the eTextile workshop at the Surface Design Conference. How we recycle eTextiles and wearable computers continues to perplex me. I don’t have an answer, but at least I am asking the question! Article from NYT ‘Could Smart Textiles Prove Toxic?‘ 2 November 2011. ‘The Environmental Cost […]

  Painting connections from ATtiny45 hardware to conductive thread with Bare conductive paint.