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eTextiles in San Antonio

eTextiles in San Antonio

on04 June 2013 / in Workshop

Hello Surface Design workshoppers! I stuffed your eTextile samples and supplies notebooks with LED’s, conductive fabrics and conductive threads!  Excited? I am!  

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Thanks Digi-Key!

Thanks Digi-Key!

on01 June 2013 / in Blog, How To, Supplier

    Your Geami eco-packing material makes an upscale decorative wrap for my peanut butter jar flower vases!  

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Ljubljana Media Lab

Ljubljana Media Lab

on27 May 2013 / in Workshop
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eTextile Workshop in Zagreb

eTextile Workshop in Zagreb

on26 May 2013 / in Workshop

A big space, lots of electronics, conductive thread and curious minds was all it took.

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On my workbench – LAST YEAR!

on16 May 2013 / in Weaving

I was working on double weave samples May 2012 on the 8 shaft Louet Hollandia.

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crashSpace!

crashSpace!

on13 May 2013 / in Blog, Workshop

my home away from home and source of many inspirations! The Lending Library that tracks activity. View the complete flickr set! and they make mobil interactive dance environments!

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GO to the eTextile Summer Camp 2013!

on12 May 2013 / in Workshop

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, […]

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neon fiber optics

neon fiber optics

on07 May 2013 / in eTextile

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

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Weaving lab at FIDM

Weaving lab at FIDM

on05 May 2013 / in Weaving

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 […]

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Makerspace LA – free eTextile Workshop

Makerspace LA – free eTextile Workshop

on04 May 2013 / in Workshop

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 […]

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