a little bit of everything!

to lecture, teach, present and teach at the Surface Design Association Interface Conference in San Antonio.

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

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 […]

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 […]

Yes, I do travel with more computers, hardware and prototyping supplies than clothing.

I’ve been cleaning out my files lately. Sorting. Tossing. Lightening the load for the next adventure. Way back in the late 1990’s box I found this file label and laughed. I still use pink ink. I still advocate for social responsibility. Thankfully, some things remain the same.

The last day at Mathaf scattered pencils and friends far and wide. The lab leaders and I were exhausted and ready for a day of rest! A thought of which Kristine and I could only dream of… for Friday was for fittings and the fashion show dress rehersal.

On our last day we sprinted to the finish line completing our projects, setting up the final display wall and cleaning up the library. LED Hat by ____________________   Paper Corset with LEDs by _____   Hisham completed his handweaving with conductive thread and 10mm LEDs.   ______ lent her talented hands for the detail work.   The Ladies created […]

By Day 4 we were all in the creative spirit with our own projects, sharing our new techniques with each other and teaching the interested bystander on how to use conductive thread to make a basic LED circuit.  See one. Do one. Teach one. The M2’s made a glowing pillow!   While Hisham worked on needle felting and integrating Maxbotix’s […]