Example Projects
There are loads of fantastic examples of eTextiles projects out there, both from CCI students and other artists. Find here a collection of some to help spark your creativity and show you what's possible with eTextiles!
CCI Projects
One Day I'll Have A Garden Like This Too - Ophelie Selz
This project used stitched coils of wire to produce sounds as research and development for fabric speaker. Find the full project on her website - here
Programming Empathy - Rosie Walker
As part of her masters project, our etextiles technician Rosie made an interactive orb that connected to an MPR121 capacitive touch sensor. With sustained contact, the lights inside the orb grow brighter and warmer.
The panels that made up the sphere were made with the intarsia carriage to keep the conductive panels separated and the shape designed on DesignaKnit.
Other Artists
The Embroided Computer - Irene Posch
This beautful project is one of my favourites. View it on her website for the full information.
The Embroidered Computer is an exploration into using historic gold embroidery materials and knowledge to craft a programmable 8 bit computer. Solely built from a variety of metal threads, magnetic, glas and metal beads, and being inspired by traditional crafting routines and patterns, the piece questions the appearance of current digital and electronic technologies surrounding us, as well as our interaction with them.
Technically, the piece consists of (textile) relays, similar to early computers before the invention of semiconductors. Visually, the gold materials, here used for their conductive properties, arranged into specific patterns to fulfill electronic functions, dominate the work. Traditionally purely decorative, their pattern here defines they function. They lay bare core digital routines usually hidden in black boxes. Users are invited to interact with the piece in programming the textile to compute for them.
E-Textiles Swatch Book - Olivia Prior
This project shows some really cool examples of different eTextiles switches that could be incorporated into many different pieces.
KOBAKANT
KOBAKANT is a website for DIY Wearable Technology Documentation. It aims to be a comprehensible, accessible and maintainable reference resource, as well as a basis for further exploration and contribution. It's a good place to explore for example projects and information on eTextiles!
You can find it HERE!