Other Artists
The Embroided Computer - Irene Posch
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.
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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.
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Wifi Tapestry - Richard Vijgen
WifiTapestry is a dynamic wall hanging that visualises the wireless activity of a space. The tapestry visualises the ever changing "landscape" of radio frequencies around us. The invisible signals from Cellphones, printers and all kinds of smart devices leave an imprint as they try to negotiate available wireless channels.
A controller listens to all traffic across 13 channels of the 2.4GHz WiFi Spectrum. Whenever data is transmitted on a channel, the controller sends a current to an array of thermal elements embedded in the tapestry, converting data into heat and activating a thermochromic yarn woven into the tapestry. Like a Shroud of Turin, streams of data transmitted through a space appear as visual traces from an invisible dimension that gradually form and dissolve.
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A Thousand Layers of Stomach - A.A.Murakami
Inspired by the intricate patterns found on the shell of the ancient Asari clam, A Thousand Layers of Stomach is an abstract work by A.A.Murakami, that explores the intersection of nature and technology through a creative code that replicates the natural processes of Asari clam shell formation. An on-site custom knitting machine translates the artist-generated code to produce expansive textile wall pieces that capture the evolutionary beauty of the clam’s mesmerizing array of abstract shell patterns.
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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!