eTextiles

The Bad News: The Felxinol I ordered was out of stock, which put me a week behind on my timeline. The Good News: The revised order has already shipped and I should have it by …

Unfortunately, not much progress has been made this week.  I’ve ordered some additional Flexinol in longer lengths and I can’t really do any additional tests until it arrives. In the mean time, I have purchased …

I’m fortunate to be able to tie my current research into an upcoming site-specific exhibition piece, which will be shown at the offices of Life technologies, a local stem cell research lab.  When we toured …

(Sorry for the late post – I’ve been having VPN issues with my laptop) Copper Taffeta: I finally got a good result on my taffeta etching!  I perfected the salt/vinegar ratio and applied the vaseline …

…has been my on-going experience with the copper taffeta experiments.  My second attempts didn’t even make a dent in the taffeta fabric for the first day or so.  I left it in the bath (because, …

My first round of testing was etching conductive fabric to create circuits.  I’m working with a sample of copper-coated taffeta from LessEMF. Working off of this tutorial, I began by screen printing a design onto …

Topics: The main area I would like to pursue in this independent study is a deeper dive into the integration of textiles and technology. Some possibilities I would like to explore include: Creating fiber/textile sensors …