New Textiles 2010

Brainstorming

The second problem I had was that I proceeded to sew two LEDs to the house; not only were they initially connected in the wrong direction, but I also realized that the 3V battery could not support both the red and blue lights at once so I had to stick with just one.

The nice thing about this flexible fabric patch is its versatility - it could be tacked to the wall, sewn onto a tote bag, or added on to a boring shirt. Although it's flimsy and the stitches aren't too neat, it was a rewarding practice in new textile creation and I am looking forward to doing more complicated circuit designs in the future.

Back detail - kind of messy

Future Usage

The nice thing about this flexible fabric patch is its versatility - it could be tacked to the wall, sewn onto a tote bag, or added on to a boring shirt. Although it's flimsy and the stitches aren't too neat, it was a rewarding practice in new textile creation and I am looking forward to doing more complicated designs in the future.

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For my first experience with making a circuit I thought it would be cool to integrate all of the circuit parts into the aesthetic of the deisgn. Since the battery hookup needs to be accessible and yet is probably the first part that a textile artist would want to hide, it inspired me to create an elementary scene where the battery would be "parkable" in a 2-D picture. I wanted to keep it really simple as a novel exercise in circuit-building meshed with sewing.

Back detail

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Woohoo! It works!

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Assignment

Creation

Oh no! The sensor is on without touch!

Completed Scene

I then added my buildings with iron-on adhesive...

But oh no! The sensor is on without touch!

The second problem I had was that I proceeded sewed two LEDs to the house; not only were they initially connected in the wrong direction, but I realized that the 3V battery could not support both the red and blue lights at once.

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I first hand-sewed the sensor on to my backing fabric and had to make sure it could function as an on/off switch.

The sensor is on without touch!

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The issue was that some of the conductive threads pulled through the neoprene, so I had to take it apart and re-sew it more carefully.

The second problem I had was that I then sewed two LEDs to the house; not only were they first in the wrong direction, but I realized that the 3V battery could not support both the red and blue lights at once.

Completed Scene

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/fantasia1940/scene.jpg

Assignment

For my first experience with making a circuit I thought it would be cool to integrate all of the circuit parts into the aesthetic of the deisgn. Since the battery hookup needs to be accessible and yet is probably the first part that a textile artist would want to hide, it inspired me to create an elementary scene where the battery would be "parkable" in a 2-D picture.

Creation

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/fantasia1940/circuitsensor.jpg

I first hand-sewed the sensor on to my backing fabric and had to make sure it could function as a sensor.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/fantasia1940/IMG_2883Larges.jpg