New Textiles 2011

On last Tuesday’s presentation class I was very impressed by the magnetic, flexible silicone that Leah has showed us. For this assignment response I wanted to experiment with magnets and make a soft material that could attract them. I used a steel fiber and mixed it with Angelina heat bondable fiber.

For this project I experimented with computerized plotting on T-shirts using Micron brand drawing pens. To date this has been the most fun thing that I’ve made on my Multifab personal fabricator . I’m starting to think that fashion might be the under-explored killer app for personal fabrication.