The capacity for fabric to change color is an exciting opportunity to articulate select surfaces of a constructed piece of material. What has already been materially manipulated via sewing techniques can be further enhanced by the “magic effect” of thermochromic ink and heated thread.
CARDIO COUTURE Circuit Description: This project is a proposal for a reactive wearable. A Hug pushes a button to run current through a circuit heating the contour of a heart on the breast pocket of a shirt. (2) Traces: Battery to Swtich =12.2 (m)ohms Switch to Battery = 8.9 (m)ohms Total Resistance = 21.1 (m)ohms [...]
Completed small swatch of color changing textile activated by 4V battery. Here’s a short video of the color changing in action. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ::process:: materials: non-conductive fabric (cotton) conductive stainless steel thread 3.7V lithium polymer battery switch thermochromatic ink I wanted to create a small pattern of beach pebbles in different colors. The conductive thread stitches [...]
For this project I created a sleeve that changes color in the pattern of an electrical wave when a voltage is applied. The idea for the pattern came from a cartoon-y vision I have of a beam of electricity passing through the body. The first step is to estimate the amount of current that will [...]
This week our assignment was to: Construct a color changing textile using: white cotton fabric, thermochromic ink, stainless steel thread, a switch, and a rechargeable Lithium Polymer battery. I have illustrated the tools and the process I went through in the following drawings and images…
For this project I used thermochromic ink and conductive thread to create a color changing tree whose trunk and branches change color and make it look like spring time is coming! The thermochromic ink requires at least 100mA of current to heat up to change the color of the ink, so given that I was using [...]
The first thing I had in mind when I saw the blue color of the color changing material was water. I decided then to make a picture of a boat and fishing rod, and use the battery, wire and battery PCB as part of the drawing. The Idea was to stitch the conductive thread in [...]
YellowGreen Tree This project consists of a circuit made with stainless steel yarn. The Yarn is threaded through the fabric to form the silhouette of a tree and the fabric is then painted green, using blue thermochromic paint, yellow acrylic and fabric medium. When The circuit is completed and the yarn heats up, the blue disappears [...]