New Textiles 2012

Assignments

Final Project Presentations

Due: Monday, May 21 Presentations: 9am-12pm in room 493 Documentation: due by the end of the day Your final project assignment has 3 pieces: the project itself, a short presentation about the project, and a post documenting the project. More information is below. Presentations Prepare a short (10 minute) formal presentation to present to the [...]

Paper Locomotion

Hello! I am thinking of changing my project (but I am not sure yet), so I was doing some experiments and models. First, I tried to cast silicone over Nintanol. I laser cut acryl to make the mold and casted silicone over the components. as you can see, nothing happened The next thing I was [...]

3d Printed Fabric – Solomon Knots

For this project I chose to model a woven fabric. The design I chose is called a Solomon knot. The 3d model was constructed in Rhino using a virtual peg board, similar to how one would be used in real life. The path of the yarn was mapped using control points, and image of the [...]

Light Fixture – Project Update

For my project so far I went through a few different phases of deciding what the shape of my hanging light fixture/chandelier would look like. I experimented with hanging small flowers made from coffee filters to a small piece of cardboard using some conductive thread and LEDs as a test. I wanted  to see what [...]

Interactive Felted Landscape – process: knit + wireless sensor networking

Taking the idea of a felted 3d landscape, I decided to incorporate the capacitive sensor and wireless xbee connection to the felted piece, and use Processing to translate the received data into sound. Capacitive Sensor: Wireless Sensing: Arduino FIO + XBee Tests:

Ruled Surfaces/ String Sculptures

Final Project Update I plan to do a string sculpture or sculptures for my final project.. Below are images of where I am thus far… I have made a 6″ x 6″ structure in which to make string sculptures, and another large one that is approx. 24″ x 12″. I have lost some photos I [...]

Magnetic Silicone Screen Update

My final project is a screen made of cast silicone that has two main properties. First, it is embedded with magnetic material, and second, its form is such there are slits where the material is very thin and the slits have the ability to open into larger apertures if the adjacent slits are pulled back. [...]

Extension Rock_Update

The first iteration of the Extension Rock was completed with 2 100′ lengths of Nylon Braided roap. The weaving pattern was a standard underover warp and weft procuding what some call the Bumble Bee Cover. At first, the weave was extremely taught and didn’t allow for the desired ergonomic depression depression. After we had some [...]

Final Project Update

Tomorrow, I will begining working on cutting the fabric for my final project. To date, I have accomplished the following: 1. Generated and modified the vornoi diagram which will be used for the upper part of the dress: 2. Created an adobe illustrator file of the scallops that will also need to be lasercut Initially [...]

[update] talking bunnies

My final project is in full swing right now. There have been many challenges toward completing this project that I’m working to overcome. At the current stage of my project, I’ve accomplished several things. 1. I am able to connect my Wiflys to the internet, and it is able to get information from websites. In [...]