Playing with light, shade, colors, and thermochromics.

Just trying out the hexagonal latus theory.

In the lab I was trying to test out some colors for my thermochromic prints. I am trying to layer colors and gradients underneath the thermo color inks, so they reveal when heated. It’s much harder than it seems.

I set-up my first loom last week and it took about two days. It was alot of tedious tasks to finally get it to work. Now i’m understanding the theory behind the warp and weft and can’t wait to get good enough to work outside the lines.

This is a small experiment using fabric with conductive fibers (steel/acrylic : 30/70), acts as a variable resistor, changing input data to a BX-Basic micro-controller based on how much or how little it is stretched.

In today’s workshop we made a micro controller with a blinking LED …and it works!

I am happy with the results when I finally saw the samples made from the circular knit machine. The graphic image was composited in Maya 3D software to give the illusion of polar bear hair. To enhance the quality of the fur I used one color to portrude that gives it a more realistic look. [...]

Where do I even begin from my mega crazy week of being in textile land. This week was a very ambitious one by trying to learn techniques in all areas of textiles, weave, knit and print. I am developing an installation piece that will have many different disciplines in textiles. First what I tried to [...]