Using copper tape to create capacitive sensors, I was able to use the block double-weave technique to create pockets and insert sensors. With a custon GUI created in p5.js, users can interact and create visuals in response to touch.
Textiles and writing are both technologies that have existed throughout human history. Both aiding in the ways we communicate our care and love for eachother. When both mediums became digitized, strange and clunky solutions were created to address the uniquely tactile methods of creation. With this project I wanted to address the QWERTY keyboard and the M1 Stoll Industrial knit program and how they recreate and readdress what we understand as messaging through text and textiles.
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Punchcard Generator
2024, LCD, ultrasonic range detector, Arduino, punchcard
By creating distance between myself and the ultrasonic range detector, I'm able to generate a unique 24 block pattern that correlates with the 24 block lines of a single-bed knitting machine punchcard.
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Generated Knits
2024, Knitted samples created using the punchcard generator. Machine knit, wool, cotton
Samples created using the punchcard of interpolated values from a ultrasonic range sensor. Therefore, creating fabric made for the body to be worn on the body.
Wanting to experiment with many silhouettes and combinations of my knitted fabrics, I created a dress-up game that allows the user to create and save their outfits.
My goal was to create a system of creating color palettes at random. Using a survey of descriptors, I was able to gather data through this site and connect the backend to a Google spreadsheet. I then created a randomized generator informed by the values.
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Light Sculpting
2024, photocell, Arduino, p5.js
Based on Boids flocking simulation created by Craig Reynolds and connected to a photocell via p5.serialcontrol. I'm able to influence the color and amount of boids within the simulation, allowing me to sculpt the drawing with light and create unique and random drawings.
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Boid Jacquard
2024, felted Jacquard cloth, silk, wool, cotton
Based on Boids flocking simulation created by Craig Reynolds and connected to a photocell via p5.serialcontrol. I'm able to influence the color and amount of boids within the simulation, allowing me to sculpt the drawing with light and create unique and random drawings.
Inspired by the mathmatical concept of "fixed points", I've created a pattern generator that allows the user to create their own layered optical illusion.
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When Time is Counted as String
2023, linen, wool, acorn-dyed cotton
Through creating optical illusions and a digitized image through a tangible medium, I question the longevity of a textiles and what messages it holds.
