Category: Textile Circuit
Soft circuit techniques
Triggered by Jennifer Dopazo‘s short presentation posting on Fashioning Technology about the process of fabricating an ‘iron on textile PCB’, I looked around to see what options the eTextile designer has when it comes to softening up the electronic world. [...]
e_Static Shadows – textile display visualizes electro static
‘e-Static Shadows‘ is a research project by designer Dr. Zane Berzina and architect Jackson Tan which creatively explores the speculative and poetic potential of static electricity found in our everyday environments, surrounding our everyday interactions. The aim of the project [...]
e-Textile beginners guide: How to Sew with Conductive Thread with Diana Eng
Threadbanger, a network for people who love DIY, recreate, refashion and craft, posted a video and Instructables showing Fashion Nerd Diana Eng teaching the basics of ‘How to Sew with Conductive Thread‘ on the project ‘Robot and Friend’ from her [...]
DIY – Stretchy Conductive Fabric Traces
e-Textile designer working with electrically conductive traces in fabrics face sometimes the problem of elasticity, or to be more precise – the lack of elasticity of stitched traces which is sometimes a important factor when it comes to ‘electrifying’ clothing. [...]
Weaving with Conductive Thread and LEDs
WeaveZine published an highly interesting article about Lynne Bruning‘s e-textile weaving technique. The article explains the advantage the weaving process provides over sewing with electrically conductive yarn. A detailed description, illustrated with sketches and many photos, explains the use of [...]
e-textile DIY – Sensing Bracelet
Plusea has added another of her highly inspirational and very detailed e-textile instructions to her ever growing Instructables library, the ‘Time Sensing Bracelet‘ The Time Sensing Bracelet is a circular fabric potentiometer where a fictive time can be set by [...]
e-textile DIY – touch-sensitive, musical light-up hoodie
A nicely designed e-textile DIY project from Instructables member Kanjun is the ‘musical touch-sensitive light-up hoodie‘. This interactive hoodie changes it’s behavior – yeah, smart clothing will have it’s own character – depending on how charged you are. Everyone has [...]
