or why does my knee bark and my armpit squeak?
This four day workshop from March 15 - 18, held by Hannah Perner-Wilson and Miko Satomi introduces basic soft electronics techniques for constructing fabric sensors and wearable circuits. Instead of using soldering irons and wire, we will use sewing needles and conductive thread. The theme of the workshop is hacking sound toys into wearables. During the workshop each participant will develop a wearable project, paying attention to the placement of components and the relationship between body, action and sound. Participants will design wearable interactions and deal with issues such as comfort, functionality, context and purpose.
We will introduce to a range of available and affordable materials, tools and craft techniques for making soft electronics that are easy to be continued at home. The textile components covered in this workshop will include: soft and stretchy fabric traces, battery pouches, hard/soft permanent and plugable connections, pressure, bend, tilt and stretch sensors as well as modifying sound toy circuits to be integrated in soft circuitry. Techniques will include: sewing, soldering, embroidery, fusing, knitting, crochet as well as isolation techniques. Last but not least, we will be raising this question throughout the workshop: why we would ever want to map sounds to our bodies in the first place, let alone embed electronics in our clothing.
Participants of all skill levels are welcome and encouraged to bring their own old cloths to repurpose.
Participant fee: NOK 500.
Apply by filling this form within March 5th 2010.