“Very Slowly Animating Textiles: Shimmering Flower” by Berzowska and Banasik
Conference:
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Title:
- Very Slowly Animating Textiles: Shimmering Flower
Session/Category Title: Tangible/Ambient Media
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Abstract:
Shimmering Flower deploys a simple technology for non- emissive, color-change textiles. It functions as a woven animated display, constructed with conductive yarns and thermochromic inks together with custom electronics components. The textile is woven on a Jacquard loom, which allows the creation of beautiful and complex imagery. The flower image was created with custom drawing software.
References:
POST, E. R., ORTH, M., RUSSO, P. R. and GERSHENFELD, N. 2000. E-broidery: Design and fabrication of textile-based computing, IBM Systems Journal Volume 39, 3 & 4, 840–860
Acknowledgements:
This research is funded by the Hexagram Research Institute in Montreal, and by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada.
I would like to thank Christine Keller for her weaving expertise and Arkadiusz Banasik for his color expertise.
This research is based on Electric Plaid prototypes I developed at International Fashion Machines, which I co-founded in 2001.
