As most of my friends know, though I've been on Facebook for more than a year, I have yet to get up to speed as far as using it as a real source of communication. I am working on it. (O! Jolly! will most likely have its own FB page one day soon.) So it was only recently that I officially "like"d anything. As of this moment I "like" a small, but excellent, media company. I also "like" a restaurant that bought my "like" with a free frozen margarita. I suspect that I will be "like"ing much more in the near future.
In the meantime here are a couple of textile-related things that I really like -- just hadn't had the chance to tell anyone yet.
Honestly, I haven't knitted yak fiber yet. The recommendation comes from @RebecaVelasquez on twitter, but the coat just looks so soft and so glossy. And don't you just love this pic of the contented yak?
On the opposite end of earthy vs technology scale is the
Lace Sensor Project by e-textilists
Anja Hertenberger and
Meg Grant. They're collaborating with the
Museum de Kantfabriek (Lace Factory Museum) in Limburg, Netherlands, creating conductive lace. There is no denying my techno-roots: This founding member of
Silicon Soul loves their project. The following video is a very short demo.
The possibilities are endless. I will be following the project's progression.
Olgalyn, I'm just going back through your archived posts and came across this entry. I LOVE your work and am very inspired by it. Thank you so much for posting this Lace Sensor Project. I am extremely excited by this (and other) combinations of textile and fiber arts with technology. Wonderful! I'm currently working on a project combining my laptop and electronic knitting machine http://www.sector67.org/blog/2012/img2track-knitting-machine-beta-software-released/
ReplyDeleteLove your blog and all your work. Thank you! --Tanya
Thank you so much, Tanya. Stay in touch. Would love to see more sector67 textiles.
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