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Day 03

Wednesday 27/05

Locations: Dundalk and Dublin

Summary

  • 08:00-09:00 Bus to Dublin
  • 10:00-11:00 Guided visit at Botany Weaving Mill
  • 11:00-13:00 E-textiles at NCAD or Liberties Weavers or Firestation
  • 13:00-14:00 Lunch
  • 14:00-16:00 E-textiles at NCAD
  • 16:00-18:00 Explore Dublin
  • 16:00-18:00 Dinner in Dublin
  • 16:00-18:00 Bus back to Dundalk

Activities

  • E-textiles Introduction

The lecture by Rebekka Jochem introduces the participants to e-textile hands-on activities, by providing them an overview about novel materials, electronics and programming. The presentation will highlight several projects on the topic of tech & crafts and the following hands-on workshop will focus on merging DIY electronics and e-waste with thermochromic inks.

  • Hands-on: E-textiles Workshop

Supported by Fabricademy team and Lab staff, participants will learn how to design and craft their own soft circuits and sensors, experimenting with conductive fabrics, threads, thermochromic with the ultimate goal of crafting a customizable pouch.

Materials

  • Velostat
  • Copper tape / fabric
  • Servo motors
  • Mini vibration motors
  • Neopixels
  • Karl grimm thread (or any solderable thread)
  • Scrap fabric we can use for substrate
  • Needle / regular thread
  • Neodymium magnets
  • Transistors
  • Resistances kit
  • Jumper wires
  • Protoboard
  • Arduino Gemma / Circuit Playground
  • Arduino Uno
  • ATtiny
  • Eeontex pressure
  • Eeontex conductive
  • Batteries 2000mA 3.7V
  • Shape memory wire
  • Conductive fabrics
  • Conductive thread

  • Resistive fabrics

  • Woden boards

  • Acrylic boards
  • Local natural fibers
  • Textiles, threads,…

Tools/Software

Recommendations

Suggested to bring with you:

  • Notebook and personal computer with Rhinoceros/Grasshopper and Fusion already installed
  • Materials (leather, fabrics..) you want to try and that you are working with to experiment

Resources