Fabricademy Week 7 : The Textile Scaffold – Knitted Fabric formation with concrete
Knitted Fabric formation with concrete Part 1 – Concrete with knitting impressions Part 2 – Removing the knitted casing Part 3 – Other Concrete fabric formations Part 1 – Concrete with knitting impressions One of my favourite concept was the concrete with the knitting impression in it. I set about using some previous hand knitted […]
Fabricademy Week 7 : The Textile Scaffold
The class this week focused on exploring techniques and applications of technical textiles in the industry and our Global Instructor was Anastasia Pistofidou. We were introduced to the idea of designing custom processes that need a set of tools, a few processes and a consistent workflow. We looked at applications and we experimented with many materials […]
Las Makers Christmas Market @ Merkalis – Barcelona
This week Saturday 16th December! We have our final craft market of the year, taking place at the wonderful Meraklis! Carrer dels enamorats nro.130 08026 Barcelona, Spain. I will have a selection of my mother’s original artworks for sale. Have a look at https://www.gillianbestpowell.com/shop Please come to join us for some christmassy creative crafty fun! […]
Fabricademy: Week 6: Computational Couture
Our tutor this week was Aldo Sollazzo who is a computational expert, Head of IAAC Visiting Programmes and director and coordinator of RESHAPE – a digital craft community and a platform for the development and implementation of innovative ideas from the world of digital design and fabrication. Computational Couture Disciplines as programming and electronics become highly interconnected, […]
Fabricademy: Week 5: eTextiles & sensors: Assignment 1
This class focused on exploring how we can produce soft circuits and sensors, to embed them into garments and wearables, using soft circuits and soft actuators. We will start with an overview of materials, components, tools and projects. Our global tutors were Hannah Pierre Wilson and Mika Satomi who make up KOBAKANT. In this week’s course, […]
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