Fabricademy Week 11: Soft Robotics
This weeks’ subject was (in a way) a continuation of the concept of integrated technology for our textiles, except in the unusual and ever expanding form of Soft Robotics. Our Global Instructor was Professor Lily Chambers, who gave us a wonderful lecture of the history, nature and development of soft robotic ideas in her own research […]
Fabricademy Week 9: E-Textiles and Wearables 2
This weeks assignment was to continue developing our initial eTextiles projects started in Week 5 We were given two lectures by tutor Becky Stewart, who is a professor at Queen Mary University of London, an expert on electronics and integrating them into projects. Assignment 1: Create an interactive object; if you are already experienced with coding, focus […]
Fabricademy Week 8: Open Source Hardware – from fibres to fabrics
This class was based upon the open source hardware field and we focused on its potential in the area of textile. Our instructors this week were Mar Canet & Varvara Guljajeva. We looked at how we could enhance out of date machines for making textiles and how we might take advantage of fabricating digitally. We […]
Fabricademy Week 7 : The Textile Scaffold – Textile composites using Vacuum forming
Textile composites using Vacuum forming and Milling Part 1 – Bio resin made with gelatin Part 2 – Resin and vacuum Part 3 – Design and Milling Part 1 – Bio resin made with gelatin Here are the stages we did to create a Gelatin Bioplastic composite. Mix & create the horrid gelatin solution place the fabrics (dry) […]
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! […]
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