Inspired by the Igne Oyasi Motor that I made during the 2014 E-Textile Summercamp and the 1-Bit Textile swatch that Irene Posch and Ebru Kurbak’s submitted to the 2015 E-Textile Swatch Exchange, this post documents the creation of a textile flip-dot fabric to be used as a display.
…WORK IN PROGRESS…
Materials and Tools
For a basic implementation of this technique you will need the following materials and tools:
Materials
– enameled copper wire (magnet wire) (or reuse wire from an old speaker or motor)
– neodymium magnet
– thread
– polymorph/shapelock/friendlyplastic
– nail varnish
Tools
– pencils for wrapping wire coil around
– kettle for boiling hot water
– pins and needles for making holes and sewing
Notes
– non-magnetic (non-ferrous) axis!
– relationship between coil’s electromagnetic field and permanent magnets magnetic field
– 3 states: north, south, null
Step-by-Step
Inspirations and References
Igne Oyasi Motor
Movement of fabric and coils (2014 E-Textile Summercamp) >> http://etextile-summercamp.org/2014/movement-
of-fabric-and-coils/
Igne Oyasi Motor >> http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=5277
Stitching Worlds
1-Bit Textile >> http://etextile-summercamp.org/swatch-exchange/1-bit-textile/
Towards Crafting a Computer: Crochet in Turkey >> http://www.stitchingworlds.net/experimentation/towards-crafting-a-computer-crochet-in-turkey/
Crafted Logic >> http://www.stitchingworlds.net/speculation/crafted-logic/
From Swatches to Pockets Workshop at ECAL
Workshop >> http://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=5812
Copy of the 1-Bit Textile swatch:
Meg Grant’s Bead Motor
>> http://www.meggrant.com/movementstudies.php
textile movement study 3 from meg grant on Vimeo.
Pauline Van Dongen’s Flip Dot Dress
>> http://paulinevandongen.nl/projects/flip-dot-dress/
>> http://www.instructables.com/id/Flip-Dot-an-interactive-kinetic-wearable/
Flip Dot from Pauline van Dongen on Vimeo.
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