Open Retail
Tonight I’ll be part of a panel discussion at Eyebeam called Open Retail:
Moderated by Dustyn Roberts, Eyebeam
Disscussants: Bre Pettis, MakerBot; Giana González, Hacking Couture; Becky Stern, CRAFT and MAKE Magazines, Sternlab
Using Re:Group exhibited projects MakerBot and Hacking Couture as a point of departure, Open Retail will explore the intersection between the engineering and fashion industries, and the ways in which open source practices are influencing them both. Eyebeam resident artist Dustyn Roberts (engineer and author of the forthcoming book, Making Things Move) will moderate a discussion with Bre Pettis (MakerBot), Giana González (Hacking Couture), and Becky Stern (associate editor for CRAFT and MAKE Magazines, Sternlab), which will consider how newly emerging open hardware licenses might help spur innovation and counteract draconian patent laws, while also building sustainable business practices. Conversely, the lack of copyright in fashion has resulted in an industry focused on branding and closely guarded trade secrets. But how might the absense of copyright (or conversely, open licensing) be turned into a strength rather than a liability in product development?
Open Retail panel
Thursday, July 22 2010 7:30-9pm
Suggested $5-10 donation
Eyebeam Art + Technology Center
540 W 21st St. New York, NY
Also live streamed
Machine-Knit Bags
I can’t stop iterating color combinations on my knitting machine! These drawstring bags are padded to house fragile things like potions, cameras, and other inventory.
Available on Etsy or Makers Market. Custom orders welcome!
All patterns by Nathan Rosenquist.
Hydroponic Herb Garden
I set up a hydroponic herb garden for my latest CRAFT Video, and had blast doing so. It’s fun and just my kind of geeky to maintain the proper pH and nutrient levels, all the while nomming delicious home-grown herbs. I had a bit of a scare with my arugula at first (it went into shock from the transplanting), but it’s all good now. Lots of pictures are on my Flickr, and don’t forget to go check out the video and the herb risotto recipe I made to go along with it.
Thanks to Nathan for filming, helping, and taking most of the photos. Thanks to my friends at General Hydroponics for their advice and guidance!
Flying Diamonds
Flying Diamonds
Cotton and conductive threads and electronics components including a LilyPad Arduino on vinyl
2010
Emission Spectra Scarves
These Emission Spectra Scarves are lovingly machine-knit from black and colored 100% cotton yarn. They measure about 6.5 feet long and 7 inches wide. Pick an element and order a scarf at Makers Market or commission one over on Etsy. They range in price based on the complexity of the the spectrum.
Pictured above is Limor (Ladyada) Fried, wearing Silicon.
More photos at my photoset and adafruit’s Flickr.
This scarf was originally Amanda Wozniak’s idea.
Download patterns to make your own! Thanks to Bryn Davies for the Spectra Pattern Generator Python script. Patterns below are for machine knitting or teeny needles, but you can generate a pattern based on your knitting gauge at Bryn’s site.
Silicon [PDF]
Gold [PDF]
Manganese [PDF]
Mercury [PDF]
Iron [PDF]
Tungsten [PDF]
Uranium [PDF]
Molybdenum [paginated PDF | one long list PDF]
Fatlab hoodie
The fffffat crew is meeting up in Berlin next week for Transmediale. I can’t make it out, but I did make a tutorial for fffffatting up your hoodie, so the gang can roll in style without me. I’ll be missing you guys!
New <3 Necklace, for sale this time
Many of you requested I make available a version of my <3 necklace, so here it is! Order one on Makers Market or Etsy now for $160.
This 1.5 inch tall Sterling silver pendant is handmade from 1mm thick sheet and tubing, depicting the internet-savvy sentiment <3, an ascii heart! Appropriate for showing your geeky ladyfriend how much you care. The < and 3 dangle freely, dancing near each other with the wearer’s motions. Available with a 19 inch long 3mm leather cord or Sterling silver chain. Finished with a Sterling clasp and packaged in a black jewelry gift box.
If you want to make your own (to wear or give, not sell, please), here’s the template I used to pierce the shapes:
Felt Control Panel
I’m working on some felt electronics, this time pushbuttons in addition to knobs. Moxie taught me how to needle felt, which makes it easier to form a dense defined shape than with wet felting. I first make little marshmallow-shaped cylinders, then bore a hole and insert the button or knob. A few more pics are at my Flickr.
If you’re interested in a custom order, submit a request at my Etsy shop.
LED sewing kit Jawa dolls
Betty made these Jawa dolls with LED eyes using my LED sewing kit, aren’t they awesome? She offers a free pattern, too! Open source crafting!
Open Source Embroidery at MOCFA opening tonight
The Open Source Embroidery exhibition featuring my LilyPad Arduino Embroidery has traveled from Sweden to San Francisco, where it will be on display at the Museum of Craft and Folk Art until January 24. Check out the interview with curator Ele Carpenter on Rhizome.
TV-B-Gone Hoodie at Gizmodo Gallery
My TV-B-Gone Hoodie will be at the Gizmodo Gallery at Groupe (267 Elizabeth St, NYC) through Sunday!
Urban Craft Uprising in Seattle
This weekend I’m in Seattle at Urban Craft Uprising’s first ever summer show, and it’s a blast. I did a soft circuit demo, and doing another one Sunday at 1:30pm. I’m selling LED sewing kits, so if you’re looking for the tutorial, click on through. Pictured above is the incommutable Moxie herself.
Workaday Business Squid
I’ve been making plush squids again, and this time I published a free (creative commons by-sa license) pattern to go along with them, so you can make your own. The one pictured above is named “Mr. Caissy from Accounting.” See more plush squids in my Flickr set.
Me and my Makerbot
I recently won a raffle for a Makerbot Cupcake CNC machine, which is a DIY 3D printer. The raffle was held by AS220, an awesome hacker/etc lab in Providence. Thanks a million, guys, it works great! You can find the file for the little mushroom that I printed (John Park modeled it) in the Thingiverse.
I won a MakerBot CupCake CNC machine!
Providence geek den AS220 recently had a raffle to both give away and raise money for their own MakerBot CupCake CNC. I bought a ticket and won! I’ll soon be 3D printing from my studio, yay, and THANKS!
Open Source Embroidery Exhibition and Article
The Open Source Embroidery exhibition is now open at Umeå University’s Bildmuseet. After the show is over there, it’ll be traveling to the Museum of Craft and Folk Art in San Francisco (October 2009). Wired.com interviewed me in an article about the exhibit and movement.
Fiber Arctic
My Iceberg piece will be in this show opening Friday, June 12. Kristen Rask, organizer of the show, also did an interview with me on her blog.
Fiber Arctic
Opening June 12, 2009
Exhibition runs June 12 to July 9
1932 2nd Ave, Seattle
Iceberg
Iceberg
Cotton/Linen Yarn, Acrylic, Sterling Silver, MDF, Ice
2009
This iceberg is made from cotton/linen yarn and then stiffened with acrylic. Inside is a polar bear made from ice which slowly melts down and out through the sterling silver drain on the sloped platform. The iceberg itself was made using a knotless netting technique.
This photo is by Matt Mets. Check out more photos at my Flickr set.
Summer Juried Grad Student Show
My Plush Knee will appear in this summer’s juried show at the Harry Wood Gallery at ASU. The opening reception is Monday, May 4 from 7-9pm. The show will run until September 4.
Imagined Geographies Show May 1
I’ll be showing my Iceberg and Plush Knee (“Ouch, My Femoral Condyle!”) at Bragg’s Pie Factory on May 1, 6:30-9:30pm.
1301 W. Grand Ave Phoenix
<3 Necklace
<3 (ASCII Heart)
Hollow-Formed Sterling Silver
2009
Not for sale
This photo is by Victoria Altepeter.
While this hollow formed necklace is not for sale, this simpler version is:
<3 (ASCII Heart)
Sterling Silver (sheet and tubing)
2010
$150 on Etsy
If you want to make your own (to wear or give, not sell, please), here’s the template I used to pierce the shapes:
LilyPad Arduino Blinking Bike Bag Patch Tutorial
I added these blinking lights to my fatlab patch for riding my bike at night, and show you how in the above video. You can also look at the instructable or download the code and schematic for this soft circuit project.
Reposted from CRAFT.
Vicodin Ring
In Case of Emergency
Sterling Silver, Vicodin
2009
To go with my Vicodin earrings, here’s a ring with a bezel-set pill instead of a stone.
This photo is by Victoria Altepeter.
Plush Knee
Ouch, My Femoral Condyle!
Synthetic Fiber and Batting, Steel Stand, DVD Video
2009
I’ve completed the plush model of my knee working from my MRI and arthroscopy images, plus anatomical illustrations I found online. It’s capable of dislocating, just like my real knee, and uses elastic to make the ligaments stretch when the joint is bent. It’s my best soft sculpture yet. Still no fibula. The title is “Ouch, my Femoral Condyle,” after the place on my femur where the cartilage was torn.
I made a video to be displayed with the knee, which is a combination of video shots of my knee dislocating combined with MRI animations and arthroscopy stills. Warning: I’ve been told it’s not for the squeamish.
