Hannah Perner-Wilson is having an open studio, as evidenced by her Flickr stream, and check out the mouth-watering spread of soft sensors for wearable and soft electronics she’s got there! Her production volume is totally relentless.
[Editor’s Note: There used to be a post here about some Escher-esque molds for creating tessellating gecko-patterned paving stones out of concrete. The creator of the molds got all 20th century (19th century?) on us and demanded that we take down the post (something about needing to negotiate a contract and cut a deal before […]
Austin artspace, testsite, has recently opened up an interactive exhibit with Brooklyn-based artist, Sheila Pepe. Pepe is known for her intense crochet-based installations, and Common Sense follows suit. In the rooms of testsite, Pepe will install massive networks of crocheted yarn- skeins of yarn available for constructive re-use by testsite’s visitors. Throughout the exhibition’s duration, […]
Well, summer sewing is upon us, which means using elastic for shirred tops, dresses, and other form-fitting styles. Peggy writes in: I am searching for a strong elastic thread for use in a 5 thread serger. I am wanting to make a coverhem stitch using elastic thread. I have tried several types of typical elastic […]
Turning a favorite old tee into a swimsuit tunic coverup.
AS220 Labs, Providence’s shared workspace/teaching space/community junkpile is presenting at the next Providence Geek Dinner, Wednesday June 17: The Labs help to build technically literate audiences and communities of artists by hosting workshops and providing access to tools and techniques such as those of the Providence Fab Lab (in partnership with MIT). Fresh back from […]
The Scarlet Knight, named for sponsoring Rutgers University’s mascot, is a cruise-missile-shaped autonomous ROV that was launched off the New Jersey coastline on April 27. If all goes according to plan, the Rutgers team will recover it off the westernmost coast of Spain right around Christmas day. That happy event would mark the first successful […]
