Week 4 Objective
We'll explore the aesthetic dimensions of tinkering with a full rundown of our Paper Circuits and Sewn Circuits activities, including key design elements and important principles.
Resources
MIT High-Low Tech Group - http://highlowtech.org/
Leah Buechley website - https://tinkering.exploratorium.edu/leah-buechley
Jie Qi website - http://technolojie.com/
Sewn circuits - https://tinkering.exploratorium.edu/sewn-circuits
Paper circuits - https://tinkering.exploratorium.edu/paper-circuits
Chibitronics - https://chibitronics.com/
My Activities
I was familiar with paper circuits and sewn circuits and I am a fan of Jie Qi wonderful pop up book and her later work with the panel of flowers that lights with air blow. I've watched most of Jie Qi tutorials which helped me with my own paper circuits collected in my vídeo - https://youtu.be/BzKLzIz3WyE. I like the idea of adapting paper circuits to handmade books.
I've also followed Leah Buechley works. I like the big mural panel that lights.
I haven't tried to sew a circuit, since electric thread is a bit expensive and I only got a short piece of thread together with a lilypad which I have'nt used so far. So I'll try to work on a felt sensory material to add to a box that already has some pieces on musical instruments that I use with Makey Makey and Scratch.
I've cut a 2 X 20cm squares of acrylic felt and downloaded a draw of traffic lights from Google images and cut it with other felt colours to make the design of the traffic lights to cover the square piece to which I have sewn the LEDs with conductive thread. I have also made a felt coin battery holder with snaps as a switch to light the LEds
As I had only a small piece of conductive thread which was applied in the former piece, I've decided to use a thin copper wire to sew another sensory material with the constellation Big Dipper, which has 7 Lilypad LEDs. As I had so many LEDs I decided to make a twofold coin batteries holder with snaps as switch. This is the first stage of the project with the embroidered piece and holes to let the light of the LEDs go through and the back felt woth the LEDs fixed with the thin copper wire.
I have sewn the leds with more thin copper wires and connected to a 2 cell batteries holder with snaps as switch
