Light in Textiles

V2_, Institute For the Unstable Media, Rotterdam

Thursday, 29 July 2010

Let your clothes light up at night. E-textiles designer Melissa Coleman will introduce the exciting field of LEDs (regular, super bright, power, smd), electroluminescent (EL) wire and optic fibers discussing the pros and cons of each and giving useful tips for incorporating these in textiles. This will be followed by an introduction into soft circuits using conductive threads and fabrics.
Workshop Light in Textiles

In the practical part of the afternoon you will make a soft switch and use this to control a LED. After this exercise you will get the opportunity to incorporate light in a garment of your own using electroluminescent wire or LEDs.

This workshop will be aimed at beginners in the field of e-textiles. Participants will be required to bring a garment to work on.

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