Wearable electronics and e-textiles for girls. Date: Tuesday 14th till Saturday 19th of April, 5pm till 8pm

Mentor: Lynne Bruning

Location: Multimedijski center K6/4, Kersnikova 4, Ljubljana

About the workshop: An introductory 4 day cross-disciplinary electronics, textiles and wearable computing workshop for girls. Each participant will design and craft two LED eTextile bracelets; one bracelet will be light reactive and the other will be sound reactive. Using foil tape, conductive thread, sensors, micro controllers, LEDs, and 3V batteries combined with local Slovenian textile patterns and fabrics the participants will learn how to combine basic hand sewing techniques with electronics and how to program ATtiny45 micro controllers. The bracelets will be presented as an interactive quilt display for the final exhibition and taken home by the participants at the conclusion of the show.

About the mentor: Lynne Bruning creates exclusive wearable art, eTextiles, and adaptive technologies. Combining her BA in neurophysiology from Smith College, Masters in Architecture from the University of Colorado, and family history in textiles, Lynne teaches and lectures nationally and internationally. From Qatar to Slovenia and California to New York, her hands-on, electronic textile workshops infect textile artists, electrical engineers, and computer hacks with the love of wearable computing, and engender community-based eTextile groups. Lynne sustains this global eTextile community by filming How To Videos, contributing to Instructables, and hosting a monthly eTextile Lounge uStream: a global hacker space. Articles and interviews appear in Surface Design Journal, Forbes, and elsewhere; exhibitions include a Motion-Activated eTextile Garden at the Denver Art Museum (2013), and featured eTextile presence at Maker Faires (2009 – 2012). Lynne’s innovative, award-winning designs will inspire and challenge you to reimagine fabric using today's technologically complex and interactive surface designs.

Registration: Workshop is for women only. Workshop is free of charge, but you have to provide a 15€ deposit, which will be returned to you at the end of the workshop. All needed materials will be provided, workshop product remains in your possession. Workshop will be in English language, the number of participants is limited to 10, so please apply via this form (coming soon!). No previous skills are needed. Newbies are welcome.

Production: Multimedijski center K6/4, Č I P k e initiative
Co-production: Zavod Projekt Atol and Ljudmila

Workshop is supported by Ministry of Culture, Municipality of Ljubjana - Department for culture, JSKD and ŠOU in Ljubljana.