One day workshop as part of World Lace Congress 2016.

DATE: June 25, 2016 // 11 AM – 3 PM
DURATION: 4 hours
MENTOR: Lynne Bruning
LOCATION: Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Metelkova 2, 1000 Ljubljanaa

About the workshop

Lynne Bruning will give an introduction to computer electronics, code, hardware, and methods for traditional lace making. The participants will gain basic knowledge on electricity (positive and negative traces, breadboards, prototyping, ...), actuators (LEDs, motors, ...), motion, light and temperature sensors, power sources, conductive Fibers (threads and fabrics), multimeters (testing for short circuits and continuity), microcontrollers and Arduino. Via hands-on sampling of various methods combined with a show and tell of hardware and materials, participants will learn where to source materials & knowledge to learn and work with basic e-textiles (especially bobbin lace), and begin forming their local eTextile community.

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

Participation at the workshop is free. The number of places is limited, so please apply/announce yourself to: delavnica@ljudmila.org. No previous skills needed. Workshop will be in English language.

Production

This workshop is a collaboration between Slovene Ethnographic Museum, World Lace Congress 2016, Ljudmila, Art and Science Laboratory and Projekt Atol Institute. It is supported by Ministry of Culture, City Municipality of Ljubljana – Department for Culture, The Public Fund for Cultural Activities (JSKD) and US Embassy in Slovenia.