Wool and silk, hand felted and sculpted, optic fibred felted into the fabric, PCB, colour sensor, one neopixel, tiny rechargeable battery. Awarded piece for the project Fashion Tech by The British Council of Arts 2016.
Colorama
An initial approach to fusing textile and physical computing into an ever-glowing wearable and mutable ornament responsive to its environment's colour. The search for elegant solutions that feel naturally magical and can truly function in the real world and not just in controlled settings. Wool as the perfect vehicle for electronics due to its natural non-conductive, noninflammable, anti-static, water-resistant and flexible properties.