This weeks topic is right up my alley. I love crafting. I am currently working on sewing face masks for the community. I have made over 150. With that in mind, I wonder how I could incorporate technology into the masks. My first thought is to incorporate some type of higher-tech filtration system to keep the wearer and environment safer, but that is a bit beyond technology. My other thought was to put technology in the masks that track a person's movements, breathing patterns, heart rate, body temperature, and location. This may be a difficult task since I am making simple fabric and interfacing masks in my kitchen, but one can dream.
After dreaming high with my face masks idea, I check out some amazing art pieces that use electronics.
It was incredible to see in the Ted Talk with Leah Buechley how the kids listening weren't very interested in the topic at the beginning. They are used to adults getting up in front of them and spewing information at them. As soon as the video showed how Leah made a musical instrument out of the circuit and special pen the students were all very interested. This is a great reminder that it is important to find different ways to present the same lesson you may have taught the same way for years.
Another video I checked out this week was the on the Chibi Tronics website. I loved watching the lights appear on the dandelion video. At points throughout the video, it appears the picture changed and transformed, but in reality, it was just the circuits and lights changing. The picture was brought to life and the addition of electronics added a different and unusual depth to the art. I love the idea of incorporating art and technology into a single piece of art.
In my research, I found a lot of articles about electronics and technology in fashion design. One interesting article spoke about the increase in the use of Ipads and drafting computers to design clothing. I can speak to the fact that the Apple iPad Pro with Apple Pencil is incredible for writing and drawing. I actually have completely switched to using my iPad to take notes during meetings.
Even though we already focused on 3D printing, I wanted to revisit it for this week's post because I found a lot of articles that focused on the use of 3D printing in fashion. With this technology, designers are able to create unique patterns and designs not typically available without technology. I mean look at that picture of the crazy dresses! While I don't think students will be creating such interesting pieces of clothing, 3D printing can be used to create unique pieces of art.
Chandavarkar, A. (2015, March). Will 3D printing Revolutionize Fashion? . Retrieved April 9, 2020, from https://www.fibre2fashion.com/industry-article/7528/will-3d-printing-revolutionise-fashion
TED (2012, November 15). Leah Buechley: How to "sketch" with electronics.[Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTBp0Z5GPeI
Qi, J. (2012). Interactive Light Painting: Pu Gong Yin Tu (Dandelion Painting. Retrieved April 9, 2020, from https://vimeo.com/40904471
What is Chibitronics? (n.d.). Retrieved April 9, 2020, from https://chibitronics.com/
Zha, W. (2019, May 28). From High-Fashion to Custom Sneakers: Will 3D printing Disrupt the Fashion Industry?. Retrieved April 9, 2020, from https://fashionunited.uk/news/fashion/from-high-fashion-to-custom-sneakers-will-3d-printing-disrupt-the-fashion-industry/2019052843396
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