Thinking Through Making: Introduction to E-Textiles: Make a Sensory Object

Saturday, June 12, 2021 12.00 – 19.00 (GMT+3)

“Crafting Technology for Textiles”- a collaborative project between Istanbul Modern and the Royal College of Art (RCA), London

How can we make soft objects which we can use for relaxation, stimulation or play, that are personal to use whilst also being designed and made by us?

Artist and researcher Emilie Giles invites participants to a day-long workshop to explore how electronics can be embedded into textiles to create a sensory-based object. The workshop offers the chance to learn how to sew a circuit using conductive thread, to embed components into a circuit, and also how to control these using a microcontroller. At the end of the workshop, the participants will have designed and built an interactive object as well as utilizing a host of crafting techniques in order to do so.

Emilie Giles - Artist, Researcher, Educator

Emilie Giles is a researcher, artist and educator, and her work spans creative technology, crafting, and pervasive gaming. She is a Ph.D. student at The Open University exploring how e-textiles can be used as interactive tools for blind and visually impaired people, using participatory design approaches