Are you interested in innovative technology, textile and crafts? Join us for our showcase event ‘Interweaving innovation’ where several inspiring innovations developed at the Textilelab of Waag Futurelab will be presented. From the timescales of the natural world to digitally crafted garments and their relation to our senses, explore a world of innovation and inspiration. You will also be able to experience innovative color printing with our hacked textile printingmachine the HaptiColor.
The presentations are the result of research performed by our Fabricademy students and the Tracks4Crafts research pilot. In this project we explore how to hack fablab equipment into textile printers that use natural dyes and mordants, and print with varying levels of interactive intervention by the craftsperson. This results in a system of modular, interactive inputs that you can use to control bio-inks, brush motion and pressure while printing with a machine as well as open source documentation on the process and results.
An interactive exhibition will showcase the iterations and development of the hacked machine and workflows, called HaptiColor, and the variety of outcomes created during the experimental phase of the project. There will also be an opportunity for the public to experience and experiment with the machine through haptic input, co-creating and contributing to a growing living exhibition.
Programme
| 18:00 – 18:30 | Doors open |
| 18:30 – 19:00 | Introduction to the academy programmes |
| 19:00 – 20:00 | Showcasing textile innovations |
| 20:00 – 22:00 | Drinks and exhibition |
For the showcase the following Fabricademy participants will be presenting:
- Isobel Jo Leonard – presenting “Keeping time”
- Carolina Beirão – presenting “in/asense”
- Francis Hörters – presenting “A different way of being”
After the showcase event, the participants’ works and the Tracks4Crafts Living Archive will be on display at the Waag on Friday 11 April between 12:00 and 17:00 hrs.
Sign up for the event via the Waag Futurelab website.