Clay 3D printing is a relatively new technology and only a narrow range of geometries is 3D
printable if one is employing commercially available slicing software. We experienced these …

Smart textiles combine electronics with traditional textile forms, showing great promise in
creating soft and flexible interactive systems for human-computer interaction and robotics …

Much reporting on research-through-design (RtD) is vague about markers of time and
temporal qualities. This lack of temporal attunement risks obscuring important contextual …

Within various creative domains, communities of practice (CoPs) are instrumental in
fostering knowledge creation and innovation. Although each community disseminates …

We present the Loom Pedals, an open-source hardware/software interface for enhancing a
weaver's ability to create on-the-fly, improvised designs in Jacquard weaving. Learning from …

Most textiles in day-to-day use are products of weaving. The versatility of this manufacturing
technique, which readily supports a multi-layered structure, inclusion of several yarn types …

Serenity plays a pivotal role in human well-being, as it fosters an enduring sense of peace
and calmness. Everyday textile artifacts, with their qualities of softness, malleability, and …

HCI research has demonstrated that textiles have interactive potential, with the ability to
transform or self-shape, whether through material, structure, or the addition of non textile …

Sample making and documentation are well established practices in digital craftsmanship.
However, we rarely discuss how we return to these collections to look for starting points and …

Serenity plays a pivotal role in human well-being, as it fosters an enduring sense of peace
and calmness. Everyday textile artifacts, with their qualities of softness, malleability, and …