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- Jan 27, 2019
2018: Year in review - August to December
Continuing on from my previous post August & September: I started some exploration into E-textiles with an innate human connection, either information traveling from human to technology, or vice versa. One particular area of interest was Haptic feedback. This actually stemmed from a short project I undertook as part of my MA course, which focused on the idea of augmenting human abilities through technology, with the underlying principle being sensory substitution. At that tim


- Jan 24, 2019
2018: Year in Review - January to July
One year in on my PhD. It's a good time to look back at what I have actually done while in Hong Kong. I've split the review into two posts so it isn't too long. January & February: Much of these two months was spent getting settled in, taking prerequisite classes and preparations for the Crafttech exhibition, so nothing particularly interesting to report. March: The big event in March was the Crafttech Exhibition at Hong Kong museum of Medical Sciences (6-11th March 2018). Th


- Jul 2, 2018
Conference Paper: AIFT 2018
The accepted manuscript for my conference paper "Challenges in knitted e-textiles" is available on the CV page, under Publications. Abstract This paper considers the progress made in E-textiles within knitted textiles and discusses what ‘Project Jacquard’ and the debut of the woven Levi’s Commuter X Jacquard by Google jacket helps reveal about the relationship between E-textiles and textiles manufacturing. The paper considers research conducted within the fields of Art, Desig


- Oct 13, 2017
E-textiles Salla Dress
As part of my final project, I developed a version of the Salla Dress by V&Urchin which incorporated fibre optics. It was a definitely a challenging process, as I haven't worked with fibre optics before and I haven't seen much in the way of knitting and fibre optics. #VUrchin #knitting #etextiles #yarn #knit #fashion #Wearabletechnology #MMU #Masters


- Mar 25, 2017
Quiet Jumpers: V&Urchin
We've put the Quiet Jumpers, along with the Vene T-shirts and Inari top, onto the V&Urchin shop. Huzzah! Quiet Jumpers - Red and Orange Quiet Jumpers - Brown and Orange #Manchester #VUrchin #fashion #knitting #knit