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EMBROIDERING SOUNDS TUNIC

EMBROIDERING SOUNDS TUNIC

EMBROIDERING SOUNDS TUNIC

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Music is revealed as a new kind of interaction that enables complete new visual experiences: the fabric colour changes around the embroidery. This embroidered patch reveals how musical interaction, using new technology, enables completely new visual experiences. The fabric colour changes around the embroidery: it is the combination of aesthetic with function. The embroidery runs on software that analyses cello chords in the music and converts them into signals. The interaction happens whilst the cello is playing.

MATERIALS AND TOOLS

MATERIALS AND TOOLS

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REQUIREMENTS Sewing and cutting pattern techniques, Arduino projects.

CRAFT PART

(1) Tunic: 2 x 1,40 m cotton fabric

(2) Embroidery Panel: cotton 20 x 25 cm, volume fleece 20 x 25 cm, embroidery hoop 19cm diameter, embroidery needle, thimble, embroidery scissors, tape measure, Pilot FriXion Ball (unique thermo-sensitive ink disappears completely with heat), conductive thread Adafruit 641, thermochromic pigment (5g), textile medium (220ml), 2-4 tea spoon water.

TECH PART

Flora board (or any Arduino compatible board, preferably one that is suitable for wearable projects), a breadboard, jump cables, mosfet transistors, crocodile cables for prototyping, conductive thread (Adafruit 641), battery, buttons, switching mode power supply, sealing tape, conductive cables and Sparkfun Thin Speaker.

STEP-BY-STEP

1st STEP: THE EMBROIDERY

EMBROIDERING SOUNDS PROJECT: 1st STEP "THE EMBROIDERY"

EMBROIDERING SOUNDS PROJECT: 1st STEP "THE EMBROIDERY"

1. RUNNING STITCH

2. CHAIN STITCH

3. BUTTONHOLE STITCH

Follow the step-by-step for each embroidery type.

2nd STEP

DRAPING THE TUNIC

Download the tunic design pattern here and watch the video tutorial on how to set up the tunic.

Sew the pleat (from the outside) together on the top of the armhole. Then fix it.

Sew the pleat (from the outside) together on the top of the armhole. Then fix it.

Sew the pleat (from the outside) together on the top of the armhole. Then fix it.

Sew the pleat (from the outside) together on the top of the armhole. Then fix it.

Sew the pleat (from the outside) together on the top of the armhole. Then fix it.

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1st. Sew the pleat (from the outside) together on the top of the armhole. Then fix it on the mannequin.

Put together and sew EMBROIDERY FRONT 1 (green) and after EMBROIDERY BACK 2 (green)

Put together and sew EMBROIDERY FRONT 1 (green) and after EMBROIDERY BACK 2 (green)

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2nd. Put together and sew EMBROIDERY FRONT 1 (green) and after EMBROIDERY BACK 2 (green)

Finalize the tunica by sewing the two parts COLLAR 3 together.

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3rd. Finalize the tunica by sewing the two parts COLLAR 3 together.

3rd STEP: WIRING

CONNECTING THE EMBROIDERY TOGETHER WITH THE TECHNOLOGICAL COMPONENTS

Software installation: here make sure you have the newest version for Arduino. Install Flora in the Arduino program.

Follow here step-by-step how to connect the embroidery with the flora board.

EMBROIDERY + FLORA

EMBROIDERY + FLORA

SET UP EMBROIDERY + BREADBOARD "HOUSING" + FLORABOARD

STEP-BY-STEP how to set up the technological elements with the dress.

SHOPING LIST

Adafruit Flora board: www.play-zone.ch
Battery EWT Polymer Lithium Ion (Lipo) 400 mAh: www.play-zone.ch
Bottons: www.play-zone.ch
Breadboard: www.play-zone.ch
Conductive thread- Adafruit 641 : www.adafruit.com
Crocodile cables: www.betzold.ch / www.pusterla.ch
Jump cables: www.digikey.ch / www.pusterla.ch
Mostet transistors: www.pusterla.ch
Original Arduino Mega 2560 Rev3 Set: www.play-zone.ch
Power supply: www.pusterla.ch
Resistors: www.adafruit.com / www.pusterla.ch
Sparkfun Thin Speaker: www.playzone.ch
Volume flees (Vlieseline 248): www.etsy.com (Blockhausstoffe)
Textile Medium: www.gestaercker.ch
Thermocromic pigment: www.glowinthedarkshop.co.uk / www.etsy.com (Uniglow Products LLC.)

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