I’ve been doing a lot of testing with heating my thermochromic ink with resistive wire. And I’ve had some great results, to my relief. First I had an almost two hour call with Marius, another electronics genius who helped me with the hardware on one of my other projects: www.collectingsilence.org. He pointed me in the […]
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Display hell
I’ve been working my ass of this weekend to get the displays working for the video shoot. I had to moderate my goals where the coding is concerned. I couldn’t get it to work the advanced way for three displays. So I chose just to light up an equal number of rings for every display, […]
Closure
I’m working towards the closure of the demo version. The tailor had finished last week and most of the wiring was done. With all the custom print boards the vest has turned out rather stiff and armour like. Not very comfortable… The boards are a little bigger than expected and the flat cables that connect […]
Death by deadline?
I’m on the train to Den Bosch to meet my tailor and finish the fabric side of the vest. At least, I hope so because the deadline is fixed. This weekend, weather permitting, I’ll be shooting the video. The demo version of the vest must be working then. The last couple of weeks I’ve been […]
Towards three soft displays
The last weeks I’ve been very busy building and testing the soft displays which use thermochromic ink. First I did some tests with PU foil which might be UV repellent at the TU in Eindhoven. But it reduces the opacity of the ink even more. I also tried working with glue sheets to attach the […]
Screen printing take two…
Last week I went to the graphic arts workshop Daglicht in Eindhoven. They have a lot of experience with screen printing and didn’t expect any problems with my straight forward task. We started out with the exposure of a screen with a mesh size of 77 to get an area of 60 by 40 centimeters. […]
Soft and warm
I’ve worked together with Mickel on the design of the actual vest. Mickel makes extravagant suits and has a feel for the effect of textile techniques. First we talked through the whole vest and the atmosphere that it should breath. I took all my requisites and net fabric that I ordered online from a firm […]
Screen printing on fabric
I’ve been very lucky with the thermochromic ink. I got a very big discount from Blanken Controls, two liters for the price of one. That was just as well because my first attempt at screen printing has failed. I went to a workshop to get assistance. And after having obtained a screen with the right […]
Ups and downs
I’m having a hard time with my wearable. There are different areas where I’m experiencing problems: – The thermochromic ink deteriorates very fast. Under influence of UV radiation for which I haven’t been able to find a solution. The amount of electricity it needs to heat up is very much depending on the air temperature. […]
Things are moving
I wasn’t feeling well but as I had so much to discuss I just had to go to last Saturdays’ workshop. A tailor was coming and Paul would also be there to help me build my shopping list so I could move on. My head was exploding with all the things that I was still […]