Since my last post discussing the wonderful addition of a ribber attachment to the knitting machine, I set off to knit a large circular wool piece. I was excited to…
With Luciferins, I’ll be using a depth camera in two ways: one being to sense where people are located within the installation; the other being to see the fiber structures…
Some super exciting news!!!!! I’m thrilled to announce that I have been awarded a Harvestworks New Works Residency for Luciferins!! Woo-woo! I’ll be working with Harvestworks on the sound aspects…
When I was first looking at purchasing a knitting machine, I would see posts for machines with a ribber, ribbers sold separately, and all sorts of things. I vaguely knew…
I’ve been becoming more familiar with the knitting machine, it’s functionality, and maintenance. I tacked up the pieces that I had knitted while taking a few workshops at the Textile…
After working on the last iteration of Luciferins, I love texture of the surface and uniformity of wet felting. Yet, laying out the wool fiber on such a huge piece,…
After knitting many tubes and hanging them in the studio, I reflected on the visuals and the tactility. The size is good. I love the sturdiness of each of them…
After some refinement of the graphics code, I hooked up the Kinect and threw together some code to demonstrate the tracking. It’s working with a basic depth threshold. In reality,…
After taking a break from programming the graphical animations, I came back to it and took a deeper look at the code. It was processor heavy, without much to demonstrate…
Luciferins is a piece that has haunted me for years. I was enamored with a BBC special about the deep oceans and bioluminescence in plants and animals. Since watching that…