2 projects

Catching up on my RSS feeds this morning I saw two interesting projects posted about on PSFK the trend and forecasting website:


Urban Rabbit Hole
I think this one sounds cooler than it really is, but maybe I'm just not a t-shirt person? What they do is make t-shirts with a print of lower Manhattan and mark them with red dots to mark places that have significance for you so that each one is completely individual to the wearer. They are only doing limited runs, and you have to jump through hoops to get an invite. I admit PSFK describes it a lot better than me, but it sounds like more hype than anything else in practice. Although I do think it's a lovely idea, don't get me wrong. You cna participate (and tell me how it goes) by entering the code newyorkoct#11 on this website.


Take A Seat
This one is definitely cooler than it sounds. Well, it even sounds pretty awesome. It's a project aimed at putting more seating on subway platforms by just putting chairs on the platforms. Jason Eppink is the artist (dude?) behind the project and he is encouraging collaborators to join him. You can see the Flickr set here (cheesy logo/graphic, lovely pics). Also see his blog website Self Referential Title. I like the personal sites :)

I admit I also have a wicked awesome knitter/artist website to post about, but I keep putting it off because I want to write something that does it/her justice because I'm just a bit in love with her work....I will tell you all about it soon though, I swear.

Good (big) news for Virgin Knitters!

Guess what? I'm going to be at the Maker Faire in Austin on October 18 & 19 to promote the Virgin Knitters project! Look! Hopefully I'll be teaching lots more new knitters and also getting some new interest in the project!

I am so so excited to be going down there and meeting new knitters and talk to people about my project!!

See all the cool projects at Maker Faire here, and come if you are in the area. I'll be bringing my super knitting dad to talk about his experience being a Virgin Knitter!



Yay!!!

old links I never posted

Very common post idea, no? And I mean that in the older sense of the word. Maybe it will lead to nice surprises for me:

Hacking fashion from We Make Money Not Art:
....The outcome of the VakkoVamps is not so much a set of garments or objects as much as a series of methods for exchange and dialogue between two fields that are usually separated.
• I forgot about this one for sure. What a lovely idea! I love these kinds of projects where the outcome isn't about aesthetics but about process. No pictures from me because they don't give you any idea of what it's really about. Go on, read it!
• Ah, here is the official site about the project and others by the same instigator: Self Passage

From Coudal a link to the story of the Timepiece House. My favorite quote:
...The design concepts - derived from the forces of nature and humanity - are linked by the thread of Time: Light and shadow History Weathering Memory....
• Again, I'm leaving off the pictures because they just don't do enough justice to the concept of the project. This is a house designed to make you aware of time in your life and through your day to day activities. Really sweet project.

A piece on FI about a guy from my MA program a year behind me, Mark Liu. He also studied with this guy also featured on Fashion Incubator. No good quotes from this one, but I had to post another good MA project coming out of my program, right?

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Pictures next time, I promise :)

2 community sites I never heard of before

have you?

Ravelry, a knitting site

and

Fashioning Tech, a sort of social networking site about smart textiles.
This one I know a little about (I joined), it was started by Syuzi Pakhchyan who recently wrote a book of the same name. I'm not really sure what to do on there though :P

If you're on Fashioning Tech "friend" me! I'm still waiting for an invitation to Ravelry, but I'd love to hear insights or reviews of the community!

New school year!

Welcome back from summer! That sounds kind of sad, doesn't it? Well, as for me, it's been a very busy summer. Not only has my day job been extremely busy (I'm getting an assistant!), but I've also been doing lots of side projects.



The biggest one has been with Etsy. I taught my first class (Printing with Heat!) and did a live chat (heat transfer printing basics), and filmed a video for their site about natural dyeing. I also still have a few more classes coming up this fall. It's been so exciting and the folks at Etsy are super sweet and awesome! Actually, Etsy Labs has all kinds of classes that I would totally recommend: bookbinding, screenprinting, jewelry! Just to name a few. You know, I totally have an Etsy shop too, Nottene, I'm just a terrible entrepreneur and haven't promoted it at all....(see my banner above?)

So the Print with heat class went pretty well, I think. At least well enough for us to want to run it again (date TBA). My biggest problem was that there is so much stuff you can do it was hard to pack it all in AND give everyone time to play with all the materials.

Oooh! I just looked online and the video is up! Yikes! I don't think I can watch myself yet....

My upcoming classes are Natural Dyeing in September and Feltmaking from Scratch in October. And another session of Printing with Heat will be scheduled for November (TBA)!!

P.S. for anyone in the first class looking for flocking suppliers (or just anyone interested), I just heard of a new one (new to me I mean): Hobby & Craft Flocking Supplies
I havne't ordered from them, take your chances...

P.P.S. Believe it or not, I have a bunch of posts lined up for this week and I hope to get back on the ol' blog wagon this fall :)