Ingredients
5 metres silk chiffon
Indigo dye
embroidery thread
small webcam
HDMI
projector
computer
Method
Shibori technique to create circles in fabric
Dye fabric
Remove stitchings & steam fabric
Projector show code from laptop
Camera picks up "colour value changes" and tells code to display a circle where change are.
Observer stands in front of fabric & circles project their movment
Digital circles interact with Shibori circles then slowly fade/shine away
Maker's notes
Alway wanted to make it more transportable is Raspberry Pi instead of whole computer
Learned code basics which I found challenging but made idea generation faster with far less waste than my fabric samples
Projection gave immediate visuals for ideas with no physical waste. I still use this process to this day for visuals development.
Outcomes
People felt connected to my process/directly changed the desing through movement
Cam needs light but projector needs dark space
Code quickly goes out of date as computer updates
Participation is design
Light Emanating from Darkness
Skye Sutherland
interactive, installation, projection, coding, chiffon, dye, recycle
