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Career Change!
A personal update today: I just finished week number two at my new position as a Textile Design Engineer at Secant Medical. While I’d love to pontificate lengthily about what I’ll be making in this new opportunity, I’ll be pretty … Continue reading
Joseph Kittinger
51 years ago today, Captain Joseph Kittinger stepped out of a baloon at 102,800 feet above sea level. Wearing only a space suit and a parachute, he fell for 84,800 feet before his parachute deployed. He unceremoniously set multiple records … Continue reading
Posted in engineering, protection, Space Suits, Textiles
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Textile Book Club: Spacesuit:Fashioning Apollo
Over at TXCHNOLOGIST is a great interview with Nicholas de Monchaux, author of Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo. This book has been my summer reading material and it is a fascinating look into the science, engineering and politics behind not just the Spacesuit … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, armor, book, clothing, craft, Customization, engineering, NASA, protection, Space Suits, Textiles
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Wind Powered Vessels
Its been a satisfyingly productive and active summer. Last night was an enjoyable lakeside wedding at a yacht club. Yacht clubs always seem to have pictures from the days before big petroleum consuming private watercraft. So today for your pleasure, … Continue reading
Posted in engineering, Sailing, Textiles
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Roy Denim
THIS is Textilesmithing. Roy makes jeans. He doesn’t slap his label on a sweatshop manufactured piece of shoddy workmanship and charge a mint for them. Roy smiths jeans. He takes denim, thread, rivets, and buttons, and with the great skill … Continue reading
Posted in clothing, craft, machines, Textiles
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Beili Liu
Yesterday’s post on Akiko Ikeuchi‘s thread volumes reminded me of Beili Liu, who almost stole the show at ArtPrize last year. (ArtPrize is a curious new Annual Grand Rapids phenomenon that I’ll write about when it comes to town again)
Posted in Architecture, Art, site specific, Textiles
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Akiko Ikeuchi
Akiko Ikeuchi creates vast delicate geometric volumes out of knotted thread.
Posted in 3d textile, Art, Landscape, site specific, structure
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Milestones and Benchmarks
Sometime last night or in the wee early hours of this morning, Textilesmithing reached 5000 clicks during this, its 6th month of existence. Its a Milestone, big for now, hopefully a speed bump in the future looking back. Its been … Continue reading
The Beauty of the Weaving Mill
I’ve spent many hours standing in front of vibrating shaking rumbling industrial weaving machines during trial runs watching, with fascination, how the fabric comes together. Paramount Textiles must have been watching the same thing, because they put together this excellent … Continue reading
Posted in machines, Textiles, woven
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Oslo Opera House Curtains
To be honest, my appreciation of Opera is limited to Looney Tunes parodies and Fitzcarraldo‘s obsession with bringing Enrico Caruso to Peru. I make my annual Valentines day trip to the Opera, but never really have been a super huge … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Curtains, Customization, design, site specific, Textiles, woven
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