Category: Class Lectures & LinksPage 3 of 3

Daily class notes.

Class 8: Origami Inspired Structure

The focus of class today will be exploring one specific origami-inspired structure. Sometimes this structure is also called “miura-inspired”. This origami folding “arm” will be made of cloth…

Class 7: Creating Cloth Flexures

The focus of class today will be developing more specific technique in fabric and cardboard construction. This will help prepare for the third assignment, and we believe fabric…

Class 5: Introduction to Machine Sewing

The focus of class today will be getting everybody up to speed on the sewing machines. If you are already skilled, please take the time to review the…

Class 4: Four-Bar Linkages and Curling Flexures

The focus of class today will be developing more specific technique in cardboard construction. This will help prepare for the second exercise, and we believe cardboard structure will…

Class 3: Introduction to Cardboard

The focus of class today will be developing more specific technique in cardboard construction. This will help prepare for the second exercise, and we believe cardboard structure will…

Class 2: Workshopping Extensions

The focus of class today will be hands-on experimentation to develop techniques for extending gestures; we think this will be useful research and foundation for the first assignment….

Class 1

Welcome! Introduction to Kinetic Fabrics Slideshow Syllabus Assignment 1: Gesture Extension

Kinetic Fabrics Spring 2020

Kinetic Fabrics brings together the fields of robotics and textiles to explore their unified creative and expressive potential. It is a wide-open frontier for kinetic art, wearable art,…