Worn translucent in places

Meshwork Orchestra

Meshwork Orchestra is a series of workshops with people at the Midlands Art Centre to embroider sensors for a music instrument using conductive yarns.

The swatches I made this year use conductive yarns to create pressure sensors around threadbare garments. The sensors can be connected to an Arduino or Pure Data circuit (see below, add pull-up/down resistors from the input if needed), and the feedback used to create musical or dance scores that are based on the worn areas.…