prosthetic knowledge

Rhianna (after Chris Brown)

Andrew Healy aka virtualsurface turns famous photo into large dithered glitch cross-stitch:

Counted cross stitch on 14ct black aida, Wooden frame (42x39 cm).

This image of Rhianna’s bruised face is a glitch in itself - perhaps a view into the flesh-and-bones reality that exists behind a celebrity’s polished surface.

Esbat Stitches by Vaka Valo 

A series of digital embroidery pieces mounted on canvas which look like patterned captures of distorted video.

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Stitch ‘n’ Glitch 

Open source software to turn images into glitches, to then form a printable template for embroidery - created with Processing by Andrew Whealy :

Stitch’n’Glitch explores the aesthetic possibilities of combining the random “glitch” technique with the laborious practice of cross stitch embroidery.

Available as an executable file for Windows, Linux and Mac, you can find out more about the project here

Also, Andrew has a Tumblr blog here

yearoftheglitch:

Glitch Textiles Update: All New Glitch Blankets and Tapestries Available for Purchase

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All textiles are made in the USA with 100% Cotton, and are machine washable.  Designed by Phillip Stearns.  Each design is offered as a limited edition of 5.  Prices have been reduced, so grab a blanket today, because winter is coming!

Machine Knit Blankets - $300

• 40”x60”
• 22 Designs to choose from
• Awesome lo-fi knit pixel look
• Clean black edge finishing

Jacquard Woven Blankets - $400

• 53”x71”
• 7 designs to choose from (with more on the way!)
• Higher thread count means more a detailed image and a heavier fabric weight for soft feel, and big warmth.
• Afghan style edge finish

Jacquard Woven Tapestries - $250

• 24”x36”
• 3 Designs to choose from (more to come!)
• Hanging hardware included
• Finer thread for high detail
• Clean edging and closed cloth backing

CEEFAX Tapestry 

A textile tribute to the information service by Aaron Merrigan:

For the past 38 years BBC Ceefax Pages have provided the nation with a constant stream of accessible, reliable and dedicated news. With the final switch over from analogue to digital television, the iconic service will cease to exist.

100×75cm (4:3 TV ratio)
Cross stitch + machine embroidery

Exhibited it D&AD New Blood 2012 

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[PS - CEEFAX was the BBC’s version of Teletext]

Foldable Sewing Machine 

Smart design from student Richard Burrow creating a minimalistic yet practical solution to an often heavy tool - via Leibal:

Presented at the London graduate show, New Designers, Foldable Sewing Machine is a minimalist design created by Richard Burrow. As the name implies, Burrow designed the sewing machine’s folding functionality in order to reduce waste and allow for easier mobility and storage.

“Too often we are encouraged to throw away something when it is broken, and replace it with something new. Clothing items are regularly thrown as we believe its often cheaper to replace than repair. When in most cases it isn’t. Sewing Machines are often designed in a similar way, with many being over designed with far too many features. They are also big, and bulky.”

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90º - Typography Book 

Handmade book by Iwona Przybyla features typographic alphabet with letters presented in 3D using thread and stitching:

Kąt 90 stopni (90 degrees) is a book presenting a font style bearing the same name, designed in such a way that each of its letters can be displayed in a three-dimensional space. The letters are made of a string threaded through two sheets of paper perpendicular to each other. All twenty-six letters of the English alphabet have been created using this font style and put together to create this one-off book design.

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The Portrait Project 

Artist Evelin Kasikov, who creates visual print-like work with stitching, creates a collection of portraits in styles more familiar in photo-manipulation software:

The Portrait Project is a set of 10 stitched portraits, all based on the same grid. Images are created by using different stitching methods and thread thicknesses. The grid consists of squares, crosses and diagonal lines. Each image is created by using some or all of the layers …

… All works 210 x 280 mm, stitched onto Heritage Woodfree Bookwhite 315 gsm with cotton thread in various colours. 

More examples can be found on the project site here

Lace Artwork of PIERRE FOUCHé 

Artist creates portraits and human figure work using lace.

More at the artist’s website here

Kayla Mattes

Following on from the previous post, I decided to look closer at the designer’s work, which is a successful take on fashion, textiles and 90s culture which should be familiar to anyone with today’s net art. About the designer:

Kayla Mattes is a textile artist and designer, based in Los Angeles, CA. She received her BFA in Textiles from RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) in 2011. Her quirky and innovative fabrics, knitwear and prints tend to focus on the relationship between pop-culture trends and technology of the past and present. She currently freelances, and is developing a new collection of experimental knit jewelry to be released in the Fall of 2012.

You can see more of her work at her website here

She also has a Tumblr blog here

Crafted Worlds 

Art exhibition from 2011 by Per Fhager featuring stills from classic video games recreated using embroidery:

Per´s choice of material, technique and color gives us a perfect example of how traditional crafts can receive a new expression and context in the modern world. The embroideries differs largely in texture, technique and color density, these differences are important in the process of producing the needle point works. The handmade pictures arrives from video game stills where composition, narrative and memory plays its role. 

More photos and info can be found here

Hadron Quilts by Kate Findlay

Textiles with a scientific twist - via Symmetry Magazine:

The Large Hadron Collider, a steely pinnacle of physics and engineering, doesn’t generally bring soft, snuggly thoughts to mind. But that may change for people who see Kate Findlay’s quilts. For four years, she has been making fabric-based artwork inspired by the accelerator and its experiments. “I’ve been living and dreaming and sleeping and eating hadron colliders,” she says.

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Do Ho Suh - Staircase III

Apologies for the poor mobile phone camera quality …

After a very unsuccessful Christmas shopping expedition yesterday in London, I happily and unexpectedly discovered this piece in the current Tate Modern collections.

The Museum of Scientifically Accurate Fabric Brain Art

A collection of textile / knitting work related to the brain:

This is the world’s largest collection of anatomically correct fabric brain art. Inspired by research from neuroscience, dissection and neuroeconomics, our current exhibition features a rug based on fMRI imaging, a knitted brain from dissection, and three quilts with functional images from PET. The artists are Marjorie Taylor and Karen Norberg. Techniques used include traditional Nova Scotian rug hooking, quilting, applique, embroidery, beadwork, knitting, and crocheting. Materials include fabric, yarn, metallic threads, electronic components such as magnetic core memory, and wire, zippers, and beads.

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