Textiles, Technology and a Magical Future

In my research into laser etched fabrics I came across the textile artist Kate Goldsworthy. She developed many processes for up cycling, renovating and inventing textiles for fashion and interior use.

Kate Goldsworthy is a Senior Lecturer for the Textile Futures masters programme at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. An independent designer and researcher specialising in new finishing technologies, materials R&D and design for sustainability. Kate is currently completing a practice based PhD project exploring emerging technologies, to reinvent ‘digital finishing processes' for recyclable materials.

Science has been linked to textile art for centuries, looms, spinning machines, dyes, synthetic and natural fibres and too much to list. I got to thinking about how our group have all in some way, touched on science and technology in our work and how what could be dry formula and complex theories can be transformed into art that can be; spiritual, decorative, opulent, forms in space, words or sounds.

Developing the concept of sound as art, I found an interesting blog.
 http://textileresearchdiary.wordpress.com/author/yasmin1m/page/2/ One of the posts was the making of a commercial for digital printing inks. Using sound to explode colour and filming it in motion. The picture snips I have posted are nothing compared to seeing the moving colours. Think psycadelic lava lamps! Ignore the big sell, watch the process of creating an advert, and how sound can produce colour in space. We are near the end of the blogging task and it is making me sad.

http://vimeo.com/14955603