On sat we gave our Mini workshops in the Library am Luisenbad (it used to be a 19th century spa for all people) that is just around the corner from our studio. Rute and I setup directly in the library between the books and knitted our own signs to guide people to us: We were … Continue reading
The MakerFaire Berlin took place on the 1st and 2nd of October and ETIB was part of the FabLab stand. The 30.9. was for school kids only and we were so busy I didn´t take fotos. Tricotautomat/Rute Chaves and I offered our Miniworkshops and I presented a knitmural wkth sponsored wool from Schoellerwool (unfortunately I … Continue reading
Lange Nacht der Museen (Long Night of the Museums) took place on the 17th of August 2016 and we were invited to host our mini workshops with the hacked knitting machines at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Natural History Museum). It was so much fun being up late in the museum and I was suprised … Continue reading
Presenting Jack and Rute´s musical art project at the Rundgang of the art School Weissensee. They built a musical contraption made of bottles connected in pairs water filled and topped with flute like ends. Everytime one bottle got pulled up the water flowed downwards into the other bottle pushing out air whichmade a whistling sound. … Continue reading
In collaboration with the Technikmuseum Rute Chaves and I offered a Workshop for kids in the middle of the textile machine exhibition on the 27th of July. Having recently sold a hacked machine to the museum (more info in later post) I helped kids knit out the motifs of their choice (cats, dinos, tapirs, sugar … Continue reading
It´s been a while now that a tv team came to ETIB in August and filmed the hacked knitting machines. Rute Chaves is a guest at ETIB and presented her Tricotautomat which works like a photobooth but instead of pictures you get knitted portraits. I wasn´t sure when PRO7 would screen the interview and wanted … Continue reading
Rute is a student at Weißensee and wanted to knit out photos on the knitting machine. Her idea is to hook up the knittng machine to a photobooth and knit out photostrips with 4 Portraits. This is her first time at the knitting machine and it turned out quite well as you can see. She … Continue reading