Copper textile I think is a very nice conductor for using in fabrics. I also found payable copper textiles in silver and black, besides the normal copper colored ones. These textiles are often made as EMF protection for e.g. packaging. I actually even found EMF protected curtains to protect your living room from radiation from…
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Shisha Embroidered Piezo
A piezo sensor can be used either as a contact microphone, which could be used as a sensor, or it can be used as a mini speaker. A nice way to patch it to fabric is by Indian Shisha embroidery, which is normally used to embroider little mirrors on clothing. I followed the tutorial from…
Textile Paint Conductive Sewing Thread
Sewing thread is almost impossible to dye. This is because the temperatures to paint this thread are so high that you need a machine for that. Although I understand some conductive thread is made out of a combination of cotton and steel. This might be more doable, but I haven’t been able to get any…
Needle Felting
The first technique I tried in my preliminary research for Sensoric Fabrics was needle felting. Like many tries I found the instructions for including conductivity on Kobakant. Links below! I used merino wool and one felting needle. Later on I used three needles at once, which is faster but a bit challenging. For that there’s…