See you at Intersections

Laura Devendorf, Deanna Gelosi, and Etta Sandry will be traveling to Textile Intersections at Imperial College London to present a series of projects including a paper about a new cross-sections operation in AdaCAD.

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News

  • Experimental Weaving Talk Series Returns The Experimental Weaving Talk Series returns for 2026-2027 with a new focus on the people who create the social and physical machines that make material experimentation possible.
  • Alpaca Festival Open Call Alpaca is a festival on Algorithmic Patterns in the Creative Arts comprised of live performances, workshops and conference talks.
  • We're Hiring We will be recruiting new PhD students and will soon post a position for a community manager for the AdaCAD project

Upcoming Events

  • SECAC 2026 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Oct 21-24 Etta and Steven will each present at SECAC under the conference’s annual theme, Interwoven: Threads, Patterns & Disruptions.
  • UIST 2026 Detroit, MI, USA, November 2-5, 2026 Deanna present a poster on CompactPack: From 3D Objects to Fabricable Packaging Inserts

Work in Progress

  • Steven Frost Mile High Pride Flag is currently on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver. In October, they will host a workshop at MCA and will be presenting at Out Maine. They are also working with Etta on archival research about the Lowell Mill Girls.
  • Laura Devendorf Laura is back from sabbatical and is gearing up for a range of new outreach activities and programs around Experimental Weaving.
  • Eldy Lazaro Successfully defended her dissertation Biodesign for Interactive Textiles: Dissolution as a Design Strategy for Interaction and Sustainability
  • Deanna Gelosi Deanna is testing and refining the cross-sections operation in AdaCAD in addition to developing some new software for creatively generating 3D forms. She’s also working with Etta on a research project exploring woven structures inspired by native plants found in the Front Range region.
  • Etta Sandry Etta is continuing work on archival research about the Lowell Mill Girls as the final project within their PhD Dissertation, which is focused on sample making as a knowledge-generating praxis.