Stitch. Touch. Play. Dive into a hands-on workshop where sound meets sustainability. You’ll design and build an eco-friendly, fuzzy, velvety synthesizer using fabric offcuts and e-textile circuitry.
Guided step-by-step, you’ll learn how to create capacitive touch circuits using a Bare Conductive microcontroller and conductive thread (sewing thread embedded with stainless steel). You’ll then load the synth with sounds and bring it to life through touch, transforming soft materials into a fully playable musical instrument. No prior experience needed. All materials are provided.
The workshop is led by Lia Mice, an award-winning multidisciplinary artist, educator, and pioneering maker of digital musical instruments. Lia’s work has been exhibited internationally at institutions and festivals including the V&A, Tate Modern, Ars Electronica, ICA London, Sonorities Festival, and Supernormal Festival, among many others. Her instruments challenge the conventions of the commercial music tech industry. Her latest instrument, Soft Cymatics, is a large (2 metres wide and tall) synthesizer made with velvet offcuts with a call to action for instruments to be made from eco-friendlier and fuzzier materials.
Lia is Professor of Creative Music Technologies at ICMP London. www.liamice.com
This workshop takes place in the Pink Room, ground floor of the Heathcote & Star, Leytonstone.