Craft

Dancing lampshades, singing memory boxes and paying with hugs…

Welcome to the world of Craft + Tech Residencies supported by the Crafts Council and developed at the Pervasive Media Studios at Watershed, in Bristol. The Flying Skirt Lampshade, created by Patrick Laing, is responsive to movement and touch, a first in what will no doubt emerge as a future trend in tactitle and malleable…

Contemporary craft makers to explore the Internet of Things

Press note – A Music Memory Box for people with dementia, a flying lampshade that communicates feeling, and coins that trigger invaluable experiences: these are all part of Watershed’s new Craft + Technology Residencies January – March 2013. Funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and supported by the Crafts Council, the Craft + Technology Residencies…