In the class, I tested as many thermochromic inks as I can. for the homework, I decided to do embroidery. I embroidered a heart with the letter love by using conductive thread. Everything was connected and I used 9V battery. for the result, It was really hard to see the details on the thermochromic painted fabric. maybe it was because i made the pattern so small.
I used thermochromic pigment to mimic the eye behind the door and when the layer is charged, the eye will appear.
My inspiration was a scene in an anime and the picture below was the scene…
In folklore, there is a rabbit that lives on the Moon. It pounds medicine and accompanies the Moon Goddess.
For the assignment of this week, I used thermochromic pigment to draw Moon on a piece of fabric and sewed a rabbit on another one. When the rabbit layer is charged, its figure will show on the Moon. One problem with my project is that it’s hard to tell the figure because of the pigment-to-base ratio and the color itself.
This week i played with heat sensitive ink, my interaction with the material was trying to explore the clarity of the hidden message to implement this technique in upcoming projects.
I decided to make a completely solid color for the thermochromic ink. I thought black was pretty nice when I did the swatch tests during class. I embroidered a pair of eyes that would appear when the circuit was turned on. Unfortunately I think my circuit is broken because nothing appeared. So I put the 9V battery directly to the embroidered pattern and I noticed that the thread quickly heated which caused to make just blotches on the paper. Perhaps I need to make the eyes bigger or maybe it would have worked better with the circuit.
For this week I did an illustration of an iceberg with a penguin.
I used black pigment and transparent base for the penguin and sowed it so that when the circuit is connected, the penguin will be heated up and disappear.
(left: after heating)
The message is to say that more animals are dying due to global warming and human activities.
Construct a project that reveals an embedded message, pattern, or behavior using thermochromic ink, conductive material, your heat circuit, and Arduino.
Your project can focus on aesthetics/design, social issues, health, or environmental awareness.