@oshwassociation Therefore the last workshop I took part in was like tailored-made for me! Buzz Bites by Kate Hartman & Juan Sulca from Social Body Lab (a research lab at OCAD University in Toronto, Canada) were all about pancake vibration motors, haptic patterns and sensations these little buzzers allow.

I’m having prototypes of their Arduino-compatible little PCBs with buzzers at home and I’m very excited to further experimenting with them! 🤓

Social Body Lab IG: https://www.instagram.com/socialbodylab/

@oshwassociation I had a bigger break from tinkering in favour of corporate software but since I recently bought the newest Arduino Uno board again, my curiosity towards experimental interfaces has been revived again. 🤓

I’ve been always captivated and intrigued by different textures. These days I work mostly with clay and knitted fabrics. I was contemplating adding touch detection and some haptic feedbacks to those surfaces.

@oshwassociation After lunch there was a natural dyeing workshop! (Be Cartha-mine! An introduction to Dyeing with Safflower)

(I feel the whole day was specifically designed to talk to my interests and curiosities 😛)

The workshop sold out before I tried to sign up but I got to see colourful results of other participants and was lucky enough to still receive a copy of beautifully riso-printed safflower dyeing guide to try it out at home. ☺️
Workshop by Alex Bachmayer: https://2026.oshwa.org/workshops/100-alex/

@oshwassociation Through the summit I learned about the Open Footwear project. Yes, with quite accessible fabrication methods (laser cutter and optionally CNC router for the running shoes version) I could make my own barefoot shoes. 👌🏼
I’m very looking forward to trying it out. I’m an amateur seamstress, I’m in the process of collecting patterns for all of my wardrobe’s essentials and I didn’t expect I would be able to add shoes to the „yeah, I made them myself” list. 😄

https://www.openfootwear.com/index.html

@oshwassociation I took a peek into Spinning E-Textile Yarn workshop by Lily Gabriel. People were working with 3D printed spindles spinning conductive threads with wool.
Working with spindle is definitely on my „to learn” list. 🫠 I even purchased book „Respect the Spindle” second hand when in NY but it arrived too late. So, it’ll have to wait until my next visit. 🤭

„Respect the Spindle” book:
https://archive.org/details/respectspindlesp0000fran
Lily’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lilymgabriel_does_art/

Bonus: quirky paths of associations in my 🧠 🫣😆

It’s Brancusi’s „Kiss” and (in case you don’t know) the Minions… 😅🤷🏻‍♀️

Don't take it personally, Brancusi! 🤭