Skin Electronics | Inspiration

After the lecture I was extremely excited, this part of the 'wearables' is completely new to me. On internet I found this image done by the university of Tokyo:

Which reminded me of a Halloween make-up that I never got to in the end. So, I decided that it might be the right moment to try it now. Creating a robot layer.

First Latex Try-outs

As a group we decided to make masks, which perfectly aligned with what I wanted to make. So, firstly I tried out what is possible, acrylic paint, conductive paint, thermochromic paint and glitters. Although the glitters really don't fit what I want to make, this is something I definitely want to do something with.

Taking the latex of the masks makes it deforms, a lot. So much so, that it would be really hard to use as a mask. Cecilia gave us the tip to use a fine net fabric beneath to keep the shape, which as you can see in the last picture works very well! The thermo-chromic ink I tried on both a piece of fabric as well as on a piece of latex, to see whether it would react differently, especially since this is my first time working with this paint.