Signal Textiles

Signal Textiles unites all my textile-based works that translate mathematical behaviour, oscillations and field dynamics into material form. Through embroidery, knitting, weaving and laser-generated templates, textiles become carriers of signals: patterns emerge from equations, forces become stitches, and cloth becomes a surface where computation and craft meet.

This pillar currently includes the following sub-series:

• Computational Sashiko – embroidered works based on algorithmic pathfinding, field structures and laser-cut templates, merging traditional Japanese techniques with contemporary signal logic.

• Keller–Segel Knits – knitted pieces developed in collaboration with Troy Nachtigall, based on reaction–diffusion systems that form self-organising patterns in fabric.

• Van der Pol Fashion – garments shaped by oscillators and attractors, using sewing patterns populated with electric field lines and dynamical curves.

• Laser-cut Templates – precision-cut guides for stitching or structural patterning, functioning as the computational skeleton beneath the finished textile.