Threading Technology

Threading Technology is a five-part workshop and research series exploring the ways craft invents technology.

cover image by Abby Chung.

Through fiber-based making, short presentations, and collective discussions, this series traces connections between pattern, memory, early computing logics, and contemporary digital and speculative practices.

+this is also an excuse to get together with other people, once a month, for a couple of hours.

_this series will help demistify craft for techies.

_this series will help demistify technology for craft people.

Designed and facilitated by Slow Stitch Detroit Visiting Artist, Doug Jones, this series will feature guest presenters:

Carole Harris, artist;

Azzah Smith, designer;

Erin Reddick, founder of ChatBlackGPT; and

Camille Ann Brewer, artist and Chief Archivist at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.

This series will also include a make-and-watch movie night + discussion (more info tba).

January 29: warp | weft | code: featuring Camille Ann Brewer;

February 26: fugitive interfaces, featuring Azzah Smith;

March 26: the elder algorithm, featuring Carole Harris; and

April 23: from punch card to neural net, featuring Erin Reddick.

this series is made possible by our generous community of makers.

We are using a sliding fee scale $5 - $80 structure, with unlimited full no-question-asked-full-scholarships available with preference to those individuals and families directly impacted by incarceration, displacement, poverty, and war.

Those who are able to pay more allow us to provide free and low-cost access to community members. Do not feel obligated to pay.

We are offering a 'bundle' deal for those who love bundle deals (all 4 workshops + the movie night: $200).