MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2016



Contemporary Geometric Beadwork - practical sessions

Kate McKinnon, Erik Demaine, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Martin Demaine, Technical Assistant, CSAIL

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 25 participants
Attendance: Participants should attend all meetings in a section.
Fee: $25.00 for materials,additional materials may be needed based on design

Kate McKinnon is bringing her intriguing wearable art project, Contemporary Geometric Beadwork, to MIT, and giving several lectures, a seminar, and two weeks of hands-on sessions. Explore the recent structural and design work in this ancient art, and learn how to apply this alluring type of modeling to your own ideas.

The scope of the project is explained in this video. Link

See separate listing for the accompanying Lectures.

Sponsor(s): Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab
Contact: Kate McKinnon, kate@katemckinnon.com


Design Your Own Wearable Model-a Seminar

Jan/12 Tue 01:00PM-04:00PM 4-153, contact Kate McKinnon to register by 1/11/15

Design and plan your own striking piece to model structure, datasets, calculations or arrays. Studnes are offered optional participation in ongoing gallery and museum exhibits - in process is one on coded work (this can express code, coding or puzzles to solve) and the creation of a Robotic Garden in glass flowers and shapes.

Kate McKinnon


Hands on Sessions - session 1

Jan/19 Tue 01:00PM-04:00PM 4-153, register by contacting Kate McKinnon by 1/18/16
Jan/20 Wed 01:00PM-04:00PM 4-153, register by contacting Kate McKinnon by 1/18/16
Jan/21 Thu 01:00PM-04:00PM 4-153, register by contacting Kate McKinnon by 1/18/16
Jan/22 Fri 01:00PM-04:00PM 4-153, register by contacting Kate McKinnon by 1/18/16

Choose your form and build a sparkling model over 4 days.

Kate McKinnon


Hands on Sessions - section 2

Jan/26 Tue 01:00PM-04:00PM 4-153, register by contacting Kate McKinnon by 1/25/16
Jan/27 Wed 01:00PM-04:00PM 4-153, register by contacting Kate McKinnon by 1/25/16
Jan/28 Thu 01:00PM-04:00PM 4-153, register by contacting Kate McKinnon by 1/25/16
Jan/29 Fri 01:00PM-04:00PM 4-153, register by contacting Kate McKinnon by 1/25/16

Choose your form and build a sparkling model in four days.

Kate McKinnon