OPEN SOURCE EMBROIDERY- HTML PATCHWORK


The Html Patchwork explores the collaborative and participatory characteristics of needlework craft and wikis. The patchwork is built on open principles of collective production and skill-share where each person contributes a part to the whole. The project invited embroiderers, patch-workers, knitters, html users and computer programmers to discuss their practice whilst making patches and wiki pages. The project visualises the 216 hexadecimal web colour palette based on the design of a hexagonal mouse mat. The mat consists of web-safe colours and their six figure identification codes describing the red / green / blue colour mix (RGB). In contrast the fabrics in the quilt are printed using a cyan / magenta / yellow / black (CMYK) colour mix. As a result the quilt is a translation of the screen image into physical fabric, whilst the wiki is a representation of the process of making the quilt. The patchwork is hemmed so that the back of the patches, the recylced paper templates and stitches are visible.

The Html Patchwork was developed in response to the popularity of quilting in Sheffield, the result of a participatory project initiated by Ele Carpenter in conversation with Clare Ruddock and Lisa Wallbank. The Patch wiki was created by Keith O'Faoláin and James Wallbank to present the online version of the quilt, where everyone can contribute their colour swatches, photos and notes to their wiki patch.

The patchwork has been exhibited at: The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park; Access Space, Sheffield; Http Gallery London; HUMlab and Bildmuseet, Sweden; and the Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, USA.

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