Cabinet

Sonic Fabric Ties

I grew up racing small sailboats, and on sailboats you need indicators to tell the wind direction. These “tell-tails” can be made from feathers or small pieces of string or yarn. On my father’s boat (a 19’ Lightning class sailboat) his tell-tail of choice was made from a small strand of cassette tape because it’s a light, wind-sensitive, and durable material. When I was a kid I used to imagine that I could hear Cat Stevens or Beethoven’s 6th or whatever had been recorded onto the tape wafting out into the air if the wind hit the tell-tail just the right way.

Ties made from 50% audio cassette tape and 50% thread. Apparently if you run a cassette head over the fabric, it’ll play. The creator has a great source of inspiration behind the idea of “sonic fabric” as well.

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