Stéphanie Vilayphiou<p>Hello Mastodon,<br>Here's my <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> post.</p><p>Former <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/graphicdesigner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesigner</span></a> and <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/webdeveloper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webdeveloper</span></a> at <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/OpenSourcePublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSourcePublishing</span></a>, I gradually turned my practice to <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/textiledesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textiledesign</span></a>. Still exploring free and open source software, programming but in relation to many textile techniques. </p><p>My main practice is <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/knitting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knitting</span></a>, <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/machineknitting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>machineknitting</span></a> and <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/visiblemending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visiblemending</span></a>. But I love to explore any <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/fiberarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiberarts</span></a> related <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/technique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technique</span></a>.</p><p>In 2020, I joined the <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/textile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textile</span></a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/fablab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fablab</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pixelfed.social/GreenFabric" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GreenFabric</span></a></span> in <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/brussels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brussels</span></a> where I like to build / <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/hack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hack</span></a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/machines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>machines</span></a> for textile.</p><p>In 2024, I joined the <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/Fabricademy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fabricademy</span></a> programme ( <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/textile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textile</span></a> and <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a>) where I made digitally knitted garments to bypass <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/CCTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CCTV</span></a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/facerecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facerecognition</span></a>. <br>I am now a Fabricademy instructor!</p><p>A little picture as intro: My Mother was a Computer. Title borrowed from media theoretician Katherine N. Hayles. This is the opening piece of a series of knitted portraits of women who played a major role in the history of computing.</p><p>I'm super happy to find back my old family here in Lurk/Mastodon (you know who you are :) ). 💜</p>