Becky Stern Explained

Becky Stern
Birth Date:29 January 1985
Birth Place:Florida
Field:DIY, crafts, new media
Training:BFA Design and Technology, Parsons School of Design

Becky Stern (born January 29, 1985) is a DIY expert based in New York City. Her work combines basic electronics, textile crafts, and fashion.

Career

From 2007 to 2012 Stern worked as a blogger and senior video producer for MAKE[1] and CRAFT magazines. She produced tutorials and videos about crafts and how to embed electronics in clothes and home goods.[2]

From 2012 to 2016, Stern was the Director of Wearable Electronics at NYC-based Adafruit Industries, where she published weekly video tutorials on do-it-yourself crafts and technology.[3] [4] [5] She then became Content Creator at Instructables.[6]

Stern holds an adjunct faculty position at School of Visual Arts in New York City.[7] She's a member of the Brooklyn art combine Madagascar Institute and the Free Art & Technology Lab (F.A.T. Lab).[8] Her artwork was featured in F.A.T. Gold: Five Years of Free Art & Technology, a retrospective of F.A.T. Lab's work, at Eyebeam,[9] MU Eindhoven,[10] and Gray Area Foundation for the Arts.[11]

Her projects have also shown at the San Francisco Museum of Craft & Folk Art,[12] Bildmuseet in Umeå, Sweden,[13] and Gizmodo Gallery.[14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Becky Stern, Author at Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers. Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers. en. 2019-08-06.
  2. Web site: Adafruit's wearables director will show you how to light up a room (literally). Dale. Brady. June 27, 2014. Technical.ly Brooklyn. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140715115023/http://technical.ly/brooklyn/2014/06/27/becky-stern-adafruit-make-magazine/ . 2014-07-15 . 2020-04-07.
  3. Web site: I'm Becky Stern of Adafruit, and This Is How I Work. Orin. Andy. Lifehacker. 21 May 2014 . en-US. 2019-08-06.
  4. Web site: Becky Stern. Gray Area Art & Technology. 2019-08-06.
  5. News: CV. 2008-10-27. Becky Stern. en-US. 2016-10-21.
  6. News: About. 2016-03-20. Becky Stern. en-US. 2016-10-21.
  7. Web site: Stern Bio — Products of Design SVA. Products of Design. en-US. 2020-04-07.
  8. Web site: Tech+Textile: An Introduction to Wearable Electronics Workshop. Eyebeam. 2019-08-06.
  9. Web site: F.A.T. GOLD. Eyebeam. 2019-08-06.
  10. Web site: MU F.A.T. GOLD Europe. www.mu.nl. 2019-08-06.
  11. Web site: F.A.T. GOLD: San Francisco. Gray Area Art & Technology. 2019-08-06.
  12. Web site: Open Source Embroidery in San Francisco. Stern. Becky. September 24, 2009. Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171119123505/https://makezine.com/2009/09/24/open-source-embroidery-in-san-franc/ . 2017-11-19 . 2020-04-07.
  13. Ganapati. Priya. Geek Art: Needlework Brings Together Programmers, Crafters. 2009-06-12. Wired. 2020-04-07. en-US. 1059-1028.
  14. Web site: Gizmodo Gallery is this week in NYC. Mets. Matt. September 23, 2009. Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171119121850/https://makezine.com/2009/09/23/gizmodo-gallery-is-this-week-in-nyc/ . 2017-11-19 . 2020-04-07.

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