![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72f6f9a4b51f9df6890de63aa7c3ea614ed8f971db3dd67b520da4b7cb6c1a2e/permeate3dskt-4w.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/69b9fd584c291fc2b4e3387b709b957ee357c2fb11928c2adc9b46794d192fdc/permeate-skt-4w.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f375f07e47c829b1a8f18e6dc0b2db695c9406afa28373b60a29927a030c8ab/permeate-forweb2.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b4febaa1a19e4ad0a1c27f84417e3215f69dc17a16279d9e0fe51e012e44b8b/Spreadtest43.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd497a33f9c41caa698f60ba668662212c75f92fa719ecd1ca1fe9e5db1b8601/permeate-4w-3.jpg)
space between layers = lights off
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9bebdeed1bc8a584570318c63089ae2d238833c8e83a1fbf1ea639346f40e107/permeate-4w-2.jpg)
layers pressed together = lights on
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/985f296ccf8f88d520fc62cd6ee02d92494a4218ab760b858f0b09fde6fd99cd/Screen-Shot-2018-07-06-at-7.55.35-PM.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff86a02795c876d890fff64574171bc2e67aef6a49d9bc4f208af42c76683055/permeate-swatch-4w-6.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/985f296ccf8f88d520fc62cd6ee02d92494a4218ab760b858f0b09fde6fd99cd/Screen-Shot-2018-07-06-at-7.55.35-PM.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cfeebfa08b7e788687ac36ccabae1fa1997875f8f2757baf111f6c8ac11b4ded/permeate-swatch-4w.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7da1fff323257c8653018929605541a9b08d3d4a9fc37e0481777ffb16233b4/permeate-swatch-4w-2.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2eb2bc1f08108fd8cbeb83238ae70a1a279ebdd24e9db891498946cf27636601/permeate-swatch-4w-5.jpg)
Swatches explore interactions between magnets and metals / textile as potential energy
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d36bd15a01515a32af378bb40b39a63535819c79bca7ab9576e9e60973f34707/mini4web.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b92e2c1df597948ae7a92544adc0e84cbbe077454762706c779f5c57b26d1ba7/permeate-litt-4w.jpg)
Permeate is a double cloth textile designed to light up when textile is pressed on or collapsed. Magnets in one layer effect reed switches in another, closing the circuit by a slight change in affinity. The magnets and reed switches do not need to actually touch but just move closer together (approximately 4 cm). Lights turn off when the distance exceeds this measurement.
Double cloth designed in Nedgraphics and handwoven on a floor loom.
Plastics, cut cellophane, cording, monofilament, welded circuitry.
AHNIKA WOOD, Photography Credit: Karina Rovira, Shaye Garrigan, Mario Gallucci, Wiley