Connective Thoughts: Sew or Doodle a Circuit

Both of these methods - conductive thread, and conductive ink - have great creative potential in paper theatre contexts...

 

When various forms are created on a felt fabric stage using the special conductive thread Smart-X, LEDs will light up as electricity passes through the conducting yarn, and the street and people's connections will be drawn up with a unique mechanism.

Made with silver conductive nanoparticles, the marker ink conducts electricity, as shown in this pop-up-book-inspired Japanese commercial.