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'' and ''CRAFT'' magazines. She produced tutorials and videos about crafts and how to embed electronics in clothes and home goods. From 2012 to 2016, Stern was the Director of

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at NYC-based

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, where she published weekly video tutorials on do-it-yourself crafts and technology. She then became Content Creator at

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. Stern holds an adjunct faculty position at

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in New York City. She's a member of the Brooklyn art combine Madagascar Institute and the Free Art & Technology Lab (F.A.T. Lab). 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, MU Eindhoven, and

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. Her projects have also shown at the San Francisco Museum of Craft & Folk Art,

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, and Gizmodo Gallery.

References

External links

Stern's personal website

Madagascar Institute
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