MA Musings

will lead to a collection of 6 pieces and a thesis to support them. are we constricted or liberated by our "casings" our bodies? Senses such as touch, but also real world physics and lifespan restrictions Could an AI truly cut creatively even though it has no experience of a body? "co-existing safely and ethically with intelligent machines" https://www.google.co.uk/amp/ s/www.theverge.com/platform/ amp/2017/4/13/15284448/google- ai-draw-doodles-sketch-rnn https://magenta.tensorflow. org/sketch-rnn-demo https://groups.google.com/a/ tensorflow.org/forum/m/#! forum/magenta-discuss https://www.class-central.com/ mooc/6679/kadenze-creative- applications-of-deep-learning- with-tensorflow https://www.businessoffashion. com/articles/fashion-tech/is- fashion-ready-for-the-ai- revolution https://www.ai.uga.edu/sites/ default/files/theses/wang_ haosha.pdf https://www.google.co.uk/amp/ s/www.technologyreview.com/s/ 608668/amazon-has-devel

Industrial processes and softwear Artificial Intelligence and machine learning Corsetry - body sculpting through history - Symmington collection New materials and processes - lazer cutting, 3D print etc make custom mannequins in 1/2 scale via 3d print? Partnership/power balance between designer and cutter Digital modeling for zero waste pattern cutting Space, galaxies, Black holes, Voids, Things that remain behind Zero waste with lazer cutting - incorporating offcuts into decorative structures Zero waste fabric plus 3D printing is inherently zero waste Zero waste corsetry, is it possible? circular stays.... Quirk wear - pattern line for interesting office clothes Pattern grading - need to learn Arduino Digital world v Real world Augmented reality clothes Perception - how we see ourselves V how we really are Virtual world space not confined or constricted by real world physics New fabrics require new ways of pattern cutting

key thoughts from todays class... Keep an open mind, keep developing ideas revisit skills and learn new ones break preconceptions record EVERYTHING whether you think it was successful or not decide on your specialist direction Identify relationship between a technique and the impact it has on a final visual design key themes and issues that influence a cutter Start creating a portfolio and research file on key concepts and ideas relevant to the major project - photos, samples etc etc Historical context look at placement of seamlines and how they change over time techniques lost due to costs - industrialisation, mechanisation, quality see how dart and seam placements vary even in modern garments season to season Cultural differences and influence on clothing, status and role of the cutter past present and future garments - can we look to the past to extrapolate the future?

Subject for todays seminar with Dr Rowan was "research creation" - I had diligently read Erin  Mannings Ten Propositions and felt my brain hurt. I undertook to attempt to translate it before the lecture in an attempt to try and get a handle on what it was that was trying to be said.... ultimately very interesting thoughts, boiling down to "all sorts of things can be research" "find new ways of doing research and new ways of organising it to be valuable". We are to be put into smaller study groups for moral support and brain-melding. I think we may need this. we discussed what a " Concept " might be... an idea, a startingpoint, a motivation, inspire = to breathe a beginning, a new life. A theme that will define the creative practise, and keep the research and creative process on course. Funnelling knowledge into a melting pot or crucible... Also what " Context"  is - who is your work for and how might that dictate the research

Went to Press night at the crucible for a victorian melodrama set in america.... not bad... nice costumes, obviously, beautifully cut by Lauren Chris and Sil. nice to see the corset advice I gave Lauren on the last show came in useful again!

Insane amount of information to take in. Using Bright-space. How to get books out of the library (magical scanning system) health and safety for using equipment out of hours etc etc... read useful document about how to approach studying for a masters degree...  difference between undergrad and postgrad degree

A New Blog. Just for me to keep track of my work on the Creative Pattern cutting MA at Huddersfield really.