1-WEEK INTENSIVE 'HANDS-ON' INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL FABRICATION METHODS APPLIED TO THE CRAFTS - MADE@EU FEB 2015 - Place Confirmed
I'm a Fashion Lecturer and I'm a Knitwear Designer. I combine both roles to work as a research practitioner.
Through the Metamorphosis project (launching Feb 23rd 2015), I am planning workshops for students and the public, alongside designing a new knitwear collection, (Supported and Funded by Plymouth College of Art, Arts Council England and Dom Moore Photography). It will include 8 knitted outfits, 3D printed fashion embellishments and 3D printed insect masks.
Today I can confirm my place on an intensive week course to enhance my practice. The course - 'Made@EU’ - is a European Commission sponsored project, offering a highly subsidized five-day intensive ‘hands-on’ introduction to 3-D digital fabrication systems for professionals working with traditional crafts and the decorative arts.
Information on the Intensive Week Course 9th-13th February 2015 held at Plymouth College of Art:
"The purpose of these workshops is to introduce participants to the potential of 3-D digital technologies - allowing them to understand how they might be integrated into their existing workflows, and helping them to evaluate the benefits they might bring to their particular form(s) of practice.
Participants will be introduced to an array of computer-controlled tools. Facilities will vary across sites, but typically will include: CNC milling and laser cutting, 3D printing (additive manufacturing), 3D scanners as a means to capture digital information, computer-aided-design, and physical computing to control sensors and actuators with the help of micro-controllers well as a brand new industrial robotic arm and a full woodworking workshop.
The brand new Fab Lab at Plymouth College of Art, offers Made@EU project participants, the unique opportunity to explore high end technologies and in addition, cross over into the new £8m Contemporary Crafts and Design Workshops. The project’s first phase consists of a highly subsidized five-day intensive ‘hands-on’ introduction to 3-D digital fabrication systems for professional practitioners to be run at Plymouth College of Art from the 9th to the 13th February 2015.
The Fab Lab Plymouth workshop, equipped with the latest generation of computer controlled machines, is capable of working on a micron scale, allowing users to produce usable objects which not only fulfil their needs but also reflect their values. It is a free resource fully equipped with a 3D scanner, lazer cutter, 3 CNC milling machines, CNC router, 3D colour printer and vinyl cutter. The college look forward to Made@EU participants exploring the potential of 3-D digital technologies, including how they might integrate and enhance traditional creative processes." http://www.madeat.eu/applications/new?locale=en Accessed Friday January 30th 2015.
So, expect some updates in the next few weeks where I begin a journey into 3D fabrications, exploring how the FAB LAB at PCA can support my practice as a lecturer and knitwear designer to combine knit and 3D fabrications.
