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3D Modelmaking "for girls" - The overlooked engineering skill of pattern cutting

Amy Jeskins

What exactly is involved in making garments, costumes, pattern cutting and sewing? And why won't you see it on the curriculum of an engineering or technology degree?

How has pattern cutting changed throughout history and why do a lot of people see it as 'women's work'? What's craft, what's art, what's engineering? What does a toy gorilla come to life really look like? Can I have a life sized, screen accurate mannequin version of Ryan Gosling?

Find out all this and more.......accept that last one, which is no you can't - but it does exist.

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