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SSuubbttrraaccttiioonn CCuuttttiinngg SScchhoooollCopyright 2008 by Julian Roberts

Published by Center for Pattern Design

1734 Scott Street St. Helena, CA 94574

www.centerforpatterndesign.org

All rights reserved.

Printed in the U.S.A.

Other Julian Roberts publications:

Against the Grain (DVD)JULIANAND Design Portfolio (CD)

Julian Roberts Subtraction Cutting Patterns

See further descriptions on the back page.

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Examples of Techniques

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The Liverpool Dress

Julian Roberts Re-Cut T-Shirt

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Cutting, off the top of my head.

I have experienced cutting on a bigger scale.cutting for my classmates, cutting for projects,for prizes & certificates,for collections, for shows,for industry, for press,for individual clients, for celebrities,for real creativity & dreams,blind ambition cutting, cutting out of my mind,my head in knots, telling the whole world,talking to audiences, demonstrating,freestyling, passing it on,put into performance,broadcast on tv, on the web,in magazines & newspapers,cutting in words & diagrams,translated live by interpretors into Russian,French, Chinese & Japanese.i've cut for classes,private tuition,art colleges & universities,hired help to sort out problems,inspire, raise confidence, get them going.I've cut to spread the word & influence.My techniques eclipsing my ambition.Growing to love them in a different way,through other people,

amazed faces, spun minds,a round of applause at the end just forshowing them the way.So touching and real.When you can stand up in front of a group ofcomplete strangers,or an audience that don't even speak thesame language,and sum up pretty much everything you know injust one hour,and still make it click,because you have practiced, streamlined &made easy every step,broken everything down to near absurdsimplicity,and you pass the point at which your methodcan be roughly demonstrated usinga t-shirt, duvet cover & 6 dinner plates,then you know that your style of cutting islikely to outlive you,cross boundaries of understanding, culturaldivides, generation gaps,because you have relinquished ownership of itand set it free,that it is bound to run away from you andbecome influential to other peoples work,whether they like it or not, because you havemade it memorable,and it is not something that people can easily

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forget or un-learn.And all i'm left wondering from this exchangeis:where does my technique go now that it nolonger needs me with it,when will it be used, when will it die, whenwill it resuface, when will a machine be builtto automate it,and where do i go from here now that i am freefrom it's responsibility?

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Other Julian Roberts publications:

AAggaaiinnsstt tthhee GGrraaiinn (DVD) is the music video seen during performances for the 2008 Us Subtraction Cutting Tour. It shows highlights of Julian Robertsdesigns during his many London Fashion Week showsand a medley of cutting demos, textile graphics and other artistic projects over the years.

JJUULLIIAANNAANNDD DDeessiiggnn PPoorrttffoolliioo (CD) is a series of portfolio photos of Julians designs with

construction, fabric and coloration shown in greatdetail; excellent for further study of his

techniques.

JJuulliiaann RRoobbeerrttss SSuubbttrraaccttiioonn CCuuttttiinngg PPaatttteerrnnss, a series of dress developed from each of his basic techniques. Sized in Small, Medium and Large but easily adjustable for individual figures. Patterns

include lining, instructions and layouts.

To purchase, please see: www.CenterForPatternDesign.org

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