Is AI a tool or a threat to a creative business? According to the experts, it depends on how you choose to look at it.
For this Shop Talk session, held at Impressions Expo Long Beach, Jan. 20-22, Michelle Moxley, Innovation Director at M&R Printing, and Dave Gardner from Gildan, discuss the pros and cons of using AI in art workflow with Rick Roth, founder of New England’s Mirror Image Screenprinting & Embroidery and Ink Kitchen.
This discussion was inspired by an article Moxley wrote for the Ink Kitchen blog, 30 Days of Rubbernecking AI. Moxley walks the audience through what AI is, what it can do and how she has used it to develop ideas and generate art, while Gardner highlights how the creative human element can never really be replaced.
Shop Talk’s Rick Roth sat down with industry veterans Zahir “Zach” Sait, John Rusk, and Adam Walterscheid, of the popular Fairweather Johnson brand, to discuss Textisle, their new, effective method of recycling fabric waste to create more sustainable apparel.
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Born in Belize City, in Central America, John Pinnington’s early childhood was not an easy one. But he has since gone on to make his dreams a reality by going into the printing and decorated apparel business, where a combination of hard work and a no-nonsense emphasis on service and quality had led to continued success.
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Shop Talks Rick Roth recently spoke to Jed Seifert, co-founder of Stakes Manufacturing, about the benefits—and joys, literally—of hiring disable employees in the decorated apparel sector.
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