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Put on a show with cardboard (& duct tape)
Step-by-step instructions on how to use cardboard and duct tape to construct items to help you put on a show.
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Humans versus AI: whether and why we prefer human-created compared to AI-created artwork
With the recent proliferation of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models capable of mimicking human artworks, AI creations might soon replace products of human creativity, although skeptics argue that this outcome is unlikely. One possible reason this may be unlikely is that, independent of the physical properties of art, we place great value on the imbuement of the human experience in art. An interesting question, then, is whether and why people might prefer human-compared to AI-created artworks. To explore these questions, we manipulated the purported creator of pieces of art by randomly assigning a “Human-created” or “AI-created” label to paintings actually created by AI, and then assessed participants’ judgements of the artworks across four rating criteria (Liking, Beauty, Profundity, and Worth). Study 1 found increased positive judgements for human- compared to AI-labelled art across all criteria. Study 2 aimed to replicate and extend Study 1 with additional ratings (Emotion, Story, Meaningful, Effort, and Time to create) intended to elucidate
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people more-positively appraise Human-labelled artworks. The main findings from Study 1 were replicated, with narrativity (Story) and perceived effort behind artworks (Effort) moderating the label effects (“Human-created” vs. “AI-created”), but only for the sensory-level judgements (Liking, Beauty). Positive personal attitudes toward AI moderated label effects for more-communicative judgements (Profundity, Worth). These studies demonstrate that people tend to be negatively biased against AI-created artworks relative to purportedly human-created artwork, and suggest that knowledge of human engagement in the artistic process contributes positively to appraisals of art.
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Recycling crafts
Using step-by-step instructions, readers will reuse paper towel tubes, plastic bottles, and other recyclables found around the house to make bracelets, pencil cases, and colorful decorations. Full-color photographs of the crafts steps help readers complete them as they follow along with clear, easy-to-understand directions.
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Differences in Art Appreciation in Autism: A Measure of Reduced Intuitive Processing
Art appreciation reflects an initial emotional and intuitive response to artwork evaluation, although this intuitive evaluation can be attenuated by subsequent deliberation. The Dual Process Theory of Autism proposes that individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have a greater propensity to deliberate and reduced intuition compared to matched controls. Evaluations of high- and low-quality artworks were undertaken by 107 individuals with a diagnosis of ASD and 145 controls. Controls consistently evaluated high-quality artworks to be much better quality than the low-quality artworks, reflecting intuitive processing. The ASD sample showed a reduced difference in evaluations between high- versus low-quality artwork, which reflects reduced intuitive processing and greater deliberative processing and is consistent with predictions by the Dual Process Theory of Autism.
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Travel through time with cardboard & duct tape
Step-by-step instructions show how to reuse cardboard of various types, duct tape, glue, markers, old CDs, and other recyclables to create a variety of crafts.
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The craft-a-day book : 30 projects to make with recycled materials
\"Reduce, reuse, and recycle with ideas from [this craft book]\"--Amazon.com.
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The unspoken power of collage? Using an innovative arts-based research method to explore the experience of struggling as a teacher
This article reports on the methodological approach taken in a doctoral study that explores what it means to be struggling as a teacher. Participants were established and experienced teachers and leaders in the secondary school system in England. A particular form of collage – where materials are placed rather than stuck – was used within the context of a research interview. Arts-based methods such as collage are gaining in popularity as they stimulate visual rather than linguistic thinking and offer the opportunity to express experiences as holistic, non-linear metaphors. Collage also has revelatory potential as it helps uncover that which participants cannot necessarily express in words alone. The author presents the analytical challenges of intermingling the verbal and visual data in her study by discussing the collages created by two participants. An analysis of those collages shows that factors influencing struggling can be both internal and external. Struggling was found to be experienced as a temporary fractured state. Struggling was expressed by participants as heightened bodily tensions with a predominantly negative emotional tone; it can also involve a damaged self-view and a reduced sense of controllability, and may lead to impaired performance.
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Research on art design and application of cognitively oriented thinking in the following creative products
At present, the knowledge of cultural relics in cultural creative design is fragmented and fragmented, and lacks the support of a unified system. In this paper, firstly, with the help of a topological model to characterize the creative process of image thinking, effective reasoning is carried out on the objects, things and relations of cultural and creative products according to the expansion analysis of primitives. Then, a conceptual network of art design for cultural and creative products is constructed based on semantic association, and an identification model of art design elements for cultural and creative products is built based on quantitative theory. Finally, through the experiment of art design for cultural and creative products, the perception of cultural and creative products was analyzed in multiple dimensions. The results show that the maximum factor influencing the value of art design of cultural and creative products is 0.951, among which the cultural characteristics have a strong correlation with the color characteristics of 0.642, and the functional characteristics have a strong correlation with the cultural characteristics of 0.837. The results of this paper provide new ideas and methods for the development and maturation of artistic design of cultural and creative products.
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