MasterSu: The Sustainable Development of Su Embroidery Based on Digital Technology

Abstract

Su embroidery, as an intangible cultural heritage of China, is a treasure accumulated by human civilization, but it has been gradually fading from people’s view in recent years. To handle the problems of slow creative output, high learning difficulty, and low production efficiency, and to promote the sustainable development of Su embroidery, this study builds an automatic generation system of Su embroidery called MasterSu, based on the CorelDraw platform. The system can automate the generation of embroidery sketches through area texture filling and color recognition, which allows users to participate in the design process. Finally, the performance and usefulness of the system are verified through user experiments, and it is confirmed that the system can facilitate novice users to understand the embroidery culture, learn the embroidery techniques, and create their embroidery works through the system.

Can AI-generated art stimulate the sustainability of intangible cultural heritage? A quantitative research on cultural and creative products of New Year Prints generated by AI

“…This study provides a new research direction and an idea for interdisciplinary research on intangible cultural heritage. According to the previous discussion, the current interdisciplinary research on AI and intangible heritage is mainly applied to intangible cultural heritage through AI such as the construction of data sets [ 71 ], image restoration [ 85 ], and image style generation [ [ 4 , 85 , 86 ]]. However, whether the final result is beneficial to intangible cultural heritage, whether it can be better inherited and promoted, whether it has a certain value, and whether it can stimulate the sustainable development of intangible cultural heritage have not been discussed previously.…”

“…They have huge artistic value and embody rich cultural connotations [ 2 ]. However, with the development of society and the process of globalization and modernization, intangible cultural heritage has also suffered certain erosion and negative effects [ 3 ], and many examples of intangible cultural heritage are finding it increasingly difficult to survive in modern society and are at risk of disappearing [ 4 ]. In particular, New Year Prints, an example of intangible cultural heritage rooted in a traditional agricultural society, have fallen into an embarrassing situation of imminent extinction as society develops and transforms [ 5 ].…”

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“…ICH is considered difficult to preserve and is preserved through digital technology. The intervention of digital technology in the preservation and transmission of ICH is considered to be an effective means of preserving ICH [39]. Many researchers have studied the digitization of ICH, especially digital preservation, digital dissemination, digital transmission, and development.…”

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“…Nevertheless, with the acceleration of urbanization and modernization, the preservation and promotion of ICH face significant challenges in contemporary society. These challenges are primarily attributed to the intangible character of the ICH legacy that renders it vulnerable to progressive erosion and potential extinction [25]. Hence, scholars seek innovative ways to foster the innovative development of traditional crafts through design intervention, a method that involves the imposition of specific limitations to facilitate the alteration of an existing condition or phenomenon [9], maintaining their vitality and sustainability.…”