Gordon Fraser
Gordon Fraser is the Textile and Design Lab’s Technician having joined us from industry in 2007 where he amassed over 30 years knitting experience both in the UK and here in New Zealand. Gordon’s technical expertise is in the use of Shima Seiki Whole Garment knit technology.
During his time at the lab Gordon has been involved in various projects incorporating industry, research, student and post graduate developments.
Students from Fashion, Visual Arts, Graphic Design, Spatial Design as well as students from other Tertiary Institutes throughout Australasia have worked with the Textile & Design Laboratory and have benefitted from the technical support provided by Gordon to help bring their ideas to reality.
He has been engaged in running knit programming courses for AUT’s staff and students as well as running similar courses for independent designers and technicians. Gordon has also spent time training technicians who are new to Whole Garment programming on a 1:1 basis, which has enabled them to make the transition from conventional programming to the Whole Garment system.
As the reputation of the Textile & Design Laboratory has grown, Gordon has been acting as a consultant to industry partners who have shown interest in the Whole Garment knit technology. As a result of this, several companies have invested in their own machines.
Over the years Gordon has attended several industry training courses in Scotland, Germany, Japan as well as here in New Zealand.