Textile Workshop - Designing on Fabric - Part 1

Course

In London

£ 690 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    1 Week

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This textile course is suitable for students who want to translate their design ideas from paper onto fabric. Despite the emergence of digital approaches to textiles, designing on fabric remains an alternative and highly effective way of developing new ideas. You'll learn a wide variety of specialist techniques including Devoré. This is an unmissable opportunity for you to improve and diversify your practice.

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Location

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London
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1 Granary Square

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Subjects

  • Design
  • Design techniques
  • Textile Design
  • Design Methodology
  • Painting
  • Drawing
  • Fabrics
  • Textile Technology
  • Textiles
  • Design portfolio

Course programme

Topics covered

  • How to dye your fabrics
  • Working with printed fabrics
  • Finishing and surface treatments
  • How to paint on silk
  • Developing textile designs on to cloth
  • Experimentation with cloth and dyes without the aid of screens
  • Demonstrations of methods of hand painting with dyes
  • Information about fabric qualities and the print process

Who should take this course?

The course is aimed at designers who want to improve or diversify their design portfolio, adapt their skills or learn new ones.
It is a natural progression from our Drawing and Painting for Textile Design short course, but can also be taken as a standalone course.

Further courses

You are strongly advised to follow up this course with our Textile Design Workshop Part 2, which you'll teach a variety of new skills.
On completion of both Part 1 and Part 2, you will have built a body of work on fabrics that you can use to support applications and interviews.


Entry requirements: None

Level: All levels

Please note: This course is for students aged 18 and older

Textile Workshop - Designing on Fabric - Part 1

£ 690 VAT inc.