Level- Short course
Fashion Textile Design Online Short Course
UAL
Course Details
This online, hands-on design course will show you how to experiment with different ways of creating prints, textures and surface decoration before developing your own collection of textile designs.
Topics Covered
- Introduction to textiles
- Textile materials and construction: Weave, Knit, Print, and Embroidery
- Where textile designers find inspiration and how to use each of your senses
- Research review and artwork development
- Experimental mark making
- Paint, collage, and mixed media
- Creating a colour palette
- Surface and embellishment techniques
- One-offs, digital printing, and manual repeats
- Shapes, motifs, composition, and scale
- An overview of fashion designers utilising textile techniques
- Choosing your base fabric
- Applying textiles techniques to fashion garments
- Portfolio presentation
