FSAD 3250 - Color and Surface Design of Textiles

Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Recommended prerequisite: FSAD 1140 and FSAD 1350. Lab fee: $250; cost of materials: minimum $100. Enrollment preference given to: FSAD Apparel Design majors.

M. Conroy.

Studio experience in the surface design of textiles combined with exercises in color theory. Textile projects use techniques such as block printing, shibori, batik, silk painting, silk screen, and stitchery to produce a portfolio of textile designs. Studio work is augmented by lectures on pattern and color theory illustrated by slides and textile examples.

Outcome 1: Develop a better understanding of the principles of color in design.

Outcome 2: Apply these principles to the surface design of textiles.

Outcome 3: Use some of the basic techniques of textile surface design: silk screen; tied and stitched resist dyeing (shibori); textile to digital surface design; embroidery, and block printing.

Outcome 4: Be able to produce a surface designed length of yardage sufficient for a garment (4 yards).

Outcome 5: Develop portfolio presentations of surface design work.