Undergraduate Course: Stitched Textiles (intensive) (LLLA07080)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The course will explore the creative language of textiles and stitch focussing on the use of a wide range of traditional and experimental textile techniques. Students will experiment with hand and machine stitch, fabric manipulation, bonding and fusing with a range of fabrics, paper and plastic. Students will be encouraged to push the boundaries of textile and fibres techniques, producing a range of samples before working on a personal project reflecting their own interests. |
| Course description |
The course will comprise of an intensive 5 day teaching block followed by a period of independent study in the students own time.
Class hours:
¿ Day 1 ¿ Introduction to creative textiles .Mark-making with stitch
¿ Day 2 ¿Exploring hand /machine stitch
¿ Day 3 ¿Fabric manipulation
¿ Day 4 - Personal project
¿ Day 5 ¿Personal project
Directed and Independent study:
Students will be required to follow up and reflect on their learning from the classes through the completion of directed projects and their own independent study.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- ¿ develop a personal language through research within a sketchbook or visual journal which demonstrate an understanding and contextual awareness of the creative potential of textiles and stitch
- ¿ realise the creative potential of textiles and stitch through samples and experimentation, evolving an ambitious personal creative outcome.
- ¿ select, edit and present a coherent a range of samples and finished works which demonstrate a creative an informed use of stitch and textiles techniques
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Reading List
Recommended
Books
Artist Monographs ¿ study of individual textile artists.
Oei, L. and De Kegel, C., 2002, The elements of design : rediscovering colors, textures, forms, and shapes Elements of Desig, London: Thames and Hudson
Monem, N., ed.,2008, Contemporary Textiles - fabric of fine art, London: Black Dog Publishing
Various, Art Textiles of the World series, Telos Books
Exhibition Catalogues
Miller, L., ed. and Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, 2007, Cloth and Culture Now, Canterbury : University College for the Creative Arts
Surrey Institute of Art & Desig, 2001, Textural Space, Surrey: Surrey Institute of Art and Design University College
Magazines
Textile Forum(periodical), Hanover : Textil-Forum-Service
Embroidery(periodical), East Molesey : Embroiderers' Guild
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
¿ Handling a range of textile materials and techniques
¿ Developing ideas and personal language
¿ Considering compositional devices for visual communication
¿ Ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context of stitched textiles within visual culture.
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
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Course secretary | |
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