Undergraduate Course: 21st Century Tapestry; lines of enquiry (LLLA07109)
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 | THIS IS A FOR-CREDIT ONLY COURSE OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF LIFELONG LEARNING (OLL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH OLL SHOULD BE ENROLLED
This course starts from the basic assumption that tapestry can sustain novel forms of expression as a visually rich and dynamic medium in contemporary art practice. As part of a basic design vocabulary, line is central to this course.
The course begins with a series of experiments exploring line through drawing and weaving. Tapestry experiments interpreting line and constructing line will enable surfaces to be constructed or to be built up from. An exploration into the specific use of materials and choice of warp will increase creative possibilities.
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| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 10 |
| Course Start |
Lifelong Learning - Session 3 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 27,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
71 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
This course will be assessed by the submission of a portfolio of visual design works within the discipline studied. This will include a selection of resolved design works, preparatory studies, visual research and evidence of a contextual awareness through a completed sketchbook and/or visual journal. The work must be presented in a clear and professional manner appropriate to the discipline. The submission should include work undertaken within the class as well as directed and independent study out with the class.
The combined submission will be assessed against the three learning outcomes for this course. These are equally weighted and each will be given a percentage grade. To pass, students must achieve a minimum of 30% in each learning outcome and an overall combined mark of 40% minimum.
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Research
Explore the fundamentals of line in its various manifestations, obvious and less obvious in everyday surroundings resulting in a series of samples.
- Practice
develop linear samples through the various ways in which they can be interpreted and expressed in the form of tapestry exploring economy of mark to summarize essence of line on a woven surface
- Present
demonstrate the development of linear ideas and concepts with weaving methods and techniques and interpret these through a number of options before resolving this into a complete work.
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Reading List
Recommended
Soroka, J, Tapestry Weaving, Design and Technique, 2011, The Crowood Press, Wiltshire
Beutlich, T., 1967, Technique of Woven Tapestry, London: Batsford
Phillips, B., 1994, Tapestry, London: Phaidon Press
Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Walker, S. ed.,2000, Modern Australian Tapestry, Victoria: Victorian Tapestry Workshop
Cavallo, A.S., 1998, The Unicorn Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York : The Metropolitan Museum ; H.N. Abrams
Barbican Centre (London), 1985, Egyptian landscapes : weavings from the Ramses Wissa Wassef School, London: Ramses Wissa Wassef (UK) Exhibition Foundation
Campbell , T., 2010, Tapestry in the Baroque, Threads of Splendour, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art
D¿Harcourt, R., 1962, Textiles of Ancient Peru and their Techniques, Washington DC: Washington University Press
Albers, A., 1974, On Weaving, London: Studio Vista
Catalogue, 1985, Egyptian Landscapes, 50 Years of Tapestry at Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Centre, London: Ramses Wissa Wassef (UK) Exhibition Foundation
Weltge, S. W., 1993, Bauhaus textiles : women artists and the weaving workshop, London: Thames and Hudson
Kahlenberg, 1972, M. H., Berlant, A., The Navajo Blanket, Westport, CT: Praeger
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Understanding of materials and their behaviour
Design thinking
Creative thinking
Ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context of contemporary tapestry within visual culture
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Robbie Bushe
Tel:
Email: r.bushe@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Sherrey Landles
Tel: (0131 6)50 3003
Email: s.landles@ed.ac.uk |
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