Undergraduate Course: Textiles 2C: Materials and structure (DESI08150)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is focused on investigating materials and techniques towards the exploration of surfaces and structures. The course is comprised of 3 projects bringing together research, practical development and presentation of ideas. As a discipline, textiles increasingly extends beyond fabric and fibre. With practical and theoretical challenges, students will be introduced to a range of materials, processes and techniques associated within and beyond the textiles discipline. Across natural and synthetic fibres and materials, via digital and analogue methods and those that cross both options, students will be encouraged to approach challenges with curiosity and an open mind. Projects will also begin to raise awareness of embedding sustainable thinking into textile and material development.
This course is designed to reinforce learning from core courses Textiles 1A, What is Textiles?, and 1B The practice of textiles in Art & Design, and to extend skills through practical exploration. |
| Course description |
This course introduces basic technical competences and challenges assumptions of materials and techniques within the discipline.¿
Along with traditional skills and approaches, students will be encouraged to consider emerging technologies and unexpected sources to drive new ways of thinking to challenge perceived norms within the discipline. With an increasing awareness of social agendas and the ways we live and use resources, projects explore basic materials and environmentally informed processes to direct themes, for example balancing health and wellbeing with aesthetics within the design process.¿¿
Introduction to key equipment and techniques, both analogue and digital, will be embedded within projects, encouraging individuals to challenge methods and materials through personal exploration.
Techniques will be varied and exploratory.
The course will enable the students to:-
1. Investigate the competent use of an appropriate range of practical, material and theoretical methods associated within and beyond Textiles. This will be demonstrated through research files, sketchbooks and notebooks.
2. Develop, evaluate and record core theories and applications of the materials, techniques and methods explored within the projects during the course. This will be demonstrated in ways appropriate to the specific project or investigation which may include :-technical notebooks, sketchbooks, research files, video, blogs.
3. Working to project briefs apply knowledge, skills and understanding effectively in resolved outcomes. This will be demonstrated through the presentation of finished projects.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | If this course is core to your programme you will be automatically enrolled. For all other students, including Design students, the course is open on a first come first served basis until the course is full. Where a course depends on some technical proficiency, PTs are encouraged to help students check with the appropriate Course Organiser regarding suitability, e.g. if student has previous external practical experience.
This course is unavailable for students outside Design. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | To undertake 2nd year textiles core courses, it is recommended students would require a basic experience of textile technique and methods for example, preparation of artwork for screen print, colour mixing, and basic photoshop skills.
See the following course for further guidance of experience equivalent to :-
Textiles 1A,
Textiles 1B.
Visiting students' enrolment to be agreed with course organiser. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2020/21, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 19 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 33,
External Visit Hours 2,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
153 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Feedback |
Formative feedback will be provided throughout the course with written feedback provided during each project included in the course.
Formative feedback and Assessment:
Group presentations and crits will provide regular feedback from peers and staff. Students will be expected to complete a written record of formative feedback sessions in line with deadlines connected to each of the projects.
More formal formative feedback on each project will be given in response to the project deadlines
Summative Feedback and Assessment:
Each student will be given written feedback. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- INVESTIGATE. Gather and respond to practical and theoretical approaches to research in response to set problems, questions and design challenges.
- APPLY an inventive approach to materials and technology challenging the practical use of materials and technique to develop design ideas.
- COMMUNICATE . Use a variety of appropriate methods to realise and present design ideas professionally
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Reading List
Bowles, M. & Isaac, C. Digital Textile Design, Laurence King (2012)
Kinnersley-Taylor, J Dyeing and screen printing on textiles. A & C Black, 2011
Braugart, Michale. Cradle to cradle, remaking the way we make things, Vintage 2009
Thomas, Rob. Sustainable materials, processes and production (the manufacturing guides) Thames and Hudson, 2003
Rose Sinclair. Textiles and Fashion: Materials, Design and Technology .Woodhead Publishing , 2014
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Enquiry
Personal Effectiveness
Communication
Hand skills associated with textile design
Understanding of a range of digital technology applicable to the development of materials and structures for textiles |
| Keywords | Textiles,technology,design,drawing,colour,pattern,materials,art,sustainability. |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Lindy Richardson
Tel: 0131 221 6129
Email: l.richardson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Georgia Dodsworth
Tel: (0131 6)51 5712
Email: georgia.dodsworth@ed.ac.uk |
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