APPLICATION OF TEXTILE DESIGN

Paper Code: 
GHSC 111B
Credits: 
02
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

1. To develop an understanding of elements of design.                                                  

       2. To develop a professional approach towards the thematic designing for textiles

       3. To develop the aesthetic sense in decorating the textiles.

4.  To develop skills of designing in students.

 

1   Introduction to elements of design in Textiles                                                   

  • Line and Form– Geometric, Simplified, Naturalized, Stylized and Abstract.          
  • Colour – Colour Wheel, Intensity Scale, Gray Scale and Value Scale.

2.   Creating motifs- enlarging and reducing, design and patterns for different placement and     usages                                                                                                                    

  • Application of design – Nature study                                                                        
  • Creating design sheets using various colour schemes.
  • Various colour mediums on fabric- free hand painting using
  • Fabric colours, pigment dyes, metallic colour, pearl colour.
Essential Readings: 
  1. Watson’s Textile design and colour, Grosicki
  2. Yates, M., Handbook of Textile Designer, Norton and Company, New York
  3.  Kadolph.J.S & Langford.L.A., Textiles,VIII ed.,1998,Prentice Hall, New Jersey

 

  1. A book of colours : Matching colours, combining colours, colour, Kobayashi, Shigenobu.
  2. Textiles fiber to fabric- Bernard.P.Carbman, MC Graw gill international Edition
  3. Classification of Textile Techniques, Calico Museum of Textile, Ahmedabad. Vol.14, 1988.
Academic Year: 
2017-2018
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