Textile Production

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. describe the history of textiles; 2. produce paper design for fabric production; 3. produce fabrics using wood block printing, silk screen printing; and 4. be able to organise an exhibition. The students should pay a visit to a textile factory.

History of Textile, textile design materials and techniques; traditional, contemporary and exotic methods of textile design; Theories, methods and practices of textile in two dimensions; paper design for fabric reproduction for all textile production techniques, colour separation of paper work for exposure, (Negative and positive). Design work for all resist’s method of fabric production with special emphasis on African traditional motifs. Transfer of colour separated paper works on mesh using different methods-hand application, photo chemicals. (Wood Block Printing, Silk Screen Printing, Roller Printing, Transfer Printing, Rotary Printing). Conversion of two- dimensional paper works to a functional textile product of all the techniques: printing (stencilling, screen, stamp). Resist (starch, batik, tie-dye, fold &dye, stitch & dye). Organising exhibition, tips to organizing an exhibition (Planning and Preparation, Budgeting, Location, Venue, Perks of the Venue, theme of the event, Consumer Interest, Marketing, send invites, publicise the event, logistics and transport, use of social media to promote the event, Following-Up); generating profits from exhibitions (sales of tickets, obtaining sponsors, selling exhibition space). Visits a textile factory.