Creativity in Textiles I

Teachers in charge

Doc. art. Lea Popinjač

associates

Study, Module

Textile Technology and Engineering - undergraduate, Module Textile and Clothing Design for Industry

Course summary

5 (1+4+0)

ECTS

6

Knowledge verification

oral exam

Precondition for testing

Portfolio

Lecture type

lectures, practice

Exercise type

workshops

Subject content

Textile as a functional aesthetic and social phenomena. The visual characteristics of textile according to the function, material, the technique of creating, visual characteristics of textile patterns. The artistic creative practice develops the artistic skills, the sense for artistic values, the sense about dependence of artistic expression on technique and materials. The progressive research and expressing of a personal artistic identity.

Aim of course

During the lectures the student develops the sense about textile as a subject, textile as an artistic phenomena, the structure of an artistic work, about his personality in chosing the artistic values.

Literature necessary for course

Different books about artistic work, the history of art, the history of textile and clothing, folclore, nature, design. Sarah E. Braddock: Techno Textiles: Revolutionary Fabrics for Fashion and Design, Thames & Hudson, 1999. Bradley Quinn: Textiles Design, Laurence King, 2009

Supplement literature

Visiting of fashion shows, exhibitions, museums, textile and clothing industry.