Courses
Semester 1
- Applied Design for Textiles ARTS0443
Units/ Hours: 47.5
Students will be introduced to basic pattern making for 2 and 3 dimensional fibre objects. In addition to the use of working drawings, work sequence, professional finishing, labelling and presentation will also be covered. Sculptural effects will be explored with structural supports such as wiring and padding different forms. Work sequence and small-scale production techniques will also be examined in the translation of designs into viable and professionally finished works.
- Art History VII: Textiles ARTS0444
Units/ Hours: 47.5
The use of textiles from fibres for furnishings to body coverings and art medium will be explored. The work of designers of influence will also be examined through research and in class presentations. Students will use journals to gather research material and concepts to document their personal interests. Individual projects will reference a particular historical theme, in form and/or function. Projects will be designed and executed in consultation with the instructor.
- Design - Fibre Arts ARTS0989
Units/ Hours: 47.5
The design process has a powerful impact on all aspects of development for textiles, fashion, and other functional and non-functional fibre-based forms. Through research and presentation, students will explore the specific elements of design that apply to the work of textile artists, fashion designers, and fibre artists. Integrating their learning from the program so far, students will pursue their own personal interests and style through the design process. Individual projects will be discussed in relation to the principles and elements of design, and in relation to students' personal interests. Students will use journals to gather research material that can be further explored in the development of themes and projects.
- Drawing - Fibre Arts ARTS0990
Units/ Hours: 47.5
This course will engage the student in basic drawing techniques to be applied to design, description and development of works in fibres and fabrics. Exercises reviewing use of the tools, materials and equipment for fibre arts will be related to the development of appropriate drawings. Focusing on line, proportion, light, shape, texture, pattern, and motif, students will produce concept sketches, working drawings and presentation renderings. Observational drawings from a variety of natural and inanimate objects and patterns will also be introduced as a rich resource for the design of sculptural forms and surface embellishment. Students will use journals to gather research material and ideas. This course will also cover basic sewing, machine care and maintenance.
- Fabric & Fibre Construction ARTS0991
Units/ Hours: 47.5
This course introduces students to the ways in which material surfaces can be created by processes such as weaving, felting, knitting, interlacing and papermaking. Using traditional yarns and fibres, as well as non-conventional materials, students will experiment with the nature and behaviours of these materials as well as the method of assembly. Consideration will be given to the processes which will support the development of both two-dimensional and three-dimensional surfaces.
- Innovation - Fibre Arts ARTS0445
Units/ Hours: 47.5
In this course, students will be invited to discover and develop a personal sense of design style, the 'feel' that sets them apart from the crowd, and gives them a sense of who they are, and what they want to say. Referencing contemporary fibre artists, and using techniques and tools developed in other courses that best represent their passions and own unique approach, students will be encouraged to enjoy the risk taking in experimental design. Students will present both finished works and proposals for future projects in fibres and textiles, using journals to gather research material and concepts in the development of these personal themes and interests.
- Marketing/Portfolio Development MKTG0053
Units/ Hours: 47.5
Practicing artists can choose from many different paths to advance their personal and artistic goals in artistic practice, education, presentation skills, and romotion and marketing as entrepreneurs. Each student will establish their own specific focus for continuing their artist's practice. In class sessions will involve online research, writing, digital photography, presentation, and critical discussion. Precourse assignment work will provide the data for artist documents and digital images of their work for the development of a portfolio. Students will show their work in an established campus venue as a culmination to their certificate program experience. Certificate students who have already completed the first two semesters of the Visual and Creative Arts Diploma Program will complete this course mainly as independent review and revision of their portfolio and artists documents in collaboration with faculty.
- Textile Dyeing & Pigments ARTS0446
Units/ Hours: 95
In the first portion of this course, the direct applications of pigments will be introduced, with a strong emphasis on safe procedures in the studio. These include resists such as tape and paper stencils. Working with fibre textile pigments, students will create a sample swatch book. Studio projects also include painting, block printing, and screen printing. The properties of colour and how they behave within colour systems will be thoroughly examined and applied in both theory and studio exercises. The second half will enable the students to use a wide range of dye application techniques. These include resists such as wax, water-based resist, starch and physical resists. Specialized techniques will be reviewed through lectures and/or videos. Significant consideration will be given to the use of colour systems in the development of personalized palette. Detailed note keeping will be required in recording material sources, processes and outcomes.
- Textile Embellishment ARTS0447
Units/ Hours: 95
In the first portion of this course, students will explore a variety of printing processes for patterning the surface of fabrics. Using a variety of dyes, pigments and media, they will employ direct and indirect printing processes with a strong emphasis on safe application and procedures. Observational drawings from a variety of natural and man made objects will support design exploration in the development of motifs, monoprints and repeat designs. In the second half of this course, students will use techniques that enrich the surface of textiles through the addition of colour, texture, and pattern. Students will develop skills in traditional and contemporary processes such as hand and machine embroidery, applique, reverse applique, beading, quilting and embellishing with various objects.
- Textile Manipulation ARTS0448
Units/ Hours: 95
Using techniques such as gathering, folding, filled relief, layering, laminating, and quilt piecing, students will physically manipulate fabrics to create textural three dimensional surfaces. Deconstructive techniques of such as slashing, tearing etc. will also be explored. Integrating their learning from the program so far, the second part of this course will develop functional and or sculptural fibre projects with appropriate surface enrichment that reflects their own emergent style and interests. Three dimensional projects will be discussed in relation to the principles and elements of design, and in relation to students' personal interests through presentation of research into contemporary fibre artists' work. Students will use journals to gather research material that can be further explored in the development of themes and projects.
- Textiles: Fibre to Fabric Science ARTS0450
Units/ Hours: 47.5
Natural fibres have been used for apparel and home fashion for thousands of years, but textile technologies have continued to change, expanding in 1910 with the discovery of rayon and continuing today with micro-fibres finer than the finest silk. This course will examine the construction of fibre objects and the design, care, preservation display and merchandising of these articles in relationship to their properties. Studio projects focus on the effective selection and use of fibres and fabrics in the construction process, through understanding of their structure and characteristics as well as their care and handling. The properties of modern textiles will be explored through a range of projects including blending and twisting natural and man-made fibres to create yarn. Processes to prepare fibres for dye and chemical reactions of natural colourants and their mordants, as used on textiles, will also be examined.