Fashion Textile Design Online Short Course
Course description
Course overview
Fashion textile designers play an important role in the fashion industry, combining their creative flair with a practical understanding of garment materials and production processes to create the clothes we love. This online, hands-on design course will show you how to experiment with different ways of creating prints, textures and surface decoration before developing your own collection of textile designs.
Your tutor will guide you all the main elements of textile design, focusing on the design process and on print and surface textile design. You will learn where to find inspiration, methods of mark-making, how to alter scale and how to develop your own motifs and signature style. You'll learn how to create a colour palette and will gain a practical understanding of the materials, tools and production processes used widely within the industry.
The online classroom and chat forum will allow you to communicate with your classmates and your tutor. And you will receive personal feedback each week on the practical projects you complete.
Who this course is for
This course is designed for anyone wishing to gain a practical insight into the different ways of creating textile decoration. Particularly suitable for those wishing to understand how the role of the textile designer interacts/overlaps with that of the fashion designer.
This is a creative course for individuals wishing to expand their visual design portfolios. The course is perfect for beginners, or those already working in design who want to expand their skills.
Key information
Topics covered
- Introduction to textiles
- Textile materials and construction: Weave, Knit, Print, and Embroidery
- Where textile designers find inspiration and how to use each of your senses
- Research review and artwork development
- Experimental mark making
- Paint, collage, and mixed media
- Creating a colour palette
- Surface and embellishment techniques
- One-offs, digital printing, and manual repeats
- Shapes, motifs, composition, and scale
- An overview of fashion designers utilising textile techniques
- Choosing your base fabric
- Applying textiles techniques to fashion garments
- Portfolio presentation
Learning outcomes
- Discovered different ways of finding inspiration
- Experimented with different methods, mediums, and printmaking techniques
- Gained an understanding of the different ways fashion designers use textiles
- Create a range of original textile designs
- Begun to develop your signature style
- Received personalised feedback from your tutor, an industry specialist
- Receive a digital badge and certificate of attendance
Materials
Course Specific Materials:
- Notepad and pen
- A3 hardback Sketchbook and fine liner pens (variety of thicknesses).
- A pair of paper scissors, scalpel.
- Drawing pencils (variety of thicknesses).
- Selection of acrylics, watercolour inks, paint palette.
- Selection of paint brushes.
- Needle and thread, haberdashery and materials related to your concept (for week 2).
Please see our Guide to taking online short courses.
Tutor
Kiren Passi
Kiren Passi is a luxury Fashion Designer who trained at Christian Dior in Paris and subsequently worked as a womenswear Designer in London, Italy and New York. Kiren's extensive International Fashion Experience has meant she has engaged with craft communities across the world including Bali, India, Nepal, Japan and Hong Kong.
One of CSM's PG Certified and long standing short course tutors, teaching at CSM for over 10 years, Kiren's Fashion and Textile education includes a BA Hon's from UAL and an MA from the prestigious Royal College of Art. She was awarded a Swarovski design prize in 2016.
Dominique L'Olive
Dominique graduated from Central Saint Martins with a BA hons degree in Fashion and initially worked for TIMNEY FOWLER where she created textile print designs for the UK and JAPANESE fashion markets. She established her own company in 1999 developing and designing primarily for the US apparel market but also collaborating on special design projects with Nigel Coates [ architect] JIGSAW merchandising team and MARKS & SPENCERS. From 2002 -2007 Dominique was an associate lecturer at LCF on an elective programme teaching students from a diverse range of design disciplines Textile Print. She currently teaches for UAL Short Courses online textile design courses.
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