TEXTILE DESIGN

Class XI | SUBJECT CODE (829)
This course is design for the students to learn skill and knowledge of development of new design aspects for novelty in fabric surface, textile products and various other textile materials.

Course Objective

India boasts of a rich textile and craft heritage. These traditions not only give meaning to the existence of India’s people, but also provide domestic, social and religious framework.
Hence textile crafts serve a dual role as they signify cultural values and at the same time it is an important source of livelihoods for economically challenged marginalized sections of the society. Crafts including weaving are the second largest employer after agriculture in India and provide livelihood to over 200 million Artisans.
Instructor
It includes designing of fabric used in clothing, house hold textiles, decorative textiles and others. The students are enabled to design intervention along with the development of the final product within the technical specification and right commercial value.

Course Content

To familiarize the background of Indian Textile Industries.
To learn and understand Textile terminology.
To understand the sources and properties of Textile fibers.
To predict the performances and characteristics of fabrics, according to fiber content for various end uses.
To familiarize Yarn Spinning Process.
To understand the properties and characteristics of various types of yarns
To familiarize the weaving process involved in producing Woven Fabrics.
To understand the properties and characteristics of various types of Woven Fabrics
To familiarize the basics of different types of Knitting and properties of knitted fabrics, and other forms of Textiles like Non-woven, Felt, Lace and Braids.