TEXTILE DESIGN

Class XII | 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

Textile chemical processing for fibers.
Impurities present in the Natural and Synthetics Fibers.
Elementary knowledge of processing.
Introduction to traditional resist-dyed textiles from different regions of India.
Suitability of dyes and dyeing methods, Important classes of dyes for natural and man-made fibers.
Introduction to various methods of printing, specific features and limitations
Style of Printing & their Specific feature for their Identification.
Understanding Textile Design, repeat, and layout.
To develop an understanding of surface design development.
To sensitize students towards various types of Prints.
To understand forms, shapes, and color combinations for various categories.