Module overview
This module takes place during the second semester and is studio and workshop based.
In this module you are encourage to use your own research and design skills to start formulating your Self-initiated textile design ideas. You will work towards producing an individual body of work inspired by personally driven initiatives in preparation for the final major project. This module enables you to take part in the MA Interim Show to develop your own response to the challenges of putting up an exhibition in textile design.
You will be supported by weekly tutorial sessions in both Group and Individual format. These sessions include advancing your research for design, sketchbook and design development, colour and concept board development, peer review and portfolio building. You will continue to develop and advance your skills through individual and group tutorials, workshops and online resources.
The module is also supported with technical sessions to advance your printing techniques and expand CAD skills.
Optional study visits may be offered to visit practicing textile designers or a working Print Factory alongside various trips to London visiting galleries and exhibitions to extend your understanding of contemporary design.
In this module critical reviews with Industry based designers will provide feedback to help you to reflect on the development of your design ideas. This will assist your learning, developing your critical evaluation skills to help you situate your work in a professional context.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- how to situate your design work in a professional context.
- how to apply critical judgement to your work to advance and test your ideas and development of your design work;
- how to develop a series of textile designs inspired by independent research;
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- evaluate your working methods and utilise this information to critically advance your own work;
- critically reflect on your work in readiness for the final project.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- demonstrate increasing self-management, recognising own strengths and weaknesses;
- dommunicate your ideas visually and in text.
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- embrace a wide variety of textile printing techniques incorporating new and traditional technologies.
Syllabus
This module concentrates on developing your own responses to the challenges to printed and embroidered textile design in a highly experimental and speculative manner. It continues to develop your individual understanding of your design work and how to advance your design concepts. It aims to continue advancing all areas of your design work, including drawing, mark making, design repeat and layout and presentation of your design concepts and colour/mood boards alongside the continued development of your sketchbooks.
You will develop your professional practice through formative group work during the Interim Show. You will continue to develop your oral and presentation skills, critical and analytical skills, as well as communication, organisational and time management skills.
You will work together as a group with staff to design, plan and manage the Interim Exhibition.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching methods include:
- Tutor project briefing
- Tutorials – Group and one to one
- Critical review / formative feedback
- Creative and Technical Workshops
- Presentations
- Exhibition planning
Learning activities include:
- Project proposal writing
- Independent research
- Market research
- Peer group learning
- Digital and technical practice
- Problem solving activities
- Independent learning, including reflection on feedback
- Class discussion and group planning activities
- Workshop based learning
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Teaching | 50 |
| Independent Study | 350 |
| Total study time | 400 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
General Resource. The Design Museum
General Resource. Hayward Gallery
General Resource. Tate Modern
General Resource. British Museum
General Resource. The British Library
General Resource. Courtauld Institute of Art
General Resource. V&A Museum
General Resource. The Wellcome Institute
General Resource. Tate Britain
General Resource. Serpentine Gallery
Internet Resources
Textbooks
Schoeser, M. (2012). Textiles: The Art of Mankind. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd.
Bowles, Melanie and Isaac,Ceri (2012). Digital Textile Design. Laurence King.
Fogg, M. (2006). Print in Fashion. Batsford.
Briggs-Goode, Amanda (2013). Printed Textile Design. Laurence King.
Quinn, Bradley (2013). Textile Visionaries – Innovation and sustainability in Textile Design. Laurence King.
Cole, Druisilla (2009). The Pattern Sourcebook - A Century of Surface Design. Laurence King.
Cole, Druisilla (2008). Textiles Now. Laurence King.
Russell, A. (2011). The Fundamentals of Printed Textile Design. London: AVA Books.
Gordon, Beverly. (2011). Textiles the Whole Story. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Portfolio DevelopmentSummative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 80% |
| Critical Reflection | 20% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Critical Reflection | 20% |
| Portfolio | 80% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External