Printed Textiles Design 2: Disperse Dyes and Papers (10 credit points)

Course Times & Enrolment

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Course Summary

This course explores how to mix colour and paint with disperse dyes and create stencils with disperse papers to develop a resolved body of textile designs of your own ideas and research. You will learn how to use a heat press machine to transfer imagery onto fabric and receive guidance as to which fabrics to use when printing with disperse dyes. You will combine these techniques with existing screen-printing skills to create a range of prints for furnishing or fashion fabric.

Please note - this is a credit course and has an integrated digital component. All students enrolled on credit courses are required to matriculate through the university student system EUCLID. If you do not do so you will not be able to access information provided by your tutor nor will you be able to submit work for assessment. Please read our Studying for Credit Guide, Rules and Regulations for more information.

Course Details

Pre-requisites for enrolment

Some previous printed textiles or screen print experience desirable.

Special Information

Essential materials you will need to bring to the first class:

Old clothes/apron
Your research folder to begin creating imagery from
Scissors
Scalpel for cutting stencils
Masking tape
White paper - You will need at least 5 sheets of good quality A2 cartridge paper.
Paint brushes – You will need a variety of different sizes for mark making.
An assortment of tools for mark making eg sponges, nib pens, spray diffuser, anything that could be dipped in ink and used as a stamping tool.

Students will be expected to provide their own art materials and equipment. Typically this will include:

A visual research folder to begin creating imagery from
4 Glass /Plastic containers with lids (Old jam/coffee Jars are ideal) – These will be used for mixing up Disperse Dye Inks
Paint brushes – A variety of different sizes for mark making (i.e. very large and very small)
An Apron
Masking tape – 3M branded masking tape is best as it is really sticky and ideal for securing fabric to the print bed.
A scalpel for cutting stencils
Scissors
2 Plastic tubs with lids
Good quality white cartridge paper
Magic tape (Scotch tape)
An assortment of tools for mark making
Fabric for printing on – see below

In addition to compiling a research folder that will provide inspiration for their own design work, students will need to collect a range of fabric to print on. Fabric needs to be synthetic as disperse dyes really only work best on this type of fabric. For the best results pick fabrics that are pale: white, cream and pale colours. Bring a variety of different weights (fine, sheer and heavy) and finishes (matt and shiny).

Provided by course:

Disperse Dyes and Disperse Papers
Screens
Binder and pigments to print with
Stencil paper
2 pieces of fabric for printing onto for first session

Available to purchase during course:

Flock
Foil

Content of Course

The course teaching is delivered over weekly class sessions totalling 27.5 hours. Depending on the specific timetable of the occurrence of the course, this will either be delivered over ten weeks of 2.75 hour class sessions, eleven weeks of 2.5 hour class sessions or five weeks of 5.5 hour class sessions. Over the weeks the course will cover:

Health and Safety briefing.
Demonstrations of disperse dye techniques using inks and papers.
Mixing up disperse dye inks with reference to your chosen colour palette.
Exploration of scale, line, texture and pattern using disperse dye inks and papers.
A demonstration of disperse dye techniques using Indalca and screenprinting.
Mixing disperse dye with Indalca for use with disperse dye papers.
Exploration of scale, line, texture and pattern, using techniques learnt from the previous week, to create interesting images/patterns.
Students are now ready to combine all of the skills that have been acquired in the first 4 weeks of the course and continue developing fabric printing skills.
Using previously learned printed textiles skills students will put imagery onto screen and combine this with their newly acquired disperse dye techniques.

Teaching method(s)

This course will be based and delivered in specialist art and design studios or workshops and will typically include a range of practical exercises, introductions to techniques, processes and concepts, and set projects which lead to more focused and personal exploration.
Each week, students’ progress will be monitored and supported by the tutor who will negotiate and agree with you a ‘directed study plan’ for work to be undertaken out with the class hours each week. This will include researching a range of suggested artists or designers and their associated movements to engender a contextual awareness of the discipline being taught as well as how to annotate and evidence this within a sketchbook and practical outcomes.
Teaching will include practical demonstrations, one to one tuition, group discussions and critiques.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, through attending classes and engaging in directed and independent study, students should be able to:

RESEARCH
Research, develop and design informed visual ideas suitable for printed textiles works.

PRACTICE
Consider the language of colour, image and pattern applied to a range of printed textiles techniques and process.

PRESENT
Produce and print a range of their own designs onto different fabrics or wearable garments.

Sources

Core Readings

Essential
Specific bibliography will be determined by the course tutor.

Recommended
Fashion: Vogue, Elle, Dazed and Confused, I-D, Another Magazine Interiors: Elle Deco, World of Interiors.

Web Sources

www.patternity.co.uk
www.style.com
www.flickr.com
www.tumblr.com
www.vogue.co.uk
www.ameliasmagazine.com
www.pinterest.com
www.printpattern.blogspot.co.uk

Class Handouts

Course information and handouts will be provided on enrolment.

Assessment

Details of the Art and Design assessment requirements can be found on the short course website. Please click on the following link for more information: Submission and Assessment Information

Studying for Credit

If you choose to study for credit you will need to allocate significant time outwith classes for coursework and assessment preparation. Credit points gained from this course can count towards the Certificate of Higher Education.

Queries

If you have questions regarding the course or enrolment, please contact COL Reception at Paterson's Land by email COL@ed.ac.uk or by phone 0131 650 4400.

Student support

If you have a disability, learning difficulty or health condition which may affect your studies, please let us know by ticking the 'specific support needs' box on your course application form. This will allow us to make appropriate adjustments in advance and in accordance with your rights under the Equality Act 2010. For more information please visit the Student Support section of our website.