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Students will investigate the creative potential of mark-making with needle and thread. Beginning with the exploration of line and how it can be translated into stitch. Experimenting with machine and hand stitch on a variety of traditional and experimental grounds, students will produce a range of samples. Using the idea of the line as a theme, students will be encouraged to build a body of research, enabling then to develop a personal project.
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Materials you will need to bring to the first class:
Fabric scissors and small embroidery scissors
Embroidery threads for hand and machine embroidery (black, white, gray with one or two colours)
Embroidery hoop – 22cm approx
Some plane white / cream cotton fabrics, muslin, calico, and lawn
Approx. 30cm fabrics (can be recycled or new)
Hard backed sketchbook
Some drawing materials, pencils, inks etc.
In addition to the course fee, students are expected to provide the following list of indicative tools, materials and equipment:
Selection of needles and pins
Fabric scissors and small embroidery scissors
A quick unpick (seem ripper - small sharp device for unpicking stitching)
Threads for hand and machine embroidery (black, white, gray with one or two colours)
Embroidery hoop – 22cm approx
Some plane white / cream cotton fabrics, muslin, calico, and lawn.
Approx 30cm. fabrics (can be recycled, shirts sheeting etc. as required)
Sewing machine needles and bobbins
Basic art design materials
Hard backed sketchbook
Some drawing materials, pencils, charcoal, pastels, inks etc.
Glue – Pritt stick, PVA
Over the class sessions the course will cover:
1. Introduction to Fine Art Textiles. Mark-making through drawing.
2. Mark-making with stitch – exploring hand sewing.
3. Drawing with the sewing machine.
4. Developing a design / building a sketchbook.
5. Experimental grounds - exploring surfaces for stitch
6. Building a surface – couching and other applied techniques.
7. Developing a personal project.
8. Presenting work.
The teaching 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. Over the course, students’ progress will be monitored and supported by the tutor. Teaching will include practical demonstrations, one to one tuition, group discussions and critiques.
For work required to be undertaken after the class hours are complete, the course tutor will set students a ‘directed study plan’ which can be undertaken without the need for specialist workshops or access to models.
Directed study will include research into a range of suggested artists and their associated movements to engender a contextual awareness. Students are expected to demonstrate how their research has informed their work through annotated sketchbooks, a visual digital journal and practical outcomes.
The Directed Study Plan will include preparing evidence of research and practical work to form an appropriate presentation for assessment.
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
Use a range of research strategies to develop a personal language through the use of the sketchbook or visual journal, which demonstrates an understanding and contextual awareness of the creative potential of stitch.
Demonstrate the basic skills of hand and machine stitch, by producing a range of experimental samples, exploring the qualities unique to mark making with thread and stitch.
Demonstrate an awareness of how to document, edited and select a coherent body of work, which has been underpinned by your research and practice.
Recommended:
Oei, L. and De Kegel, C., 2002, mElements of Design., London: Thames and Hudson.
Monem, N., ed., 2008, Contemporary Textiles - fabric of fine art, London: Black Dog Publishing.
Hedley, G. 2010. Drawn To Stitch. Loveland, CO: Interweave Press LLC.
Kovats, Tania. 2005. The Drawing Book. London: Black Dog.
Art Textiles of the World series, Telos Books.
Millar, Lesley, and Astrida Berzina. 2007. Cloth And Culture Now. Canterbury: University for the Creative Arts.
Textural Space. 2001. [Surrey]: Surrey Institute of Art and Design University College, Print.
Elderton, L. and Morris, R., 2019, Vitamin T: Thread & Textiles in Contemporary Art. London: Phaidon Press Limited.
Hedley, G., 2010, Drawn to Stitch: Line, Drawing and Mark-Making in Textile Art, London: Batsford.
Wellesley-Smith, C., 2021, Resilient Stitch, London: Batsford.
Journal and periodicals:
Selvage
Crafts Magazine
The Journal of WSD
Embroidery
http://www.edge-textileartists-scotland.com
http://www.worldofthreadsfestival.com
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
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.
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.
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.