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TEXT 4826-01
CAD IN TEXTILES
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Through demonstrations and practice in the department's computer lab, students learn to use NedGraphics software. Assignments help students to incorporate the tools and functions available in this professional software into their own ideas. By the end of the course students will have gained a readiness to integrate computer-aided methods into their design processes in other appropriate courses.
This course is a requirement for Sophomore Textiles Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Textiles
TEXT 4826-02
CAD IN TEXTILES
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Through demonstrations and practice in the department's computer lab, students learn to use NedGraphics software. Assignments help students to incorporate the tools and functions available in this professional software into their own ideas. By the end of the course students will have gained a readiness to integrate computer-aided methods into their design processes in other appropriate courses.
This course is a requirement for Sophomore Textiles Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Textiles
TEXT 4828-01
FINE ARTS TEXTILES
SECTION DESCRIPTION
In this senior level course emphasis is placed on the development and definition of individual direction. Students' work can range from installations to two-dimensional pieces and can employ any techniques and materials, from weaving, printing, knitting, or any improvised construction techniques.
Estimated Cost of Materials: Varies based on use of advanced equipment. Additional fees may incur.
Open Senior or Graduate Textiles Students.
Elective
TEXT 482G-01
GRADUATE STUDIO III
SECTION DESCRIPTION
In this second-year course, the emphasis is on clarifying student's specific area of interest, format of the work, its context, and personal concepts. Students will begin to develop a writing style and practice that parallels the richly developed language of their visual work, laying the foundation for their graduate written thesis.
This course is a requirement for second-year Graduate Textiles Students.
Major Requirement | MFA Textiles
TEXT 4830-01
APPAREL FABRICS
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This senior level course is offered to those students interested in designing and making apparel fabrics and accessories. Students are encouraged to explore a variety of techniques including silkscreen and digital printing, weaving, knitting, sewing, and invented techniques, along with designing on paper for industrial and hand production. While students will initially develop their ideas through samples and drawings, they gain a thorough understanding of the relationship between fabric and the human form, and will eventually bring their work to final form as prototypes or finished designs on paper. Researching the field will generate topics for discussion in class.
Open Senior or Graduate Textiles Students.
Elective
TEXT 4832-01
KNITTED FABRICS
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course approaches the development of machine knit fabrics and forms as one process, where aspects of form are developed along-side fabric patterns and structures. Students learn advanced construction techniques and knit structure drafting and shaping, in order to further develop their design processes and ideas for knits. Emphasis is placed on experimentation, careful consideration of materials, and research. Ideas about color, pattern, texture, drape, concept and working large scale are explored. Fully-fashioned garments are the primary three-dimensional forms to which students apply their ideas. Throughout the semester, students bring their experience of garment building and shaping, their range of knitting skills and techniques, and their ability to express ideas in knitting to a higher level of resolution. Hand knitting, embellishment, dyeing, printing, finishing, felting and other processes are encouraged and can be integrated into the fabric design and construction.
Prerequisite: TEXT-4820 and TEXT-4826
Elective
TEXT 4832-01
KNITTED FABRICS
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course approaches the development of machine knit fabrics and forms as one process, where aspects of form are developed along-side fabric patterns and structures. Students learn advanced construction techniques and knit structure drafting and shaping, in order to further develop their design processes and ideas for knits. Emphasis is placed on experimentation, careful consideration of materials, and research. Ideas about color, pattern, texture, drape, concept and working large scale are explored. Fully-fashioned garments are the primary three-dimensional forms to which students apply their ideas. Throughout the semester, students bring their experience of garment building and shaping, their range of knitting skills and techniques, and their ability to express ideas in knitting to a higher level of resolution. Hand knitting, embellishment, dyeing, printing, finishing, felting and other processes are encouraged and can be integrated into the fabric design and construction.
Prerequisite: TEXT-4820 and TEXT-4826
Elective
TEXT 483G-01
THESIS PROJECT
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This project represents the culmination of a student's study in the Graduate Program. The design projects can encompass various textile fields in the areas of interior or apparel textiles. A specific architectural context, an area of apparel design, an investigation of a particular technique, or a visual design sensibility and language can provide a framework for the project. The work, executed using any established textile techniques or technique that a student has developed, should manifest advanced original concepts, high quality of execution, and a strong commitment to the field. Written documentation and analysis of the sources of the work, how it relates to the textiles tradition or larger field of art and design, and of the development of the project should accompany the studio work.
Estimated Cost of Materials: varies depending on student projects.
Please contact the department for permission to register. This course is a requirement for Graduate Textiles Students.
Major Requirement | MFA Textiles
TEXT 4840-01
INTERIOR FABRICS
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This senior level course is offered to those interested in pursuing work for an interior end use, such as furnishing fabric, wall covering, or carpeting to be produced by hand or industrially. At the start, students select an architectural space as a framework. Through analysis and sampling, they will arrive at their own design solutions, which will be showcased as a collection at the end of the class. Researching the design field will generate topics for discussion in class. Techniques include surface pattern, printing, weaving and knitting, along with invented techniques.
Estimated Cost of Materials: Varies based on use of advanced equipment; additional fees may incur.
Open to Senior or Graduate Textiles Students.
Elective
TEXT 4842-01
INDUSTRIAL KNITTING
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This advanced knitting course investigates the design and creation of knit fabrics using specialized software and a computerized, industrial knitting machine. Students deepen their understanding of a wide range of knit constructions, learn new structures, and experience a different method of creating knit fabric and forms through weekly sampling work and then a final project that is a collection of fabrics for interior or apparel applications, or art pieces. The intended end use will guide students' pattern and material studies. Students are introduced to the knitting industry and exciting examples of contemporary and historical knitting and encouraged to forge new paths in the medium.
Prerequisite: TEXT 4832 - KNITTED FABRICS
Elective
TEXT 4842-01
INDUSTRIAL KNITTING
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This advanced knitting course investigates the design and creation of knit fabrics using specialized software and a computerized, industrial knitting machine. Students deepen their understanding of a wide range of knit constructions, learn new structures, and experience a different method of creating knit fabric and forms through weekly sampling work and then a final project that is a collection of fabrics for interior or apparel applications, or art pieces. The intended end use will guide students' pattern and material studies. Students are introduced to the knitting industry and exciting examples of contemporary and historical knitting and encouraged to forge new paths in the medium.
Prerequisite: TEXT-4832
Elective
TEXT 484G-01
TEXTILE SEMINAR I
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course focuses on issues in the professional textile field, such as the effect of production parameters and end use on design decisions. While helping students become more familiar with the wide ranging market, from the most innovative to the traditional, this course aims at providing an awareness of how one's own work fits into this context. Lecturers include professionals from the field, who advise on the studio work required in this class.
This course is a requirement for second-year Graduate Textiles Students.
Major Requirement | MFA Textiles
TEXT 485G-01
TEXTILE SEMINAR II
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course continues from Textile Seminar I and focuses on issues in the professional textile field, such as the effect of production parameters and end use on design decisions. While helping students become more familiar with the wide ranging textile market, from traditional work to the most highly innovative, this course aims to provide an awareness of how one's personal expression fits in to this context. Lecturers include professionals from the field, who advise on the studio work required in this class.
Please contact the department for permission to register. This course is a requirement for Graduate Textiles Students.
Major Requirement | MFA Textiles
TEXT 4898-01
TEXTILE DEGREE PROJECT
SECTION DESCRIPTION
The student's project, designed in consultation with the faculty, can be in one of the textile areas or in combination with other disciplines at the school. The project, which will be evaluated by the faculty and visiting critics at the end of the semester, can entail a collection of designs or fine arts work representing the current conclusive state of student's work or an investigation of a new area. The level of concepts, skills, and commitment constitute a major part of the criteria in the evaluation of the work.
Mid-year graduates should seek department permission to fulfill 9 credits in Fall and Wintersession.
Estimated Cost of Materials: Varies based on use of advanced equipment; additional fees may incur.
This course is a requirement for Senior Textiles Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Textiles
TEXT 4898-01
TEXTILE DEGREE PROJECT
SECTION DESCRIPTION
The student's project, designed in consultation with the faculty, can be in one of the textile areas or in combination with other disciplines at the school. The project, which will be evaluated by the faculty and visiting critics at the end of the semester, can entail a collection of designs or fine arts work representing the current conclusive state of student's work or an investigation of a new area. The level of concepts, skills, and commitment constitute a major part of the criteria in the evaluation of the work.
Mid-year graduates should seek department permission to fulfill 9 credits in Fall and Wintersession.
Estimated Cost of Materials: Varies based on use of advanced equipment; additional fees may incur.
Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. This course is a requirement for Senior Textiles Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Textiles
TEXT 4898-101
TEXTILE DEGREE PROJECT
SECTION DESCRIPTION
The student's project, designed in consultation with the faculty, can be in one of the textile areas or in combination with other disciplines at the school. The project, which will be evaluated by the faculty and visiting critics at the end of the semester, can entail a collection of designs or fine arts work representing the current conclusive state of student's work or an investigation of a new area. The level of concepts, skills, and commitment constitute a major part of the criteria in the evaluation of the work.
Mid-year graduates should seek department permission to fulfill 9 credits in Fall and Wintersession.
Estimated Cost of Materials: varies based on use of advanced equipment; additional fees may incur.
Please contact the department for permission to register. This course is a requirement for Senior Textiles Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Textiles
TEXT 498G-01
THESIS WRITING
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This written portion of the Thesis Project helps students to analyze their working process and its results, as well as inform future work. While the length and style of the written thesis may vary, the paper should contain: an identification of the project goals and an analysis of the sources of inspiration; the context in which the work fits into the textile area and larger field of art and design; a description of the working process, techniques, and materials used and their connection to application and end use; and finally, an evaluation of the project. Accompanying the paper will be visual documentation of the project.
Please contact the department for permission to register. This course is a requirement for Graduate Textiles Students.
Major Requirement | MFA Textiles
TEXT 8716-01
*TEXT: UNIT 8: POSITIONS 3
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course registers an outgoing exchange student into a pre-approved TEXT studio course which is taken at the exchange school. Successful completion of the course will result in a T" grade once receipt of the official transcript from the partner school has arrived at Registrar's Office. "
TEXT W470-101
THE WOVEN RUG
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Rugs and floor-coverings from different counties and cultures, both historical and contemporary, will be shown as examples of how material and design are developed within a cultural and functional context. This will serve as a foundation for students to develop their own vision and sources of inspiration. Each student will design and execute a woven rug intended for a specific use and/or space. Students will learn to set up the loom and will experiment with a variety of rugmaking techniques for both flat and pile surfaces. Exploration with a wide range of materials, from wool to reeds to plastics, are encouraged to find new solutions for each project. Special yarn dyeing techniques will be taught as a way to expand the range of color effects.
Elective
TEXT W470-102
THE WOVEN RUG
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Rugs and floor-coverings from different counties and cultures, both historical and contemporary, will be shown as examples of how material and design are developed within a cultural and functional context. This will serve as a foundation for students to develop their own vision and sources of inspiration. Each student will design and execute a woven rug intended for a specific use and/or space. Students will learn to set up the loom and will experiment with a variety of rugmaking techniques for both flat and pile surfaces. Exploration with a wide range of materials, from wool to reeds to plastics, are encouraged to find new solutions for each project. Special yarn dyeing techniques will be taught as a way to expand the range of color effects.
Elective