Emily O'Neil
Emily O’Neil (b. 1989, Maine) is an artist and textile designer. She earned her BFA in textiles from RISD and since graduating has worked for fine artist Liz Collins and as a knitwear designer for Berroco Fine Yarns exploring hand-manipulated knitted structures, silhouettes and craftsmanship. She returned to Maine to pursue her own studio practice, start a small knitwear business and teach textile design at the Maine College of Art and RISD.
Courses
Fall 2023 Courses
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
Wintersession 2024 Courses
TEXT 4816-102
MACHINE KNITTING
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Students will learn the basic techniques of machine knitting and explore the possibilities of structural effects, color, pattern, and material quality within those techniques. They will also learn about finishing methods--such as felting, dyeing, and simple printing--that can be used on knitted fabric. Developing further the most interesting results from this experimentation, and according to their interests, students will create a knitted fabric or finished piece for an end use, be it apparel, furnishings, or art pieces.
Elective
Spring 2024 Courses
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