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School of Art and Design · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This course introduces students to basic techniques for making textiles-based images, objects and surfaces in a contemporary art context. Set projects enable experimentation and lead to proficiency in topic specific material processes. Each set project also provides an access point towards understanding how textiles entangle histories, geographies, trade, culture and science. Through seminars, guided research and critique students will begin to connect their own studio investigations and outcomes with relevant contemporary textiles, along with broader art-related, theory and practice. Work health and safety instruction is an integral component of this course. Students may complete this course twice for a maximum credit value of 12 units, provided they enrol in a different topic in each instance/semester. Please note that the course content, assessment structure, and reading list will change depending on the topic and the expertise of the lecturer convening the course. Please refer to the class summary for the specific term in which you wish to enrol for a detailed description. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: - Pattern Making: repeat methods and fabric assemblage The course introduces students to various forms of pattern making from imprinted repeat imagery (for example, batik stamps) to the assemblage of three-dimensional cloth forms. Patterns are fundamental to how we communicate, interpret and fabricate. Students will explore the cultural, biological and cognitive significance of patterns, connecting textiles to broader themes. Through set projects, lectures and discussion students will learn key skills in iterative design, textiles techniques and critical inquiry. - Woven Worlds: interlaced structures and surfaces This course introduces students to the material and conceptual processes of weaving. In tandem with learning different techniques, students will explore the significant role that weaving has played in global trade, industry and technology. Lectures, discussions and set projects will support students as they come to understand the construction and systems of the world through weaving and begin to situate contemporary textiles in larger cultural and historical narratives.
Technical proficiency and safe workflow log
Learning outcomes 1, 2
Project suite 1: development and outcomes
Learning outcomes 1, 3, 4
Project suite 2: development and outcomes
Learning outcomes 1, 3, 4
Topic Evaluation, equivalent to 1200 words (may include visual diary, written reflection and/or presentation)
Learning outcomes 3, 4
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 48 hours of contact over 12 weeks: lectures, tutorials, critiques and supervised studio practice; and b) 82 hours of independent studio practice, reading, writing and active research engagement (gallery visits, scoping sites, public observation etc.) Other Information School of Art & Design studio courses have a limited enrolment capacity. Students are advised to enrol as early as possible to maximise the opportunity of securing a place. This course will have a Materials Fee. At the ANU School of Art & Design, each workshop sources appropriate specialist materials, which are made available to students to facilitate their working effectively, efficiently and safely within our programs. The School of Art & Design is able to supply materials that don’t compromise ANU obligations under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS), and that have been assessed as suitable for each course. The Materials Fee is payable for the School of Art & Design to supply consumables and materials that become your physical property. You can choose to pay the Materials Fee and have these materials supplied to you through the School of Art & Design, allowing you to take advantage of the GST-free bulk purchasing power of the ANU. These materials are also WHS compliant. The exact cost of the Materials Fee will be updated in the Class Summary for each semester in which the course is offered. The full SOAD policy can be read here: https://soad.cass.anu.edu.au/required-resources-and-incidental-fees
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