Textiles Courses
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
THAD H656-01
A GLOBAL HISTORY OF TEXTILES: TRADES, TRADITIONS, TECHNIQUES
SECTION DESCRIPTION
Interdisciplinary by their very nature, textile traditions share a global history. Around the world textiles have found place in cultures as signifiers of social identity, from the utilitarian to the sacred, as objects of ritual meaning and as objects of great tangible wealth. The evolution of textile motifs, designs, materials and technology from around the globe will be explored in classroom lecture and utilizing the RISD Museum of Art. We will examine such topics as: the function of textiles in the survival of traditional cultures, the impact of historic trade routes and ensuing colonialism, industrialization and its subsequent effect on traditional techniques of textile manufacture. Thoughtful and scholarly consideration will be given to recent incidents of cultural appropriation in the global textile and fashion industry. Term projects utilizing the material culture approach will afford students the opportunity to gain valuable research skills and explore in-depth specific textile techniques.
Open to Sophomore, Junior, Senior or Graduate Students. Textiles Students can be pre-registered by the department.
Elective