RISD’s Textiles Department offers a
broad-based education in understanding and working with fabric,
fiber and pattern. The program emphasizes a thorough understanding
and integration of the design process, structure, materials
and techniques. At the same time, faculty members encourage
individual artistic expression, whether you are designing
work intended for industrial production or creating one-of-kind
fine art pieces.
As practicing professionals themselves, Textiles professors
support your development as an artist and designer who will
energize the field through your personal vision and understanding
of the larger artistic, social and cultural context of the
discipline.
With technology moving like the speed of light, Textiles
is a field in constant flux. “Between new fibers, new
machines, new applications, alternative techniques and accelerated
interest in sustainability, we really have to stay on top
of what’s going on,” notes Assistant Professor
Liz Collins BFA ’91 TX/MFA ’99 TX,
a practicing artist and designer known for her own innovative
use of materials. RISD’s facilities support advanced
work in weaving using multiharness handlooms, computer-interfaced
looms and an electronic jacquard loom, and in knitting using
hand-operated machines and an electronic knitting machine.
The department also offers a digital textile printer, a fully
equipped dye lab, silkscreen studios and a CAD lab with the
latest in industry software. |
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