Mary Gagne is a textile designer living and working in the Hudson Valley. She earned her BA from Bard College and her MFA in textiles from RISD. Upon graduating from RISD she moved to New York where she began her design career in the interior and home textiles markets. Over the course of her career she has travelled extensively working with weaving and printing mills all over the world from Europe to Asia and with prestigious designers in both the fashion and interiors worlds such as Kit Kemp, Marie Flanigan, Vera Wang amongst others.
Courses
Wintersession 2024 Courses
TEXT 4808-101 - DESIGN FOR DIGITALLY PRINTED FABRICS
This intensive course moves from concept to design development and then onto digitally printed fabrics. Students start by creating presentation boards for color, pattern, and application in order to establish direction in their work. With Adobe Photoshop serving as the primary tool, the traditional techniques of drawing, painting, and collage are integrated with new design technology. Class instruction will lead students through the Adobe software in the development of design for extensive experimentation on the Textiles' Mimaki fabric printer. Students will be encouraged to go beyond the boundaries of traditional textile design to meet the possibilities of this exciting technology.
