Research And Development
Overview
A rusted iron gate. Orange bleeding into grey, flaking into black, with pale streaks where rainwater has run down and stripped it. Left as a photograph it is a nice picture of a gate. Followed properly it becomes a page of drawings that record texture rather than likeness, a painted palette with the proportions of each colour worked out, a yarn wrap, four dye trials on four different fibres, a stitch sample that puts the flaking into thread, a repeat that tiles without a seam, and a length of cloth that hangs.
That journey, from a thing in the world to a material that behaves, is what research and development means in Textile Design. It is unusually physical. Almost nothing in it can be judged on paper or on a screen, because cloth has weight, drape and handle, and because dye does entirely different things to cotton and to polyester. This note follows one source the whole way, and shows what has to be sampled, labelled and kept at each stage.
Objectives
- Undertake visual research, using primary and secondary sources, and record observations, experiences and ideas in appropriate ways, including first-hand experience of original work
- Develop and realise ideas and outcomes, exploring and reviewing possible solutions and modifying work appropriately
- Understand and use (appropriately and safely) a range of materials, equipment, processes and techniques in two- and/or three dimensions, using information and communication technology where appropriate
- Know and understand a range of work, from contemporary practice, past practice and different cultures, in order to demonstrate an understanding of continuity and change in art, craft and design
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- A reactive dye bath with soda ash will give the strongest, most wash-fast colour on: A) Polyester B) Cotton C) Acrylic D) Nylon Answer: B
- What is a yarn wrap used for? A) Measuring the tension of a woven sample B) Testing a palette and its proportions in thread rather than in paint C) Protecting a dyed sample from light D) Transferring a motif onto cloth Answer: B
- Why must a printed repeat be tested as a block of at least four tiles? A) Because one tile uses too little ink to judge the colour B) Because faults such as blank channels, unwanted diagonals and a visible grid only appear where tiles join C) Because the examiner requires four copies of every print D) Because screen printing cannot be done once Answer: B
- A design in adire is made by: A) Applying pattern with a brush over a dyed ground B) Preventing dye from reaching parts of the cloth by tying, stitching or starch paste C) Weaving coloured yarns into a structure D) Heat transferring a photographic image Answer: B
- Which property is lost when a textile sample is only ever photographed lying flat? A) Colour fastness B) Repeat accuracy C) Drape D) Fibre content Answer: C
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