Lesson video

Hello, everyone.

How are you today? I hope you're feeling good.

My name is Ms. Afzal, and I'll be your art teacher for this lesson.

I am feeling good about that because I'm really interested in our subject today, which is Planning and Creating a Final Textile Piece, and that's the title of our lesson.

This comes from the unit of work, Finding Your Artistic Voice: An Introduction to the Creative Process.

So if you are feeling full of ideas and creativity, we will begin.

The outcome for today's lesson is I can plan and create a final textile piece that develops earlier ideas and links to artist inspiration.

We have some keywords in our lesson.

Let's go through them: intention, influence, refine.

What do these words mean? Well, intention is the purpose or message behind a design, what the artist wants to communicate.

Influence, the impact that a designer or movement has on a creative work.

And refine, to improve your design by making small, thoughtful changes.

These are our keywords: intention, influence and refine.

Let's look out for them.

Let's listen out for them.

They'll be coming up in our lesson today.

Today's lesson is called Planning and Creating a Final Textile Piece, and it has two learning cycles.

First of all, plan and sketch ideas for a final textile piece, and then select and create your final textile piece.

So let's begin by planning and sketching ideas for our final textile piece.

And let's zip ahead into the future and take a look at what some possible outcomes for today might include.

Oh my, it's so eye catching, intriguing.

I hope you're feeling excited about what's to come.

So here's a question for you, how does planning help you achieve an effective final textile piece? Pause here and share with someone.

Thanks for sharing your ideas.

Planning helps create an effective final textile piece by: reflecting your personal style, concept and intention, showing influence from your development work and artist research, using materials and techniques purposefully, demonstrating thoughtful refinement of earlier ideas.

Perhaps you came up with some ideas like these.

Let's have a check for understanding what makes a final textile piece effective? Is it A, it uses as many materials as possible, B, it is completely different from earlier work, C, it reflects personal style and links to development, or D, it copies the work of an artist exactly? Pause here while you decide what makes a final textile piece effective.

Well done if you chose answer C, indeed.

What makes a final textile piece effective is it if it reflects personal style and links to development.

These artists work across fashion, interiors and art using textiles in bold and personal ways.

Kaffe Fassett works across quilting, knitwear, mosaics, and interiors, using bold colour and pattern to create vibrant designs.

Jakkai Siributr explores identity and social issues in Southeast Asia through embroidered panels, garments and installations.

Anya Paintsil combines traditional textile techniques, like tufting, with personal storytelling in artworks, fashion and wall pieces.

And Jule Waibel transforms textiles into fashion and furniture using pleating and folding to create dynamic 3D forms. So we can see a number of artists working across fashion, interiors and art, using textiles in bold and personal ways.

Imagine your favourite textile sample was turned into a real product.

What would it become? Pause here and share with someone.

Perhaps a garment.

Maybe a wall hanging.

How about a statement piece? Here's Sam, "My design would be turned into a paper dress because my concept is about collapsible fashion." Izzy, "I think of my textile work as textural art, so I'd turn it into a wall hanging to highlight the details and layers." And Jun, "I'd love to see my design as bold jewellery or a headdress, something that really stands out." Planning a final piece is about refining, not starting again.

Refining means: making small but meaningful adjustments, building on what worked well, keeping your intention clear and consistent.

And we can see on the screen there refining fabric samples.

Let's have a check for understanding.

True or false, a final piece doesn't need to be big or radically different? Pause the video while you decide if this statement is true or false.

Well done If you selected true.

And now I'd like you to say a little more about your answer.

Pause here while you do this.

Perhaps you said something like this.

Your final piece should feel like a natural evolution of your best work.

Ways to refine your idea might include: changing the placement of a motif for better balance, trying a more effective material or technique, combining two successful samples into one idea, adjusting the scale or shape to suit your outcome.

And we can see an image there of a motif pattern being refined.

So what changes might help you refine your textile idea further? Pause here and share with someone.

To gather some responses, "I want to change the material I'm working on as it keeps fraying and I think a synthetic fabric might be better." "I'm thinking of scaling down my pattern, it looks too busy on the sample." Intention is the purpose or message behind a design or what the artist wants to communicate through the artwork.

It helps be aware of and express the intention for your final textile piece before making it.

Discuss with a partner your intention for your final textile piece.

Pause here while you do this.

Thanks for sharing your intentions.

One way to plan your final textile piece is using a thumbnail sketch, and we can see some thumbnail composition ideas on the screen.

Thumbnail sketches are usually small, quick sketches that help you: explore different formats and compositions, decide what works best for your idea, and refine your visual language.

Let's have a check for understanding.

Thumbnail sketches help designers (pauses) multiple variations of their idea before starting the final piece.

What's the missing word? Is it A, copy, B, plan, C, hide, or D, colour.

Pause here while you decide.

Well done if you chose the word plan.

Thumbnail sketches help designers plan multiple variations of their idea before starting the final piece.

Thumbnails don't have to be perfect drawings.

You can use any media to explore your idea, such as: pencil, pen, paint, marker, or ink, collage from your samples, digital drawing tools, mixed media, fabric scraps, thread, rubbings.

We can see a fashion drawing using a cutout silhouette figure placed over a pattern design.

For each thumbnail sketch, reflect on and label: techniques used, e.

g.

pleading, printing, design decisions, e.

g.

colour, placement, how it reflects your concept or artist influence.

Let's have a check for understanding.

True or false, good annotations show why you made your decisions, not just what you did? Pause here and decide if this is true or false.

Well done if you selected true.

And now I'd like you to say a little more about your answer.

Pause here while you do this.

Perhaps you said something like this, explaining why you made a choice links your work to your concept and influences, and helps assessors understand your intention.

And now it's time for your first task.

I would like you to plan and sketch three thumbnail sketches exploring different possible final textile pieces.

Examples may include fashion: garment, headdress, jewellery, furnishings: wall hanging cushion, wallpaper, products: quilt, lampshade, textile-covered object.

So pause here while you plan and sketch three thumbnail sketches exploring different possible final textile pieces.

I'll see you when you're finished.

It's good to be back with you.

How did you get on with that task? Your work may have looked like this.

Some thumbnail illustrations exploring final pleated designs.

And now for each thumbnail sketch, reflect on and label: techniques used, e.

g.

pleading, printing, design decisions, e.

g.

colour, placement, and how it reflects your concept or artist influence.

Pause here while you have a go at this part of your task.

Good to be back with you.

How did you get on reflecting and labelling? So we've got techniques used: pen and mortar to create tonal values.

Design decisions: I varied the angles and shapes of my dresses to create texture and layering.

And how it reflects your concept or artist influence: my concept is to translate this design into a pleated, collapsible fashion item inspired by Jule Waibel's pleating and folding techniques.

And now we're onto our next learning cycle, select and create your final textile piece.

Have you ever seen a final textile piece in a public space, like a gallery, a fashion show, or even a shop display? And think about how the artist or designer got there.

Pause here and share with someone what you've seen and how you think the artist or designer got there.

Thanks for sharing.

Imagine your own final piece sitting in a room next to all your development work, your sketchbook ,samples, notes.

Could someone make a clear connection between the two? That's how you know your final piece really reflects your intention.

Being selective about your work helps refine your intention.

Review your thumbnail sketches and ask: which idea best shows your concept and inspiration? Which design feels most exciting or meaningful as a final piece? Which is most achievable in the time you have? So pause here while you review your thumbnail sketches and answer these questions.

Thanks for reflecting on those questions.

A final piece doesn't have to be large or fully finished.

Depending on the time you have, you could create a small scale version by: fashion, style a part of your design onto a figure template, interiors, apply virtually into a space, for example, wall, cushion, chair, accessories, make a small model or overlay onto a product or model photo, display, present as part of a collection or 3D sculptural installation.

Let's have a check for understanding.

Which of the following could be possible fashion inspired final textile pieces? A, a tufted wall hanging, B, a digitally collaged headdress design, C, a sculptural paper dress, or D, a chair covered in textiles.

Pause here while you decide which of these could be possible fashion inspired final textile pieces.

Well done if you selected answers B and C.

Indeed, a digitally collage headdress design and a sculptural paper dress could be possible fashion inspired final textile pieces.

You may choose to combine approaches or come up with your own.

You could: combine 2D mock-ups with real textile samples, mix digital placement with physical collage, annotate or photograph your progress to explain decisions.

Here's Sam, "I plan to develop my pleated paper idea into a dress that collapses flat, it's inspired by origami." Love the idea.

Izzy, "My sample will become a mini wall piece with stitched textures and patchwork; it's small but rich in detail." And Jun, "I want to create a digital mock-up of my design as a headdress, styled on a photo of my friend." Love all of these ideas.

And now it's time for your task.

I would like you to select one of your thumbnail ideas and begin creating it.

Your final piece could be: a mini version of the outcome, for example, sample scale, a prototype with part of the design completed in detail, a digital mock-up placed in situ, for example, on a model or in a room setting.

So pause here while you have a go at this first part of your task, selecting one of your thumbnail ideas and begin creating it.

I'll see you when you're finished.

It's good to be back with you.

So how did you get on with that part of your task, selecting one of your thumbnail ideas and to begin creating it? Your work may have looked like this.

I love this textile design and what's been done with it, creating this pleated folding dress.

Now I'd like you to annotate and explain your decisions.

Use these sentence starters to help you reflect on your final piece choices: I chose this idea because (pauses), this design reflects my concept by (pauses), my artist inspiration can be seen in (pauses), I used technique/material to (pauses), I changed/developed this part to improve (pauses), this outcome connects to my previous samples by (pauses), if I had more time, I would (pauses).

So pause here while you annotate and explain your decisions and use these sentence starters to help you reflect on your final piece choices.

I'll see you when you're finished.

It's great to be back with you.

So how did you get on with annotating and explaining your decisions? You may have said something like this.

Here's Sam, "I used my favourite pattern with trapezoid pleating to design a collapsible dress.

The dress folds flat and expands into a sculptural form.

I digitally overlaid the pleats to scale them with my illustration.

With more time, I'd test it in real fabric." Pause here and share with someone your impressions of Sam's final textile piece.

Thanks for sharing your impressions of Sam's final textile piece.

And now I'd like you to share with each other your final textile pieces and explain your decisions, so you could read out loud what you've written in your annotation, and you can offer each other some feedback.

Pause here while you do this.

Thanks for explaining your decisions to each other and offering some feedback.

In our lesson Planning and Creating a Final Textile Piece, we've covered the following.

Planning helps refine your ideas, ensuring your final piece clearly reflects your intention and personal style.

Thumbnail sketches allow you to explore multiple outcomes and choose the most effective design.

Your final piece should show influence from earlier development work and artist research.

A strong outcome uses materials and techniques purposefully and doesn't need to be large, just thoughtful, personal, and well-resolved.

Well done, everyone, for joining in with this lesson.

I feel like this is a real achievement to come to this place of now sharing your final textile piece.

I hope you've enjoyed this journey and that it's been fulfilling for you.

Starting off with your initial ideas, then refining your ideas, really reflecting carefully upon your intention and your personal style, and then creating this final outcome.

Hope you're really proud of what you've achieved.

I'm certainly proud of you, and I'm looking forward to seeing you at another art lesson soon.

Until then, stay creative.