Refining your textile style through experimentation
I can refine my textile style by using a personal collection to experiment and create a unique paper fabric.
Refining your textile style through experimentation
I can refine my textile style by using a personal collection to experiment and create a unique paper fabric.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Artists refine their style through experimentation with materials, techniques and composition.
- Deconstructing and reconstructing materials can reveal new design possibilities.
- A personal textile voice is developed by making bold creative choices and reflecting on outcomes.
Keywords
Technique - a method of creating texture, shape, or pattern.
Manipulate - to handle or change something with skill.
Refine - to improve by making small changes through testing and feedback.
Construct - putting parts of materials together to make something new.
Common misconception
Experimentation is only about making something perfect or a finished product.
Experimentation is about exploring and learning through trial and error. Showing how you develop your ideas is key to finding your textile voice.
To help you plan your year 10 art and design lesson on: Refining your textile style through experimentation, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 10 art and design lesson on: Refining your textile style through experimentation, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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Equipment
Tea bags, small objects or images, threads, foil, glue, wax, needles, scissors, magazines, coloured paper and a camera or scanner. Wax pot optional.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match each word to the correct description:
Joins or decorates using thread
Builds layers with cut or torn materials
Adds surface protection or translucency
Fuses materials using heat or adhesive