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Florence, Italy - Course Descriptions - Fabric Design: Silk Screen

Course Information

Subject: Art and Design (ARDE)
Number: 2226
Language of Instruction: English

Contact Hours and Credits

Semester Session: 90 contact hours, 3 semester credits
1 Month Session: 45 contact hours, 3 semester credits

Availability

Summary

Silkscreen-textile printing and design is an introduction to the various techniques and processes of silkscreen printing as well as textile design course. Silkscreen techniques cover, paper, and lacquer cut stencils, direct block out; and an emphasis on photographic emulsion techniques using both hand drawn acetates and photographs with lithfilm or diffusion transfer film and photocopy collage. Instruction is given in procedures and equipment use; darkroom procedures, color theory and ink mixing, registration techniques for printing on fabrics. Assignments are oriented toward textile surface design problems; covering various systems for design repetition. Weekly homework assignments are given on different design themes, all put into repetition and, from these, the designs for actual printing will be selected. A notebook of design resource is kept.

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Fabric Design: Silk Screen

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