Textile Design @ Jefferson: June 2017

Friday, June 23, 2017

Textile Design Master Class

We had a great group of students participate in a Textile Design Master Class on June 21-23. This intensive 3-day workshop provided hands-on opportunities to experience textile design. In addition to fantastic industry guest speakers and a wonderful tour of The Collection at The Design Center of Philadelphia University, students also created woven, knitted and printed textiles. See below for a few images from the week.

Denise Gutierrez shows a home furnishings collection to the participants.

Kelly Chaido shares her work in fashion brands.

Happy participants at the end of the master class.

Some of the textile designs from our very prolific group.

The Bachelors of Science in Textile Design and Masters of Science in Textile Design programs provide integration and balance between creative design and technology. In the undergraduate program, students explore weaving, knitting and printing, with the opportunity for advanced course work in the areas of their choice. Students in the graduate program are required to specialize in one area (knit, weave or print), but are encouraged to incorporate the other areas of textile design through their foundation courses, elective or design studio work.

Design research is stressed from the beginning of the programs. Being in the a major city is a great resource as is The Design Center at Jefferson with its textile collection from around the world.