FSAD 3250

Last Updated

  • Schedule of Classes - September 10, 2024 10:17AM EDT
  • Course Catalog - September 10, 2024 9:48AM EDT
Global toggle of class tabs

Links for textbooks and Cornell Store open in new tab.

FSAD 3250
Color and Surface Design of Textiles

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

Studio experience in the surface design of textiles combined with exercises in color theory. Textile projects use techniques such as natural dyes, block printing, silk painting, shibori, silk screen, and embroidery to produce a portfolio of textile designs. Studio work is augmented by lectures on pattern and color theory illustrated by slides and textile examples.

When Offered Fall.

Permission Note Enrollment preference given to: FSAD Apparel Design majors.
Prerequisites/Corequisites Recommended prerequisite: FSAD 1140 and FSAD 1350.

Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

Outcomes
  • Develop a better understanding of the principles of color in design.
  • Apply these principles to the surface design of textiles.
  • Learn techniques of textile surface design: natural dyes; silk screen (direct, resist and discharge printing); tied, stitched, and clamped resist dyeing (shibori); embroidery; and block printing.
  • Produce a surface designed length of yardage sufficient for a garment (3 yards).
  • Develop a portfolio of surface design work.

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7954 FSAD 3250   STU 501

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Conroy, M

  • Recommended prerequisite: FSAD 1140 and FSAD 1350. reference given to: Fiber Science & Apparel Design (FSAD) Apparel Design majors.