Textile Knowledge and Identification for Costume Designers

3, max. 9

Costume designing for live performance - theatre, dance, opera, cosplay, rock stars, circus, or film/TV. Part technical; part inspirational. Handling a variety of fabrics, students study the basics of textile structure, characteristics, and uses. Covers fabric terms, identification, sourcing, and methods of surface modification (i.e., dying, painting, printing). Offered: AWSpS.