TEXTILE DESIGN: PRINTING AND DYEING I

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: DS 101 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Be familiar with the history and technique of the following textile processes: indigo dyeing, immersion dyeing with natural dyes, dip dyeing, mechanical resists, block printing, silk-screen printing Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate design awareness: motifs, spacing, scale, and colour in relation to assignments Audience: Undergraduate 3. Discover what possibilities there are for a career in textiles Audience: Undergraduate 4. See the potential for cloth as a medium for artistic expression and the importance of experimentation in textile media Audience: Undergraduate 5. Implement basic techniques in dyeing and printing Audience: Undergraduate 6. Demonstrate an understanding of working through not only technical problems as learned in the execution of assignments, but begin to show an understanding of developing a conceptual idea. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Display curiosity about unexplored areas in the textile field Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Be familiar with the history and technique of the following textile processes: indigo dyeing, immersion dyeing with natural dyes, dip dyeing, mechanical resists, block printing, silk-screen printing Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate design awareness: motifs, spacing, scale, and colour in relation to assignments Audience: Undergraduate 3. Discover what possibilities there are for a career in textiles Audience: Undergraduate 4. See the potential for cloth as a medium for artistic expression and the importance of experimentation in textile media Audience: Undergraduate 5. Implement basic techniques in dyeing and printing Audience: Undergraduate 6. Demonstrate an understanding of working through not only technical problems as learned in the execution of assignments, but begin to show an understanding of developing a conceptual idea. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Display curiosity about unexplored areas in the textile field Audience: Undergraduate