(image: Sheila Hicks) For Monday: Document your Weaving Project. Documentation Instructions (Link): All documentation uploads to our class website are due one-week after the project is due. Here are basic directions for uploading your project: https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/62-150/f2018a/how-to-submit-your-project-to-the-gallery/ The documentation of your project is a place to record your thoughts, feelings, processes, learning, and discoveries that you …
(image: block printing in Jaipur, India) For Next Week: Finish your Final Weavings! We will critique your weavings next week on Monday and Wednesday If you are Screen Printing: Use this Template Illustrator File to finish your file. Turn in your Illustrator File to this Google Folder
(images: Amina Robinson, Paddy Hartley, Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt) Shared Encoded Cloth Google Drive Folder Folder Link for uploading Encoded Cloth project drawings and Repeat Pattern Print drawings
For next Monday 10/8 finish: Drawn Ideas for Encoded Cloth Project* Drawings for Repeat Patterns* Slideshows and Handouts: Screen and Block Size Parameters handout Repeat Pattern Slideshow
(images: Adiri Cloth by the Yoruba People of Nigeria, Japanese Shibori, contemporary European resist dyeing) Over the next week: Weave outside of class Meet with team about Encoded Cloth Project Handouts: Pro Chem Immersion MX Dye Instructions Links to Materials: Pro Chem Fiber Reactive MX Dye
(images: Adiri Cloth by the Yoruba People of Nigeria, Japanese Shibori, contemporary European resist dyeing) Assignments: Over the next week: Weave outside of class Meet with your group to talk about Encoded Cloth project Slideshows: Encoded Cloth slideshow Shibori Slideshow Handouts: Long Shibori Techniques handout Shibori Handout – 1 pager Links to Materials: Cloth we used: …
(image: Sheila Hicks) Assignment: Over the next week: Start new weaving and weave outside of class Meet with group to draw ideas for Encoded Cloth project. Optional Readings about Critique: Best book on critique: Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process Beyond Critique
(images: Mongolian Yurt, European contemporary felting, Iranian traditional rug making) Assignment: Over the next week: Weave 6 hours outside of class and complete your weaving sample Video: Amazing short video of traditional felt rug making in Iran
(images: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Sheila Hicks, Navajo weaving) Assignment: Over the next week: Weave 6 hours outside of class Extra Instructions: Basic Tapestry Technique Basic Weaving Technique Broken Warp Threads Weft ending and starting Clasped Weft Weft Faced Techniques Yarn Butterfly Danish Medallions Leno Soumak and Rya Knots Soumak PickUp Sticks and Weft Floats Loops – Weavers …
(images: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Sheila Hicks, Navajo weaving) Assignment: Over the next week: Weave 6 hours outside of class Handouts: Threading the Heddles / Sleying the Reed handout Tying Warp onto the Front Apron handout Visual Glossary of Weft Techniques handout Finishing Techniques in Weaving handout Slideshow & Videos: Weaving Slideshow The Art of Making a Tapestry video Weaving of …