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  • General

    • COURSE DESCRIPTION


      On the course, students are introduced to the principles of most commonly used textile dyes and printing and dyeing methods - reactive and pigment dyes and exhaust dyeing and screen and digital printing. Learning activities in the course include lectures, design of printed fabrics and realization of designs in printing workshop, individual and group tutoring, documentation of the processes and methods used and final critics session. Design assignment: collection of printed fabrics using the methods learned during the course and including product cards.

      After successful completion of the course, student is able to:

      - Design a collection of digitally and screen printed fabrics based on visual research and individual artistic expression

      - Document the techniques and materials used in the collection.

      - Summarize the principles of reactive and pigment dyes, and their relation to textile raw materials, especially cellulose materials

      - Describe the basic principles of responsible production of printed fabrics and memorize safe and sustainable working methods in the printing workshop.



      COURSE STAFF

      Lecturer Maija Fagerlund

      note email: hilkka-maija.fagerlund@aalto.fi

      Workshop master: Eeva Heikkinen

      Teaching Assistant: Nora Bremer


    • SCHEDULE



      MONDAY 23.10

      13.15-16 / Q103 / Maija / Introduction to the course and design assignment; Lectures: Overview of textile coloration methods and printing techniques; Pigment dyes; Process of preparing and exposing a printing screen


      16-17 / Independent online assignment: ARTS Textile Workshop Chemical Safety

      NOTE: Textile Workshop Chemical Safety -introduction course must be completed prior to working in Textile Printing Workshop (=prior to Wed 25.10)



      WEDNESDAY 25.10

      9-13 Independent work with visual research & sketching

      P210 / Maija / Individual tutoring

      Bring: visual research and first ideas for screen and digital printing

      13.15-17 Textile Printing workshop P001 / Maija and Eeva / Introduction to textile printing workshop; Experimental printing with pigment dyes using common screens and paper stencils; Screen printing practices: washing and drying the screens; washing the tables

      See the page for Wed 25.10 for booking the tutoring meeting


      FRIDAY 27.10

      9.15–12 / Q102 / Maija / Lectures: Reactive dyes; Mixing the paste and dyes (theory); Calculations

      12-17 Textile Printing workshop P001 / Maija / Reactive dyes: mixing the paste and dyes (practise), painting and printing with common screen and quick techniques; Heat setting the pigment prints from Wednesday

      Textile dark room F010 / Nora / Preparing personal screens (washing)

      See the page for Fri 27.10 for detailed schedule of each group as well as for booking the screen preparation slot


      MONDAY 30.10

      13.15-16 / R102 / Maija / Lectures: Introduction to digital printing, Preparing files for screens & digital prints


      16-17 / Independent online assignment: Digital textile printing / Pigment colors - Epson SC-F2100



      WEDNESDAY 1.11

      9.15-17 / Textile Printing workshop P001 / Maija / Fabric dyeing with reactive dyes

      Textile dark room F010 / Nora / Preparing personal screens (coating with emulsion)

      See the page for Wed 2.11 for detailed schedule of each group as well as for booking the screen preparation slot

      FRIDAY 3.11

      9.15-12 / Textile Printing workshop P001 / Eeva, Maija / Introduction to steaming and finishing samples painted and printed with reactive dyes

      Textile dark room F010 / Nora / Printing the screen designs and exposing personal screens

      13.15-17 / Textile Printing workshop P001 / Maija, Nora / Working with the design assignment: printing, painting etc.

      Digital textile print room P004 / Eeva / Digital printing with EPSON SureColour

      See the page for Fri 3.11 for detailed schedule of each group as well as for booking the screen preparation slot. See the page Digital textile printing / Pigment colors - Epson SC-F2100 for the course on digital printing with EPSON printer (compulsory to complete before using the printer) as well as booking the digital printing slot.

      –> Working permits to independent work in Textile Printing Workshop
      MONDAY 6.11

      13.15-17.00

      Digital textile print room P004 / Eeva / Digital printing with EPSON SureColour

      Textile Printing workshop P001 / Independent work with the design assignment

      See the page Digital textile printing / Pigment colors - Epson SC-F2100 for the course on digital printing with EPSON printer (compulsory to complete before using the printer) as well as booking the digital printing slot.


      WEDNESDAY 8.11

      9.15-10 / Textile Printing workshop P001 / Maija / Help if needed - Be in Textile Printing workshop at 9.15 if you have questions

      10-17 / Textile Printing workshop P001 / Independent work with the design assignment

      Textile Printing workshop P001 / Optional tutoring with Maija 

      See the page for Wed 8.11 for booking the tutoring meeting


      FRIDAY 10.11

      9.15-12 / Q103 / Maija, Nora / Final presentation and discussion 

      NOTE: Clean your dyes and possible other things from the workshop before the presentation

    • COURSE PRACTICALITIES


      ORGANIZERS

      Organizers help with practical issues in printing workshop. They empty drying racks in the beginning of class and do laundry when needed. In the end of the common workshop days, they mark down in the folder all the chemicals, dyes and fabrics used in the class.

      BUDGET

      During the common workshop days students are given the materials = dyes, other chemicals and base fabrics. You may bring your own base fabrics, if you like. Organizers of each day write down the used materials in the folder in textile printing workshop. After common workshop days each student can use base fabrics with the budget or 7 euros, and the dyes and other chemicals they need. After common workshop days, each students marks in the folder both base fabrics and the dyes and other chemicals they used.

    • STUDY MATERIALS


      STUDY BOOK


      FURTHER READINGS

      • Bechtold, Thomas; Pham Tung (2019) Textile Chemistry
      • Joanna Kinnersly-Taylor: Dyeing and Screen-printing on textiles 
      • Niinimäki, Saloniemi (2000) Kretongista printtiin
      • Pellonpää-Forss (2009) Kankaanpainanta

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