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
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
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
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.