You will be introduced to the way in which practising textile designers operate. You will learn and experience skills in relation to the embellishment and decoration of surfaces, and through a process of selection and rejection of ideas, arrive at an appropriate design solution. The focus will be on fabric and materials manipulation, stitch exploration and heat transfer printing.

1 hour whole group briefing/lecture - 3 hours,
30 min briefing whole group x 5 - 2 hours and 30 mins,
technical instruction/demonstration (1 hour) - 4 hours,
group critique (whole group) - 30 mins,
1 hour small group tutorials (6 students max) - 1 hour,
individual studio tutorials - 2 hours.

Total - 13 hours.

Surface Pattern Design Studio (H74) (H4 & H5)
Surface Decoration Workshop
Surface Pattern Seminar Room (H75)
Sewing Machine Room (H81)

Non-specialist computing facilities for email, internet access, word processing, database, spreadsheet and basic presentations will be available through the University's 'Information Services' on-campus facilities - the exception being the 'studio browsers' which are located in base rooms/studios and will provide mainly email and internet access which are provided by the Faculty.

Specialist skills 'modulettes' will be assigned to this module. A comprehensive list of the modulettes is available from the Faculty Office, together with the current operational parameters for the modulettes (instruction description, maximum group size, time allocation, level etc). Some modules will have will have more than one modulette assigned to it and this information will also be held by the Faculty Office.

Essential/ Subject Specific
Surfaces for Stitch - Gwen Hedley - BT Batsford Ltd (2002) 0 7134 8666 X
Periodicals including Crafts, Embroidery and Selvedge and Bloom
The Encyclopedia of Embroidery Techniques, Pauline Brown 200l, 0-85532-985-8
Fashion A History from the 18th to the 20th Century. The collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute. Taschen 2002 ISBN 382281206-4
Embroidery. Italian Fashion. Damiani Editore
The Art of Embroidery. Inspirational stitches, textures and surfaces. Francoise Tellier-Loumange, Thames & Hudson 2006 0500-28639-6
Historical Fashion in Detail. A. Hart and S. North V & A Publishing ISBN 1851772588


A range of books, subject-specific periodicals and journals, newspaper and other related articles, as well as texts relating to the design process and the promotion of design relevant to your course of study should be employed as negotiated with the module manager - together with any subject-specific visual, audio or audio-visual evidence to support your work.

You will be expected to take advantage of the extensive library facilities available within the University; keeping abreast of current developments through appropriate periodicals and being aware of the work of major practitioners in your subject.

100% coursework (as detailed in Module Information Pack).

Production of samples and ideas through the developmental exploration and experimentation of use of media. [Learning Outcome 1].
Continous research and reference of techniques and the work of other designers as your own work develops and progresses [Learning Outcome 2].
Production and costing of a final design. [Learning Outcome 3].