TEXTILE DESIGN.

TEXTILE DESIGN

 IT'S ALL ABOUT DESIGN

Textile designing involves producing patterns for cloth used in clothing, household textiles (such as towels) and decorative textiles such as carpets. 

The field encompasses the actual pattern making as well as supervising part or all of the production process.In other words, textile design is a process from the raw material into finished product.

Fiber, yarn and finishes are the key elements to be considered during the textile design procedure.

Designer might want to use the method of dyeing or printing to create their design. There are many printing method. For instance,

·         Direct (Blotch) Printing

·         Overprinting

·         Discharge Printing

·         Resist Printing

·         Block Printing

·         Roller Printing

·         Screen Printing

Today, most professional textile designers use some form of computer-aided design software created expressly for this purpose.

Some of the latest advances in textile printing have been in the area of ink-jet printing.

The process is similar to the computer controlled paper printers used for office applications.In addition, heat-transfer printing is another popular printing method to be used in the textile design.