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Inside and outside in Textiles

Themes within Textiles

Unit Summary

Pupils can select or rotate through these units that feature diverse and inclusive artist references, consider application of their skill strengths and encourage critical thinking and personal connections.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to review the range of ways textile artists and designers have been inspired by inside and outside.

Key Notes

  • Artists explore the theme of inside and outside in different ways.
  • Artists use thresholds, barriers, and liminal spaces to express ideas.
  • Artists make choices about materials, techniques, and design elements to communicate meaning.
  • You can reflect on your own connections and ideas through textile art.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • space: the area around, between, and within objects. It can be physical, like a room, or it can be visual
  • barrier: things that block, separate, or divide spaces, people, or ideas
  • threshold: a point of transition between two spaces
  • liminal: means in between; it describes a space, time, or feeling that is on the threshold between two things

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Inside and outside just means indoors and outdoors.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Artists explore the theme of inside and outside in different ways. Artists use thresholds, barriers, and liminal spaces to express ideas.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'space'

the area around, between, and within objects. It can be physical, like a room, or it can be visual.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Inside and outside just means indoors and outdoors. Correction: Inside and outside can also mean emotional states, identity, or private vs public. Artists use space, scale, and materials to explore physical and psychological boundaries.

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