Year 8 - Art and design
Exploring appliqué
Textiles and the creative industries
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Unit Summary
This unit starts by offering pupils insights into diverse career opportunities within the creative industries, looking at Fashion in more detail. It leads into a textiles unit exploring different elements of textiles and fabric manipulation
Lesson Summary
You will learn to create a decorative appliqué initial.
Key Notes
- Appliqué has been used throughout the centuries, using various techniques for both functional and artistic purposes.
- You can create varied designs with appliqué using different methods of stitch and also by bonding fabric.
- A template is often used to help replicate shapes at the correct size.
- Felt is a popular material for appliqué because it's thick and easy to work with.
Vocabulary To Learn
- felt: a soft, thick fabric often used as a base for appliqué.
- template: A shape you cut out and use to trace or repeat on fabric.
- appliqué: attaching fabric shapes onto a background to make a design.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Appliqué is just a form of decorating fabric and has no connection to colour or culture.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Appliqué has been used throughout the centuries, using various techniques for both functional and artistic purposes. You can create varied designs with appliqué using different methods of stitch and also by bonding fabric.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'felt'
a soft, thick fabric often used as a base for appliqué.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Appliqué is just a form of decorating fabric and has no connection to colour or culture. Correction: Appliqué goes beyond just decorating fabric, it's a powerful form of art that can reflect cultural heritage.
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