Year 8 - Art and design
Exploring weaving
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 design a pattern to weave with paper.
Key Notes
- Weaving has been used throughout the centuries, using various techniques, for both functional and artistic purposes.
- You can create patterns and simple designs, like stripes and checks, when weaving.
- You can apply understanding of colour theory in weaving.
- Artists can take inspiration from cultural or natural motifs and apply these in their work.
Vocabulary To Learn
- weave/weaving: joining threads by passing them over and under each other
- warp & weft: warp threads go up and down; weft threads go across
- loom: a frame that holds threads tight so you can weave them into patterns or fabric.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Weaving is simply a way of creating fabric for clothing and has no connection to colour or culture.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Weaving has been used throughout the centuries, using various techniques, for both functional and artistic purposes. You can create patterns and simple designs, like stripes and checks, when weaving.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'weave/weaving'
joining threads by passing them over and under each other.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Weaving is simply a way of creating fabric for clothing and has no connection to colour or culture. Correction: Weaving goes beyond just making fabric; it's a powerful form of art that can reflect cultural heritage.
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