Image Design school training courses in Atlanta, GA (public, in-house or online)

This course focuses on basic surface design techniques that enable students to apply images and texture to fabric and fiber. Traditional techniques and contemporary variations are explored as methods to develop meaningful surfaces that incorporate image, pattern and surface texture. Both technical understanding and creative use of media are stressed.

Through working with a digital fabric printer as the output for their designs, students will learn the vernacular of this new technology. Students will use various software applications to design and print fabric samples and yardages for a variety of end-uses. Technical considerations and design possibilities will be explored.

This course will focus on the investigation of local resources to examine textiles, processes, environment and media of the area. Students will incorporate digital photography, drawings and textile sampling to create a "touch book" to record the local experience that is unique to the regions explored and visited and to develop a personal point of view. Students will develop a body of work for critique based on that point of view.