Undergraduate Course: Tapestry: telling tales (LLLA07150)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course looks at the power of the woven image as a vehicle to tell a story. Historically, tapestry has been used to record events that provide a rich visual account of activity. From the depiction of aristocratic life in 14th century Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, to the recent Grayson Perry tapestries which chart the influence of social class on aesthetic taste.
This course invites students to record their own narratives and life stories through the woven image as a future historical document. Students will be encouraged to explore a personal narrative through weaving with an emphasis placed on originality and communication as well as the surface quality of the final small tapestry.
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| Course description |
Over the time the course will cover:
Introduce broad aims and objectives. Lecture Tapestry:Telling Tales. Sketchbook introduction
Warping up and weaving.
Weaving and drawing
Developing ideas through drawing and collage work
Weaving individual tapestry
Interim review of work
Final review and preparation for assessment
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- By the end of the course, through attending classes and engaging in directed and independent study, students should be able to:
RESEARCH
Understand the possibilities and limitations of woven imagery through historical examples and from this develop sketchbook ideas that will support a personal narrative coupled to a viable visual style for realisation as a woven piece.
- PRACTICE
Using sketchbooks show ideas for a personal narrative suitable for communicating through the medium of woven tapestry. Show evidence of selection in use of materials and techniques.
- PRESENT
Through the final selection of finished work demonstrate an understanding of the process from historical precedent to successful communication through material selection and appropriate techniques.
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Reading List
Soroka, J, 2011, Tapestry Weaving, Design and Technique, The Crowood Press, Wiltshire
Beutlich, T., 1967, Technique of Woven Tapestry, London: Batsford
H.N. Abrams, 1985, Barbican Centre (London), 1985, Egyptian landscapes : weavings from the Ramses Wissa Wassef School, London: Ramses Wissa Wassef (UK) Exhibition Foundation
D¿Harcourt, R.,1962,Textiles of Ancient Peru and their Techniques, Washington DC: Washington University Press
Catalogue, 1985, Egyptian Landscapes, 50 Years of Tapestry at Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Centre, London: Ramses Wissa Wassef (UK) Exhibition Foundation
Weltge, S. W., 1993, Bauhaus textiles : women artists and the weaving workshop, London: Thames and Hudson
Kahlenberg, 1972, M. H., Berlant, A., The Navajo Blanket, Westport, CT: Praeger
Perry, Grayson, c2013. The vanity of small differences /Grayson PerryLondon : Hayward Pub.
Digby, George Wingfield,Hefford, Wendy, Victoria and Albert Museum.1971. The Devonshire hunting tapestries /by George Wingfield Digby assisted by Wendy Hefford. London H.M.S.O.
Taylor, John, [2004], ©2004. The apocalypse tapestries /John Taylor. Riverside, CA : Xenos Books,
Gerspach, E.(Edouard),1833-1906. 1975. Coptic textile designs /[selected by] M. Gerspach. Dover pictorial archive series New York : Dover Publications,
Adler, Peter.Barnard, Nicholas. 1992. African majesty :the textile art of the Ashanti and Ewe /Peter Adler and Nicholas Barnard. London : Thames and Hudson,
Museum of Modern Art (Oxford, 1984. Art into production :Soviet textiles, fashion and ceramics 1917-1935. Oxford : Museum of Modern Art in conjunction with the Crafts Council of England and Wales
Troy, Virginia Gardner, [2002], ©2002. Anni Albers and ancient American textiles :from Bauhaus to Black Mountain /Virginia Gardner Troy. Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate,
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Design thinking
Creative thinking
Ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context of contemporary tapestry within visual culture
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Robbie Bushe
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Course secretary | Miss Zofia Guertin
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
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