GCSE Prep Sheet 2017 Indian textile

products

Indian clothing • What do the men wear in India? Villagers wear pyjama-like trousers called lenga. The traditional dress for Indian men is a dhoti, kurta and gandhi topi or pagri. A dhoti is 6 feet long, and it is an unstitched garment that looks like a pair of pants when worn. It is also typically worn in full length depending on the region. • What is Indian clothes made out of? Rich women wear saris made of silk from China, but most women wear cotton saris. There were many different ways of draping saris, depending on how rich you are and where you lived in India - to dress up women wear their sari like skirts with a top part thrown over their shoulder or worn over their heads as a veil.

• DESIGN CHECKLIST Remember~

• Think about relevant annotation and detail.

• Learn your design and annotation before you go into the exam.

• Components and fabrics used

• Colours to be used, properties of the fabrics

• Style and shape of the product

• Close up detail sections, front and back views

• Names of the decorative techniques and how to complete them.

• Use of the theme – Indian textiles

• Suitability to the end user

• Seams, hems other construction techniques

• SMART materials

First Thoughts ……

Textile Product

ideas

Accessory

Garment

Childs Dressing-up costume

Home furnishing

Decorative Techniques Create a mind map thinking about the different decorative techniques you could use in your design. Think about hand techniques and then how they could be done in industry

• Create a mind map thinking about the different decorative techniques you could use in your design.

• Think about hand techniques and then how they could be done in industry.

• Also think about fabrics used for Indian designs and the style of traditional Indian clothing.

Emma Stone’s BAFTA dress. How is this inspired by Indian designs?

Initial Ideas - Doodle patterns and colours … Using your mood board create pattern repeats and motif ideas.

Initial Ideas - Doodle patterns and colours … Using your mood board create pattern repeats and motif ideas. Annotate your ideas to show the textile techniques and materials you are thinking of using.

• Task -

• Draw your Final design Idea on to the template - Try to draw so your material has drape ( does not look flat and stiff).

• Annotation Checklist -

• 1. Name the main material the garment is made from.

• __________________________________

• 2. List any additional materials here that you have used in the decorative techniques. EG - Appliqué = Satin.

• ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• 3. Name the following construction techniques for the design idea.

• Seam = ______________________________

• Hem=_______________________________

• Have you used gathering, tailors darts, pleats?

• __________________________________________________________________________

• Fastener or other components?

• __________________________________________________________________________

• 4. Dye techniques for the material?

• _____________________________________

• 5. SMART or Modern Materials?

• __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Draw your two design ideas here in pencil – they do not need to be in colour but they do need to be annotated - they are worth 6 marks each.

Design A Design B

You will need to practise drawing your designs with full annotation – to help you draw them without thinking in the exam

this summer.

Remember ~ A time guide is one mark = one minute.

• Final Design

• Choose ONE of your design ideas for development.

• Is it Design A or B ?

• Use sketches, labelling and notes to present a final design in colour for your textile product.

• Use this page and the next page to show your textile product in a presentation drawing.

• Marks will be given for the following –

• Use of the Indian theme = 2 marks

• Use of range of fabrics & components = 3 marks

• Creativity & quality of the design = 4 marks

• Effective use of colour in the design = 2 marks

• Presentation of the final idea = 2 marks

• Total marks = 13 marks

• Processes. • Using Notes and diagrams

explain how to complete one of the processes in your design.

• Remember to list all the equipment and resources that you would need to use.

• Applique is a good decorative technique to explain.

• Make sure you specify techniques in your design that you are confident to explain.

• Drawings are a good way to help lay out the process – don’t forget that you also need the notes.

• If you do CAD/CAM Embroidery don’t forget the embroidery hoop, stitch and tear backing paper, software programme.

• Name of technique = • Equipment and resources =