Resources
Textiles: Design Guides
A set of design guides for Key Stage Four focusing on textiles providing a straightforward way for students to become familiar with the sorts of questions they should ask when designing for a particular focus area.
The design guides can act as a stimulus for students who are having difficulty in deciding on...
This resource provides clear explanations and footage of: dye recipes being developed and tested in the laboratory; industrial printing methods including flat-bed, carousel and roller screen-print, as well as transfer printing and flocking. The final section looks at how factories manage the environmental impact of...
Textiles: Dyeing and Printing
This film clip looks at the process of roller screen printing. The rolling cylinders are loaded onto a machine connected to an ink supply. Inside each cylinder a series of jets continually spray the ink. A steel bar is held in place at the bottom of each roller by an electromagnet to force the ink through the...
Textiles: Eco Design
Tom is the Creative Director for outdoor eco-clothing brand, Finnister. Their customers not only want clothing which looks...
This book is part of the Contemporary Collection which is available to view at the National STEM Learning Centre.
Filmed in Bangladesh and in the UK, this resource assesses the environmental impacts of the textile industry both here and abroad. It looks at how companies in the UK are working to meet government targets to reduce their environmental impact by using state of the art water recycling plants and by making better use...
This resource looks at the different types of industrial finishes available and their applications. It explores the reasons for finishing, and when and why different processes might be used. It then goes on to look at how the range of finishes now available is creating ever more technical materials, enhancing the...
Textiles: Industrial Finishing Processes
This film clip describes the use of the textiles finishing process, calendaring. This is a vital process in making materials for use in parachutes, which must allow the right amount of air through. By closing the pores in the fabric, calendaring restricts the airflow through it so that the parachutist does not...
This resource provides numerous examples of commercial production methods and systems, including job, batch, quantity/mass production and JIT. It includes examples of both hand and digitized pattern laying, cutting and marking up, including straight and rotating blade cutters, computerized laser cutting tables and...
Textiles: Mass Production Systems and Techniques
This film clip explores the need for a consistent product when supplying the market for uniforms. Customers expect their products to be identical and of the same quality every year. The film shows the a quality control system in a uniform factory, designed to spot defects early in the production process and avoid...