Design and Composition of Textile Patterns
Types of prints: Composition
A course by la casita de wendy , Fashion Designer
About the video: Types of prints: Composition
Overview
“We will see different types of prints that can be according to their composition: compositions of sauteed elements, compositions of linear elements, elements in fret, elements in kaleidoscope, connected elements, joined elements, compositions without background, scenes all over, large scene, etc. We will also see how before designing a pattern we can think about the type of composition that we will use and this can help us to choose the motifs and visualize the final result. ”
In this video lesson la casita de wendy addresses the topic: Types of prints: Composition, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design and Composition of Textile Patterns. Create designs and patterns using scale, color, and prints.
Partial transcription of the video
“Now I will teach you the most frequent print compositions and the ones that are most used. Also for you to see that there are already a number of techniques which are widely used to compose prints. The first print, which is the most frequent, the one that is most used is one with scattered elements. It is a print in which we take the motifs that we have drawn and we put them with some separation from each other. As you can see, in this case, which are flowers, we put the motives apart, and in between, so that there is not so much air, we have placed some small twigs, creating a little more ...”
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Course summary for: Design and Composition of Textile Patterns
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Category
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Areas
Fashion Design, Pattern Design, Printing

la casita de wendy
A course by la casita de wendy
Inés Aguilar is the designer and creator behind the brand La Casita de Wendy, founded over 17 years ago. She’s developed collections to sell internationally in prestigious stores such as Anthropologie in the EEUU, Cocktail in Hong-Kong, and Lamp in Tokyo.
At La Casita de Wendy, Inés and her team create garments with simple shapes, allowing the graphic designs or patterns printed on the fabric and the selection of colors and materials to be the real protagonists. Through viewing its garments as a unique medium of communication, the brand strives to tell stories with its designs.
Inés combines her role as creative director of the brand with teaching. She has taught in Madrid at the Universidad Europea, the Higher Technical School of Architecture, and the IED design school, where she currently directs the master's degree in textile and surface design.
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